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Hi just renewed with virgin for another year and was given a free extra TiVo box. I remember reading there were issues with football first red button a while back? Is it fully functional now?

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Yes it is fully functional now Hits.

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Thanks appreciated

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My parents have just returned from a trip to the US , whilst there they saw trailers for a TV show coming this fall called 'Nashville' which they liked the look of. Whilst at their house I set a wishlist up for them so as if the show was picked up in the UK it would auto record , can someone confirm I've done this right and if it should pick it up.

I set title keyword as Nashville , in the Actor section I put Connie Britton who stars in it then set it to auto record however I set episodes to New only is this all correct ?

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Yes, that should work fine; though I would start with it set to "new and repeats" just in case they get the OAD from the US airings and not the UK ones. You can always change it after you have checked the first ep :)

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Thanks Carl , next time I'm up at their house I'll alter it for them , wishlist is a useful feature for instances like this. :tu: can you then change from a wishlist to a series link easy enough if you see it in your planned recordings.

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No problem. You have set it to 'auto-record' as well, right? :p:

I might actually set one up like that for "Continuum", which is a Canadian show I like the sound of :)

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I certainly did :)

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unless sky buys it and puts it on SA to stop vm getting it MM

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:D beat me to it!

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I've occasionaly run into problems (possibly my error) on future shows such as Nashville, when the whishlist has picked the recording up on a non HD channel, but there is an HD version of the channel. I've set up a series link for the HD version and cancelled the recording for the SD channel, and then I've found that planned recordings sometimes show that it won't record the episode on either channel. To avoid the occurence of that, I leave the original whishlist and recording alone and set up a series link for the HD channel and then go to 'Manage my series links' and make the HD series link a higher priority than the whishlist recording (it won't record both). The 'Manage my series links' does take a long time to process changes though. By doing it this way, when, on the odd occasion that a show changes channel, the series link will fail but the wishlist will still pick up the recording.

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In that case they'll have to watch at our house :D , it seems more likely to be an E4 or Sky Living type show though :D

Thanks for that. :)

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Another useful feature my parents have found is the ability to set the amount of episodes to be kept , example they have a SL for the local news however don't always get chance to watch every day and episodes mount up , they've now set to keep 1 episode only and problem solved. :)

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Sounds like you're becoming a fan of the Virgin TiVo muppetman? ;)

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Indeed. I do the same for the NBC Nightly News on CNBC.

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Muppetman, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but somebody has hacked your account. Judging by what's being posted I suspect Carl.

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The master looks like he is being converted.:D;)

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Not at all Andy I've always been balanced , I've frequently jumped in when people have said TIVO is slow and sluggish , my parents have had no issues with their box whatsoever bar a few EPG errors. Wishlists and search are excellent features of the TIVO box , being that I've had BT Vision , V+ , Sky+HD and used TIVO im in a pretty decent place to give my opinion. My parents have had their TIVO since the 15.2 update and it's been pretty rock solid with only one network issue I can think of , that said the same can be said of my Sky+HD.

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I like you better when your prickly. ;-)

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Ladies and Gentlemen, normal service is resumed :D

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I have about 5-6 set like this. It's a really cool feature.

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As usual the great one is as balanced as ever.:D

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Is there any chance that VM will change the recording settings on the Tivo so that when you record a series link the default is “New Only�, not “New and Reruns�. It is so annoying having to change the recording options each time I would like to record a series.
I really cannot see why anybody would want to record New & reruns as default.
It would be nice to be able to set up your own personal defaults for recording options, then everybody can set up the Tivo box to suit their own preference.
The problem is that the show you would like to record may be shown the following day on another obscure channel, then when you check the recordings you have to wade through the duplicates & delete until you find an episode you haven’t seen.

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Series links are channel specific, so what you describe doesn't happen, but I think I'm right in saying that user defined defaults are coming with the next update (don't mention reminders, I mentioned them once, but I think I got away with it!) which is currently being trialled.

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Well, you can set the default padding at least. Not sure about the other settings. Perhaps someone in a testing area will tell us? :)

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Thanks Andy
I still think that “New Only� would be better suited to the default option rather than “New & Reruns�, I must admit I wasn’t aware that the series link were channel specific, my experience was when I first got a Tivo box and I had several instances of the same program recorded, I didn’t know what was a duplicate recording. It may be that things have now moved on as since that particular instance I have always set to “New Only�.
Reminders are good.
I tell you what would also be nice, an indication that a recorded show has been viewed (like on the V+ box), I have a teenage son and he hasn’t quite grasped the concept of deleting a program once you have viewed it.

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Seen the same info.

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On the new software you can change the default to New Only or Everything if you wish. You can also set defaults for Keep At Most and the start and end padding.

Because "New Only" would result in most series not recording at all. Imagine the complaints here!

