TiVo Vonage activate Guided Setup

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<Al.B.Bach@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:IF_We.24926$8q.829@lakeread01...
> 9-17-05
>
> Hope this helps some folks. It worked for me.
>
> After searching on the Internet, I found the solution. Just wanted to post
> incase others need it.
>
> Successfully setup my TiVO with Vonage VOIP service without landline phone
> service.
>
>
> Unplugged my phone and plugged in TiVO Series 2 to my LINKSYS (Cisco)
> phone
> adapter.
>
> The key is the prefix for TiVo to dial and turn off call waiting.
>
> The prefix must tell TiVo to slow the transfer rate down...I guess. Not
> sure
> that matters.
>
> Prefix - ",#034" that's comma pound zero 34
> turn off call waiting with "*99" that's star99
>
> another prefix which someone else said worked for them was ",#019" that's
> comma pound zero 19
>
>
> Good luck. It beats bugging and lugging to a friends house for setup.

Did this work for the initial first time out of the box setup for TiVo? When
I got my latest TiVo I tried all of this and more and still ended up taking
the TiVo to the office to complete the initial 2 calls (phone # list, huge
software download). After that it worked fine over the phone until I plugged
it into the home network and bid farewell to the phone connection.