TiVo SDOC-00091-002 Tour Three Your List of Recordings, Program Information, Now Playing Tips

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New TiVo DVRs have tutorial videos on the Now Playing List

corresponding to the Tours in this chapter.

Icons to the left of the program’s title tell you the recording’s current status. See the Glossary of Icons on the inside back cover for details.

The Basics in 5 Short Tours

Tour Three: Your List of Recordings

All the programs recorded by your TiVo® DVR appear on the Now Playing List—your complete list of recordings. No more searching through unlabeled videotapes!

1.To go to the Now Playing list, press the TiVo button twice, or select Now Playing List from the TiVo Central® screen. Your new DVR may already contain some short programs.

2.Highlight any title on the Now Playing List (even a program that’s still recording) and press PLAY. The program plays from the beginning.

Program Information

If you prefer, you can highlight any title in Now Playing and press SELECT to see the program information screen, which offers these options:

•Play or Resume playing (if you’re returning to a partially watched program).

•Keep until... By default, programs you record are saved until space is needed for new recordings. The oldest ones may be deleted to make room for new recordings. However, you always have the option to keep a program for as long as you want. Just select Keep Until...

and on the next screen you can choose Keep Until I Delete, or specify that the program be kept until at least the date you choose.

•Delete Now or Stop Recording (if recording is in progress.)

•Save to VCR. See page 35 for details.

Now Playing Tips

•From any program information screen, press INFO to see program details.

•When a program ends, you have the option to delete it. If you don’t delete it, the program is available to watch again from the beginning on the Now Playing List.

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