Manual Recordings

The "Manual Recordings" feature enables the user to arbitrarily specify the attributes of a recording job irrespective of Program Guide data. To access this feature, start at the Home menu, an example of which is shown below:


Select "Setup Recordings," which will enter the following menu:


Select "Setup a Manual Recording." The screen pictured below will appear:


The following options are available:

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Title: The text by which the software will refer to the recording job and the recording created by it.

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Recording Frequency: Defines if, and how, the recording should be repeated. The following values are available:

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Once: The recording will be performed only once. The Month, Day, and Year options will also be available if "Once" is selected.

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Weekly: The recording will be performed every week on the specified day. The Day of the Week option will also be available if "Weekly" is selected.

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Weekdays: The recording will be performed Monday through Friday at the specified time.

Note: If the recording starts between midnight and five AM, the recording will instead be performed Tuesday through Saturday. This is because weekday shows that air on networks at this time will instead be aired on those days.

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Daily: The recording will be performed every day.

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24 Hours A Day: The selected channel will be recorded continuously. The recording will be divided into blocks of the size you select.

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Start Time: The time that the recording starts.

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Duration: The duration of the recording in hours and minutes.

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Channel: The channel from which the recording will be made.

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Block Size (24 Hour only): The size of each block of recorded television in a 24-hour recording setup. Options are 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 hours.

To schedule the show, highlight the "Schedule This Show" text and hit OK or ENTER, or click on it with the mouse. The recording will be added to the list of upcoming recording jobs.

To change the title, select the item and press OK or ENTER, or click on the text ("Recording 1" in the above example). The following screen will appear:

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Keyboard: Type the desired name for the recording and hit ENTER.

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Mouse: Spell the desired name for the recording by clicking on a combination of letters and, if necessary, the "Space" entry displayed. Click "Accept" when the name has been entered.

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Remote Control: Use the directional pad to select a letter or the "Space" entry. Hit OK or ENTER once the correct item has been highlighted. When finished, navigate to "Accept" and hit OK or ENTER.