Tivo Tips

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TiVo Blog (http://www.tivoblog.com/)

TiVo Community (http://www.tivocommunity.com/)

Decrypt and Remove Commercials from TiVo Recordings in One Step (http://lifehacker.com/5048824/decrypt-and-remove-commercials-from-tivo-recordings-in-one-step)

TiVo Software Roundup (http://www.tivoblog.com/archives/2008/02/20/tivo-software-roundup-mac-only/)

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You can make the advance button on your TiVo remote your favorite button. Once enabled, pressing this button will cause your TiVo to jump forward 30 seconds, the typical length of a commercial. Also, when viewing in fast forward or reverse, this button will cause the playback to skip to the next tick mark.

You should enter the 30 second skip code while viewing a pre-recorded program (if you enter the code elsewhere, the keypresses may do things you don't want). You do not need to be in backdoor mode for this code to work.

While watching a recording, press:

Select / Play / Select / 3 0 / Select

If you've successfully entered the code, you should hear three "bings" in succession to let you know that you've successfully enabled the 30 second skip feature.

Note that you'll have to re-enable this feature any time your TiVo is rebooted (such as after a power outage or a software update.)

Should you not like the 30 second skip, you can disable it by re-entering the code exactly as you did to enable it.

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UDCP and Open Cable Products

Unidirectional Digital Cable Products (UDCP) are one-way only devices. That is, they are only capable of receiving our linear broadcast programming such as analog cable, Digital Cable, certain HDTV and premium cable channels like HBO, Cinemax and more. There is, however, no access to any two-way services such as OnDemand programming, the Interactive Programming Guide, Seasonal Sports Packages, Pay-Per-View or Interactive enhanced TV services, such as Games as well as future technologies that may be introduced. All equipment currently available at retail with a CableCARD option falls into this category.
Open Cable Products are two-way capable devices such as the cable co's leased set top boxes that allow access to all one-way and two-way services

Both devices take the same types of cards, either:

S-card (single-stream) that can provide keys to decrypt one stream (your TiVo Series-3 or TiVo-HD will need 2 of these for dual-tuner capability)
M-card (multi-stream) that can provide keys to decrypt multiple streams (A TiVo-HD only needs one of these, but the S3 needs 2 as it does not support the multi-stream functionality)

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There is a "quick-hide" code that will briefly show and then hide the progress bar whenever you pause. To enable this behavior, enter SELECT-PLAY-SELECT-PAUSE-SELECT while watching a recording.

If you have the 11.0c software with the pause menu, then you need to pause a recording, press the down arrow to hide the "More About.." box, and then press play again. After you've done that, enter the SELECT-PLAY-SELECT-PAUSE-SELECT code.

To disable this behavior on pause, enter the same code a second time while watching a recording.