DStv HD PVR User manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 FRONT PANEL .................................................................................................................................................3
2 BACK PANEL....................................................................................................................................................4
3 THE HD PVR REMOTE CONTROL..................................................................................................................5
3.1 R EMOTE C ONTROL BASICS .......................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 TV A LT TV G UIDE L ANGUAGE AND M UTE BUTTONS .................................................................................................................. 6
3.3 T HE D IAL .................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.4 C OLOUR B UTTONS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.5 A CTION B UTTONS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 7
4 THE BASICS.....................................................................................................................................................8
4.1 T HE I -P LATE : N ORMAL ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
4.2 T HE I -P LATE WHEN “ BANNER BROWSING ”.................................................................................................................................... 9
4.3 T HE I -P LATE : E XTENDED M ODE ............................................................................................................................................... 10
4.4 V IEWING M ODES ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11
4.5 T HE C HANNEL G RIDS ................................................................................................................................................................ 11
4.6 R EMINDERS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 12
4.7 I NTERACTIVE S ERVICES & DS TV TOUCH .................................................................................................................................... 13
4.8 P ARENTAL C ONTROL .................................................................................................................................................................. 14
4.9 L ANGUAGE S ELECTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 15
4.10 S UBTITLES / T ELETEXT .............................................................................................................................................................. 15
4.11 DS TV A UDIO C HANNELS ........................................................................................................................................................... 15
5 PVR BASICS...................................................................................................................................................16
5.1 T HE B UFFER .............................................................................................................................................................................. 16
5.2 W HAT IS L IVE TV? ................................................................................................................................................................... 16
5.3 A UTOMATIC S TANDBY ( ALSO KNOWN AS S LEEP M ODE ).............................................................................................................. 16
5.4 T HE S TATUS B AR ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
6 PVR ICONS.....................................................................................................................................................18
6.1 PVR ICONS : DISPLAYED ON PROGRAMME INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 18
6.2 O NSCREEN PVR I CONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 18
6.3 PVR H ARD D ISK U SAGE ........................................................................................................................................................... 19
7 THE TV GUIDE ...............................................................................................................................................20
7.1 F AVOURITE C HANNELS .............................................................................................................................................................. 20
7.2 A LL C HANNELS .......................................................................................................................................................................... 21
8 SETTING RECORDINGS AND THE SCHEDULED RECORDINGS SCREEN..............................................22
8.1 H OW TO S ET A R ECORDING ....................................................................................................................................................... 22
8.2 S CHEDULED R ECORDINGS ......................................................................................................................................................... 25
9 VIEWING YOUR RECORDINGS....................................................................................................................26
9.1 T HE P LAYLIST ........................................................................................................................................................................... 26
10 OTHER FEATURES....................................................................................................................................28
10.1 E XTENDING A RECORDING IN PROGRESS .................................................................................................................................... 28
10.2 S TOPPING A RECORDING IN PROGRESS ...................................................................................................................................... 28
10.3 B OOKMARKS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 28
10.4 S LOW M OTION .......................................................................................................................................................................... 28
10.5 T HE S AFETY N ET ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29
10.6 F AST F ORWARDING ................................................................................................................................................................... 29
10.7 R EWINDING .............................................................................................................................................................................. 30
The whole of this Viewer’s Guide / Manual, including the graphics, menus and information
contained herein are the su ject of intellectual property rights, including copyright, under domestic
law and international conventions. All rights are reserved.
The information in this Viewer’s Guide supplements the information supplied with the packaging of
the HD PVR, as well as the HD PVR Decoder Menu Manual.
Due to software upgrades, the features and functionalities in this Viewer’s Guide may differ from
those on your HD PVR.
Version 1.02 (October 2008) pre DTP e&eo

