Tcd648250b P/s
Well I was very surprised this week, I did a cap job on a P/S and as I was checking to make sure I had no solder bridges I noticed that C120 looked strange so I pulled it of the board and it was...
View ArticleDVR Expander after Weaknees Drive Replacement
I had my hard drive replaced by weaknees last year and prior to that I had a dvr expander. Since then I tried to reconnect the original expander drive (gave up on that bc I had never had it unpaired...
View ArticleCan signal issues be related to the Tivo itself?
Hello, I'm having some problems with my Tivo HD that I'm hoping to get help with. A few nights ago we started getting some macroblocking, accompanied by audio drops. This happens occasionally and I...
View ArticleHow to sign in to YouTube on Series III?
I'm trying to access my list on YouTube. Google blocks me (although my name and password are correct) then sends pithy messages to my email account, saying, in essence, they had blocked me. There are...
View ArticleExpander drive
I've read so much about expander drives causing crashes, which mine is doing, but can I just stick my 1TB drive into the unit replacing the 160 GB drive?
View ArticleN13 Error code
Most of the N13 codes on this forum are many years old. I'm getting this error when trying to update guide info. Series3 Software ver: 11.0m-01-2-652 This Tivo is connected to local lan which has...
View ArticleChannels all gone black
All of them. I use TWC. I have done a hard reset, did the guided setup again, soft reboot, nothing is working. There is no outage in my area that I can tell. My tuning adapter is plugged in and seems...
View ArticleHorrible Pixelation with Verizon Fios since early July 2014
So I live in massachusetts and have already placed 1 call to Fios where they told me that they see the problem and are fixing it...They then contacted me and said it was fixed..and it barely was....
View ArticleNo ads?
I just upgraded my 2 S3 OLED's from 1TB drives to 2TB drives in the past 2 weeks and I noticed that I haven't seen any ads on either. I don't think this is related to the upgrade as I'm pretty sure...
View ArticleTivo hd stuck in reboot cycle.
So nearly a week ago now I thought it would be a good idea to run kickstart 58 on my tivo hd even though it was working fine. I thought it would be good for it. I started it before work one morning...
View ArticleSeries III capabilities
I was uncertain whether to post here or the HELP forum. Hope this is the proper one. FWIW, had a Tivo about 10 years ago (still have it in a closet somewhere). I was just given a Tivo 3 with, I'm...
View ArticleComcast is launching MEPG-4. Series3 TiVo will be dead soon.
What will happen to our lifetime subscription if we are forced to upgrade our devices in this situation? http://www.multichannel.com/news/tec...4-shift/383450
View ArticleTivo Feet?
My S3 has lost it's feet! I had it open the other day to remove the power supply for capacitor replacement. The plastic feet on the bottom crumbled to bits during the process. I have not been able to...
View Article652 reboots after stopping playback
Out of no where, twice in a row, after the program finished, I stopped the recording, the system froze, then re-booted. This was on two separate recordings in the same folder. I have had some lockups...
View Articleunusual reboot problem in TivoHD
I have a TivoHD, originally 20 hour but long since upgraded. I had to replace the drive almost exactly a year ago. Just in the last few days, a strange problem has surfaced. When I get near the end of...
View Article"No Tuning Adapter" msg
Gang - I have a Tuning Adapter (Cisco STA 1520) hooked up to my Series 3 and it has been working fine for several months. TWC is my provider. Now I get a "No Tuning Adapter" message when I go to...
View ArticleTivo Series 3 tcd652160 screen/menus freezing
This weekend, I swapped out my Component cables hooking up my Tivo to my TV to an HDMI cable. I know this can't have anything to do with it, but the timing happened at the exact same time as swapping...
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TiVo HD internal battery?
While up-grading the hard drive in my TiVo HD, I noticed a wafer battery on the mother board near the cable card slots. (Picture attached below) What does it power? Should it ever require replacement?...
View ArticleHard drive upgrade options for a Series 3
I have a Series 3 (model #TCD652160) with a stock drive that is working fine. Looking to upgrade its internal hard drive to larger size. I have initially thought about going with a 1TB drive and I...
View ArticleTivo-HD TCD652160 Blinking Green Light
The fan and hard drive spin up and the Ethernet lights turn on. However, the tivo does post and it shows no video. Is the power supply shot and/or the motherboard? Thanks
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