TiVo Recording a daily series

Gemini43 · 26-10-2012, 19:15

Hi Folks,

I thought I had sussed how to record a series on my new Tivo box. That is until I tried to record something that was on at the same time each day! When I tell it to record anything weekly and click on 'Express Series Link' it's fine (although even though I've got it set to record only new shows, it still sets the repeats to record and I have to delete them) but the series link doesn't seem to work with daily shows! Am I doing something wrong, or is this a fault with the box?

toady · 26-10-2012, 19:53

You are doing something wrong, SWMBO has the lunch time episode of Neighbours being recorded each day, but the later showing on the same channel is ignored

Its set to New and Reruns. It was a series link from the TV guide

spiderplant · 26-10-2012, 19:59

Which programme is it? It could be an error in the guide data. It's very unlikely to be a fault with the box, and it's probably not you either

andy_m · 26-10-2012, 20:39

Which show is it. It works for the Daily Show, and some of the guide data for that is shocking.

Gemini43 · 26-10-2012, 21:02

It's only for a week. It's on all next week on ITV 3 and called Marchlands. When I clicked to record the first one on Monday and then selected 'Express Series Link' nothing happened. It was just set to record normally with no little 'rs' on it to indicate the series link. Then when I got to the next day, it didn't show as having been set to record. In 'My Planned Recordings' there was no series link for this show at all. Everything else I set to record; weekly shows; showed a series link, but not this daily one. In the end, I've just set the show to record each day.

spiderplant · 26-10-2012, 21:20

That's odd. It works fine for me.

Try deleting the planned recording, then go to Home->Settings->Network and make a connection. Wait half an hour then try setting up the series link again.

Gemini43 · 26-10-2012, 21:47

Thanks. I'll try it just once more and if it still doesn't work, I'll give your suggestion a go.
(By the way, what's 'SWMBO'?)

kop32 · 27-10-2012, 06:21

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Originally Posted by Gemini43

Thanks. I'll try it just once more and if it still doesn't work, I'll give your suggestion a go.
(By the way, what's 'SWMBO'?)

http://bit.ly/wjtdUA ......

Gemini43 · 27-10-2012, 11:14

That was very clever! How did you do it?

By the way, a thought struck me about the daily recording. I have my series links set to record only new shows. Marchlands isn't new, so could that be the reason it won't record as a daily series? I set things to 'New' because otherwise all the repeats of every series of a particular show records as well.

arcimedes · 27-10-2012, 11:47

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Originally Posted by Gemini43

By the way, a thought struck me about the daily recording. I have my series links set to record only new shows. Marchlands isn't new, so could that be the reason it won't record as a daily series? I set things to 'New' because otherwise all the repeats of every series of a particular show records as well.

Yes thats right. I just did a test of setting up a series link for Marchlands (using express link) and found that it didnt set every episode to record as some clashed with other series being recorded (need 4 tuners

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Gemini43 · 27-10-2012, 12:23

Well in my case, there weren't any other programmes being recorded at the same time, so that wasn't the reason. I'll have another play around with it later on. (I feel as if I've had the Tivo Manual up to here at the moment!)

spiderplant · 27-10-2012, 12:57

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Originally Posted by Gemini43

Marchlands isn't new, so could that be the reason it won't record as a daily series? I set things to 'New' because otherwise all the repeats of every series of a particular show records as well.

Yes, you've hit the nail on the head. If you ask for "New Only", it literally does that - programmes that aren't flagged as "new" won't record. You need "New & reruns". Annoyingly there isn't a way to say "this series only".

Gemini43 · 27-10-2012, 13:32

Yes, I thought it was possibly that. I shan't bother to try and set it up again now. I've already set each day to record separately. It would be great if there was an option to use "New & Reruns" for individual series recordings without having to alter the universal settings though wouldn't it? Because I mostly only want new series. It would be a pain to have to change the universal settings just for the odd re-run of something. Oh well.............!

oliver1948uk · 27-10-2012, 14:33

My daily episode of THE BILL is generally recorded properly on Watch, even though the same episode is repeated the next day (but it only records it once).

However, a couple of weeks ago it went wappy and recorded everything twice and on two days recorded Emergency Bikers instead of the Bill! However, I suspect this was a mistake at Watch rather than Tivo.

THE BILL is the only show I MUST SEE. Why did ITV drop it? Big mistake in my opinion.

spiderplant · 27-10-2012, 15:22

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Originally Posted by Gemini43

Yes, I thought it was possibly that. I shan't bother to try and set it up again now. I've already set each day to record separately. It would be great if there was an option to use "New & Reruns" for individual series recordings without having to alter the universal settings though wouldn't it? Because I mostly only want new series. It would be a pain to have to change the universal settings just for the odd re-run of something. Oh well.............!

You can do that. Instead of using Express Series Link, use Explore This Show, then Get a Series Link, then Options.

Or if you've already used Express Series Link, go to Manage my Series Links, and change the options from there.