WOW! Ultra TV SM SM With WOW! Ultra TV , you can enjoy your TV experience more with easy access to all your entertainment content and play back on any TV in your home. -Whole-Home HD DVR- –QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE– 6 HD Tuners Record 6 HD shows at one time. Multi-Room Solution Start a recorded show in one room, pause it and then continue watching it in another room. Easily Setup Recordings Whether a movie, show or whole series, easily program your DVR with the Smart Menu. You can even change your settings after a show has started to record. Online DVR Management Schedule, delete or change settings for a recording online. Lots of Storage The 500GB hard drive lets you store up to 300 hours of SD programming or 75 hours of HD programming. The storage meter is easy to check to see how much you have recorded. Automatic Conflict Detection The system will let you know if you have a conflict that would impact your ability to record an upcoming show. External Hard Drive Expand your storage capacity by connecting an eSATA external Hard Drive. TV Categories View upcoming programs for Movies, Kids, News or Sports with programming listings for live TV, PPV and recorded content, specific for those categories. Search Search for a program by keyword, title or category across all live TV, VOD and recorded content. Flip Bar Allows you to view information on what is playing, what shows are coming or set a recording all without having to change the channel. Live TV Controls Pause, play or rewind live TV. Watch a show on live TV, pause it, and continue watching from where you left off in another room. Favorites Set up a custom channel lineup, showing only the networks that you want to see. Customize TV Listings Hide channels that you don’t want to show up in your main TV channels listing. Grid Guide View listings with the Smart Menu or with a Grid Guide view. VOD WOW! VOD offers access to 1000s of movies, free TV shows and events. -SMART MENU- -WOW! Ultra TV Additional FeaturesSM Elgin, Technician For more tips & support, visit wowway.com/ UltraTV-Support Play Photos, Videos and Music on Your TV Play personal photos, videos and music from your computer on your TV screen. Parental Controls Set controls so certain shows require you to enter a PIN to watch. Games Play games on your TV screen. Online Settings Management Set up the parental controls or closed caption setting online. Flickr® View photos from Flickr® on your TV screen. Caller ID to TV See who is calling on your TV screen when the phone rings. You can also access a call list for past calls on your TV. Wireless Home Network Work on a computer anywhere in your home. Mobile App Use you iPhone, iPad, or Android device to manage your DVR and set recordings when on the go, or use the app for your guide and remote control. Shortcut Buttons 1. DVR Go to the Recorded TV category. 2. VOD Go to the WOW! OnDemand category. 3. GRID Alternates between the Grid Guide view of programming and the Smart Menu setup. 4. LIVE TV Go to full-screen, live TV. -REMOTE CONTROL3 2 4 1 dvr A vod grid ticker B C liveTV live D TV 6 info 5 7 OK 8 back 9 10 menu 15 16 next replay skip 17 play 19 18 pause rew fwd 20 21 rec stop 23 22 vol mute ch last 11 abc def ghi jkl mno pqrs tuv wxyz clear 0 TV Input 1 4 7 13 13 clear 7 pqrs 2 5 8 0 8 tuv 3 6 12 9 Input TV 14 14 12 Player Controls Control your recorded or live program with the following buttons: 15. MENU From wherever you are, MENU returns you one step at a time back to the Navigation Category Cards. Press 5. INFO MENU twice to go directly Brings up an action menu to TV Channels category. of options related to the 16. REPLAY item in focus. Rewinds the program 6. ARROWS seven seconds, so you Navigates the Smart Menu. can check out what you Holding an arrow down missed. Also moves the activates turbo scroll, time slot a day back. increasing your browsing 17. SKIP speed. Skips forward in your 7. Screen Size program the number of Alternate between seconds that you predefine full-screen and the in settings. Also moves the Smart Menu. time slot a day ahead. 8. OK 18. PLAY Press OK to select a menu Begins playing the item or confirm an action. selected program. 9. BACK 19. REWIND Takes a list displaying TV Press up to three times programming back to the (for three speeds) to previous half hour. Also rewind the show. pages back through an 20.FAST-FORWARD info note. Press up to three times 10. NEXT (for three speeds) to Takes a list displaying TV fast-forward. programming forward to 21. PAUSE the next half hour. Also Pauses the show you are pages forward through watching. an info note. 22.RECORD 11. Last Press while watching a Return to the last show or when a show is in channel viewed. focus to record. 12. NUMBER KEYS 23. STOP Entering numbers will Exits out of a recorded take you directly to the show or stops a recording corresponding channel. in progress if you’re watching that show full-screen. *Not available on all TV models. 9 wxyz 13. CLEAR Deletes a character during text/number entries. Also removes the Flip Bar. 14. TV Input Enables easy switching between TV input options.* Smart Menu and Category Cards To access the Smart Menu, press the MENU button on the remote. Use the left and right arrows on the remote to browse the category cards. Channels View View all available channels. HDTV Find all of the HD content available to watch, including live TV, recorded TV and PPV. Recorded TV View all of the programs you’ve recorded. WOW! OnDemand Search the vast library of VOD titles. Search Search for programs by title, keyword, or category across all available content, including live TV, PPV, recorded TV and VOD. Favorite Channels Create a list of your favorite channels for easy access. Movies View all available movies, including live TV, recorded TV and PPV. Messages Read messages about WOW! services and updates. Sports View all available sports programming, including live TV, recorded TV and PPV. Settings Customize your Ultra TV experience. Kids View all children’s programming, including live TV and recorded TV. News Find all of the news channels and current news programming, including live TV and recorded TV. Music Listen to music from your computer or view all TV music channels. Caller ID to TV View a list of incoming phone calls. Games Choose from a variety of classic games to play on your TV. Photos View photos from your Flickr® account or your computer on your TV. HomeConnect Access movies, music or photos from your computer on your TV. Recorded TV Managing Recorded TV The Recorded TV category lists all your recorded shows in alphabetical order. Episodes of a series are grouped into folders and individual episodes are seen in the preview panel to the right. Automatic Conflict Management