Sorry for sending before finishing; not sure what happened there. ; )
OK, to continue from where the last message left off, I still cannot
get the channels in there in any way, shape, or form. I cannot try
the manual setup where you go to the channel and press Record, and
then Record again, because the Record button on the remote is not
doing anything.
Something was mentioned about resetting the remote? What do you mean
by that?
Oh, and we were sent another remote from the place we got the first,
because they thought it was the particular remote that might be
having a problem with the Tivo button, but the new one works exactly
the same. So you may be right about the brands not being compatible,
but unless I can get this thing working, we will not be buying
another remote.
Sorry for being wordy, I'm usually more concise, but I'm a bit wound
up over this. We'd already spent too much on replacement VCR's and
other possibility's that didn't last long. Please, any and all
suggestions from all of you would be greatly appreciated. I was under
the impression that Tivo 1's would work anywhere, with anything from
satellite to rabbit ears.
To recap the specifics: Tivo series 1, 112; Cox cable, no box; I have
done a full system reset; it has had close to two weeks to make its
phone calls; it is skipping anything about channel lineup during
Guided Setup, which has been gone through numerous times; there are
no channels registering in the Tivo; the remote is not working, but
enough to get the Tivo setup, I think. Could you please tell me how
to "reset" the remote, in case that's part of the problem?
TIA,
Cara
--- In [email protected], MegaZone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Once upon a time dolphin5001 shaped the electrons to say...
> > 1. Guided Setup seems to be skipping several steps. It is
dialing in,
> > and getting part of the correct info, but I'm not getting the
menus to
> > select provider and channel line-up, and the Tivo is not tuning
to any
> > channels. I've heard that you can manually program in the
channels,
> > but the instructions I have aren't working. Any suggestions?
>
> Do you have an active TiVo subscription? If not it won't download
any
> of the guide data, so it is normal that it'd skip all of that.
> Without a sub it works strictly by time and channel just like an old
> VCR, no guide.
>
> > 2. Is there a way to update the software on this early of a
Tivo? If
> > so, how would I do that, and could that be part of the problem?
>
> It will upgrade itself as it calls in, you can have it call in
> repeatedly to speed things up. But the latest software is something
> like 3.0.1 on those units.
>
> > 3. The Tivo button on the remote (Thompson replacement remote)
> > doesn't work. Do you think this is the remote, or the Tivo?
>
> Make sure the remote has been reset, new batteries, etc. If it
still
> doesn't work, and that's the only button that doesn't, it is
probably
> the remote.
>
> And... wait... Thompson? Thompson made the UK TiVo, I'm not sure if
> that works right with a US Philips TiVo.
>
> -MZ
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