Tivo complains of no signal

I am running an old Sony svr2000 (Tivo series 1) for several years now.
The Tivo signal is coming from a Strong FTA satellite box (video source is the composite jack).
While I was not at home, the children played with the satellite remote, while the Tivo was recording. I can see that on the recording. All of a sudden the recording stopped (they did not touch the Tivo remote).
Now the Tivo complains that there is no signal. This is however not true, as I can see the program if I plug the video jack directly to the TV.

I am running the Tivo with two sources, antenna (source 1) and cable box (source 2). (the satellite box can output antenna signal, and I tried plugging that in as well, with no success).

I am wondering if anyone has an idea for what happened other than a Hardware malfunction (and if that could be related to the satellite box), and if so of a possible remedy.

I have tried rebooting the Tivo of course.

Thanks,
Gideon.

Can you try plugging a DVD or game machine into the composite input and reboot the TiVo.

Peter.

Thanks Peter,

I have done this of course. No reuslt.
Is there any point in trying to run the guided setup again?

Thanks,
Gideon.

Sure, why not give it a try.

Also if you still get the same thing also try GS using S-Video instead to narrow down the issue.

Peter.

Hi,

I am now having trouble with the guided setup.
I have an Airnet card, and I am able to telnet to the Tivo.

However, the Setup call in the guided setup fails on the first step
("Connecting"). The unit goes through These steps:

Connecting (Approx 1-2 minutes)
Connecting (Preparing to call)
Connecting (Connecting...)
Connecting (Failed. Service unavailable)

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Gideon.

Please attach your tclient log (zipped) so I can see why it is failing.

Can you force a daily call, does that still work?

Peter.

PS if all you want to do is change the input, it can be done manually.

Thanks for the advice.

Attached please find the tclient file.
Would have been nice to change the source, but I am afraid
it is too late now.
When I use the MFS (via tivowebplus) to look at the Source object
I find that it is almost empty (unlike in the past). It only contains the following
Connector 1
RFChannel 3
SignalType 1
VariableBitrate 0

Did the fact that I started the Guided setup erase the old values. I distinctly remember
an object with all the channels on the TV box.

Thanks again,

Gideon.

Looking at the log it cannot connect because it thinks it is still online.

Try a reboot to see if it clears the issue.

There are also some hardware issues that may cause it if still unsuccessful.

Peter.

I tried to reboot several times, but no luck.

I guess my only choice now, is to reinstall the image disc, and try my luck.
I have an Airnet card. Is there a way to set the image to work with Airnet by default?
(otherwise, I would need to connect by serial cable to change the settings. That would be a serious
pain, if I can find the cable at all).

Thanks,
Gideon

Assuming you are using the US image, you can setup Airnet during the install.

Also I would test the harddrive with Seatools before reimaging the drive to make sure it is not the cause.

Peter.

I am not really familiar with the US image. I am in Israel, and have used the OZTivo images so far.
We are in Pal system, so I prefer PAL (although all our TVs here are multisystem).
It's a good idea to check the HD.
Perhaps the problem was that I recently upgraded to 1.6 image from 1.3 . Perhaps this did not
go perferctly well?

Gideon.

If you use our current 1.6.2 image it includes setting up AirNet during the install.

Peter.