Purchased a new 120 hr drive.

[oceanpearl]

When I opened the Tivo box I found that I had two 30 gig drives. I replaced one of them with the new 120 gig and when I powered back up I got locked into a "Starting up" screen.
The question is , should I have removed both of the 30 gig drives or should there have been a specific one that should have been replaced with the 120 hr.
HELP!

[WK-Jeff]

IF you got a replacement drive kit, then you must remove both drives from your TiVo.

[oceanpearl]

IF you got a replacement drive kit, then you must remove both drives from your TiVo.

Jeff
I replaced the 120 into the A slot and removed the other 30. Tivo now works but it is recording the wrong channels. Any ideas?? :confused:

[WK-Michael]

You probably just need to redo Guided Setup and watch carefully when it tests its connection to your cable box.

[oceanpearl]

You probably just need to redo Guided Setup and watch carefully when it tests its connection to your cable box.


Tried that but when I try to go to guided set up it tells me to press thumbs down 3 times and then hit submit,, then NOTHING happens.

[WK-Michael]

It should be Enter, right? Is that what you're pressing? Not Select.

[oceanpearl]

Oops!! My bad. I will try it the right way now.

[oceanpearl]

and it is still not changing channels. It shows that it is on the channel that you punched in but it shows channel 4 programming.

[WK-Jeff]

Sounds like the connection between your cable box and the TiVO is bad or you are choosing the wrong set of commands for your cable box.

[oceanpearl]

IF you got a replacement drive kit, then you must remove both drives from your TiVo.

After removing both drives and installing the new one I am still unable to get the Tivo to change channels. The way that my sil had it set up we were not using the IR.

[WK-Jeff]

If it worked before, but not after, then it is definitely a setup issue. Channel changing is not a hard drive issue.

[oceanpearl]

Finally figured out that I did not need IR. When I put in a splitter, took one leg to the Tivo and went from there to TV. Then on setup I said antenna instead of cable box and it is working fine now.

[WK-Michael]

That makes sense. It thought you had a cable box before, but it sounds like you don't have one.

[oceanpearl]

That makes sense. It thought you had a cable box before, but it sounds like you don't have one.
I do have a cable box. One cable goes to Tivo in and the other goes to the cable box and then the RCA cable from the Tivo to the television.

[WK-Michael]

So then you can't record any premium channels, right?

[oceanpearl]

So then you can't record any premium channels, right?

The only things we tape are on regular broadcast tv.

[oceanpearl]

My problem is that now Fox isn't in the lineup and it is not a premium channel. I went back to setup just to make sure it was checked and it is checked.

[WK-Michael]

So if you manually tune to that channel with the numbers on the remote, what happens?

[oceanpearl]

So if you manually tune to that channel with the numbers on the remote, what happens?

It does not show the channel. I scroll down the channels and it is still not there.

[WK-Michael]

What channel number is it?

[oceanpearl]

Channel 14

[WK-Michael]

And if you enter it, will it lock on? Does it just give you a black screen?

[oceanpearl]

And if you enter it, will it lock on? Does it just give you a black screen?
It foesn't even show 14 in the lineup.

[WK-Michael]

Right - but what happens if you enter 14 on the number pad, then press enter?

[oceanpearl]

15 comes up

[WK-Michael]

And the TV can get channel 14, no problem?