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[oyceter]

ARGH my Tivo is now hooked up to a cable box, and it changed channels improperly and thereby IS NOT RECORDING SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES.

This is a tragedy of epic proportions, especially considering how much hair-pulling and swearing went on yesterday when I tried to set it up.

Stupid cable box. I HATE YOU.

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[vonnie-k.livejournal.com]

OH NOES.

My TiVo used to do this all the time. Are you using the infrared blasters? I switched to a serial cable and presto! The problem was solved.

[oyceter]

Is it possible to switch to serial cable if your cable box doesn't have the serial cable input? Like, is there some other connector thing to get?

I hate the stupid infrared things so much.

[vonnie-k.livejournal.com]

Err. I don't think so. Maybe you can ask your cable company to change your box to one with a serial port?

[oyceter]

Maybe! Especially if Tivo keeps screwing up...

[cychi.livejournal.com]

I wish I was more techy so i could help you! Unfortunately, all i can do now is cheer you on from the sidelines :P Jya-yo!

[oyceter]

Thank goodness for dls!

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

scc premier is available as a bittorrent off of mininova. i know this because i am right now this very second downloading it.

[oyceter]

Oh yeah, I went there as soon as I realized. But I could be watching it NOW if Tivo had not screwed up!

[tatterpunk.livejournal.com]

THE MACHINES HAVE BEGUN TO RISE UP

[oyceter]

It is SO TRUE!

[redrose3125.livejournal.com]

My tivo, somewhere in the setup menus, asks if I have cable, and asks which provider. Does your tivo do the same, because that might fix it?

[oyceter]

It does, but that's actually part of the Guided Setup. The actual channel changing part is because it's a cable box, so Tivo has to get the changing channel signal to it somehow. Since my cable box doesn't have the serial port to directly connect, I have to use the infrared things. Unfortunately, because it's not a direct connection, it messes up at times, which means the channel doesn't change, which means it thinks it's on the right channel at the right time, but it's actually not.