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Viewer's Guide ® How to activate and use your TiVo Service ® Welcome to TiVo ! ® © 2002 by TiVo Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Printed in the USA. TiVo, TiVo Central, and TiVolution are registered trademarks of TiVo Inc. The TiVo logo; TiVo, TV Your Way; Ipreview; the Instant Replay logo; the Jump logo; Season Pass; Overtime Scheduler; the Thumbs Down logo and text; the Thumbs Up logo and text are trademarks of TiVo Inc., 2160 Gold Street, P.O. Box 2160, Alviso, CA 95002-2160. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. ii Welcome to the TiVolution®! It's a revolution in television. We've pioneered an exciting new category that will forever change the way you watch TV. With a new TiVo Digital Video Recorder (DVR) in your living room, you'll quickly see how easy it is to watch what you want, when you want. Never miss your favorite show again. TiVo automatically records every episode of your favorite series, all season long, even if the network schedule changes. It can even skip reruns. No more interruptions. Pause live TV for as long as 30 minutes--any channel, any time. You can also rewind, instant replay, and slow-motion live or recorded TV. Wow! No videotapes required. Because it's all-digital, TiVo saves all your programs in one place so they're ready-towatch anytime. You can even start watching a show from the beginning while it's still recording. Watch more of what you like, less of what you don't. Because the TiVo service is "smart," it automatically finds and records shows that feature your favorite actor, team, hobby, etc., so you'll always catch the good stuff--even if you never knew it was on. At last, TV fits into your busy life, not the other way around. TM TiVo, TV your way.TM iii Table of Contents Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Chapter 1: Guided Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Basic Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Activating the TiVo Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 2: The Basics in 5 Short Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Tour One: Play with Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Tour Two: The TiVo Live Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Tour Three: Find and Record Your Favorite Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Tour Four: Find New Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Tour Five: Now Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Cool Things You Can Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Chapter 3: Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Watching Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Controlling Live TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Recording a Live Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 The TiVo Live Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Channel Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Chapter 4: Now Playing & Pick Programs to Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Now Playing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Season Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 iv Recording Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Search By Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 WishLists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 TiVo's Suggestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Record by Time or Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Season Pass Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 To Do List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Chapter 5: Messages and Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 TiVo Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 My Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Recorder & Phone Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 System Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 v You will see important and helpful notes and tips in this side column. Using This Guide Getting Started 1. Connect your Recorder using the Start Here booklet and Installation Guide. 2. Complete Guided Setup--following the steps provided in Chapter 1 of this guide-- and activate the TiVo service (see page 8 for more on activating). 3. Start using the TiVo service. It's easy! Take the quick, easy tours in Chapter 2 of this guide and check out the TiVo service's exciting features. Chapters 3, 4, and 5 describe the TiVo service. Read through them to become more familiar with the service's capabilities or refer to them with specific questions. Basic terms. These are terms used in this guide when we talk about the rest of the service: This is a Program Information screen. It has a description of the program and a list of actions you can select. Live TV: If you're watching a program as it's being broadcast, you're watching live TV. With TiVo, you can also watch recorded programs or watch "behind" live TV (for example: if you pause live TV, then come back later and watch from the paused spot). Icons: These are graphic symbols used in the TiVo service to provide information and options you can select. You'll find a glossary of icons on the inside back cover. Program Information screen: When you select a program (either a future showing or a recording in Now Playing) from a list, you will see this type of screen. With it you can select actions and view a description of the program. Service Updates A few features described in this manual (such as "Skip to Tick," the Program Details screen, and using an asterisk (*) in a WishList) may not be available when you first start your TiVo DVR. If not, they'll arrive as part of your first TiVo service update. TiVo subscribers automatically receive service updates with the latest TiVo software. Details about recent service updates are available at www.tivo.com/support. Updates happen automatically. You don't need to do a thing! On a Program Information screen, press DISPLAY (or ENTER if you don't have DISPLAY on your remote) to see the vi Program Details screen. CHAPTER 1 Guided Setup Basic Steps Activating the TiVo Service 2 8 Chapter 1 Guided Setup Basic Steps After you connect your recorder, the next steps are to complete Guided Setup--which takes about 35 minutes--and activate the TiVo service. (For more information about connecting your recorder, see the Start Here booklet and the Installation Guide.) · Guided Setup is easy. The Guided Setup screens step you through the process. If you get stuck, look for tips and troubleshooting in this chapter. (You may not see all the screens described here, or you may see them in a different order, depending on your equipment.) If you make a mistake during Guided Setup, simply press LEFT arrow to go back and fix it. You can also change your setup information later in Messages & Setup. (See Chapter 5 for details.) · Guided Setup is intelligent. In Guided Setup, you tell your recorder your program source (antenna, cable, or satellite) and equipment setup. Then the steps change depending on how you have set up your recorder. Guided Setup requires two phone calls. Try to complete Guided Setup when you don't need the phone. If you can't find the help you need in this chapter, please visit online TiVo Customer Support at www.tivo.com/support or call us at 1-877-367-8486. If you need to use the phone during either of the setup phone calls, pick up your telephone, then hang it up and wait a few seconds. The recorder will hang up, and the next time you pick the phone up there will be a dial tone. You will need to re-initiate the phone calls later. · After completing Guided Setup, you can watch live TV and use TiVo service features to control live TV. You will have to wait a few hours while the recorder organizes information before you can set up your Season Passes and search for programs (see page 7 for details). 