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Old 06-04-2011, 16:24   #350
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Re: General TiVo Discussion Part 2

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Originally Posted by spiderplant View Post
Not sure where the full guide is, but basically you use the thumbs buttons to exclude words, make them optional or mandatory. Put a space between for exact phrase matching. Add a * at the end for partial match. (You can put * in the middle, but it treats it as the end of a word. so "H*I" will find Have I Got News For You but not Hawaii Five-O)

There doesn't appear to be a minimum length, but "Find Upcoming Programmes" can take a couple of minutes if there are many matches. Not an issue in real life.

I think you have to use * to find plurals etc.
Wow, that is pretty impressive search functionality for a home entertainment product!
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