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1 F RONT P ANEL
1 Navigation Arrows Same function as arrows on remote control – scrolls through onscreen items.
2 OK Same function as OK on the remote control.
3 EXIT Same function as EXIT on the remote control.
4 GUIDE Goes to the TV Guide.
5 Stop If viewing from the Playlist, returns to Live TV. If a recording is in progress, stops
the recording.
6 Play / Pause Starts or pauses the video.
7 Rec Schedules a recording.
8 P+ Changes to the next availa le channel.
9 P- Changes to the previous availa le channel.
10 Reset Re oots the PVR.
11 On / Stand y Switches the PVR etween normal and stand y modes.
12 Button indicators See elow for more info.
13 Front panel display Displays state of HD PVR (see elow for more info).
The Front Panel Display
This displays the status of the HD PVR. Below are some of the most common ones :
HD PVR is tuned to channel 170, no recordings are in progress.
HD PVR displays the current time and is in stand y mode.
HD PVR is in play ack mode, ie. you are viewing a programme from
the Playlist.
HD PVR has one recording in progress (on tuner 2).
HD PVR has one recording in progress (on tuner 3).
HD PVR has two recordings in progress (on tuner 2 and tuner 3).
HdCP not supported – the TV does not support HDCP or the HDMI
ca le is incorrectly connected.

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2 B ACK P ANEL
1 RF In and RF Out Connect RF In to the terrestrial antenna.
Connect RF Out to the TV antenna input.
2 Video Out Connect to the video input of the TV.
3 Audio Left and Audio Right Connect to the audio inputs of the TV.
4 Component Video (YPrP ) Connect to the component video inputs of the TV.
5 SCART Connect to the SCART connector of the TV.
6 Satellite Inputs 1 to 4 Connect to the quad (4-wire) LNB feeds from the dish.
If using a SatCR LNB feed, connect to input 1.
7 S/PDIF Digital Audio Out Connect to the optical input of the Home Theatre amplifier.
8 Coaxial Digital Audio Output Connect to the coaxial input of the Home Theatre amplifier.
9 HDMI Digital AV Connect to the HDMI input of the HD TV or Home Theatre system.
10 Ethernet Reserved for future use.
11 ESATA Reserved for future use.
12 USB Reserved for future use.
13 Mains Connector Connect to the mains supply.
Note : The HD PVR is designed to work with a 4-wire LNB installation.
If you have technical
comments or want to chat to
other users a out the
installation and set-up of the
HD PVR, please visit the
forums on www.dstv.com
HD quality content
is only availa le via
HDMI. The HDMI must
e HDCP compliant.
The 5.1 surround sound
is sent through the optical
and digital coaxial audio
outputs and is not availa le
via HDMI.

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3 T HE HD PVR R EMOTE C ONTROL
3.1 R EMOTE C ONTROL BASICS

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3.2 TV,
A LT , TV G IDE , L ANG AGE AND M TE B TTONS
The five uttons at the top of the remote control each have a secondary function (sometimes also referred
to as the “shifted” mode).
If you have not first pressed SHIFT, these uttons do the following :
•TV : always take you to Live TV. If you are watching in the uffer, pressing TV takes you to Live
TV on the current channel. If you are watching in play ack, pressing TV stops play ack and takes
you to Live TV on the current channel.
•ALT : goes to the last viewed channel.
•TV G IDE : goes to the TV Guide.
•LANG AGE : Displays the Language / Soundtrack pop-up.
•M TE : switches the audio on or off (depends on the current audio status).
To activate the secondary functionality, press SHIFT followed y the required utton. After pressing SHIFT,
the SHIFT utton will flash, confirming the mode of the remote control. It is not necessary to hold oth
uttons down at the same time.
•SHIFT TV : goes to the Audio Bouquet.
•SHIFT ALT : displays the Su titles / Teletext pop-up (Note : Su titles / Teletext are not currently
availa le on the HD PVR).
•SHIFT TV G IDE : currently disa led.
•SHIFT LANG AGE : goes to the Parental Control Menu (Note : you need the valid PG PIN code to
enter the Parental Control Menu).
•SHIFT M TE : currently disa led.
3.3 T HE D IAL
The dial should e set to TV1 for use with the HD PVR.
The “window” in the dial (where you see TV1) lights up when any utton is pressed, confirming that the
remote control is active and that the command has een sent to the decoder.

