TiVo R24008A manual

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  • Page 1

    I n f o T V I n p u t T V L i v e G u i d e P o w e r T V S l o w P l a y S e l e c t W i n d o w 1 Activate and Connect 2 Add a VCR (optional) 3 Complete Guided Setup St ar t Her e W e’ re here to help! Online Customer Support www .tivo.com/support ®[...]

  • Page 2

    S TEP 1 Activat e and C onnect 2 L et’s Get Start ed! Activating and c onnecting a basic syst em takes less than half an hour. After connecting, c ompleting on-scr een Guided Setup should take les s than an hour . See the Ins tallation Guide for additional examples and explanation s. Question: Do y ou have a c able or s atel lite bo x? Compos ite[...]

  • Page 3

    120 V~60Hz 0.75A 0 2BT C D2X0 IN Option A 3 Before you begin: Unplug the connections to your VCR if you have one. The TiV o DVR replac es your V CR in this setup . After you’ve c ompleted these steps, go to page 6 if you want to add y our VCR; otherwise, go to pag e 7 to complete setup. For additional setups, c heck the Installation Guide .  C[...]

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    120 V~60Hz 0.75A IN Before you begin: Unplug the connections to your VCR if you have one. The TiV o DVR repl aces your VCR in thi s setup. After you’ve c ompleted these steps, go to page 6 if you want to add your VCR; otherwi se, go to page 7 to complete setup . For additional setups, c hec k the Installation Guide .  Make sur e that the cable[...]

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    5 Now go on to page 6 Serial C ontr ol  C onnect Seria l C ontrol cable Plug the Serial Control c able into the 9-pin Serial (Data) connector: on the back of y our cable or sat ellite box (see  in the setup diagram on pag e 4). Plug the other end into the C ontrol Out/Seria l connector (the upper mini-jac k) on your DVR. Now skip to step  [...]

  • Page 6

    Add a V CR (Optiona l) First complet e St ep 1, Option A or B Before you begin: Y ou wil l be using this diagram for VCR connections only (highlighted in red). Y ou must complete Option A (p. 3) or Option B (pp . 4-5) before connecting a VCR. The Installation Guide c ontains additional pictures of completed V CR setups (w ith and without a c able o[...]

  • Page 7

    S TEP 3 C omplet e Guided Setup 7 Guided Setup is Easy! When you see the Welc ome screen, you are ready to begin Guided Setup. During Guided Setup y ou will be a s k ed simple questions about y our program source, ZIP code, and time zone. U se the SELE CT button on the remote to select or deselect option s or to move to the next screen. U se the LE[...]

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    R e c o r d M u t e I n f o T V I n p u t P a g e T V L i v e G u i d e P o w e r T V Vo l Chan S l o w P l a y S e l e c t 2 1 DVR 1 0 2 3 7 9 8 4 6 5 C l e a r E n t e r / L a s t W i n d o w ® Have fu n! TiV o, T V y our wa y . ™ Check out the Instal lation Guide and TiVo V iewer's Guide for more information about setting up your TiV o D[...]