Tivo will not dial a 6 via IR

I have a Tivo Series II which has been working flawlessly for just
over 1 year and just now started acting up.

My cable service is via Comcast (so I have a Comcast Digital Cable
Box) and use Tivo's IR port and IR emitters to "remote control" the
changing of the channels on the cable box. I cannot use the Serial
port option because my Comcast box does not support such a connection.

So, anyway, if I use the Comcast remote to change the Comcast Box's
channel, I can dial any numbers via the remote including the number 6.
However if I use Tivo to dial a number such as 162, Tivo thinks I have
gone to 162 but the comcast box goes to 12 instead. The 6 seems to be
skipped.

This is not occassional...this is every time a 6 is entered. Also no
other numbers exhibit this behavior, just the "6". So, presently Tivo
cannot change the channel to any channel containing a 6 in the channel
number.

I have tried rebooting the Tivo, mucking with the IR Emitter and
connection, but no-go.

Any suggestions?

It seems strange that a single digit (6) would fail to be transmitted
properly when other characters work fine.

- Denny

On 22 Feb 2004 01:01:13 -0800, (Denny) wrote:

I have a Tivo Series II which has been working flawlessly for just
over 1 year and just now started acting up.

Your cable provider upgraded the firmware in your cable box. You'll need
to choose a new IR code. Check the FAQ at tivocommunity.com, this is one
of the top questions.

--
"It is more uplifting to find the beauty, wonder, spirituality, and
reverence in what we can see, than to imagine they only exist in what we
can't see." - http://personalpages.tds.net/~huntergreen/

On 22 Feb 2004 01:01:13 -0800, (Denny) wrote:

I have a Tivo Series II which has been working flawlessly for just
over 1 year and just now started acting up.

Your cable provider upgraded the firmware in your cable box. You'll need
to choose a new IR code. Check the FAQ at tivocommunity.com, this is one
of the top questions.

--
"It is more uplifting to find the beauty, wonder, spirituality, and
reverence in what we can see, than to imagine they only exist in what we
can't see." - http://personalpages.tds.net/~huntergreen/

Thanks for the response. It sounds like a reasonable thing to try. I'm
away from my home at the moment so can't try the "fix" until tonight,
but in the mean time I did want to mention that I did check the FAQ at
Tivo and Tivo Commmunity but didn't find any info about this specific
type of problem, but rather only about the loss or random digits or
First digits. If you find the time to provide me with a link to the
FAQ information I'd appreciate it.

Thanks for your help.

Denny

Frank J. Perricone wrote in message . ..
On 22 Feb 2004 01:01:13 -0800, (Denny) wrote:

I have a Tivo Series II which has been working flawlessly for just
over 1 year and just now started acting up.

Your cable provider upgraded the firmware in your cable box. You'll need
to choose a new IR code. Check the FAQ at tivocommunity.com, this is one
of the top questions.

Thanks for the response. It sounds like a reasonable thing to try. I'm
away from my home at the moment so can't try the "fix" until tonight,
but in the mean time I did want to mention that I did check the FAQ at
Tivo and Tivo Commmunity but didn't find any info about this specific
type of problem, but rather only about the loss or random digits or
First digits. If you find the time to provide me with a link to the
FAQ information I'd appreciate it.

Thanks for your help.

Denny

Frank J. Perricone wrote in message . ..
On 22 Feb 2004 01:01:13 -0800, (Denny) wrote:

I have a Tivo Series II which has been working flawlessly for just
over 1 year and just now started acting up.

Your cable provider upgraded the firmware in your cable box. You'll need
to choose a new IR code. Check the FAQ at tivocommunity.com, this is one
of the top questions.