TiVo Series2 DT User Manual

To navigate the TiVo® DVR’s on-screen menus, use the remote control

’s arrow buttons

to move to the option you want, then press SELECT.

The LEFT arrow button often takes you to the previous screen.

Two Types of On-Screen Arrows

On-Screen Menus & the Remote Control

The arrows that appear beside or near the highlight bar show the directions it can move. For example, on this screen, you could press the RIGHT arrow to highlight Options or the DOWN arrow to highlight

“View upcoming episodes.”

When you see page up or page down arrows at the top or bottom of the screen (or a list), press the CHAN UP/DOWN button to jump an entire page at a time.

CHAN UP/DOWN

Button

Chan

Highlight Bar

Arrows near the Highlight Bar

Page Up Arrow

Page Down

Arrow

TiVo Viewer’s Guide

Viewer’s Guide

Discover and enjoy the TiVo® Service

Learn more about your TiVo

Digital Video Recorder

Inserting Batteries into the Remote Control

Hold the remote with the battery door facing you. Slide the door towards you

to open it.

Insert two AA batteries (supplied). Match the + and - marks on the batteries

to the + and - marks in the compartment.

Replace the battery door.

Remote Control Tips

DVR

Vol

Chan

798

465

TiVo Button

TV Power

Arrow Buttons

TV Input

Window*

Select

Thumbs Down

Mute

Volume

Play

Pause

Back (rewind)

Slow

Instant Replay

Number Buttons

Clear

Remote Active Light

Live TV

Info

Guide

Thumbs Up

Chan (Page) Up/Down

Record

Forward

Advance

DVR Switch

Enter/Last

*Window button: not

active; functionality may

be added in a future

TiVo service update.

Some buttons on your TiVo remote are programmable:

TV POWER

TV INPUT

VOLUME & MUTE (can control sound

on your TV or A/V receiver)

DVR SWITCH (useful if you have more than one TiVo DVR)

To program your remote, press the TiVo button to go to TiVo Central

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.

DVR

Vol

Cha

Customize Your TiVo

Remote

Program your TiVo remote to control your TV or A/V receiver. See Customize

Your TiVo Remote to the left.

Press the TiVo button once to go to the TiVo Central

screen, or twice to go

to the Now Playing List—your list of recorded programs.

Press LIVE TV to switch between tuners. See page 3 for more about

watching live TV with dual tuner.

Press FORWARD and BACK up to 3 times for 3 speeds. Press a

fourth time to resume normal play.

INSTANT REPLAY

replays the last 8 seconds of a program.

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

later resume watching from the paused spot), ADVANCE

catches 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. See Chapter 5 of this guide for more on programming the remote.

Welcome

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This Viewer’s Guide describes features of the TiVo

service

running on the TiVo

brand Series2TM DT Digital Video Recorder.

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.

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Table of Contents

Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Finding Programs Using a WishList

Search . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Season Pass

and Repeating Recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Setting Recording Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Managing Recordings with the To Do List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Chapter 3: Watching Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

The Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

The Channel Banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The Program Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Saving Programs to Other Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Chapter 4: TiVo® Desktop & Home Media Features . . 37

Connecting Your TiVo® DVR to a Home Network . . . . . . . 38

TiVoToGo

Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Music & Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Multi-Room Viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Chapter 5: Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Channel Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Display Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Parental Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Recording Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Remote Control Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Video Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Phone & Network Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Account & System Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Restart or Reset System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Standby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Chapter 6: Copy Protection, Privacy,

& the TiVo® Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Chapter 7: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Appendix A: Additional Setup Examples . . . . . . . . . 123

Appendix B: Back Panel Reference,

Warranty & Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Glossary of Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover

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Using This Guide

Thank you for choosing the TiVo® Series2TM DT Digital Video Recorder (DVR). This Viewer’s Guide helps you learn about the smart-recording features of the TiVo

service and home networking

capabilities of your TiVo DVR.

Getting Started

Here’s what you need to do first:

1. Activate the TiVo service. The TiVo service is what makes your

DVR smart. It includes everything from your program listings to Season Pass

recordings and WishList® searches. If you

haven’t yet activated, visit www.tivo.com/activate

call 1-877-367-8486.

