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Managing live TV feeds
Optik TV supports up to 6 TVs and delivers 3 live TV feeds to your household. A
TV
feed can be a live
TV
show, an On Demand program or a Pay Per View (PPV) event. If you have 2 or more TVs tuned
to the same live TV program you’ll only be using 1 live TV feed. Also, watching programs that have
already been recorded on your PVR doesn’t use a live feed.
For example, you can do one of the following:
n Watch 3 different live TV programs
n Record 1 live program on your PVR and watch 2 other live programs
n Record 2 live programs on your PVR and watch a third live program
n Record 3 live programs on your PVR
The number of live HD (high definition) programs you can watch at once depends on the service
in the area you live. All Optik homes can watch or record at least 1 live TV program in HD and 2 in
SD (standard definition) at the same time. Depending on the service availability at your home, you
may be able to watch or record 2 live TV programs in HD and a third in standard definition. In select
areas, households are able to watch or record up to 4 live TV programs and 3 of the programs
can be in HD.
If you try to watch or record more live
TV
programs than you have available feeds, your Optik
TV
service will present you with options to select the programs that you wish to watch or record.
For example, if 3 live
TV
programs are being watched and a fourth
TV
is turned on to watch
another program, you will be prompted to choose which programs you want to continue to watch
or record. If you choose to interrupt a program on another
TV
, a message will be displayed on
both affected
TV
s.
With your Optik
TV
PVR, while the live
TV
feeds are being used to watch or record live programs, you
can watch up to 4 recorded programs on your other
TV
s. Viewing a recorded program does not use
a live
TV
feed as it is stored on your PVR.
Subscribing to the Time Choice theme pack allows you to watch or record your favourite programs
outside your local time zone with time shifting and will help you manage usage of your live feeds.
This means you can watch or record your favourite programs earlier when it is more convenient for you.
Quick tip
Turning off one of
your digital boxes
will free up a live
TV feed
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