If you’re like many Americans, you love to keep up with new technology, but when it arrives on your doorstep in a box, you don’t know what to do next. If your favorite family tech-whiz isn’t available, no need to panic.
You can set up your TiVo with your Cable HDTV with a few simple steps. If you didn’t get a cable TV card, with your cable service, you might first try asking them if they are available, before you try anything else.
If, however, you are on your own, you can connect your TiVo box to your cable HDTV box in another way. Locate your coaxial cable. This is the cable that is sticking out of the wall where your TV should go.
Connect the coaxial cable to the cable HDTV box. Then make sure, before you connect the cable box to the TiVo box, that you first try connecting the cable box directly to the TV. That way, you know the cable service and cable box are working, before you move on.
A composite cable cord is the best choice for picture quality, to connect your TiVo box to the cable box. Your other option is coaxial cable. If you are using an A/V unit, make sure that you turn off the TV speakers before the next step.
The last step is to set the TiVo box on channel 3. You will have to change channels and access the cable service’s TV guide, with the cable box. TiVo’s TV guide should program itself. If you run into problems anywhere along the way, don’t call the cable company. As long as the cable service and cable box are working, you’ll need to call TiVo customer service to get help troubleshooting. Good luck!
