Set “Phone Avail.” Detection. When Set ‘Phone Avail.’ Detection is on, the Recorder can determine whether the phone line is in use by detecting voltage on the line. This allows it to avoid disrupting a call in progress (such as another modem call).
This setting is off by default. With ‘Phone Avail.’ Detection off, you may hear a click if you are on the phone when the Recorder tries to connect. If you have another modem call in progress (on your computer or other device), that call may be disrupted if the Recorder attempts to connect to the TiVo service. If you have a standard dial tone, and ‘Phone Avail.’ Detection is off, turn on Dial Tone Detection (below).
If you are experiencing “Failed, Line unavailable” errors, or if the Recorder is not connecting to the TiVo service, you may have a
Set Dial Tone Detection. This setting is on by default. If you leave it on, the Recorder will check for a dial tone before it starts dialing. However, if you have a
Restore previous options. The Recorder must make a successful test connection before it will accept changes to Phone Dialing Options. If you want to restore your previous dialing options and continue past this screen without making a test connection, select “Restore previous options.”
Recording
The Recorder offers you four levels of Video Recording Quality. The choice you make on this screen is used each time you schedule a recording.
The recording quality choices available are Extreme (Fine), High (SP), Medium (LP), and Basic (EP). The default is High (SP). Basic (EP) quality takes up about
S e t t i n g s
With Dial Tone Detection and
®‘Phone Avail.’ Detection both turned off, if you happen to be talking on the phone when the Recorder tries to call you will hear the modem dial and try to connect to the TiVo service.
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With TiVo Plus service, you can set
®the video recording quality independently for each recording you schedule.
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