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3.4 C
OLO R B TTONS
The colour uttons on the remote control have different functions depending on what you are doing on the
HD PVR.
When using the Decoder Menu or the TV Guide, please refer to the onscreen instructions (at the ottom of
the screen) that clearly indicate functionality for each colour utton.
When viewing TV, the colour uttons do the following :
•Press the RED utton to go to the Playlist (see page 26).
•Press the BL E utton to insert a Bookmark (see page 28).
•Press the WHITE utton to watch in slow motion (see page 28).
•Press the YELLOW utton to display the Status Bar (see page 17).
•The GREEN utton is currently disa led in viewing mode.
3.5 A CTION B TTONS
Button While watching Live TV While watching a recording (play ack)
STOP Disa led if there are no recordings in
progress.
If there is a recording(s) in progress,
you are a le to stop the recording(s).
Stops play ack and returns you to the Playlist.
REWIND
(See page 30)
Press once : Instant Replay (rewinds
10 seconds) *
Hold : rewinds programme. **
* only in Live TV where buffer is available (see
page 16)
** only where buffer is available (see page 16)
Press once : Instant Replay (rewinds 10
seconds)
Hold : rewinds programme.
PLAY / PAUSE Toggles etween PLAY and PAUSE. Toggles etween PLAY and PAUSE.
FAST FORWARD
(See page 29)
Disa led (unless in uffer). Fast Forwards recorded programme.
REC Schedules recording. See page 22. Disa led.

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4 T HE B ASICS
4.1 T HE I -P LATE : N ORMAL
The information plate (i-Plate) is displayed when you press i.
1 Instruction ar – provides helpful information as well as options availa le.
2 i-Plate Header.
3 Starting times of programme.
4 Current time.
5 Channel num er & name.
6 Today’s date.
7 PVR Icons (see page 18).
8 Programme titles.
9 PG Lock & PG Rating.
10 Press the DOWN arrow to access programming information for the next 24 hours on this channel.
The colour of the i-Plate indicates
the viewing mode (see page 11).
A lue header indicates that you are in
ALL CHANNELS.
A purple header indicates that you are in
FAVOURITE CHANNELS.
You can personalise the time for
which the i-Plate is displayed.
•Press MENU.
•Select Personalise.
•Go to #5 (Display Timeout).
•Follow the onscreen instructions.

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4.2 T
HE I -P LATE WHEN “ BANNER BROWSING ”
If you want to see what is on other channels, you can press i to display the i-Plate and then use the left
and right arrows to view the programming information for other channels. We call this “ anner
rowsing”.

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4.3 T
HE I -P LATE : E XTENDED M ODE
To see more information on a highlighted programme, press i to display the extended information. You
can also “ anner rowse” in extended mode.
1 Extended information header.
2 Live TV / Buffer indicator.
3 Viewing mode - All Channels or Favourite Channels.
4 Programme title.
5 Channel num er & name.
Programme start and end time.
Date of programme.
6 PVR icons, example Scheduled Recording, Autotune Banner.
7 Synopsis (programme information).
8 PG information.
9 Current time.
10 Current channel num er & name.
11 Today’s date.
12 i-Plate header.
13 Starting times of programmes.
14 Press the DOWN arrow to access programming information for the next 24 hours on this channel.
15 PVR Icons (see page 18).
16 Programme titles.
17 PG Lock & PG Rating.

