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Reply to Bought the new adapter from DVR Upgrade still no IP on July 3, 2007

NO - I DID NOT GET IT TO WORK- I BOUGHT A NETGEAR THAT I KNOW WORKS- the comment "Note that these adapters will only work with PTVnet kits and software > versions released after...

Reply to Bought the new adapter from DVR Upgrade still no IP on March 23, 2007

I also bought the 'Trendnet' TU2-ET100 from upgrade- I have FA120's on my other tivos. the TU@ does not work on any of the boxes, it is a waste. My version of instant cake is...

Reply to Official InstantCake Discussion Thread on March 22, 2007

I baked my existing drive to upgrade to 6.2 and add ptvnet on my DSR704, the thing is, now it shows "0 available" space although there is nothing there. How can the available space be...

Reply to Compatible USB-Ethernet Adapters for Series 2 DirecTiVos on February 3, 2007

I bought the PTV in december (12/18) and have 2 dsr704's, the first I had a netgear USB to enet and everything went great. I just bought a trendnet 100 from DVRUpgrade and it is...

Reply to Hacking the parental control- on January 13, 2007

Thanks, Yog, the real issue was the parental lock, I found the right thread for that on DealDatabase. issue resolved. Thanks.

Reply to Upgrading PTVupgrade TivoWebPlus 1.2.1 to 1.3.1 on January 2, 2007

Yeah, thats where I got it, but once on my PC it was as a '.gz' - strange- will reboot and try again. Thanks For the reply!

Reply to Upgrading PTVupgrade TivoWebPlus 1.2.1 to 1.3.1 on January 2, 2007

When I download the tivowebplus it shows up with a '.gz' suffix instead of 'tgz'- meaning the format is not gzip when I try to place it on the tivo (get the following "not in...

Reply to Beginner's Guide to Extraction with a DirectTiVo (HD or non-HD) on December 31, 2006

I have followed all the instructions, (here, Ty, and Wee...) on the tivo and on the PC. But I get a "critical error" on the Windows Media Player and on the MPC as well... The...

Reply to PTVnet Software CD Success Stories on December 30, 2006

Posted the original InstantCake "success" story when I replaced a bad drive in my DSR704.Now I got my FA120 ($40) from Ebay- already had a Netgear Bridge for my PC in the "TV room"- added...

Reply to Instant Cake baked to perfection on December 21, 2006

I had a wonderful Baking experience- THANKS AGAIN InstantCake- my Philips DSR704 is repaired (the old drive got corrupted) and has 4times the space, plus my PC now has a 40G drive for my music......

Reply to Converting a Linksys WRT54G/GS Into An Ethernet Bridge on December 21, 2006

Well- I had a spare 54GS, but the application is "flaky"- I spent $26 (-$10 rebate) on a netgear 5port switch from Amazon- I'll hang that switch off my Netgear bridge (the old 1port) and...

Reply to Official InstantCake Discussion Thread on December 20, 2006

Well, I called DirecTV- just went through the IVR & hooked up the phone for a minute and OH YEAH!!! Local Channels all there...now we'll see about NFL on Saturday. But until then- It's TiVo...

Reply to Official InstantCake Discussion Thread on December 20, 2006

Well, it booted right up- all is good for now, except the local/special (NFL) channels haven't activated yet. I'll give it a day, then call if necessary. Now if my Netgear FA120 would get here......

Reply to Official InstantCake Discussion Thread on December 20, 2006

Lou, if you want pull my last post down, I was using a HP PC I didn't mind screwing up...but when it wouldn't boot properly I got desperate and pulled out the newer Dual core...

Reply to Official InstantCake Discussion Thread on December 20, 2006

I have followed the steps for setting up the CD & HD in the PC, but am having issues...(and yes, I switched the jumpers on both, and have tehm set up in BIOS and cabled...