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TIVO DVR & MINI QUICK GUIDE

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  • Page 1 THE TIVO SERVICE ® FROM COGECO TIVO DVR & MINI QUICK GUIDE...
  • Page 2 TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® © 2017 TiVo Inc. Reproduction of all or any portion of this Quick Guide All other company, product, brand names, and trademarks are the without TiVo’s express prior written permission (in each instance) is properties of their respective owners.
  • Page 3 The TiVo service from Cogeco platform or on Android 4.1 or greater platform where content requires the subscription to the rental of a TiVo box, Cogeco High rights permit does not require an Internet connection while a...
  • Page 4 DVR & MINI WELCOME...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    QUICK TOUR - PARENTAL & PURCHASE CONTROLS QUICK TOUR – USING THE GUIDE AND MINI-GUIDE QUICK TOUR – MANAGING RECORDINGS & ONEPASS QUICK TOUR – COGECO ON DEMAND QUICK TOUR – APPS QUICK TOUR – THE COGECO TIVO APP TROUBLESHOOTING...

  • Page 6: Using This Guide

    — anything designed to receive TV signals, including the connected TiVo DVR). With the TiVo Mini, you can watch live TV, TiVo DVR. A tuner picks one channel to display; it “tunes” to that search and browse for shows, watch shows saved on your TiVo channel.
  • Page 7 TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® information provided by the TiVo Service from Cogeco powers the program guide, allowing you to search for shows, and more. Searching for shows (and more!) for more information. CableCARD Decoder. A CableCARD decoder allows your TiVo DVR to receive digital cable channels without a cable box.

  • Page 8: Quick Tour - The Tivo Central Screen

    To get to the TiVo Central screen from live TV or any TiVo screen, just press the TiVo button at the top of your TiVo remote control. Use the Up...
  • Page 9 ® DISCOVERY BAR The Discovery Bar is the bar of images across the top of the TiVo Central screen and many other TiVo menu screens. What you’ll see in the Discovery Bar depends on you! Often, the Discovery Bar displays ideas for shows you might like based on what shows you record and mark as your favourites.

  • Page 10: Quick Tour - My Shows

    My Shows list from any menu screen or from live TV, just press the TiVo button twice. (Just press it once if you’re already on the TiVo Central screen.) You can also access your streaming apps from the bottom of the My Shows list (beneath individual shows and group folders).
  • Page 11 Quick tour – Streaming videos to learn more. • TiVo Suggestions: If you have auto-recording of Suggestions turned on, any recorded Suggestions appear here. • WishList® searches: If your WishList searches are set to auto-record, any matches will When you highlight the group be added to a WishList folder.
  • Page 12 TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® • Recently Deleted Recordings Contains recently deleted recordings that are available for recovery. A show’s title may appear in more than one group. When you delete a show in one folder, the title also disappears from any other group.
  • Page 13 TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® PROGRAM DETAILS SCREEN You can highlight any show in My Shows and press the Select button to see the program details screen. Options on this screen will vary depending on the program, but may include: •...

  • Page 14: Quick Tour - Onepass™ Searches

    (e.g., San Francisco, Stanford), nickname (e.g., Giants, Bears), or abbreviation (e.g., NFL, NCAA, UCLA). Forget about knowing when or game will be airing or wondering which streaming video service has a series available: the TiVo Service does it for you, so you can start watching right away! And here’s even better news: streaming videos and on-demand videos don’t take up any...
  • Page 15 Rent or buy: Decide whether to include episodes that need to be rented or purchased before viewing. (The TiVo Service from Cogeco will not rent or purchase the items for you; you will have the option to rent or purchase them at the time of viewing.) If your OnePass includes recordings, the following options are also available: Record: Skip reruns or watch them all? Choose “New only”...
  • Page 16 TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® You can cancel the recording of any episode in a OnePass by highlighting the title in the To Do List and pressing the Clear button . You can delete the entire OnePass or change its options using the OnePass Manager (see Using the OnePass Manager for more info).

  • Page 17: Quick Tour - Streaming Videos

    ® QUICK TOUR – STREAMING VIDEOS When you look for movies or individual episodes of series using the TiVo menus, your options will include videos available to stream from Cogeco On Demand and other video providers -- no need to switch to a different catalogue or app! When you find a streaming video, choose “Watch now”...

