Tour One: Playing With Live Tv - TiVo Media Device Manual

1 The Basics in 5 Short Tours
Before you begin, take a few
moments to make sure the TiVo
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Media Device's video settings are
optimised for your TV. From the TiVo
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Central screen, select Messages &
Settings, then Settings, then Video. See
"Video Settings" in Chapter 5 for more.
Fine-tune your HD viewing! Use the
ASPECT button on the TiVo
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remote control to change how the picture is
displayed on your TV. See "Aspect
Correction Mode" in Chapter 5 for more.
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Tour One: Playing with Live TV

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When you're watching a program as it's broadcast, you're watching live TV. In this tour, we'll
take a look at how you can control live TV. So turn on your TV and grab your TiVo
Press the LIVE TV button to go to live TV from any TiVo screen.
Moving Around in Time
1. First, press the PAUSE
When you pause live TV, you see a status bar
showing a one-hour period. The green segment
shows the portion of the current hour that has
been saved by your media device. The white line marks your current point in time. When the
white line is back in the green segment, you're "behind" live TV.
Whenever you change channels, the saved portion of the old program is cleared, and the
media device starts saving the program on the new channel.
2. Press PLAY
program rewinds. Press BACK a second time to rewind faster, and a third time to go faster
still! Press BACK a fourth time (or press PLAY at any time) to return to normal speed.
3. Press PAUSE
Press BACK to move a small step back. Press PLAY to resume watching at normal speed.
4. Press the INSTANT REPLAY
for when you miss a great sports play or a bit of dialogue, or for when you fast forward too
far.
button. You can pause live TV for up to 30 minutes!
to continue watching the program. Next, press BACK
once more, then press FORWARD
button. The program jumps back 8 seconds—useful
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See "The Status Bar" in Chapter 3 for more on this bar
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to move a small step forward.
remote!