Official AVS TiVo HD Topic! - Page 103

Originally Posted by tcramer

My Tivo HD is randomly restarting, about once a day for the past week. It just goes to the 'Welcome Powering Up' screen and stays there, never actually starting up. I have to unplug and manually restart it about 3 or 4 times before it actually goes through the cycle and restarts. Otherwise, it stays frozen on that welcome screen.

Originally Posted by Kelson

I don't have an answer for your initial reboot. But I have found that when pulling the plug to do a manual reboot, I have to let it sit without power for about 5 min before putting the plug back in. If I don't the reboot tends to fail and freeze at the welcome screen. It may be something is slowly discharging inside. Anyway, I saw your comment that you have to restart 3-4 times before it goes through the cycle and my first thought was how long do you wait between cutting and restoring power.

Boy, what I wouldn't give for a hardware reset button on the box -- just like we used to have on older PC's. That would be so much better than having to cycle the power to get out of a freeze.

My experience with NetFlix is that it doesn't cause a TiVo lockup unless you are actively using it and the TiVo is expecting content to be coming over the network connection. Also, if you want to run without the expander for a few days to test it, you have to go into the menu and tell the TiVo to stop using it first before you disconnect it.

Originally Posted by tcramer

I've usually been giving about a minute or so but I will try your 5 minute method and see how that works.

You can say that again about the reset button.

I really don't use NetFlix much but haven't had an trouble with it the few times I had. I'll give it a few more days here and see if I can find something that might be triggering it to restart in the first place.

Originally Posted by keenan

House doesn't premier until next week, so if it shows in your TDL you're fine, you haven't missed anything.

Originally Posted by tcramer

I do have the WD DVR expander attached. Even if I unplug that completely then attempt to restart it freezes. When it does start back up, I have not lost any recorded shows. That leads me to believe the expander is not the cause.

Originally Posted by avnstf

hmmm...that would explain it

Originally Posted by bfdtv




This won't catch every new series, because a few like FlashForward don't have "pilot" in the title for their premiere episode.

Originally Posted by pm123

What's the difference between "keyword" and "title keyword", and how would they be used?

Originally Posted by pm123

i can understand The Office not showing, because the guide info does not call it a premier. But the episode of Community is called "Pilot"

Originally Posted by bfdtv

TiVo issues probably break down something like this:

95% - failing internal or external hard drive (80% external, 15% internal)
4.5% - failure in power supply
0.5% - something else

If the problem is the hard drive, that's relatively easy to address with a drive upgrade / replacement (see first post for instructions). I would rule that out before you look at other options.

If disconnecting the external drive and replacing the internal drive does not address the problem, then the culprit is probably the power supply (I recommend a UPS to safeguard your TiVo's PS, btw). In that case, you'll either need to send the DVR back to TiVo for replacement, or send it to Weaknees and have them replace the power supply.

TiVo charges $150 for out-of-warranty TivoHD replacements and they'll transfer lifetime for free during the first three years. Once you've had lifetime for more than three years, TiVo's charges 1/2 the cost of lifetime to move it over to a replacement. If you're beyond the three year "free lifetime transfer" period, then you'll probably want to look into a power supply replacement. Weaknees charges $99 for a replacement TivoHD power supply, and if you want them to install it, that's an extra $49.

Originally Posted by D_B_0673

New Tivo HD, 1 week old
Multi Card
No audio or video problems on any channel as yet
Looking in diagnostics and see 140 uncorrected errors on tuner 1
0 on Tuner 0
If video and audio are fine, what does this mean and should I worry

I plan to install a 1 Tera internal HD, but don't want to open it up if I should be returning it to Best Buy for a replacement

Thanks as always

Originally Posted by bfdtv

If your TiVo is broadband connected, you should also see a banner for "One click to get your Fall TV picks" on the TiVo menu this week. That takes you to the "Guru Guide" menu, where you can see a list of returning shows and series premieres. My past experiences with "Guru Guides" haven't been good, so I simply choose the option to "view upcoming" and create season passes from the selections in the list.

