Tivo Series 2 mysteriously tuned to Discovery channel?
 

Hi,

I've noticed something weird.

I've come home and noticed my TV tuned to Discovery Channel more than
once, and I am certain I was watching another channel the night before.
I have suggestions disabled at the moment, and still it happens. I
don't get it. Why's it changing, and why always to Discovery?

this is getting annoying, but if I knew what was going on, i'd feel at
least more understanding.

I sometimes use my VCR to record a program when my tivo's full, which
requires i set the channel where i want it and leave it there.

An hour's worth of Discovery isn't always what i want.

My mom doesn't know how to turn my tv on, so I know it wasn't a human.

Any ideas why this is happening?

Any insight you can provide is great.

Thanks,
-Will

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:52:46 -0800, Will Mulloy wrote:

Why's it changing, and why always to Discovery?

Because TiVo buys advertising space on Discovery late at night, and tells
your TiVo to record it.

That's where "Yellow Star" recordings come from, as well as any clips
associated with the TV Guide showcase, or any other showcases.

Also, IIRC, it downloads some of the guide data from Discovery as well.
Not really sure about that one. I guess they use the "extra" bandwidth in
the video signal.

--
Lenroc

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:52:46 -0800, Will Mulloy wrote:

I sometimes use my VCR to record a program when my tivo's full, which
requires i set the channel where i want it and leave it there.

Sorry, missed this part of your question.

You have 2 options there. Buy a bigger hard drive for your TiVo (actually
very easy), or find a way to wire your VCR independently of your TiVo. If
you have a Cable Box, this is moderately more difficult.

Actually, there are 2 other options:

You _could_ hack your TiVo and use TivoWeb to delete the scheduled
recordings for Discovery late-night. This wouldn't be my choice,
personally ;)

The other thing that _might_ work is to tune to the channel you want, then
hit Pause. Tivo would fill it's buffer, then begin playing from where you
paused. I am not sure if it would change the channel when it was time to
record the Discovery stuff or not.... (that's why it only 'might' work).
You'd have to set your VCR to start recording a half-hour later, if it did
work...

--
Lenroc

In article il.com,
Lenroc wrote:

On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 23:52:46 -0800, Will Mulloy wrote:

I sometimes use my VCR to record a program when my tivo's full, which
requires i set the channel where i want it and leave it there.

Sorry, missed this part of your question.

You have 2 options there. Buy a bigger hard drive for your TiVo (actually
very easy), or find a way to wire your VCR independently of your TiVo. If
you have a Cable Box, this is moderately more difficult.

Actually, there are 2 other options:

You _could_ hack your TiVo and use TivoWeb to delete the scheduled
recordings for Discovery late-night. This wouldn't be my choice,
personally ;)

The other thing that _might_ work is to tune to the channel you want, then
hit Pause. Tivo would fill it's buffer, then begin playing from where you
paused. I am not sure if it would change the channel when it was time to
record the Discovery stuff or not.... (that's why it only 'might' work).
You'd have to set your VCR to start recording a half-hour later, if it did
work...

I would REALLY like a way to have TIVO default to a certain channel
when not recording. As it's continually recording a half hour of
programing, it should be a station that might have a show I'd want to
go back and watch the beginning of...

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

In article ID , Invid Fan
writes:

I would REALLY like a way to have TIVO default to a certain channel
when not recording. As it's continually recording a half hour of
programing, it should be a station that might have a show I'd want to
go back and watch the beginning of..

Set up a 5 min daily recording on that channel and allow only one episode to
be saved. That's one way to do it.

In article , Phil Leonard
wrote:

In article ID , Invid Fan
writes:

I would REALLY like a way to have TIVO default to a certain channel
when not recording. As it's continually recording a half hour of
programing, it should be a station that might have a show I'd want to
go back and watch the beginning of..

Set up a 5 min daily recording on that channel and allow only one episode to
be saved. That's one way to do it.

Then as soon as Tivo recorded another program the channel would be
changed again and not switch back :)

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

In article ID , Invid Fan
writes:

Set up a 5 min daily recording on that channel and allow only one episode to
be saved. That's one way to do it.

Then as soon as Tivo recorded another program the channel would be
changed again and not switch back :)

It's not a perfect solution, but there are no other ones that I'm aware of.
So, he has to make the best of it. If most of his recordings are done at
night, he can set it to record the 5 min segment after the last recording. Or,
he can even set it multiple times during the day/daily.

If the request is to set TiVo to always be on a single channel, then that is
what the person has to deal with. I know of no other way to accomplish what
was requested.

"Phil Leonard" wrote
Set up a 5 min daily recording on that channel and allow only one episode to
be saved. That's one way to do it.
Then as soon as Tivo recorded another program the channel would be
changed again and not switch back :)
It's not a perfect solution, but there are no other ones that I'm aware of.
So, he has to make the best of it. If most of his recordings are done at
night, he can set it to record the 5 min segment after the last recording. Or,
he can even set it multiple times during the day/daily.
If the request is to set TiVo to always be on a single channel, then that is
what the person has to deal with. I know of no other way to accomplish what
was requested.

Make a Season Pass for *every* show possible on the channel
you want to be buffered as often as possible. This will take some
time, but not that long for most channels as most have regular
shows. (Won't work for movie channels, that well, for example.)

Make all such Season Passes "Keep at Most 1 Episode" and at
the lowest recording quality (if applicable) to keep space usage
to a minimum. Also put all such Season Passes at the bottom of
the Season Pass Manager. If you actually want certain shows on
that channel at a higher quality or priority, go ahead. The main
point is to get every show recorded automatically on said channel.

This should produce the desired effect since TiVo is very often
switching to this channel to record all the Season Passes.

In article , Phil Leonard
wrote:

In article ID , Invid Fan
writes:

Set up a 5 min daily recording on that channel and allow only one episode
to
be saved. That's one way to do it.

Then as soon as Tivo recorded another program the channel would be
changed again and not switch back :)

It's not a perfect solution, but there are no other ones that I'm aware of.

I know, which is why it's a feature I'd like them to add at some point.

So, he has to make the best of it. If most of his recordings are done at
night, he can set it to record the 5 min segment after the last recording. Or,
he can even set it multiple times during the day/daily.

If the request is to set TiVo to always be on a single channel, then that is
what the person has to deal with. I know of no other way to accomplish what
was requested.

Thus I'm just going to live with it, as the "solution" is more bother
then the actual problem :)

--
Chris Mack "Refugee, total ****. That's how I've always seen us.
'Invid Fan' Not a help, you'll admit, to agreement between us."
-'Deal/No Deal', CHESS

Exactly. Series 2 and analog cable. No DTV here.

On 2004-02-16 11:29:00 -0800, "Jack Ak" said:

Hmm, where was DTV or tuner 2 mentioned in the quoted posting?
The header says TiVo Series 2, not a DirecTV DVR.

A DirecTV DVR uses virtual channel 100 for the nightly 2AM 30 minute
recording. That channel may be mapped to channel 582.