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 ====== Recording in the HDHomeRun app ======
 <btn type="success" size="xs" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:app|Go back to all app topics]]</btn>
+<lead>You can use the official HDHomeRun [[:app]] to set and watch recordings. </lead>
-===== Main options ====
+===== Recording tasks ====
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-There are two main options when a user selects something to record:
- * **Record this airing**
- * **Auto-record**
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-===== Usage =====
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 [[:App:Recording|App: How to record programs]]\\
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-You can use the official HDHomeRun [[:app]] to set and watch recordings.
+When you set a recording you make a "task" for the DVR to do. When a user selects something to record, two main options for recording "tasks" are normally given:
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+**1. Record this airing** - Free to all customers
+  * Sets a specific program to record at a specific date and time.
+  * You can do this through the interface using the examples further below on this page.
+  * Free customers can set recordings up to 3 days in advance. (Full guide subscribers can set this up to 14 days in advance.)
+  * Account creation not required - If no account is associated with your HDHomeRun unit, an automatic email-less account is auto-generated for your HDHomeRun unit to keep track of DVR tasks. You can also log in to an expired DVR account so that your tasks stay with you if you move between paid and free tiers.
+  * For example, you can record the TV show //Bob's Burgers// on //Friday February 13th at 5 PM on channel 5.2//. Only one episode of //Bob's Burgers// will record, but you can keep setting additional recording tasks as they happen, up to 3 days into the future.
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+**2. Auto-record** - [[:dvr:activation#full_guide_dvr|Requires a full guide subscription]]
+  * Records a series of programs.
+  * For example, if you wanted to record every episode of "Bob's Burgers" you would use the "Auto-record" option. Then you can set additional options such as only recent/new episodes, or all episodes including repeats.
+  * This also works with news programs, sporting events (you can select which sports teams you want to record), and so on.
+  * A full paid guide subscription allows customers to set recordings 14 days in advance.
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+==== Usage ====
+<WRAP indent>
 **Recordings can be set from:**
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 <btn type="success" size="lg" icon="fa fa-chevron-right">[[:app:recorded|See: HDHomeRun app: RECORDED tab]]</btn>
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+{{tag>DVR}}

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