TiVo General TiVo Discussion Part 2 - Page 140

cnewton2k · 18-04-2011, 22:25

Shame that it does seem like a big mistake!

cupcakes aka dd · 18-04-2011, 22:26

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Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

Is there a global padding setting for all recordings? If the answer is "no" why have they left out such an important feature?

No!

That's insane. I know Eastenders always starts early so every episode I record will miss the beginning. They have got to fix that. No comments about Eastenders please.

TonyHoyle · 18-04-2011, 22:30

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Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

No!

That's insane. I know Eastenders always starts early so every episode I record will miss the beginning. They have got to fix that. No comments about Eastenders please.

Why would that be happen? Just set padding on your series link.

muppetman11 · 18-04-2011, 22:36

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Originally Posted by cupcakes aka dd

No!

That's insane. I know Eastenders always starts early so every episode I record will miss the beginning. They have got to fix that. No comments about Eastenders please.

Could be worse you could have said Big Brother LOL

zantarous · 18-04-2011, 22:40

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate

It does seem to be sporadic when it records in HD, But 19 shows in one day is very good as it seems to be understanding what you want

Yeah and it almost all stuff that I would watch, or rather have seen before, but least now instead of watching endless repeats of Two and Half Men when nothing else is one I can watch ones that were recorded earlier.

swythan · 18-04-2011, 22:42

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Originally Posted by prayforsnow

Just ordered. Brand new customer

For anyone wondering - Â£199 no installation fee. 18 month contract

4th May install date

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Originally Posted by devilincarnate

Good for you and you should be proud as i think that you are the first non VM customer to have got one on this forum

Exact same story for me, but maybe a touch earlier than prayforsnow?

Phoned at 17:40 today whilst I walked home from work and they took my order with no problems (after 30secs on hold while they checked if they could take a Tivo order yet). On the phone for 8 mins, then they called me 10mins later to give me an install date (May 4th) and take my Â£199.95 by Visa. That took another 4mins. Less than 25min in total.

Just as prayforsnow said:
Â£199.95 charge for Tivo (which had to be payed up front)
No installation fee.
18 month contract.
Only other requirement for Tivo was that I had to take TV XL (which I was doing anyway).

Hurrah!

I think I might call back to make sure the installers aren't going to have any issues, though. My house is on a terrace that is at right angles to the street and although I can definitely see that my neighbour (who is nearer the street, and the main CATV access/inspection hatch and green box) has had cable installed at some point, our house doesn't seem to have. There aren't any of the little access hatches, either.

How do they normally run the cable to the house itself?

herby247 · 18-04-2011, 22:59

Installed today, about 1hr and 20 mins all in.
Chap had to install a booster for the tivo signal, seems to be working fine.
The box feels VERY alien to control just now, but i think that will come with time.
It actually feels overwhelming the sheer amount of things it can do, and not really knowing where to start.

Couple of Q's...

1 = Pressing ok brings up the mini guide, and say i ve been watching bbc news for 30 mins, i can rewind that the full 30 mins, how do you go about rewinding the content on the other 2 tuners, or do they have to be recording something to do this?

2 = If for talking sake i set a series link for friends, whats the best option to set, rec new&reruns, new only or everything?

3 = Is there a way to make it JUST rec friends on E4, instead of the EVERY channel friends is on, ie CH4 in the mornings, E4, E4+1 ETC ETC?

Sorry for all the Q's guys, but thanks in advance for the help n tips!

Cheers herby.

cozmic1988 · 18-04-2011, 23:01

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Originally Posted by prayforsnow

Just ordered. Brand new customer

For anyone wondering - Â£199 no installation fee. 18 month contract

4th May install date

Very very jealous! I registered on day 1, 1st December, and got given install date of 12th May!!! First to get TiVo my arse, lol. I even called a few days later to see if they had anything earlier (heard loads of people had called and got earlier dates) and they had nothing.

***sighs***

TheDon · 18-04-2011, 23:02

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Originally Posted by herby247

1 = Pressing ok brings up the mini guide, and say i ve been watching bbc news for 30 mins, i can rewind that the full 30 mins, how do you go about rewinding the content on the other 2 tuners, or do they have to be recording something to do this?

Info, scroll down to the bottom option, and it'll show the other 2 tuners there.

spiderplant · 18-04-2011, 23:12

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Originally Posted by herby247

2 = If for talking sake i set a series link for friends, whats the best option to set, rec new&reruns, new only or everything?

Probably "new&reruns". "New only" wouldn't record anything unless they make a new series of Friends. "Everything" would record lots of duplicates.

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Originally Posted by herby247

3 = Is there a way to make it JUST rec friends on E4, instead of the EVERY channel friends is on, ie CH4 in the mornings, E4, E4+1 ETC ETC?

A Series Link only records on the channel you set it on. A WishList records on all channels.,

herby247 · 18-04-2011, 23:21

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Originally Posted by spiderplant

Probably "new&reruns". "New only" wouldn't record anything unless they make a new series of Friends. "Everything" would record lots of duplicates.

A Series Link only records on the channel you set it on. A WishList records on all channels.,

Thanks, was getting confused with upcoming episodes, thinking it was gonna rec all them, i see the REC sign against the ones that its gonna record now lol.

ottoni · 18-04-2011, 23:23

Getting my tivo tomorrow! between 8 and 1, its weird but been looking forward to this for ages now we are probably going to move up the road to a house in the next week or so, im concentrating more on that at the moment, talk about being stressed!

herby247 · 18-04-2011, 23:24

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Originally Posted by TheDon

Info, scroll down to the bottom option, and it'll show the other 2 tuners there.

Nice one, kept missing it!

How do i change the other 2 tuners?

DaBoz · 18-04-2011, 23:30

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Originally Posted by HDFootyMan

Had a call from VM eariler:

FREE Multi-room baby!

VM: "Hi Sir, would you like to keep your existing V+ HD box for no extra charge?"
Me: "Erm.......OK!"

Can you clarify a few things:
1) do you have TiVo installed yet, or waiting for install?
2) are/were you on XL and L packages only as your profile suggests (i.e. not VIP)
3) did you just have the one V+HD box?
4) have you ever had multi-room?

Seems weird that mid range package users are being offered upgrade to free multi-room (i.e. TiVo plus V+HD)

Boz

spiderplant · 18-04-2011, 23:32

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Originally Posted by herby247

How do i change the other 2 tuners?

Highlight one, then press OK. That will become your current tuner.