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1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:45 PM Page 1

YOU’RE WATCHING THE BIG GAME IN THE DEN. SUDDENLY,

YOU HAVE A DESPERATE URGE FOR A TURKEY SANDWICH.

SO YOU HIT PAUSE. WALK TO THE KITCHEN. MAKE YOUR

SANDWICH. GRAB A COLD ONE. WALK BACK TO THE DEN.

PRESS PLAY. AND THE LIVE GAME PICKS UP RIGHT WHERE YOU LEFT OFF.

WITHOUT MISSING A SINGLE, HEART-POUNDING PLAY. WELCOME TO DVR

FROM COMCAST DIGITAL CABLE.

1676-DVR SA USER GUIDE R20 12/8/03 1:45 PM Page 2

RECORD AND PLAY BACK PROGRAMS 20

Save Your Recorded Programs 21

Record a Program That You Are Watching Live 21

Record a Single Program or All Episodes of a Future Program 23

Record Two Programs at Once 25

Display a List of Your Recorded Programs 26

Play Back a Recorded Program 26

Display a List of Programs You Have ScheduledTo Be Recorded 27

Cancel a Scheduled Recording 27

Cancel a Recording That’s in Progress 28

MANAGE PROGRAMS AND RECORDINGS 29

Keep Others from Watching a Program 30

Keep Others from Watching a Recording 32

Maximize Your Storage Space 35

Copy Recordings to a VCRTape 35

Change the Default Save Time Setting for Future Recordings 36

Change the Save Time of a RecordingYou Have Saved 37

Erase a Recording 37

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 29

Questions about DVR 38

Questions about Controlling a Live Program or a Recording 38

Questions about Watching Two Programs at Once 39

Questions about Recording Programs and Playing Them Back 39

Index 41

Remote Control Quick Reference 43

INTRODUCING DVR 4

Get More Out of YourTV 5

Take Control of Live Programs 6

GETTING STARTED 7

Prepare Your Remote Control 8

Manage Your DVR Box 8

FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON 9

Display the Program Guide 10

Select a Program from the Program Guide 10

Search for a Program by Channel,Title, orTheme 11

Search for a Program by Date 11

CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS 12

Pause a Live Program or a Recording 13

Use Instant Replay 13

Rewind or Fast-Forward a Live Program or Recording 14

Use Slow Motion 15

Watch Action Frame by Frame 15

Catch Up with a Live TV Program 15

WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE 16

Turn PIP On and Off 17

Change the Channel of the PIP Screen 17

Move the Location of the PIP Screen 17

Swap the Main Screen and the PIP Screen 18

CONTENTS CONTENTS

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INTRODUCING DVR 5

INTRODUCING DVR

You’ll never watch TV the same way again. Now you can:

Control live programs as if they were recordings

Easily record your favorite shows — at least 30 hours of programming

Watch your recordings anytime you want

Use the Picture-In-Picture (PIP) feature

Get More out of Your TV

With DVR, you can use yourTV to:

one live program

two live programs at the same time with the PIP feature

one pre-recorded program

one live and one pre-recorded program at the same time

one live program

two live programs at the same time

at least 30 hours of programs

all future episodes of your favorite programs, just by performing

a one-time setup

watch two programs and record one of them

watch two programs and record both of them

watch a pre-recording while you record two other programs

OOPS — YOU JUST MISSED THE BIG CLIFFHANGER ON THE SEASON FINALE OF YOUR

FAVORITE SHOW. IF ONLYYOU COULD REWINDTHAT LIVE SHOWAND SEE IT AGAIN. IF ONLY

YOU COULDWATCHTHAT SHOW,PLUS YOUR FAVORITE SITCOMAT THE SAMETIME. IF ONLY

YOU COULD RECORD ONE SHOW AND WATCH ANOTHER AT THE SAME TIME. IF ONLY YOU

COULD RECORD TWO SHOWS AND WATCH ANOTHER AT THE SAME TIME. IF ONLY YOU

COULD PAUSE LIVE TV FOR UP TO AN HOUR WITHOUT MISSING A MINUTE. NOW YOU CAN.

WELCOME TO DVR. AND A LIFE OF TV WITHOUT “IF ONLY.”

WATCH

RECORD

SIMULTANEOUSLY

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Take Control of Live Programs

Buffered Programs

Turn off the DVR

When you turn off the DVR, it erases everything from its buffer.

