TiVo Series2 Installation Guide

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Connect the cable from the wall to your cable or satellite box, if you have one.

Connect an RF Coaxial cable from the RF Out connector on the cable or satellite box to 
the Antenna/Cable-RF In connector on the DVR. If don’t have a cable or satellite box, 
connect the RF Coaxial cable from the wall to Antenna/Cable-RF In instead.

Connect an RF Coaxial cable from the Cable/Antenna-RF Out connector on the DVR 
to the Antenna In connector on the TV.

Connect a phone line (see page 6 for help). After you complete Guided Setup, you can 
connect your DVR to a home network and use a broadband Internet connection instead 
of a phone line to connect to the TiVo service. See the TiVo Viewer’s Guide for details.  

Select a channel changing Control cable (see page 7 for help). You can use the Serial 
Control cable if you have a DIRECTV satellite receiver with a 9-pin data connector, or 
a Motorola/General Instruments DCT2000 series cable box. If you choose the Serial 
Control cable, continue with step 6. For any other cable or satellite box, choose the IR 
Control cable and skip to step 7.

Connect the Serial Control cable. Plug one end of the Serial Control cable into the 
Data connector on the cable or satellite box. Plug the other end into the Control Out-
Serial

 connector (the upper mini jack) on the DVR. Then skip to step 8.

Connect the IR Control cable. (Skip this step if you completed step 6 above.)
(a)

 Plug the purple end of the IR Control cable into the Control Out-IR connector (the 

lower mini-jack) on the DVR. (b) Locate the IR sensor (see page 8 for help).
(c)

 Mount the IR emitters. Place one emitter on top of the cable box and the other 

underneath it.  Be sure both emitters stick out about 1.5 inches directly in front of the 
IR sensor. (Use the provided adhesive strips to hold the emitters in place.)

Plug in all power cords. Tune your TV to the same channel (either 3 or 4) that the 3/4 
switch on the back of the DVR is set to. You should see the Welcome screen. If you 
don’t, see page 42 for more help.

Once you see the Welcome screen, the final steps are to activate the TiVo service and 
complete Guided Setup (see the TiVo Viewer’s Guide for details).

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