Tivo Premiere 4/XL4 Viewer's Guide
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TiVo® Remote Control The TiVo button takes you to the TiVo Central® screen, the starting Live TV/Swap takes you to live TV. If you’re watching live TV, use it to swap tuners. point for all your TiVo features and settings. Info shows the channel banner while watching live TV; press it again to make it disappear. If programmed, TV PWR turns your TV or A/V receiver on/off. See page 74 for more information. Guide takes you to the program guide, where you can find shows to watch or record. Press it again to clear the guide. Use Input to select the input (such as TiVo box, DVD player, game system) your TV displays. Use Select to choose menu options or shows to record. TiVo Use Zoom to change aspect ratio of shows on your TV. Use the Arrow Buttons to navigate the TiVo menus and the program guide. ® Premiere 4/XL4 Viewer’s Guide If programmed, Volume controls the volume on your TV or A/V receiver. Use the Channel Up/Down buttons to change the channel and to page up or down while in the program guide or TiVo menus. 4 If programmed, Mute turns the volume on your TV or stereo on or off. Press Record to start recording the show you’re watching, or to set up a Use the Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down buttons to rate shows for TiVo recording for a show selected in the program guide. Suggestions. You can give up to three Thumbs Up (great!) or three Thumbs Down (terrible!). In TiVo with HD menus, you can also use the THUMBS UP button to mark any video provider, category, or collection as a favorite. Play starts playing a show from the My Shows list. When you are using 4 pause, rewind, fast-forward or slow, pressing Play will resume playing at normal speed. Rewind rewinds a show. Press it up to three times for three speeds. When a show is paused, press Rewind to go back frame-by-frame. Fast-Forward fast-forwards through a show. Press it up to three Pause freezes a show. Press it again to resume playing. times for three speeds. When a show is paused, press Forward to advance frame-by-frame. Slow plays a show in slow motion. Advance moves forward in 30-second increments; press and Replay repeats the last 8 seconds of the show. Press and hold to jump to the beginning hold to jump to the end of the show. While viewing a recorded of a show. show, press Advance to jump to the next tick mark when fast-forwarding or rewinding. In TiVo with HD menus, the buttons sort and filter views. Look for the onscreen tips. Enter/Last returns you to the last channel tuned to in live TV. In the program guide, press Enter/Last to see Guide Options. Use Number buttons to enter channel numbers. Clear removes the display of the channel banner or program guide, and deletes titles from the My Shows or To Do list. SDOC-00138-002 A1 Glossary of icons Customize your TiVo® remote On-Screen Menus and the Remote Control My Shows Some buttons on your TiVo Premiere 4/XL4 To navigate the TiVo® Premiere 4/XL4’s on-screen (Green) This show will be saved until you delete it. Plain folder – contains more than one episode of the same series. remote are programmable: menus, use the remote control’s arrow buttons TV POWER to move to the option you want, then press SELECT. (Yellow circle) In less than three days, this show may be deleted to make Folder with red or blue dot – contains a show that is currently room for other recordings you have requested, but only if space is TV INPUT The LEFT arrow button often takes you to the needed. recording (red) or downloading/transferring (blue). previous screen. VOLUME & MUTE (can control sound (Yellow circle with exclamation point) In less than one day, this show may Folder with white star – contains one or more shows recorded by a on your TV or A/V receiver) be deleted to make room for other recordings you have requested, but WishList search. only if space is needed. To program your TiVo Premiere 4/XL4 Two Types of On-Screen Arrows Highlight Bar Folder with Suggestions icon – contains all shows recorded as TiVo remote, press the TiVo button to go to the (Yellow triangle) In less than three days, this show will be deleted due to Suggestions. TiVo Central® screen and select The arrows that appear beside or near copyright restrictions. ‘Messages & Settings,’ then ‘Settings,’ the highlight bar show the directions it ® This show is a TiVo Suggestion. TiVo Suggestions are recorded then ‘Remote, CableCARD, & Devices,’ then can move. For example, on this screen, (Yellow triangle with exclamation mark) In less than one day, this show only if space is available, and are the first to be deleted when space you could press the RIGHT arrow to view ® ‘Remote Control.’ Follow the easy will be deleted due to copyright restrictions. is needed. on-screen instructions. details about the highlighted title, or the LEFT arrow to go back to the previous Format TiVo box – for a TiVo box connected to your network. (Red) This show is currently being recorded. If you have a Premiere XL4 remote control, screen. it has the ability to “learn” functions from other remotes. See the “Settings” chapter Arrows near the (Blue) This show is currently downloading or transferring. Page Up Highlight Bar for instructions and for more information Arrow about your remote control. To Do List and View Upcoming Episodes When you see page up or page (These icons appear beside shows scheduled to be recorded or downloaded.) down arrows at the top or bottom of the screen (or a list), press the (Red) Show will be recorded as an individual recording (not part of a (Blue) Show will be downloaded as an individual download (not part CHAN UP/DOWN button to jump ® ® Season Pass recording or WishList search). of a Season Pass download). an entire page at a time. (Red) Show will be recorded as part of a Season Pass recording. (Blue) Show will be downloaded as part of a Season Pass download. CHAN UP/DOWN Page Down Button Show will be recorded as part of a WishList search. Arrow PremiereSeries_VG.book Page i Monday, June 18, 2012 5:20 PM Welcome PremiereSeries_VG.book Page ii Monday, June 18, 2012 5:20 PM This Viewer’s Guide describes features of the TiVo® service running on the TiVo Premiere 4/XL4 Digital Video Recorder. Your use of this product is subject to TiVo's Service Agreement and Privacy Policy. Visit www.tivo.com/policies for the latest versions. Patented. U.S. pat. nos. at www.tivo.com/patents. © 2012 TiVo Inc. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. TiVo, the TiVo logo, TiVo Central, WishList, Season Pass, TiVoToGo, the Jump logo, the Instant Replay logo, the Thumbs Up logo, the Thumbs Down logo, Overtime Scheduler, Overlap Protection, Swivel, the TiVo Circle logo, and the sounds used by the TiVo service are trademarks or registered trademarks of TiVo Inc. or its subsidiaries worldwide, 2160 Gold Street, P.O. Box 2160, Alviso, CA 95002- 2160. Amazon, Amazon.com, and the Amazon.com logo are registered trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. CableCARD is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the Double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. 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All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. ii PremiereSeries_VG.book Page iii Monday, June 18, 2012 5:20 PM Table of contents Using this guide . .iv Video providers . 62 Photos, music, Showcases, & apps . 66 Chapter 1: Quick tours . 1 Quick tour - the TiVo Central® screen . 2 Chapter 5: Settings . 69 Quick tour - My Shows . 4 Channel settings . 70 Quick tour - Watching live TV . 7 Network settings . 72 Quick tour - Streaming or transferring shows . 11 Remote control settings . 75 Device settings . 77 Chapter 2: Finding shows . 13 Messages . 79 Using the guide and mini-guide to find shows . 14 Account & system information . 80 Finding & recording shows using TiVo with HD menus . 16 Restart or reset system . 81 Finding & recording shows using TiVo with SD menus . 19 Standby . 83 Recording by time or channel . 21 Recommended shows . 24 Chapter 6: Troubleshooting . 85 Season Pass® recordings . 27 Creating WishList® searches . 28 Appendix A: Safety, FCC info, front/back panels, & specs Finding shows online . 31 99 Managing recordings . 33 Safety instructions . 100 FCC statement to the user . 103 Chapter 3: Watching shows . 39 Front panel reference . 104 Moving around with the status bar . 40 Back panel reference . 105 Getting information with the channel banner . 42 Specifications . 107 Setting a show’s recording options . 44 Customizing your video, audio, and display . 46 Appendix B: Copy Protection, Warranty, & Licensing 109 Parental Controls and KidZone . 51 Copy protection and the TiVo® service .