TiVo Media Device, Manual

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Settings
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Recording Settings
From the TiVo Central
™
screen, select Messages & Settings, then Settings, then Recording.
Extend Recordings
Programs often run longer than their scheduled end time. When the Extend Recordings setting is
turned on, the TiVo
®
service automatically adds extra time to the end of scheduled recordings
based on data it receives from the program guide. This helps to ensure that you won’t miss the
endings when programs run later than the advertised finish time. The TiVo service also
automatically adjusts the start time of programs following extended programs. The Extend
Recordings setting applies to all recordings. In addition, you can always adjust the start and end
times of individual recordings using Recording Options.
Overlap Protection
Being able to record two programs at the same time doesn’t eliminate all possible recording
conflicts. The Overlap Protection feature gives you additional options for dealing with
recording conflicts when they occur.
• If Overlap Protection is turned off, when two programs overlap by a few minutes (for
example, one program ends at 8:33, while the next program begins at 8:30), the lower
priority recording is cancelled.
• With Overlap Protection turned on, the media device automatically clips the lower priority
recording by just enough minutes to allow both programs to record.
Overlap Protection works by determining the priority of each program scheduled to record. For
repeating recordings, it uses the Season Pass Manager to learn which programs have higher or
lower priorities (see
“Using the Season Pass Manager” in Chapter 2 ). One-time recordings are