Optimum Multi-Room DVR User manual

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Let your TV know who’s boss.
YourrelationshipwithyourTVhas always been one sided. It set the schedule and ifyou couldn’t be at home in
front of theTVto watch, well, you were out of luck.That’s about to change.
Welcome to Multi-Room DVR, ournew DVR that gives youthe powerto control what, when andwhere you
enjoyyour programs. Take that, TV.
With this guide,you have allthe informationyou need to make Multi-Room DVR workforyou.With easy-to-follow
on-screen instructions,you’ll be up and running in no time.
d Record up to 10 shows in standard definition (SD) orhigh definition (HD) at oncewhile watching anythingyou
want, more shows than any other TV provider.
d Record different programs, at the same time, in different rooms.
d Store a program library of 300 hours of SD or 75 hours of HD programming.
d Start watching a recorded show in one room and finish it in another.
d Pause live TV anytime and resume without missing a minute.
d Organize all your recordings into folders for easy access.
d Set preferences to make scheduling recordings simple.
d Use an unlimited number of TVs for whole-home viewing.
d Controlyour kids’ viewing choices with Parental Controls.
d Manage your DVR, schedule recordings and more, online or with the Optimum App.

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Table of Contents.
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Record a program.
Watch a recorded program.
Delete a program.
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Find something to watch.
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Playback controls.
Parental controls.
Preferences.
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Record a program you are watching.
Record a program from the program guide.
Record a series that you’re watching.
Record a series from the program guide.
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Find your recordings.
Watch your recordings.
Watch your recordings in anotherroom.
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Bookmarking.
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Edityour scheduled recordings.
Modify a series recording.
Edit a recording in progress.
DVR folders.
DVR on the go.
Check recording space.
Cancel a program scheduledto record.
Cancel a series scheduled to record.
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Delete a program.
Delete a programfrom Clean-up My DVR.
Delete a folder from Clean-up My DVR.
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Meet your remote.
Take a look at the buttons that will help you to master Multi-Room DVR.
“iO” shows your Main
Menu/program guide.
“Select” performs
selected actions.
“Settings” shows or
changes your settings.
“Arrows” and “Page”
let you browse your
on-screen options.
“DVR” accesses your
DVR and displays a list of
your recorded programs.
“Live” catches up to
live TV after you pause.
“Rewind” rewinds a
recorded program.
“Play/Slow Motion” starts a
recorded program or pauses
a live TV program. Press
once for slow motion.
“Fast-Forward”
fast-forwards a
recorded program.
“Stop” stops a
recorded program.
“Pause” freezes a live
or recorded program.
“Record” records
a program.
“Guide” shows your
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Getting started.
Ready to start using Multi-Room DVR now? Here are easy instructions on how to record, watch and delete programs.
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2d When you’re watching a programyou wantto record,
press .
3d In Recording Options, highlight “Record” and press dd
to instantly start recording.
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2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to access your
Recorded List. If you have a DVR digital cable box, when
you press , you’ll get only programs recorded on that
particular digital cable box.
3d Use the  to highlight a program and press .
4d From the right-hand menu, highlight “Play” and press
 to begin watching.
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2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to access your
Recorded List.
3d From the right-hand menu, highlight “Clean-up MyDVR”
and pressd.
4d Use the  to highlight the program that youwantto
delete and press .
Once you delete a program, it will no longer be available.

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Program guide 101.
Finding the programs that interest you is easy.
Pressd on your remote to access the guide.
You can navigate it in three ways:
d Use thed to move through the program listings one at a time: up/down/left/right.
d Used to scroll a whole page up or down.
d Enter the channel number.
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Search programming for the next 12 days.
Press don your remote once, while you’re
in the guide. In More Info, you can chose from a
list of options.
d Watch the program.
d Find other showings and more episodes ofa program.
d Search “More Like This” and find other
similar programming.
d Rate a program and view critic ratings. If the program is part of a series, you’ll see “Rate Series” instead of “Rate It”.
d Record the program or series. You can also cancel recordings here.
Access these features while watching a program by pressing  twice.

