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Using This Guide
Getting Started
1. Connect your Recorder using the Start Here booklet and the Installation Guide.
2. Complete Guided Setup following the steps provided in Chapter 1 of this guide.
When you’ve finished these two steps, you’re ready to use the TiVo Basic service. Take the
tours in Chapter 2 of this guide, then read Chapters 3, 4, and 5.
Basic terms. The following are definitions of some basic terms used in this guide:
DVR. Your Pioneer DVD Recorder with TiVo is both a TiVo Digital Video Recorder
(DVR) and a DVD recorder. Because they refer to those features of the Recorder that
are part of the TiVo service (either TiVo Basic or TiVo Plus service), the Privacy Policy
and Service Agreements (page 147) use the term DVR to refer to the Recorder.
Live TV. If you’re watching a program as it’s being broadcast, you’re watching live TV.
With TiVo, you can also watch recorded programs or watch “behind” live TV (for
example: if you pause live TV, then come back later and watch from the paused spot).
Icons. These are graphic symbols used by the TiVo service to provide information
about options you can select. You’ll find a glossary of icons on the inside back cover.
Program Information screen. With TiVo Basic, you see Program Information screens
when you select titles in Now Playing or the To Do List. From the Program Information
screen, you can select actions and view a description of the program. With TiVo Plus,
the Program Information screen is available whenever you select a program from a list.
Service Terms. This User’s Guide refers to both the TiVo Basic service and the TiVo Plus
service. For purposes of convenience only, the term“TiVo service” is sometimes used to
refer to information that applies to both TiVo Basic and TiVo Plus.
You will see important and helpful
notes and tips in this side column.
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Notes at the bottom of some pages
show you how to find the screen being
described. For example, page 28 describes the
To Do List. At the bottom of the page you see
TiVo Central Pick Programs to Record To
Do List. This note means you can find the To
Do List by going to TiVo Central, selecting Pick
Programs to Record, then To Do List.
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This is a Program Information screen. It
has a description of the program and a list
of actions you can select. On a Program
Information screen, press INFO to see the
Program Details screen, which often has
even more information about the program,
such as actors, writers, producers, etc.