If you are a windows user and not doing so already, use PuTTY. And remember to change the appropriate setting as outlined on this page here: http://minnie.tuhs.org/twiki/bin/vie...lnetToYourTiVo
Stuttering audio does happen fron time to time on TiVo's, and a channel up/down usually fixes it. What type of hard disk are you trying to use?
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