Passport Echo (DVR) Recording Information

1. While watching TV press the REC key
    
2. Select Create a manual recording
    
3. Select Individual or Recurring recording
    
4. Press {RIGHT] to access the  Channel column. Use  [LEFT] or {RIGHT] select a channel
    
5. Press {RIGHT] to access the Days column. Use  [LEFT] or {RIGHT] select a day or days
    
   • For Individual recordings, the Day(s) column displays the date of the recording
      
   • For Recurring recordings, the Day(s) column displays a day of the week (or a combination of days)
      
6. Press {RIGHT]  to access the  Start column to set the time that the recording should start
    
   • Use [LEFT] or {RIGHT] to select the hour
      
   • Press {RIGHT] key to select the next two columns for minutes 
      
   • Press {RIGHT]  key to select a (AM) or p (PM)
      
     • Example: 7:35 p
        
7. Press ? to access the End column to set the time that the recording should end
    
   • Use [LEFT] or {RIGHT] keys to select the hour
      
   • Press {RIGHT] key to select the next two columns for minutes
      
   • Press {RIGHT] key to select  a (AM) or p (PM)
     • Example: 9:35 p
        
8. Press the A key to accept the entry and schedule the recording
9. The single manual recording icon  or the recurring manual recording icon  Is displayed next to the program listing in the Program Guide

Recording Programs with Keyword Search

1. Press Guide to display the listings
    
2. Press Guide again to display the Search Menu
    
3. Press the C (Search) key
    
4. Select Keywords
    
5. Use Your ▲,▼, ◄, ► keys to select letters, press OK/Select to add letters to the search term
    
6. A list will populate to the right, select the show you want
    
7. Press REC while selecting a folder, your options are:
    
   • Record all matching shows
      
   • Record all matching movies

Access, Play, Erase, and Modify Recordings

1. With the remote, press the List button once  (No List button?)
    
2. Once the DVR recording list appears, use ▼  and ▲ to scroll though recordings, and OK/Select to select a recording
    
3. Next, once the Record Options pop-up appears, use ▼  and ▲ to choose  Play, Erase, Keep Longer, or Save Until Manually Erased, and press OK/Select 

Sorting / Grouping Recordings (Putting in Folders)

1. With the remote, press the List button once (No List button?)
    
2. On the DVR recordings page, press  A
    
3. Arrow to and select Group Titles
    
4. Titles will now be grouped into folders 
    
5. To expand a folder, select the folder, and press OK/Select

To un-group:

1. On the DVR recordings page, press  A
    
2. Choose Show All Listings from the options list

Playing All Recordings From a Folder

• Your recordings must be grouped into folders first (see above)

1. Select the folder you want
    
2. Select Play All or Play All New
    
3. You will be shown how many hours and minutes you  it will take to play

Deleting All Recordings From a Folder

• Your recordings must be grouped into folders first (see above)

1. Select the folder you want
    
2. Press the Info key
    
3. Select Erase All
    
   • You will be shown how many hours and minutes you are erasing
      
4.  A confirmation screen appears. Press A - Erase All to confirm or C - Don't Erase to cancel and not erase

Canceling a Recording

1. In the Guide, highlight a program that is scheduled to be recorded (or currently recording), and press REC

   or

   Press List for the DVR Recordings page  (No List button?)
    
   • Press B for Scheduled Recordings
      
   • Select the show you want to cancel
      
2. Select Cancel Recording
    
3. Press A to confirm

Managing Scheduled Recordings

1. Press List for the DVR Recordings page   (No List button?)
    
2. Press B for Scheduled Recordings
    
3. A list of scheduled recordings display newest to oldest based on the scheduled date of recording
    
4. Use directional keys to select the scheduled recording, and choose your options:
   1. Stop Recording (if recording in progress)
       
   2. Save 
       
      • Until Manually erased.  (warning:  when the DVR is full, it will no longer record)
         
      • Until Space is needed (DVR will erase older show first)
         
      • Choose Start Time option
         
      • Choose End Time option
         
   3. Cancel Recording (will cancel future recording)

Resolving a Recording Conflict

• When a recording conflict occurs, a message will pop-up advising of the conflict and how to resolve. 
   
• You can either delete one of the recordings or modify the start and end times of one of the recordings to not interfere with the recording times of the other recordings

Viewing Recording Capacity/Hard Drive Space

1. Press LIST button on remote for list of Recorded Shows  (No List button?)
    
2. Press A
    
3. Select View Disk Info
    
4. Disk space is color-coded
   
    
   • Red: Saved until manually erased 
      
     • Total duration (%) of all programs saved to hard drive that will remain until you manually erase them 
        
     • If majority of hard drive space is red, it means you will have difficulty recording new programming until you delete some recordings
        
   • Yellow: Saved until space is needed 
      
     • Total duration (%) of all programs saved to hard drive that may be automatically erased
        
   • Green: Estimated free space
      
     • Total amount (%) of hard drive space currently available for recording

Cropping

• The Cropping function ensures the recording of high priority shows in their entirety, even if the programs start or end at times other than the top or bottom of the hour and conflict with other scheduled recording requests
   
• Automatic Cropping
   
  • If a scheduled recording request overlaps two concurrently scheduled recordings by 10 minutes or less, the DVR will automatically crop (trim) the program of lower priority so that the highest priority program will be recorded completely. The programs of lower priority will still be recorded, although up to ten minutes may be trimmed
     
• Manual Cropping
  • You can also manually crop up to 10 minutes of time from the beginning or end of a program.
     
  1. Press the LIST* key to display the Saved Shows screen
      
  2. Press B if you want to manually crop time from a scheduled recording
     
     or 
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  • Press C if you want to manually crop time from a Series Recording
     
    1. Highlight Record Options (or Series Recording Options), and press Select/OK
        
    2. Use the arrow keys to change the start and end times (up to 10 minutes)
        
    3. The DVR will display a Cropping icon when the relevant program is highlighted in the Saved Shows, Scheduled Recordings or Series Manager