Unable to access Recorder & Phone Setup Menu

Tivo stopped making its daily call so I went to force one through the Recorder & Phone Setup menu. When I select that menu it does nothing but stay on the Messages and Setup page. This has effectively disabled the whole machine. I tried goging through the setup up process and but it keeps taking me back to the main menu. It has happened once before so I pulled out the hard drive and reapplied the image but that is a **** load of work and I was wondering if there is an easier fix.

Hi,

This menu doesn't work while the TiVo is in PAL mode. You need to use the Phone page on TiVoWeb to force the daily call.

Edit: Oops. Just read your other post. Need to sort that out first obviously.

Cheers, Dave.

thanks on both counts you where right both times....

I have the same problem. Don't know what I have done wrong and cant find your other threads on the forum. Could you give us a clue?

Thanks!!

Hi ibart,

This was the other thread:

http://forums.oztivo.net/showthread.php?t=444

But if the problem is inability to access the "Recorder & Phone Setup" menu then it isn't a problem per se. It's a known issue with the OzTiVo image. The workaround is to use TiVoWeb.

Cheers, Dave.

Hi,
I also cannot access the above menu but want to use the internal TiVo modem until I set up a proper network.
Any ideas how I can get it to do this please?
It was imaged by Darren via his turbonet card, which I gathered the Tivo may still think is installed. Is there a setting to change or will rerunning guided setup do anything. I have changed the ISP etc as instructed but I am stuck as I can't make a phone call!
Thanks, Peter

Hi Peter:

1. Purchase or solder up a Serial Cable:

http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/vie...ingSerialCable

2. Connect the serial cable between TiVo and PC and use a Terminal program to get to the "command" prompt on the TiVo:

http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/vie...ertermWithTiVo

3. Take note of the existing boot parameters:

Code:

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[TiVo [p0] ~]# bootpage -p /dev/hda
root=/dev/hda4 TV_STD=PAL GS=1

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4. Change the boot parameters:

Code:

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[TiVo [p0] ~]# bootpage -P 'root=/dev/hda4' /dev/hda
Updated boot page on /dev/hda

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(ie. remove TV_STD=PAL and GS=1 from the parameters - note it could be GS=0)

Note that this time a capital "P" is used in the command.

5. Reboot and the Recorder & Phone Setup menu should now work.

6. Once you've finished reconfiguring your dialup settings you should restore the bootpage settings to what they were.

HTH.

Cheers, Dave.