You can record or watch up to six shows at once. A conflict detection note will pop up, if you are already using all six tuners – which means that you may be recording five shows and watching Live TV. If this happens, an action menu will show up automatically on the screen giving you options to choose which recordings you want to keep. The recorded show icons let you know the following: The show is recording right now. The show is scheduled to record. The show is recorded and may be deleted when space is needed. The show is recorded and will not delete unless deleted manually. The Options card in the Recorded TV category lets you manage your recorded TV. How Much Space is Left on My DVR to Record Shows? The Storage Meter lets you know how much space you have left to record more programs. It’s located in two places in the Smart Menu. In Recorded TV, the Options card displays the amount of space remaining. In Settings, select the the Recording Space card. WOW! OnDemand •• Scheduled to Record in Options lets you see all the programs that are set to record. Here you can also cancel a recording or alter your recording settings for each show. Just pick the show you want to manage and press the INFO button. •• Select the VOD category in the Smart Menu. •• Recording Defaults in Options let you determine your default preferences for how long to keep a recording, how many episodes to record, when the recording starts and stops, and whether to record first runs or repeats. •• You’ll see a list of video folders in the vertical band, as well as a My Rentals folder. When you scroll over each folder, the available programs in each will appear in the preview panel to the right. Press OK to select any of the folders in the VOD library. How To Set A Recording & Series Recording When you see a program you like, press OK and you’ll get the following list of options: When watching a show: To record the show you are currently watching press RECORD and the show will begin recording. If you are watching a show and want to record the series, press INFO. Then select “Record Series.” •• preview - Plays the trailer for the selected movie. Via the Search category: You can search for the show in the Search category by title, keyword or category. Select the show in the results by pressing OK and then select “Record Once” or “Record Series” in the action menu. In TV Channels category: You can scroll through the TV channel lineup. When you find a show that is in progress you want to record either in the listing or in the preview panel, press record. If you want to record an upcoming show, press INFO. An action menu will appear where you can select “Record Once” or “Record Series.” Search the vast library of movies, TV shows and events. •• lock - Uses Parental Controls to block access to that channel. •• buy - Purchases the movie so that you can watch it immediately. Caller ID to TV For WOW! Phone customers with Caller ID to TV, the Smart Menu maintains a list of calls you’ve received. You can access this list in two ways: through the Caller ID to TV category on the Smart Menu or by pressing OK on the Caller ID to TV indicator when call information appears. When you access the list, you’ll see your phone lines listed along the horizontal band. •• Select a phone number to see a list of recent calls. Press “OK” to get an action menu. Options include “clear call log,” which will delete the call record, and “settings,” which provides a shortcut to the phone settings section. ccessing Music, Photos, and Videos A From Your Computer Select the HomeConnect category to view your music, photos and videos from your connected computers. You need to set up a DLNA® server to view content on your Ultra TV. Use the HomeConnect category to browse through your computer files and select content to be added to shortcut folders for easy access. To Add Content: (Example is related to music, but the same can be done for photos and video files.) 1. Select the HomeConnect category. 2. Select the computer whose content you would like to add. Your computer must be on and connected to the network. If one is not showing up, select Search for Media Servers and choose “Search.” 3. Browse through that computer’s file structure until you find the music files. Online TV Management Through the WOW! Customer Home Page, you can manage your DVR and more while you’re away from the TV. •• Log into your WOW! email account at wowway.net. •• Once logged in, click on the TV tab in the “Email, Phone, TV” box and then select “Manage My TV.” •• From here, you can schedule recordings, manage recording settings, monitor how much storage space you used, view full TV listings, set parental controls and add Flickr® accounts. Favorites 4. Press OK and choose “add folder to my music” or “add item to my music.” You can create a channel lineup of only your favorite channels. 5. The music files or folder containing music files will automatically be added to the My Music shortcut folder in both the HomeConnect category and the Music category. To Add A Channel To Your Favorites: To View Content: 1. In the HomeConnect category select the computer that you want to access and press OK. 2. To view content, select My Content and then choose either the My Music, My Photos, or My Videos shortcut folder. 3. Select an individual file you would like to play and press OK. 4. If you have a folder selected and you would like to view a list of options for the content of that folder press INFO. There are four approved DLNA servers for various operating systems: Windows Media Player (Windows), Twonky (Mac, Windows, Linux), TVersity (Windows) and PlayOn (Windows). For more information on HomeConnect, please go online to the TV Apps section of Manage My TV on the WOW! Customer Home Page. •• In the TV Channels category, tune to the channel you want to add and press INFO. •• Choose “add item to favorites.” •• You can delete a channel by selecting the channel and choosing “remove from favorites.” Browse your Favorites channel lineup by selecting the Favorites category card. You can clear the entire favorites list by selecting the Options card in the Favorites category, then choosing “clear all” from the action menu. Ultra TV Apps Ultra TV has apps for the iPad, iPhone and Android devices available for download today. WOW! Ultra TVSM apps have full remote functionality and let you manage your DVR directly from your mobile device. Visit wowway.com to view the full WOW! Ultra TVSM App User Manual. •• Set up new DVR recordings •• Manage DVR recordings •• Use your mobile device as a remote control •• Search TV listings for up to two weeks out •• Set your favorite channels or hide channels from your lineup © 2014 WideOpenWest Finance, LLC. 0614
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