Verizon FiOS TV Manual

FiOS TV Remote DV
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Table of Contents
GETTING STARTED......................................................................................................................... 3
COMMON TERMS................................................................................................................................3
REQUIREMENTS.................................................................................................................................. 3
ACCESSING FIOS TV......................................................................................................................... 4
Obtaining an Authorization Code................................................................................................. 5
ON DEMAND....................................................................................................................................... 6
ACCESSING ON DEMAND ................................................................................................................... 6
BROWSING AND BOOKMARKING VIDEOS........................................................................................... 6
DVR....................................................................................................................................................... 7
CHECKING THE DVR MENU OPTIONS................................................................................................ 7
CREATE NEW RECORDING -BROWSE................................................................................................. 7
CREATE NEW RECORDING -SEARCH ................................................................................................. 8
VIEW SCHEDULED RECORDINGS ........................................................................................................ 9
More Info/Cancel Recording........................................................................................................ 9
VIEW RECORDED PROGRAMS........................................................................................................... 10
DELETE RECORDED PROGRAMS....................................................................................................... 10
TV LISTINGS.................................................................................................................................... 11
ACCESSING TV LISTINGS................................................................................................................. 11
NAVIGATING TV LISTINGS .............................................................................................................. 11
SEARCH............................................................................................................................................. 12
SEARCH BY KEYWORD..................................................................................................................... 12
Search Results Folders............................................................................................................... 12
Using the Options Filter with Keyword Search.......................................................................... 12
SEARCH -BROWSE BY CATEGORY ................................................................................................... 13
Navigating Browse by Category................................................................................................. 13
PARENTAL CONTROLS................................................................................................................ 14
ACCESSING PARENTAL CONTROLS................................................................................................... 14
CHANGE THE STATUS OF PARENTAL CONTROLS.............................................................................. 14
VIEW CURRENT SETTINGS ............................................................................................................... 14
SUPPORTED DEVICES................................................................................................................... 15
MOTOROLA.................................................................................................................................. 15
LG ................................................................................................................................................... 15
SAMSUNG..................................................................................................................................... 15

Getting Started
Common Terms
The following common terms will be referenced throughout this document:
Soft Keys – keys used to access
changing menu options on the
lower right and left hand corners
of the screen.
LSK – left soft key
RSK – right soft key
CLR – (Clear) button used to
navigate to a previous screen or
menu on the phone.
OK – button located between the
navigation arrows.
Navigation Arrows – used to
move around the menus and
screen of the phone.
ASTB – Advanced Set Top Box
Requirements
To use FiOS TV Remote DVR
you must have the following:
•FiOS TV subscription
•Home Media DVR
subscription
•Valid Parental PIN
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Accessing FiOS TV
Figure 1
Note: You must have a valid Parental Pin for the FiOS TV
Remote DVR authorization process to be successful.
•Use the right arrow key to navigate to the Get It Now
menu (fig 1) and press OK.
•Use the down arrow keys to navigate to the menu item,
Tools On The GO (fig 2) and press OK.
•Use the down arrow to select FiOS TV and press OK.
•If you are accessing this application for the first time, you
will see a screen asking you if you are a FiOS TV
subscriber (fig 3). Press OK to select Yes.
•A screen will appear asking you if you are subscribed to
Home Media DVR (fig 4). Press OK to select Yes.
•Directions for obtaining an authorization code to begin
using Fios TV Remote DVR will be displayed (fig 5).
Figure 3
Figure 2
Figure 5
Figure 4
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Obtaining an Authorization Code
Authorization codes are obtained from your ASTB.
Figure 6
Step by step directions will be displayed on your ASTB as
follows:
1. Press the menu button on your FiOS TV remote.
2. Use your Down arrow button to select Settings and
press OK.
3. Select FiOS TV Remote DVR and press OK.
4. Select Mobile Phone Access and press OK.
5. Enter your Parental PIN in the textbox and press OK.
6. Enter your cell phone number and press OK.
7. The screen will display an authorization code.
8. From the authorization screen on your cell phone (fig 6),
enter the code from your ASTB and press OK.
9. A screen with an alert that your authorization was
successful will appear (fig 7). Press any key to
continue.
Figure 7
10. A loading screen will be displayed (fig 8).
11. When the application has finished loading, the FiOS
TV Remote DVR main menu will appear (fig 9).
Figure 8
Figure 9
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On Demand
Figure 10
This feature allows you to browse through and bookmark Videos
on Demand (VOD) for viewing on your TV later.
Accessing On Demand
From the main menu, select On Demand (fig 10) and press OK.
The Video on Demand menu (fig 11) will be displayed with the
following items:
•Featured – lists the current Featured selections from Verizon.
•Browse – browse the entire On Demand listings by category.
•Search – keyword search of On Demand Listings.
•Bookmarks – view On Demand items you have bookmarked.
Browsing and Bookmarking Videos
Figure 11
•Select Browse on the VOD main menu and press OK.
VODs are arranged in folders according to category. Press the down
arrow to view additional category folders, or select a category and
press OK or the right arrow to drill down into the folders (fig 12)
until you reach the individual videos.
•To view more detail about the video, select the title and press
OK. Press CLR or the left arrow to return to the VOD list.
•Press the LSK to bookmark a selected video (fig 13).
•Press the RSK to access Poster View, images associated with the
video.
Figure 12
Figure 13
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DVR
Checking the DVR Menu Options
Figure 14
From the main menu, select the DVR menu option (fig 14).
The DVR Menu displays the following options:
•Create New Recording.
•Recorded Programs.
•View Schedule.
Figure 15
Create New Recording - Browse
•From the menu, select DVR
to display the DVR menu (fig 15).
•Select Create New Recording to display
the Create New Recording menu.
The following options are displayed (fig 16):
2. Browse TV Listings.
3. Search TV Listings.
Figure 16
Select Browse TV Listings and press OK to display the TV
Listing (fig 17).
•Using the arrow keys, scroll through the listing to find an item
you wish to record.
•Press the RSK to open the Options Menu.
•Select Record from the menu and press OK.
•After the Scheduling Recording animation has finished, the
selection will be scheduled on the Set Top Box.
Note: Press the LSK to display a menu to
filter listings by:
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Figure 1 7 (TV Listings)
1. Favorites
2. HD Channels
3. All Channels

