Season Pass

A Season Pass is a regular recording of a programme on a particular channel. Each time the programme airs (regardless of time) on the selected channel TiVo will record it (see below for exceptions). For example if you select a Season Pass for "Coronation Street" on ITV1, then each time ITV1 shows an episode of Coronation Street TiVo will record it.

Where two programmes that you have a Season Pass for air at the same (or overlapping) times, then their order in the Season Pass Manager is used to determine which programme will be recorded.

Repeat showings of a programme you have a Season Pass for are not recorded by TiVo due to its 28-day rule which is an automatic process. If TiVo has already recorded an episode of a programme within the last 28 days then it will not record it again (unless specifically asked to). So for example, if you have a Season Pass for Enterprise on Sky1, and TiVo recorded the Monday episode, then TiVo will not re-record it on the Sunday when it is repeated. If it wasn't recorded on Monday (say because another programme with higher priority was recorded) then it will get the repeat on Sunday instead.

When you configure a Season Pass one of the options is the "First Run" option. It is intended for use where a channel is airing two series simultaneously - a new one and an old one. A good example is Stargate SG1 on Sky1. Here there is often a new series being run once a week, and an old series being run concurrently at other times. Selecting First Run Only in this case should just record episodes in the new series. As a general rule leave this option on "First Run and Repeats" unless there is a good reason to change it. The technical info on how First Run works is: a "First Run programme" is ANY program that is airing within 28 days of the program's "Original Air Date" field and has not been previously recorded. The "Original Air Date" field can be viewed by pressing the Enter key on the remote when viewing the programme's details.