I just use the sky guide that you get on the sky box. You can view up to a week in advance, set whatever you want to record, and if thereis a tv series you watch, you can do what Sky call a "series link" so that it will record every episode for you, until you tell it to stop. It means you dont have to set Sky to record the same programme for you whenver it is on. I set Big Brother to record on mine, so I dont miss it (sad I know!) It means I can skip all the boring bits, and the adverts!! Even if you dont want to record a programme/film, you can set a reminder, which will flash up on the screen a few minutres before the programme/film is due to start. Hope this helps!!!