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  • Page 1 You can read the Complete Guide to your TiVo box online at ® TiVo QG 04/2011...
  • Page 2 Go discover A quick guide to your TiVo ®...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Go explore Your TiVo remote ® Home screen Discovery Bar Watching live TV Info banner Catch Up TV & On Demand Search & Browse Recording My Shows TiVo Suggestions Parental Controls Apps & Games Help & Settings Accessibility Troubleshooting...
  • Page 4 TV. It’s brilliant isn’t it? And we think you should have more of the TV you love. Your favourite channels. Your favourite shows. TV On Demand and Catch Up as well. But what if we were to take it to the next level…...

  • Page 5: Go Explore

    You can also rate any show with Sounds good doesn’t it? But to really get the Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down ™ ™ to know your TiVo box, get involved and buttons on your remote. see where it can take you.
  • Page 6 Home screen and choose Help. Want to know more? Curious about the buttons on the front of your TiVo box or the wires at the back? Find all the details on this and everything else in the Complete Guide to your TiVo virginmedia.com/help/tivo...

  • Page 7: Your Tivo Remote

    Any recordings that are in progress or scheduled will still take place. To power back up, press again. Want to use your TiVo box remote to control your TV? See the Complete Guide to your TiVo box online at virginmedia.com/help/tivo...

  • Page 8: Remote Buttons

    Takes you to the Home screen Standby Press anytime to start watching live TV Use the arrows to fi nd your way around the guides and menus View the Info banner Select options and view the Opens and closes the TV Guide Mini Guide while watching live TV Use zoom to make the Not in use yet...

  • Page 9: Home Screen

    Home screen The Home screen will take you anywhere you need to go. Ready? It all starts here. Watch while you explore Catch Up TV & On Demand Choose from loads of On Demand TV, The Video Window on the top right of movies and more.
  • Page 10 How to use it 1. Press on your TiVo remote to see the Home screen. 2. To move around the screen, press 3. When you highlight a menu on the left of the screen, the right side of the screen tells you what further options are available.

  • Page 11: Discovery Bar

    8 | 8 | Discovery Bar How about fi nding something you’ve never seen before, without trawling through the listings? Hit the Discovery Bar to fi nd out more. The Discovery Bar: here to help It recommends new things for you to try. There’s a constantly updated list of shows you might like, based on the TV programme that you’re browsing, the...
  • Page 12 How to use it 1. From the top item in the menu, use the arrow to move into the Discovery Bar. When you highlight something in the bar, you’ll see more details about it. 2. Press to move around the bar. 3.

  • Page 13: Watching Live Tv

    10 | Watching live TV Want to watch live TV? We’ve got all your favourite channels to choose from, including lots in super sharp HD. Getting started Mini Guide Live TV is anything that’s being broadcast Want to carry on watching live TV live on any channel, right now –...
  • Page 14 Stop just press the current recording. Worried about missing a show? You can’t set a reminder with your TiVo box. But you can record it and then watch it whenever it suits you from My Shows.

  • Page 15: Info Banner

    12 | Info banner The Info banner is always on hand to let you know what you’re watching and recording. The Info banner appears whenever you Audio change channel, showing you what’s on now and next. Press to go to the full If more than one audio track is available, Info banner and access all this: this icon will be lit.
  • Page 16 How to use it 1. The Info banner appears whenever you change channel. To see the full banner press on your remote. 2. To hide (or reveal if hidden) the banner press 3. Use to scroll through the icons.

  • Page 17: Catch Up Tv & On Demand

    14 | 14 | Catch Up TV & On Demand With TV On Demand, there’s no need for that old TV listings mag – you create your own TV schedule. And we give you Catch Up TV too, because we know what it’s like to miss your favourite show.
  • Page 18 How to watch Catch Up TV Watching Catch Up TV & On Demand from the TV Guide 1. Press 1. Press on your remote. to go to the TV Guide. Select your channel and press 2. Highlight Catch Up & On Demand. to scroll back through the history of shows.

  • Page 19: Search & Browse

    Let’s say you’re in the mood for a thriller. Or a bit of comedy. How about being able to browse by theme or genre, or that actor you really like? Well that’s where your TiVo box can help. Browse all TV Search by title or name You can browse by TV, Movies, Sport or If you’re looking for something specific,...
  • Page 20 5. As you select letters your TiVo box Tips for searching searches all live TV for the next two weeks, and any On Demand shows, to delete individual letters or containing that word. press to remove all letters and 6. When you see what you’re searching start the search again.
  • Page 21 18 | Search & Browse Create a WishList search 6. You can ask your TiVo box to automatically record anything If the actor, director or subject you’re that matches your WishList search. looking for isn’t listed in your search To do this choose Auto-record results, try a WishList search instead.
  • Page 22 Browse the full TV Guide TV Guide Tip The TV Guide shows the next two weeks If you missed a show and want to of live TV and the past week. So, if you fi nd it on one of our Catch Up TV want to take a look around and see channels, you can go ‘back in time’...