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How can anything on here be normal:confused:

Sorry MB's post are normal.

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The correct word there is "some" :)

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Does that mean if you set your default to new only and there is a repeat program series that you haven’t seen and would like to record. It would not record, or just would it not record a repeat of the repeat if you know what I mean.

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It won't record it.

It will only record repeats of repeats if you set it to "Everything".

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Thanks Spiderplant, but I think you may have misunderstood me. Will it record that instance of the repeated series if I set it to record, but not any future repeats, or will it not record at all.

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Whichever setting you use it will only ever record one of any given episode within 28 days; unless you set it to "Everything" in which case that's exactly what you get :)

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Oh, I see what you mean. If you set a one-off recording of an episode, it will record that episode. But if you set a "New only" series link on a repeat series it won't record anything.

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Perhaps thats how it is meant to work.We have recorded two repeats the same episodes on consecutive days,recording set to new only ( It was ITV4)

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It is. But no tech. is perfect. Especially that which requires human involvement in its use ;):p:

Incidentally, mine recorded both the afternoon and early evening episodes of "Neighbours" on 5HD yesterday. Never done that before; and I didn't notice it in 'upcoming recordings' either :confused:

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Perhaps the second one was a suggestion;) I have had that happen once or twice.

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As no human was involved in the choice of programme to be recorded.
I guess its a glitch in how ITV "present" it. Set to record new only, not on any other list. Yet this particular episode has appeared 3 times that we recall. :erm::)

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Nope. I don't have them set to record.

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I was referring to the meta-data. Under normal circumstances, the same ep is recorded only once every 28 days. Therefore something must have been wrong with the data for the same ep to be recorded twice in 28 days.

Which is also why I gave the example I did; to prove the point :)

Exactly.

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Two amazing events in one day, Carl & I agree & a strange yellow thing in the sky :cool:

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I think that lasted about ten minutes up here :(

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Still here :)

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I have noticed that the Sky box turns/search the channels over a lot quicker than the tivo.

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Whats that got to do with the sun - O I get it Sun -Sky :p:

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Well, Sky does have 500 or so channels! Our tech is more geared to On Demand and recordings.

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My TiVo seems to have slowed down some what in the last few days.
Olympic channels perhaps ?:erm:

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No such problems here.

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It is not so quick as it was changing channels. Would need a stopwatch to measure it but its noticeable. :(

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There's a thread on the help and support forums about this-one poster suggested TiVo would benefit from a reboot now and again, but I must agree with Carl as I haven't noticed any issues either.

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Will try a reboot - but its not that much of a worry at the moment :angel:

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Got Tivo being installed on Friday, anything I should watch for during installation?

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Celebrity installers.


http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/11...000-000-a.html

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Couple of questions about the TiVo box.

1. If I was watching a programme, say for instance Holby on a Tuesday night, and somebody called me, if I hit record would it record the whole episode, ie from the start of it or just from the point I hit record, like the V+ box at the moment?

2. Is the TV on Demand the same content on the TiVo box as it is on the V+ box, or is it different?

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Yes

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You can rewind anyway.

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You would also get the entire contents of the buffer (however much there was in it) although Tivo would start playback from the start time of the actual show.

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We just pause it. If its a phone call sort of break.

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1. Yes.

2. No, more on TiVo. I player is an internet connected app rather than what they can fit on the headend so there's more BBC content, and some of the Sky stuff is only available in hd on the TiVo.

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Thanks for all the replies, was installed this morning. Very friendly guy, very chatty and gave a through demonstration of TiVo. Felt sorry for him, to connect the second box up he had to get into a thick bush outside the house to get at the cable box outside.

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With 'all these technical' problems that we get on TiVo, As l have had bad problems, How many channels etc does the TiVo carry, and carry it carry much more.

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Arthur, most of us don't get 'all these technical' problems. Mine has worked perfectly satisfactorily since I got it installed. I don't know what on earth has caused the problems you have reported on this forum, but believe me, you must just be unlucky.

Your last sentence, I'm afraid, does not make any sense.

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I think he meant

The answer is that it carries as many as the V+ but I don't know how many more it can carry and whether this is more or less than the V+.

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Thanks spiderplant
I think I would like to see the Tivo box just record the series you want whether a repeat or not as default, and then give you the option of recording any future repeats of a series if you wish.
I cannot quite see the sense in wanting to record a repeat of a series you are now recording , as you can keep the recording & watch as many times as you like.
Anyway done that, does anybody know if the option to burn to a DVD from a recording will be introduced.

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There isn't really a limit. It's like asking "How many roads does your car support?"

You'd run out of channel numbers at 900 channels, but that could be fixed by switching to 4-digit numbers.

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Just rung 150 as many of our channels have been down for about a week...

