No Usage Meter

[Husker Mike]

I just got a Premiere XL this week, and was excited to see in the literature that there would be a usage meter to see my hard-drive space. Problem is, in my "Shows" menu, there is no usage meter. The spot which is supposed to have this info is only a blank space. I'm wondering if I need a certain percentage of the hard drive to be full to use this feature? I have about 20 shows recorded and several "suggestions". Or maybe it doesn't exist if using SD menus? Any thoughts are welcome.

[MeInDallas]

It doesnt exist on the SD menu, only the HD menu has it.

[scandia101]

In the SD menus, you can check the System Information page to see the total recording capacity (displayed as hours) and how much free space is available.

[Husker Mike]

Thank you both for the comments. Glad to know there's nothing wrong with my new Tivo.

[windracer]

You can also toggle it on and off in the HD menus. Go into Options (A) on My Shows and it's the "Show available space" settings.

[royfernandez]

You can increase the recording capacity on your TiVo too.

The Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander is available in a 1 TB size. Once the expander is plugged into the eSATA port on your TiVo box, it will be "married" to your box. The 1 TB expander will add over 140 hours of HD recording space (or over 1200 hours of standard definition recording space).