http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/ Engadget Comments for How-To: Revive your TiVo http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Aug 15th 2006 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Watch out for the white ribbon cable that
>connects to the front panel. You can
>seriously damage the TiVo if you power it up
>with that cable disconnected.

It's way worse than that. If the cable is EVEN SLIGHTLY dislodged or askance (even just from a nudge), it will burn out the infrared receiver on the TiVo. I happen to have learned this the hard way. Fortunately, it can be fixed with some careful soldering.

In other words, be damn sure that the white cable is completely and solidly plugged in before turning on the power. ]]>Sep 4th 2006 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/
As for using a wireless 801.11B, we don't support that, but I think it can be done. As an alternative, consider using a USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter along with bridge or wireless gaming adapater. That will achieve the same result.]]>Aug 15th 2006 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://tivo.upgrade-instructions.com! I just found this site last night and it's pretty incredible. Not that you couldn't get the information elsewhere, but Weeknees has been kind enough to put this together for us!!!]]>Aug 15th 2006 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Aug 15th 2006 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/ 105+ hours.

Anyhow, here is my question: I am getting itchy to hack the box further (this comes and goes periodically based on how many other distractions I have - LOL). I have read many of the posts on tivo underground and dealdatabase, however I need on thing clarified.

IF I use the Zipper and other tools to available to implement some of the extra features alluded to above, do I lose the ability to connect to DirecTV and download my Tivo schedule? I have read thru much of the 230+ pages of posts and can't find a specific answer to this question. What makes me think I will lose this functionality is the repeated mention of running a cron job nightly to trick the unit into thinking it has already called or keeping the device disconnected from the phone line.

Please point me to the appropriate posts and save me from months of research!

TIA!!!]]>Aug 15th 2006 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Aug 15th 2006 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Aug 15th 2006 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Here's what happened:
Power outage for 1.5 hours. (ups is now flat)
Power comes back - after 20 minutes of solid power I turn things back on.
5 minutes later we have another 10 minutes of outage.
Flat ups means no help for the tivo.
When the power came back - she's dead, Jim.]]>Aug 15th 2006 8:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Any ideas on fixing tuners would be appreciated.]]>Aug 16th 2006 2:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Aug 16th 2006 3:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Making the hacks does not stop your ability to download schedule data as it is downloaded directly from the satellite anyway. Your best bet is to start reading the newbie forum at DDB. Here's a good link to start with your Series 2:
http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38468

To echo what Sean said, do not expect a lot of help there if you don't bother to read the stickies and search for your basic answers. DDB is a place where they expect you to do your own research so that you can fix your problems and learn while doing so.]]>Aug 16th 2006 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/"IF I use the Zipper and other tools to available to implement some of the extra features alluded to above, do I lose the ability to connect to DirecTV and download my Tivo schedule?"

The channel line-up and schedule has been sent to DirecTivo units via satellite for a few years now - no phone-home needed. AFAIK the only funtionality you lose by not connecting the phone line is PPV directly through the unit - you will need to call DirecTV to purchase PPV shows.

If you really want to keep the daily call happening, just don't install the hack the hijacks the call routine.]]>Aug 16th 2006 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Aug 16th 2006 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/
"Word to the wise when dealing with dealdatabase forums, DO NOT expect much help posting questions like 'I want to know how to hack my xxxx Tivo', or 'How do I do this?' A quick look at some of the threads there should illustrate my point as I spent a good deal of time over a year ago on that board to learn how to hack my Samsung DirecTivo box (at the time Series 2 boxes were still considered new and had only a basic amount of hacks available) and learned quickly that most of the pros on the boards have little to no patience when dealing with n00bs."

I think there is plenty of patience there, but the board isn't intended for those types of questions (although they've already beed asked and answered there many times before). Its not really a question of being a n00b or not, its more of an issue of using the board in the way its membership wants it to be used.

dvrplayground.com and tivocommunity.com are more tolerant to beginner-questions, however keep in mind that the sticky threads in each forum should be reviewed prior to creating new threads - it will help keep the clutter down.]]>Aug 16th 2006 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Aug 16th 2006 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://Dealdatabase.com forums are where you go to find the serious information and to find out about extraction. However those guys are quite nasty to newbs who don't want the TIVO to be their life but they *do* know everything you'd want to know about a TIVO and have probably posted it so search search search before asking!

Next to my hacked XBOX running XBMC my TIVO is one nice piece of hardware! Together there's not much I cannot do with my entertainment center and I've got an MCE HTPC too just in case but it mostly gathers dust thanks to the efforts of the other two boxes :-)]]>Aug 16th 2006 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/
"Don't forget to add in the noZKT and noTivoTier hack"]]>Aug 16th 2006 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.dvrplayground.com/article/13683/]]>Nov 7th 2006 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Jan 17th 2007 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/15/how-to-revive-your-tivo/Feb 25th 2007 3:59PM