How to record a series on Bell MTS Fibe TV

Record a series from live TV

1. Press GUIDE on your remote control.
2. Use the arrow buttons or CH/PG to highlight the program that you want to record.
3. Press INFO. The Program Info Screen appears.
4. On the Program Info Screen, highlight Record Series, and press OK. The Record Series Screen appears.
5. To change the time of recording, highlight the text under Time, and press OK. Highlight one of these options, and press OK:
   • Any day, around XX:XX AM/PM – Records programs any day of the week, as long as they occur at or near the same time as the selected episode.
   • Any day, anytime – Records programs any day of the week at any time.
   • Any day, anytime, once per day – Records programs any day and time, but records only one episode per day.
     You can also select Don't Change to keep current settings.
6. To change the type of recording, highlight the text under Show Type, and press OK. Highlight one of these options, and press OK:
   • First run & rerun – Records first-run and all subsequent reruns of this program.
   • First run only – Records first-run episodes, but will not record reruns.
7. To add extra time to ensure that you record each entire episode, highlight the text under Stop Recording, and press OK. Highlight one of these options and press OK:
   • At scheduled time
   • 5 minutes after
   • 15 minutes after
   • 30 minutes after
   • 1 hour after
   • 2 hours after
   • 3 hours after
     Or, highlight Don't Change and press OK to keep your current setting.
8. To activate your settings, highlight Record, and press OK.

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How to limit the number of episodes recorded

You can now set the number of episodes that you wish to record by pressing the Change Settings button while in the Series info.

In the Series settings page, select the change under Keep. The keep options for the number of episodes recorded are found as followed:

• 1 latest episode
• 2 latest episodes
• 3 latest episodes
• 5 latest episodes
• 7 latest episodes
• 14 latest episodes

Note:

You can still specify a specific episode to not be erased by pressing the do not erase until I erase option. Once your PVR reaches the episode limit you choose for that series, new series episodes will continue to record by replacing the oldest episode recording that has not been set to "keep until I delete". If all episodes are marked "keep until I delete" no new episode will be recorded beyond the series limit you have set.

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How to set a recording priority in case of conflicts

You can now set a series priority which will ensure that, in the case of a conflict, your favorite series gets recorded first.

1. To set your series priority, press the RECORDED TV button on your remote control.

2. Use the right arrow button to navigate to the Series option.

3. Use the down arrow button to navigate to the Series priority option on the panel.

4. Press the OK button on the remote control.

5. Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to scroll to one of the series not at the top of the list.
6. Navigate to the up arrow with a line above it and press OK on the remote control. The series has now moved to the top of the series list - highest priority.
7. Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to scroll to another series in the list.
8. Navigate to the up arrow and press OK on the remote control. The series has now moved up one space/spot on the priority list.
9. Use the arrow buttons on the remote control to scroll to another series in the list.
10. Navigate to the down arrow and press the OK button on the remote control. The series has now moved down one space/spot on the priority list.

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Record or clear an overridden - cancelled - series recording

A series conflict icon (crossed-out, three overlapping red dots) in the Guide marks a series episode that was cancelled in favour of another recording. When you select a cancelled series recording in the Guide, a Program Info Screen screen appears.

You can handle an overridden series episode in one of these ways:

• Leave it as is.
• If you cancel the other program(not the series recording), the cancelled series episode is rescheduled for recording. The conflict icon reverts to overlapping red dots.
• Clear the conflict icon to cancel the entire series recording.

1. Press GUIDE on your remote control.
2. Use the arrow buttons or CH/PG to highlight the overridden episode, and press OK. A Program Info Screen appears.
3. To record a cancelled series episode instead of the other program(not the scheduled series), highlight Resolve Conflict, and press OK. A Conflict screen appears. Highlight the previously overridden series, and press OK. The cancelled episode will record and cancel the recording for the other program.
4. Or, to cancel a series recording, highlight Cancel Episode, and press OK. In the confirmation screen, highlight Cancel Episode, and press OK. The entire series recording is cancelled. All series conflict icons for it are cleared. This does not erase episodes that were recorded already.

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How many programs can I record at once?

You can watch or record up to three HD or SD shows at the same time.

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How to resolve conflicts for a series recording

When episodes of a series conflict with previously scheduled recordings,the Recording Conflict screen enables you to choose how to resolve the conflict.

To record all episodes of the series and cancel recordings that conflict:

Highlight Record all episodes of series conflict: Series Name, and press OK.

The recordings of episodes for this particular series will be recorded instead of any previously scheduled recordings that were conflicting. A conflict icon (a crossed-out red dot) appears in the Guide by each program that will not be recorded.

To record only those episodes that do not conflict with previously scheduled recordings:

Highlight Record this series only when no conflict occurs, and press OK.

Episodes that conflict with previously scheduled recordings are not recorded. The previously scheduled recordings occur as planned.

To manually choose which episodes will record:

1. Highlight Choose which shows to record, and press OK. You will see a list of all the conflicting episodes of the new series.
2. To record one of the conflicting episodes, highlight the program you want to record, and press OK. The Program Info Screen will appear with information on that program.
3. Highlight Resolve Conflict, and press OK. The Recording Conflict screen appears, listing the conflicting recordings.
4. Highlight the program you want to record, and press OK. The program or programs scheduled to be recorded will be marked with a red dot. When you select one program to record, the program(s) beneath it will have their red dot(s) removed.
5. Highlight Save Changes, and press OK. A Series Recording Scheduled message appears briefly on your screen.