With two terabytes of recording space, it’s pretty rare that you run out of space on a Genie 2 DVR. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible though, and sometimes you just need that extra level of confidence.
DIRECTV DVRs have always automatically managed space by deleting the oldest recordings to make way for new ones if there was a need for more space. Of course when DIRECTV’s DVRs only held about 50 hours of HD programming that was far more important than today, when you should be able to get well over 300 hours of HD programming on your Genie 2 DVR, and there simply isn’t enough 4K programming for it to become worrisome at this moment in time.
If you want to make sure that a program isn’t auto-deleted, there is an easy way to do this and it’s been there since the beginning.
If you have a traditional Genie Client
Here’s what you do if you have a traditional Genie client. (You can tell because the remote looks like the one above.)
Press the LIST button on your remote to go to the playlist. With the program you want to keep highlighted, press the ENTER button. This is the one next to the zero, not the SELECT button in the middle.
If you have a Gemini
If you have a DIRECTV Gemini, then you know your remote looks like the one above. The instructions for this box are a little harder because the ENTER button as been reassigned to work for apps.
In this case, here are the steps:
- Press LIST to go into the playlist
- Highlight the episode you want to keep using the arrow buttons
- Press the […] button (right above the channel button.)
- Arrow down to Keep…
- Arrow over and choose “Keep until I delete it”
- Press BACK to go to the playlist or EXIT to go to live TV.
If you have an older receiver
If you have an older DVR with a remote like the one above, it’s about as simple as it is with the Genie. Press the LIST button on your remote to go to the playlist. With the program you want to keep highlighted, press the BLUE button. This is the one next to the zero, not the SELECT button in the middle.
No matter which receiver or client you have…
…once you’ve done those steps the program won’t be automatically deleted. You can still delete in manually the same way you always have, though, so if this program is really important to you, you’ll still need to be careful.
You’ll see the word “KEEP” when you’ve done this. If you have an old-style DVR, instead of the word “KEEP” you’ll see a blue “K” next to the program. With so much hard drive space available it’s unlikely you’ll need to use this option, but on the other hand there’s so much good content on DIRECTV that you just may find yourself filling up your DVR’s hard drive pretty quickly.
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