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Tour 5: Now Playing List

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Chapter 3 38 The Basics in 5 Short Tours Tour 5: Now Playing List Your DIRECTV® DVR can record many hours of programming-enough to fill a slew of video tapes! Fortunately, it also labels and organizes all those saved programs. Unlike a VCR, your DVR's Now Playing List gives you instant access to all recorded programs- no need to spend time scanning for an episode somewhere on a tape. To go to the Now Playing List, press the LIST button. Programs you recorded are at the top of the list, in the order they were recorded. An icon (like this one: ) to the left of a program's title tells you the recording's current status. (For a summary of what these icons mean, see the inside back cover of this guide.) Programs you request will appear in the Now Playing List the moment recording begins. You can watch any title in the list-even one that is still being recorded-by highlighting it, then pressing the PLAY button. Try it! Highlight a program in the Now Playing List and press PLAY. OK, now for the cool part: Watch the program for at least five minutes, then press the LEFT arrow to go back to the Now Playing List. Select the same program again-the Program Information screen says "Resume Playing" instead of "Play." Select "Resume Playing" and return to the program from the point you left it! Keep until . . . Programs you choose to record are saved about two days by default. To see options for saving a program longer, highlight the program in the Now Playing List, then press SELECT. The Program Information screen appears. Select "Keep until...." On the next screen, use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight the date, then use the RIGHT/LEFT arrows to change it. When you are done, press SELECT.

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Chapter 3
T h e B a s i c s i n 5 S h o r t T o u r s
Tour 5: Now Playing List
Your DIRECTV
®
DVR can record many hours of programming—enough to fill a slew of
video tapes! Fortunately, it also labels and organizes all those saved programs. Unlike a
VCR, your DVR’s Now Playing List gives you instant access to all recorded programs—
no need to spend time scanning for an episode somewhere on a tape.
To go to the Now Playing List, press the LIST button. Programs you recorded are at the
top of the list, in the order they were recorded. An icon (like this one:
) to the left of a
program’s title tells you the recording’s current status. (For a summary of what these icons
mean, see the inside back cover of this guide.)
Programs you request will appear in the Now Playing List the moment recording begins.
You can watch any title in the list—even one that is still being recorded—by highlighting
it, then pressing the PLAY button.
Try it!
Highlight a program in the Now Playing List and press PLAY. OK, now for the
cool part: Watch the program for at least five minutes, then press the LEFT arrow to go
back to the Now Playing List. Select the same program again—the Program Information
screen says “Resume Playing” instead of “Play.” Select “Resume Playing” and return to
the program from the point you left it!
Keep until . . .
Programs you choose to record are saved about two days by default. To see
options for saving a program longer, highlight the program in the Now Playing List, then
press SELECT.
The Program Information screen appears. Select “Keep until
....
” On the next screen, use
the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight the date, then use the RIGHT/LEFT arrows to change
it. When you are done, press SELECT.