Optimum Multi-Room DVR User Manual

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  • Page 1 Your guide to Multi-Room DVR. optimum.net facebook.com/optimum twitter.com/optimum youtube.com/optimumbrandvideos Para español ve el reverso.
  • Page 2 TV to watch, well, you were out of luck. That’s about to change. Welcome to Multi-Room DVR, our new DVR that gives you the power to control what, when and where you enjoy your programs. Take that, TV.
  • Page 3 Table of Contents. Edit your scheduled recordings. Modify a series recording. Record a program. Edit a recording in progress. Watch a recorded program. DVR folders. Delete a program. DVR on the go. Check recording space. Cancel a program scheduled to record. Find something to watch.
  • Page 4 Meet your remote. Multi-Room DVR Take a look at the buttons that will help you to master “Arrows” and “Page” “Settings” shows or let you browse your changes your settings. on-screen options. “Guide” shows your “Select” performs program guide. selected actions.
  • Page 5: Getting Started

    Getting started. Ready to start using Multi-Room DVR now? Here are easy instructions on how to record, watch and delete programs. When you’re watching a program you want to record, press In Recording Options, highlight “Record” and press to instantly start recording.
  • Page 6: Program Guide

    Program guide 101. Finding the programs that interest you is easy. Press on your remote to access the guide. You can navigate it in three ways: Use the to move through the program listings one at a time: up/down/left/right. to scroll a whole page up or down. Enter the channel number.
  • Page 7 Control. You can control your TV in ways you never imagined, all with the push of a few buttons. This bar appears at the bottom of the TV whenever you pause, rewind, or fast-forward a program. It gives you details about the progress of the program you’re watching.
  • Page 8 Your kids might not like it, but you will. You easily get to decide what’s appropriate for them and what isn’t. Parental Controls are a valuable feature that lets you manage your kids’ viewing choices. Block certain channels, titles or programs by their ratings, or hide adult titles so they won’t appear in the program guide.
  • Page 9 flexibility to customize and manage your personal program library at any time and as often as you like. Your Multi-Room DVR comes with preset preferences that can easily be changed. Until you do, all your recordings will use the following: “Keep”...
  • Page 10 Press or go to to get the Recorded List. Use the to highlight “Preferences” on the right-hand menu and press . A list of options will appear that can be customized. “Sort list by most recently recorded”: Easily find the episode or series you want by sorting your recorded list alphabetically or by record date.
  • Page 11 Record. Go ahead and record up to 10 programs at once while you watch anything you want. No other TV provider lets you do that. If you like what you’re watching, it’s easy to start recording it. Press to get to Recording Options. Use the to highlight “Record”...
  • Page 12 Press to get to Recording Options. Use the to highlight “This episode only” from the options list and press Select “Series” then press Use the to highlight “Record” and press ” , By choosing “Record you instantly begin recording the episode using default settings or your personal preferences. If you want to customize this recording, you are given the choice to change the recording options for this recording only.
  • Page 13 Watch. Ready to watch the program or series you’ve recorded? All of your recorded programs and programs that are currently recording are in the Recorded List. To access it, press or go to If you have a DVR digital cable box, when you press you’ll get only programs recorded on that particular digital cable box.
  • Page 14 There’s nothing worse than losing your place. With Bookmarking, you won’t have that heartache anymore. Let’s say you were interrupted while watching a program you recorded. Multi-Room DVR lets you resume right where you left off because a bookmark was created for you.
  • Page 15 Manage. Changed your mind? No sweat. Modify your preferences at any time and edit or cancel a program or series. Plus, free up your recording space by organizing your library that holds up to 300 hours of SD and 75 hours of HD. Press or go to to get the Recorded List.
  • Page 16 “Stop Recording” or “Edit Record Time” and press When you record two or more programs of the same name, Multi-Room DVR creates a folder and groups the recordings together on the Recorded List. The number to the right of the folder name shows how many episodes are in that folder.
  • Page 17 Press or go to to get the Recorded List. Highlight “Clean-up My DVR” from the right-hand menu and press At the top of the” Clean-up My DVR” screen, you’ll see the percentage of space currently being used. The light gray section of The dark gray section the bar shows how much of the bar indicates how...
  • Page 18 Once a folder has been deleted, its content will no longer be available. Standard DVR services req a digital cable box with DVR capabilities. Multi-Room DVR requires at least one (1) non-DVR digital cable box. Multi-Room DVR is not available in all areas. See optimum.com/dvrplus for details. Terms & conditions apply. To view Optimum TV on iPad ®...

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