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In Part 1, we posted about problems where networked TiVos can’t transfer shows because they don’t realize they have been authorized to transfer. This segment deals with a common network problem: different subnets.
A “subnet” is an isolated area of a network, generally with an IP address list in a reserved area of the IP space [...]

There are two main reasons Multi Room Viewing can fail. Multi Room Viewing, or MRV, is the ability of Series2 and Series3 TiVo DVRs to see each other over the network and be able to transfer shows between each other (or, potentially, with more TiVos, if there are more on the network).
The first of the [...]

As DIRECTV TiVos age, we are seeing more problems with satellite tuners. I thought it would be helpful to summarize some of the more frequent symptoms of a bad DirecTiVo satellite tuner. (Also see our TiVo troubleshooting page.) Here are some of the more common symptoms associated with a defective satellite tuner (you need not [...]

We’ve had a bunch of questions about setting up units with antenna inputs recently. Customers with new drives, or re-doing Guided Setup with Series2 units with 9.3 have experienced problems with the auto-search for channels. TiVo knows about it, and is supplying a fix for it - 9.3c. If you have an affected unit, get [...]

OK - probably not quite, but it’s pretty bad. And I’m not talk pornography (although we happen to have a good one of those here today also) but straight-up, actual dirt.

See that strange blob on the right that looks like a prop from a ’70s outer space movie? Its smaller sibling is just to the [...]