TiVo Series2 Network Guide

Online Scheduling

Whatever recording option you choose, you can also choose to receive a 
confirmation e-mail message sent to the e-mail address you provide. There 
is no instant online conflict resolution when you use Online Scheduling, so 
the e-mail notification is useful for notifying you of conflicts with other 
recorded programs. You can resolve a conflict by:

• Finding another showing of the program in the list of search results 

and recording that showing.

• Changing the recording priority setting to the highest priority: 

“Cancel other programs if necessary.“

If you decide to resolve the conflict by rescheduling the recording, be aware 
that your new scheduling request will take another 36 hours to process if 
you are using a phone or dial-up connection to the TiVo service, or as little 
as one hour with a broadband Internet connection. You must always factor 
in this time when using Online Scheduling. 

The list of programs with air times in red indicate that these programs 
might not record on your DVR if you schedule them. It is a visual reminder 
that there might not be enough time for your DVR to connect to the TiVo 
service to get the recording request.

If you click a program title that shows an air time in red, you will see a 
“May not record” warning next to the program description.

When you make an Online Scheduling request, the request is received by 
your DVR the next time it connects to the TiVo service. If your DVR uses a 
shared broadband connection to the Internet, it checks a few times each 
hour for recording requests from TiVo Central Online. It retrieves the 
request within an hour of the time you scheduled it. 

If your DVR uses a phone to connect to the TiVo service, it only checks for 
recording requests when it makes its regular connection to the TiVo service. 
It can take up to 36 hours before it makes its next automatic connection and 
retrieves your recording request. 

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