TiVo : General TiVo Discussion Part 2

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by kered10

OK, engineer arrived about 11am, 3rd TiVo he'd done, pretty efficient with install, didn't offer to let me keep the V+ in another room, so it's gone. When he left, the Network status still said loading info, loading 99% on the last item on the list and this hasn't changed in the 4 hours since, is this OK? Also epg only goes as far as 24 hrs ahead so far, how long does this take to fill up? Are these two things related, and so I need to reboot or something?

Derek

PS Quite impressed with the YouTube app.

Yes it is normal as it does take a long time for the epg data to update.

[jswallow]

Got mine installed this morning. Two engineers just turned up, no phone call beforehand.

But I'm tearing my hair out. The Tivo is connected to a Toshiba LCD tv using HDMI. When I turn the TV on, I get "No Signal" on the TV until I pull the HDMI out and put it back in.

Any ideas, because that's going to drive me and everyone else blooming mad.

[dazed&confused]

OK - Tivo First impressions:

After the little hiccup on installation this morning I've been playing for a few hours:

1. PQ looks the same as the V+ on SD & HD

2. EPG goes back forever! - first prog with a little c embloem was KOTV boxing at 2.30 am this morning (10hours before install), pressed the programme - It stated "Watch from Catch up TV on demand" pressed OK, came up with "Play" - worked perfectly.

3. Set up all my series links with no problem, EPG started about a day ahead, now a week forward.

4. Controlled the Volume & Mute first time on my AV receiver.

5. Recorded two progs so far - both perfect.

6. Changed Tuners, and rewound to the start of the buffering on first tuner.

So far so good

Did I tell you that I'm ing it !!

[cupcakes aka dd]

Originally Posted by jswallow

Got mine installed this morning. Two engineers just turned up, no phone call beforehand.

But I'm tearing my hair out. The Tivo is connected to a Toshiba LCD tv using HDMI. When I turn the TV on, I get "No Signal" on the TV until I pull the HDMI out and put it back in.

Any ideas, because that's going to drive me and everyone else blooming mad.

I used to get that problem with my V+ although my screen just used to keep on trying but never quite getting there. I think I had to reboot my V+ to cure it or try switching to scart and back to HDMI.

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Originally Posted by dazed&confused

OK - Tivo First impressions:

After the little hiccup on installation this morning I've been playing for a few hours:

1. PQ looks the same as the V+ on SD & HD

2. EPG goes back forever! - first prog with a little c embloem was KOTV boxing at 2.30 am this morning (10hours before install), pressed the programme - It stated "Watch from Catch up TV on demand" pressed OK, came up with "Play" - worked perfectly.

3. Set up all my series links with no problem, EPG started about a day ahead, now a week forward.

4. Controlled the Volume & Mute first time on my AV receiver.

5. Recorded two progs so far - both perfect.

6. Changed Tuners, and rewound to the start of the buffering on first tuner.

So far so good

Did I tell you that I'm ing it !!

Good init. I find the on demand stuff much quicker.

[AlabasterLyn]

Originally Posted by dazed&confused

OK - Tivo First impressions:

After the little hiccup on installation this morning I've been playing for a few hours:

1. PQ looks the same as the V+ on SD & HD

2. EPG goes back forever! - first prog with a little c embloem was KOTV boxing at 2.30 am this morning (10hours before install), pressed the programme - It stated "Watch from Catch up TV on demand" pressed OK, came up with "Play" - worked perfectly.

3. Set up all my series links with no problem, EPG started about a day ahead, now a week forward.

4. Controlled the Volume & Mute first time on my AV receiver.

5. Recorded two progs so far - both perfect.

6. Changed Tuners, and rewound to the start of the buffering on first tuner.

So far so good

Did I tell you that I'm ing it !!

I don't understand the bit about "changing tuners"

[mkdr25]

Originally Posted by AlabasterLyn

I don't understand the bit about "changing tuners"

you can see what each tuner is on at any time from the info pane. its the symbol that says "RRR" in circles.

As each tuner is buffering at all times, you can actually rewind live TV on three channels. Pretty nifty but can be confusing!

[kgollop]

Originally Posted by mkdr25

you can see what each tuner is on at any time from the info pane. its the symbol that says "RRR" in circles.

As each tuner is buffering at all times, you can actually rewind live TV on three channels. Pretty nifty but can be confusing!

Thanks nice tip!

[jswallow]

Originally Posted by jswallow
Got mine installed this morning. Two engineers just turned up, no phone call beforehand.

But I'm tearing my hair out. The Tivo is connected to a Toshiba LCD tv using HDMI. When I turn the TV on, I get "No Signal" on the TV until I pull the HDMI out and put it back in.

Any ideas, because that's going to drive me and everyone else blooming mad.


I used to get that problem with my V+ although my screen just used to keep on trying but never quite getting there. I think I had to reboot my V+ to cure it or try switching to scart and back to HDMI.

No, same thing happens. Switching it while the TV is on to SCART and back to HDMI kills it as well.

[savvychels]

Originally Posted by mkdr25

Yeh that's what I assumed would work but doesn't seem to. Would appreciate any fellow Toshiba LCD owners feeding back their experiences.

The input on my tv can be toggled with one button too so should work.

did you input a specific code to get the volume to work or did you use the method where it finds its own code and turns the TV off?

[mkdr25]

Originally Posted by savvychels

did you input a specific code to get the volume to work or did you use the method where it finds its own code and turns the TV off?

engineer programmed it. He used a code listed under toshiba 0039 I think.

When I get home I'm going to reprogram and try all the tosh codes (there are about 20) and see if I can find one that has full functionality.

[devilincarnate]

Originally Posted by mkdr25

engineer programmed it. He used a code listed under toshiba 0039 I think.

When I get home I'm going to reprogram and try all the tosh codes (there are about 20) and see if I can find one that has full functionality.

Here are the TV codes for you and your TIVO remote:


TOSHIBA 0018 0025 0039 0044 0045 0075 0101 0119 0128 0141 0143
0145 0165 0195 0227 0247 0369 0379 0460 0642 0658 0713
0810 0813 081

[Skie]

Originally Posted by jswallow

No, same thing happens. Switching it while the TV is on to SCART and back to HDMI kills it as well.
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Sounds like a HDMI issue with either the box or the TV. Can you hook the tivo up to another HDMI display and see if it works there? If it does, then get the box swapped now before you begin recording loads of stuff.

If it is the TV, you may need to see if there is a firmware update for it.

[tweetiepooh]

I like the ability to press and hold the standby on the remote to put TV in standby.

Now if we could sort out the SCART source switching and screen mode.

[mkdr25]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

Here are the TV codes for you and your TIVO remote:


TOSHIBA 0018 0025 0039 0044 0045 0075 0101 0119 0128 0141 0143
0145 0165 0195 0227 0247 0369 0379 0460 0642 0658 0713
0810 0813 081

cheers for that. I'll try all and post back.

[paultrademark]

My Tivo seems to be defaulting to 720p in the Video Output Formats, and wont let me change it to 1080i (My Phillips TV is 1081i)

Any ideas?

Ahh found it.. silly me