Create New Recording - Search
Figure 18
•From the main menu, select DVR
to display the DVR menu.
•Select Create New Recording to display
the Create New Recording menu.
The following options are displayed (fig 18):
1. Browse TV Listing.
2. Search TV Listing.
•Select Search TV Listings (fig 19) to display the search
screen.
Figure 19
•In the text entry box enter some text relative to your
search. As you enter text, results will be displayed below
the entry box.
•Using the arrow keys, select the program from the list.
•Use the LSK to open the Options menu to use the
following filters:
1. Show All
2. Filter by Live
3. Filter by PPV
4. Filter by VOD
Note: If you wish to enter numbers into the search entry,
use the RSK to open the Entry Mode menu to toggle
between alpha and numeric entries.
Figure 20
•Search results will be displayed as individual entries
or grouped in category folders (fig 20).
•Use the arrow keys to scroll through the search
results. Press OK to make a selection.
Figure 21
•Once you have
made an individual
selection (fig 21),
use the LSK to
activate the Record
function.
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View Scheduled Recordings
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•From the main menu, select DVR, and press OK.
•Navigate to View Schedule (fig 22) and press
OK.
•An animation will be displayed while the
schedule is retrieved.
•The Schedule screen will be displayed (fig 23).
Figure 23
Note: If the number of programs recorded exceeds the
size of the screen, use the up/down arrow keys to
navigate between the pages.
•Select a date on the screen to display the programs
scheduled to be recorded for that day (fig 23).
•Recordings associated with the selected date will
be displayed (fig 24).
More Info/Cancel Recording
•To view additional information about a program,
cancel a recording, cancel a series or resolve a conflict, press the RSK to open Options.
•The Options menu will be displayed enabling you to
view additional information about the item or cancel
the scheduled recording.
Figure 24
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View Recorded Programs
Figure 25
•From the main menu, select DVR and press OK to
display the DVR menu.
•From the DVR menu, select Recorded Programs
(fig 25) and press OK.
•After a brief animation, the Recorded Programs
screen will be displayed (fig 26).
Recorded programs are organized into folders by the
date the programs were recorded. Select a date and
press OK.
•Select a folder and press OK to access the
contents (fig 26).
Figure 26
Delete Recorded Programs
•From the recorded programs menu, select a program
and press the RSK to open the Options menu (fig
27).
•Select Delete Recording (fig 28) and press OK.
•An animation will be displayed while the selection
is deleted.
•A confirmation message is displayed. The program
is deleted from the ASTB
Figure 27
Figure 28
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