2 Basic Steps Tips and Troubleshooting Zip Code. Antenna users: The TiVo service uses the channel lineup of a nearby cable service to determine which channels you receive. If there is no cable company that serves your zip code, enter the zip code of a nearby community that has cable service. Phone Dialing Options. If your phone system requires special dialing options, choose "Yes." (For example: do you dial "9" to get an outside line?) Most people won't need to change the settings. If you're not sure, or if you need help with specific dailing options, see page 62 for information about each option. Setup Call. This toll-free call takes a few minutes to get the dial-in numbers for your area code and the list of cable or satellite providers for your zip code. After hanging up, the recorder will take 5 to 15 minutes to organize the information. If the call doesn't succeed, see pages 73 to 74 for troubleshooting steps. Dial-In Number. The recorder will use the dial-in number you choose for its daily calls to the TiVo service. The list may be too long to fit on one screen. To see more phone numbers, press the DOWN arrow or CHAN DOWN. Note: TiVo uses a standard telephone line to provide the TiVo service and is available as a local call in most areas. In some areas, however, local and long distance toll charges may apply. You are responsible for any such telephone charges. 1 3 Chapter 1 Guided Setup Dialing Format. Choose how you want the recorder to dial the dial-in number. (For example: should the dial-in number be preceded by your area code and should a "1" precede the area code?) In some areas, local numbers must be dialed using the area code. Satellite Providers. If you subscribe to additional local channels for your city or a nearby city from DIRECTV, choose the DIRECTV option followed by the city name from which you get your local channels (e.g., DIRECTV-Boston). Cable Providers. Cable companies may have entries with very similar names, and it may be difficult to know which is yours. Check your channel lineup card (received during cable installation) or your cable bill. If you still aren't sure, make your best guess. Check your guess on the Channels You Receive screen (see page 5). If you still don't see your provider, go back and verify that you entered the correct zip code. Cable Lineups. A lineup is the type of subscription you purchased from your cable company. Lineups usually have names like "Basic" or "Extended Basic." Your cable bill may have this information. If you still aren't sure, make your best guess. You should then check your guess on the Channels You Receive screen (see page 5). "Rebuild" is a term TiVo uses to refer to a revised channel lineup. Usually you would be informed by your cable company that your lineup has been revised. If you have a cable A/B system, you can pick only A or B to watch with your recorder. Check your Installation Guide for information about splitting your signal in order to watch the other channels. 4 Basic Channels You Receive. First, if you had to make a guess about your provider or lineup, verify that the channel numbers match the networks on this list. (For example: if you had the lineup to the right, is channel 16 actually KKPX?) If you aren't sure, refer to the channel guide or quick-reference card from your cable or satellite company. Next, add or remove check marks--so that the list reflects the channels you actually subscribe to--by highlighting a channel and pressing SELECT. (Some types of satellite receivers will try to tune to a channel you don't receive if it is selected here, so be sure to de-select the channels you don't receive.) You can also customize this channel list to reflect your viewing preferences. If you never watch a particular channel, and don't plan to set up recordings or let TiVo search for programs on it, remove the check mark next to that channel. The TiVo service will search for programs on the checkmarked channels only. Also, the CHAN UP/DOWN button skips channels that don't have a check mark in this list. Finally, press the RIGHT arrow to continue. If you change your mind later, you can easily check and uncheck channels in this list. (See page 59 for details.) Connection to Recorder Screens. These screens ask what type of video cable you used to connect your cable box or satellite receiver to your recorder. Choose your configuration from the three choices described on page 6 (Hint: the first one is the most common). Connection to Cable/Satellite Box. Your recorder needs to send a signal to the cable box or satellite receiver to change channels. It can do this through an IR (infrared) or serial connection. We recommend you use the serial connection if possible, because it is easier, more reliable, and faster than an IR connection. For help choosing a connection method, see your Start Here booklet and Installation Guide. After Guided Setup, if your channels don't change, see the Troubleshooting suggestions on page 79. Steps 1 Use the CHAN UP/DOWN button as a shortcut to go up or down a whole screen at a time. 5 Chapter Satellite only or cable with a box only: 1 Guided * Use the UP/DOWN arrows until the picture of the recorder matches the cable connection you used to connect your satellite receiver or cable box. When the video status below the picture says "Video OK," press SELECT to continue. If the video status says "No Video," double-check that the video cable is firmly connected to the recorder and that you have selected the correct type of video cable. Setup Satellite & antenna or satellite & cable without a box: 1. Use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight "Satellite Box" and press SELECT. 2. Follow the *directions at the top of this page. 3. Use the DOWN arrow to highlight "Accept these input settings" and press SELECT. Satellite & cable with a box: 1. Highlight "Satellite Box" and press SELECT. 2. Follow the *directions at the top of this page. 3. Highlight "Cable Box" and press SELECT. 4. Follow the *directions at the top of this page. 5. Highlight "Accept these input settings" and press SELECT. 