Tivo for surveillance

[mdcory]

A friend of mine owns a small coffee shop and is looking at putting in a security camera. I have a series 1 and a series 2 TIVO boxes sitting with bad hard drives. My question is would it be possible to replace the hard drive with an image and use it as a DVR on the camera. I would think it would be possible, but just not sure. I have a 120 gb hard drive not being used that I could put in, and since I have everything it seems like the cheap way to do this. Dedicated surveillance DVR’s and the time lapse VCR’s aren’t the cheapest things. Thanks for help.

[stevel]

The series 1 can be used for this, not the series 2, unless you want to pay for a subscription. The camera must send a color signal or else the TiVo won't record it. You'll want to set up a series of recordings to cover 2, 3 or 4 hours each.

[jfh3]

The series 1 can be used for this, not the series 2, unless you want to pay for a subscription. The camera must send a color signal or else the TiVo won't record it. You'll want to set up a series of recordings to cover 2, 3 or 4 hours each.

Tivo won't record a black/white signal?

[mick66]

I've connected a B&W security camera to a series 1 w/o any problem, but the same camera won't work with a series 2.

[stevel]

We have seen a number of people report problems with B+W cameras and TiVos, both S1 and S2. The TiVo complains that there is no video signal. Our theory is that the TiVo insists on the chroma signal.

[mdcory]

Thanks for all the help. I figured it would work but thought I would ask before going through the trouble.