Choose Record to save a file, Zap to select the service, or Zap and record when both actions are wanted and supported. Before saving, check the actual service, date, times, margins and destination. Reopen the saved timer in OpenATV’s normal timer list.
Start from the guide or create a manual timer
Confirm the receiver clock and service before creating a timer. From a current EPG entry, use the displayed Add Timer action. Button assignments vary. For an event without guide data, use Add in the normal timer list and enter its actual dates and times. A programme that runs through midnight needs an end date on the following day.
Check once or repeat, the first scheduled date and the actual regional or HD/SD entry. For a recording, check that the chosen directory is an intended mounted, writable destination. Confirm the per-timer directory even if the receiver has a default.
Read the start and end with margins included
Consider two fictional events. The first runs from 20:00 to 20:30 and has four minutes after it. The second begins at 20:30 and has two minutes before it. Their planned intervals overlap from 20:28 to 20:34. Six minutes of overlap calls for a resource check on the actual receiver and services. Some reception combinations can share resources.
If the timer list reports a conflict, compare the two services, all margins and any running recordings. Choose a repeat broadcast, adjust a margin the owner can spare, or deliberately disable the less important entry. Keep the setting that preserves the programme coverage the viewer needs.
Verify the saved entry and its intended action
Open the normal recording timer list through Menu > Timers and inspect the entry’s enabled state, type, service, full interval and location. A Zap timer can select a service while leaving no recording file. The saved timer represents the planned action. If an enabled Record timer passes its scheduled time without a usable file, check the runtime and destination evidence.
Sources and review
- Recording and zap timers — OpenATV