Suggestions and recommendations please

[TBerry]

I've had a Sony DirecTiVo Sat T-60 for the last year which I love....I recently purchased a Pansat FTA 2700A and Tivo standalone TCD540040.....I wasn't sure on how I wanted all this to work but have since decided that I'll just leave my Sat T-60 as is using the pass thru for the standalone and FTA....The main features I'm looking for in the standalone/FTA combo is Pause live TV and manual record.....Now I found that without subbing the standalone it will not function the manual record...The pause live TV function does work though......What options do I have here? Keep in mind that I am a cheap sob..lol... and I only pay $5.00 a month for the TiVo add with my DTV bill.....Can I add the standalone to my DTV bill with out additional charge or just another 5 bucks?... If so...can I pick from a different program guide to download then DTV's such as Dish??....Is there a setup for my standalone to use the manual record funtions without a sub??
Thanks in advance for any help with this

[crowfan]

No, the standalone model that you have needs a sub to do anything more than trickplay (pause, rewind, etc.) in the 30-minute buffer.

Some Series 1 TiVos will let you do a manual record without a sub, and those TiVo/DVD combos that come with TiVo Basic will allow you to do manual recordings also.

[classicsat]

You will need to sub that DVR directly to the standalone TiVo service, DirecTV won't help you there. Having a Dish lineup won't help you muvh with the FTA receiver, unless you mean you are going to use the TiVo with your Dish subbled legit box.