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More info?)
I have this same problem, but I just use wireless phone jacks. Problem
solved.
"Randy S." <rswittNO@SPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
news:d4l8ti$1epo$1@spnode25.nerdc.ufl.edu...
> Jack Zwick wrote:
> > In article <8Sjbe.717$6z3.515@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com>,
> > "Rick S." <r51@mail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>Why do you have to hack the OS? Yes, you need the phone line for the
> >>>initial setup, but not at anytime after that that I've found.
> >>>
> >>
> >>The Directivo will start to nag you about phoning in after a while. It
would
> >>phone in every week if connected, update PPV, possibly install software
> >>upgrades, etc. A hacked dtivo can be fooled into thinking it has called
in,
> >>nags will stop.
> >
> >
> > However to set it up a virgin out of the Box DirecTiVo, one needs a
> > wired phone connection, although some have done it at a neighbors.
>
> During the initial setup it has to be hooked up to the dish, right?
> That would be the trickier part to me, with my SA Tivo I just took it
> into work with me. I don't have near enough neighbors to string a line
> over. I guess I could try to find a friend or neighbor with Directv and
> set it up on their dish, but now it's starting to get convulated again.
>
> Randy S.