How to record shows and watch your recordings in Digital TV

This article describes how to record shows and watch your recordings in Digital TV.

Record a single episode or movie

  1. In the guide, find the show you want to record.
  2. With the show highlighted, press the Info button on your remote, and then select Set or cancel a recording.
  3. Select Record this program.
  4. If you want to customize the recording, select View recording settings for this program. From here, you can set the following options:
      • Save until: Set when the recorded show will be deleted.
      • Start recording: Lets you start recording earlier than the scheduled start time.
      • Stop recording: Lets you stop recording later than the scheduled end time.

After you set your options, select Record with these settings.

You'll see a red dot next to the show in the guide to indicate you scheduled a recording.

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Record a single episode or movie

Note If you’re already watching the show, you can press the Rec button on your remote to start recording or press the Info button two times to customize and start your recording.

Record a series

  1. In the guide, find the show you want to record.
  2. With the show highlighted, press the Info button on your remote, and then select Set or cancel a recording.
  3. Select Set up a series recording. From here, choose the options that you want:
    • Record: Choose to record only new episodes, or new and repeated episodes.
    • Save: Specify the number of episodes you want to save.
    • Save until: Set when the recorded show will be deleted.
    • Record programs on: Specify whether to record on the current channel or all channels.
    • Start recording: Lets you start recording earlier than the scheduled start time.
    • Stop recording: Lets you stop recording later than the scheduled end time.
  4. After you set your options, select Record series with these settings.

    You'll see three overlapping red dots next to the show in the guide to indicate you scheduled a series recording.

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Record a series

Note If you’re already watching the show, you can press the Info button two times to set up a series recording.

  1. Press the Menu button on your remote, and then on the Quick Menu, select DVR.
  2. Go to My Recordings.
    You’ll see the list of all your recordings, which you can sort by date, channel, or title.
  3. Select the recording that you want to watch, and then select Play.
  • You can record up to two shows at a time.
  • If you have Multi-room DVR, people in your household can watch up to three recordings at the same time on connected TVs in your home. Learn more about Multi-room DVR.

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