TiVo Premiere Q Quick Manual

TiVo® Premiere Q

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Quick Guide

Glossary of icons

Format

My Shows

(Green) This show will be saved until you delete it.

(Yellow circle) In less than three days, this show may be deleted to make
room for other recordings you have requested, but only if space is
needed.

(Yellow circle with exclamation point) In less than one day, this show may
be deleted to make room for other recordings you have requested, but
only if space is needed.

(Yellow triangle) In less than three days, this show will be deleted due to
copyright restrictions.

(Yellow triangle with exclamation mark) In less than one day, this show
will be deleted due to copyright restrictions.

(Red) This show is currently being recorded.

(Blue) This show is currently downloading or transferring.

To Do List and View Upcoming Episodes

(These icons appear beside shows scheduled to be recorded or downloaded.)

(Red) Show will be recorded as an individual recording (not part of a
Season Pass

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recording or WishList search).

Plain folder – contains more than one episode of the same series.

Folder with red or blue dot – contains a show that is currently
recording (red) or downloading/transferring (blue).

Folder with white star – contains one or more shows recorded by a

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WishList

search.

Folder with Suggestions icon – contains all shows recorded as TiVo
Suggestions.

This show is a TiVo

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Suggestion. TiVo Suggestions are recorded
only if space is available, and are the first to be deleted when space
is needed.

TiVo box – for a TiVo box connected to your network.

(Blue) Show will be downloaded as an individual download (not part
of a Season Pass download).

(Red) Show will be recorded as part of a Season Pass recording.

(Blue) Show will be downloaded as part of a Season Pass download.

Show will be recorded as part of a WishList search.

Welcome

Quick Guide

This Quick Guide describes features of the TiVo® service running
on the TiVo

®

Premiere Q digital video recorder.

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permission is prohibited. All rights reserved.

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TiVo, the TiVo logo, TiVo Central, WishList, Season Pass,
TiVoToGo, the Jump logo, the Instant Replay logo, the TiVo
Premiere Q DVR 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
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uses only unless otherwise authorized by Rovi. Reverse engineering
or disassembly is prohibited.

MICROSOFT

This product contains technology subject to certain intellectual
property rights of Microsoft. Use or distribution of this technology
outside of this product is prohibited without the appropriate
license(s) from Microsoft.

Content owners use Windows Media digital rights management
technology (WMDRM) to protect their intellectual property,
including copyrights. This device uses WMDRM software to access
WMDRM-protected content. If the WMDRM software fails to
protect the content, content owners may ask Microsoft to revoke the
software’s ability to use WMDRM to play or copy protected
content. Revocation does not affect unprotected content. When you
download licenses for protected content, you agree that Microsoft
may include a revocation list with the licenses. Content owners may
require you to upgrade WMDRM to access their content. If you
decline an upgrade, you will not be able to access content that
requires the upgrade.

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Table of contents

Using this guide iv

Quick tour - The TiVo Central® screen 1

Quick tour - My Shows 3

Quick tour - Finding & recording shows 6

Quick tour - Watching live TV 8

Quick tour - Streaming or transferring shows 12

Quick tour - Watching Video on Demand 13

Quick Guide

Using this guide

Thank you for choosing a high-definition TiVo® Premiere Q DVR
from Suddenlink. The Quick Tours that follow will introduce you to
the TiVo service, available in both HD and standard definition, and
have you up and running in no time. For much more, download the
full Viewer’s Guide available at suddenlink.com/tivo

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Basic terms

When we talk about the TiVo service, here are some terms you
should know:

Live TV. If you’re watching a show as it’s being broadcast,
you’re watching live TV. You can pause live TV for up to 30
minutes. When you resume watching, you’re “behind” live TV.
(You can always get to live TV by pressing the Live TV button
on your remote).

Quad tuner. A tuner is a device found inside DVRs, TVs, cable
boxes — anything designed to receive TV signals, including the
TiVo Premiere Q DVR. A tuner picks one channel to display; it
“tunes” to that channel. Your TiVo Premiere Q DVR is a “quad
tuner” device, meaning that it has four tuners inside and can
record up to four shows at once. Pressing the Live TV button
while in live TV will cycle through your tuners.

Streaming. With the TiVo Premiere Q DVR, you can stream
shows to or from another TiVo DVR in your network or from a
number of broadband sources.

Host/Client. When your TiVo Premiere Q DVR streams shows to
another TiVo box, your Premiere Q DVR is a “host.” When your
TiVo Premiere Q DVR streams shows to another TiVo box, the
TiVo box receiving the shows is the “client.” And your Premiere
Q DVR can be a client, too! When you stream shows from
another TiVo DVR to your Premiere Q DVR, your Premiere Q
DVR is a client.

TiVo with HD menus and TiVo with SD menus. If you have an HD
TV and your TiVo Premiere Q DVR uses (wired or wireless) to
connect to the TiVo service, you’ll be able to use TiVo with HD
menus! HD menus are optimized for HD televisions, and offer
some additional features not found in TiVo with SD menus. If
you have a standard definition TV, you’ll still enjoy the core
TiVo experience with classic TiVo menus! You can switch
between HD and SD menus at any time. For instructions, see
“Your starting point - the TiVo Central screen” on page 1.

TiVo Service. If the TiVo Premiere Q DVR is the body, the TiVo
Service is the brains! The TiVo Premiere Q DVR uses the
program information provided by the TiVo service to power the
program guide, allow you to search for shows, and more.

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CableCARD

Decoder. Your TiVo Premiere Q DVR from

Suddenlink comes with a CableCARD that authorizes your TiVo
to receive digital programming from Suddenlink. Your TiVo
Premiere Q DVR comes with the CableCARD already installed.
You should not remove the CableCARD at any time.

Quick Guide

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Quick tour - The TiVo Central® screen

TiVo with HD menus

TiVo with SD menus

Your starting point - the TiVo Central screen

The TiVo Central screen is the starting point for just about everything you do with your TiVo®
Premiere Q DVR from Suddenlink. From the TiVo Central screen, you can see a list of all the
shows you’ve recorded, find new shows to watch, explore great Suddenlink Video on Demand
choices, and more.

To get to the TiVo Central screen from live TV or any TiVo screen, just press the TiVo
button on your remote control. Depending on how your TiVo Premiere Q DVR is set up, you
will see either HD menus or SD menus:

• If your TiVo Premiere Q DVR is connected to an HD television, you have the TiVo with HD
menus experience.

• If your TiVo Premiere Q DVR is connected to an SD television, you will see TiVo with SD
menus.

Quick Guide

To switch between HD and SD menus, select ‘Settings & Messages’ from the TiVo Central
screen. Then select ‘Settings,’ then ‘Displays,’ then ‘Choose TiVo Menus.’

The Video Window

The Video Window is located in the upper right corner of the TiVo Central screen and most
other TiVo with HD menus screens, unless you choose to turn it off or temporarily hide it. The
Video Window continues playing the show you were watching when you entered TiVo Central.

You can press PAUSE on your TiVo remote to pause the Video Window, and press
PAUSE again to resume playing.

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