I debated about posting this, since anyone with a TiVo Series 1 should have received either an e-mail or an on-screen message or both, but since I started this a few days ago, I figured I would go ahead and update it anyway.

Of course, par for the course when dealing with any telephone customer service, the lady from TiVo was wrong when she said the times would automatically reset tonight. Not only will the times of the programs not reset, but the actual time will not reset for three weeks, when daylight savings used to start. They claim this will only affect your manual recordings, of which I have many to weed out recording unnecessary repeats. (Yes, I know you can set a Season Pass for “first run only”, but somehow it doesn’t seem to work with shows like The Daily Show or The Colbert Report.)

Here is the e-mail I received, which duplicates the on-screen message:

Dear TiVo Subscriber,

As Daylight Saving Time commences three weeks early this year, we thought we’d beat the clock to let you know how this unusual schedule might affect recordings on your TiVo(r) Series1 DVR. (Hint: Chances are slim.)

While the TiVo service will continue to automatically record your Season Pass(tm) programs and WishList(r) searches at the correct airtimes without incident, there are two things to note:

1) For the three weeks that follow the new Daylight Saving Time start date (March 11), your Series1 TiVo(r) DVR may display the incorrect time.

Again, to be clear, this is only a cosmetic issue and should not affect your Season Pass(tm) and WishList(r) recordings.

2) If you have any MANUAL recordings scheduled between March 11 and April 1, you will need to adjust those recordings as appropriate. Here’s how:

- From TiVo Central, select Pick Programs to Record, then To Do List.

- Locate your Manual Recording (by channel, date, time) and adjust accordingly. For example, if you have a daily manual recording from 8:00 am - 9:00 am, you will need to change it to 7:00 am - 8:00 am on March 11. (Quick Tip: If there are no recordings in this list preceded by the word “Manual”, there’s nothing further you need to do.)

- On April 1 be sure to change it back to its actual time, i.e., 8:00 am - 9:00 am.

For more details, please visit www.tivo.com/dst

Thanks for being a TiVo subscriber and here’s to a beautiful spring!

- Your friends at TiVo

So, there you have it. I’m assuming this only pertains to Series 1, since they specifically single it out and I know it only pertains to dialing in, rather than getting your program data online. Thanks, TiVo, for not going the extra mile! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go wear out my remote.

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