6 - TiVo

Completing Guided SetupCompleting Guided SetupAfter you connect your Recorder to your TV and activate the TiVo service, you will needto complete Guided Setup, which takes less than an hour.• Guided Setup is easy. The Guided Setup screens step you through the process. If youget stuck, look for tips and troubleshooting in this chapter. (You may not see all thescreens described here, or you may see them in a different order, depending on yourequipment.)If you make a mistake during Guided Setup, simply press the LEFT arrow to go backand fix it. You can also change your setup information later in Messages & Setup. (SeeChapter 6.)• Guided Setup is intelligent. In Guided Setup, you tell your Recorder your programsource (antenna, cable, or satellite) and equipment setup. Then you only have tocomplete the steps that apply to your particular setup.• Guided Setup requires two phone calls. Try to complete Guided Setup when youdon’t need the phone for an hour or so. After you complete Guided Setup, you’ll beable to connect your Recorder to a home network and use a shared broadband Internetconnection instead of a phone line to connect to the TiVo service. See Chapter 7.After completing Guided Setup, you can watch live TV and use TiVo service features tocontrol live TV. You will have to wait a few hours while the Recorder organizesinformation before you can set up your Season Pass TM recordings and search for programs.®If you can’t find the help you need inthis chapter, please visitTiVo Customer Support online atwww.tivo.com/support or call us. (Refer toChapter 8 for Customer Support contactinformation.)If you need to use the phone during®either of the setup phone calls, pickup your telephone, then hang it up andwait about 45 seconds. The Recorder willhang up, and the next time you pick thephone up there will be a dial tone. You cancomplete Guided Setup later.223