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Control.
You can control your TV in ways you never imagined, all with the push of a few buttons.
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This bar appears at the bottom of the TV whenever
you pause, rewind, or fast-forward a program. It gives
you details about the progress of the program
you’re watching.
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When you need to pause live TV, press  and the program will stay paused for up to 15 minutes.
Press I when you want your program to resume or press  to record your program from where you
paused it.
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Full speed ahead. Or behind. It’s your choice. Press C or  to move up to four
times faster than normal. The arrows on the status bar show what speed you’re rewinding or fast forwarding.
Press I to resume watching at normal speed.
The light gray
section of the
bar shows
anything
that has been
recorded.
The white
line indicates
where you
are in the
program you
are watching.
The dark gray
section of the
bar indicates
programming
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To use Parental Controls, you need to create a personal identification number (PIN). Using your remote:
2d Press dtwice to access Settings.
3d Use the dto highlight “Parental Controls”.
4d From the side menu, use the  to highlight “Set PIN”.
5d Enter your new 4-digit PIN and press .
6d Re-enter the same PIN for confirmation and the PIN is set.
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2d Pressd twice to access Settings.
3d Use thed to highlight “Parental Controls”.
4d From the side menu, use thed to highlight “Modify PIN” and press .
5d Enter your current PIN.
6d Enter your new 4-digit PIN.
7d Re-enter the new PIN for confirmation and your PIN is updated.
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Your kids might not like it, but you will. You easily get to
decide what’s appropriate for them and what isn’t.
Parental Controls are a valuable feature that lets you
manage your kids’ viewing choices. Block certain
channels, titles or programs by their ratings, or hide
adult titles so they won’t appear in the program guide.
Sorry, kids.
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Not every program is appropriate for every audience. Block what you want using your remote.
2d Press  twice to access Settings.
3d Use the  to highlight “Parental Controls”.
4d From the side menu, use theddto select “Channel Blocks”, “Ratings Blocks”, “Content Blocks” or
“Time Blocks”fromthe menu and setyourpersonal preferences.
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If you like things your own way, you’re in luck.
Multi-Room DVR gives you the flexibility to customize
and manage your personal program library at any time
and as often as you like.
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Your Multi-Room DVR comes with preset preferences that
can easily be changed. Until you do, all your recordings will
use the following:
d “Keep” refersto managing storage space and is set for “14 days”, unlessyou’re recording a series. Aseries is
set for “Until space is needed”.
d “Stop” refers to the stop time of a recording and is set to stop promptly at the program’s scheduled ending.
d “Save Latest” refers to the number of episodes saved for a series recording only, and is set to “Save latest 5 episodes”.
d “All New” refersto the type of episodes recorded fora series recording only, and is setto “All new and
repeat episodes”.

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Press dor go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List. Use the  to highlight “Preferences” on
the right-hand menu and press . A list of options will appear that can be customized.
d “Sort list bymost recentlyrecorded”: Easilyfindthe episode or seriesyouwant bysortingyourrecorded list
alphabetically or by record date.
d “Enable folders”: Recorded series programs are automaticallyorganized intofolders. Ifyou want all programs
to be listed individually,you can disable folders. The onlyexception is HD. Programming recorded in HDwill
automaticallybe grouped in an HD recording folder.
d “Set Record Episode Options”: Create your own personal preferences forwhen you record an episode using
the following options:
c “Keep” refers to managing storage space; choose until you delete, 1 to 14 days or until space is needed.
c “Start” time is based on the program guide and cannot be adjusted.
c “Stop” time allowsyou to chooseto stop ontime or a select numberofminutes/hours atthe end of an
episode to extendthe record time. Stop time can be extended upto 3 hours pastthe program guide
program end time.
d “Set Record Series Options”: Createyourown personal preferences forwhen you record a series using the
following options:
c “All New” refers to show type; choose new episodes only, new and repeat episodes at a particular time or
dayorall new and repeat episodes.
c “Keep” refers to managing storage space; choose until you delete, 1 to 14 days or until space is needed.
c “Save Latest” lets you decide how many episodes of a series you want to save; chose 1 to 5 episodes or
all episodes.
c “Start” time is based on the program guide and cannot
be adjusted.
c “Stop” time allowsyou to chooseto stop ontime or a
select numberof minutes/hours at the end ofan
episode to extendthe record time. Stop time can be
extended upto 3 hours pastthe program guide
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Record.
Go ahead and record up to 10 programs at once while you watch anything you want. No other
TV provider lets you do that.
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If you like what you’re watching, it’s easy to start recording it.
2d Press dto get to Recording Options.
3d Use the  to highlight “Record” and pressd.
By choosing “Record”, you instantly begin recording the
program using default settings or your personal preferences.
If you want to customize this recording, you are given the
choice to change the recording options for this recording only. You can choose from the list that appears under
“Set Record Episode Options” on page 10 and the option below:
d “Playback” allows you to choose to record in both HD and SD formats, in HD format only, or in SD format only.You
can record up to ten programs at one time. Recording the same episode in both SD and HDwill use up two of those
program spaces.
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2d Pressddon your remote.
3d Highlight “Channel Guide” and press .
4d Find the channel with the program you want to record.
5d See above and followthe steps for “Record a program you are watching”.
&¶dHD programs that you record can only be viewed from an HD digital cable box. To view
recordings on both SD and HD digital cable boxes, be sure to record in SD.

