Recording and Playback

Basic Magic TV™ Recording Terms

There are many easy ways to record programmes with Magic TV™. You can record the programme you’re watching instantly, choose a programme to record from the EPG, set a traditional timer or record at the same time every day.

Here are some terms used throughout this guide and their definitions

Instant Recording

Recording the programme currently being viewed.

Scheduled Recording

Recording a future programme.

Repeat Recording

Recording a future timeslot at the same time each day, week, weekday or Tuesday to Saturday.

Timer Recording

Manually setting a time for Magic TV™ to record.

To Do List

This is where you can view and amend Scheduled Recording tasks.

TimeShifting

You are in TimeShifting mode when you are watching a delayed version of Live TV. For example when you pause Live TV because of an interruption, you are now in TimeShifting Mode (see TimeShifting, Pausing Live TV and Instant Rewind).

Keep

This term refers to how long Recorded Programmes will be kept before being deleted.

Trash

Once Recorded Programmes are deleted, they are placed in Trash. When a programme is in Trash, it will no longer appear in any other list, until it is either restored, overwritten or permanently deleted (see Managing Recorded Programmes).

Conflict

When 2 or more scheduled recordings overlap.

Disk Space

Magic TV™ uses a Hard Disk Drive to store Recorded Programmes. When this disk is full, no more recordings can be made.
See Managing Recorded Programmes for how to manage recordings so that you can free up disk space and keep important recordings.

Remaining Recording Time

This is displayed on many screens and is labelled in hours for HD (High Definition) and SD (Standard Definition) programmes. All programmes broadcast in HD will be recorded in HD.