DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEMS: FUNDAMENTALS
WHAT’S IN THIS BOOK? HOW TO USE THIS BOOK DON’T READ THESE PARTS HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED PART I: BEFORE BUYING YOUR TIVO PART II: USING THE TIVO PART III: THE HOME MEDIA OPTION PART IV: UPGRADING AND FIXING YOUR TIVO PART V: THE PART OF TENS ICONS USED IN THIS BOOK WHERE TO GO FROM HERE PAUSING LIVE TV CONTROLLING YOUR OWN INSTANT REPLAYS PUTTING YOUR TELEVISION TO WORK ZIPPING PAST THE COMMERCIALS TIVO’S SWEET LITTLE GIFTS TIVO AND YOUR HOME COMPUTER SAVING SHOWS TO VCR OR DVD BURNER JUST WHAT DOES TIVO LOOK LIKE? WHAT YOUR TIVO NEEDS PAYING FOR THE TIVO SERVICE HOW THE TIVO SERVICE WORKS ITS MAGIC HOW CAN I STEAL THE TIVO SERVICE? THE TIVO BOX STANDALONE TIVO DIRECTV TIVOS DVD PLAYER/RECORDER TIVOS CHOOSING THE RIGHT TIVO FOR YOU THROWING IN THE TOWEL AND CALLING A PROFESSIONAL INSTALLER IDENTIFYING YOUR CABLES AND CONNECTORS, CONNECTING A VCR AND OTHER ACCESSORIES BETWEEN TIVO THE THREE STEPS TO INSTALLING TIVO AND CHOOSING THE HIGHEST QUALITY PLACING TIVO NEAR YOUR TV SET CONNECTING TIVO TO YOUR PHONE LINE CONNECTING TIVO TO YOUR TELEVISION SIGNAL HOOKING UP TIVO WITHOUT A SATELLITE OR CABLE BOX CONNECTING TIVO WITH A CABLE OR SATELLITE BOX LETTING TIVO CHANGE CHANNELS ON A CABLE OR SATELLITE BOX ROUTING THE SOUND AND VIDEO TO TIVO AND YOUR TV CONNECTING TIVO’S SOUND TO YOUR STEREO AND YOUR TV RECORDING ONE SHOW WHILE WATCHING ANOTHER LIVE SHOW PREPARING FOR TIVO’S GUIDED SETUP KNOWING YOUR REMOTE COMPLETING ONSCREEN GUIDED SETUP AGREEING TO TIVO’S TERMS ACTIVATING THE SERVICE TELLING TIVO ABOUT YOUR LOCATION LETTING TIVO MAKE ITS FIRST SETUP CALL CHOOSING YOUR DIAL-IN NUMBER TELLING TIVO YOUR TELEVISION SETUP TELLING TIVO ABOUT YOUR BOX AND CONNECTIONS LETTING TIVO MAKE ITS FIRST PROGRAM CALL FINE-TUNING TIVO’S REMOTE MAKING TIVO’S REMOTE CONTROL THE POWER, VOLUME, AND MUTE SWITCH OF YOUR TV (OR STEREO) SEARCHING FOR REMOTE CODES TURNING ON AND WATCHING LIVE TV RECORDING LIVE TV PAUSING AND RESTARTING LIVE TV INSTANT REPLAYS AND SLOW MOTION FINDING YOUR PLACE IN THE STATUS BAR VIEWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOW YOU’RE WATCHING CHANGING CHANNELS VIEWING AND RECORDING THROUGH THE CHANNEL GUIDE WEANING YOURSELF FROM LIVE TV LIVE TV REMOTE SHORTCUTS CREATING A SEASON PASS TO RECORD A SERIES UNDERSTANDING THE NOW PLAYING LIST’S GREEN, YELLOW, TIVO’S SUGGESTIONS AND YOUR THUMBS UP ENTERING LETTERS AND NUMBERS USING THE REMOTE CREATING WISHLISTS TO RECORD