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2d Press dto get to Recording Options.
3d Use the  to highlight “This episode only” fromthe
options list and pressd.
4d Select “Series” then press .
5d Use the dto highlight “Record” and press .
By choosing “Record”, you instantly begin recording
the episode using default settings or your personal preferences.
If you want to customize this recording, you are given the choice to change the recording options for this
recording only. You can choose from the list that appears under “Set Record Series Options” on page 10 and
the options below:
d “Playback” allows you to choose to record in both HD and SD formats, in HD format only, or in SD format only.
You ca n record up t o four p rogra m s a t o n e t i m e . Recording in both SD an d H D will use up two of those programs.
d “Series Options” allows youto record only new episodes ofa series, all episodes ofa seriesthat airat a particular time
of the day or all episodes of a series.
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2d Pressddon your remote.
3d Highlight “Channel Guide” and press .
4d Find the channel with the program you want to record.
5d See above and followthe steps for “Record a series thatyou’rewatching”.

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Watch.
Ready to watch the program or series you’ve recorded?
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All of your recorded programs and programs that are
currently recording are in the Recorded List. To access it,
press  or go to $$"d2112.
If you have a DVR digital cable box, when you press ,
you’ll get only programs recorded on that particular digital
cable box.
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2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to access the Recorded List.
3d Use the  to highlight whatyouwantto watch and
press .
4d Highlight “Play” on the right-hand menu and press .to play.
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2d Press  on the program that you’re currentlywatching.
3d Switch to the new TV and press  or go to $$"d2112 to access the Recorded List.
4d Use the dto highlight the program you want to watch and press .
5d Highlight “Resume” on the right-hand menu and press dto play it.

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2d Press dor go to $$"d2112 to getthe Recorded List.
If you have a DVR digital cable box, when you press ,
you’ll get only programs recorded on that particular digital
cable box.
3d Use thed to highlight the program that is currently
recording.An active recordingwill have a red dot next to its
name. Ifthe programyou’re looking foris a series, you’ll find
it in the series folder.
4d Highlight “Play” from the right-hand menu and choose
“Play from beginning” or “Playfrom current location”
and press .
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There’s nothing worse than losing your place. With Bookmarking, you won’t have that heartache anymore.
Let’s say you were interrupted while watching a program you recorded. Multi-Room DVR lets you resume right
where you left off because a bookmark was created for you.
2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
3d Use the dto highlight the program you want to play back.
4d Select “Resume” from the right-hand menu to continuewatching the program where you left off or
choose “Restart” to watch from the beginning.
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Manage.
Changed your mind? No sweat. Modify your preferences at any time and edit or cancel a program or series.
Plus, free up your recording space by organizing your library that holds up to 300 hours of SD and 75 hours of HD.
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2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
3d Highlight “Scheduled List” on the right-hand menu and pressd.
4d Choose the program from the scheduled list you wish to change.
5d Highlight “Modify Recording” from the right-hand menu and press .
6d Use the  to highlight any option you wish to change and press .
7d When the change is made, use the  to highlight “Accept Changes” on the right-hand menu and press .
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2d When you modifya series, it will onlyaffectfuture episodes
ofthe series. It doesn’t affect the episodesyou’ve
already recorded.
3d Press dor go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
4d Highlight “Scheduled List” on the right-hand menu and
press .
5d Select “Modify a Series” from the right-hand menu.
6d Use the dto highlight the series you wish to change and press .
7d When the change is made, use the  to highlight “Accept Changes” on the right-hand menu and press .

