The digital video recorder (DVR) truly offers the best TV experience. Most notably, as it’s recording, you can pause and rewind, even if you’re watching a live show. What’s more? You can even record 2 shows at once.
Good to know: The shows you record are private and confidential. Nobody can access them other than you. However, Cogeco reserves the right to access this type of information for the purpose of customer support and running diagnostics testing on any of your digital receivers.
How to record live TV:
To record the program you’re currently watching, you just need to press the REC button on your remote.
How to schedule a recording:
With the i-Guide, you can schedule your recordings in 3 ways:
1. Using your remote control
Press the REC button at any time while watching TV or while you’re navigating the guide to start recording a program that’s on right now.
2. From i-Guide itself
From the listings, highlight a program and press the INFO button on your remote. Then, highlight the Record icon (a large red dot) and press the OK/SELECT button to start recording at the scheduled start time.
Good to know: If you choose to record a program by its name in the guide and the program is moved, the recording may be deleted by the guide, given that the program is no longer present.
3. By setting up a manual recording
You can set up a manual recording by following the steps below:
How to view your recordings:
You can access and view your recordings from the main menu; they will appear in your My Recordings list. Feel free to use the arrows on your remote control to select one of them by date, channel or title.
Good to know: If you set multiple versions of the same show to record, all recordings will have the same name and will be listed starting with the most recent. Also, you can change the priority assigned to a series by using the Series Priority List.
Organizing your recordings
The DVR setup function lets you extend live recordings, cut the first five minutes of a series or movie, record two overlapping programs, or create folders where you can group all the recordings from the same series in one place.
About recording capacity
It’s important to be aware of the recording capacity of your DVR so that you don’t accidentally run out of space.
Depending on the model, your DVR may be able to hold between 20 and 90 hours of programming in high definition (HD), or between 100 and 360 hours of programming in standard definition (SD).
When your hard drive is full
When your hard drive is full, the oldest recording set to “Save Until Space Is Needed” will be deleted automatically.
If all recordings are set to “Save Until I Delete”, your new scheduled recording will be cancelled. Because of this, it’s best to periodically check your hard drive and upcoming recordings to manage your space.
Good to know: When your hard drive is 80% full, you will get a warning message. Your DVR will then proceed with the prearranged settings for your individual recordings.
Scheduling conflicts and priority list management
Your DVR automatically creates a Series Priority List. The first series you set to record has the highest priority, and will be the one recorded if there’s a scheduling conflict.
You can easily change your Series Priority List so that the series of your choice is recorded when a conflict exists.
To do this, follow these steps:
Viewing deleted or cancelled recordings
The DVR History feature allows you to see recordings that have been deleted as well as any scheduled recordings that were cancelled before the broadcast dates. By selecting a title from within your deleted or cancelled recordings, you can view a list of upcoming broadcasts to schedule another recording.
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