The Status Bar - TiVo Media Device Manual

3 Watching Programs
Press the CLEAR button to hide the
status bar, the program guide, the
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channel banner, and anything else that is
not part of the program.
You can only rewind live TV up to 30
minutes, or to the point where you
last changed the channel on that tuner
(whichever is less). When you change the
channel, you skip ahead to the current time
on the new channel and start saving again.
If you're behind live TV and watching
something you still want to see, you should
avoid changing the channel.
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The Status Bar

When you press PLAY, PAUSE, FORWARD, or BACK, the status bar appears at the bottom of
the screen. In live TV, the status bar represents one hour and the white tick marks are 15
minutes apart. In recorded programs, the bar shows the program's length. The tick marks are 15,
30, or 60 minutes apart depending on the length of the program.
The green segment represents the part of the program saved by the media device. The media
device automatically saves up to 30 minutes of live TV. You can move backward and forward
through the saved portion of a live program.
In live TV, the right edge of the green segment represents the current time. A white vertical line
shows where you are in the recording. If the white line is anywhere back in the green segment,
you're behind live TV. If you're behind live TV, press ADVANCE
The white line indicates
where you are now.
Status Bar for live TV
Status Bar for a two-
hour recording
Tick marks (15 min. apart)
Tick marks (15 min. apart)
This symbol shows you This end is where you
are controlling live TV catch up with live TV and
(here, live TV is paused). the current time.
This shows that the BACK button
has been pressed twice.
to catch up.
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This recorded program
is two hours long.