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How to Enable the commercial skip on a series 1TiVO

Dec 1, 2009 11:15 PM
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If you're like most people, you probably dislike watching commercials on TV. That's one of the great reasons to get TiVO!

Automatically advance commercial by commercial – instead of frame by frame – with this trick.

Step 1: Start playing the show

Start playing the recorded show.

Step 2: Press this code

Press Select, Play, Select, 3, 0, Select. If you hear three chimes, you've done it right. If not, repeat the procedure.

TIP: If the Tivo ever needs to be rebooted or is unplugged, you will need to apply the hack again once you restart it.

Step 3: Skip ahead

To put it into action, hit the Advance button when a commercial comes on.

Did you know? Households with adults over age 50 are 15 percent more likely to watch political ads rather than fast-forward through them.

The next big software update for iPhone is coming sometime in April and will include a Food section in Apple News+, an easy-to-miss new Ambient Music app, Priority Notifications thanks to Apple Intelligence, and updates to apps like Mail, Photos, Podcasts, and Safari. See what else is coming to your iPhone with the iOS 18.4 update.

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