Nighttime noises

[amystephenson]

I moved the series 2 into the bedroom as it doesn't work with the new HD TV in the living room. Just got a new hard drive replacement. TIVO backs up at night and the clicking sound is bothering me. Is there a way to reschedule the backups? Thanks!

[jjberger2134]

What you are hearing is just the hard drive spinning and the TV program being written to the drive, you are not hearing a "backup". As far as I know, there is no daily "backup".

The TiVo hard drive is always spinning, and information is always being written to the drive 24/7.

Unfortunately, there is not much you can do, except put the TiVo in a cabinet or something to muffle the noise. What brand replacement drive did you get? I think Seagate is one of the louder drives on the market, but that is subjective.

[amystephenson]

I sent TIVO to Toshiba, so not sure what they put inside. I specifically don't record anything overnight, so I guess it's just new program info downloading. No way to put it on "hold" over night? Thanks for the quick reply.... ;)

[richsadams]

jjberger2134 is correct...the TiVo hard drive is at work 24/7, it is buffering 30 minutes of all programming all of the time. You could try putting it on a channel that has no signal...that might quiet things down a bit.

If you are PC handy or know someone that is and have something other than a Seagate hard drive, the noise can be reduced with some tweaking. See this thread for more info (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5707945#post5707945).

FWIW Seagate hard drives for desktops can be noisy, however Seagate’s DB35 series of hard drives are designed for DVR use and are some of the quietest on the market.

[amystephenson]

Thank you for the good tip and the link. I'll try it out. Crickets, yes that's it!

[jmemmott]

I moved the series 2 into the bedroom as it doesn't work with the new HD TV in the living room. Just got a new hard drive replacement. TIVO backs up at night and the clicking sound is bothering me. Is there a way to reschedule the backups? Thanks!

Although this answer could start a Lilliputian war over the relative risks of cycling power in a Tivo, I ended up handling the same annoyance buying a $10 digital timer for the bedroom Tivo to shut off the power at 10 pm and restore it at 8 am. It is on the Internet during the day and seems to find time to get the guides and other update information. I have a couple of high priority dummy manual recordings set up to block the down time period to make life easier for the scheduler. So far I have seen no noticeable deleterious effect. I should also add that I have another Tivo in my living room that runs 24/7 and is my primary recording source.