I'm not sure, I've never had to do it. Websearch kickstart tivo. This thread seems to have better information but I still don't see exactly what the affect is. http://tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=397882
________________________________ From: Jeff Allison <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:41:40 AM Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] S3 on the fritz On 3/25/2009 7:50 AM, Jeremy Sullivan wrote: > Any luck Jeff? The system was back to acting normal yesterday so I haven't tried this yet. I assume the "repair" is a disk check. What data do you lose when you do this? Losing guide data is no big thing, but recreating season passes and wish lists is a bit of a pain. Thanks. - Jeff > ____________ _________ _________ __ > From: Jeff Allison <Jeff.Allison@ amate.us <mailto:Jeff. Allison%40amate. us>> > To: tivocentral@ yahoogroups. com <mailto:tivocentral %40yahoogroups. com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 10:55:34 AM > Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] S3 on the fritz > > On 3/24/2009 5:51 AM, Jeremy Sullivan wrote: > > > All I can think of is to kick start the TiVo. It will bring up the Green > > Screen of Death (or of Intensive care) that will run a disk check. > > Failing that, you might see if you could make an image of that drive? > > > 1. Uplug the TiVo for 10-15 seconds > > 2. Plug in the TiVo and hold the yellow pause button on the remote until > > the yellow light shows on the front of the TiVo. > > 3. Release the pause button and type 57. > > The TiVO will reboot and a green screen will appear stating that the > > TiVo has encountered an error and may take up to 3 hours to repair it > > If you do not see this screen, repeat the Kick Start procedure. The > > error has been repaired, the TiVo will restart. You will need to > > download program information again. > > Thanks, this is what I was looking for. I'll try this tonight. > > - Jeff > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
