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TF5800 manual: playing back recordings
Playing back recordings
Now you’ve made some recordings, let’s take a look
at how to play them back. It’s very easy. All you have to do to get
started is press the Archive button 
on
the remote control, and you’ll see the list of recorded
files, like this.
As you can see, the recordings have the names of the programmes
they contain. Move up and down with the arrow keys, and you’ll see
that the bottom section of the screen shows additional information, including
the channel, date and time of the recording, and the start of the programme’s
description. You can see more of the description by pressing the Info button
on
the remote control.
You’ll also notice that, at the bottom left of the screen, there’s a message telling you how much of the space on your PVR’s disk is free, and how much there is in total.
To start playing a programme, all you need to do is move to
it with the up and down keys on the remote control, and then press the OK
button
. It will start playing from the beginning, and when it finishes, you’ll
see a message on screen saying ‘Playback stopped,’ before you are switched
to live TV.
One of the most useful features you’ll notice is that you’ll see programmes appear in the archive list as soon as they start recording; when you highlight them, the bottom left section of the screen will show the progress of the recording. If you select a programme that’s still recording, it will play just like any other recording. That means that you can start to watch the beginning while the end is still being recorded!
Your PVR also has the ability to play back MP3 files and to have additional software installed on it – features we’ll look at later on; files for each of those functions appear in turn when you use the Fast forward or Rewind buttons when in the archive, so if you cannot see the list of programmes you expected, press one of those keys until the list appears.
Playback features
While you’re playing back a recorded file, you can use the pause, rewind
and fast forward features, just the same as when you’re watching time
shifted TV, so pressing Fast Forward
once plays at double speed,
press again for four times normal speed, and again for six times.
The Rewind button 
will go backwards at 1, 2 or 3 times
normal speed, and just like in time shift, if you hold down either Rewind
or Fast forward, the Progress bar will appear, and you can move quickly through
the programme. You’ll notice that the Progress bar has a small red line,
which represents your current position, and you’ll see it move as you hold
down the keys.
You can also use the Progress bar to skip quickly through adverts, if you have no bookmarks in a file. Press Play to display it, and then press the Yellow button on the remote to skip forward thirty seconds for each press, then press Play again to hide the Progress bar.
During playback, the information box will display details of the programme
you’re watching, so you can view the full description of an episode,
for example, by pressing the Info button twice.
To stop play back of a programme, just press the Stop key; pressing the OK/List button will take you back to the archive, with the programme you are watching highlighted.