Pause one channel, watch another

gort · 10-05-2007, 04:24 PM

I have just gotten my HD upgrade today and it is SWEET! However, one thing I can't figure out. I used to have a Philips DirecTv TiVo (DSR7000) on which I could watch one channel, while pausing another and I could switch back and forth. So, I can watch channel A for a few minutes, pause it and watch channel B. Then switch back and forth between them while pausing the one I wasn't watching. Each channel would go back up to 30 minutes.

I now have a HR20-700...can I do the same thing with this?

Thanks.

fictionalfv · 10-05-2007, 04:46 PM

Unfortunately this is one of the perks of the Tivo machine that the new DVR does not have.

gort · 10-05-2007, 04:48 PM

OUCH! I loved that feature.

gort · 10-05-2007, 05:00 PM

So, is there a way to switch between satellites? i.e. if my picture is fuzzy on one, try the other? You could do that with the TiVo.

DwnGoesFrazier · 10-06-2007, 12:23 AM

Sorry, Satellite does not fuzz up..... It either works of not. Or you can get pixelization.
Can't switch between tuners as of now.

gort · 10-06-2007, 11:08 PM

i have had satellite for years...you can switch between satellite feeds as i have done so with my previous TiVo for years. when a storm comes, it is not unusual for one feed to be working somewhat OK while the other does not work at all.

10-05-2007, 04:24 PM	#1
gort How can anyone watch standard def? Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 25	Pause one channel, watch another I have just gotten my HD upgrade today and it is SWEET! However, one thing I can't figure out. I used to have a Philips DirecTv TiVo (DSR7000) on which I could watch one channel, while pausing another and I could switch back and forth. So, I can watch channel A for a few minutes, pause it and watch channel B. Then switch back and forth between them while pausing the one I wasn't watching. Each channel would go back up to 30 minutes. I now have a HR20-700...can I do the same thing with this? Thanks.

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DwnGoesFrazier High Definition is the definition of life. Join Date: May 2007 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 292	Sorry, Satellite does not fuzz up..... It either works of not. Or you can get pixelization. Can't switch between tuners as of now.

10-06-2007, 11:08 PM	#6
gort How can anyone watch standard def? Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 25	i have had satellite for years...you can switch between satellite feeds as i have done so with my previous TiVo for years. when a storm comes, it is not unusual for one feed to be working somewhat OK while the other does not work at all.