Sony SVR-2000 TiVo Viewer"s Guide (primary manual) - Page 22

Get a Season Pass, Tour Three: Find and Record Your Favorite Programs

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Tour Three: Find and Record Your Favorite Programs Keep on entering letters until you see "Simpsons, The" in the list on the right. (Notice, the list alphabetizes without "A" or "The.") If you make a mistake entering text, select DEL (on the screen) or press BACK on the remote control. To clear all text, use CLR on the screen or press the CLEAR button. (SP enters a space.) To get to the list of programs, press the RIGHT arrow until you move off the grid of letters. Press the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight "Simpsons, The" and press SELECT. A Program Information screen appears. This kind of screen appears when you select a program title from a list and lets you choose to record the episode, view upcoming episodes, or get a Season Pass. Get a Season Pass On the Program Information screen for The Simpsons, highlight "Get a Season Pass," and press SELECT. A confirmation screen appears to make sure the recorder is doing what you want. Press SELECT again-and after a short pause you have a Season Pass to The Simpsons! You should now be on the Search By Title screen again. Press the LEFT arrow to return to Pick Programs to Record, then select the To Do List. You can see all your scheduled recordings here. In the To Do List, notice the upcoming episodes of The Simpsons are marked with two check marks ( ), indicating they are part of a Season Pass. If you don't want to keep this Season Pass, highlight it and press CLEAR. Get some more Season Passes now, or go on to the next tour to learn how TiVo helps you find new shows you might like-sort of like your own "smart" TV assistant. 2 If you schedule a lot of Season Passes, it's a good idea to set priorites for them. You do this with the Season Pass Manager; see page 48 for more information. 15

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Tour Three: Find and Record Your Favorite Programs
Keep on entering letters until you see “Simpsons, The” in the list on the right. (Notice, the
list alphabetizes without “A” or “The.”) If you make a mistake entering text, select DEL
(on the screen) or press BACK on the remote control. To clear all text, use CLR on the
screen or press the CLEAR button. (SP enters a space.)
To get to the list of programs, press the RIGHT arrow until you move off the grid of
letters. Press the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight “Simpsons, The” and press SELECT.
A Program Information screen appears. This kind of screen appears when you select a
program title from a list and lets you choose to record the episode, view upcoming
episodes, or get a Season Pass.
Get a Season Pass
On the Program Information screen for
The Simpsons,
highlight “Get a Season Pass,” and
press SELECT. A confirmation screen appears to make sure the recorder is doing what
you want. Press SELECT again—and after a short pause you have a Season Pass to
The
Simpsons
!
You should now be on the Search By Title screen again. Press the LEFT arrow to return to
Pick Programs to Record, then select the To Do List. You can see all your scheduled
recordings here.
In the To Do List, notice the upcoming episodes of
The Simpsons
are marked with two
check marks (
), indicating they are part of a Season Pass. If you don’t want to keep
this Season Pass, highlight it and press CLEAR.
Get some more Season Passes now, or go on to the next tour to learn how TiVo helps you
find new shows you might like—sort of like your own “smart” TV assistant.
If you schedule a lot of Season
Passes, it’s a good idea to set
priorites for them. You do this with the
Season Pass Manager; see page 48 for
more information.