DirecTV DVR120 User Manual

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When you press PLAY, PAUSE,  FORWARD or BACK, a status bar appears on the lower 
part of your screen. In live TV, the status bar represents one hour (notice the white tick 
marks every 15 minutes). In recorded programs, the bar shows the program’s length. The 
green portion of the bar represents the part of the program saved by the DVR. The DVR 
automatically saves up to 30 minutes of live TV. You can rewind and fast forward through 
the saved portions of a program.

In live TV, the right edge of the green segment represents the current time. A white 
vertical line shows where you are in the saved portion of the program. If the white line is 
anywhere back in the green segment, you are behind live TV. When you’re behind live 
TV, you can press the ADVANCE button (

) to catch up.

 

This is where you 
catch up with live TV 
and the current time.

This is where you are 
now.

Status bar for live TV.

This shows which 
special feature you are 
using. (This is the 
symbol for pause.) 

Status bar for a two- 
hour recorded 
program.

The BACK button has 
been pressed twice.

This recorded program 
is two hours long.

tick marks (15 min. apart)