"Failed service unavailable" message

[Darren King]

but i still cant get it to phone in and therefore i can't record anything

You can still do manual recordings.

and funnily i cant watch live tv either?

What are your boot parameters? If it says NTSC instead of PAL then I wouldn't expect you to watch live TV as the TiVo will be looking for the wrong video standard.

[mikepy]

It is set to PAL -
i was assuming it was something to do with having no guide data.
but i've noticed that when i change channell on the TIVO although the Tivo screen tell me i've changed the Sat box doesnt change.

I've checked all the cables and even if i change the sat box channel with its own controller the tivo is not passing it through to the telly

I'm a right pain arent I!

Mike

[mikepy]

Putting my old UK hard drive back in-

I can now watch Live TV but of course it wont change channels as the codes are for my old UK sat box.

when I change channels should i see the led's on the infra red blaster light up at all?

Mike

[petestrash]

I'm a right pain arent I!

Yes , but more seriously you just seem to be unlucky.

when I change channels should i see the led's on the infra red blaster light up at all?

You should see a faint flicker from one of the LED's when you press keys on your remote, but you won't see the blaster light up when it re-sends it's code unless you use a digital still or video camera to look at it. the signal is infrared and not visible to the human eye.

It seems you have nothing to lose by reimaging your other HDD and starting over.

Peter

[mikepy]

Is I can't re-image at the moment as i haven't got access to my Main PC
I can't see how i can do it from my notebook.

Mike

[petestrash]

That makes things difficult, but not impossible.

I'm fairly sure the system on the installer supports USB, so you could use a USB external case for the HDD.

I'd also be happy to do it for you, as long as you cover the postage.

Peter.

[daggo]

when I change channels should i see the led's on the infra red blaster light up at all?

If you have video camera, doesn't matter how old it is, you should be able to see IR by looking in the viewfinder of the camera. Just aim the remote at the camera and look in the viewfinder. Easy.

Matt

[mikepy]

Hi Thanks Pete - I might take you up on that

but one more try

I got this log from Tivoweb info page -- any ideas what thats about?

INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
--cut here--
action_info '/' ''
Invalid /Schedule format: ''
while executing
"error "Invalid /Schedule format: '[lindex $schedlist 1]'""
("uplevel" body line 30)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
set state [db $db open "/State/MyWorld"]
set channel [dbobj $state get LastChannel]
set chnum [dbobj $c..."
(procedure "::action_info" line 15)
invoked from within
"::action_$action $chan $part $env"
("eval" body line 1)
invoked from within
"eval {::action_$action $chan $part $env}"
--cut here--

[petestrash]

Usually you see those messages on a fairly recently imaged TiVo, it normally goes away after 24-48 hours once the TiVo has settled down.

Peter.

[mikepy]

so no help then.
Oh well