Sky±HD User Guide

Sky¡ÀHD User Guide

Welcome to our handy guide

designed to help you get the

most from your Sky¡ÀHD box.

Whether you need to make sure

you¡¯re set up correctly, or simply

want to learn more about all the

great things your box can do, all

the information you need is right

here in one place.

Welcome to your new

Sky¡ÀHD box

An amazing piece of kit that offers you:

? A ll the functionality

of Sky¡À

? Easy access to On

Demand with built-in

Wi-Fi? connectivity

(selected models only)

? A choice of over 60 HD ? Up to 60 hours of

channels, depending

on your Sky TV

subscription

Follow this guide to find out more about your Sky¡ÀHD box

HD storage on your

Sky¡ÀHD box or up

to 350 hours of HD

storage if you have a

Sky¡ÀHD 2TB box

Sky¡ÀHD Models

The information in this User Guide applies to the

following Sky¡ÀHD models*

Our latest Sky¡ÀHD boxes now come with built-in Wi-Fi

To find out if your Sky¡ÀHD box has built-in Wi-Fi, check whether there is a WPS button on the front panel

Sky¡ÀHD 2TB with built-in Wi-Fi

Sky¡ÀHD with built-in Wi-Fi

Model: DRX895W

Model: DRX890W

Wi-Fi Protected

Setup

(WPS) button

for quick and easy

connection to your

broadband router

Sky¡ÀHD box models without built-in Wi-Fi

Sky¡ÀHD 2TB and Sky¡ÀHD 1TB

Sky¡ÀHD

Model: DRX895

Model: DRX890, DRX780, Samsung HD, Pace HD

This user guide does not apply to Sky¡ÀHD boxes manufactured by Thomson.

*All references to the Sky¡ÀHD box in this guide also apply to the Sky¡ÀHD 2TB box and Sky¡ÀHD 1TB, and the product images in this

user guide reflect the Sky¡ÀHD box with built-in Wi-Fi. Some features are not available on DRX780, Samsung HD and Pace HD boxes.

Where this is the case this is detailed in the summary for each feature.

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Overview

page 5

Other services

page 68

Watching the TV you love

page 15

Get the most from Sky¡ÀHD

page 71

Pausing and rewinding live TV

page 24

Your Sky¡ÀHD box connections

page 97

Recording with Sky¡À

page 26

Green stuff

page 103

Discover a world of entertainment

page 31

For your safety

page 107

Managing your recordings

page 53

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Full Contents

Overview

About your Sky¡ÀHD box

Your Sky¡ÀHD box

Turning your Sky¡ÀHD box on and off

Your viewing card

Connecting your Sky¡ÀHD box to your broadband router

Your Sky¡ÀHD remote

Your Sky¡ÀHD remote and your TV

Changing the volume

Changing channels

About the Now, Next & Later banner

Watching the TV you love

The Sky¡À Homepage

Exploring the Sky Guide

Seeing what¡¯s on with the TV Guide

Finding a specific channel in TV Guide

Seeing what¡¯s on the HD channels

Identifying HD programmes

Going back to the channel you last watched

Finding out more about a programme with the i button

Codes used in the programme information banner

Finding and listening to radio channels

Pausing and rewinding live TV

Saving after pausing or rewinding live TV

Changing how far back you can rewind live TV

Recording with Sky¡À

Recording without interrupting what you¡¯re watching

Recording from Sky Guide listings

Recording from anywhere you go

Recording a promoted programme

Setting reminders for programmes

Discover a world of entertainment

About on demand programmes

Seeing what¡¯s available to watch

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Watching an on demand programme

About your downloaded programmes

Managing your usage

Restricting viewing

Opting out

On Demand Download Format

Watching Sky Store rentals

Watching Sky Store programmes

Sky Store Buy & Keep

Paying for Sky Store programmes

Ordering entertainment from Sky Box Office

Watching your favourite sports

Suggestions

Searching for programmes

Managing your recordings

Managing your Planner

Searching for programmes in your Planner

Setting the Series Link function in your Planner

Choosing a recording to watch

Picking up from where you left the last recording

The Play symbol

Checking the remaining viewing time

Fast forwarding and rewinding

Pausing

Slow motion

Stopping playback

When recordings clash

Avoiding recordings being deleted

PIN protecting kept recordings

Cancelling current and future recordings

Deleting existing recordings

Undelete a recording

Keeping an eye on available disk space

Disk space warning

Recording radio channels

Adding extra time to the start and end of recordings

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