| Q. |
I have
read that there is a way to get TIVO to do a 30 second skip? |
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While
you are playing back a recording, enter the following:
Select-Play-Select-3-0-Select...if you enter those six keys, it
turns the "Skip To End" key on the remote to a 30-second
skip key. so from that point on, just press that one button and it
will skip 30 seconds. |
| Q. |
How Do I Turn Off
or Change the Volume of Tivo "Boink" Sound Effects? |
| A. |
Software version 5.0
and later: From TiVo Central, select Messages & Setup; then
Settings; then Audio; then Sound Effects Volume. On the Sound
Effects Volume screen select Off, Low, Medium, or High |
| Q. |
Should I turn off
my TiVo at night? |
| A. |
First, the TiVo is meant to be running all
the time. The thing is meant to allow you to “set it and forget it”
(to steal a catchphrase from some infomercial that I remember
watching long before I had a TiVo)…so if you ask it record
something that happens to be on at 1:30 a.m., it will record. If you
shut the TiVo down, it can’t record. So our advice: Never
routinely pull the plug. |
| Q. |
Is there any way to
determine the space or recording time left on the TIVO? |
| A. |
If you are running Windows and have a
network connection to your TiVo
running version 7.1 or newer then TiVoPlayList
will give you an estimate of free space and recording time left. It
also shows a Pie Chart of your TiVo's disk usage. It does help to
know the size of your hard drive, but it will monitor that itself
and remember the max size it sees used as your TiVo fills up. |
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| Tip |
Put your TiVo on a surge supressor or UPS.
Make sure it protects the telephone line as well. Also, if you are
using plain cable or antenna, put that through the surge suppressor
as well. Search the forum for recommendations. They aren’t very
expensive. |
| Tip |
Don't forget the wildcard character when
creating a wishlist. It is the SLOW button. Example, a wishlist for
Muppet* catches the Muppet Movie and the Muppet Show since they are
singular. It also catches Muppets Take Manhattan since Muppets is
plural. |
| Tip |
REMOTE SHORTCUTS: Shortcut keys I
find the most convenient: TiVo + 2 takes you to the To Do List. TiVo
+ 4 takes you to Pick Programs By Title. TiVo + 8 takes you to
suggestions. |
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TiVo Central
TiVo - Now Playing
1 - Season Pass Manager
2 - To Do List
3 - Search Using WishLists
4 - Search By Title
5 - Browse By Channel
6 - Browse By Time
7 - Record Time/Channel
8 - TiVo's Suggestions
9 - Showcases
0 - Play the cartoon intro sequence
Program List Screens
CHAN UP/DOWN - Page Up/Down. Look for up and/or down arrows with
underline along the right of screen.
PLAY - Starts highlighted recording. (Now Playing only)
CLEAR - Jumps to delete confirmation panel. (Now Playing, To Do
List, Season Pass, and WishLists)
Program Information Screens
CHAN UP/DOWN - Shows previous/next program title. Look for up and/or
down arrows with underline along the right of screen.
DISPLAY - Shows more detailed program information, such as bit
actors, Original Air Date.
PLAY - Starts recording. (Now Playing only)
CLEAR - Jumps to delete confirmation panel. (Now Playing, To Do
List, Season Pass, and WishLists)
Text Input Screens
0 - Starts at the top of the list. (Search by Title and
Actor/Director WishLists only)
FWD - Inserts a space.
BACK - Backspace
CLEAR - Clear the entire field.
SLOW - Enter the wild card symbol (*), means it will match any word
that starts with the previous letters. (Keyword and Title WishLists
only)
PAUSE - Quotes (") to limit search results to explicit word
combinations.
Special Characters - Hyphens (-), slashes (/) and periods (.) should
be replaced by spaces. Any other marks, such as apostrophes ('),
asterisks (*) and ampersands (&), are ignored.
Live TV
LIVE TV/GUIDE - Press once to enter Live TV from Tivo menus and
again to bring up Program Guide, once again to return to Live TV.
DISPLAY - Press once to display the Channel Banner in its large
version. Press again to remove. RIGHT ARROW also works when no
banner is visible.
RIGHT ARROW - Pressing RIGHT arrow while the banner is visible
cycles between a small, medium and large version of the banner, each
with a different amount of information. This sets the size of banner
displayed while changing channels.
CLEAR - hides graphics that aren't part of the program (status bar,
channel banner, Tivomatic). Helpful when picture is paused to see
entire screen.
FWD - Fast Forward with three speeds (3x, 20x, 60x). Acts as single
frame forward when pause or slow in effect.
BACK - Rewind with three speeds (3x, 20x, 60x). Acts as single frame
back when pause or slow in effect.
RECORD - To record the program you're watching. This will also
include any earlier part of the program that is in the Live TV
buffer. The recording will stop automatically when the program ends.
You can stop it before that by pressing the RECORD button.
ENTER/JUMP - jump back to the last channel you were on, same tuner.
DOWN ARROW - Jump to alternate tuner. Also available from the large
channel banner.
Live TV Program Guide
DISPLAY - Shows panel to change guide attributes, including guide
style to DirecTV Grid or Tivo Live Guide.
BACK/FWD - DirecTV Grid Only: Page Left/Right to view past/future
program schedule in 1-½ hour increments. Tivo Live Guide Only: When
cursor is on the right side panel, listing programs for a specific
channel, use as single channel up/down.
UP ARROW - Tivo Live Guide Only: On the right side panel, listing
programs for a specific channel, use UP ARROW to view past program
schedule, as much as remains in the guide database.
Tivomatic
This Icon appears during a commercial for upcoming programs. Also
works in recorded programs.
THUMBS UP or SELECT - Will bring up Program Information Panel for
upcoming program in ad.
Music Channels
DISPLAY or RIGHT ARROW - brings back song information after screen
saver kicks in after 5 minutes of no remote activity. |
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