6 Basic IR Code List. Each code has a slow, medium, and fast version. First test the slow codes by highlighting them and pressing the CHAN UP/DOWN button slowly 10-15 times. When you find a slow code that changes channels every time, try a faster speed for that code. (Slow may take longer, but fast may be too fast for your cable box or satellite receiver.) You want to find the code with the fastest speed that changes the channel every time. When you find it, press SELECT to choose that code. If channels don't change at all, see page 77 for troubleshooting steps. Program Call. During this call, the TiVo service downloads all your program information--which includes program titles, times, channels, and descriptions--for up to the next two weeks. If the call doesn't succeed, see pages 73 to 74 for troubleshooting steps. If you need to use the phone during the program call, pick up your telephone, then hang it up and wait a few seconds. The next time you pick the phone up there will be a dial tone. You will need to re-initiate the program call later. Congratulations! When the recorder has finished downloading your program information, press SELECT to continue, and you'll see the Congratulations! screen. You can now watch live TV and use your recorder's features to control live TV (pause, instant replay, slow motion). After Guided Setup, the recorder works behind the scenes for about four to eight hours to organize program information for the first time. During this process, you will have to wait to search for programs and set up recordings. A message at the bottom of the Pick Programs to Record screen will let you know if you can search for programs yet. If the message appears, try again after a few hours. Steps 1 onscreen message 7 Chapter 1 Guided Setup Activating the TiVo Service The TiVo service includes the program information shown in the TiVo Live GuideTM and used by the Season Passes, WishLists, and Search by Title features, as well as by TiVolution Magazine, Showcases, and Service Updates. If you haven't activated the TiVo service already, you'll be instructed to visit the TiVo website at http://www.tivo.com/activate/ or to call 1-877-367-8486. To activate, you must register the TiVo Service Number of your recorder and choose a billing option. You can find the 15-digit TiVo Service Number by going to TiVo Central (press the TiVo button on the remote), then Messages & Setup (press the DOWN arrow to move the blue highlight bar, then press SELECT), then selecting System Information. For instructions on programming your remote to control your TV's power, volume, and mute settings, see You will receive enough program information to give you a chance to try the TiVo service. If you do not activate within about a week of completing Guided Setup, your recorder will have limited functionality. The recorder was designed to be used exclusively with the TiVo service. The TiVo service is required for proper operation of the recorder. No functionality is represented, warranted, or should be expected without a subscription to the TiVo service. Activate today! Don't miss a single day of using the TiVo service. From the Congratulations! screen, press the TiVo button on your remote control to go to TiVo Central® and begin enjoying the TiVo service. For help getting started, check out the tours in Chapter 2 of this guide. 8 CHAPTER 2 The Basics in 5 Short Tours Tour One: Play with Live TV Tour Two: The TiVo Live Guide Tour Three: Find and Record Your Favorite Programs Tour Four: Find New Programs Tour Five: Now Playing Cool Things You Can Do 10 12 14 16 18 20 Chapter 2 The Basics in Five Short Tours Tour One: Play with Live TV In this tour, you'll take a look at how you can control live TV. So turn on your TV and grab your TiVo remote! First, press the PAUSE button--the program you're watching pauses. Now you can stand up and stretch, or go to the kitchen and get a snack. You can pause live TV for up to 30 minutes! But for now, press PLAY and the program resumes. Next, press BACK--the program rewinds. Press BACK a second time--it goes faster! A third time--faster still! Both the FWD and BACK buttons have three speeds. Press BACK a fourth time to return to normal speed. + Press PAUSE once more, then immediately press FWD--frame-by-frame forward! Press BACK--frame-by-frame back. When your show is paused, FWD and BACK let you go frame by frame. Press PLAY to resume watching at normal speed. Try out the INSTANT REPLAY button. INSTANT REPLAY jumps you back 8 seconds--useful for when you miss a great sports play or a bit of dialog, or for when you fast forward too far. Press INSTANT REPLAY again, then immediately press SLOW. You get your own slow-motion replay! Finally, try the ADVANCE button. Presto! You're caught up to live TV. 10 Tour Status Bar Press PAUSE to make the status bar visible. It shows a one-hour period. The green segment is the portion of the current hour that has been saved by your recorder. One: Play with Live TV Look for the white line. It marks the part of the program you are currently watching. If the white line is anywhere back in the green segment you are "behind" real time (which is way better than being behind the times!). Now press CHAN UP. When you change channels, the saved programming from the old channel is cleared, and the recorder starts to save what is showing on the new channel. 2 status bar This white line tells you where you are. channel banner Channel Banner Press DISPLAY to see the channel banner. It's only there for a few seconds, but you can bring it back by pressing DISPLAY again. (If your remote doesn't have a DISPLAY button, press RIGHT arrow.) While the banner is visible, press the RIGHT arrow to switch from a small, to medium, to large banner. Note that each version has a different amount of information. Keep pressing the RIGHT arrow until you see the largest version of the channel banner. Notice the small icons on the right side. Each symbol represents a useful feature, like recording or Parental Controls. Press the UP and DOWN arrows to highlight different icons. Pressing SELECT while an icon is highlighted will take you to that feature. (For more on using these icons, see page 28.) Finally, press the CLEAR button--the channel banner disappears. (CLEAR gets rid of things that aren't part of the program you're watching.) Now go have fun playing with live TV, then come back for the next tour! selectable icons 11 Chapter 2 The Basics in Five Short Tours Tour Two: The TiVo Live Guide Your recorder's program guide, the TiVo Live Guide, lets you see what's on, change channels, schedule recordings, and more--all while you're watching live TV. Press the GUIDE button to see the TiVo Live Guide. On the left side of the TiVo Live Guide, there is a list of channels and their current programs. The channel you're watching is highlighted with a blue bar, and a description of the current program appears at the top of the grid. On the right side is a list of upcoming programs on the highlighted channel. Choose a Program to Watch When you record from live TV, you can record both the saved portion (up to the last half hour) and the rest of the program. See page 25 for details. See something you'd like to watch? Press the UP and DOWN arrows to move the highlight bar to it. (Notice that the description at the top and list of upcoming programs on the right side change.) Then press SELECT on the highlighted channel--the channel changes and the program guide disappears. Press the GUIDE button again to bring the guide back. (Remember, whenever you change channels, programming saved from the old channel is cleared, and the recorder starts to save what is showing on the new channel.) Record a Program You can always record the program you're watching by pressing the RECORD ( ) button on your remote control. You can also use the TiVo Live Guide to record current or future programs. (See page 25 for more on recording from live TV.) Highlight any program you see in the TiVo Live Guide and press RECORD. A transparent screen with recording choices appears. Choose an option or press the LEFT arrow to go back to the TiVo Live Guide. 