My S1 box works just fine, but it's been in service continuous since 2001. The housekeeping thing occurs before the call, it has to finish the housekeeping, then it calls. I can't really say what mine does without a subscription, as it's always had one, until next month, then it runs out.
if you're interested in Tivo, I highly suggest you get a newer unit, a Series 2, preferably with some added feature like the DVD burner or dual tuner. Series 2 units can access the guide info from the internet with a network connection or wireless connection with a wifi adapter, and does so much more often than with a phone line, so things like on line programming and tivo desktop can be used, all nice things to have access to. If you look around, Series 2 boxes go for very little money, even the Series 3 HD box is under $300, and has much more space than the older boxes, along with dual tuner. Glen ----- Original Message ----- From: "dolphin5001" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:08 PM Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Trying to setup a series 1 >> What do you mean 'goes into > housekeeping'? > After it trys to call in, and fails, it says it's housekeeping. As far > as how long, we've let it go until it trys again, and also rebooted to > try calling again right away. In calling TiVo (I didn't call, someone > else did, so this is second hand), basically they don't support series > 1 anymore, at all, so even though it says they have the software > updates, and even though they'd be glad to take your money to activate > a subscription, it wouldn't do any good. Would have been nice to know > this before we spent money we don't really have to spare. I have > something else to try from the phone call, but I'm doubting it will > work. All the help from TiVo is assuming everything went through > right. > So... if anyone knows how to fix it, I'd love to hear it. But I'm > afraid it's sounding like a total > waste. > Thanks for all the suggestions, Cara > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
