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The TiVo
®
Premiere box gives you total control of the TV
programming you love. But Premiere is so much more than
a DVR—it also connects to the Internet and gives you access
to an entire universe of movies, TV shows, web videos and
streaming music.
Press the TiVo button on your
TiVo remote control to get to TiVo
Central
®
, the starting point for all of the
amazing features at your fingertips!
For even more instructions on using your
TiVo box, be sure to visit www.tivo.com/howto.
Welcome to
TiVo
®
Premiere
IMPORTANT: Register your TiVo box at tivo.com.
Write your TSN number here so that you have it handy in the future.
TSN # ____________–____________–____________–_____________
Got questions? Here’s how you can always find answers:
• Find detailed instructions on how to use the many features
of your TiVo box at tivo.com/howto.
• Use the Help screens on your TiVo box. Go to Settings & Messages > Help.
• Contact your cable provider for customer support.
Finding and recording shows
Season Pass
®
recordings: Record every episode
of a show. Just select Get a Season Pass from a show’s
Information screen. You can even choose options like
First run only.
Search: Find what you love to watch.
From the TiVo Central screen, select Find TV, movies &
videos, then select Search. Enter a few letters of the
show title or actor name, and the TiVo service searches
across TV and broadband to find matches.
Guide: Find out what’s on TV now or later!
Press the Guide button on your TiVo remote to find what’s
on right now, and what’s coming up. Use the arrow keys
to move around the guide. Press FORWARD and
BACK to move right or left one page at a time. Press
ADVANCE to move 24 hours ahead and REPLAY
to move 24 hours back.
WishList
®
searches: Find shows that match
your areas of interest.
Search by actor, director, keyword or category, and every
time a show’s title or description matches your criteria,
it’s recorded for you. From the TiVo Central screen,
select Find TV, movies & videos, then select WishList
saved searches.
Collections: Find shows based on genre or category.
From the TiVo Central screen, select Find TV, movies & videos,
then select Browse TV & movies.
Watching Shows
Live TV: Return to live TV at any time.
Press the LIVE TV button on your TiVo remote to
watch live TV. Press LIVE TV again to switch tuners.
My Shows: All your recorded or downloaded programs.
My Shows is the first menu item on the TiVo Central screen.
Here you’ll find all of your recorded and downloaded
shows and all of your TiVo recommended shows (TiVo
Suggestions).
Hint: You can get to the My Shows list by pressing the
TiVo button
®
on your remote control twice.
Parental Controls: Controlling access is easy.
Restrict access to shows based on rating or simply restrict
certain channels. From the TiVo Central screen, select
Settings & Messages > Settings > Parental Controls.
Note: You must be using TiVo with SD menus to use
Parental Controls. If you try to enable Parental Controls
while using TiVo with HD menus, you will be prompted to switch.
Getting recommendations
Discovery Bar: Get personalized recommendations.
The Discovery Bar is the bar of thumbnail images across the top of TiVo Central
and most other TiVo with HD menus screens. The Discovery Bar helps you find
new shows based on what your TiVo Premiere knows you already like! And it
doesn’t contain only shows. You’ll also find thumbnails for
actors, collections of related shows, and more. Press the UP
arrow to move up to the Discovery Bar, then the LEFT
and RIGHT arrows to move around. Press SELECT
on an image that interests you to open an information
screen about that item.
TiVo Suggestions:
Record shows that match your preferences.
Based on the ratings you give to shows and movies, TiVo Suggestions
automatically selects and records new content for you. It’s a great way to make
new discoveries. Don’t worry, TiVo Suggestions won’t
override your own recordings or steal valuable disk space.
If you choose to auto-record TiVo Suggestions, you’ll find a
list of recorded TiVo Suggestions in you’re My Shows
list. TiVo Suggestions are marked with a Suggestions
icon.
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