black screen, no signal
Ok came home today to find my tivo isn't working. Got a black screen that says no signal. I unplugged it, waited and plugged it in again. It said "welcome, powering up" on the yellow tivo screen, but...
View ArticleS# Front panel all lights and Gray video
After about 10 years of service and getting 'her' 3rd HDD last summer, my (now backup) Series 3 is doing this odd thing. Out of the blue while in stand by mode, the front panel lights all come on (as...
View ArticleMenu change
Noticed that the TiVo Central menu changed last night and Netflix replaced Video on Demand (and there was a message about the change). Scott
View ArticleTivo HD no way to deactivate Netflix
With the new top level menu as of 4/15 there is no way to deactivate Netflix on my Tivo HD. Does anyone know how? I've looked through every menu and I can't find anyway to do it. I do not want to do a...
View ArticleReplacing a bad drive in a Tivo HD with a Tivo Series 3 drive
I have a Tivo HD (TCD652160) with a failing drive that has a lifetime subscription. I have a Tivo Series 3 (TCD648250B) that was given to me that has a good drive in it. Can I just swap out the drive?...
View ArticleTivoHD - Since Menu Change - select "netflix" = hang. Help?
Hi - I have a TiVOHD with regular use and no other issues. works great. I've even used it to access Netflix before the change. Now that it's on the front menu, when I select Netflix I get a blank...
View ArticleWhat's up with TiVo support?
I just found a heck of a deal a deal of a LIFETIME. I paid 10 whole bucks for a series 3 TCD648250B with a bad hard drive in it. Well I dropped a 1tb in her and found out it is a lifetime TiVo. But the...
View ArticleNone Scheduled To-Do-List after TA unplug
I have an s3 hd with a 2TB drive. i usually had it on a timer, but then it was cutting off half of F1 shows early in the morning so I turned the timer off. There is guide data, and I have season passes...
View ArticleS3 - blue light on front panel and nothing else
So I just got home about an hour ago and noticed one of my S3's had no display other than the blue light. I go over to that input and there's no image or anything on screen. I pull the plug to reboot...
View ArticleSeries 3HD HDD Swap with image
Hello all.. So my modded Series 3HD OLED took a crap last week. The first thing I noticed was the notorious swollen caps on the PSU. I replaced those with new and proper ones. Also found a bad zener...
View ArticleWhat happened to my 30-second skip?!
I've long done the remote hack of changing the "jump to end" button to a "30-second skip" button. Only today I discovered that it suddenly stopped working! No amount of trying to reprogram it will...
View ArticleJust a note
If you cancel your service with TiVo anytime soon like I did last night, get ready for the deal you can't refuse. I had 4 lifetime S3 TCD648250B OLED Models. I had one that I pickup for 50 bucks just...
View ArticleTransfer Season Pass from Tivo HD to new Roamio
I am trying to set up my new Roamio and I would like to get the season passes that I have on my Tivo HD transferred over to it. I've tried using the Season Pass Manager on tivo.com to no avail ("A...
View ArticleTivoHD (TCD652160) boot time?
Greetings, I just grabbed a Tivo HD TCD652160 at a second hand source.. (I've never seen a Tivo HD in the wild at such a place before)... and so far I've plugged it into power and into HDMI out to the...
View Articlehas the recent "update" kill my Tivo HD?
I had tivo HD for several years with the lifetime service. no problems whatsoever and only light use of OTA programming, netflix and youtube. suddenly, this last friday these things happened: 1. no...
View ArticleCareful not to void lifetime on series 3HD
My Series 3 HD had pixilated pictures on all channels. It also has swollen capacitors on the power board. When the cable company tried to troubleshoot the problem with new cable cards then TIVO Central...
View ArticleThe MPEG-4 letter from Comcast
Hey gang- Got a letter today from Comcast/Xfinity that our Tivo Series 3 (and I'm assuming they mean our Tivo HD) is not compatible with an upcoming change to their service (MPEG-4). Surprised to not...
View ArticleAttempts to transfer can hang
This has happened on both my S3's (648 OLED) in the last few days: I initiate a transfer of a recording from my S3 that is my HDXL, but once the checkmark appears, it will hang there indefinitely with...
View ArticleImage flickering requiring restart
My TiVo HD Series 3 (TCD652160) has been having occasional flickering of the image, usually with horizontal stripes, and always with audio cut-out. Been happening roughly weekly for the past few weeks....
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my HD upgrade and recap story (succesful)
hi, i had my HD tivo since i bought it on clearance for myself on father's day in 2008, so for about 7 years. the unit was running almost non-stop since, so i decided it's time to upgrade HD and recap...
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