How to Enable the Commercial Skip on a Series 1TiVO
Automatically advance commercial by commercial – instead of frame by frame – with this trick.
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You Will Need
- A television
- ASeries 1 TiVO with remote
Steps
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Step 1
Start playing the show
Start playing the recorded show.
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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.
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If the Tivo ever needs to be rebooted or is unplugged, you will need to apply the hack again once you restart it.
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Step 3
Skip ahead
To put it into action, hit the Advance button when a commercial comes on.
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Did you know? Households with adults over age 50 are 15 percent more likely to watch political ads rather than fast-forward through them.
