Momentary pauses on HD TiVo

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"Fred Bloggs" <SPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Folks,
>
> My HD TiVo momentarily pauses every few minutes, mostly when watching Fox
> (SD from the dish). Sometimes the picture freezes and there is no sound,
> sometimes the picture continues and the sound drops off. If I hit replay,
> the problem repeats, which implies that the problem is not between the
> TiVo and the TV. Another TiVo (SD) in another part of the house does not
> seem to have the same problem.
>
> This seems to be an intermittent problem and didn't used to happen very
> often. I didn't give it much thought in the past because it was mostly on
> one channel, so I figured it was probably the upfeed or something. Now it
> seems to happen on a more regular basis, so I decided to investigate
> further.
>
> Has anyone seen anything like this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray
Mine does the same thing. Seems to happen most when I leave it on the same
channel for several hours. If I change channels for a few seconds (clear the
buffer) the problem goes away. HTH.

JustDave