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Completing Guided Setup

After connecting your Recorder to your TV, you need to complete Guided Setup, which should take less than one hour. (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 through this chapter for help. (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 about your program source (antenna, cable, or satellite) and equipment setup. That way, you only have to complete the steps that apply to your particular setup.

•Guided Setup requires two phone calls. Try to complete Guided Setup when you don’t need to use the phone line for an hour or so.

After completing Guided Setup, you can watch live TV, play and record DVDs, and use TiVo Basic service features to control live TV. You will have to wait a few hours while the Recorder organizes program information before you can schedule recordings.

In addition, your Recorder needs to connect periodically to the TiVo service to keep your program information current—using either a phone line or a broadband connection to the Internet (after you have completed Guided Setup, see chapter 8 for more information about connecting to the TiVo service through a shared broadband connection).

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If you can’t find the help you need in

®this chapter, please refer to the

Installation Guide for Customer Support contact information.

If you need to use the phone during

®either of the setup phone calls, pick up your telephone, wait a moment, then hang it up and wait about forty-five seconds. The Recorder hangs up, and the next time you pick the phone up there is a dial tone. You will need to re-initiate the Guided Setup phone calls later.

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