Watch the channel for longer than an hour

After an hour, DVR removes the earlier minutes of the program from its buffer

so that only the most recent hour is kept in the buffer.

Tune to another program

When you change channels, DVR begins to buffer the program you have just

tuned to. It removes the program you were watching from the buffer.

DVR automatically buffers the last hour of the program that you’re watching and continues

to buffer the channel until you:

Anytime you tune to a live program, DVR begins“buffering” it — that is,making a temporary

recording of it — so you can:

Pause the live program or rewind it

Fast-forward through the portion you have rewound

Replay live TV anytime you want

Save the buffered program to the DVR’s hard drive to access it again later

INTRODUCING DVR

Have DVR record the program

When you press Record ,DVR records the portion of the live program

it has buffered, and begins recording the rest of the live program as it

is broadcast.

When recording, the red Record light turns on.

GETTING STARTED 7

NEVER BEFORE HAS A REMOTE CONTROL FELT SO POWERFUL. WITH JUST ONE CLICK,

YOU’LL CONTROL RECORDINGS, LIVE TV, PICTURE-IN-PICTURE — THE WORKS. AND HEY,

YOU CAN EVEN MAKE IT DO SOME FUN TRICKS.

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FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON 9

THE PROGRAM GUIDE WILL BE YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND. CONSIDER IT THE ULTIMATE

SEARCH ENGINE FOR YOUR TV. NO MORE ENDLESS SCROLLING THROUGH COUNTLESS

SHOWS TILL YOU FIND SOMETHING YOU LIKE. NOW YOU CAN SEARCH BY PROGRAM TITLE,

THEME, CHANNEL NUMBER, OR BROADCAST DATE. WHEN YOU FIND WHAT YOU WANT TO

WATCH, JUST CLICK TO IT DIRECTLY FROM THE GUIDE.

GETTING STARTED

Manage Your DVR Box

To extend the life of the DVR, turn Off the DVR each night before going to bed.

When the DVR is powered Off (and plugged into an active electrical outlet), all scheduled recordings will

be performed automatically — and your recordings will be protected.

Powering Off your DVR automatically activates the Parental Controls you have set up.

Each night before you go to bed, make sure that the green Power indicator is off.

The time LED will remain on when the DVR is plugged into an active outlet.

Prepare Your Remote Control

After you’ve connected DVR to your TV,here’s how to prepare

your remote control.

Refer to the guide that came with your remote control to make DVR work

with the make and model of your TV.Follow those instructions first, and then:

Press Cable .

The Cable key blinks red when you press it and the green Power

indicator on the front of DVR turns on or off depending on the current

status of the DVR.

Note:Your Comcast Installer may have already placed the DVR in Cable

mode for you.Verify this by pressing the Power key on your remote

control to see how the DVR responds. Each time you press a key on the

remote, one of the three mode keys,Cable,TV, or AUX, blinks red to

indicate the mode the remote is in.

CABL

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FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON 11

Search for a Program by Channel, Title, or Theme

DVR automatically lists programs by channel number, but you can customize it to list programs

by title or theme.

1. Press Guide . The Program Guide appears and lists programs for the next 7 days.

2. Press Browse By .

3. Press Move Up or Move Down to highlight Channel,Title, or Theme.

4. Press Select to select your new search criteria.

Search for a Program by Date

1. Press Guide . The Program Guide appears and lists the next 7 days of programs.

2. Press Date . The next 7 dates are displayed.

3. Press Move Up or Move Down to highlight a date.

4. Press Select to list programs that will be broadcast on that date.

Browse By Options

Headline News

4:00-5:00pm

Up-to-the-minute coverage of the

latest events.

HDLN

DSC 34

CNN 35

HDLN 36

ESPN 37

TOON 38

Great Chefs

Inside Politics

' Headline News

Bikes, Blades & Boards

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Hollywo

Pokemo

Travelers

Headline News

NFL's Greatest

Pokemon

Great Chefs

Early Prime

Yu-Gi-Oh!

4:00pm 4:30pm

Wed 6/18 4:02pm

5:00pm 5:3CHANNEL

WED 6/18

DateBrowse By

Headline News

4:00-5:00pm

Up-to-the-minute coverage of the

latest events.

HDLN

Hawaii Five-0

Hawthorne

Headline News

Health & Fitness

Hometime

10:00pm

8:30pm

4:00pm

5:30pm

PROGRAM

Wed 6/18 4:02pm

CHTIMETITLE A-Z

WED 6/18

DateBrowse By

Headline News

4:00-5:00pm

Up-to-the-minute coverage of the

latest events.

