Quote Originally Posted by slangnz View Post
the TV that I'm now plugging into doesn't have any spare AV input's, so I've set it to output on RF channel 50. It's now coming through crystal clear and in colour as well.
Good-o! If you are getting colour this way then it is not the video chip. At the very least it is the previously mentioned cable, or at most something in the SCART connector plug or associated area on the motherboard. Just keep it in mind if you ever try for non-RF connection in the future.

The problem that I have now is that the time is wrong... I'll research some timezone issues, and see where that leads me to.
Not sure about NZ but over here TiVo's don't seem to like it if you have a firewall with port 37 restricted. If that sounds like you then open up port 37 and see what happens.