TiVo Staple Gun Tivo Digital Video Recorders User Manual

When you press PLAY, PAUSE, FORWARD, or BACK, the status bar appears at the bottom of 
the screen. In live TV, the status bar represents one hour and the white tick marks are 15 
minutes apart. In recorded programs, the bar shows the program’s length. The tick marks are 15, 
30, or 60 minutes apart depending on the length of the program.

The green segment represents the part of the program saved by the DVR. The DVR 
automatically saves up to 30 minutes of live TV. You can move backward and forward through 
the saved portion of a live program.

In live TV, the right edge of the green segment represents the current time. A white vertical line 
shows where you are in the recording. If the white line is anywhere back in the green segment, 
you’re behind live TV. If you’re behind live TV, press ADVANCE

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 to catch up. 

Press the CLEAR button to hide the 

status bar, the program guide, the 

channel banner, and anything else that is 

not part of the program.

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You can only rewind live TV up to 30 

minutes, or to the point where you 

last changed the channel (whichever is 

less). When you change the channel, you 

skip ahead to the current time on the new 

channel and start saving on that channel. 

If you’re behind live TV and watching 

something you still want to see, you should 

avoid changing the channel.

This end is where you 

catch up with live TV and 

the current time.

Tick marks (15 min. apart)

This symbol shows you 

are controlling live TV 

(here, live TV is paused). 

Status Bar for live TV

This recorded program 

is two hours long.

This shows that the BACK button 

has been pressed twice.

Status Bar for a two- 

hour recording

The white line indicates 

where you are now.