It's been too long since I last tried it, but am pretty sure the TiVo will default to half hour blocks if you have no guide data. This means that if you press the record button, it will stop recording at the next half hour block. ie if if press record at 2:15, it will record until 2:30.Originally Posted by morespam
However, the upside is that this can be got around by setting up manual recordings, either using the TiVo (on screen) GUI, or via the Manual Recording TiVo web module. This will allow you to setup recordings such as "Boomtown" every Tuesday from 9:30-10:30pm on Channel 3.
In summary: You will not have much trouble performing scheduled recordings (particularly if you have a PC and network access to your TiVo), but it will be a little difficult to perform adhoc recordings via the record button as the TiVo does not have a STOP button - it just keeps recording until it thinks the current show has finished (and in the case of no guide data this could be half hour blocks).
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