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Q: I've set up a series recording. Why do I get a bunch of reruns and multiple copies of the same program?

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DIRECTV® HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS You exceeded the allotted purchase or viewing time on a Pay Per View movie or event. Bad weather may have caused a loss in signal. Your receiver will automatically delete these incomplete programs. Solution: Delete some of the content on your DVR to make room for new recordings. Change your recording options to keep programs until you delete them manually. See "Recording a Single Show" or "Recording a Series" in Chapter 4 for details. You can also change a recording you've already made to "Keep Until I Delete". See "Managing My Playlist" in Chapter 4. To avoid this in the future, you can change settings for recordings that you've set to occur in the future, but haven't recorded yet. Press MENU, select "Recordings", then "Manage Recordings", then "To Do List", choose the show you want to change and select it, select RECORD, press SELECT on "Keep...", press SELECT on the "Keep Until" box to change it to "I Delete", use the ARROW button to move over to Update and press SELECT. If you recorded a DIRECTV CINEMA movie or Pay Per View event, but did not watch it, the time which you are allowed to purchase or watch it may have expired. To avoid this in the future, check your Pay Per View recordings in the My Playlist screen for expiration dates. Q: I've set up a series recording. Why do I get a bunch of reruns and multiple copies of the same program? Your DVR is getting full of duplicate recordings of the same program, or old episodes of the chosen show. Possible Causes: Your series is set to record both First Run and Repeat episodes. The programmer may not provide enough details in the program description for your receiver to determine whether the program is a repeat. Solution: When you set up a series, make sure you select only the "First Run" option. This is the default for one-touch recording unless 118 you have changed your default recording settings.

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DIRECTV
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HD DVR RECEIVER USER GUIDE
You exceeded the allotted purchase or viewing time on a Pay Per View movie or event.
Bad weather may have caused a loss in signal. Your receiver will automatically delete these incomplete programs.
Solution:
Delete some of the content on your DVR to make room for new recordings.
Change your recording options to keep programs until you delete them manually. See “Recording a Single Show” or
“Recording a Series” in Chapter 4 for details.
You can also change a recording you’ve already made to “Keep Until I Delete”. See “Managing My Playlist” in Chapter 4.
To avoid this in the future, you can change settings for recordings that you’ve set to occur in the future, but haven’t recorded
yet. Press MENU, select “Recordings”, then “Manage Recordings”, then “To Do List”, choose the show you want to change and
select it, select RECORD, press SELECT on “Keep…”, press SELECT on the “Keep Until” box to change it to “I Delete”, use the
ARROW button to move over to Update and press SELECT.
If you recorded a DIRECTV CINEMA movie or Pay Per View event, but did not watch it, the time which you are allowed to
purchase or watch it may have expired. To avoid this in the future, check your Pay Per View recordings in the My Playlist
screen for expiration dates.
Q: I’ve set up a series recording. Why do I get a bunch of reruns and multiple copies of the same program?
Your DVR is getting full of duplicate recordings of the same program, or old episodes of the chosen show.
Possible Causes:
Your series is set to record both First Run and Repeat episodes.
The programmer may not provide enough details in the program description for your receiver to determine whether the
program is a repeat.
Solution:
When you set up a series, make sure you select only the “First Run” option. This is the default for one-touch recording unless
you have changed your default recording settings.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS