User manual TIVO SERIES2 - SUPPLEMENTARY GUIDE

2006 Service Update Guide For TiVo ® Series2 TM Digital Video Recorders Remote Control Tips Note: Your remote may look different depending on the model of your TiVo® DVR TiVo Button Arrow Buttons TV Power T Power Remote Active Light Customize your TiVo® remote. Some buttons on your TiVo remote are programmable (shaded in gray on the diagram). Press the TiVo button to go to the TiVo Central® screen and select Messages & Settings, then Settings, then Remote Control. Follow the easy on-screen instructions. See Chapter 5 of this guide for more on programming the remote. Press the TiVo button once to go to TiVo Central®, or twice to go to Now Playing--your list of recorded programs. Press FORWARD and BACK up to 3 times for 3 speeds. Press a fourth time to resume normal play. INSTANT REPLAY ® TV Live TV Live TV Info Guide TV Input Window* Select Thumbs Down Mute V Inpu Info ndow Wi Guide t Select Thumbs Up Mute Volume Play Pause Back (rewind) Slow Vol cord Re Chan Chan (Page) Up/Down Record replays the last 8 seconds of a program. Page Press CLEAR to delete a title in a list (like the Now Playing list) or to hide things that aren't part of the program you're watching (like the TiVo channel banner). INFO brings up the TiVo channel banner. Press the RIGHT arrow to switch among three versions of the banner, each with a different amount of information. Press GUIDE to see the TiVo program guide, then press INFO (while the guide is visible) to see Guide Options and change the way channels display, or show only a certain types of programs. CHAN UP/DOWN does more than change the channel--it also pages up or down through lists of programs or menu items. When you're watching "behind" live TV (for example, if you pause live TV and ® catches later resume watching from the paused spot), ADVANCE you up to the live broadcast. In a recorded program, press it once to jump to the end of the program, then again to jump to the beginning. If programmed, the DVR Switch lets you control two different TiVo® Digital Video Recorders (DVRs) with the same remote. Play Forward Instant Replay Slow 1 DVR Advance 2 DVR Switch 1 2 5 8 0 En 3 6 9 ter/Las Number Buttons 4 7 Clear Clear Enter/Last t *Window button: not active; functionality may be added in a future TiVo service update. Welcome ® © 2006 TiVo Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. TiVo, the TiVo logo, TiVo, TV Your Way, TiVo Central, WishList, Season Pass, TiVoToGo, Series2, the Series2 logo, the Advance logo, the Instant Replay Logo, the Thumbs Up logo, the Thumbs Down logo, Overtime Scheduler, Overlap Protection, Ipreview and the sounds used by the TiVo service are trademarks or registered trademarks of TiVo Inc. or its subsidiaries, 2160 Gold Street, P.O. Box 2160, Alviso, CA 95002-2160. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved. TiVo product and service protected by U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,241,428; 6,233,389; 6,327,418; 6,385,739; 6,490,722; 6,642,939; 6,643,798; 6,728,713; 6,757,837; 6,757,906; 6,792,195; 6,847,778; 6,850,691; D424,577; D435,561; D445,801. Other patents pending. ii Table of Contents Using This Service Update Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Chapter 5: Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Remote Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Phone & Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Account & System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restart or Reset System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 49 51 52 54 56 59 60 65 66 67 68 Chapter 1: The Basics in 5 Short Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tour One: Playing with Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Tour Two: Recording Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Tour Three: Your List of Recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tour Four: Finding Great Entertainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Tour Five: Beyond the TiVo Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 More Cool Things You Can Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Chapter 2: Pick Programs to Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Finding Programs to Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finding Programs Using a WishList® Search . . . . . . . . . . . Season PassTM and Repeating Recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting Recording Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing Recordings with the To Do List . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Channel Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Now Playing List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Program Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Saving Programs to Other Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy Protection and the TiVo® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting Your TiVo DVR to a Home Network . . . . . . . . TiVoToGoTM Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music & Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multi-Room Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 19 23 25 27 30 31 32 33 36 38 40 41 43 45 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Chapter 3: Watching Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Chapter 4: TiVo Desktop & Home Media Features . . . 39 iii Using This Service Update Guide Thank you for using the TiVo® service! This Service Update Guide describes features and settings that may not have been available when you first purchased your TiVo® Digital Video Recorder (DVR) and which are not documented in your original Viewer's Guide. Some TiVo DVRs are capable of receiving different levels of TiVo service (either TiVo Basic or TiVo Plus service). This guide documents features of the TiVo Plus service. Basic Terms When we talk about the TiVo service, here are some terms you should know: Live TV. If you're watching a program as it's being broadcast, you're watching live TV. With the TiVo service, you can pause live TV for up to 30 minutes. When you resume watching from the paused point, you're "behind" live TV. Program screen. When you select a program (from the Now Playing List or a list of upcoming programs), you'll see a screen with information about the program and actions you can take. Home Network Applications and Home Media Features. If your DVR is connected to a home network with broadband Internet access, you'll enjoy a wide variety of additional features. See Tour Five on page 10 for more. Notes and Tips. In the side columns of some pages in this guide you may find helpful Notes and Tips . ® What's New · One-Button Delete. You'll no longer have to see a confirmation screen when you delete shows from the Now Playing List. Just one press of the CLEAR button sends it right to the new Recently Deleted folder (see below). Recently Deleted Folder. Ever accidentally deleted a show? Now, you can recover recently deleted shows from this new folder at the bottom of your Now Playing list. But don't worry, when your TiVo DVR needs more space, these shows go first! Improved TiVo Suggestions. Keep using those THUMBS buttons! Now, the TiVo service is better than ever at suggesting shows you might like. Take a Tour! The best way to learn about the TiVo service is to take the Tours in Chapter 1of this guide. · Now, let's start with the first Tour! · · iv 1 The Basics in 5 Short Tours Tour One: Playing with Live TV Tour Two: Recording Programs Tour Three: Your List of Recordings Tour Four: Finding Great Entertainment Tour Five: Beyond the TiVo Box More Cool Things You Can Do ® 2 4 6 8 10 12 1 The Basics in 5 Short Tours New DVRs may have tutorial videos on the Now Playing List corresponding to the Tours in this chapter. Select Now Playing List from TiVo Central®. Tour One: Playing with Live TV When you're watching a program as it's broadcast, you're watching live TV. In this tour, we'll take a look at how you can control live TV. So turn on your TV and grab your TiVo remote! Press the LIVE TV button to go to live TV from any screen. Moving Around in Time 1. First, press the PAUSE button. You can pause live TV for up to 30 minutes! When you pause live TV, you see a status bar showing a one-hour period. The green segment See page 30 for more on the status bar. shows the portion of the current hour that has been saved by your DVR. The white line marks your current point in time. When the white line is back in the green segment, you're "behind" live TV. Whenever you change channels, the saved portion of the old program is cleared, and the DVR starts saving the program on the new channel. Both the FORWARD and BACK buttons have three speeds. When you fast forward too far, press ® 2. Press PLAY P l a y to continue watching the program. Next, press BACK --the program rewinds. Press BACK a second time to rewind faster, and a third time to go faster still! Press BACK a fourth time (or press PLAY at any time) to return to normal speed. 3. Press PAUSE once more, then press FORWARD to move a small step forward. Press BACK to move a small step back. Press PLAY to resume watching at normal speed. ® button. The program jumps back 8 seconds--useful 4. Press the INSTANT REPLAY for when you miss a great sports play or a bit of dialog, or for when you fast forward too far. INSTANT REPLAY to jump back eight seconds. Press it again if you really missed the mark. 5. Press INSTANT REPLAY again, then immediately press SLOW slow-motion replay! 6. Finally, press the ADVANCE ® Slo w . You'll see your own 2 button. Presto! You're caught up to live TV. The Basics in 5 Short Tours 1 Changing Channels There are several ways to change channels: · To go to a specific channel, use the numbers on your remote control, then press ENTER/ LAST. (If you don't press ENTER/LAST, the channel changes automatically after a few seconds.) To clear the number before the channel changes, press CLEAR. To jump back to the previous channel, press ENTER/LAST. To move one channel at a time, press CHAN UP/DOWN Chan · · · on the TiVo remote. The channel banner includes the program's title, description, ratings, and other information. Tired of channel surfing? Press GUIDE to display the program guide. Move the highlight to any program and press SELECT. If the program is on now, the channel changes. If the program is on later, you'll see options to record that program. Learn more about using the program guide on page 31. Page Getting Program Information The channel banner appears whenever you change the channel, but you can also view it while you're watching a program. It has information about the program you're watching. 1. Press INFO (or DISPLAY if your remote does not have an INFO button). The channel banner appears for a few seconds. While the banner is visible, press RIGHT arrow to switch from small, to medium, to large banner. Each banner has a different amount of information. 2. Keep pressing RIGHT arrow until you see the largest version of the channel banner. The small icons on the right give you shortcuts to useful features like recording or Parental Controls. Press the UP and DOWN arrows to highlight different icons, then press SELECT to go to that feature. For more on channel banner icons, see page 31. 3. Finally, press the CLEAR button--the channel banner disappears. You can also press RIGHT arrow to ® display the channel banner, and LEFT arrow to hide it. 3 1 The Basics in 5 Short Tours If you just completed Guided Setup, the DVR is still organizing program information, and some programs might not yet appear. Tour Two: Recording Programs You can always record the program you're watching by pressing RECORD on your TiVo® ® service provides many ways to quickly search through remote control. Beyond that, the TiVo TV programs, find your favorites, and schedule recordings in advance. What's more, if a program is part of a series, you can get a Season PassTM recording of the series. A Season Pass recording automatically records every episode of the series that airs on the selected channel--even if the time slot changes! Search by Title Know the title of a program you want to record? Finding it is easy. Grab your TiVo remote! 1. Press the TiVo button to see the TiVo Central® screen. Press DOWN to highlight Pick Programs to Record, and press SELECT. The Pick Programs to Record screen appears. 2. Highlight Search by Title and press SELECT. A list of categories which you could use to limit your search appears, but for now select All Programs. The next screen has a grid of letters. Use the RIGHT, LEFT, UP, and DOWN arrows to move the white selection box among the letters. If you make a mistake entering text, ® select DEL on the screen, or press BACK on the remote. To clear all text, use CLR on the screen or press the CLEAR button. Selecting SP on the screen enters a space. 3. Let's find "The Simpsons." Move to the letter S and press SELECT. (The Search By Title list alphabetizes without "A" or "The.") A list of programs that begin with "S" appears on the right side of the screen. 4. Move to the letter I and press SELECT again. The TiVo service searches through all available programs (usually, those airing within the next two weeks) to find those that begin with SI, and lists those programs. 5. Keep entering letters until you see "Simpsons, The" in the list. You may see multiple listings if the program airs on more than one channel. 4 The Basics in 5 Short Tours 6. Press RIGHT arrow until you move off the grid of letters to the list of programs. Press the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight "Simpsons, The" and press SELECT. A program information screen appears. You can use this screen to record the episode, view upcoming episodes, or get a Season Pass recording. 1 Getting a Season PassTM Recording 1. On the Program Information screen for The Simpsons, highlight Get a Season Pass and press SELECT. A confirmation screen appears. Press SELECT again--and after a short pause you have a Season Pass to The Simpsons! Every episode airing on that channel will be recorded automatically. When you set up a Season Pass recording, you can choose how many episodes to keep and how long to keep them using Recording Options. Choose "First Run Only" if you want to skip the re-runs. See page 25 for more about using Recording Options. 2. After setting the Season Pass recording, you return to the Search by Title screen. Press LEFT to return to Pick Programs to Record, then select the To Do List. You can see all your scheduled recordings here. 3. In the To Do List, notice the upcoming episodes of The Simpsons are marked with a double check mark , indicating they are part of a Season Pass. You can cancel the recording of any episode by highlighting the title in the To Do List and pressing CLEAR. You delete the entire Season Pass or change recording options using the Season Pass Manager. See "Using the Season PassTM Manager" on page 24 for more information. 5 1 The Basics in 5 Short Tours Programs appear on the Now Playing List the moment recording Tour Three: Your List of Recordings All the programs recorded by your TiVo® DVR appear on the Now Playing List--your complete list of recordings. No more searching through unlabeled videotapes! 1. To go to the Now Playing list, press the TiVo button twice, or select Now Playing List from the TiVo Central® screen. Your new DVR may already contain some short programs. 2. Highlight any title on the Now Playing List (even a program that's still recording) and press PLAY. The program plays from the beginning. begins, so you can start watching a show while it's still being recorded! Program Information If you prefer, you can highlight any title in Now Playing and press SELECT to see the program information screen, which offers these options: · Icons to the left of the program's title tell you the recording's current status. See the Glossary of Icons on the inside back cover for details. Play or Resume playing (if you're returning to a partially watched program). Keep until... By default, programs you record are saved until space is needed for new recordings. The oldest ones may be deleted to make room for new recordings. However, you always have the option to keep a program for as long as you want. Just select Keep Until... and on the next screen you can choose Keep Until I Delete, or specify a date. Delete Now or Stop Recording (if recording is in progress) Save to VCR. See page 36 for details. · · · Now Playing Tips · · 6 From any program screen, press INFO (or DISPLAY if your remote doesn't have an INFO button) to see program details. When a program ends, you have the option to delete it. If you don't delete it, the program is available to watch again from the beginning on the Now Playing List. The Basics in 5 Short Tours 1 Sorting Programs You can view the Now Playing List either alphabetically by title (from A to Z) or by date recorded. To change how the list is sorted: 1. From Now Playing, press ENTER on your TiVo remote to see Now Playing Options. 2. Highlight Sort, then press LEFT button to choose Alphabetically. Then select View Now Playing List With These Options. When you return to Now Playing, programs are listed alphabetically by title. Grouping Programs When Groups are on, programs are organized into folders, and a number in parentheses to the right of each folder shows how many programs it contains. Even if Groups is turned off, you'll see the Recently Deleted folder at the bottom of the Now Playing list. To turn Groups on: 1. From Now Playing, press ENTER on your TiVo remote to see Now Playing Options. 2. Select Groups, then press RIGHT button to choose On. Then select View Now Playing List With These Options. When you return to Now Playing, you'll see a folder for · · · Each television series with more than one recorded episode; Each auto-recording WishList® search with a recorded program; TiVo Suggestions (if you have auto-recording of TiVo Suggestions turned on). Deleted programs go to the Recently Deleted folder, where they remain until space is needed for new recordings. For more about the recently deleted folder, see page 32. A program's title may appear in more than one folder, even though there is only one recording of the program. For example, you might have an auto-recording WishList search for Jerry Seinfeld, and you have a Season PassTM for Seinfeld. Each episode of the series will appear in two folders--one for the WishList search and one for the Season Pass recording. If you delete the program in one folder, the title also disappears from the other. A note at the bottom of the Now Playing List tells you which sorting option you are using and whether groups are on. 7 1 The Basics in 5 Short Tours Tour Four: Finding Great Entertainment The TiVo service makes it easy for you to find what you want to watch by responding to your interests and collecting the best the television networks have to offer. WishList® Searches A WishList search finds programs that match your search criteria on any channel you receive-- and it keeps on searching for as long as you keep the WishList search. 1. From the Pick Programs to Record screen, choose WishList Search, then Create New WishList. The Create WishList screen shows the different kinds of WishList searches you can create. For now, select Actor WishList. You'll see a letter grid. 2. Move to the letter D and press SELECT. Then select the letters E and P. Each time you choose a letter, the list of actors on the right changes. You should see DEPP, JOHNNY on the list now. 3. Press RIGHT to move to the list of names, then highlight DEPP, JOHNNY and press SELECT. 4. On Select Category screen, select Movies. The next screen gives you a chance to select subcategories of movies, but for now select Don't Specify A Sub-Category. When you choose to auto-record a ® WishList search, you can set how many episodes to keep and how long to keep them using Recording Options. See page 25. The final WishList screen lets you view all upcoming Johnny Depp movies, or choose to automatically record them. If you choose Auto-Record WishList Programs, any Johnny Depp movie on any channel at any time in the future will be recorded! TiVo Suggestions You can rate any program--whether it's live, recorded, or listed in the program guide--by ® or THUMBS DOWN ® button on your remote. You can pressing the THUMBS UP give a program up to three Thumbs Up (great!) or three Thumbs Down (terrible!). 8 The Basics in 5 Short Tours TiVo Suggestions uses these ratings to create a list of programs you might like. The more shows you rate over time, the better TiVo Suggestions will get at finding the right programs for you. Auto-Recording TiVo Suggestions. When your DVR has available space, it automatically records TiVo Suggestions. If Groups is turned on (see page 7), Suggestions appear in their own folder. You don't ever need to worry about recorded Suggestions taking up space--here's why: · · TiVo Suggestions never replace shows you request, or prevent your requested shows from being recorded. TiVo Suggestions are always the first programs deleted to make room for recordings you request. 1 Any time you choose to record a program, it automatically gets one Thumbs Up. Suggestions List. You can also review a list of TiVo Suggestions: 1. Press the TiVo button to go to TiVo Central®. Select Pick Programs to Record, then TiVo Suggestions to view a list of programs the TiVo service suggests you might like. The list of programs is ranked, so shows you're more likely to enjoy are near the top. ® You can turn off auto-recording of TiVo Suggestions if you prefer. See 2. To record a program, highlight it and press either SELECT or RECORD on your remote. Or use THUMBS UP and THUMBS DOWN to rate programs to improve future Suggestions. page 55. Showcases Showcases is an interactive content area which often includes opportunities to schedule recordings of featured programs, or allows you to watch previews of upcoming movies or TV shows. Programs in Showcases are grouped in theme packages, giving you "one-stop shopping" convenience when browsing for shows to record. Showcases may include exclusive content, the inside scoop on hit movies, exciting miniseries, special events, popular series, and shows featuring the biggest stars of the screen and stage. From TiVo Central, select Showcases & TV Guide®. 9 1 The Basics in 5 Short Tours If you have a home network, connecting your DVR to it is easy. See the Start Here poster or page 40 of this guide for more information. Tour Five: Beyond the TiVo Box By now you've gotten a sense of how your TiVo® DVR is constantly working to find you all of your favorite entertainment. But the TiVo® service is about more than just recording programs--much more. Connecting your DVR to a home network opens up a whole new world of digital home entertainment. Music, Photos, & More When you connect your DVR to your home network, it becomes a digital home entertainment center, with access to even more features. You can find many of these features by selecting Music, Photos, & More from the TiVo Central® screen. · Digital Music & Photos. Watch slideshows of your digital photos on your big screen TV, and listen to playlists of your MP3s on your stereo system--and control it all with your TiVo DVR remote. Home Network Applications. Access other applications inside and outside your home network (broadband Internet connection required). Home Network Applications are indicated on the Music, Photos, & More screen by a computer icon: You must enable the DVR to access Home Network Applications. To do this, select Enable ® Home Network Applications, then press THUMBS UP three times, then ENTER. · · TiVo To GoTM Transfers. Transfer programs between your DVR and your computer--now you can watch your favorite shows on your laptop while you're on a business trip. Multi-Room Viewing. If you have more than one TiVo DVR connected to your home network, you can transfer programs between them. That's right, you can record programs in the living room and watch them in the bedroom--or vice versa! You'll find other TiVo DVRs connected to your home network at the bottom of the Now Playing List. · Applications available over your home network (identified by a computer icon) may not conform to TiVo's Privacy Policy. If you are concerned about the privacy of your personal information, we suggest that you avoid entering any sensitive information when using any application unless it is from a source you trust. 10 The Basics in 5 Short Tours 1 Get TiVo Desktop TiVo Desktop is a software application for your home computer. It allows you publish digital music and digital photos (which makes them available to your DVR), transfer programs between your DVR and your computer or laptop, and watch TiVo recordings on your computer. TiVo Desktop is free, and you can download it from www.tivo.com/desktop. It's a good idea to download a copy of TiVo Desktop for each computer connected to your home network. Home Media Features Guide Consult the Home Media Features Guide at www.tivo.com/guides to learn more about using these features and connecting to your DVR to your home network. You can also find the Home Media Features Guide by selecting TiVo Desktop Help from TiVo desktop's Help menu. 11 1 The Basics in 5 Short Tours More Cool Things You Can Do Schedule for Overtime. Programs sometimes start before they're supposed to, and often end later than scheduled. You can adjust your recording times to account for these variations using the Overtime Scheduler® feature. See page 26. Schedule Recordings at Home--from the Web. Your co-worker just told you about a must-see program that's on tonight, but you won't make it home in time to set up a recording. No problem! If your DVR is connected to a home network with a broadband Internet connection, you can use TiVo Central Online (www.tivo.com/tco) to schedule the recording. Online Scheduling also works if your DVR is connected to a phone line. See page 18 for details. When Programs Overlap, Get Both. Even when two programs overlap by a few minutes, you can still record both of them. With the Overlap ProtectionTM feature, the DVR automatically clips just enough from one recording to allow both shows to record. Now that's smart recording technology! See page 54 for details. Reduce Remote Control Clutter. Now that you're using your TiVo remote to change channels and control live TV, don't you want to put your TV's remote in storage? You probably can. See the inside front cover of this guide for instructions on programming your TiVo remote to control the power, volume, and input selection on your TV. Record From a Preview. See a good preview, record the show! If you're watching live TV and a promotion comes on for an upcoming program, you may see an Ipreview® icon: ® while the icon is visible to see options for recording for the program. Press THUMBS UP Clear the Way. Use the CLEAR button to hide the status bar, the program guide, channel banner, and anything else on the screen that is not part of the program. It clears text entered when using the letter grid. In the Now Playing List, press CLEAR to send a program to the Recently Deleted folder. In the To Do List, CLEAR cancels a recording. 12 2 Pick Programs to Record Finding Programs to Record Finding Programs Using a WishList® Search Season Pass and Repeating Recordings Setting Recording Options Managing Recordings with the To Do List 14 19 23 25 27 ® 2 Pick Programs to Record Finding Programs to Record The TiVo service makes it easy to find programs you know you like, and to find new programs you might not even know about. You can search for programs by title, by channel, by time, or search for keywords, actors or directors. Recording the Program You're Watching You can always record the program you're watching--just press the RECORD button. On the screen that appears, select Record This Showing (Best Quality). Or select Season Pass & Other Options for more choices, or to change the recording quality. Recording the Saved Portion Some programs may not be recorded or may have other recording restrictions due to copy protection rights over the content. See "Copy Protection and the TiVo Service" on page 38 for more information. Up to 30 minutes of the current channel's broadcast is always being saved, even when you're not recording. When you change channels, the DVR clears the saved portion and starts saving again on the new channel. So, if the saved portion is important to you, either record the program or don't change the channel. To record the saved portion in addition to the rest of the program, you must choose Record This Showing (Best Quality). If you change the Recording Quality (by selecting Season Pass & Other Options), the saved portion of the program won't be recorded. Stopping a recording You can stop any recording in either of two ways: select the title in Now Playing, then select Stop Recording; or, press the RECORD button in live TV, then choose Stop the Current Recording. 14 Pick Programs to Record 2 Using the Guide to Find Programs The program guide displays up to two weeks of TV programming at the touch of a button--just press the GUIDE button on your TiVo remote. Use the guide to find programs and set up recordings quickly. To record a program from the guide, highlight its title in the guide, then press RECORD. On the screen that appears, select Record This Showing. After the TiVo service schedules the recording, you'll return to the guide. Filter the Guide to Find Programs Press the GUIDE button, then press ENTER to display the Guide Options. Highlight Choose Filter and press SELECT. Choose category and subcategory filters to highlight certain types of programs in the guide. When filtering is on, the guide shows only channels that have a program the category you chose. Programs that fit the category are highlighted; other program titles are dimmed. Finding More Showings For a comprehensive list of all upcoming showings of a program, including repeats (multiple showings of the same program), select the program from the grid, then select Season Pass and Other Options, and View Upcoming Episodes. You can use this list to choose the showing that is most convenient for you to record. 15 2 ® Pick Programs to Record If you only know one word in the title, and it isn't the first word, try a Title Search by Title If you know the name of the program you're looking for, or even the first part of the name, press the TiVo button to go to TiVo Central®, choose Pick Programs to Record then Search By Title, and follow these steps: 1. Choose whether to narrow the search to a particular category and subcategory, or select All Programs. 2. Use the grid to spell out the title. Use the arrow buttons to move around, then press SELECT on each letter you want. (Skip "a," "an," or "the.") As you select letters, an alphabetical list of programs appears on the right. Keep selecting letters until you see your program. Other buttons on the TiVo remote have special functions on the grid. The CLEAR button erases everything; BACK erases one letter at a time; FORWARD inserts a space. 3. When you see your program, press RIGHT arrow to move to the list. Then use the UP/DOWN arrows or CHAN UP/DOWN to highlight your program, and press SELECT. The Program Information screen shows your available options. WishlistTM search to find the program. See page 20. Replace hyphens ( - ), slashes ( / ) ® Record by Time or Channel If you don't remember the exact name of a program, but you know what time or channel it's on, use Record by Time or Channel. You'll have three options: Browse by Time. Browse programs on a specified day and time. You can filter the list to see only programs in a particular category. For example, you can browse all movies airing on Saturday night. To browse by time: 1. Use the arrow buttons to highlight a category (for example, Movies), then press SELECT. 