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In article <y944e.18133$DW.10669@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com>,
jumblejim@prodigy.spam says...
> My TiVo plays back previously recorded stuff fine, but yesterday it started
> not showing live tv or recording anything new. It's a standalone box, with
> signal coming in from a standalone Directv box. Removing Tivo from the
> circuit, the Directv signal goes into my tv fine. It doesn't seem to be a
> cable/connector issue, since the playback of old recordings is excellent in
> all departments. And it's getting a very good signal into the Tivo. Just
> nothing live is registering, either in the output or in the record mode.
>
> It's a Tivo Series 2, model number TCD24008A. If I change channels through
> Tivo, I get a momentary banner telling me what should be on the new channel,
> but no picture. Then it flips to the "Tivo cannot display live tv, try
> these tips" blue screen.
>
> Tivo service isn't open till in the morning, and meanwhile TCM is running
> hours and hours of Fatty Arbuckle silents starting five hours before Tivo
> opens. So any help would be appreciated.
>
> Jim Beaver
>
>
>


Sounds like your tuner died.

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.tivo (More info?)

"Jim Beaver" <jumblejim@prodigy.spam> wrote in message
news:y944e.18133$DW.10669@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
> My TiVo plays back previously recorded stuff fine, but yesterday it
> started not showing live tv or recording anything new. It's a standalone
> box, with signal coming in from a standalone Directv box. Removing Tivo
> from the circuit, the Directv signal goes into my tv fine. It doesn't
> seem to be a cable/connector issue, since the playback of old recordings
> is excellent in all departments. And it's getting a very good signal into
> the Tivo. Just nothing live is registering, either in the output or in
> the record mode.

Thanks for the replies to this question. I didn't get it fixed in time for
the recordings I wanted last night, but I did get it fixed. So those of you
who suggested my tuner was gone, don't go junking your boxes too quickly.
When I finally connected with a real person at Tivo, he walked me through
the examination process and found that somehow the Video setting had become
set for RX cable input rather than the composite setting appropriate for the
composite cables I had leading from my satellite box. Changing the Video
setting from RX to composite gave me back my signal and all is well. Don't
know how it happened, since no one has been messing with either cables or
settings to my knowledge, but it's fixed now -- and without throwing it out
for a bad tuner.

Jim Beaver

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.tivo (More info?)

Jim Beaver wrote:
> When I finally connected with a real person at Tivo, he walked me through
> the examination process and found that somehow the Video setting had become
> set for RX cable input rather than the composite setting appropriate for the
> composite cables I had leading from my satellite box. Changing the Video
> setting from RX to composite gave me back my signal and all is well.

I suppose you mean "Coax RF" instead of "RX".

Just for reference, the three types of input for a standalone TiVo are
*) S-Video, L/R Audio
*) Composite Video, L/R Audio
*) Coax RF in, Chan 2, 3, or 4.

-Joe

Archived from groups: alt.video.ptv.tivo (More info?)

"Jim Beaver" <jumblejim@prodigy.spam> wrote in message
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>
> "Jim Beaver" <jumblejim@prodigy.spam> wrote in message
> news:y944e.18133$DW.10669@newssvr17.news.prodigy.com...
>> My TiVo plays back previously recorded stuff fine, but yesterday it
>> started not showing live tv or recording anything new. It's a standalone
>> box, with signal coming in from a standalone Directv box. Removing Tivo
>> from the circuit, the Directv signal goes into my tv fine.
>
I would suggest giving dtivo a good look. Sell your SA tivo on ebay, buy a
dtivo on ebay, or new for relatively cheap. Advantages are:

1) Lower fee - $4.99/month for 1 or all boxes, vs. 12.99 plus 6.99, etc
2) Lower fee
3) Dual tuners - very nice
4) No IR Blasters, better channel changing
5) Optical audio.

I just switched from cable to directv, am selling 2 SA tivos, and have 2
dtivos now set up. A major improvement.

Rick