How do I view photos on my TiVo device?

Use the TiVo Desktop software application to view slideshows of photos from your PC or Mac on your broadband-connected TiVo box.

To view photos on your TiVo box, you'll first need to "publish" the photos you want to see. Publishing your photos means making photo files available over your home network to your TiVo box. Publishing does not copy photo files to your TiVo box, so published photos do not use any of your box's recording space.

This feature is available on:

Series2

Series3

TiVo HD and TiVo HD XL

All TiVo Premiere boxes

TiVo Mini

Publishing your photos with TiVo Desktop (PC)

To publish the photos on your PC, follow the steps below.

Note: TiVo Desktop works with photos in the following formats: BMP, TIFF, DIB, GIF, JPG, and PNG.

Step 1: Open TiVo Desktop and select the "Share Music, Photos, & Video" icon

Step 2: Click the "Photos" tab, then click "Add Photos."

Step 3: Navigate to the folder containing the photos you want to publish. When you select a folder, any photo files within that folder are listed in the right frame of the Add Photos window.

Step 4: To publish a whole folder of photos, select the folder and click "Add." To publish individual photo files, select them from the list on the right, then click "Add."

Note: To unpublish photo files, select the files you want to unpublish and click the "Remove" button. These files will no longer be accessible from your TiVo box, but they will remain on your computer.

Publishing your photos with TiVo Desktop (Mac)

To publish the photos on your Mac, follow the steps below.

Note: TiVo Desktop works with photos in the following formats: BMP, TIFF, DIB, GIF, JPG, and PNG.

Step 1: From the Apple menu, click "System Preferences."

Step 2: Under "Other," click "TiVo Desktop."

Step 3: Click "Start" to begin publishing content.

Step 4: Click the "Photos" tab, then click "Publish My Photos."

To publish all of your iPhotos albums and photos, select "Publish My Entire iPhoto Library.

To publish only some of your photo albums, select "Publish Only These Albums," and then select each album you want to publish.

Note: To unpublish photo files, select the files you want to unpublish and click the "Remove" button. These files will no longer be accessible from your TiVo box, but they will remain on your computer.

Viewing your photos on your TiVo box

To view photos on your TiVo box:

Step 1: Go to TiVo Central and do one of the following:

On TiVo Premiere with HD menus: select "Music & Photos."

On all other TiVo boxes or on TiVo Premiere with SD menus: select "Music, Photos, & Showcases."

Step 2: Select your photos on your computer. (Your selection will vary depending on how your computer is named.)You will see any folders you have published. Do one of the following:

To view a slideshow of photos, highlight the folder containing the photos you want to see, and press PLAY.

To view individual photos within a folder, highlight the folder containing the photos you want to see, and press SELECT. Navigate to the photo you want to view and press SELECT again. You'll see options for viewing the photo, including rotating options and the option to view a slideshow of all photos in this folder. (You can also play a slideshow by highlighting any photo and pressing PLAY instead of SELECT).

Note: Photos display in the slide show in alphabetical order by file name.

Changing slide show options

Choose how photos display on your TiVo box.

Step 1: Highlight a photo or folder and press SELECT.

Step 2: Select 'Play Slide Show' > 'Options.' The Slide Show Options screen lets you change the following options:

Slide Delay - determines the time to display each photo before going to the next.

Shuffle - displays the contents of the selected folder in random order. When this option is turned off, the TiVo box plays the folder's photos alphabetically by file name, as shown in the grid on the screen.

Repeat - displays the contents of the selected folder repeatedly. When this option is turned off, the TiVo box displays the folder's photos only once.

Note: To set slideshow options while viewing a slideshow, press ENTER.