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Timers and Recordings
Chapter 9
T
IMERS
AND
R
ECORDINGS
A timer is your instruction telling the satellite receiver the programs you want to view in the
future. For most Digital Video Recorder (DVR) timers, you select a specific program on a
specific channel, and tell the satellite receiver how often you want to record that program.
DVR recordings are listed in the My Recordings screen, which you can find quickly by
pressing DVR on the remote control.
Timer Types
There are three types of timers:
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DVR—Records an event onto your receiver’s hard-disk drive for later viewing.
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Auto Tune—Automatically changes the channel for live viewing of the event.
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Reminder—Creates an on-screen reminder when the event is about to begin.
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Ext—Automatically changes the channel for live viewing of the event and sends
commands to an external recording device (ERD) connected to your RCA-type or S-
Video outputs. This option does not display unless you have enabled the feature using
ERD Setup options in the Record Plus menu. See Using Record Link on page 59.
Timer Frequency
Deciding how often you want to watch a program will help you make the best choice:
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All Episodes—Records each time the selected program airs on that channel.
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New Episodes—Records current season programs each time they first occur on that
channel.
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Once—Records a program one time only (good for movies, sporting events, etc.).
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Weekly—Records a program once a week, at the selected time, on that channel.
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Daily—Records a program once a day, at that time, on that channel.
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Monday-Friday—Records a program once a day, Monday through Friday, at the
selected time, on that channel.
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DishPASS—Records the selected program on all channels (by default) or a specific
channel, based on matching your specific criteria. See page 69 for details.
Timer Priorities
Priorities are used by the receiver to know which program you would prefer to record, if
multiple timers are scheduled to start at the same time. For example, having six programs
scheduled to record at the same time cannot be done on a dual-tuner receiver; therefore,
the receiver will record only the two programs with the highest priorities.
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All timers have a priority that you can change at any time.
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The larger the number, the lower priority (for example, priority 1 is higher than
priorities 2, 3, and 4).
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You can override a specific timer's priority with a one-time skip or by restoring it.
Select a timer in the Daily Schedule, then you'll have an option to Skip or Restore for
that timer (see page 67).
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