{"id":1785,"date":"2019-05-16T11:35:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T18:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2019-05-16T11:35:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T18:35:37","slug":"tivo-phone-connections-have-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/2019\/05\/tivo-phone-connections-have-ended\/","title":{"rendered":"TiVo Phone Connections Have Ended"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tivoAdapter1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tivoAdapter1.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.wkblog.com\/tivo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/tivoAdapter1-136x150.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption>TiVo Wireless G Wifi Adapter<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Spring of 2019, TiVo ended support for dial-in connections. TiVos for cable or antenna must use broadband internet to connect to TiVo&#8217;s servers from now on for guide updates and OS upgrades. So if your TiVo had been dialing in and is now complaining that it can&#8217;t get guide data, this is why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of the impacts on TiVos that were dialing in, per TiVo generation, starting with non-DirecTV units:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Series1 (Philips HDR and Sony SVR-2000 models):<\/strong> These already haven&#8217;t been able to dial in for a few years, so they really aren&#8217;t impacted by this change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Series2 (TiVo, Sony, Humax, Pioneer, and Toshiba models, some with DVD capabilities)<\/strong>: If you have one of these and were using a phone line, you now need to switch to broadband. You have two options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weaknees.com\/cart\/TiVo-Wireless-802.11g-USB-Adapter-g_wireless2.html\">G Wifi Adapter<\/a> &#8211; this will connect to your home Wifi network<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weaknees.com\/cart\/USB-to-Ethernet-Adapter-usbeth.html\">Wired Ethernet Adapter<\/a> &#8211; this will connect to an ethernet cable that runs to your router<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Series3 TiVo HD (TiVo brand):<\/strong> Series3 units all have ethernet built-in as well as the ability to use a separate Wifi adapter. If you were using a phone line, you need to change to an ethernet cable, or this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weaknees.com\/cart\/TiVo-Wireless-802.11g-USB-Adapter-g_wireless2.html\">G Wifi Adapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Series4 Premiere (TiVo brand):<\/strong> Series4 units were the first TiVos that didn&#8217;t ship with internal modems. If you were using these to dial-in, you would have had to have a TiVo USB Phone Line Adaptor connected (and this didn&#8217;t work with the four tuner Premieres). Now you either need to plug an ethernet cable into your unit (all Series4 units have ethernet ports) or add a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weaknees.com\/cart\/TiVo-Wireless-802.11g-USB-Adapter-g_wireless2.html\">G Wifi Adapter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Series5 Roamio and Series6 Bolt<\/strong> units were never able to dial in, so this change doesn&#8217;t affect them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DIRECTV TiVos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Series1 and Series2 DirecTiVos, and the HD DirecTV HR10-250<\/strong>: If  you have one of these units up and running, it should continue to work fine for now. It may give you a &#8216;nag screen&#8217; telling you to connect to a phone line (don&#8217;t bother) but it should continue to get guide data off the satellite dish. But if you redo Guided Setup, change your hard drive, or try to set up a previously unactivated unit, you won&#8217;t be able to. In these situations, the unit needs to dial-in to DirecTV, and that&#8217;s no longer possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DirecTV units cannot use the broadband wired or wireless adapters mentioned above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Spring of 2019, TiVo ended support for dial-in connections. TiVos for cable or antenna must use broadband internet to connect to TiVo&#8217;s servers from now on for guide updates and OS upgrades. So if your TiVo had been dialing in and is now complaining that it can&#8217;t get guide data, this is why. 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