http://www.dvrplayground.com?src=forumtopic_rss DVRplayground - Standalone DVRs Forum Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:06:13 GMT admin@dvrplayground.com DVRplayground 60 http://www.dvrplayground.com/brand/dvrpg/community.gif http://www.dvrplayground.com?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17561/Will-You-Buy-A-Nero-LiquidTV/?src=forumtopic_rss Our friends over at Engadget have posted a full unboxing and hands-on sneak peek of the Nero LiquidTV , which uses the TiVo interface to record shows onto your PC. Personally, I love the relatively low price point and flexibility of the device. What do you think? Will you check out one of these, or pass it up? TiVo HD & Series 3 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:06:05 GMT Peter Redmer http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17561/Will-You-Buy-A-Nero-LiquidTV/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17473/Philips-Series-1-question/?src=forumtopic_rss 1st off I am new to Tivos. I got a Philips Series 1 Tivo with 2 hard drives in it (60gb & 120gb). The bearings are going out of the 60gb (very loud). Is there a way to go back to a single drive unit with what I have? What I'm hoping I can do is make the unit a single drive unit using the 60gb system. Then copy/Ghost the 60gb to the 120gb an just keep the 60gb as a backup. TiVo Series 1 & 2 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:57:59 GMT newbee2tivo http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/17473/Philips-Series-1-question/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16934/cable-box/?src=forumtopic_rss can a sony svr2000 control a cable box to turn on and off? TiVo Series 1 & 2 Sun, 04 May 2008 02:01:38 GMT joemama328 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16934/cable-box/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16747/E-Sata-Hard-Drive-Upgrade/?src=forumtopic_rss I own a TiVo HD DVR and want to take advantage of the external storage option. Do you have to purchase the 500GB drive from TiVo or can you use any e-SATA drive? And does disk size matter? Troubleshooting Upgrading TiVo HD & Series 3 Archived DVRupgrade Support Area Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:02:59 GMT Richmeister http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16747/E-Sata-Hard-Drive-Upgrade/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16663/Direc-TV-Tivo-trouble/?src=forumtopic_rss I have a Direc TV Tivo R-10 and every 2 days I lose the signal and the box records zip. I've have called Direc Tv and they tell me that since Direc TV and Tivo have severed their relationship, I have to get thier (Direc TV DVR) and stop using my Tivo DVR. I love my Tivo & don't want to switch. I am just resetting the Tivo, it works for 2 days, then loses the signal. Its the typ that can record two (2) channels. Is there something anything I can do to work around this signal problem? Troubleshooting Building & Hacking TiVo Series 1 & 2 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:08:07 GMT MadMex http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16663/Direc-TV-Tivo-trouble/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16639/7_2.2_O-kernel-problem/?src=forumtopic_rss I have a s2 14060 tivo for which I am attempting to copy the referenced kernel from the latest $5.00 inhanced CD without success. I can see the kernel using winrar on my pc but when I boot using the CD on another computer it cannot find the kernel. Some of the commands used are: cp /cdrom/s2_kernels/7_2.2_O/vmlinux.px.gz I tried the O as a 0 also without success. Building & Hacking TiVo Series 1 & 2 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:13:12 GMT Skippye http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16639/7_2.2_O-kernel-problem/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16507/Series-1-upgrade-continously-boots/?src=forumtopic_rss I attempted to add a second drive to my Sony SVR2000 using the Hinsdale Upgrade Configuration #1. It is just running mfsadd -r 4 -x /dev/hdc /dfv/hdd With the old A drive at secondary master and the new B drive in secondary slave. It completed fine reporting the ond and new recording times. However, after installing the drives in TiVo and powering up. I get "your recorder is starting up Please wait a moment" screen then the "Almost there - a few more seconds please" screen. Then a few flashes and back to "Your recorder is starting..........." After removing the new Drive B and attempting to run using Drive A only - problem is still present. Cable and drive test good, Help please! TiVo Series 1 & 2 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:31:13 GMT Dick_Reiser http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16507/Series-1-upgrade-continously-boots/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16351/Series-2-DVR40-Instant-cake-Records-what-it-wants/?src=forumtopic_rss I re-imaged my DVR using instant cake for DVR40 wrote to a Seagate 160 gb worked great except the Tivo now records every thing literally i say record hosue it records house and ER and Murder she wrote Thing is i did not tell it to record ER or murder she wrote just house So ok Redid the clear & delete every thing and removed batteries from remote so it records ER then murder she wrote so i delete them and then it records another show no one asked it to record. very strange ANY ideas do i need to go in and do some serial hacking no Ethernet hooked up either Help Recoush Troubleshooting TiVo Series 1 & 2 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:30:47 GMT recoush http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16351/Series-2-DVR40-Instant-cake-Records-what-it-wants/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16326/Tivoweb-plus/?src=forumtopic_rss I lost the tivoweb application and can't seem to get it back. I can telnet to the tivo, tivo has no problem seeing the computer and tytools works just fine. So how do I get it to work again? I also can't seem to find the tivo console. I've tried rebooting the unit but still no luck. TiVo Series 1 & 2 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:31:19 GMT Rose http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16326/Tivoweb-plus/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16311/TiVo-coming-to-PC-via-Nero-software/?