The Basics in 5 Short Tours
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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.
Before you begin, take a few
moments to make sure the TiVo
DVR’s video settings are optimized for your
TV. From the TiVo Central® screen, select
Messages & Settings, then Settings, then
Video. See page 56 for more.
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Fine-tune your HD viewing! Use the
ASPECT button on the TiVo
remote control to change how the picture is
displayed on your TV. See page 56 for
more.
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See page 30 for more on the status bar.