HDLN

News

Headline News

Close-Up on C-SPAN

Headline News

Early Prime

Headline News

3:00pm

4:00pm

4:30pm

5:00pm

PROGRAM

Wed 6/18 4:02pm

CHTIMETHEME

WED 6/18

DateBrowse By

Browse By Channel

Channel lists programs numerically by channel number.

Browse By Title

Title lists programs alphabetically by title.

Note:A star next to a program indicates that the program

is currently being broadcast.

Browse By Theme

Theme lists programs by theme, such as adventure,comedy,

sports, or news.

FIND OUT WHEN YOUR FAVORITE PROGRAMS ARE ON

Display the Program Guide

1. Press Guide . The Program Guide appears and lists programs for the next 7 days.

2.To close the guide,press Guide . The Program Guide closes,displaying the program that was

highlighted in the Program Guide.

Select a Program from the Program Guide

1. Press Guide . The Program Guide appears and lists programs for the next 7 days.

2. Press the directional keys to navigate program listings and highlight your selection.

3. Press Select . If the program is currently on, the Program Guide closes and the program

you selected appears in full-screen TV.If the program is on in the future, a future program

option screen appears.

Headline News

4:00-5:00pm

Up-to-the-minute coverage of the

latest events.

HDLN

DSC 34

CNN 35

HDLN 36

ESPN 37

TOON 38

Great Chefs

Inside Politics

' Headline News

Bikes, Blades & Boards

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Hollywo

Pokemo

Travelers

Headline News

NFL's Greatest

Pokemon

Great Chefs

Early Prime

Yu-Gi-Oh!

4:00pm 4:30pm

Wed 6/18 4:02pm

5:00pm 5:3CHANNEL

WED 6/18

DateBrowse By

The Program Guide

The Options area displays additional options.

The Information area

displays information

about the program that

is highlighted in the

Program Guide.

The Browse By area

automatically lists

programs by channel

number, but you can

choose to list programs

by title, theme, or date

by hitting or .

The Quarter Screen

shows the program

you are tuned to.

The Broadcast Time

Bar lists the times

programs are shown.

The Programs area

displays the title of

each program.

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CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS

YOU’REWATCHINGTHE SEASON FINALE OF YOUR FAVORITE SHOW OFALL TIME. YOUR BEST

FRIEND CALLS.AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,YOU DON’T HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEENTHE

TWO. JUST PRESS PAUSE. AND EVEN THOUGH THE PROGRAM IS LIVE, YOU CAN TALK FOR

AN HOUR, PRESS PLAY, AND NOT MISS ONE MOMENT OF YOUR SHOW. AND THAT IS JUST

THE BEGINNING OF WHAT YOU CAN DO.

Status Bar

CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS 13

Pause a Live Program or a Recording

1. Press Pause to freeze the action.The Status Bar appears briefly in the Pause position at the

bottom of the screen. For programs that you’re watching live, DVR will remain in pause mode for up

to 1 hour.

2. Press Pause again or press Play to resume playing the program.

Use Instant Replay

Press Instant Replay to watch the last 8 seconds of a live program or a recording again.

Every additional press jumps back 8 more seconds. Never miss a moment of your favorite show again!

Pause American Idol

8:00 – 9:00pm

The Status Bar appears whenever you pause, rewind, or fast-forward a live program or a recording.

For a live program, red indicates missed

programming (from the time the program

began until the time you tuned to it).

For a recording, red indicates the portion

of programming that was not recorded.

This area represents

the current status

(paused in this case).

The name of the

program appears

beneath the bar.

The yellow pointer

indicates where you

are in the program.

For a live program,

the time of the

broadcast displays.

Green indicates the

portion of the program

that DVR has buffered

or saved.

For a live program,

beige indicates the

portion of the program

not yet broadcast.

For a recording,

the program length

displays.

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CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS

To Press Result

Fast-forward Action speeds up and the Status Bar appears

in the Fast-forward position at the bottom of the

screen.The pointer on the Status Bar moves to the

right as you fast-forward the program.

Speed up: Press Fast-forward one or two more times

to incrementally increase the speed. Press it again and

the program resumes playing at normal speed.

When you reach the portion of the program you wish to watch

at normal speed, press Play .The Status Bar indicates

the Play position and the program plays at normal speed.

Live TV: When you reach the end of the buffered

program and catch up with the live broadcast, the

Status Bar briefly indicates Live and the program

automatically begins playing at normal speed.

