Controlling two TiVo boxes with separate remotes

Click herefor instructions on how to control two TiVo DVRs with one remote.

IMPORTANT: If you have a TiVo Slide remote and you remove the USB receiver, its remote address will be set to 0. A remote that has an address of 0 can control any TiVo box within its range. If you have two TiVo boxes in the same room, make sure the USB receiver for the Slide remote is always installed in the USB port of the box that you want to control with it.

To control two TiVo boxes with separate remotes:

1. Cover the IR window of the second TiVo box. To identify where this area is located watch your TiVo box when you push a button on your remote. An amber light will flash, indicating the area you will need to cover.

2. Using one of the TiVo remotes, navigate to the System Information screen by pressing the TiVo button on your remote control and then selecting Messages & Settings > Account and System Information > System Information. Once at the System Information screen, scroll down by pressing the CHAN DOWN button until you see Remote Address.

3. Hold down the PAUSE and TiVo buttons for 5 seconds, until the red LED on the remote lights up.

4. Use the number keys to enter any digit from 1-9 (1-3 on a Sony). We recommend entering a 1. The remote LED will flash, but the screen will not update.

5. Press the RIGHT arrow to send the code to the DVR. You should see the digit you entered on the screen. You have now programmed this remote control and this TiVo box to operate on channel 1. You may want to label this remote so you remember which TiVo box it controls.

6. Press the TiVo button to return to TiVo Central.

7. Cover the IR window of the first TiVo box, and uncover the second one. Use the other TiVo remote to navigate to the System Information screen of the second TiVo box and scroll down until you see Remote Address.

8. Hold down the PAUSE and TiVo buttons for 5 seconds, until the red LED on the remote lights up.

9. Use the number keys to enter any digit from 1-9 (1-3 on a Sony) except the number you entered on the first DVR. We recommend entering a 2. The remote LED will flash.

10. Press the RIGHT arrow to send the code to the TiVo box. You should see the digit on the screen. Press the TiVo button to return to TiVo Central. You may want to label this remote so you remember which TiVo box it controls.

You have now programmed both TiVo boxes and both remotes to respond to a different code.

NOTE: To prevent a remote address from changing accidentally, do not leave either TiVo box on the System Information screen.