FAVORITE THINGS HANDLING SCHEDULING CONFLICTS WITH THE SEASON PASS MANAGER MANAGING YOUR RECORDING SPACE CHECKING TIVO’S LIST OF UPCOMING RECORDINGS MANUALLY RECORDING BY TIME, DAY, AND CHANNEL FINDING INTERESTING SHOWS TO RECORD RECORDING MOVIES YOU MISSED AT THE THEATER MAKING WISHLISTS WORK FOR YOU BROWSING TIVOLUTION MAGAZINE FOR SHOWS WATCHING RECORDED TV WITH TIVO TIVO’S NOW PLAYING LIST AND EXCLAMATION POINT ICONS USING THE STATUS BAR IN RECORDED SHOWS SAVING RECORDED SHOWS TO A VCR AND THUMBS DOWN BUTTONS RECORDED TV REMOTE SHORTCUTS FINDING TIVO’S SETTINGS AND PREFERENCES MENU TURNING OFF THE REMOTE’S BEEPS WEEDING OUT UNWANTED CHANNELS AND ADDING THE FAVORITES READING TIVO’S MESSAGES CHANGING TIVO’S PHONE NUMBER AND DIALING OPTIONS BLOCKING CONTENT WITH PARENTAL CONTROLS CUSTOMIZING THE CHANNEL BANNER DISPLAY CHANGING THE DEFAULT VIDEO RECORDING QUALITY MAKING TIVO STOP RECORDING SUGGESTIONS UNDERSTANDING THE HOME MEDIA OPTION KNOWING WHAT HOME MEDIA OPTION REQUIRES SETTING UP A HOME NETWORK AND CONNECTING TIVO TO WIRE OR NOT TO WIRE: CHOOSING BETWEEN A WIRED OR WIRELESS NETWORK BUYING AND INSTALLING THE RIGHT NETWORK ADAPTERS PLACING A ROUTER AT THE NETWORK’S CENTER CONNECTING TIVO TO THE HOME NETWORK PURCHASING THE HOME MEDIA OPTION INSTALLING TIVO DESKTOP ON YOUR COMPUTER TROUBLESHOOTING THE HOME MEDIA OPTION SCHEDULING RECORDINGS THROUGH THE WEB PUBLISHING MUSIC AND PHOTOS TO TIVO VIEWING DIGITAL PHOTOS ON TIVO PLAYING MP3S ON TIVO SHARING SHOWS BETWEEN TWO TIVOS TIPS AND SHORTCUTS FOR MUSIC AND PHOTOS ORGANIZING YOUR COMPUTER’S FILES FOR TIVO ORGANIZING YOUR OWN MUSIC FILES TAGGING YOUR FILES CREATING YOUR OWN PLAYLISTS ORGANIZING PHOTOS ENHANCING TIVO PUBLISHER WITH OTHER PROGRAMS MOODLOGIC FOR TIVO J RIVER MEDIA CENTER JAVA HOME MEDIA OPTION (JAVAHMO) ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ALBUM 2 0 AND PICASA FIXING WRONG CHANNEL LINEUPS TIVO DOESN’T LIST MY CHANNELS CORRECTLY TIVO DOESN’T LIST THE RIGHT SHOW DESCRIPTIONS FOR MY CHANNEL TIVO RECORDS THE WRONG SHOW CONTROLLING YOUR TV’S (AND/OR STEREO’S) POWER AND VOLUME WITH TIVO’S REMOTE FINE-TUNING TIVO’S SUGGESTIONS TROUBLESHOOTING VIDEO PROBLEMS TIVO DOESN’T DISPLAY ANY VIDEO THE VIDEO LOOKS GRAINY TROUBLESHOOTING SOUND PROBLEMS CHANNEL CHANGING PROBLEMS KEEPING TIVO FROM CHANGING CHANNELS DURING LIVE TV SOMETIMES TIVO WON’T CHANGE CHANNELS ON MY CABLE BOX! EXAMINING THE RECORDING HISTORY SOLVING PHONE PROBLEMS FORCING TIVO TO MAKE A PHONE CALL KEEPING TIVO FROM CALLING LONG-DISTANCE NUMBERS I NEED