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Chapter 2
Guided Setup
Activating the TiVo
®
Service
To activate the TiVo service, visit the TiVo website at www.tivo.com/activate or call us.
(See Chapter 8 for Customer Support contact information.) When you activate, you will
provide your Recorder’s TiVo service number and choose a billing option.
The TiVo service consists of the program information shown in the guide, features that
use the guide information such as Season Pass
TM
recordings, WishList
TM
searches, and
TiVo Suggestions, as well as Showcases, Online Scheduling, and Service Updates.
Home Media Features. After you activate the TiVo service and complete Guided Setup,
connect your Recorder to a home network! Doing so gives you new ways to use your
Recorder as a digital home entertainment center. Connect to a home network and enjoy:
• Digital Music Player — Use the home entertainment center in your living room to
listen to the digital MP3 music collection stored on your computer.
• Digital Photo Viewer — Use your television to view slideshows of digital photos
stored on your computer.
• Multi-Room Viewing — Record programs in the living room and watch them in the
bedroom. Or vice versa.
For more information about connecting your Recorder to a home network to use these
bonus features, see “Connecting to a Home Network for Home Media Features” on
page 111. For details about using these features, download the Home Media Features
Guide at www.tivo.com/guides.
Activate now! Don’t miss a single day of using the TiVo service.
Your TiVo service number is a
15-digit number found on the label
on the back of your Recorder.
®
The Recorder was designed to be
used exclusively with the TiVo
service. The TiVo service is required for
proper operation of the Recorder. Without
the TiVo service, your Recorder will have
limited functionality. No functionality is
represented, warranted, or should be
expected without a subscription to the
TiVo
service.
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