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2d Press dor go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
3d Use the  to select the program that is currently
recording and press .
4d Alist of optionswill appearin the right-hand menu. Choose
“Stop Recording” or “Edit RecordTime” and press .
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When you record two or more programs of the same name, Multi-Room DVR creates a folder and groups the
recordings together on the Recorded List. The number to the right of the folder name shows how many episodes
are in that folder.
An HD Recordings folder will always appear at the bottom of the Recorded List. On both HD and SD digital cable
boxes, the HD Recordings folder will group all HD recordings on your DVR.
If you want to disable DVR folders and display individual recordings in your Recorded List, see “Set your
preferences” on page 10.
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Your favorite show is on soon and you’re stuck in a bumper-to-bumper nightmare. Don’t panic. You can manage
your recordings anytime at optimum.net or using the Optimum App. Record shows, see scheduled recordings and
more even when you’re away from your TV.
d Visit optimum.net and sign in with your Optimum ID and password. Select the DVR icon on the dashboard orclick on
the TV tab in the top navigation bar and then select “DVR”.
d Download the Optimum App foryour iPad®
, iPod touch® , iPhone® , Kindle Fire, laptop and manyAndroid devices at
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Whether you’re using optimum.net or the Optimum App, you’ll need an Optimum ID to access your DVR away from
home. If you don’t have one, set one up at %&*#+#<$*bO or by going to TV Channel 910.

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2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
3d Highlight “Clean-up My DVR” fromthe right-hand menu
and press .
4d At the top ofthe” Clean-up My DVR” screen,you’ll see the
percentage of space currently being used.
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2d Press dor go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
3d Highlight “Scheduled List” on the right-hand menu and press .
4d Use thed to select the program you want and press .
5d Highlight “Cancel Recording” on the right-hand menu and press .
6d Highlight “Yes, cancel this recording” and press .
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2d Press dor go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
3d Highlight “Scheduled List” on the right-hand menu and press .
4d Use the  to highlight the series you wish to cancel and press .
5d Select “Cancel a Series” from the right-hand menu and press .
6d Highlight “Yes, cancel this series” and press .
Canceling a series will affect only the future episodes of the series and won’t affect the episodes that have
been recorded already.
The light gray section of
the bar shows how much
space is being used.
The dark gray section
of the bar indicates how
much space is available.

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Delete.
Done watching your program? Easily delete it to maintain recording space for your future favorites.
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2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to getthe Recorded List.
If you have a DVR digital cable box, when you press ,
you’ll get only programs recorded on that particular digital
cable box.
3d Use the  to highlight the program you wantto
delete and press .
4d Highlight “Delete” fromthe right-hand menu and press
. Highlight “Yes, delete” fromthe warning screen
to delete.
Once a program has been deleted, its content will no
longer be available.
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2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
3d Highlight “Clean-up My DVR” onthe right-hand menu and
pressd.
4d Use the  to highlight the program you wishto
delete and press  to instantly delete it.
Once a program has been deleted, its content will no
longer be available.
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2d Press  or go to $$"d2112 to get the Recorded List.
3d Highlight “Clean-up My DVR” on the right-hand menu and press .
4d Use the  to highlight the folder and press .
5d Highlight “Delete entire folder” and press  to instantly delete it.
Once a folder has been deleted, its content will no longer be available.