My Series 1 Tivo will not change channels

Hi there !! my new (to me) Tivo purchased on e-bay model HDR212 will not
change the channels on live TV, apparently this unit had a subscription
that expired, and when I go into the setup, and clear all channels , it does
a search? and comes up with the same channel listing as before. The station
letters do not match my local station call letters and am missing some
channels, I think it is the old program information. When I select a
channel, it shows channel 2, when I press channel up, it shows that is tuned
to a different channel, I receive the notice about the expired subscription
and the Tivo remains at channel 2. I was going through the menu and saw
several reset options, and was wondering if I should reset the box.

I was under the impression that my Tivo was a series 1 and as such the tuner
would work without a subscription. Any help would be appreciated, and sorry
if this question was posted before.

Arnold

On Thu, 27 May 2004 07:28:21 +0000, Howard wrote:

Possibly. Possibly not. Basically, there's no reason to expect any TiVo
device, Series 1 or not, to work without a subscription. I don't recall it
ever being marketed as "no subscription required!".

The ad I purchased mine from stated that exactly. The box says something
like Subscription required for extented functions.

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Your first step is to run guided setup.

From What I read in the manual, the guided setup requires 2 phone calls to
complete, and I want to operate it without subscribing.

Arnold

"Arnold" shaped the electrons to say:
Your first step is to run guided setup.
From What I read in the manual, the guided setup requires 2 phone calls to
complete, and I want to operate it without subscribing.

Doesn't matter - until you do Guided Setup it isn't going to work
correctly for your channel lineup. And you don't need to have a
subscription to run it anyway.

-MZ, RHCE #806199299900541, ex-CISSP #3762
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I thanks all who replied to my call for help, I am happy to say that my tivo
is working after performing the guided setup, Thanks a million

Arnold

MegaZone wrote in message
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"Arnold" shaped the electrons to say:
Your first step is to run guided setup.
From What I read in the manual, the guided setup requires 2 phone calls
to
complete, and I want to operate it without subscribing.

Doesn't matter - until you do Guided Setup it isn't going to work
correctly for your channel lineup. And you don't need to have a
subscription to run it anyway.

-MZ, RHCE #806199299900541, ex-CISSP #3762
--
URL:mailto:megazoneatmegazone.org Gweep, Discordian, Author, Engineer,
me.
"A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men"
508-755-4098
URL:http://www.megazone.org/ URL:http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
Eris

Your first step is to run guided setup.

From What I read in the manual, the guided setup requires 2 phone calls to
complete, and I want to operate it without subscribing.

Then make the phone calls, without subscribing. They are data calls
and you don't have to enter a credit card number.

It still sets up the TiVo (series 1 standalone) without a subscription.
You can't use functions that need guide data to function. You CAN
do record by time-and-channel.

TiVo apparently lets people get an initial shot of guide data to
let them have a taste of what a subscription can do. Mine was
refurbished, so I didn't get that, as the trial period had already
expired years ago. Are there any Series 1 TiVos that are still
unused that get the trial period?

My Series 1 worked (with limited function, but it still worked)
like this for several weeks before I decided to subscribe.
Incidentally, the only way to set the clock is to make a phone call
(or hack in telnet access) but TiVo seems to allow this even if you
DON'T have a subscription.

Incidentally, it turns out that the modem on my TiVo can't hold a
connection long enough to get a full load of guide data. A dozen
calls failed. It works great for SHORT calls (e.g. under 10 minutes,
so a daily call usually works if one was made the previous day).
I suspect that if I could tell it not to even attempt using speeds
over 28.8k, it might work better - calls to my ISP had the same
problem before I got DSL. TivoNet over the DSL works much better.

Gordon L. Burditt