Cogeco Tivo Quick Tips Guide

TiVo Quick Tips Guide
Explore your new TiVo® Service
only from Cogeco
Discover the most personalized TV experience
TiVo® Service gives you total control of the TV programming you love and it’s
so much more than a DVR! With an Internet connection you have access to
an entire universe of movies, TV shows, web videos and streaming music,
plus an App Store.
Press the TiVo button on your TiVo remote
control to get to TiVo Central®, the starting
point for all of the amazing features
available with TiVo!
Finding and recording shows
Search & Record
Not all searches are created equal.
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 TiVo searches across live TV,
OnDemand, DVR Recordings and Netflix to find matches.
When you find something you like, select it to see the
show’s information screen, then choose Get this show.
You can record a single episode (select Record next
episode) or every episode in the series (select Create
a OnePass).
OnePass Recordings
Never miss your favourite shows.
Set up OnePass and your TiVo Service will gather every
episode for you, including streaming shows from Netflix,
DVR Recordings, live programming, plus content from
Cogeco On Demand all season long and earlier seasons if
you choose. From TiVo Central select Manage Recordings and OnePass, then select OnePass Manager.
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
ADVANCED to move 24 hours ahead and REPLAY
to move 24 hours back.
WishList ® searches
Expand your entertainment horizons.
Search by actor, director, keyword or category and every
time a show’s title or description matches your criteria, it’s
recorded for you. To get started from the TiVo Central
screen select Find TV, Movies & Videos, then select
WishList searches.
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. While
watching live TV, you can pause, rewind, and play the
video in slow motion.
My Shows
All your recorded or streaming programs.
My Shows is the first menu item on the TiVo Central
screen. Here you’ll find all of your recorded and
streaming 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.
Discovery Bar & Suggestions
TiVo finds shows you’ll love.
This is no ordinary TV-watching experience. Only TiVo
service keeps track of your likes and dislikes and makes
suggestions accordingly through the Discovery Bar at the
top of most screens and the TiVo Suggestions folder
under My Shows.
You Can Do Even More
Watch Netflix right on your TV!
To start enjoying Netflix on TiVo, simply sign in to your
Netflix account from your TiVo box. All available Netflix
titles are integrated into the search tool and
recommendations.
You'll never have to press the "Input" button on your
remote control again!
Watch these titles now on Netflix.
Your favourite entertainment apps are baked right in.
Shows, movies and music all on one device. With TiVo,
you'll have access to an entire universe of On Demand
movies and TV Shows. Enjoy thousands of titles from
Netflix and Cogeco On Demand, plus you can play
YouTube videos around the house. Browse Facebook,
Twitter™ and other apps right on your TV.
Enjoy the TiVo experience everywhere you go.
Stream live or recorded shows to
your mobile device, so you can
keep up with your favorite shows
from anywhere in your home. You
can even transfer shows onto your
iPad, iPhone or Android device to
take with you.
Download the Cogeco TiVo
App today in the Apple App
Store or Google Play Store.
Watch Anywhere
&
Apple
Watch Live TV and recordings
in your home
Schedule and manage your
recordings from anywhere
Control Your TV with the virtual
remote control
Stream live and recorded
content at Home
Easily transfer DVR recordings
to take with you on the go
Android
Create a Custom
Channel Lineup.
Return to the show
you were watching.
Hide the
Live Video Menu.
Faster
Fast Forward.
Turn TiVo Suggestions
On or Off.
It’s easy to minimize the
number of channels in your
program guide. Simply access
your channel lineup and select
channels. From the TiVo
Central e screen select
Settings & Messages, then
Settings, Channels.
If you go to TiVo Central •
while watching a recorded
show, you can return to your
show by pressing the Zoom
button. If you want to return
to live TV, just click the Live
TV button.
If you don’t want to see the
show you were watching in
the live video window in TiVo
Central , just press the Slow
button to hide it. Want it to
reappear? Just hit the Slow
button again.
Press the Fast-forward button
and you’ll begin scrolling
through a show. Want to go
faster? Press Fast-forward
again. Really want to move
through a show? Press the
Fast-forward button a third
time. Press the Rewind button
in a similar fashion to access
three speeds of rewinding.
TiVo Suggestions will automatically record programs
that it thinks you will like. To
turn Tivo suggestions on or
off: From the TiVo Central
select Settings & Messages
> Settings > Recording >
TiVo Suggestions.
The Re-Zoom button.
Make Frequent Use
of the TiVo Button.
Most TiVo users know that
when on the Guide, clicking
the “Zoom” button will
resume the show in the
upper right-hand corner.
Get it? Re-zoom. Resume.
Just a little shortcut secret
between you and your DVR.
When you pick up your
remote, the first button you
should press is the TiVo
button . It takes you to TiVo
Central, your TV's new homepage. From here, a world of
instant entertainment is at
your fingertips.
Train Your TiVo.
