TiVo Staple Gun Tivo Digital Video Recorders User Manual

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, select Messages & Settings, then Settings, then Phone & Network. The 

information displayed on the Phone & Network screen depends on how your TiVo DVR is set 
to connect to the TiVo service: using your home phone line, or using a broadband Internet 
connection through a home network.

The title of the Phone & Network settings screen reflects the type of connection the DVR is set 
to use. From this screen you have these options: 

• Connect to the TiVo service now. Normally, you don’t need to select this option—the DVR 

connects to the TiVo service automatically every other day or so (or every few hours if it 
connects via broadband Internet). After you start the connection, the status of the connection 
is displayed. You can watch live TV, set up recordings, and search for programs while the 
connection is in progress.

• Change phone or network settings. See page 59 and page 61.

• Use network instead. Appears if your DVR is set to connect by phone.

• Use phone instead. Appears if your DVR is set to connect by network.

• Test phone or network connection. Select this to start a test connection to the TiVo service. 

You may need to use this option for troubleshooting or if you change your phone or network 
settings. Test connections are brief.

• Phone & Network Troubleshooting. Select this to get troubelshooting tips. For more 

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The DVR makes regular connections 

to the TiVo service to get updated 

program listings and other information. The 

connection usually lasts less than five 

minutes. From time to time, your DVR may 

receive service updates. In such cases, the 

connection time may be longer.

The Phone & Network screen includes 

details about the last successful connection 

to the TiVo service.