Guided Setup - modem won't work

Hello,

I tried to save some money and purchased a used tivo with bad modem. I
thought I could do all the setup using ,#401. However I cannot seem to get
this to work. I have tried with both a netgear FA120 and Linksys usb200, and
either of these work. Does this only work with certain USB adapters, or is
there something I am over looking. Everything I read online makes it sound
very straight forward.

If I cannot get this to work, will a external modem do guided setup? Will
any serial modem work?

Thanks Matt

I tried to save some money and purchased a used tivo with bad modem. I
thought I could do all the setup using ,#401. However I cannot seem to get
this to work. I have tried with both a netgear FA120 and Linksys usb200, and
either of these work. Does this only work with certain USB adapters,

Yes, see
http://customersupport.tivo.com/know...ic/tv2006.htm? for a
list of specific adapters. However, the FA120 and USB200M are listed as
compatible. You cannot run guided setup with a wireless adapter, but
reportedly you should be able to do it with the wired adapters you are
using. Check this page to make sure you're not overlooking something:
http://customersupport.tivo.com/know...ic/tv1164.htm?
I do notice that that page states that initial guided setup *cannot* be
done this way, only repeating guided setup, but others seem to have
indicated otherwise. Besides, since your's is used, I suppose you are
repeating it anyway.

or is
there something I am over looking. Everything I read online makes it sound
very straight forward.

If I cannot get this to work, will a external modem do guided setup? Will
any serial modem work?

Supposedly, but I don't have any details on that, hopefully others will
jump in on that.

Randy S.

On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 18:13:48 -0500, Matt wrote:

If I cannot get this to work, will a external modem do guided setup? Will
any serial modem work?

No. It needs to be a real modem (not wincrap), and it has to be rs232, not
usb.

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I found an answer to this by trial and error and I haven't seen it listed
anywhere before so I thought I should share. I listened on phone and noticed
the dial tone would go dead when tivo was plugged into the phone line. So I
kept the tone alive by keeping a phone off hook until I heard the tivo dial
and connect, then hung up phone this gave me a good connection that was able
to do the setup. This may be that my modem had a different then most but
worth a try.

Thanks
Matt


"Matt" wrote in message ...
Hello,

I tried to save some money and purchased a used tivo with bad modem. I
thought I could do all the setup using ,#401. However I cannot seem to get
this to work. I have tried with both a netgear FA120 and Linksys usb200,
and either of these work. Does this only work with certain USB adapters,
or is there something I am over looking. Everything I read online makes it
sound very straight forward.

If I cannot get this to work, will a external modem do guided setup? Will
any serial modem work?

Thanks Matt