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Chapter 8
Connecting to a Home Network
Introduction
This chapter shows you how to connect your Recorder to a home network. You should do
this if:
• You want to use the Music and Photos and/or Multi-Room Viewing features of Home
Media Option. See Chapter 7 for more details.
• You want to eliminate regular use of a phone line. The Recorder can use an always-on
broadband Internet connection (for example, DSL or a cable modem) that is part of a
home network for the Remote Scheduling feature of Home Media Option, and to
connect to the TiVo service. It will still need a phone line during Guided Setup.
In addition, with an always-on broadband connection, you can use Remote Scheduling
for any program airing more than an hour after you request it. (If your Recorder is
using a phone line, processing a Remote Scheduling request can take up to 36 hours.)
Even if you do not have a home network, you can still connect multiple Recorders to each
other to use the Multi-Room Viewing feature of Home Media Option. This setup is
described online at www.tivo.com/support.
If you do not already have a home
network and you want to learn how
to create one, Linksys — a leading
manufacturer of wireless and always-on
Internet connection networking
equipment — provides valuable
information on its web site at:
www.linksys.com/support/.
Other online resources also describe the
steps and types of equipment used to set
up a home network. You can try going to a
popular search engine like Google
(www.google.com) or Yahoo
(www.yahoo.com) and typing the phrase,
“setting up a home network” in the search
field. You will obtain a number of search
results (links) that will help you set up
your home network.
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