How To Dvr Smasung Smart Tv App

Set up and Record Live TV

Life can get crazy at times and every now and then you just want to kick back and watch your favourite shows, only to find you have missed an episode.

With selected Samsung Smart TVs, you are able to instantly record, play and pause or schedule a Live TV recording. You can set it up for just one episode or even a whole season. Follow the steps below and rest easy knowing that you'll never miss another episode.

Note: This feature is available on select TVs. Please refer to the specs of your TV to see if this feature is available.

You will need a USB or portable hard drive plugged into your Smart TV to store recorded programs. You will also need to have an aerial connection and channels tuned in.

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Scheduling a Recording Click to Expand

Note: This feature is available on select TVs. Please refer to the specs of your TV to see if this feature is available.

You will need a USB or portable hard drive plugged into your Smart TV to store recorded programs. You will also need to have an aerial connection and channels tuned in.

1 Press the Home button on your remote control and select Live TV. Press up on your remote and select Schedule Manager

Schedule Manager

2 On the Recording & Schedule Manager page, cycle across to the Schedules tab. Select either Add Viewing or Add Recording.

Sechedule Settings

3 Select the TV Channel you wish to record. With the Repeat option, you can choose to schedule for Everyday, Select Day or Do not repeat.

Schedule Viewing

4 You can hop over to Settings to select the minutes you wish for to Start Recording Early or Continue Recording After

Settings

5 When the program is about to start, a message box will appear in the top right-hand corner as a reminder.

Recording pop up reminder

Instant Recording Click to Expand

If you come across a TV channel you would like to instantly record Live broadcast TV and watch it later, follow the steps below to find out how.

1 Ensure you are on Live TV and watching a TV channel you would like to record

Select channel you would like to record

2 Press the button on your TV remote

Press the 123 button on your remote

3 You will see an image of your TV remote pop up onscreen. Then, press the Select button on your TV remote

Press the select button on remote

4 Select Record

Select Record

Using Timeshift Click to Expand

You can pause and rewind live TV by using Timeshift. Activating this function disables the Broadcasting function.

Note:

To use Timeshift, you must connect a USB device for recording.
This feature is available on select TVs. Please refer to the specs of your TV to see if this feature is available.

1 To activate the Timeshift function while watching TV, press the button on your TV remote

Press the 123 button on your remote

2 You will see an image of your TV remote pop up onscreen. Then, press the Select button on your TV remote

Press the select button on remote

3 Select Timeshift

Select Timeshift

Troubleshooting Click to Expand

When Timeshift or Schedule recording aren't working, these steps may help resolve the problem.

Note: The recording/timeshift feature is available on select TVs. Please refer to the specs of your TV to see if this feature is available.

1 If the Timeshift or recording function cannot be used.

Check if there is a storage device connected to the TV.

Recording will automatically stop if the signal becomes too weak.

Check the free space on the storage device.

The function will not work if there isn't enough storage space on the USB device

2 If you cannot record videos received from an external device or Samsung TV Plus

The recording function is only available for digital broadcast channels received by the TV. You cannot record videos received from an external device or Samsung TV Plus

3 If the "Format Device" message appears when the Timeshift or recording function is used.

To use the recording function, the storage device connected to the TV must have been already formatted.

Formatting the storage device deletes all data from it, and the storage device is formatted in NTFS

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