  • Page 18: Quick Tour - Finding Shows

    HOW, you might see matches for the TV show “How I Met Your button to go to Search. Mother,” the Cogeco On Demand movie “How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days,” and the director Ron Howard. Results are sorted by popularity, with better matches higher in the list.

  • Page 19: Recommended Shows

    RECOMMENDED SHOWS With all the programming available to your TiVo box, sometimes you might want some recommendations. The TiVo Service from Cogeco is here to help: the Discovery Bar and TiVo Suggestions put a variety of recommendations at your fingertips.
  • Page 20 ® THE DISCOVERY BAR The Discovery Bar appears at the top of most TiVo screens. What you’ll see in the Discovery Bar depends on you! Often, the Discovery Bar displays ideas for shows you might like based on what shows you record and mark as your favourites. For example, if you watch the show “The Voice,”...
  • Page 21 WISHLIST SEARCHES On a TiVo DVR, a WishList search finds shows that match your search criteria on any channel you receive — and it keeps on searching for as long as you keep the WishList search. You can search for something specific by creating a WishList search with multiple criteria: for instance, you might create a WishList search for actor George Clooney, category Movies, and sub-category Action.
  • Page 22 ® CREATING A WISHLIST SEARCH Creating a WishList search is simple: 1. On a TiVo DVR, from the TiVo Central screen, choose “Search, OnePass, & Manage,” then “WishList Searches.” 2. Select “Create a new WishList Search.” 3. Next, start choosing criteria for your WishList search. You can choose any or all of the...
  • Page 23 TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® 5. The TiVo Service from Cogeco automatically assigns a name to your WishList search. To assign a different name, select “WishList Name.” 6. When you’re finished entering search criteria, select “Done creating this WishList Search.”...
  • Page 24 TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® Conflicts See a list of shows that can’t be recorded because they conflict with other shows scheduled to be recorded at the same time. If you want to be sure that all matching shows are recorded, give the auto-recording WishList search a high priority in the OnePass Manager.

  • Page 25: Quick Tour - Watching Live Tv

    The green segment shows the portion of the hour that has been saved by your TiVo 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.

  • Page 26: Changing Channels

    CHANGING CHANNELS To move one channel at a time, press the Ch Up/Down button To go to a specific channel, use the number buttons on your TiVo remote, then press the Enter button . (If you don’t press Enter, the channel changes automatically after a few seconds.) To jump back to the previous channel on the same tuner, press Enter again.
  • Page 27 “Explore this show” for more choices. RECORDING THE SAVED PORTION On the TiVo DVR, up to 30 minutes of the current channel’s broadcast is always being saved, even when you’re not recording. When you change channels, the TiVo DVR clears the saved portion on the tuner you’re watching and starts saving again on the new channel.

  • Page 28: Quick Tour - Quickmode

    TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® QUICK TOUR – QUICKMODE ™ It’s not fast-forward, it’s QuickMode! QuickMode lets you watch a recorded show 30% faster, while also letting you hear what everyone is saying. QuickMode is available while you’re watching a recorded show, or if you’re “behind” live TV (for instance, if you have rewound a show that’s airing live).

  • Page 29: Quick Tour - Parental & Purchase Controls

    WishList searches, or when browsing; all adult content in My Shows and the guide will be hidden, as well as the adult category in Cogeco on Demand. You will need to enter your Parental Controls PIN to watch or record a show on an adult channel.
  • Page 30 DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® Turn on Parental Controls Use the number buttons on your TiVo remote to enter a four- digit password, then enter the same password again for confirmation. Turn off Parental Controls Enter the password, and press the Select button .

  • Page 31: Quick Tour - Using The Guide And Mini-Guide

    — the Guide button on your TiVo remote. You can choose to display the guide as a grid, or use the TiVo Live Guide (shown here). When you’re viewing the guide, press the button to display Guide Options and choose the view you want.
  • Page 32 TiVo DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® CHOOSING CHANNELS FOR THE GUIDE You can use the Guide Options screen (press the button) to choose which channels to display in the guide. All Display all channels available, even channels you don’t receive. My Channels Display only the channels that are checked in the Channel List (recommended).