2. Press the UP/DOWN arrows to select the date you want to see, then press RIGHT arrow to move to the time column, and press the UP/DOWN arrows to select a time. and periods ( . ) with spaces. For example, use 20 20 to search for the title "20/20." Any other marks, such as apostrophes ( ' ), asterisks ( * ) and ampersands ( & ) are ignored. For example, use 6 OCLOCK NEWS to search for the title "6 O'Clock News." 16 Pick Programs to Record 3. Press SELECT to see the list of programs without leaving the time selector, or press RIGHT arrow to see the list of programs and move to the list. 4. When you find a program you want to record, highlight it and press SELECT. Browse by Channel. Browse through programs airing on a particular channel. You can start with all channels, or just your favorites. To browse by channel: 1. Choose either All Channels, which includes all the channels you receive, or Favorite Channels, which includes just the channels you have selected as your favorites. 2. Press the UP/DOWN arrows to select the date you want to see, then press RIGHT arrow to move to the channel column. 3. Press the UP/DOWN arrows to select a channel. (You can also use the numbers on the remote to enter a channel, then press ENTER.) 4. Press SELECT to see the list of programs without leaving the channel selector, or press RIGHT arrow to see the list of programs and move to the list. When you find a program you want to record, highlight it and press SELECT. Manually Record Time/Channel. Schedule a recording on a specific channel at a specific time (just as you would with a VCR). To create a manual recording: 1. Choose the recording type, using the UP/DOWN arrows to select whether the recording will be One Time or Repeating, then press RIGHT arrow. 2. Choose the day(s) for the recording, using the UP/DOWN arrows to change the current selection. If you chose Repeating, you can choose to repeat the recording on a specified day of the week (Every Tuesday) or several times a week (Every M - F or Every Day). 3. Press RIGHT arrow and choose a channel using the UP/DOWN arrows (or by entering a number with the remote, then pressing ENTER). ® 2 Use a Manual Repeating Recording to record things like just the opening monologue of a late night talk show. 17 2 Pick Programs to Record 4. Press RIGHT arrow and set the hour, minute, and am/pm for the start and stop time, using the UP/DOWN arrows to change the current selection. Press RIGHT arrow or SELECT. 5. You'll see a confirmation screen. The DVR shows a "best guess" program title based on guide listings for that time and channel. Select Record This Showing. Finding Programs Using TiVo Central Online Schedule recordings on your DVR at home from any computer with Internet access and a standard web browser. Use TiVo Central Online at www.tivo.com/tco to search for shows by time, title, keyword, or actor/director. Schedule a single episode, or set up a Season Pass recording with all the options you have on your DVR at home. You can even set the program not to record if it conflicts with a recording already scheduled on your DVR. You can use Online Scheduling whether your DVR uses a phone line or broadband Internet connection to connect to the TiVo service. However, if your DVR is connected via a broadband Internet connection, it will check the TiVo service for your recording requests much more often. With a broadband connection, you can schedule a recording within an hour of its air time from any place that you have access to the Internet! To Use Online Scheduling: Each time your DVR connects to the ® 1. Go to www.tivo.com/tco and sign in. 2. On the Welcome page of TiVo Central Online, select the name of the DVR for which you want to schedule recordings. 3. Use the simple or advanced search of your TV listings, or browse by channel. 4. From the list of search results, click the name of a program and choose either Record This Episode or Get a Season Pass. 5. Choose whether to receive a confirmation e-mail sent to the e-mail address you provide. TiVo service, it checks TiVo Central Online and schedules any recording requests you've made. 18 Pick Programs to Record 2 Finding Programs Using a WishList Search ® A WishList search finds programs that match your interests, tastes, and whims on any channel you receive. And it keeps on searching for as long as you keep the WishList search. For example, you could create a Category Only WishList search for the category Movies and subcategory Comedy. You could then occasionally browse a list of all comedy movies airing in the next two weeks. The list is updated each time your DVR connects to the TiVo service. You could search for something more specific by creating an Actor WishList search for Sean Connery, and then include the category Movies, and subcategory Action. This WishList search would find action movies starring Sean Connery. With a Keyword WishList search, you can search for something very specific. For example, the Keyword GIANTS with category Football would find Giants football games, but not Giants baseball games. Can a WishList Do More Than Search? Yes it can! You can set a WishList search to auto-record, and it will record every show it finds, on any channel you receive. For example, with the Sean Connery Actor WishList search, you would automatically collect Sean Connery action movies in Now Playing. Some WishList searches are better suited auto-recording than others. For example, a Category Only WishList search for the category Documentary would find every upcoming documentary. You might not want to record them all, but you could occasionally browse the search results list and choose the ones you do want to record. The more specific a WishList ® search is, the better suited it is to auto-recording. 19 2 Pick Programs to Record Creating a WishList Search From Pick Programs to Record, select WishList Search, then Create New WishList. Next, select the type of WishList search you want to create: · Category Only. Use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight a category, then press SELECT or RIGHT arrow to see a subcategories list. Either highlight a subcategory, then press SELECT or RIGHT arrow, or select Don't Specify a Subcategory. Actor or Director. Spell the last name by moving around the grid and pressing SELECT to enter a letter. As you select letters, a list of names appears to the right of the grid. When you see the person's name, press RIGHT arrow until you move to a name in the list. Use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight the name you want and press SELECT. · Keyword or Title. For a Keyword WishList search, the TiVo service checks for your keywords in the program or episode title, description, actor, director, year, and category information. A Title WishList search looks only at program and episode titles. Spell your keyword(s) using the arrow buttons to move around the grid; then press SELECT to enter the highlighted letter. You can enter as many characters as will fit on the screen. When you're finished, highlight Done Creating Keywords, then press SELECT. When using the asterisk (*), be as ® Not all actor or director names may be ® listed. To search for a name that is not · on the list, enter the name in the format: LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. You must match the spelling of the name exactly, and you must use a comma (available in the grid under the letter W). Using the Asterisk (*) in WishList searches To search for similar words in a Keyword or Title WishList, use the asterisk (*) as a wild card symbol that replaces the endings of words. For example, the keyword AIRP* would find shows containing "airport," "airplane," "airplanes," as well as the movie "Airplane!" To enter an asterisk, press the SLOW S l o w button on the remote. You can use the asterisk only at the end of a keyword; not to omit letters at the beginning or in the middle of a word. (For example, keywords like AIR*NE or *PLANE will not work.) specific as possible. For example, do not use keywords like TH*. There will not be enough room to show all the results of a keyword that is too general. 