Looking for a TiVo dial-in phone number?

[WK-Jason]

For a variety of reasons, you may need to make a phone connection to TiVo using a different access number. Your current access number might be busy or too slow, you might have switched to VOiP and need a more robust connection, or you might want to dial from a different location than the TiVo "thinks" it's in.

In this case, you can choose from a list of local TiVo access numbers based on area code by visiting here:

http://www3.tivo.com/tivo-misc/popfinder.do

The phone number can be entered in your phone options under Dial Prefix, after any other codes you might already have entered.

[alisonnyc]

Digital Phone issues in NYC

I just signed up for digital phone service (internet and cable too) through Time Warner cable in NYC. My TiVO has not successfully made a daily call via my external WeaKnees modem since the switch. I am able to successfully connect, go through Housekeeping and get to Downloading status. However, the call fails ("Failed. Call interrupted") before the download completes. Can anyone recommend a "robust" dial-in number some way to reset the TiVO or modem so it will not fail the call before the download is complete?

[WK-Michael]

Try slowing the modem a bit more:

,#396

instead of:

,#319

Also, see if you have a "bandwidth saver" or something similar in your settings, and allocate the maximum bandwidth to the digital phone line.

[frankxiv]

Try slowing the modem a bit more:

,#396

instead of:

,#319

Also, see if you have a "bandwidth saver" or something similar in your settings, and allocate the maximum bandwidth to the digital phone line.

Where should this be entered on the TiVo?

[WK-Michael]

As a "dialing prefix."

[frankxiv]

As a "dialing prefix."

If I already use #70, as my dialing prefix in order to temporarily disable call waiting can I use these other prefixes in conjunction with that? If so, which would be entered first?

Thanks,
Frank

[WK-Jeff]

It would be

,#319,,#70,,

(You sure it's not *70?)

[frankxiv]

It would be

,#319,,#70,,

(You sure it's not *70?)

You are correct. It is *70. Thanks!

[WK-Michael]

Right - the "#" sign is basically a way to address the port or the TiVo specifically, and the "*" is talking to the phone company.