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Timers and Recordings
Chapter 9
TIMERS AND RECORDINGS
A timer is your instruction telling the satellite TV receiver the programs you want to watch
in the future. For most Digital Video Recorder (DVR) timers, you select a specific program
on a specific channel, and tell the 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 the remote control’s DVR button twice.
Timer Types
There are four types of event timers:
• DVR—to record an event onto your receiver’s hard-disk drive for later viewing.
• Auto Tune—to automatically change the channel for live viewing of the event.
• Reminder—to create an on-screen reminder when the event is about to begin.
• Ext—to automatically change the channel for live viewing of the event and send
commands to an external recording device (ERD) connected to your RCA-type 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 58.
Timer Frequency
Deciding how often you want to watch a program will help you make the best choice:
• All Episodes—to record every time that program is on that channel.
• New Episodes—to record current season’s programs each time they first occur on
that channel.
• Once—to record a program or event once (good for movies, sporting events, etc.).
• Weekly—to record a program once a week, at the same time, on the same channel.
• Daily—to record a program once a day, at the same time, on the same channel.
• Mon-Fri—to record a program once a day, Monday through Friday, at the selected
time, on the same channel.
• DishPASS—to record programs on all channels (by default) or a specific channel,
based on your own specified criteria. See page 70 for more 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 priority timers.
• All timers have an associated priority that you can change at any time.
• The larger the number, the lower the priority (for example, priority 1 is higher than
priorities 2, 3, and 4).
• You can override a specific timer's priority with a one-time skip or by restoring it. Press
the remote control’s DVR button three times and select a timer in the Daily Schedule.
Then you'll have an option to Skip or Restore (if it’s skipped) that timer.
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