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4.4 V
IEWING M ODES
The HD PVR has two viewing modes - All Channels or Favourite Channels. What’s the difference?
•In All Channels mode, ALL availa le channels are displayed, including those to which you are not
su scri ed.
•In Favourite Channels mode, only the channels you selected as your Favourite Channels are
availa le when you anner rowse or surf through the channels, so no tripping over unwanted
channels. (For more on how to set up your Favourite Channels, see page 20.)
The colour of the i-Plate indicates
the viewing mode.
A lue header indicates that you are in
ALL CHANNELS.
A purple header indicates that you are
in FAVOURITE CHANNELS.
When viewing Live TV,
you can switch modes y
pressing TV and selecting
the other mode from the
pop-up which displays.
4.5 T HE C HANNEL G RIDS
There are two channel grids on the HD PVR, the All Channels Grid and the Favourite Channels Grid (one
for each viewing mode).
The channel grid is a quick way to tune etween channels or to quickly access programming info for
another channel.
When watching TV, press the LEFT, RIGHT or
DOWN arrow to display the All Channels Grid.
When watching TV, press the P arrow to display
the Favourite Channels Grid.
Use the arrows to move
the highlight and press OK
to tune to the selected
channel, or press i to display
extended info.
Both channel grids
are availa le when
viewing in play ack.

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4.6 R
EMINDERS
There are two types of reminders. These can e used to either “remind” you of a programme or to
automatically tune the decoder to a channel at a specific time.
A Banner reminder will display a pop-up at the start of the programme for which you set the reminder.
You can ignore the reminder or choose to tune to the selected programme y pressing OK.
An Autotune reminder can tune the decoder to another channel, ut will first display a pop-up at the
start of the programme for which you set the reminder. You can cancel the reminder or tune to the
selected programme. If you do nothing, the decoder will automatically tune to the selected channel.
How to Set a Reminder
To set a anner reminder, select the required programme (either on the i-Plate or TV Guide) and press
OK. A appears next to the programme, confirming that a anner reminder has een set.
To change the reminder from a anner to an autotune, press OK again. The icon changes to a
confirming that an autotune anner has een set.
All scheduled reminders are listed on the Reminders screen.
How to Delete a Reminder
Option 1 : To delete the reminder, highlight the programme which has the autotune reminder set for it
and press OK.
Option 2 : You can also delete reminders y going to the Reminders screen.
The Reminders Screen
This screen lists all reminders that have een set.
To go to the Reminders screen, press RED to go to the Playlist and then press the RIGHT arrow twice).
From this screen you can delete scheduled reminders ( y pressing RED) or sort the list of reminders ( y
pressing WHITE).

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4.7 I
NTERACTIVE S ERVICES & DS TV TO CH
SuperSport Active is currently the only interactive service availa le.
•To access SuperSport Active, press OK to display the DStv touch menu and then press OK
again to load SuperSport Active.
Interactive Services are
only availa le when viewing
Live TV, ie. you cannot
access DStv touch when
viewing in the uffer or in
Play ack.
Using Interactive
Services clears the uffer.

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4.8 P
ARENTAL C ONTROL
The HD PVR has a Parental Control feature to control viewing in your home. Access to this feature is
controlled y the PG PIN code. To go to Parental Control menu :
•Press MEN to go to the Decoder Menu, then select #2 (Parental Control), or
•Press TV G IDE to go to the TV Guide, then press BL E.
The default PG PIN code is 1234.
If the PG PIN code is entered incorrectly 5 times it is
locked. If this happens, you will need to call your nearest
MultiChoice Contact Centre to have it reset.
Global Blocking
Glo al Blocking Options :
•No Block : all programmes are cleared for viewing.
Parental levels do not apply.
•Total Block : all programmes are locked and can only e
viewed with the valid PG PIN code.
•Personalise : select what you want to lock ased on PG
settings.
If you select “Personalise”, you must select a Parental Guidance
Setting (#2).
Parental Guidance Settings
If you select “Personalise” as the Glo al Blocking option, you
need to select a Parental Guidance Setting.
•None : all programmes are cleared for viewing.
•FAM : FAM rated programmes are cleared for viewing. All
others are locked.
•PG 13 : FAM and PG13 rated programmes are cleared for
viewing. All others are locked.
•16 : FAM, PG13 and 16 rated programmes are cleared for
viewing. All others are locked.
•18 : FAM, PG13, 16 and 18 rated programmes are cleared
for viewing. All others are locked.
Changing the PG PIN Code
Changing the PG PIN Code :
•Press BL E on the Parental Control Menu.
•Enter the new PIN code twice (the PIN code can e any 4
digits).
•Press OK to confirm the new PIN code.

