Scientific Atlanta 8000HD - Manual (Page 4)

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Explore Your Entertainment Options
Explore Your Entertainment Options
With the Explorer ® Digital Video Recorder (DVR), you can explore TV in a way
never possible before:
• Record your favorite programs when you’re busy
• Create your own personal video library by recording and storing your
favorite programs
• Watch your recordings anytime you want
• Pause live TV for up to 1 hour without missing a minute
• Use instant replay anytime you want on live TV or while playing back a
recording
• Share recordings with other Scientific-Atlanta digital set-tops in your
MR-DVR system
This guide describes how to use the following Explorer DVRs:
• Explorer 8000 DVR for use with standard-definition TVs (SDTVs)
• Explorer 8000HD DVR for use with high-definition TVs (HDTVs)
• Explorer 8300 DVR for use with SDTVs
• Explorer 8300HD DVR for use with HDTVs
Note: Some features described in this document are not available on all DVR
models. For more information, contact your cable service provider.
Explorer Model *Storage Capacity
8000 Up to 50 hours of non-HD programs
(based on an 80 GB capacity hard drive)
8000HD Up to 90 hours of non-HD programs
Up to 20 hours of HD programs
(based on a 160 GB capacity hard drive)
8300 Up to 50 hours of non-HD programs
(based on an 80 GB capacity hard drive)
8300HD Up to 90 hours of non-HD programs
Up to 20 hours of HD programs
(based on a 160 GB capacity hard drive)
*The total program hours that can be stored depends upon the format and data rate of
the programming source, as well as the DVR hard drive storage capacity.