To Upgrade Legacy Tivo Desktop To Tivo Desktop Plus For Pc; To Transfer Recordings To The Pc - TiVo T6 Product Support Handbook

To upgrade legacy TiVo Desktop to TiVo Desktop Plus for PC

1. Choose File > Desktop Plus Upgrade
2. Enter the TiVo Desktop Plus key, and then click Next.

To transfer recordings to the PC

1. Choose File > Pick Recordings to Transfer, or click Pick Recordings to Transfer in the
main TiVo Desktop Plus window.
2. Set up automatic transfers for a series by choosing the program, and then clicking Auto-
Transfers this Series.
3. Choose Start Transfer.
4. To view the remaining time when transferring a recording, click Transfer Status or
choose View > Transfer Status.
Digital copyright restrictions
Not all programs can be transferred using TiVo Desktop Plus, due to the use of copy protection
mechanisms permitted under the FCC encoding rules. Some shows cannot be transferred because of
the copy protection assigned them by the program provider. These shows usually are marked with a
symbol.
Copy protection is displayed as CCI-bytes. For details on the CCI-byte values that affect digital
content, see TiVo box diagnostics on page
To summarize, a recording can be set to one of the following protection levels:
Copy-freely—Can be transferred

Copy-once—Cannot be transferred

Copy-never—Viewable for 90 minutes after transmission and not transferable
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