My Tivo Hung

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I have a 2 year old Tivo Series 2 that appears to have hung last night. It
was working fine when I went to bed, but when I turned the TV on in the
morning, the display read "Almost there. Just a few minutes more..." This
is a yellow and black Tivo screen verses the gray text screen. I unplugged
it and plugged back in. It gave me the power up screen and then returned to
the same "Almost there" screen were it sat for hours.

Prior to this, I only had a few show response problems over the past year.
In the past few months it would occasionally freeze on a live show. A power
down/up always corrected the freeze.

Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Does anyone have recommendations on how to correct?

 

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"Pat Brown" <pmbrown@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:9pydnaq7nLnXlrbfRVn-vw@adelphia.com...
>I have a 2 year old Tivo Series 2 that appears to have hung last night. It
> was working fine when I went to bed, but when I turned the TV on in the
> morning, the display read "Almost there. Just a few minutes more..." This
> is a yellow and black Tivo screen verses the gray text screen. I
> unplugged
> it and plugged back in. It gave me the power up screen and then returned
> to
> the same "Almost there" screen were it sat for hours.
>
> Prior to this, I only had a few show response problems over the past year.
> In the past few months it would occasionally freeze on a live show. A
> power
> down/up always corrected the freeze.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem?
> Does anyone have recommendations on how to correct?
>
>

Any unusual noises coming from the unit, hard drive clicking noises? Could
be a failing hard drive.

Rick

 

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In article <9pydnaq7nLnXlrbfRVn-vw@adelphia.com>,
"Pat Brown" <pmbrown@adelphia.net> wrote:

> I have a 2 year old Tivo Series 2 that appears to have hung last night. It
> was working fine when I went to bed, but when I turned the TV on in the
> morning, the display read "Almost there. Just a few minutes more..." This
> is a yellow and black Tivo screen verses the gray text screen. I unplugged
> it and plugged back in. It gave me the power up screen and then returned to
> the same "Almost there" screen were it sat for hours.
>
> Prior to this, I only had a few show response problems over the past year.
> In the past few months it would occasionally freeze on a live show. A power
> down/up always corrected the freeze.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem?
> Does anyone have recommendations on how to correct?

Most likely your Hard Drive has a problem/died.

Check at http/www.weaknees.com for
Troubleshooting and/or repair/replacement parts.

 

[Sean]

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:07:25 GMT, Jack Zwick <jzwick3@mindspring.com>
wrote:

>In article <9pydnaq7nLnXlrbfRVn-vw@adelphia.com>,
> "Pat Brown" <pmbrown@adelphia.net> wrote:
>
>> I have a 2 year old Tivo Series 2 that appears to have hung last night. It
>> was working fine when I went to bed, but when I turned the TV on in the
>> morning, the display read "Almost there. Just a few minutes more..." This
>> is a yellow and black Tivo screen verses the gray text screen. I unplugged
>> it and plugged back in. It gave me the power up screen and then returned to
>> the same "Almost there" screen were it sat for hours.
>>
>> Prior to this, I only had a few show response problems over the past year.
>> In the past few months it would occasionally freeze on a live show. A power
>> down/up always corrected the freeze.
>>
>> Has anyone else experienced this problem?
>> Does anyone have recommendations on how to correct?
>
>Most likely your Hard Drive has a problem/died.
>
>Check at http/www.weaknees.com for
>Troubleshooting and/or repair/replacement parts.


Too bad you own the box instead of renting it like Cable co DVR's

You should check out your cable co's DVR it's more advanced technology
than Tivo's and they give it to you for free.

Sean

 

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:53:18 -0500, Sean wrote:

> Too bad you own the box instead of renting it like Cable co DVR's

Wow... one instance where it might be financially beneficial to rent the
box instead of owning it...

but, wait! The OP can replace the hard drive with a bigger one, and have a
fully functional TiVo again. You can't even open your Cable Co's DVR
(unless you want to pay for it, and I'm sure it's more than $100 like a
TiVo).

The new HD would pay for itself in a few months of not paying the Cable
Co's rental fees.

> You should check out your cable co's DVR it's more advanced technology
> than Tivo's and they give it to you for free.

Stop your lies. You pay for the box, and you pay for the service, even if
both are bundled together on your bill. Post a scan of your bill if you
would be so brazen as to claim anything else.

--
Lenroc

 

[Sean]

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On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 18:57:47 -0700, Lenroc
<lenroc@NOSPAMFORYOU.hotmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 15:53:18 -0500, Sean wrote:
>
>> Too bad you own the box instead of renting it like Cable co DVR's
>
>Wow... one instance where it might be financially beneficial to rent the
>box instead of owning it...
>
>but, wait! The OP can replace the hard drive with a bigger one, and have a
>fully functional TiVo again. You can't even open your Cable Co's DVR
>(unless you want to pay for it, and I'm sure it's more than $100 like a
>TiVo).
>
>The new HD would pay for itself in a few months of not paying the Cable
>Co's rental fees.
>

A new hard drive is not an upgrade to obsolete technology. He's just
pouring more money down the Tivo old technology rathole.


>> You should check out your cable co's DVR it's more advanced technology
>> than Tivo's and they give it to you for free.
>
>Stop your lies. You pay for the box, and you pay for the service, even if
>both are bundled together on your bill. Post a scan of your bill if you
>would be so brazen as to claim anything else.


Sorry. Apparently I'm not "so brazen". Posting details of my bill is
too frightening for me.

Sean

 

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"Pat Brown" <pmbrown@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> Subject: My Tivo Hung

Congratulations! Mine is merely well-endowed.
--
Chris Lemon
clemon79@comcast.net
http/fredsmythe.com
EFNet: FredSmyth

 

[JoeyJoJo]

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Chris Lemon <clemon79@nospamcomcast.net> wrote:
> "Pat Brown" <pmbrown@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:9pydnaq7nLnXlrbfRVn-vw@adelphia.com...
>> Subject: My Tivo Hung

> Congratulations! Mine is merely well-endowed.
> --
> Chris Lemon
> clemon79@comcast.net
> http/fredsmythe.com
> EFNet: FredSmyth


Haha, I bet there's a Vietnamese guy somewhere named "My Tivo Hung"