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/28/tivo-coming-to-pc-via-nero-software/ I wasn't sure where to put this - its really a crossing of borders. Tivo has not traditionally made money on the hardware - the bulk of the profit (such as it is) has been from the service. This would seem, in principle to be good for Tivo and good for those of us who like and are used to the Tivo interface. [quote] TiVo has just announced an agreement with multimedia software provider Nero AG that will bring its familiar interface and feature set to the PC. According to the joint announcement made today, Nero will embed the TiVo experience in its next generation of software, allowing the millions of us who rely on USB dongles for our TV to finally join the exclusive realm of Series1, 2, and 3 owners. Plus, as Zatz Not Funny! points out , Nero's international presence should help spread TiVo to the far corners of the Earth like some digital Happy Meal. Hopefully this new PC timeshifting solution -- release window: unknown -- will also convince other purveyors of home theater-only hardware-based services to finally bring their wares to the desktop. Yes, we're looking at you, Sling .[/quote] TiVo HD & Series 3 Windows PC & Media Center Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:32:23 GMT GrondramB http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16311/TiVo-coming-to-PC-via-Nero-software/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16240/instant-cake-will-not-run-past-first-boot-screen/?src=forumtopic_rss I have a 300gb seagate Hd i want to add to my series 2 dt tivo. the problem i am having is instantcake will not run after the first boot screen. the cursor stops below where the drives are shown. it hangs for as long as i leave it. i upgraded a regular series 2 tivo a year ago so i know this cd works, well at least at that time it did. does the instant cake .iso have a timer app that disables after a year? thanks for all your help in advance mike- TiVo Series 1 & 2 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 22:35:33 GMT moondookie http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16240/instant-cake-will-not-run-past-first-boot-screen/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16225/InstantCake-will-not-run-from-disc/?src=forumtopic_rss OK so new at this, but I do believe I have tried absolutelye everything. I have tried making iso disc (at least 20 of them) using about every program I an find, it still will not boot from disc. I can boot from my Win XP disc, so it's not BIOS settings etc. I have confirmed that my CD-RW is the primary master. New IDE drive is primary slave. These confirmed in bios. I either get 'DISC FAILURE, PLEASE LOAD BOOTABLE DISK' (etc) failure, or it freezes on 'BOOTING FROM DISC' with no further activity... Can someone PLEASE help me, obviously I am missing something, but this is driving me mad. Thanks in advance.... TiVo Series 1 & 2 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:45:13 GMT pkitch http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16225/InstantCake-will-not-run-from-disc/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16216/using-RCA-DVR80-without-Tivo-service-/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello I bought an RCA DVR80 Tivo off ebay for $20 in the hopes i could use it to record my regular tv shows, like a VCR. I don't have / don't subscribe to the Tivo service and can't really afford to right now. Is there anyway to just use the DVR80 without Tivo service? Possibly some sorta hack or mod available? When I plug it in, it says trying to find Satellite and Satellite Info, but I do not have Satellite, only regular cable tv. Any help / suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanx. TiVo HD & Series 3 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:38:32 GMT poohbear416 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16216/using-RCA-DVR80-without-Tivo-service-/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16178/Help-with-Tivo-Drive-Replacement/?src=forumtopic_rss I have a tivo series 2 that my brother-in-law replaced the hard drive in. The tivo was constantly freezing up so we finally ordered the tivo replacement drive and replaced it. Well now we are having another problem, the tivo keeps rebooting itself constantly. I had never seen this happen before the drive was replaced but my husand said it started doing that about 2 weeks before we replaced the drive. Is it more likely that it is a bad drive or that the power supply needs to be replaced too? Any ideas or suggestions? TiVo Series 1 & 2 Sun, 04 Nov 2007 23:46:15 GMT kmorr566 