Recordings: When you reach the end of a recording,

the Playback Status screen appears to give you the

option to erase the recording. If you do not wish to view it

again, you may erase it to allow space for your future

recordings.To exit from this screen and return to liveTV,

press Last or press Channel Up

or Channel Down .

Rewind or Fast-Forward a Live Program or Recording

Rewind a live program or a recording to watch a portion of it again, or fast-forward through

portions you don’t want to watch.You can rewind or fast-forward in any of three different speeds,

as explained in the box on the next page.

1. Make sure that the program or recording is not in Pause mode.If it is paused, press Play .

2. Rewind or fast-forward the live program or recording by following the instructions below.

To Press Result

Rewind Action reverses and the Status Bar appears in the

Rewind position at the bottom of the screen.The pointer

on the Status Bar moves to the left as you rewind

the program.

Speed up: Press Rewind one or two more times to

incrementally increase the speed. Press it again and

the program resumes playing at normal speed.

When you reach the portion of the program you wish to watch

at normal speed, press Play .The Status Bar indicates

the Play position and the program plays at normal speed.

Status Bar Speed Indicator

CONTROL LIVE TV AND RECORDINGS 15

Use Slow Motion

1.While watching live TV or playing a recording at normal speed,press Play once.

The action is shown in slow motion.

2.To resume play in normal speed,press Play again.

Watch Action Frame by Frame

Analyze sports events and other programs by watching the action frame by frame — one second

at a time.

1. Press Pause .The action pauses.

2. Press Fast-forward or Rewind to make action move one frame at a time.

3.To resume play at normal speed, press Play .

Catch Up with a Live TV Program

When you pause or rewind a live program, the program continues to be broadcast and stored in the buffer.

You can continue watching the buffered program (delayed from the live broadcast), or you can catch up

with the live broadcast by pressing Live .

Note:The Live key is inactive when you are playing back a recording.

LIVE

A green arrow ( or ) indicates how fast you are advancing or rewinding

a program. Each time you increase the speed,another arrow appears.

Rewind or fast-forward in any of three speeds:

• Press once and increase the speed to approximately 4 times the normal play speed.

• Press twice and increase the speed to approximately 10 times the normal play speed.

• Press three times and increase the speed to approximately 32 times the normal play speed.

Fast Fwd

Rewind

Note:When you rewind a

live program or recording to

the point where you first

tuned to it, the recording

automatically begins

replaying at normal speed.

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Turn PIP On and Off

DVR has built-in picture-in-picture (PIP).When you turn on PIP,

you can watch two channels at once. One channel appears as a

full-screen image.The other appears as a small image within

the full-screen image.

Note: If your television came with PIP functionality, you may

wish to deactivate it, as the PIP images with DVR become twice

as small if PIP functions are activated.

1.While watching a program, press PIP On .

The PIP screen appears within the full screen, and a channel

banner appears briefly under the PIP screen.

Note:You will only hear the sound of the program that is

shown in the full screen.

2.To turn off the PIP screen,press PIP Off .

Note: If you press Info when the PIP feature is on,

a channel banner appears for both screens. If either program

is currently being recorded, its channel banner will show the

Recording Now or symbol.

Info

WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE

SO YOU WANT TO WATCH THE BIG GAME. AND YOUR DAUGHTER WANTS TO WATCH

NICKELODEON. YOU HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN SEEING HISTORY MADE OR SEEING THE

APPLE OF YOUR EYE CRY HER EYES OUT. NO PROBLEM. WITH PICTURE-IN-PICTURE (PIP),

YOU BOTH GET YOUR WAY. AND YOUR TV DOESN’T EVEN NEED A BUILT-IN PIP FEATURE.

WATCH TWO PROGRAMS AT ONCE 17

Change the Channel of the PIP Screen

1. Press PIP On (unless already in PIP mode).

2. Press PIP Channel Up or PIP Channel Down .

Note: Pressing the main Channel Up or Channel Down key changes the channel of the

program that is shown in the main TV screen.

Move the Location of the PIP Screen

If the PIP screen blocks action in the main TV screen,move the PIP screen by pressing Move .

GOLF

Full-screen image

in main TV screen

Channel Banner appears

briefly under PIP screen

PIP screen within the

full-screen image

Each time you press Move , the PIP screen

moves clockwise to the next corner of the main

TV screen as shown here.

Possible Positions of the PIP Screen

REC

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