Does it need to stay ON to record? Harmony remote turns off...or sleeps.

Since Tivo never shuts off, it may be put into standby, which only shuts off the video to the TV and the front lights.

 

I would think you confirm operation by leaving everything in what you believe to 'OFF/STANDBY' and see what happens when a scheduled recording 'should' occur. Schedule something that you're NOT particularly concerned with archiving as a test? Is a "Series 3' different than the later 4+ configurations? You're fixing to find out!

 

No, it doesn't need to be "on". There is no way to turn it off completely other than unplug it. When you turn it "off" you're putting it in standby mode which disables the video output and turn off the front lights. It does a few more things, but those are usually related to EAS - I believe in standby mode it doesn't do EAS and won't record EAS instead of whatever is being recorded. If you leave it on, then it will tune to the EAS channel and you can lose any recordings happening at the time as they will record the EAS.

It would be a rather big bug if this operation caused recordings to fail.

 

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You can also set the TiVo device in Harmony to never turn off under power options. Even though it records when “off”, it boots faster and keeps your live buffers if you leave it on. Power difference is negligible.

 

The main advantage of standby is if there is an TV alert, the TiVo will continue to record.