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Tour Two: Find and Record Programs
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Recording from Live TV. The quickest way to record a program, is to just press the RECORD button while you are watching live TV. After the confirmation screen, the program begins recording, including however much of it has already been saved.
The TiVo Live Guide
Your Recorder's program guide, called the TiVo Live Guide, lets you see what's on up to three days in advance, change channels, schedule recordings, and
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.
On the left side of the guide is a list of channels and current programs. A blue highlight shows you where you are in the guide. A description of the highlighted program appears at the top of the guide. To the right is a list of upcoming programs on the current channel.
Choosing a Program. See something you'd like to watch? Press the UP and DOWN arrows to move the highlight to a new channel. (Notice that the description at the top and the list on the right change.) Then press
Be sure your Recorder is connected
®to a phone line or a home network with a shared Internet connection. This keeps it connected to the TiVo service so you always have
Looking Ahead. While the highlight is on the left side of the guide, press the FWD ( 
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button to see thirty minutes ahead. Press BACK ( 
) to see thirty minutes back. It’s a quick and easy way to scan upcoming programs on a lot of channels at once.
Press RIGHT arrow to move the highlight to the right side of the guide, then press DOWN arrow a few times. UP and DOWN arrow move through the list of upcoming programs on the current channel. CHAN UP and CHAN DOWN jump quickly through the list.
Recording a Program. You can schedule a recording of any program you see in the guide by highlighting it and pressing RECORD. Yes, it's just that easy!
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