12 Tour Two: The TiVo Live Guide Looking Ahead While you're in the left side of TiVo Live Guide, press the FWD ( ) button to move the displayed time 30 minutes ahead. Try it. To go back in time, press BACK ( ). You can also quickly change the day and time the guide shows by changing the Guide Options. To see Guide Options, press DISPLAY when the TiVo Live Guide is visible. To change the day, use DOWN arrow to highlight the day, then press the RIGHT arrow once to choose tomorrow. Press SELECT. "Done changing options" becomes highlighted. Press SELECT again and voila!, the TiVo Live Guide appears with tomorrow's program schedule. You know what this means--no more setting the VCR! 2 Filter the TiVo Live Guide The TiVo Live Guide can also find specific kinds of shows for you. Display Guide Options by bringing up the guide and pressing DISPLAY. (If your remote doesn't have a DISPLAY button, press ENTER.) Then highlight "Choose Filter." Press SELECT and a list of categories appears. Select "Arts and Living" and then select the subcategory "Cooking." The Guide Options screen appears again and "Filtering" should now be "On." Select "Done changing options." This time when the TiVo Live Guide appears, it only shows you channels airing cooking shows in the next six hours. It has grayed out programs that are not about cooking. To see all the channels again, go to Guide Options (press GUIDE, then press DISPLAY). Highlight "Filtering," and press LEFT arrow to turn it "Off." Then press SELECT. Take some time to play around in the TiVo Live Guide (and set up some recordings, while you're at it). See you in a little bit for the next tour! 13 Chapter 2 The Basics in Five Short Tours Tour Three: Find and Record Your Favorite Programs You can always record the program you're watching by pressing the RECORD button on your remote control. The TiVo service also provides many ways to quickly search large numbers of 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 to the series. A Season Pass records every episode of the series that airs on the selected channel. Search by Title In this tour, you'll find a program (The Simpsons) by searching for its title. Press the TiVo button to see TiVo Central. Press the DOWN arrow to highlight Pick Programs to Record and press SELECT. The Pick Programs to Record screen appears. As you can see, TiVo gives you many ways to find programs. Since you know the program's title, highlight "Search by Title" and press SELECT. The next screen is a categories screen. It lets you limit your search to any of several categories--but for now, choose "All Programs," then press SELECT. If you just finished Guided Setup and you go to Pick Programs to Record, you will see a message at the bottom of the screen stating that the recorder is still indexing data. The recorder should be done indexing within 4 to 8 hours of finishing Guided Setup. The next screen has a grid of letters. Notice the white box around the letter A. Use the RIGHT, LEFT, UP, and DOWN arrows to move the box among the letters. Now move it to S, then press SELECT. A list of programs that begin with "S" appears on the right side of the screen. Move the white box to the letter I and press SELECT again. The list changes. The TiVo service has searched through all available programs (usually, those airing in the next two weeks) to find those that begin with SI, then listed those programs. 14 Tour Three: Find and Record Your Favorite Programs Keep on entering letters until you see "Simpsons, The" in the list on the right. (Notice, the list alphabetizes without "A" or "The.") If you make a mistake entering text, select DEL (on the screen) or press BACK on the remote control. To clear all text, use CLR on the screen or press the CLEAR button. (SP enters a space.) To get to the list of programs, press the RIGHT arrow until you move off the grid of letters. Press the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight "Simpsons, The" and press SELECT. A Program Information screen appears. This kind of screen appears when you select a program title from a list and lets you choose to record the episode, view upcoming episodes, or get a Season Pass. 2 Get a Season Pass On the Program Information screen for The Simpsons, highlight "Get a Season Pass," and press SELECT. A confirmation screen appears to make sure the recorder is doing what you want. Press SELECT again--and after a short pause you have a Season Pass to The Simpsons! You should now be on the Search By Title screen again. Press the LEFT arrow to return to Pick Programs to Record, then select the To Do List. You can see all your scheduled recordings here. If you schedule a lot of Season In the To Do List, notice the upcoming episodes of The Simpsons are marked with two check marks ( ), indicating they are part of a Season Pass. If you don't want to keep this Season Pass, highlight it and press CLEAR. Get some more Season Passes now, or go on to the next tour to learn how TiVo helps you find new shows you might like--sort of like your own "smart" TV assistant. Passes, it's a good idea to set priorites for them. You do this with the Season Pass Manager; see page 48 for more information. 15 Chapter 2 The Basics in Five Short Tours Tour Four: Find New Programs TiVo helps you find what you want to watch--both exciting new shows and old favorites you might have forgotten. TiVolution Magazine You'll always find something fun and unusual in TiVolution Magazine, an interactive guide to the best upcoming shows on television. You'll find premieres, specials, and offbeat gems, making it easy for you to schedule recordings. New content is delivered fresh to your TiVo during the daily phone call. To find TiVolution Magazine, press your TiVo button and go to TiVo Central. Use the Down arrow to highlight TiVolution Magazine, then press SELECT. Once you're inside, use the arrow buttons and SELECT to explore the selections. Once you get to a list of programs, select a title to see the Program Information screen. If you get the channel the program airs on, you can set up a recording here--it's that easy! Showcases Showcases lists the best programs offered by television's biggest networks. The programs in Showcases are grouped in theme packages, giving you one-stop shopping convenience when browsing for programs to record. Packages include hit movies, exciting miniseries, hot specials, popular series, and shows from the greatest stars on TV. Showcases is updated during your recorder's daily phone call. You can set up recordings in Showcases, much the same as in TiVolution Magazine. 16 Tour Four: Find New Programs TiVo's Suggestions TiVo's Suggestions is a personalized list of shows selected to match your preferences. How is this magic possible? Any time you watch programs, live or pre-recorded, or browse programs with the TiVo Live Guide, you can rate them by pressing the THUMBS UP and THUMBS DOWN buttons ( ). You can give a program up to three Thumbs. Over time, the more shows you rate with your THUMBS buttons, the better TiVo's Suggestions will be at finding programs you like. The suggestions are listed under TiVo's Suggestions in order of how closely they match your preferences. Try it out: Press GUIDE to bring up the TiVo Live Guide. Highlight a few programs and rate them by pressing the THUMBS buttons. Then go to TiVo Central, then Pick Programs to Record, then TiVo's Suggestions. Suggested programs based on your THUMBS Ratings appear in TiVo's Suggestions. (If you don't see programs yet, come back later--it may take a few hours the first time.) You can press SELECT on a suggestion, then set up a recording. As an added bonus, when the recorder has empty space, it may automatically record some of TiVo's Suggestions. You will find them at the bottom of Now Playing, below programs you requested. TiVo's Suggestions never replace shows you request or prevent them from being recorded. TiVo's Suggestions are also always the first programs deleted to make room for recordings you request. 