20 Pick Programs to Record 2 Tips for Entering Keywords · Use quotation marks to specify an exact phrase in a Keyword or Title WishList search (to enter quotation marks, press PAUSE . For example, the keyword PAUL SIMON might turn up a documentary about Simon Bolivar with a director named Paul. Use "PAUL SIMON" to be certain you find only programs that feature Paul Simon. If you include an exact phrase and additional keywords, place a space between the final quotation mark and the beginning of the next word (for example, "GEENA DAVIS" FLY). Enter a space by selecting SP or pressing FORWARD . If you enter more than one keyword, the search finds programs that match all of the keywords. Replace hyphens ( - ), slashes ( / ) and periods ( . ) with spaces. For example, use the keyword 20 20 to search for the title "20/20." For an Actor WishList for Catherine ZetaJones, use ZETA JONES, CATHERINE. Any other marks, such as apostrophes ( ' ) and ampersands ( & ), are ignored. For example, you would use the keyword phrase 6 OCLOCK NEWS to search for the title "6 O'Clock News." (Note that commas ( , ) are also ignored, except in an actor or director WishList search, where they are essential.) For dollar signs ( $ ) substitute the letter S. For example, to find "$100,000 Pyramid," use S100000. (In Search by Title, skip the dollar signs to find these titles.) If you like music performances, try a ® · · · keyword WishList search for Concert. Choose the category Arts and the Sub-Category Music. · · 21 2 Pick Programs to Record Browsing WishList Search Results As you browse the upcoming ® Select View All Upcoming WishList Programs to display a list of up to 10 upcoming programs from each of your WishList searches--up to 200 programs total (so it may take a while to display). To record a program, highlight its title and press SELECT. To browse a single WishList search, select the search, then select View Upcoming Programs to see a list of up to 200 unique programs that match. To record a program, highlight its title and press SELECT. Each auto-recording WishList search and its upcoming recordings are marked with a star If you want to be sure that all matching programs are recorded, give the auto-recording WishList search a high priority in the Season Pass Manager. See page 24 for details. . program titles found by WishList searches, remember that the CHAN UP/ DOWN button pages quickly through lists. Editing a WishList Search You can change a WishList search--for example, to correct a misspelling, or to add a category or subcategory to narrow the results. Just select the WishList search, then select Edit WishList. 22 Pick Programs to Record 2 Season Pass and Repeating Recordings TM With your TiVo DVR, you can set up three types of recordings to repeat automatically: Season Pass Recording. Records every episode of a series that airs on a certain channel-- even if the day or time changes! Just select a program from the guide or a list of search results and choose Get a Season Pass. Manual Repeating Recording. Records on a specific channel at a specific time, just like a VCR. See page 17 for details. Auto-recording WishList® search. Records all programs found by a WishList search. See page 20 for details. Repeating recordings have the following traits in common: · Parental Controls. If Parental Controls are on when you schedule a repeating recording, the DVR checks its current program information to see if any upcoming program violates a Parental Control. If it does, the DVR requires the password to continue. Set Your Priorities. The TiVo service resolves scheduling conflicts between scheduled repeating recordings by comparing recording priorities. You can change recording priorities with the Season Pass Manager. See page 27 for details. Conflict Resolution. If a scheduling conflict occurs while setting up a new repeating recording, you'll see which programs are involved, and have options to resolve the conflict: · · Record only those episodes that don't conflict with other programs scheduled to record. This makes the new repeating recording the lowest priority in the Season Pass Manager. Record all episodes. This makes the new repeating recording the highest priority in the Season Pass Manager. 23 · · 2 Pick Programs to Record Using the Season PassTM Manager Use the Season Pass Manager to set priorities and resolve conflicts among your scheduled repeating recordings. Say you have a Season Pass recording for ER and an auto-recording WishList® search for movies with Julia Roberts. What if a Julia Roberts movie happens to air at the same time as ER? The TiVo service uses the Season Pass Manager to decide which program to record. If the Julia Roberts WishList search has a higher priority than the ER Season Pass, the Julia Roberts movie will be recorded, and ER will not. To open the Season Pass Manager, use the TiVo button to go to TiVo Central® and choose Pick Programs To Record, then Season Pass Manager. Are two of your favorite programs on ® Changing the Priority Order If you don't change priorities, repeating recordings are prioritized by the order in which you set them up: the first has highest priority, and so on. To change the priority order, use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight a repeating recording. Then press RIGHT arrow to highlight the arrows to the right of the title, and use the UP/DOWN arrows to move the selected title up or down in the list. If you have the Overlap ProtectionTM feature turned on (see page 54), lower priority recordings will be clipped instead of canceled when they overlap with higher priority programs by a few minutes. at the same time? Create two Season Pass recordings. Use Recording Options (page 25) to set the first one to record only First Run episodes; set the second to record every episode. Use the Season Pass Manager to give the first one higher priority than the second. Voilà! When reruns of the first program air, your DVR will ignore them and record episodes of the second program. Canceling a Repeating Recording To cancel a Season Pass recording or other repeating recording, just highlight the program's title in the Season Pass Manager and press CLEAR. Or, from a Program Information screen, select Cancel/Edit the Season Pass, then Cancel This Season Pass. 24 Pick Programs to Record 2 Setting Recording Options Recording options let you customize each recording, so you always get the results you want. You can set recording options when you first schedule a recording, or by selecting a program title from the To Do List or the Season Pass Manager. To view or change recording options: 1. On the Program Information screen, select either Record This Episode or Get a Season Pass. Then use RIGHT arrow to highlight Options, and press SELECT. 2. On the Recording Options screen, use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight an option, then the RIGHT and LEFT arrows to change the setting. 3. When you're done, press SELECT or highlight Record With These Options. Press SELECT again to schedule the recording with the new options. 4. To cancel your changes, press LEFT arrow, or highlight Don't Change Recording Options and press SELECT. Recording Options include: Record Quality. Choose from Basic, Medium, High, or Best. The default setting is High. Best looks great, but keep in mind that it takes up more space. See page 54 for more. Keep At Most. Set the maximum number of episodes to be saved. (This option is available only for a repeating recording.) Show Type. Skip reruns or watch them all? Choose from Repeats & First Run, First Run Only, or All (With Duplicates). Keep Until. For a repeating recording, choose how long to keep each episode. Space Needed is the default setting, or choose Until I Delete. Keep At Least. For a one-time recording, set the minimum amount of time to keep the program. The default setting is Until Space Needed, but you can choose to keep it longer. 25 The Record Quality option is available only before the DVR begins recording. 