No worries, NZ & AU are now inline software wise.
The only unknown is if you got HNP.
HNP has been included in recent JBHI and HN sales here, did it get activated for you?
Peter.
Yes I got a free Media Acess Key when I activated the TiVo. I haven't yet had a chance to try any of the networking functionality.
TiVo Series3 TiVoHD x2
As per this thread, I also got my Australian Tivo to work in New Zealand.
Unfortunately I was not able to find this thread until after I got it to work. Hence the title of my post is the question that I typed into search engines but was not able to find a clear answer.
Before I left Australia, I contacted Tivo support to ask if my Australian Tivo would work in New Zealand. They said it would, but I would need to deactivate my Tivo in Australia, and then when I got to New Zealand, I could re-activate it.
Note that when I attempted to re-register my Tivo in New Zealand, I was not able to use the same email address that I used to register my Tivo in Australia - I had to select a different email address.
It appears that one needs an internet connection before the Tivo device can be setup. I spent ages trying to figure out how to configure the TV channels. I tried selecting the automatic scan for channels, but this repeatedly failed.
As this thread mentions, you need to select Channel List, where the device will ask whether you are in Australia or New Zealand. From here on there is a setup 'wizard' that will take you through the steps. Once the device was setup, it would not respond to key presses on the remote control for a long time. I assume that the Tivo was 'thinking'. Tivo will download a day or so of the TV guide, and then will download the rest later.
It all works well. The Tivo Genie is great.
Note that you need to use a UHF antenna. Apparently there is still analog TV broadcast in New Zealand and hence there are some old style VHF TV antennas that are not really suitable for picking up UHF signals.
Good luck.
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