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More info?)
On Wed, 19 May 2004 14:50:56 GMT, Bob in CT <ctviggen.x@adelphia.net>
wrote:
>On Tue, 18 May 2004 20:09:55 -0500, Mark Lloyd <mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx>
>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 18 May 2004 20:21:55 GMT, Bob in CT <ctviggen.x@adelphia.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 18 May 2004 15:05:17 -0500, Mark Lloyd <mlloyd@5xxxmail.com5xxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 18 May 2004 14:35:49 -0400, Tony D <sd@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks! I'm not using the telephone modem -- I'm connected to the
>>>>>> internet through a network (through my router and then through my
>>>>>> cable
>>>>>> modem). The network connection information is correct and the box
>>>>>> appears to connect to Replay -- it updates the time and does some
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> stuff. It just doesn't get the guide.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When I went to update the S-Video connection, input 2, it would never
>>>>>> give me a list of providers. However, the RG-6/cable wire connection
>>>>>> has my provider name.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you said "cable" to RF and "cable box" to input2, you can't have
>>>>> different providers.
>>>>
>>>> You can, it just won't work with the SAME provider on 2 inputs.
>>>> There's still a limitation, it works only if both have the same ZIP.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That's a bummer. This would allow me to record on the cable (without
>>> cable box), for instance, while watching another channel on the TV (from
>>> the cable box). However, I do believe that I removed the RF connection
>>> (in fact, all connections), then readded the S-Video connection, and it
>>> still did not work.
>>
>> Explain what you did to set it up, and what happened (or didn't
>> happen). Maybe someone can then see what whent erong.
>>
>> When you run setup, you'll be asked what you have connected to input
>> 2. What did you answer?
>>
>
>What I did was first tried to get it select input 2, including the
>S-video. I did this without removing the RF connection. When I get to
>the setup part where it asks you to select from a list of providers, none
>were listed. When I quit, there was "other" rather than "cable box with
>provider" on setup. I thought that perhaps the S-video connection was bad
> from my cable box, so I tried it into the TV and it worked. Then, I
>removed the RF connection and tried to add input 2 again. Again, no list
>of providers. So, I deleted the second input and readded the RF
>connection, whereupon Replay already had my previous provider and zip code
>listed. I've left it like this.
>
>Honestly, it's no big deal. I plan on getting rid of the digital cable
>box as soon as the Tour de France is over, so I'll be using the RF
>connection then anyway. If anything, I'll buy a HD box and put it into
>the second input, so I'll have different providers. I love satellite, but
>the trees are too tall around my house to get satellite.
I wasn't aware that the error you described could exist. The setup
data you have could be corrupted. To try getting it again, change the
ZIP you specified. It might work to change to back before entering.
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