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Season pass question
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Posted by: Philthy

Hi All.

Had my TiVo about 4 weeks now, and have a query about season passes.

I want set a season pass for a programme for which the same episode is shown three times a week - Say at 2100 Sun, 0230 Mon and 1700 Wed - but I only want to record the 0230 Mon showing, so it does'nt interfere with other programmes I may want to watch.

If I set a season pass for this prog and then view the 'to do' list, TiVo always selects the first airing to record (i.e. Sun 2100).

Can I 'force' TiVo to record the 0230 Mon showing, or if I change channel during the Sun 2100 showing, will TiVo automatically catch the next available showing?

Have I explained this OK?

Phil.

Posted by: Bodger

I have about 12 season passes setup, and If I want to record a repeat overnight rather than the version aired at prime time, I move it down the list so that it gets a lower priority.

Then if there is a clash in the early evening, then the late night showing gets recorded.

I assume you have a clash that why you want to specify a specific showing to record?

Otherwise I just let the TiVo sort it out.

Posted by: fishd

Easiest way I know of doing this is to go into Season Pass Manager, edit your season pass recording options and choose "View upcoming episodes". Then you can manually pick which ones you want to record.

The way I have gotten round this particular problem (I initially didn't like the fact it scheduled a recording of Enterprise during "Prime time") is to stop watching live TV. I've set up a number of season passes and now find if there are any clashes that Tivo sorts them out for me...

When you first get Tivo, it's a great product... once you "give in" and watch nothing but Tivo time-shifted programmes it's an amazing product. :D

Posted by: DazBarber

You could set up a manual repeated recording (as long as you can ensure that the programme is ALWAYS on at the same time). That's what I do.

Daz

Posted by: sanderton

Or set TiVo to record the programmes you want to watch while the SP'd prog is on (either in advance, or as you watch them), and let TiVo worry about the schedules.

Posted by: radish

I agree with sanderton, just tell it everything you want to watch, and it'll figure out the scheduling. I have SPs for several programs which are repeated, and I just let it do the maths. For example, when Enterprise was on, it was monday night repeated on sunday. I set a SP, but because I had a higher priority SP on the monday night (eastenders) it automatically recorded it on sunday instead.