  • Page 33: Quick Tour - Managing Recordings & Onepass

    QUICK TOUR – MANAGING RECORDINGS & ONEPASS On your TiVo DVR, the To Do List shows all your scheduled recordings and lets you change recording options or cancel recordings. The OnePass Manager prioritizes all your repeating recordings and lets you manage conflicts and set options.
  • Page 34 DVR/Mini Quick Guide ® To view the OnePass Manager, on a TiVo DVR, from the TiVo Central screen choose “Search, OnePass & Manage,” then “OnePass Manager.” Use the Up/Down arrows to highlight a repeating recording, and press the Right arrow to highlight the arrows to the right of the title, then use the Up/Down arrows to move the selected title up or down in the list.

  • Page 35: Quick Tour - Cogeco On Demand

    This will take you to the main screen of available content. To select an on-demand video: 1. On the main Cogeco On Demand page, you’ll see a list of categories (like “My Rentals” or “Films”) to choose from. Highlight the category you wish to browse and press the Select button 2.
  • Page 36 Left arrow . Partially and completely viewed videos are stored in the “My Rentals” folder for the rental period from the Cogeco On Demand library. You can watch them again at any time. See Watching a saved video for information on watching a video saved in the “My Rentals”...

  • Page 37: Quick Tour - Apps

    ® QUICK TOUR – APPS Your TiVo box has access to an impressive array of movies, TV shows, short videos, and music from your favorite apps. Shows and movies from providers like Netflix appear in your results when you browse or search the TiVo menus. You can access your applications by selecting “Apps &...

  • Page 38: Quick Tour - The Cogeco Tivo App

    QUICK TOUR – THE COGECO TIVO APP With the Cogeco TiVo app, you can stream live TV and recorded shows to your smart phone or tablet, whether you’re home or on the go! You can even transfer recorded shows to your mobile device to watch later -- great when you know you’ll be without an Internet...

  • Page 39: Troubleshooting

    Netlfix and others. WHAT IS THE TIVO SERVICE FROM COGECO? • Think of TiVo Service from Cogeco as the brains behind your WON’T THAT TAKE UP ALL THE DISK SPACE ON MY TiVo box. Your TiVo box uses the program information...
  • Page 40 • No. Streaming videos and Cogeco On Demand videos are not subscribe to are marked with a yellow check. Compare the stored on the TiVo box, so they do not take up any disk space. channel list to the list of channels in your TV package.

  • Page 41: Recording Shows

    • Yes, you can watch a show as it is being recorded. You can also on your TiVo box, but also how much space will be needed in watch any show from the My Shows list while other shows are the near future to record all the shows you have scheduled.
  • Page 42 You’ll be less likely to encounter conflicts and less likely to run out of space in the My Shows list. • Make sure the TiVo box is connecting to the TiVo Service from Cogeco. Check the status from TiVo Central by choosing WHAT HAPPENS IF A LIVE EVENT I HAVE “Settings &...

  • Page 43: Audio And Video

    Letterbox bars (at the top and bottom) and side bars may be program information will be downloaded and organised, and added to a show by the broadcaster, by your TiVo box, or by your will become available to search in about one to five hours.
  • Page 44 TV and TV remote and try changing the input setting. & Messages,” select “Audio & Video,” then “TV Aspect Ratio.” • Use the RESOLUTION button on the back of your TiVo box to • Check your TV’s owner’s manual for information about how it cycle through the various video output formats.

  • Page 45: Parental Controls

    TiVo box by unplugging the power cord, waiting 15 seconds, and plugging the power back in. • The cables you are using to connect your TiVo box to your TV or other equipment may be damaged or defective. Try exchanging the cables connected to the TiVo box with other cables that you know are working properly.
  • Page 46 Live TV takes you to live TV. If you’re watching live TV, the starting point for all your TiVo features and settings. use it to cycle through the tuners. If programmed, TV Pwr turns your TV on or off.
  • Page 47 The Left arrow button often takes you to the remote. This means that the remote can previous screen. control your TiVo box even if the box is not in direct line of sight with the remote (for instance, if it is behind a cabinet door).
  • Page 48 If they are correctly positioned, try a new set of batteries. If the activity light on the remote does ash, but the lights on the front of the TiVo box do not respond to the remote, restart your TiVo box by unplugging it, waiting 15 seconds, then plugging it back in.
  • Page 49 Other TiVo boxes on your home network. recordings you have requested, but only if space is needed. TiVo Suggestion. TiVo Suggestions are recorded only if space is ® available, and are the rst to be deleted when space is needed.

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