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Channel Blocking
This option differs from Glo al Blocking as it allows
you to lock an entire channel. The channel can only
e viewed on entering the valid PG PIN code.
Press WHITE to edit.
•Select the channels you want to lock and
press the WHITE utton to lock them.
•Once a channel is locked, press WHITE to
un lock it.
•Press RED to un lock all channels.
•Press OK to confirm your selection.
4.9 L ANG AGE S ELECTION
Some programmes have multiple language or soundtrack options availa le.
For a list of availa le options on the programme that you are viewing, press the LANGUAGE utton.
4.10 S BTITLES / T ELETEXT
Su titles and Teletext are not currently supported on the HD PVR.
4.11 DS TV A DIO C HANNELS
DStv has a great selection of audio channels availa le. To go to the audio channels, you can :
•Press SHIFT TV, or
•Press TV G IDE and select the required audio channel from the All Channels list.
•To return to TV channels, press SHIFT TV again.

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5 PVR B ASICS
5.1 T HE B FFER
The uffer is the part of the hard disk that temporarily records Live TV and allows you to pause or rewind
Live TV. On the HD PVR, the uffer always stores the last 120 minutes or up to the last time you
changed channels (if within the last 120 minutes).
The uffer is cleared :
•When you change channels.
•When the decoder is reset.
•When the decoder is rescanned.
•When the decoder is in automatic stand y.
•When you use an Interactive Service.
5.2 W HAT IS L IVE TV?
Live TV is when you are watching programmes as they are eing roadcast, ie. you have not
pressed pause.
How do I know when I’m watching Live TV?
Press i to display the i-Plate. If you are watching Live TV, the Live TV icon is displayed in the top right
corner.
If you are watching ehind Live TV, ie. from the uffer, a timer is displayed in the top right corner
indicating how far you are ehind Live TV.
5.3 A TOMATIC S TANDBY ( ALSO KNOWN AS S LEEP M ODE )
To extend the lifespan of the HD PVR, you have the option to disa le the hard drive during periods when
you are not using the PVR. When the HD PVR is in automatic stand y, the hard disk goes to “sleep”.
To set Automatic Stand y :
•Press MENU
•Select Personalise
•Go to #7 (Automatic Stand y)
•Use the arrow keys to select the required time period (The HD PVR will automatically go into
stand y after the selected period of inactivity).
Recordings are not impacted y stand y and still take
place if the decoder is in automatic stand y.
If an autotune reminder triggers while the HD PVR is in
stand y, the decoder will come out of stand y and tune to
the required channel.