2 Pick Programs to Record Scheduling for Overtime Two extra recording options are known as the Overtime Scheduler® feature. This is especially helpful for sports fans, but it's also useful for award shows, live events, or if the network tends to broadcast your favorite program a little off its scheduled start time. Start Recording. Start recording up to ten minutes before a program is scheduled to begin. (This option is available only before recording starts.) Stop Recording. Set a recording to continue--for a few minutes or up to three hours--after it's scheduled to end. For example, you can extend a recording of a sports event and be sure to catch the whole game--even if it goes into overtime. You can change this setting when you set up the recording, or while the recording is in progress! 26 Pick Programs to Record 2 Managing Recordings with the To Do List The To Do List shows all your scheduled recordings and lets you change recording options or cancel recordings. Viewing the To Do List View the To Do list by pressing the TiVo button to go to TiVo Central, then select Pick Programs to Record, then To Do List. You'll see a list of all programs scheduled to record in the next two weeks or so. Press SELECT on any program to see available options. Canceling a Recording To cancel a recording, just highlight the program title on the To Do List and press CLEAR. View Recording History Use the View Recording History option on the To Do List if you're curious why a particular program or episode was not recorded, or why it's not scheduled to record, or when it was deleted from Now Playing. Deleted. These programs are listed above the highlight bar, so press UP arrow or CHAN UP to find them. Select a title to see when the program was deleted. Were not recorded. These programs are listed above the highlight bar, so press UP arrow or CHAN UP to find them. Select a title to see why it was not recorded. Will not be recorded. These programs are listed below the highlight bar, so press DOWN arrow or CHAN DOWN to find them. Select a title to see why a program will not be recorded. You can then select More Recording Options to see the Program Information screen, where you can resolve conflicts. In the To Do List, individual ® recordings are marked with a single check mark: Season Pass recordings and manual repeating recordings have a double check mark: Auto-recording WishList searches are marked with a star: 27 2 Pick Programs to Record 28 3 Watching Programs The Status Bar The Channel Banner The Now Playing List The Program Guide Saving Programs to Other Devices Copy Protection and the TiVo Service ® 30 31 32 33 36 38 3 ® Watching Programs Press the CLEAR button to hide the status bar, the program guide, the The Status Bar When you press PLAY, PAUSE, FORWARD, or BACK, the status bar appears at the bottom of the screen. In live TV, the status bar represents one hour and the white tick marks are 15 minutes apart. In recorded programs, the bar shows the program's length. The tick marks are 15, 30, or 60 minutes apart depending on the length of the program. The green segment represents the part of the program saved by the DVR. The DVR automatically saves up to 30 minutes of live TV. You can move backward and forward through the saved portion of a live program. In live TV, the right edge of the green segment represents the current time. A white vertical line shows where you are in the recording. If the white line is anywhere back in the green segment, ® to catch up. you're behind live TV. If you're behind live TV, press ADVANCE channel banner, and anything else that is not part of the program. The white line indicates You can only rewind live TV up to 30 minutes, or to the point where you last changed the channel (whichever is less). When you change the channel, you skip ahead to the current time on the new channel and start saving on that channel. If you're behind live TV and watching something you still want to see, you should avoid changing the channel. Status Bar for live TV where you are now. Tick marks (15 min. apart) This end is where you This symbol shows you are controlling live TV (here, live TV is paused). catch up with live TV and the current time. Status Bar for a twohour recording This shows that the BACK button has been pressed twice. This recorded program is two hours long. 30 Watching Programs 3 The Channel Banner The channel banner appears whenever you change the channel, but you can also view it while you're watching a program. It has information about the program you're watching, and shortcuts to other useful features of the TiVo® service. To view the channel banner while watching a live or recorded program, press INFO (or DISPLAY if your remote does not have an INFO button). Channel Banner Icons Icons in the large version of the channel banner are shortcuts that take you to the corresponding feature. Use the UP/DOWN arrows while the large channel banner is visible to highlight an icon, then press SELECT. Record. Select this icon to record the program. If a recording is in progress, select the icon to stop the recording. Parental Controls. If Parental Controls are off, the lock icon appears unlocked and dim. If they are on, the icon is locked and bright. If they are temporarily off, the icon is unlocked and bright. Messages. If the envelope icon is bright, you have new messages from the TiVo service. Select the icon to go to the Messages list. ® You can also press RIGHT arrow to display the channel banner. Keep pressing RIGHT arrow to change the size of the channel banner. Press LEFT arrow or CLEAR to hide it. 31 3 Watching Programs The Now Playing List You'll find every program your TiVo® DVR has recorded on the Now Playing List. You can sort programs by title or date recorded, organize them into folders, and get detailed information about each program. Highlight any program on the list and press PLAY P l a y to watch it. To learn more about the basic features of the Now Playing List, grab your TiVo® remote and take "Tour Three: Your List of Recordings" on page 6. More Than a List of Recordings You'll find other items on the Now Playing List besides your recorded programs. · Recently Deleted folder. Programs you delete from the Now Playing List go to the Recently Deleted folder, where they remain until space is needed for new recordings. To recover a program from Recently Deleted, select it from inside the folder, then choose Recover. You'll see options for saving the program longer. After you choose an option, the program again appears on the Now Playing List. · Other DVRs. If your DVR is connected to a home network that also includes other TiVo DVRs, you'll see those DVRs on the Now Playing List below your recorded programs. Connected DVRs are marked with the DVR icon: See "Multi-Room Viewing" on page 45. Computers. If your DVR is connected to a home network, you'll see any connected computer on the Now Playing List, marked by the computer icon: See "TiVoToGo Transfers" on page 41. · 32 Watching Programs 3 The Program Guide The TiVo® DVR's program guide lets you see what's on, change channels, schedule recordings, and more--all while you're watching live TV. Choosing a Program to Watch or Record 1. Press the GUIDE button to display the program guide. While viewing the guide, you can press FORWARD ahead. To go back in time, press BACK . to move the displayed time 2. Use the UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT arrows to highlight a program title. If you select a program in progress, the channel changes and the program guide disappears. (Remember, whenever you change channels, the saved portion of the old program is cleared, and the DVR starts saving the new program.) If you select an upcoming program, you'll see a screen with recording options. Choose an option or press LEFT arrow to go back to the guide. See page 14 for more on recording from live TV. Customizing the Program Guide Guide options lets you display channels and programs in the guide according to your preferences. Press ENTER while the guide is displayed to set guide options. To change an option, move to it using the UP/DOWN arrows, then press the LEFT or RIGHT arrow to change the setting. Save your changes by pressing SELECT or GUIDE, or selecting Done Changing Options. To cancel your changes, press CLEAR. 