2 Your personal TV preferences are just that: personal. See TiVo's Privacy Policy in Chapter 7, and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) White Paper available at www.tivo.com/privacy for more information. This icon indicates that the program was recorded as a Suggestion. 17 Chapter 2 The Basics in Five Short Tours Tour Five: Now Playing Your recorder can record many hours of programming (enough to fill a slew of video tapes!). Fortunately, it also labels and organizes all those saved programs. Unlike using a VCR, Now Playing gives you instant access to all recorded programs--no need to spend time searching for an episode on that tape you thought you used. To go to Now Playing, just press the TiVo button twice. Your new recorder may already have some entertaining short programs created by TiVo's partners. A network logo to the right of the show tells you which partner brings you the program. An icon like this one to the left of the program's title tells you the recording's current status (see the inside back cover for a glossary of these icons). Programs you request will appear in Now Playing the moment recording begins. The most recently recorded shows appear at the top of the list. You can watch any title in Now Playing--even one that is still being recorded--by highlighting it, then pressing the PLAY button. Try it. Highlight a program in Now Playing and press PLAY. OK, now for the cool part: Watch the program for at least 5 minutes, then press the LEFT arrow to go back to Now Playing. Select the program again--the Program Information screen will now say "Resume Playing," instead of "Play." Select "Resume Playing," and return to the program from the point you left it! 18 Tour Five: Now Playing Save Until... By default, programs you record are saved until space is needed (this usually means for about two days). The oldest ones may be deleted to make room for new recordings you've scheduled. However, you always have the option to save a program for as long as you want to. To change how long a program in Now Playing will be saved, highlight it and press SELECT or RIGHT arrow. The Program Information screen appears. Select "Save Until...." On the next screen you can choose "Until I delete" or use the arrow buttons to highlight and change the date displayed. When you are done, press SELECT. Feel free to watch some programs from Now Playing--but come back for the end of this chapter! There are still more cool things you may want to learn about. 2 When you set up recordings, you can also specify how long you want to keep them by setting the Keep Until Recording Option. For more on this option, see page 35. 19 Chapter 2 The Basics in Five Short Tours Cool Things You Can Do Never be late for your favorite programs: Working late? Stuck in traffic? Don't worry! If you've set up a recording or a Season Pass, the program will be waiting for you in Now Playing. You can even start watching from the beginning while the recording continues. Make your television wishes come true with a WishListTM: Have a favorite actor? A favorite hobby or interest? How about a favorite sports team? If they're on TV, chances are a WishList will find them. For details see pages 37 through 42. Looking for good movies? Kids' shows? Science fiction? With Search By Title, you can browse all the upcoming programs in a particular category and find shows you didn't know were on. For details see page 36. 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 IPreviewTM icon like this one: Pressing THUMBS UP while the icon is visible automatically sets up a recording for the upcoming program. You don't have to remember when it's on--it will be recorded! (If you did not schedule a recording when you saw the icon, rewind until it's visible again.) Use the Overtime SchedulerTM (and don't miss overtime!): Programs sometimes start before they're supposed to, and often end later than scheduled. With TiVo's recording options, you can "pad" your recordings to account for variations by using the Overtime Scheduler. For details see page 34. Use the CLEAR button: The CLEAR button hides the status bar, TiVo Live Guide, channel banner, and anything else that is not part of the program. It clears the text entered using the letter grid. And if you highlight a program's title in a list, pressing CLEAR deletes the program. 20 CHAPTER 3 Live TV Watching Live TV Status Bar Controlling Live TV Recording a Live Program The TiVo Live Guide Channel Banner 22 23 24 25 26 28 Chapter 3 Live TV Watching Live TV When you're watching programming as it's broadcast, you're watching live TV. To go to live TV from the TiVo screens, press the LIVE TV button on your remote control. If you've used Trick Play and are "behind" live TV, press ADVANCE to catch up. Changing Channels There are several ways to change channels: · TiVo Live Guide. Tired of channel surfing? Choose something to watch with the TiVo Live Guide. To see the guide, press the GUIDE button. Then use the UP and DOWN arrows to highlight a program in the list. To change the channel, press SELECT. (See page 26 for more on the TiVo Live Guide.) Number pad. 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. ENTER/LAST. To jump back to the previous channel, press ENTER/LAST. CHAN UP/DOWN. Of course, you can also still use the CHAN UP/DOWN button on your remote control. (CHAN UP/DOWN skips channels that are not on the channel list selected in Guide Options. For more information on channel lists, see page 27.) · · You can use your recorder's remote to control the power, volume, mute, and TV input settings on your TV. For information on setting this up, see the Installation Guide that came with your recorder. · 22 Status Bar Status Bar When you press PLAY, PAUSE, FWD, or BACK, the status bar appears on the lower part of your 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 white tick marks are 15 or 30 minutes apart, depending on the length of the program. The green segment represents the part of the program saved by the recorder. The recorder automatically saves up to 30 minutes of live TV. You can use Trick Play to move backward and forward through the saved portion of a 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, you are behind live TV. If you are behind live TV, you can press the ADVANCE button to catch up. White line indicates Status Bar for live TV. where you are now. The CLEAR button hides the status bar, the TiVo Live Guide, the channel banner, and anything else that is not part of the program. 3 You can only rewind live TV to the point where you last changed the Tick marks (15 min. apart) Status Bar for a twohour recorded program. 