Can Anybody Help This Frustrated TiVo User?
This email was so sad that I decided to share it with everybody. Can somebody help? I don’t have a lot of experience with hooking a TiVo up to a DirecTV receiver.
Can’t get my Series 2 TIVO IR to change the channels on my new Directv D11 receiver.Have verified w/ Directv the receiver is IR and not RF. I have spent 2-3 hrs on the phone w/ Tivo techs who can’t get it to work. It seems I’m being forced to drop Tivo and switch to Directv DVR. Any comments or solutions?
March 19th, 2007 at 9:18 pm |
I encountered a similar problem when setting up a TiVo IR for a low-end wal-mart/best buy direcTV reciever. Hopefully the issue is the same here.
The problem is that the submenu (in “Channel Changing”) for picking the correct DirectTV receiver model for sending the IR channel changing codes gives no indication that there is more than one page worth of possible models (i.e. unlike most other instances in the TiVo UI with more than one screen worth of items, there is no attendant up and down triangle at the right corners of the screen.) I was able to find a model with a code that worked by using the channel down button to page down to more options for that brand of receiver.
Hopefully, this is the issue. Otherwise, be sure to check all those same issues about making sure the IR transmitter is positioned correctly and all that.
March 19th, 2007 at 10:30 pm |
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=128743
If it is the HIRD-D11, it doesn’t look promising.
March 19th, 2007 at 11:40 pm |
I think the D11 is the DirecTV current SD box.
Can a TiVo control a STB over a serial port? This box does not have a serial port but it does have a USB port.
MythTV can control this box via it’s USB port using a perl script. It takes a serial cable, null modem cable and a serial-to-USB all connected for it to work. Actually works also on the H20 box too.
See this wiki entry to see how this is done for mythtv:
http://mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/Controlling_DirecTV_Set_Top_Box_%28STB%29_via_USB_or_Serial
Now having the TiVo box work like this might be a problem. Maybe Megazone or Alex would have an idea. I just wanted to point out that the box can be controlled as if it had a serial port. Maybe with the right cables the TiVo would be able to control it too? I hope it can work for you.
March 20th, 2007 at 3:12 pm |
User might need the USB TV Translator found at:
http://www.patersontech.com/Translator/TransMain.aspx
Read the FAQ. It works with the D11 and the TiVo. Google the search term “USB TV Translator” to find other info out there.
Carlos
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:48 pm |
why not try another directv receiver? my series2 changes channels on my directv model# drd222rd using home control cable … not rf and not ir
March 22nd, 2007 at 9:55 pm |
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March 28th, 2007 at 1:04 am |
Same problem here using D11 (mfr code 500). Tried to setup using hughes as the manufacture at first. Didn’t work. Then I found a ‘directv’ option in the tivo series 2 ir setup. That did the trick.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:39 am |
Steve how what else did u do in the setup because i get through the first part ok the part where u restart it for the first time .. then it says that the second test did not pass so i select manual and then mgp .. but when it asks again to restart it does not show any picture .. and i used coaxial one time i tried it and the next time i used composite but the same result on both i also have a d11-500 and a series 2 tivo
September 7th, 2008 at 4:52 am |
I’ve been banging my head for weeks missing my fav programs since I dropped comcast in favor of direct tv - I found a solultion for this ir drama, thry using this - http://www.patersontech.com/