2. Connect your TiVo DVR. If the TiVo service is the brains, the

TiVo DVR is the body. Use the Start Here poster to connect the DVR to your TV programming source and your television. You can find more connecting information in Appendix A of this Viewer’s Guide.

3. Complete Guided Setup. After connecting your DVR, follow the

steps in on-screen Guided Setup. This customizes the DVR for your home.

4. Take a Tour! Once you’re done with Guided Setup, the Tours in

Chapter 1 of this guide introduce you to the best features of the TiVo service. You may also find helpful videos already recorded for you on the Now Playing List.

Basic Terms

If this is your first TiVo DVR, you’re about to completely change the way you watch television. 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, you’re “behind” live TV.

Dual tuner. A tuner is a device found inside DVRs, TVs, VCRs, cable boxes—anything designed to receive TV signals. A tuner picks one channel to display from all the channels you receive; it “tunes” to that channel. The TiVo

Series2TM DT is a “dual

tuner” DVR, meaning that it has two tuners inside.

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.

Service updates. From time to time, your DVR may receive updates to the TiVo service including features not described in this guide. Details are always available at www.tivo.com/guides

Notes and Tips. In the side columns of some pages in this guide you’ll find helpful Notes and Tips .

If you have any questions or need any help, check out the Troubleshooting in Chapter 7. Now, let’s start with the first Tour!

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The Basics in 5 Short Tours

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

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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 TiVo 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 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.

2. Press PLAY 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.

4. Press the INSTANT REPLAY

button. The program jumps 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.

5. Press INSTANT REPLAY again, then immediately press SLOW . You’ll see your own

slow-motion replay!

6. Finally, press the ADVANCE

button. Presto! You’re caught up to live TV.

New DVRs may have tutorial

videos on the Now Playing List

corresponding to the Tours in this

chapter. Select Now Playing List from

the TiVo Central®screen.

See page 30 for more on the status bar.

Both the FORWARD and BACK

buttons have three speeds.

When you fast forward too far, press

INSTANT REPLAY to jump back eight

seconds. Press it again if you really missed

the mark.

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Watching and Recording Two Shows At Once

The TiVo® Series2TM DT (dual tuner) DVR is capable of recording two different live TV channels at the same time—one on each of its 2 tuners. Go ahead, try it:

1. First, press PAUSE to pause the live TV program you’re watching.

2. Press LIVE TV to switch to the other tuner. (It’s just like changing the channel.)

3. Watch the program for a few moments, then press PAUSE .

4. Press LIVE TV again to switch back to the first tuner. Notice that the first program

you were watching is still paused. You can pause for up to 30 minutes on each tuner! Press PLAY to continue watching the program.

Now you really can watch two programs at the same time! Press RECORD while watching either tuner—or on both tuners to record two programs at the same time.

Changing 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 on the same tuner, press ENTER/LAST.

• To move one channel at a time, press CHAN UP/DOWN on the TiVo remote.

• 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 on page 31.

• Press LIVE TV to switch to the other tuner. Changing channels works the same way no matter which tuner you’re watching.

The TiVo Series2 DT (dual tuner) DVR

can record two basic cable channels

at the same time, or one basic and one digital

cable channel at the same time (if you have a

digital cable box).

A digital cable box receives both basic cable

channels (typically 1-99) and digital cable

channels (typically 100 and above).

When you connect the RF splitter as shown

on the Start Here poster, you are sending

basic cable channels directly to the TiVo DVR,

and digital cable channels to the cable box.

Digital cable channels are encoded and need

the cable box to decode them. Because the

cable box decodes and sends only one digital

cable channel at a time, the TiVo DVR can

record only one digital cable channel at a

time.

See page 107 for more.

Chan

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Tour Two: Recording Programs

You can always record the program you’re watching by pressing RECORD on your TiVo® remote control. Beyond that, the TiVo

service provides many ways to quickly search through

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 Pass

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.

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.

If you just completed Guided Setup,

the DVR is still organizing program

information, and some programs might not

yet appear.

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.

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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.

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 can delete the entire Season Pass or change recording options using the Season Pass Manager. See “Using the Season Pass Manager” on page 24 for more information.