Teach TiVo what shows you
love and what you don't.
Your TiVo will listen and learn
- and make even better
recommendations. Simply
press the Thumbs Up or
Thumbs Down buttons up
to 3 times to say how much
you really love or dislike a
show.
Highlight Yes to record TiVo
Suggestions, or No to turn
them off, and then press
Select.
Record a Series or
Multiple Episodes
with OnePass.
It’s easy with the OnePass
function. From the guide,
Select a show that you want
to record »select option
"OnePass and Other options",
then "Create OnePass". If you
want to change the parameters of your OnePass, select
“Options”.
Use Your Tuner
Swap to the Max.
Watch two shows live without
skipping a beat. Say you’re on
one tuner in real-time, selecting Live TV allows you to
switch to another tuner where
you’re free to rewind and
fast-forward another show.
You can switch back to the
other tuner and rewind to
catch up on what you missed.
It’s a sports fan favorite.
Skip the Ads or
Catch That Replay.
Find Your
Lost Remote.
Recover a
Deleted Show.
Quickly Delete
Something.
Press the Advance
button
to instantly jump forward 30
seconds and bypass ads.
Press and hold the Advance
button and you catch up to live
TV. Miss that great sports play
or punch line of a funny joke?
Press the Replay® button to
jumpback 8 seconds.
Finally - an easy way to locate
that pesky missing remote!
Simply press the Remote
Finder button on the front of
your TiVo receiver and your
missing remote will sing a tune.
Did someone accidentally
delete your show? No problem. TiVo can recover it for
you. Navigate to the bottom of
your My Shows folder where
you will see a “Recently Deleted Recordings” folder. Click
on the folder, select the show
you want and recover it.
To delete a show or entire
folder, simply select what you
want to delete from the My
Shows folder and press the
Clear button on the bottom of
your remote.
The TiVo button takes you to the
TiVo Central® screen, the main
menu and starting point for all
your TiVo features and settings.
If programmed, TV PWR
turns your TV or A/V receiver
on/off. Your TiVo Service is
always on.
Press Select to choose menu
options or shows to record.
Use the Arrow buttons to
navigate the TiVo menus
and the program guide.
Left arrow takes you back.
Use the Thumbs Up and
Thumbs Down buttons to
rate shows for TiVo
Suggestions.
Pause freezes a show. Press
it again to resume playing.
Rewind rewinds a show.
Press it up to three times
for three speeds.
Slow plays a show
in slow motion.
Replay repeats the last 8
seconds of the show.
Press and hold to jump to
the beginning of a show.
On Demand provides direct
access to the Cogeco
Video on Demand library.
Clear removes the display
of the channel banner or
program guide, and deletes
titles from the My Shows or
To Do list.
Live TV takes you to live TV.
If you’re watching live TV,
use it to swap tuners.
Info shows the channel banner
while watching live TV. Press it
again to make it disappear.
Use Zoom to change
the way programs are
displayed on your TV.
Use the Channel Up/Down
buttons to change the channel
and to page up/down while in
the program guide or TiVo menus.
Guide takes you to the program
guide, where you can find
shows to watch or record.
Press it again to clear the guide.
Press Record to start recording
the show you’re watching, or to
set up a recording for a show
selected in the program guide.
Play starts playing a show from
the My Shows list.
Fast-Forward fast-forwards
through a show. Press it up to
three times for three speeds.
Advance moves forward in
30-second increments; press
and hold to jump to the end of
the show. Or, press Advance to
jump to the next tick mark when
fast-forwarding or rewinding.
In TiVo with HD menus, the A,
B, C, D buttons sort and filter
views. Look for the on-screen
tips.
Enter/Last returns you to the
last channel tuned to in live TV.
It also works like the Select
button when in guide view.
How to Program a Remote to Control a TV/Stereo
You can program your TiVo remote to only have to use one remote to
control your TV or sound system.
From TiVo Central, select Settings & Messages (or Messages &
Settings) > Settings > Remote, CableCARD, & Devices > Remote
Control Setup.
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
cogeco.ca/tivoservice/support
• Use the Help screens on your TiVo box. From TiVo
Central go to Settings & Messages > Help
• Visit us online at Cogeco.ca
• You can also reach us on social media at
facebook.com/cogeco or twitter.com/Cogecohelps
• Review our TiVo Video Tutorials at
Cogeco.ca/tivoservice/support or with Cogeco On
Demand on your TiVo box
• Call Customer Support at 1-855-701-4881 or visit
your local Cogeco Store location
IMPORTANT: Write down your TiVo WiFi network information
Write your TiVo Service WiFi network information here so that you have
it handy in the future. The default network information can be found on
the back panel of the WiFi Modem provided by Cogeco.
WiFi Network Name: _________________________________
WiFi Network Password: _____________________________
Cogeco My Account Name: ___________________________
Cogeco My Account Password: _______________________
Email: ____________________________________________
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