User manual DIRECTV DIRECTV PLUS HD DVR

[. . . ] DIRECTV Plus HD DVR USER GUIDE Safety & Care Your DIRECTV® Plus HD DVR has been designed and manufactured to stringent quality and safety standards. You should, however, be aware of the following important precautions for safe and optimal use of the equipment. Meaning of symbols printed on the rear panel of the product: · · The " bolt of lightning" indicates un-insulated material within your unit may cause an electrical shock. For the safety of everyone in your household, please do not remove product covering. [. . . ] 4 The recording may have been canceled due to a conflict with another program with higher priority in the Prioritizer. You will see a list of recent programs, with their recording status info. 45 If you get a lot of recording conflicts, you may be trying to record too many programs at once. I wanted to record a program, but I got an error message saying it conflicted with another scheduled record. 4 Your DIRECTV Plus HD DVR can record up to two programs at once, or it can record one program while you watch another. If you exceed these limits (for example, if you try to record three programs at 8 p. m. 4 If the overlap is just a couple of minutes (for example, some networks occasionally start programs at 8:59 instead of 9:00 p. m. ), try scheduling the recording manually (go to the Scheduler and select Manual) and change the start and end times appropriately. I recorded a program, and the recording got cut off just before the end, so I missed the last bit of the program. 4 Next time, try setting the end time of the recording in the Record Options so the recording ends one or two minutes later (or more, if necessary). For sporting events, you may want to try 15 minutes or more, to protect against overtime games. Some networks show program episodes several times during a week, so if you just watched a program where the last few minutes were not recorded, try scheduling it again immediately. Note that adding time to the beginning or end of a recording increases the likelihood of recording conflicts, so use time padding sparingly. (See previous question. ) A program I recorded was displayed in the MyVODTM screen, but got deleted before I could watch it. 4 When you schedule a recording from an Info screen, you can select how long your recording are kept: Until I Delete, or Until Space Needed. When you schedule a program with one-touch record, the recording defaults to Until Space Needed. Programs that are set to be kept Until Space Needed may be deleted as new programs are recorded. You can change this option for a completed recording by pressing LIST to view the To Do list, then press SELECT on the desired program. When the program's Info screen is displayed, select the Record menu item and change the options as needed. 46 Tired of reruns?Go to the To Do list and change the options to only record first-run shows. 4 If you recorded a pay per view program, but did not watch it, the time which you are allowed to purchase may have expired. To avoid in the future, check your pay per view recordings in the MyVODTM screen for expiration dates. I've set up an episodic recording, but now I get a bunch of reruns and multiple copies of the same program. 4 When you schedule an episodic recording, you can set an option for program type: First Run, Repeats or Both. If you only want to record a program the first time it is shown, and not repeated showings, make sure you select the First Run option. This is the default for one-touch recording, so if you want to record every occurrence of a program, you need to change it using the program's Info screen. [. . . ] Your entire screen will be full, but the program images are stretched to compensate. Crop This format crops (cuts off ) the left and right portions of the 16:9 frame so it fits the 4:3 screen. Only Letterbox shows the entire original 16:9 image without distortion. 86 If your display is a 4:3 format TV or monitor, your format options include these: For 4:3 program signals: Fills TV Screen You can watch HD programs on a standard TV, but you won't really be watching HD. For 16:9 program signals: Letterbox Stretch Crop 87 16:9 TVs Showing 4:3 programs For a wide screen 16:9 TV showing a standard 4:3 TV program, the program is too tall to fit the screen. Your choices here include: Pillar box Here the 4:3 image is shrunk until the entire height of the program fits on your TV. Since the aspect ratio is maintained, the image is no longer wide enough to fill the screen, so gray or black bars are seen at the left and right edges. [. . . ]