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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.

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:

• 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 35 for details.

Now Playing Tips

• From any program information 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.

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.

Programs appear on the Now

Playing List the moment recording

begins, so you can start watching a show

while it’s still being recorded!

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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 List Options.

2. Highlight Sort, then press LEFT button to choose By Date Recorded.

Then select View

Now Playing List.

When you return to Now Playing, programs are listed by the date they were recorded, with the most recent at the top and the oldest at the bottom. TiVo Suggestions always appear at the bottom of the list.

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. 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.

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).

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 an actor who also appears in a series, and you have a Season Pass

for that series. 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.

From the Now Playing List, press 1

on the remote to change the sort

order of programs, or press 2 to turn

groups on or off.

A note at the bottom of the Now Playing List tells

you which sorting option you are using and

whether groups are on.

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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.

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 pressing the THUMBS UP

or THUMBS DOWN

button on your remote. You can

give a program up to three Thumbs Up (great!) or three Thumbs Down (terrible!).

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.

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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. But 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.

Suggestions List. You can also review a list of TiVo Suggestions:

1. Press the TiVo button to go to the TiVo Central

screen. 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.

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.

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

Any time you choose to record a

program, it automatically gets one

Thumbs Up.

You can turn off auto-recording of

TiVo Suggestions if you prefer. See

page 54.

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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,

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 Go

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.

If you have a home network,

connecting your DVR to it is easy.

See the Start Here poster or page 38 of this

guide for more information.

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.

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The Basics in 5 Short Tours

Get TiVo® Desktop

TiVo Desktop is a software application for your home computer. It allows you to publish digital music and digital photos (which makes them available to your DVR), transfer programs between your DVR and your computer or laptop, and convert TiVo recordings for playback on your Apple iPod or Sony PSP.

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.

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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 Overlap Protection, the DVR automatically clips just enough from one recording to allow both shows to record. Now that’s smart recording technology! See page 53 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:

Press THUMBS UP

while the icon is visible to see options for recording for the program.

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 delete a program. In the To Do List, CLEAR cancels a recording.

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Finding Programs to Record 14

Finding Programs Using a WishList® Search 19

Season PassTM and Repeating Recordings 23

Setting Recording Options 25

Managing Recordings with the To Do List 27

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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

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 on the tuner you’re watching 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.

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 70 for more information.

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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 in 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.

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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 the TiVo Central

screen, select 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.

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.

If you only know one word in the title,

and it isn’t the first word, try a Title

Wishlist search to find the program. See

page 20.

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 ( * ) and

ampersands ( & ) are ignored.

For example, use 6 OCLOCK NEWS to

search for the title “6 O’Clock News.”

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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.

5. 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).

Use a Manual Repeating Recording

to record things like just the opening

monologue of a late night talk show.

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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:

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.

Each time your DVR connects to the

TiVo service, it checks TiVo Central

Online and schedules any recording requests

you’ve made.

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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 the WishList Feature 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.

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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.

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 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.)

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).

When using the asterisk (*), be as

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.

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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.

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Browsing WishList Search Results

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.

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.

As you browse the upcoming

program titles found by WishList

searches, remember that the CHAN UP/

DOWN button pages quickly through lists.

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Season PassTM and Repeating Recordings

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.

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Using the Season Pass Manager

Use the Season Pass Manager to set priorities and resolve conflicts among your scheduled repeating recordings. Say you have a Season Pass to ER and an auto-recording WishList search for movies with Julia Roberts. What if a Julia Roberts movie happens to conflict 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 recording, the Julia Roberts movie will be recorded, and ER will not.

Because the TiVo

Series2TM DT is a dual tuner DVR, recording conflicts should be minimized. If you have a cable box, there are limitations to the DVR’s ability to record two different channels at the same time. See page 107 for more details.

To open the Season Pass Manager, use the TiVo button to go to the TiVo Central

screen and

choose Pick Programs To Record, then Season Pass Manager.

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 Overlap Protection

turned on (see page 53), lower priority recordings will be

clipped instead of canceled when they overlap with higher priority programs by a few minutes.

Canceling a Repeating Recording

To cancel a Season Pass 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.

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