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16178/Help-with-Tivo-Drive-Replacement/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16168/Can-a-Series-3-Tivo-or-a-Tivo-HD-record-programs-at-ALL-if-you-re-NOT-paying-a-monthlyfee-/?src=forumtopic_rss OK I need to know the following: Can a Series 3 Tivo or a Tivo HD record programs at ALL if you're NOT paying the monthly service fee? I don't know anything about what exactly you can do with the Series 3 or the Tivo HD without paying the monthly fee. Can you record programs at all doing that? (by setting up the recordings manually; specifiying a start/stop time for each program) oh and BTW does the Tivo HD have Composite video (yellow plug only) AND RF (like a Coaxial post) output? or ONLY High Definition type outputs? . TiVo HD & Series 3 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 05:02:40 GMT dhowerter http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16168/Can-a-Series-3-Tivo-or-a-Tivo-HD-record-programs-at-ALL-if-you-re-NOT-paying-a-monthlyfee-/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16167/Can-a-Series-1-or-2-Tivo-record-programs-if-you-are-NOT-paying-the-monthly-service-charge-/?src=forumtopic_rss OK I need to know the following: Can a Series 1 or 2 Tivo record programs if you are NOT paying the monthly service charge? Someone correct me if this is not correct ;) From what I've read so far, Series 1 Tivos CAN record programs (where you setup manually the start/stop times) BUT only certain models? (Which models?) Or maybe only Series 1s with "BASIC Service"? Anyone know? :) For Series 2 Tivos, I've been getting mixed answers about whether or not they can record programs at ALL with no monthly service charge (manually setting the start/stop times that is). One person said he had a Series 2 Tivo which he used to record programming with no monthly charge by setting up the times manually. Other people have said that a Series 2 Tivo with no monthly service is a doorstop and can't record anything at ALL ;) SO who is right? O_O . TiVo Series 1 & 2 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:52:16 GMT dhowerter http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16167/Can-a-Series-1-or-2-Tivo-record-programs-if-you-are-NOT-paying-the-monthly-service-charge-/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16138/Need-help-with-PTVnet-USB-access/?src=forumtopic_rss Updated with correct USB adapter models !!! Please tell me if these are supported or where I can find the latest list of supported USB adapters. ================================ I rebuilt my 2 120GB Quantum drives with IntantCake after problem with power supply and Tivo came back to lilfe. I used a PC power supply to power the drives and left original power supply in place. Rebuilt drives which came up without a problem. Then purchased the PTVnet and run on the same drives, selected the USB 2.0 option and then tried to connect but no luck. I used a Belkin model FSD7050 Wireless G USB Network Adapter and a Linksys model WUSB54GV2 Wireless-g Network Adapter but no luck. I removed WEP encryption from the wireless setup on the router, added MAC address to router, then I tried adding a static reservation address for each MAC address of the 2 USB G wireless devices but nothing. I even tried plugging both USB devices at the same time, but nothing. I rebooted after each attempt. Tivo is behaving as if there is not network USB support. Can you help me identify if my 6.2 software sees the USB port? I remember reading a... Upgrading TiVo Series 1 & 2 Networking Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:08:30 GMT fossil http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16138/Need-help-with-PTVnet-USB-access/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16120/New-TiVo-Website----TiVo-HD-Contest/?src=forumtopic_rss I saw a new TiVo website and thought i'd just pass this by - might be worth checking out as you could win a new TiVo HD and lifetime subscription -- hookupwithtivo.com. All you have to do is impress the host of the Bachelor, Chris Harrison, with a personal ad showing how much you and your HDTV deserve TiVo HD. Looks like it began today and will run through Oct. 22. Best of luck! TiVo HD & Series 3 General Discussion Thu, 25 Oct 2007 02:40:01 GMT tivomann http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16120/New-TiVo-Website----TiVo-HD-Contest/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16099/DirecTV-HD-Tivo-/?src=forumtopic_rss Hello everyone... We are moving, so I guess it's time to upgrade to DirecTV HD. However, they don't have a box with Tivo. We really like Tivo. So my questions for the group are are: Are there no HD Tivo boxes that are compatible with DirecTV (not just now - but with all the channels they are adding? I PTVUpgraded have my current DirecTV receiver. I really like the web interface, and the ability to extract and download shows for later viewing is important. In addition, I have a couple hundred hours of disk space. Do I have to give all that up to move to HD? I am just not so sure it's worth it..... DirecTV TiVo HD & Series 3 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:19:55 GMT mdtv http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16099/DirecTV-HD-Tivo-/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16096/hybrid/?src=forumtopic_rss what is hybrid analog and digital tv??? TiVo Series 1 & 2 Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:47:58 GMT angie04 http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/thread/16096/hybrid/#discussion?src=forumtopic_rss