Originally Posted by scsiraid

The bitstream carried in the QAM channel has embedded error correction code called 'Forward Error Correction'. This allows for correction of bit errors in the stream. The RS Corrected counter increments when a bit error was succesfully fixed and the RS Uncorrected counter increments when a bit error was uncorrectable. A few uncorrecteds are expected from time to time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_error_correction

Originally Posted by D_B_0673

thanks, didn't quite understand the wikipedia stuff, but I guess the short answer you are giving me is that it is not something to worry about

Originally Posted by bfdtv

"Title keyword" refers to text in the program title or episode title. "Keyword" refers to text in the program title, episode title, or episode description; in some cases, it also searches other fields, such as year.

Originally Posted by pm123

What am I missing here? wouldn't it make more sense to put the "Pilot" and "Premier" in the Keyword field?

I don't see how it works with those words in the Title Keyword field. The fact that the shows are premiers is not in the program or episode title, but in the episode description.

Originally Posted by pm123

Can you also give some clarification on how the () work. Is it setting this as an "or"condition, and without the () it would need to have both words?

Originally Posted by bwall23

Is there any way to SHUT-DOWN the TiVo?

Not STANDBY or RESTART, but like Linux or UNIX, to 'shutdown' ?

Originally Posted by ChrisC47

I'm also interested in this, as I'm about to tackle a hard drive upgrade and need it to go smoothly. I searched the FAQ.

Failing a clean shutdown mechanism, how long is "long enough" after entering standby to ensure that the machine has caught up with its background tasks, so I can pull the power plug? See bwall23's experience above.

Originally Posted by ChrisC47

Just checking again if there's an answer to this. I'm doing the surgery on Sunday.

Originally Posted by LL3HD

I'm leaving TW and signing up with FIOS. All I ever here is that their DVR blows and to go with a Tivo. I am not too familiar with Tivo. My concern is, what if Tivo has a new and improved model released in several months, not that I'm aware of this, but what happens when new models come out? Is there an upgrade program or is it justif you want it then you go and buy it.

Any advice?

Originally Posted by ChrisC47

Just checking again if there's an answer to this. I'm doing the surgery on Sunday.

Originally Posted by ChrisC47

Anyway it went great and I now have 142 HD hours. I can leave town for a week and not lose recordings!

Originally Posted by demonfoo


Basically, if you buy a TiVo HD now, you'll be set for some time to come.

Originally Posted by MichaelJHuman

Netflix over Tivo has some aspect ratio issues. For example, the movie Thunderbolt was shown in a 16:9 aspect ratio even though it's a 2.35:1 movie.

It streams correctly to a PC, and to my XBox 360.

I can think of two possibilities. One, Tivo is removing the letterboxing, two it's not adding needed letterboxing.

Both are odd. I would think that 2.35:1 movies have inherent letterboxing when they are anamorphically treated. Unless there's a 2.35:1 flag stored in the file which tells a player to stretch the movie to 2.35:1 and add letterboxing.

The concept of removing the letterboxing is bizarre, and I can't imagine how that could happen.

Or, an unlikely scenario, is that Tivo is removing the letterboxing, which would imply cropping the movie to 16:9 or some odd behavior like that.

All I know for sure is no matter what setting I choose, Tivo is displaying a 2.35:1 movie as a full frame 16:9 resulting in an incorrect aspect ratio - and PCs and my 360 are displaying it correctly.

Originally Posted by LL3HD

I’m leaving TW and signing up with FIOS. All I ever here is that their DVR blows and to go with a Tivo. I am not too familiar with Tivo. My concern is, what if Tivo has a new and improved model released in several months, not that I’m aware of this, but what happens when new models come out? Is there an upgrade program or is it just—if you want it then you go and buy it.

As part of this deal, TiVo and Best Buy are together working toward the development of new user interface features for TiVo DVRs sold by Best Buy, which will build upon TiVo’s seamless integration of broadcast, cable, and broadband content on the television set…

As proof of their commitment, beginning early next year Best Buy will be putting substantial marketing muscle behind this relationship as newly innovative features are rolled out.

I would say the essence of that [Best Buy] deal is geared toward early next year, where some product improvements and developments that we will be putting forward will be able to be wrapped into the overall strategic marketing relationship with Best Buy, so the guts of the relationship will really get under way then.