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. channel. When you change the channel, you skip ahead to the current time on the new channel and start saving on that channel. If you are behind live TV and watching something you still want to see, you should not change the channel. This shows that the BACK button has been pressed twice. This recorded program is two hours long. 23 Chapter 3 Live TV Controlling Live TV Part of the fun of watching live TV with TiVo is using its pause, instant replay, and slow motion features. You can also use these features during recorded programs. RECORD: Records a program when you're watching TV or browsing the TiVo Live Guide. PLAY: Plays a program at normal speed. Shows the Status Bar for three seconds. PAUSE: Pauses a live program for up to 30 minutes and a recorded program for as long as you want. To resume playing, press PAUSE again (or press PLAY). BACK: Rewinds a program. Press BACK once, twice, or three times to go backward fast, faster, or fastest. Press it a fourth time to return to normal speed. FWD: Fast forwards a program. Press FWD once, twice, or three times to go forward fast, faster, or fastest. Press it a fourth time to return to normal speed. When you fast forward too far, press INSTANT REPLAY to rewind eight seconds. Press it again if you really missed the mark. Frame Forward or Back. Press PAUSE, then press the FWD or BACK button. The image moves forward or backward one frame at a time. INSTANT REPLAY: Instantly shows the last eight seconds of the program again. ADVANCE: (a) In live TV, catches up to the live broadcast. (b) When you are fast forwarding in a recorded program, press ADVANCE to instantly jump ahead to the next tick mark. When you are rewinding, press ADVANCE to jump back to the previous tick mark. (c) In a recorded program, press ADVANCE once to jump to the end of the recording, press twice to jump to the beginning. SLOW: Plays the program in slow motion. 24 Recording a Live Program Recording a Live Program Starting a Recording To start recording a program while you are watching it, press the RECORD button. On the transparent screen that appears, select "Record this showing (Best Quality)." As soon as the recording starts, the program will appear in Now Playing. If you select "Season Pass & other options," a Program Information screen appears with more actions you can take, including getting a Season Pass and changing Recording Options (see page 33 for more on Season Passes and page 34 for more on Recording Options). 3 Recording the Saved Portion Up to 30 minutes of programming from the current channel is always being saved, even when you are not recording a program. When you change channels, the recorder clears what it has saved and starts saving programming again on the new channel. (So, if the saved portion is important to you, 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 choose to change the Video Recording Quality, the saved portion of the program won't be recorded. You can also record any program-- even one in progress--by highlighting it in the TiVo Live Guide, then pressing RECORD. Stopping a Recording Two ways to stop a recording are · · Select the title in Now Playing, then select "Stop Recording," or Press the RECORD button in live TV, then choose "Stop the current recording." 25 Chapter 3 Live TV The TiVo Live Guide day and time selected channel The TiVo Live Guide is the TiVo service program guide. It shows you current and upcoming programs airing up to two weeks into the future. You can also quickly set up recordings, give any program Thumbs Ratings, and customize the channels and types of programs shown in the guide. Plus, the TiVo Live Guide is a transparent screen, so you won't miss anything in the program you're watching while you browse. What's on Live TV? To display the guide, go to live TV, then press the GUIDE button. To hide the guide, press GUIDE again or press CLEAR. The left side shows a list of all programs during this time period. The right side shows a list of what's coming up on the channel you have highlighted. Left side. On its left side, the guide has a list of channels and the programs that are currently airing on them. If you want to watch a program in the list, highlight it, then press SELECT. This changes the channel. Right side. The right side has a list of what's coming up on the highlighted channel. Moving Around the Guide While the highlight is on the left side, you can press the FWD and BACK buttons to change the time in halfhour increments. While the highlight is on the right side, you can press the FWD and BACK buttons to change the channel selected. · · · Press the UP and DOWN arrows to highlight channels or programs. Press CHAN UP/DOWN to quickly move up or down one page at a time. Press the LEFT and RIGHT arrows to move between the left and right sides. Recording a Program To record a program, highlight it, then press RECORD. On the transparent screen that appears, select "Record this showing (Best Quality)" or "Season Pass & other options" for more choices. (See page 25 for more on recording from live TV.) 26 The TiVo Live Guide Customizing the TiVo Live Guide The TiVo Live Guide has options that let you quickly change what programs and channels the guide shows. To see Guide Options, press DISPLAY (or, if you don't have a DISPLAY button on your remote, press ENTER) while the TiVo Live Guide is visible. The available options are Channels, Day, Time, Filtering (on/off), and Choose filter. Channels. Choosing a list here selects the channels displayed by the TiVo Live Guide. Also, the CHAN UP/DOWN button skips to channels that are on the chosen list. (For details on how to customize these channel lists, see page 59.) The three channel lists available are · · · [Channels] You Receive. This is the default list. It displays only the channels you have chosen in the Channels You Receive channel list. Favorites. Use this list to save time when browsing the TiVo Live Guide. All. This list displays all of your cable or satellite provider's channels. 3 Day and Time. Sets the guide to show what's on at a particular day and time. Filtering. Turns filtering on or off. (Choosing a filter is explained below.) When you want to see all channels and programs in the guide, turn filtering off. Choose filter. Press SELECT on this option. In the list that appears, use the UP and DOWN arrows to highlight a category, then press SELECT. Choose a subcategory. In the TiVo Live Guide, only channels with programs in that subcategory will appear. To change a guide option: Highlight the option, and then press the LEFT or RIGHT arrows to change the choice displayed. Save your changes by pressing SELECT or GUIDE. To cancel your changes, press CLEAR. When filtering is on, the guide will only show channels that have a program in that category within six hours of the day and time selected. Programs that don't fit your category are grayed out. 27 Chapter 3 Live TV Pressing the RIGHT arrow switches among channel banner styles, from small... Channel Banner The channel banner appears at the top of the screen when you change channels or press DISPLAY while watching live TV. (If you don't have a DISPLAY button on your remote, press RIGHT arrow to view the channel banner.) This also works when you're watching a program in Now Playing. The channel banner will disappear after a few seconds. You can hide the channel banner before it disappears by pressing CLEAR or the LEFT arrow. There are three versions of the channel banner: small (with the current time and channel), medium (adds the title, running time and ratings), and large (adds a program description and icons). Press RIGHT arrow to switch among them. Channel banner icons. The large channel banner has three selectable icons. Each icon controls a different feature. To use an icon, use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight it, then press SELECT. Select to record a program (or stop a current recording). If a recording is in progress, the icon appears bright. Select to go to Parental Controls. If Parental Controls are off, the lock appears unlocked and dim. If they are on, it appears locked and bright (pictured here). If they are on but temporarily disabled, it appears unlocked and bright. Select to read TiVo Messages. If the symbol is bright, you have new messages from