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5.4 T
HE S TAT S B AR
Whether watching a recording, from the uffer or Live TV, pressing the YELLOW utton displays
the Status Bar. The Status Bar is a helpful feature indicating your current viewing position.
The Status Bar when watching Live TV
When watching Live TV, the timer at the end of the Status Bar indicates how far ehind Live TV you are.
•A timer of 00:10:00 means that you are 10 minutes ehind Live TV.
Green Bar Indicates what has already een viewed
Blue Line Indicates your current viewing position
Yellow Bar Indicates what is still to e viewed
Red Line Indicates the position of Live TV
Transparent Bar Indicates availa le space in the uffer
Timer Indicates how far you are ehind Live TV
The Status Bar when watching a recording
When watching a recording, the timer at the end of the Status Bar indicates how much of the recording is
left.
•A timer of 01:00:00 means there is 1 hour of the recording left to watch.
Green Bar Indicates what has already een viewed
Blue Line Indicates your current viewing position
Yellow Bar Indicates what is still to e viewed
Timer Indicates how far you are from the end of the recording
A user ookmark is
shown in the Status Bar
y a  lue triangle.
For more information on
ookmarks, see page 28.
A system ookmark
(example : the start of a
programme) is shown in
the Status Bar y a 
grey triangle.
For more information on
ookmarks, see page 28.
To quickly move through a
programme, press YELLOW to
display the Status Bar and then
move the Play/Pause utton left or
right. As you do this, the lue line
in the Status Bar moves allowing
you to easily “jump” within a
programme.
Green Bar
Yellow Bar
Transparent ar
Blue Line
Red Line
Timer
Blue Line
Green Bar
Yellow B
ar
Timer

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6 PVR I CONS
6.1 PVR ICONS : DISPLAYED ON PROGRAMME INFORMATION
These icons may appear next to programme titles in the i-Plate, TV Guide, Playlist or Scheduled
Recordings screens. They may also e displayed in extended information screens.
Scheduled Recording. You are watching a recording.
Recording in Progress. This is Live TV.
Recurring Scheduled Recording.
You can set recurring Time Based
Recordings (see page 24).
This content is in the uffer, ie. you are
watching ehind Live TV.
Recurring Recording in Progress. Alert Icon. This appears on the Playlist or
Schedules Recordings screens. To get more info
on why the alert icon is displayed, press i.
6.2 O NSCREEN PVR I CONS
These icons appear onscreen each time you change channel as well as when the i-Plate is displayed.
PVR Recording icon
This indicates a recording in progress as well as the channel details and
the time remaining.
PVR Recording Error icon
This indicates an error with a recording in progress and is most likely
caused y loss of signal. It may also indicate an error on tuner 2 or 3.
The recording will not resume following an error.
PVR Pause Live TV icon
This indicates that Live TV has een paused and the time ehind Live TV.
The lue line is where you paused the programme, the red line indicates
Live TV.
PVR Play icon
This indicates that you are watching uffer content and the time ehind
Live TV. The green is what you have viewed and the yellow is what you
still have to view (to catch up to Live TV).
PVR Playback Fast Forward icon
This indicates that you are fast forwarding the recording. Different speeds
are indicated y the num er of arrows.

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6.3 PVR
H ARD D ISK SAGE
Disk space usage is displayed y icons in the Playlist, Scheduled Recordings and
Reminders screens.
This icon appears onscreen when you have
less than 10% disk space.
Remem er to delete your recordings once you have
watched them to ensure that you always have space
for new recordings.
When the HD PVR has less than 10% disk space, it
will automatically delete recordings (starting with the
oldest) to make space for new recordings.

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7 T HE TV G UIDE
You can go to the TV Guide y pressing the TV G IDE utton at any time.
While using the TV Guide, the channel or recording that you were watching continues to play in the top right
hand corner.
The TV Guide has three sections :
•Favourite Channels.
•All Channels.
•Playlist.
7.1 F AVO RITE C HANNELS
Selecting your Favourite Channels will :
•Create a personalised TV Guide, listing the information for just these channels.
•Create a personalised "viewing mode", which includes only these channels. This means that
when "surfing" through the channels, you no longer see channels that are not availa le to you or
may not e of interest to you. See page 11.
•Create a Favourite Channels Grid - listing only the channels you selected, making it easier to
tune etween channels. See page 11.
Once you have selected your Favourite Channels, a personalised TV Guide is displayed.
You can update your selection
of Favourite Channels at any time.
•Press TV Guide.
•Select Favourite Channels.
•Press WHITE.
•Follow the onscreen
instructions.