Recording one channel and watching another with DirectTv

Is this possible? All I've seen are instructions for doing this with or
without a cable box?

"Pancho Claus" wrote:
Is this possible? All I've seen are instructions for doing this with or
without a cable box?

If you have a DirecTiVo, then yes: Just hit the down arrow to switch
tuners while watching live TV.

If you have a standalone TiVo hooked up to a DirecTV receiver, then
no. You need two DirecTV receivers to accomplish this.

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Scott Seligman wrote:
"Pancho Claus" wrote:

Is this possible? All I've seen are instructions for doing this with or
without a cable box?


If you have a DirecTiVo, then yes: Just hit the down arrow to switch
tuners while watching live TV.

If you have a standalone TiVo hooked up to a DirecTV receiver, then
no. You need two DirecTV receivers to accomplish this.


Actually, the OP specifically mentioned cable, not Directv.

You can record a channel and watch a different one by splitting your
cable before the Tivo and feeding one of them to your TV. Then simply
switch your TV input source to watch a different channel.

This will work fine for unscrambled or non-digital cable channels (i.e.
channels that you can watch *without* the cable box). For channels that
require a cable box, you would need to have 2 cable boxes, one feeding
directly to the tv, one feeding into the Tivo.

Randy S.

Stein Hals wrote:
"Randy S." done wrote:


Actually, the OP specifically mentioned cable, not Directv.


Yeah, that's probably why he chose the subject:
"Recording one channel and watching another with DirectTv".


True, I didn't doublecheck the subject against the body of the message,
which was contradictory. At least, between the two of us, all the bases
are covered.

Randy S.

Pancho Claus wrote:
Is this possible? All I've seen are instructions for doing this with or
without a cable box?

If you have a DirecTV+TiVo combo box, just press the Live TV button
to toggle between Tuner 1 and Tuner 2. You can change the channel
on whichever tuner is not recording.

If you have a single separate DirecTV receiver connected to a standalone
TiVo, it is simply not possible.

However, if you have two DirecTV receivers then you can do it; feed the
output of one receiver into your TiVo and the other directly to the TV.
[The DirecTV receiver that you use for recording must have its
infrared eye shielded so that it won't change channels when you use
your IR remote while watching live TV.]

So, what kind of TiVo do you have? It is a DirecTiVo combo box or
a standalone TiVo? (The latter is sometimes called a universal input
unit; it can be fed by a rooftop antenna, by cable TV, by an external
DirecTV or Dish receiver, or even a big-dish satellite receiver.)

-Joe