Optimum Multi-Room DVR User manual

Your guide to
Multi-Room DVR.
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Let your TV know who’s boss.
Your relationship with yourTVhas always been one sided. It set the schedule and ifyou couldn’t be at home in
front of theTV towatch, well, youwere out of luck.That’s about to change.
Welcome to Multi-Room DVR, ournew DVR that givesyou the powerto control what,when and whereyou
enjoyyour programs. Take that, TV.
With this guide,you have allthe information you need to make Multi-Room DVR work foryou.With easy-to-follow
on-screen instructions,you’ll be up and running in no time.
• Record up to 15 shows in standard definition (SD) or high definition (HD) at once while watching anything you
want—more shows than any otherTV provider.
• Record different programs, at the same time, in different rooms.
• Store a program library of 300 hours of SD or75 hours of HD programming.
• Startwatching a recorded show in one room and finish it in another.
• Pause live TVanytime and resume without missing a minute.
• Organize all your recordings into folders for easy access.
• Set preferences to make scheduling recordings simple.
• Use an unlimited number ofTVs forwhole-home viewing.
• Controlyour kids’viewing choiceswith Parental Controls.
• Manage your DVR, schedule recordings and more, online orwith the Optimum App.

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Table of Contents.
 4 Meetyourremote.
 5 Gettingstarted.
Record a program.
Watch a recorded program.
Delete a program.
 6 Programguide101.
Find something to watch.
 7 Control.
Playback controls.
Parental Controls.
Preferences.
11 Record.
Record a program you’re watching.
Record a program from the program guide.
Record a series that you’re watching.
Record a series from the program guide.
13 Watch.
Find your recordings.
Watch your recordings.
Watch your recordings in another room.
Play a recording in progress.
Bookmarking.
15 Manage.
Edit your scheduled recordings.
Modify a series recording.
Edit a recording in progress.
DVR folders.
DVR on the go.
Check recording space.
Cancel a program scheduled to be recorded.
Cancel a series scheduled to be recorded.
18 Delete.
Delete a program.
Delete a program from Clean-up MyDVR.
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
program guide.

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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.
Recordingaprogram.
1 When you’rewatching a program you want to record,
press REC.
2 In Recording Options, highlight “Record” and press SEL
to instantly start recording.
Watcharecordedprogram.
1 Press DVR or go to Channel1001 to access your
Recorded List. If you have a DVR digital cable box, when
you press DVR, you’ll get only programs recorded on that
particular digital cable box.
2 Use the ARROWS to highlight a program and press SEL.
3 From the right-hand menu, highlight “Play” and press
SEL to begin watching.
Deleteaprogram.
1 Press DVR or go to Channel1001 to access your
Recorded List.
2 From the right-hand menu, highlight “Clean-up My DVR”
and pressSEL.
3 Use the ARROWS to highlight the program that you want to
delete and press SEL.
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.
PressGUIDE on your remote to access the guide.
You can navigate it in three ways:
• Use theARROWS to move through the program listings one at a time: up/down/left/right.
• UsePAGE to scroll a whole page up or down.
• Enter the channel number.
Findsomethingtowatch.
Search programming for the next 12 days.
Press INFOon your remote once, while you’re
in the guide. In More Info, you can chose from a
list of options.
• Watch the program.
• Find other showings and more episodes of a program.
• Search “More Like This” and find other
similar programming.
• Rate a program and view critic ratings. If the program is part of a series, you’ll see “Rate Series” instead of “Rate It”.
• Record the program or series. You can also cancel recordings here.
Access these features while watching a program by pressing INFO twice.

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Control.
You can control your TV in ways you never imagined, all with the push of a few buttons.
Playbackcontrols.
Statusbar.
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.
PauseliveTV.
When you need to pause live TV, press PAUSE and the program will stay paused for up to 15 minutes.
Press PLAY when you want your program to resume or press REC to record your program from where you
paused it.
Fastforwardorrewindarecordedprogram.
Full speed ahead. Or behind. It’s your choice. Press FASTFORWARD or REWIND 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 PLAY 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
not yet
recorded.

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CreateaPIN.
To use Parental Controls, you need to create a personal identification number (PIN). Using your remote:
1 Press SETTINGStwice to access Settings.
2 Use the ARROWSto highlight “Parental Controls”.
3 From the side menu, use the ARROWS to highlight “Set PIN”.
4 Enteryour new 4-digit PIN and press SEL.
5 Re-enterthe same PIN for confirmation and the PIN is set.
UpdateyourPIN.
1 PressSETTINGS twice to access Settings.
2 Use theARROWS to highlight “Parental Controls”.
3 From the side menu, use theARROWS to highlight “Modify PIN” and press SEL.
4 Enteryour current PIN.
5 Enteryour new 4-digit PIN.
6 Re-enterthe new PIN for confirmation andyour PIN is updated.
ParentalControls.
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 is 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.
Tip:If you don’t activate Parental Controls, all channels and content with all ratings will be accessible
to all household members.

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Blockit.
Not every program is appropriate for every audience. Block what you want by using your remote.
1 Press SETTINGS twice to access Settings.
2 Use the ARROWS to highlight “Parental Controls”.
3 From the side menu, use theARROWSto select “Channel Blocks”, “Ratings Blocks”, “Content Blocks” or
“Time Blocks” from the menu and set your personal preferences.
For additional information on Parental Controls, visit optimum.net/parentalcontrol.
Preferences.
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.
Defaultsettings.
Your Multi-Room DVR comes with preset preferences that
can easily be changed. Until you do, all of your recordings will
use the following:
• “Keep” refers to managing storage space and is set for“14 days”, unless you’re recording a series. A series is
set for “Until space is needed”.
• “Stop” refers to the stop time of a recording and is set to stop promptly at the program’s scheduled ending.
• “Save Latest” refers to the numberof episodes saved for a series recording only, and is set to “Save latest 5 episodes”.
• “All New” refers to the type of episodes recorded for a series recording only, and is set to “All new and
repeat episodes”.

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Setyourpreferences.
Press DVRor go to Channel1001 to get the Recorded List. Use the ARROWS to highlight “Preferences” on
the right-hand menu and press SEL. A list of options will appear that can be customized.
• “Sort List by Most Recently Recorded”: Easilyfind the episode or series you want by sorting your recorded list
alphabetically or by record date.
• “Enable Folders”: Recorded series programs are automatically organized into folders. Ifyou want all programs
to be listed individually, you can disable folders. The only exception is HD. Programming recorded in HDwill
automatically be grouped in an HD recording folder.
• “Set Record Episode Options”: Createyour own personal preferences forwhen you record an episode using
the following options:
• “Keep” refers to managing storage space; choose untilyou delete, 1 to 14 days or until space is needed.
• “Start” time is based on the program guide and cannot be adjusted.
• “Stop” time allows you to choose to stop on time or a select numberof minutes/hours at the end of an
episode to extend the record time. Stop time can be extended up to 3 hours past the program guide
program end time.
• “Set Record Series Options”: Create your own personal preferences forwhen you record a series using the
following options:
• “All New” refers to showtype; choose new episodes only, new and repeat episodes at a particular time or
day or all new and repeat episodes.
• “Keep” refers to managing storage space; choose untilyou delete, 1 to 14 days or until space is needed.
• “Save Latest” lets you decide how many episodes of a series you want to save; chose 1 through 5 episodes
or all episodes.
• “Start” time is based on the program guide and cannot
be adjusted.
• “Stop” time allows you to choose to stop on time or a
select number of minutes/hours at the end of an
episode to extend the record time. Stop time can be
extended up to 3 hours past the program guide
program end time.