Nan wrote: I've already seen two answers to your question; I hope you don't mind a third opinion.
> Our kids bought us a tivo for Christmas and there are a couple of > things we can't figure out: > > 1) can you record just a program without its commercials? Somehow I > thought that was a tivo feature, but have not been able to find how to > do it. You cannot; you have to take the bad with the good. However, you can use the "fast forward" button to skip through them. After a little practice, you'll be able to get the timing just right, whether it's a two-minute break, a boring part of the newss, or a several-minute commercial. (Letterman used to have 6 minutes of commercials right at the end of the program, but they've spaced them out a little differently now.) > 2) why would our tivo want to compulsively record programs that we > don't watch, don't request, and do not want? It's "Suggestions." I have a slightly different opinion on this than our esteemed contributor, MegaZone, mainly because our situations, and amount of hard disk drive space, differ. I want to review the Suggestions and then choose what to record. From "TiVo Central," go to "Messages & Settings," then "Settings," then "Recording," then "TiVo Suggestions." Select "No, don't record TiVo Suggestions." TiVo will continue to make suggestions, but instead of recording them, they are displayed for you to review. From "TiVo Central," go to "Find Programs," then "TiVo Suggestions." For programs that you don't care about, you can either do nothing, or you can give them a "thumbs down," and they'll go away. For programs you like, you can hit "Select," and then chose quality, etc. Make no mistake, this works for me, but it may not work for you. MegaZone has a very good point; it's one way of telling how full your hard disk drive is getting to be, and you may find that useful. > I'd appreciate any help anyone can offer. ---nan Enjoy your new gift! Dave Schultheis San Jose -- dave6592 [at] accesscom [dot] com - http://www.accesscom.com/~dave6592 Dave Schultheis, San José, Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County, CA, USA