  • Page 23: Recording

    So you’ve found all this great telly. How about having it recorded for you? And not just a movie or an episode, but a whole series. Luckily your TiVo box has enough space to store all your favourites. Series Links Your TiVo box comes with a whole terabyte of hard disk space.
  • Page 24 New & Repeats, New Only online and on your mobile, in the Help or Everything. section on your TiVo box. You can also fi nd out how to do this in the Complete Keep until Guide to your TiVo box, available online Decide how long you’d like to keep each...

  • Page 25: My Shows

    My Shows lists all the TV shows that you’ve recorded and also those that your Sorting TiVo box has recorded for you. In no time You can sort your recordings in at all you’ll fi nd that My Shows is full and alphabetical order or date recorded it will continue recording new ones.
  • Page 26 How to delete shows quickly Highlight a show and press to remove it from My Shows. You can always fi nd it again in here , if you decide to watch it after all. If you want to scrap a whole series, press on the series folder.

  • Page 27: Tivo Suggestions

    24 | TiVo Suggestions What if your TiVo box remembered all the things you enjoy? And then made suggestions to help you discover more, so there’s no need to fl ick… fl ick… fl ick. for you. But don’t worry, Suggestions Your box learns what you like the most won’t replace the shows you’ve chosen...
  • Page 28 How to rate 1. You can rate any show – whether it’s live and showing now, recorded, or listed in the TV Guide. 2. If you like it, press on your remote, up to three times if you think it’s brilliant. 3.

  • Page 29: Parental Controls

    26 | Parental Controls You’ve got all this incredible TV, but not all of it’s suitable for everyone. Take control of who can see what with your Parental Controls. Parental Controls Protecting your PIN If you’ve got children in the house, there It’s important that you keep your might be certain channels and shows that PIN number safe and don’t give it...
  • Page 30 3. Select Lock channels. If you lose or forget your PIN, call 150 from your Virgin Media home phone or 4. Highlight the channel you want 0845 454 1111 from any other phone to lock or unlock. and select option two.

  • Page 31: Apps & Games

    Your box has its own broadband connection so it won’t slow down your regular broadband service. And because your TiVo box is hooked up to the internet, you’ll always have the most up to date version of the app.
  • Page 32 Explore the apps 1. From the Home screen, select Apps & Games. 2. Select the app you want to launch via the arrow keys and then press 3. When you’re done, press to go back to the Apps & Games menu.

  • Page 33: Help & Settings

    30 | Help & Settings We all need a little help every now and then. This is where you’ll fi nd it.

  • Page 34: Network Settings

    Help direct to your sofa Network settings For the latest info on using your TiVo box, Your box regularly connects to our cable more on troubleshooting, or topics not network to get updated programme listings covered in this Guide, go to the Help app.

  • Page 35: System Info

    Copyright & Trademarks with an All the details on copyright, trademarks 4. Highlight the message you want to and other details for your TiVo box are here. read and press Diagnostics 5. If the whole message doesn’t You might be asked for Diagnostics...
  • Page 36 2. Choose Clear or Reset set top box. Next time the box connects to the 3. Select Restart or Reset System. Virgin Media network it will gather new 4. Choose one of the available options: programme information. It takes about an hour to complete this process.

  • Page 37: Accessibility

    4. Select Subtitling. Audio Description is only provided by 5. Set subtitles as On or Off. broadcasters on certain programmes but, whenever it is available, Virgin Media 6. Select Finish setting customers can hear it. subtitling options. To turn subtitles on or off while you’re...
  • Page 38 To turn Audio Description (AD) on or off: 1. Select Help & Settings on the Home screen. 2. Choose Settings. 3. Choose Audio. 4. Select Alternate Audio. 5. Select Default Audio Language. 6. Then select the Audio Description. To turn Audio Description on or off while you’re watching a show press then select...

  • Page 39: Troubleshooting

    Home screen on your TV, select Help & Settings then Help. 3. Go online You can fi nd FAQs and also read our Complete Guide to your TiVo box online at virginmedia.com/help/tivo 4. Talk to us Still got some questions? Want to chat things...

  • Page 40: Remote Control

    fl ash. page 20 for more details. 3. The input setting on your TV might not be right. Use the Input, Source or TV/Video button on your TV’s remote control (not your TiVo remote) to change the input.
  • Page 41 All new programme information will be recording may run over? downloaded and organised, and should If your Virgin Media TiVo box sees that be available to search soon. the recording you’re setting up is for a live show (like a sporting event or awards The box says it’s ‘organising...

  • Page 42: Parental Controls

    Virgin Media TiVo service. See page 26 for when a PIN Go to the Home screen, then press is needed. to go back to live TV.

  • Page 43: Your On Screen Icons

    40 | Your on screen icons All shows recorded as Saved on your box’s hard disc. TiVo Suggestions. Saved until you choose to delete it. Deleted shows. You can recover This is a Suggestion. Suggestions any deleted show from this folder...
  • Page 44 Premiere™, XL logo, the Thumbs Up™, logo, the Thumbs Down™, logo, Overtime Scheduler, Overlap Protection, Ipreview, and the sounds used by the TiVo ® service are trademarks or registered trademarks of TiVo Inc. or its subsidiaries, 2160 Gold Street, P.O. Box 2160, Alviso, CA 95002-2160.

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