MORE STORAGE SPACE! GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR TIVO TIVO’S NETWORK IP ADDRESS AND SIGNAL STRENGTH CHECKING TIVO’S RECORDING HISTORY CHECKING TIVO’S AVAILABLE STORAGE SPACE SETTING UP TIVO WHEN YOU MOVE RESTARTING OR RESETTING TIVO, OR STARTING FROM SCRATCH UNDERSTANDING YOUR UPGRADE OPTIONS AND RISKS BUYING A HARD DRIVE UPGRADE KIT OPENING YOUR TIVO REMOVING THE OLD DRIVE ADDING THE NEW DRIVE REPLACING TIVO’S CASE MAKING SURE TIVO WORKS TIVO’S OWN WEB SITE WEB LINKS TO TIVO FAN SITES TIVO COMMUNITY FORUM TIVO FAQ (WWW TIVOFAQ COM) PVR BLOG (WWW PVRBLOG COM) TIVO HACKING SITES THE UNOFFICIAL TIVO HACKERS SITE TIVO WEB PROJECT JEFF KEEGAN’S “HACKING TIVO” SUPPORT SITE LINKS TO UPGRADE KIT VENDORS WEAKNEES 9TH TEE ENTERPRISES PTVUPGRADE KEEPING AWAY FROM LIVE TV RECORDING LIVE SHOWS ON-THE-FLY RECORDING A SHORT PORTION OF A LIVE SHOW CUTTING COMMERCIALS FROM LIVE TV RETURNING TO A PAUSED SHOW RECORDING DIGITAL CABLE MUSIC STATIONS TOGGLING BETWEEN TWO LIVE SHOWS LETTING SHOWS SCROLL OFF NATURALLY FAST-FORWARDING 30 SECONDS AT A TIME REPEATING MISSED DIALOGUE CREATIVE USES FOR CLOSED CAPTIONING PLAYING OR DELETING SAVED SHOWS QUICKLY SAVING RECORDED SHOWS TO A VCR MAKING SURE TIVO DOESN’T MISS THE VERY END (OR BEGINNING) OF YOUR SHOWS AUTOMATICALLY RECORDING TV PREMIERES AVOIDING OVERFLOWS FROM TV SHOW MARATHONS NAVIGATING MENUS MORE QUICKLY RECORDING MOVIES OR SHOWS WITH FORGOTTEN NAMES SETTING UP TIVO FOR VACATIONS RECORDING SPORTS EVENTS SHARING TIVO WITH A ROOMMATE SAVING SPACE WHEN RECORDING LONG SHOWS BUY A SECOND REMOTE SETTING PARENTAL CONTROLS APPROPRIATELY SCHEDULING CHILDREN’S SHOWS ADDING CURRENT SCHOOLWORK TO WISHLISTS HIDING THE REMOTE FROM CHILDREN AND GUESTS THE SHOW IS CURRENTLY BEING RECORDED THE TIVO DVR NEEDS TO CHANGE THE CHANNEL THE RECORDER IS NOT GETTING A VIDEO SIGNAL THE DVR CANNOT DISPLAY LIVE TV PLEASE ACTIVATE SERVICE A PROBLEM OCCURRED WHILE ACCESSING THE SERVER READ NEW TIVO MESSAGES AND SETUP PRESS THUMBS UP TO RECORD ERROR CODE: ERROR #32 BLACK SCREEN TIVO AUTOMATICALLY SEARCHES FOR SHOWS TIVO OFFERS A SEASON PASS TIVO OFFERS A WISHLIST A STANDALONE TIVO WON’T RECORD IN DOLBY 5 1 SOUND TIVO’S A TIME-TESTED TECHNOLOGY YOU OWN TIVO THE DVR LETS YOU WATCH ONE SHOW LIVE AND RECORD ANOTHER SIMULTANEOUSLY CHAPTER 20: TEN BIG DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SERIES DIFFERENCES IN THE TIVO CENTRAL MENU DIFFERENCES IN THE NOW PLAYING MENU DIFFERENCES IN THE SYSTEM INFORMATION SCREEN LIMITATIONS OF SERIES 1 TIVOS