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Advanced Recording Options for 4th Generation Tablo DVRs

Tablo Support - Chris
Tablo Support - Chris
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This is a 4th Generation Tablo article. For information on Advanced Recording Features for legacy models, go here.

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Recording your favorite shows with Tablo is easy, but sometimes, you may want to customize your recording schedule.

For example, when your favorite show frequently airs after a sporting event, you can add time to your recording schedule in case the game runs long. 

 

You can access limited advanced recording options on episode recordings by selecting EPISODE RECORDING OPTIONS on a program that has yet to air.

 

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EPISODE RECORDING OPTIONS are only available if the episode is NOT live.

 

 

To access advanced recording options for an entire series, first select SERIES INFORMATION after selecting an episode.

 

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You can also select SERIES INFORMATION after selecting a series under a genre menu.

 

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From here, select RECORDING OPTIONS.

 

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This will bring up SERIES RECORDING OPTIONS, which will list all of the advanced recording options.

 

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Advanced Recording Options Available

 

Start

With this feature, you can start recordings up to two minutes early to five minutes late from the show's scheduled start time. This is handy if you want an opening buffer or wish to skip the show's opening credits.

 

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Stop

With this feature, you can stop recordings up to two minutes early to three hours late from the show's scheduled stop time. This is handy for when you expect a sporting event to go into overtime or when you'd like to skip the end credits of a show. 

 

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Keep

The keep feature helps to manage your recording storage space automatically.  

Enabling the keep feature on programs that air frequently (like talk shows, game shows and news) will tell your Tablo to retain all or only the most recent 20, 10, 5, 3 or last single episode(s). Older episodes are deleted automatically from the series as new ones are added, so your recording storage space isn't cluttered with out-of-date content.

Instead of using the Delete All or Delete Watched options to delete recordings, you can also enable the keep feature temporarily to delete some, but not all, older recordings within a series. 

However, the ALL EPISODES setting should be used sparingly. If you set a keep level of ALL or LAST 20 EPISODES on too many series, recordings in other series could be removed prematurely if you also have auto-delete enabled.

 

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Channel

If you live between two different cities, you may have two channels broadcasting the same content in your channel lineup. If you notice that one channel tends to have more reliable reception than another, this feature allows you to choose a specific channel for recording.

If you select ALL CHANNELS, the channel airing this series with the strongest signal at your last channel scan will be used.

 

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Use Defaults

If you'd like to switch your advanced recording options back to their original values, select USE DEFAULTS.

 

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  • KEEP: will be set to AUTO (DEFAULT)
  • START: will be set to ON TIME
  • CHANNEL: will be set to ANY (DEFAULT)
  • STOP: Will be set to ON-TIME

As a default feature, your RECORD setting will remain unchanged when you USE DEFAULTS.