tv guide feature does not work with my cable box. spent 1 hr on hold with pioneer on 3 seperate occassions trying to get the problem resolved. pioneer told me that tv guide said my cable box was stripping the download and I had to split the signal before my cable box. I did what they said and still doesn't work,so I cannot timer record. So I guess no one on Long Island can timer record with this machine.I am returning it because the machine is useless to me.