33 3 Watching Programs Guide Options Channels. Choose which channels to display in the guide. The choices are: · · · All. Display all of your cable or satellite provider's channels, even channels you don't subscribe to. You Receive. Display only the channels you have checked in the Channel List. Favorites. Display only your favorite channels when browsing the guide. Give your favorite ® channels THUMBS UP in the Channel List. See page 49. Day and Time. See what's on at a particular day and time. Style. Choose between the TiVo Live Guide and Grid Guide styles, shown on the next page. Filtering. A filter excludes some programs from the guide, so you can easily find the shows you want. When you want to see all channels and programs in the guide, turn filtering off. Choose filter. Choose category and subcategory filters to highlight certain types of programs in the guide. When filtering is on, the guide shows only channels that have a program the category you chose. Programs that fit the category are highlighted; other program titles are dimmed. To see all the channels again, go to Guide Options (press GUIDE, then ENTER). Highlight Filtering, and press LEFT arrow to set it to Off, then press SELECT. 34 Watching Programs 3 TiVo Live Guide Title, date, time the program airs, and rating Program description Day and time Selected channel Channel list and category filter Guide options (Press ENTER to set) currently in use Programs during this time period Upcoming programs on the selected channel Grid Guide Title, date, time the program airs, and rating Program description Time slots Channel number and channel call letters Program listings Channel list and category Guide options (Press ENTER to set) filter currently in use 35 3 Watching Programs Some programs may not be saved or transferred due to copy protection Saving Programs to Other Devices If your DVR is connected to your home network, you can transfer programs to other DVRs or computers in your home network. See "Multi-Room Viewing" on page 45 and "TiVoToGo Transfers" on page 41. If you want to save a recording to a video tape or recordable DVD, connect a VCR or DVD recorder to the TiVo DVR's second set of audio/video output jacks. rights over the content. See "Copy Protection and the TiVo Service" on page 38 for more information. Transferring Programs It's easy to transfer TiVo recordings between DVRs and computers connected to your network. After you download and install the TiVo Desktop application, DVRs and computers connected to your home network are listed at the bottom of Now Playing. Select a connected DVR or computer to view a list of titles available for transfer. Or, from your computer, start TiVo Desktop and select a connected DVR to transfer programs. See Chapter 4 for more. For details about connecting your DVR to a home network and using these features, download the Home Media Features Guide at www.tivo.com/guides. For the basics, see "TiVo Desktop & Home Media Features" on page 39. Save To VCR If you have a VCR, you can save a program from Now Playing to a videotape. Transfers to a VCR happen in real time. For example, if a program is two hours long, it will take two hours to save it. You will not be able to watch live TV or recordings while saving. Most of the buttons on your remote that control live TV work as usual during Save to VCR-- you can fast forward through the boring parts! The VCR will record the video exactly as it appears, including the status bar, channel banner, and any icons on the screen. 36 Watching Programs 3 Using Save to VCR 1. Connect a Composite A/V cable from the DVR's A/V Output jacks to the A/V Input jacks on your VCR. Your VCR's A/V Output should already be connected to your TV or A/V receiver (so you can watch video tapes). Make sure your TV or A/V receiver is set to display video from your VCR. 2. Set the VCR to record input from your DVR (see your VCR's instructions for how to set its input), and insert a videotape. 3. Go to Now Playing, highlight the show you want to save, then press SELECT. 4. Highlight Save to VCR, then press SELECT. 5. Select Start Saving From the Beginning. A title screen appears for ten seconds. When you see it, start recording on your VCR. When the program is over, stop your VCR. You can cancel saving to VCR by pressing the LIVE TV or TiVo button on your remote. A videotape icon appears as a warning. Press the same button again and a confirmation screen appears giving you the option to resume saving at a later time, or cancel saving to VCR. If you choose to cancel saving, be sure to press stop on your VCR as well. You can use "Save to VCR" feature ® with a DVD recorder. Just connect a DVD recorder to your DVR and follow the same steps listed here. See your DVD recorder's instructions for details on how to record a DVD. 37 3 Watching Programs Copy Protection and the TiVo Service The TiVo service allows you to enjoy many kinds of media content: television programs, movies, digital music and photos, and new forms of entertainment delivered by broadband. Copyright is a form of legal protection provided to the authors of media content. Copyright holders may set limits on how their content may be used. And content providers may restrict or limit the ability to record, display, view or transfer any particular program using a variety of copy protection mechanisms. Different types of content may require different types of copyright protection. For example, broadcast programs may be encoded with rules that specify how long a program can be saved, whether it can be copied to another device, or whether it can be recorded at all. TiVo, along with all other licensees of copyright protection technology, respects the rules defined by the copyright holder. As such, the TiVo service incorporates technology that ensures that you are allowed to enjoy the content, and that the copyright holder is protected. The TiVo Privacy Policy and Service Agreement include more detailed information about copyrighted content accessed through the TiVo service. You can always find the latest versions of these documents online at www.tivo.com/privacy. 38 4 TiVo Desktop & Home Media Features Connecting Your TiVo DVR to a Home Network TiVoToGo Transfers Music & Photos Multi-Room Viewing 40 41 43 45 ® 4 TiVo Desktop & Home Media Features Connecting Your TiVo DVR to a Home Network Connecting your DVR to a home network opens up a whole new world of digital home entertainment. If you don't yet have a home network and you want to learn how to create one, Linksys, a leading manufacturer of networking equipment provides valuable information at its website at www.linksys.com. If you already have a home network: 1. Get a USB network adapter for your DVR. See www.tivo.com/adapters for a list of compatible adapters. You can choose a wired (Ethernet) or wireless adapter, depending on the type of home network you have. 2. Connect the adapter to one of the TiVo DVR's USB ports as shown on the Start Here poster. 3. The next time you press the TiVo button, you should see a message informing you that the DVR has detected a network adapter. If the message includes the option Set Up Network, select it. See "Network Settings" on page 63 if you need help. If the Set Up Network option does not appear in the message, the DVR was able to configure your network settings automatically. 4. Download the Home Media Features Guide at www.tivo.com/guides to learn more about connecting to a home network, and using TiVo Desktop and Home Media Features. TiVo Desktop TiVo Desktop is a free software application for your home computer. It allows you publish digital music and digital photos (which makes them available to your DVR), transfer programs from your DVR to your computer or laptop, and watch TiVo recordings. Download TiVo Desktop from www.tivo.com/desktop. 40 TiVo Desktop & Home Media Features 4 TiVoToGo Transfers TM Imagine you're on a business trip, on a