the TiVo service. ...to medium ...to large 28 CHAPTER 4 Now Playing & Pick Programs to Record Now Playing Season Pass Recording Options Search By Title WishLists TiVo's Suggestions Record by Time or Channel Season Pass Manager To Do List 30 33 34 36 37 44 45 48 49 Chapter 4 Pick Programs to Record Now Playing To go to Now Playing, press the TiVo button on your remote control twice. All the programs saved on your recorder are in Now Playing (no more searching through unlabeled videotapes!). As soon as a recording begins, it appears at the top of the list. You can watch any title in Now Playing, even one that is still being recorded. To watch a program in Now Playing, highlight it and press PLAY. If you have watched part of the program already, it resumes from the point you stopped watching. To see more actions you can take, highlight a title, then press SELECT or RIGHT arrow. A Program Information screen appears and lets you select from the actions below: · · Play or Resume playing. Save until... To change the date when the program may be deleted, highlight the date, then press the RIGHT or LEFT arrows until the date you want appears. Press SELECT to return to the Program Information screen. · Stop Recording · Delete now As recordings appear in Now Playing, a colored icon to the left of each title reflects how long each program will be saved and whether or not it was recorded automatically. See the back cover for a key to these icons. · Save to VCR. If you have a VCR, you can save a program from Now Playing to a videotape. (See page 31 for more on using this feature.) 30 TiVo Central Now Playing Now Playing Save to VCR If you have a VCR, you can save a program from Now Playing to a videotape. Transfers happen to a VCR 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. Keep in mind that the VCR will record the video exactly as it is played. (This means you can fast forward through the boring parts!) If you press a button on your remote that would actually interrupt the transfer to VCR--for example, if you press GUIDE, the TiVo button, or PAUSE--a videotape icon appears as a warning. Preparing to Save to VCR: 1. Set up your VCR. Be sure you have connected your TiVo recorder's video and audio to your VCR's video and audio. (See the guides that came with your TiVo recorder for details on how to connect your TiVo recorder to a VCR.) 2. Be sure your VCR is set to record input from your TiVo recorder, not some other video source. (See your VCR's instructions for how to set the input.) 3. Make sure you have a videotape in the VCR. Using Save to VCR: 1. Go to Now Playing, highlight the show you want to save, then press SELECT. 2. Using the arrow buttons, highlight "Save to VCR," then press SELECT. 3. Select "Start saving from the beginning." TiVo Central Now Playing Save to VCR The VCR will also record the channel banner, status bar, and any icons that may appear on the screen if you press buttons on the remote. 4 31 Chapter 4 Pick Programs to Record 4. A title screen appears for ten seconds. When you see it, press your VCR's record button. 5. When the program is over, press stop on your VCR. Stopping or Canceling Save to VCR: You can stop or interrupt the transfer by going to live TV or to the TiVo menus. You can also resume saving later. To stop or interrupt Save to VCR: 1. Press a button (for example, the TiVo button) that would interrupt Save to VCR. The videotape icon appears. 2. While the icon is visible, press the same button again. 3. A confirmation screen appears. On the confirmation screen, choose either "Stop saving for now. Resume later" or "Cancel saving to VCR." 4. Press stop on your VCR, as well. To resume saving the program (unless you chose to cancel): 1. Go to Now Playing, select the program, and choose "Save to VCR" on the Program Information screen. 2. Choose "Save from the paused location." A countdown screen appears. 3. To ensure that your VCR has time to begin recording, press record on your VCR before the countdown gets to "1." 32 TiVo Central Now Playing Season Pass Season Pass A Season Pass records every episode of a series that airs on a certain channel--even if the day or time slot changes! It is totally automatic and really easy to set up. Just select a program (from the TiVo Live Guide, Search By Title, View upcoming, etc.) and choose "Get a Season Pass." There are two other types of recordings that repeat automatically: · · Manual Repeating Recording: Records on a specific channel at a specific time, just as you would with a VCR. See page 47 for more information. Auto-recording WishLists: Records all the programs a WishList finds. See page 42. These three types of repeating recordings also have the following in common: · No duplicates within 28 days. If you watch or delete a particular episode or showing, it will not be recorded automatically again for 28 days. This prevents Now Playing from filling up with shows you probably don't want. If you want to record duplicates, go to Recording Options, Show Type, and select "All (with duplicates)." You can also schedule a single duplicate recording for a particular program. Parental Controls. If Parental Controls are on when you schedule a repeating recording, the recorder checks its current program information to see if any upcoming program violates a Parental Control. If a program does, the recorder requires the current password to continue. See page 53 for more information. Keep at Most=5. By default, five episodes of a repeating recording program are kept in Now Playing. (You can change this setting; for more information, see page 34.) Resolving conflicts. The TiVo service resolves scheduling conflicts between repeating recordings by comparing recording priorities. You can change recording priorities with the Season Pass Manager. (See page 48 for more details). 33 An exception to the 28-day rule may occur if the program wasn't watched but was deleted from Now Playing to make room for another recording you requested--or if the program information describes it incorrectly. 4 · · · Chapter 4 Pick Programs to Record Recording Options When you set up a recording, you can set Recording Options. You can also change them later by selecting the program in the To Do List or the Season Pass Manager, then choosing "Options." Setting Recording Options The Program Information screen that appears when you select a program includes choices to "Record this episode" and "Get a Season Pass." When one of these recording actions is highlighted, "Options" appears to its right. To see the current Recording Options, use the arrow buttons to highlight "Options," then press SELECT. To set your Recording Options: Recording Options Recording Options: one-time recording 1. On the Recording Options screen, use the UP/DOWN arrows to highlight an option. 2. Press the RIGHT and LEFT arrows to change the setting. Recording Options: repeating recording 3. When you are done, press SELECT or highlight "Record with these options." 4. Press SELECT again to schedule the recording with the new options. To cancel your changes, press the LEFT arrow. 