Sorry to have taken so long to get back to this. I'm going to leave all the below attached for reference since it has been awhile. Briefly, I've been trying to setup a Tivo Series 1 (112); actually, there are two of us working on this, so it seems even more ridiculous that a box is being such a problem. It has now had close to two weeks, just sitting hooked up, to make as many phone calls as its little brain wants, and more than enough time to get unscrambled. I have gone through Guided Setup so many times I've lost track. Tried Cable, tried Antenna. It still is not asking me about channel lineup or provider, which according to the book it should do long before we get to the subscription setup. And no, we do not have a sub.; this is merely to replace a VCR. Now, I'm going by the book I found for Tivo series 1 online, it may not be exactly for this one, but it should be pretty close, right?
--- 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 >
