Thursday, March 16, 2017

How to pause Live TV on Sony smart TV (Android TV)

Hi,
Disclaimer: This was tested on a Sony KD-55XD8005 TV, Android 6.x - My guess is this will work on 2015+ Sony Android TV models and above, but may not work on your TV.

I bought a HDD for my Android TV, which is great for scheduling recording of TV programs.

Sony decided now to go the user-friendly way, and if you're looking for a way to pause your TV bad luck. I've yet to found any documentation on this, I've been looking on the website, in the manual, builtin help...

This is the way to do it:

  1. Record the current program that you want to pause (just click the record button when watching)
  2. Click the TITLE LIST button on your remote control, and wait a few seconds
  3. Find the program your currently watching, and select/watch it
  4. Click the pause button
You can now click the play button again later, in order to, well, play the content. You can also fast forward, and if you keep doing that you'll eventually reach the point of live TV.

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