34 Recording Recording Options include: Record Quality. The choices for Video Recording Quality are Basic, Medium, High, and Best. The default setting is Best, (Best looks great, but keep in mind that it takes up more space). These settings are described on page 60. (This option is not available once a recording starts.) Keep At Most. This option sets the maximum number of episodes to be saved--useful for keeping only the most recent nightly news or only a few of your kids' daily programs. The default setting is 5. (This option is available only for a repeating recording.) Show Type. The choices are "Repeats & first run," "First run only," which records only new episodes, and "All (with duplicates)." Keep Until. You can change this setting from "Space needed" (the default setting) to "Until I delete." (This option is available only for a repeating recording.) Keep At Least. You can set the minimum amount of time the recorder keeps a recording. The default setting is "Until Space Needed." The Overtime SchedulerTM consists of these two options: Start Recording. You can choose to start recording up to ten minutes before a program begins. The default setting is "On-time." (This option is not available once recording starts.) Stop Recording. You can 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. The default setting is "On-time." Options Are two of your favorite programs on at the same time? If you use Recording Options, you can create two Season Passes for the same time. Set the first one to record only First Run episodes; set the second to record every episode. Use the Season Pass Manager (described on page 48) to give the first one higher priority than the second. Voila! As long as the program information is correct, when reruns of the first program air, your recorder will ignore them and record episodes of the second program. 4 35 Chapter 4 Pick Programs to Record Search By Title Search By Title finds programs, even if you just know the first part of the title. To find a specific program: 1. If you wish, you can first narrow the search with a category and subcategory. 2. The next screen has a grid with numbers and letters. On the keypad screen, spell out the title by using the arrow buttons to move around, then pressing select on each letter you want. (Skip "a," "an," or "the.") As you select letters, an alphabetical list of programs appears to the right of the keypad. Keep selecting letters until you see your program. (The CLEAR button on the remote erases everything; the BACK button erases one letter at a time; FWD inserts a space.) 3. When you see your program, press RIGHT arrow until the highlight is in the list. To move the highlight within the list, press the UP and DOWN arrows. You can also press CHAN UP/DOWN to quickly move up or down the list. 4. Press SELECT when the title you want is highlighted. The Program Information screen will appear. Then you can view upcoming episodes, set up a Season Pass, or record an individual showing. To browse a category of upcoming programs: Choose a category and subcategory. Numbers come before letters, so to start from the top, enter a zero. If you only know one word in the title, use a Title Wishlist to find the program. See page 40 for more information. Replace hyphens ( - ), slashes ( / ) and periods ( . ) with spaces. For example, use 20 20 to search for the title "20/20". Any other marks, such as apostrophes ( ' ), asterisks ( * ) ampersands ( & ) and dollar signs ( $ ) are ignored. For example, you would use 6 OCLOCK NEWS to search for the title "6 O'Clock News." 36 TiVo Central Pick Programs to Record Search By Title WishLists WishLists A WishList is a powerful search feature that finds upcoming programs. It keeps on searching automatically for as long as you keep the WishList. For example, you could create a Category Only WishList for the category "Movies" and subcategory "Action/Adventure." You could then use it occasionally to look at a list of all action/adventure movies airing in the next two weeks. The list would be constantly updated by your recorder's daily calls for more program information. You could search for something more specific by creating an Actor WishList for Sean Connery, and then include the category "Movies," and subcategory "Action." This WishList would only find action movies with Sean Connery. With Keyword WishLists, you can look for something very specific. For example, the Keyword WishList "GIANTS" with category "Football" would find Giants football (but not baseball) games for you. Here's another example: You could make a Keyword WishList to find the 1986 remake of the science fiction classic The Fly, starring Geena Davis. The keyword entry would look like this: "GEENA DAVIS" FLY. Not only does this WishList find a specific program--it finds the specific version! (You could also find this movie by making a Keyword WishList for the movie's title and year. In that case, the keyword entry might look like this: "THE FLY" 1986.) After you make a WishList, you can periodically view what it finds by selecting "View all upcoming WishList programs," or selecting an individual WishList, then selecting "View upcoming programs." Then you can schedule recordings for the programs or episodes you want. (See page 42 for more details.) TiVo Central Pick Programs To Record Search Using WishLists 4 37 Chapter 4 Pick Can a WishList Do More Than Search? Programs to Record You can set a WishList to auto-record, and it will record every program the WishList finds. For example, with the Sean Connery Actor WishList, you would automatically collect Sean Connery action movies in Now Playing. Some WishLists are better suited to browsing than to auto-recording. For example, you could create a Category Only WishList for the category "Documentary." This WishList would find every upcoming documentary. You could then occasionally browse the WishList and choose the upcoming documentaries you want to record. The more specific a WishList is, the better suited it is to auto-recording. For example, an auto-recording Keyword WishList with the keywords KNICKS and BULLS, and category "Sports/Basketball" would only record basketball games with both of these teams--a great way to ensure that you enjoy this season's rivalry. (For more on auto-recording WishLists, see page 42.) If you set up an auto-recording WishList for sports, consider using the Overtime Scheduler (described on page 34) to make sure you don't miss the most exciting part of the game! 38 TiVo Central Pick Programs to Record Search Using WishLists WishLists Creating a WishList From Search Using WishLists, select "Create new WishList." Next, select the type of WishList: Actor, Director, Category Only, Keyword, or Title. For most WishLists, you use the grid of letters on the next screen to spell out what you're looking for. As the last step, you'll then be able to select a category and subcategory to narrow your search. For example, if you want movies with Harrison Ford, but not documentaries or talk shows, select "Movies." To search every category, select "Don't specify a category." Category Only WishList: Use the UP and DOWN buttons to highlight a category, then press SELECT or RIGHT arrow. A subcategories list appears. Highlight a subcategory, then press SELECT or RIGHT arrow. To search all subcategories, you can also select "Don't specify a subcategory." Actor or Director WishLists: Spell the person's last name first by using the arrow keys to move the selection box around the grid and pressing SELECT to enter a highlighted letter. As you select letters, a list of names appears to the right of the keypad. If you see the person's name, press the RIGHT arrow until you move the highlight to a name in the list. Use the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight the name you want and press SELECT. 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). TiVo Central Pick Programs To Record Search Using WishLists 4 39 Chapter 4