The woman on the other end said she was surprised I was getting any channels at all as the signal is the worst she had seen on a TiVo box :eek: :p:

Engineer due Wednesday... let's hope he knows what's going on :p:

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I think Bagsy it is because the content providers do not always flag new programmes up as 'New'. So if you didn't have it set for 'New and Reruns' as we are advised to do, some of the episodes from a new series could be missing.

I have noticed when accessing my folders that some programmes are labelled as 'New' and others aren't labelled at all, even though it is a first showing.

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Where do the star ratings come from for movies on Tivo?

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Thanks Ben :)

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As Carl says. As far as it goes mine has worked from day one.:dozey:
What it offers is an other story,but nothing to do with how well it works :erm:

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Why is the iplayer in a diff format on Tivo v V+?

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They're delivered in a different way. The TiVo gets iPlayer down its dedicated broadband connection while other boxes get it down the traditional VOD route.

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With the wish list function, I am recording some old episodes of Holby City for a relative who is coming to stay with me in a week or 2 and she only uses Freeview so is looking forward to the chance to see these old Holby episodes.

However, when I set the list to record only new programmes, it wasn't recording them, but then using New and Re-runs it is taping both episodes in a day, when the lunchtime episode is a repeat of the previous evening's episode. For example, the lunch one is on at quarter to 2, and is a repeat of the episode shown at quarter to 7 the previous evening. So I get the previous evening and the current evening being recorded each day and I have to delete one of the 2 each evening. Is there a way around this problem please?

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That certainly shouldn't happen unless either or both has only a generic synopsis as the box should only record any given episode once in any 28-day period.

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No, they have a detailed description. Well, I say detailed. It gives a 2 sentence summary of the episode.

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I've just tried it with Title Keyword="Holby", and it is working OK for me. It is only planning to record the 18:45 episodes on channel 193, plus a couple of episodes on channel 865. Are you sure you've only created one wishlist, and you've got it set to "New & Repeats"?

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Pretty sure, will double check. Maybe I have accidentally moved it onto Everything by accident.

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Just checked, and I had accidentally moved the arrow to everything when setting a buffer on the series link. Oops. Thanks for the help.

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That is so easily done!

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I've went through 6 batteries in my TiVo remote in the last 7 months. Is this normal? The batteries are of a decent quality.

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It seems to be Chad as l have the same problem.

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You both have other issues then - on just my second set in a year, and even that I consider to be slightly excessive.

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how much do you guys use them :erm:

Tivo coming up to a year old still working on batteries that came with it.

V+ has batteries that are at least 5 years old & still working

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l use it a lot so thats probably why the batteries go quicker one suspects.

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I reckon my biggest usage is skipping through the adds as it takes a minimum of 8 button presses per add break.

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Sorry 8 per ad break ? Unless I am not thinking correctly - Quite Den !!.

3 to "speed up " 1 to bring back play ;)

Do that all the time-Never watch an ad,;) even if I only start record to pick up show around 15 minutes later:D

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He said skipping, not fast-forwarding. ;)

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Fair comment. In my defense we always say skip the adverts -but we fast forward ! not sure I have ever tried "skip" to be honest not sure I would even know how too.:)

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Hi there

I've had my Tivo box for a couple of months now. One minor irritation. When I partially watch a recorded programme and stop it, the V+ box had an option to resume viewing from the point you stopped at. The Tivo will only allow me to watch from the begining again. Not the end of the world I know, but annoying when you have to fast forward a couple of hours through a longer programme.

Am I missing something obvious?

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Highlight it in my shows and press play rather than OK. It will start from where you left it.

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I always have the option to resume from where I left off, or from the begining.

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What passingbat said...

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Andy M - thanks, I'll try that.

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It should work if you press OK. That's the way I usually do it and then you have the option of resume or play from the begining. I don't know why it isn't working for you.

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But to simply resume it's easier (and quicker) to just press 'play' :)

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Very true, but I was pointing out that if there isn't the resume option when pressing OK, then there is a problem.

I tend to press OK out of habit, but sometimes remember to press Play.

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I started out doing the same thing he is I think pressing the wrong choice. Not home but if you go back in you have a choice its the left hand button - if I recall. That is however questionable !

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Definately when I press OK, it only gives me the option to watch again from the beginning. I'm at work atm, so will play around with it when I get home.

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When you see that option, press right and then down to see available options which should be "resume" and "from beginning" (or something like that).

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Well that's just weird :confused: I wrote the above in good faith as I was sure that's how it worked but I just tried it and..... nothing :eek: Just the "from beginning" option.

I have to say that I very rarely use that option so was going from memory so can only assume I am remembering incorrectly :confused:

Sorry! :(

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When searching for a person, it says to do First Name then a comma then Last Name. How do I do a comma?