Guided setup problem

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Originally Posted by mikepy

oh dear when i go to live TV on any of the cable channels i still get
"The recorder cannot show live tv"
does anyone know what the channel frequencies are being used in this lineup?

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Yes. They are listed here:

http://minnie.tuhs.org/TiVo/files/headend_config/TAS/

More specifically this:

provider: 07310 Burnie-Devonport Analog FTA
version: 1
lineuptype: Antenna
channel: 0 NoNag
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# Round Hill Burnie
channel: 10 SC-Tas
channel: 47 WIN-Tas
channel: 55 SBS-Tas
channel: 58 ABC-Tas
channel: 61 SC-Tas
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# Kelcey Tier Translator East Devonport
channel: 51 SC-Tas
channel: 54 SBS-Tas
channel: 57 ABC-Tas
channel: 60 WIN-Tas

So you are not receiving your channels from either location - or you are but they are that bad the TiVo can't lock onto them.

I'm out of ideas then as Kelcey Tier is not that far away from the location you gave me as your residence and I can't offer much more help except maybe if you tell me the rough direction your antenna is pointing. That might give me a clue as to exactly what transmitter your receive your TV from.

I havnt got any double entries for channels ? :confused:

Mike

Well i'm not an aerial expert and i'd not thought of checking where it was pointing :o
but if i'm right it seems to be pointing east!!!!!! ??

i'm east of Kelcey tiers so that looks wrong.

just to check i'm right. The main dipole is east west and the shorter elements are on the east end with the longer elements on the west end.

so maybe this is the problem? as you know i'm in a rental while i find a house so i shouldnt alter it i suppose but!
;)

mike

TiVo does require a strong signal to produce any image at all, much more than your average TV or Video.

Unlike most TV's or VCR's if TiVo does not find a strong enough signal, then instead of a fuzzy picture you will receive no picture at all.

Would you call the quality of the picture on your TV when connected directly to the aerial 'Good' ?

Peter

Piss Poor is more like it :D

Then you have petty much zero chance of TiVo being happy with it.

If your keen have a play with the aerial, pointing in the right direction would be a good start.

But if you or your landlord don't want to, there is another way.

I'm assuming Darren did the tuner install, often at the same time he also does the '2nd audio input' mod. you could use an old VCR as the tuner and hook it up to the 2nd audio input plus one of the video inputs. This would let you run both Pay and local. It won't improve your picture quality though.

Peter.

Which i brought back from the UK.
The funny thing is that we lived in a poor reception area there and the picture was so bad i just used satellite but the tivo had no problem with it.

Mike

Well, my 2nd suggestion doesn't apply to you then.

I don't have much experience with UK TiVo's, But do have US TiVo's with UK Tuners installed. In certain rooms where the tv picture is very good the TiVo will not accept the signal due to lack of strength (not just quality), the fix for me was to boost the signal with a signal booster before pluging it into the TiVo.

The problem for you lies in the already poor signal/noise ratio you have boosting the signal will also boost the noise.

Don't know how far you are from a DSE store, but they would carry boosters and also offer a 14 day return policy in case it doesn't work.

Peter

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Originally Posted by petestrash

Unlike most TV's or VCR's if TiVo does not find a strong enough signal, then instead of a fuzzy picture you will receive no picture at all.

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Not quite right. When doing the research on the MSP3410D stereo chip I had to find the point of attenuation where the sound was lost to prove the stability of the lock on the sound carrier. I can get TiVo's fitted with the ALPS tuners to the point where the picture is barely visible in the snow before the TiVo barfs.

Anyway PAL tuner installs are on the way out. As per the website I have my last batch and once they are gone they are gone. It will be down to repairs and 2nd A/V input installs only.

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Originally Posted by mikepy

but if i'm right it seems to be pointing east!!!!!! ??

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In which case on the map you are trying to shoot for Launceston which is a fair distance and not in the current oztivo lineup so no wonder it is not receiving anything.....