How do i stop the spam ads on my Tivo?

[crombiecrunch]

Ok so since that last major update a couple of months back every time now when I press my pause button or stop a program and go to delete it, I get spammed with ads for woollight or staying at the hilton or some other crap I dont want to see.

Im sorry but I pay 20 bucks a month times 3 TiVo Premieres, I do not want to be pushed ads. Especially since 2 of the boxes are used by my 6 year old that clicks on the by mistake.

And you cant say well Tivo needs it to make money. I would rather them up my bill by a couple of bucks then get spammed with ads.

Ive already called customer care and they scratch their heads because they show me as opt'd out for them. I press the down arrow on the but that just temporarily hides them.

I had my boxes 8 months prior to that last big update and never had this problem. Ive searched and can not find away to do away with them.

[steve614]

You will want to use the backdoor code that eliminates the pause ads.

First, pause the program and press the down arrow to hide the ad.

Next on the remote, enter [Select] [Play] [Select] [Pause] [Select].

If you have a Premiere and are using the HDUI, you might need an extra [Select] at the beginning of the sequence.

[ThAbtO]

You cannot remove those Pause Ads, only hide them.

[classicsat]

You cancel the TiVo service, that's how. They are part of the TiVo terms of service.

[mr.unnatural]

Use a Windows Media Center PC for recording. We don't suffer from that kind of crap (nor do we have to pay extra for the privilege).

[scandia101]

Originally Posted by crombiecrunch

I would rather them up my bill by a couple of bucks then get spammed with ads.

This doesn't make sense considering your disdain for the ads. Why would you want to receive ads after paying more each month on the subscriptions?

[lessd]

Originally Posted by scandia101

This doesn't make sense considering your disdain for the ads. Why would you want to receive ads after paying more each month on the subscriptions?

What he said is that he would pay more to NOT have the ads

[Richierod]

Originally Posted by lessd

What he said is that he would pay more to NOT have the ads

I know that everyone hates the grammar police, but Scandia101 has it right. Had the OP said than instead of then, it would have shown what was intended. No hijacking or fingerpointing intended, just pointed out the misuse of then and than. Lots of other words too, but we'll wait for another day.

[marqattacks]

Are these the ads that show up on the bottom of the pause menu, or full screen ads? I only get the ones below the bottom part green play bar.

[lessd]

Originally Posted by Richierod

I know that everyone hates the grammar police, but Scandia101 has it right. Had the OP said than instead of then, it would have shown what was intended. No hijacking or fingerpointing intended, just pointed out the misuse of then and than. Lots of other words too, but we'll wait for another day.

But most of knew what he wanted to say, but technically you are correct.

[Chris Gerhard]

Originally Posted by scandia101

This doesn't make sense considering your disdain for the ads. Why would you want to receive ads after paying more each month on the subscriptions?

That's funny, usually I don't like the literal interpretations of what was stated jokes but this one works well.

[jrtroo]

Sometimes the words are important. I had to read the initial post a few times to understand what the OP was trying to say. I normally just roll with it, but this was a case where several meanings were changed by poor grammar.

[snarler]

Originally Posted by scandia101

This doesn't make sense considering your disdain for the ads. Why would you want to receive ads after paying more each month on the subscriptions?

Maybe he meant it would be okay if TiVo raised his rates, then TiVo gets spammed with ads instead of him

[Richierod]

Originally Posted by steve614

You will want to use the backdoor code that eliminates the pause ads.

First, pause the program and press the down arrow to hide the ad.

Next on the remote, enter [Select] [Play] [Select] [Pause] [Select].

If you have a Premiere and are using the HDUI, you might need an extra [Select] at the beginning of the sequence.

That worked well, but how do you reverse it? I thought this method would only get rid of the ad but, the green bar also went away.

[Grakthis]

Originally Posted by mr.unnatural

Use a Windows Media Center PC for recording. We don't suffer from that kind of crap (nor do we have to pay extra for the privilege).

When someone says "How do I make my X not do Y?" if you respond with "don't use X" then you're the ******* in the thread.

In case you didn't know that already.

[lrhorer]

Originally Posted by crombiecrunch

Ok so since that last major update a couple of months back every time now when I press my pause button or stop a program and go to delete it, I get spammed with ads for woollight or staying at the hilton or some other crap I dont want to see.

Im sorry but I pay 20 bucks a month times 3 TiVo Premieres,

With the Premier, you are pretty much hosed. That's one more reason I don't recommend the Premier or the Elite.

[steve614]

Originally Posted by Richierod

That worked well, but how do you reverse it? I thought this method would only get rid of the ad but, the green bar also went away.

Yeah that annoyed me too, at first. But anytime you press Play while the video is playing, that brings up the green progress bar.
When I pause, I want the screen cleared quickly (because I am usually looking at a detail in the show) and this feature does that.

Repeating the code should toggle it back.
This feature does not survive a reboot so worst case, a reboot will do it.

[Chris Gerhard]

Originally Posted by Grakthis

When someone says "How do I make my X not do Y?" if you respond with "don't use X" then you're the ******* in the thread.

In case you didn't know that already.

He has been told this often so I am sure he knows it isn't a helpful or meaningful post as it regards this thread.

[GoEagles]

Thanks, I think I did this right. Paused my recording a couple of times and haven't seen any stupid ads for Woolite and the Cayman Islands.

EDIT: Never mind, they popped back up.

[Chris Gerhard]

Originally Posted by crombiecrunch

Im sorry but I pay 20 bucks a month times 3 TiVo Premieres, I do not want to be pushed ads.

Does anybody really do this? I sure doubt it.

[lessd]

Originally Posted by Chris Gerhard

Does anybody really do this? I sure doubt it.

If you got the TP free from TiVo your monthly cost would be $19.99.

[scandia101]

Originally Posted by Grakthis

When someone says "How do I make my X not do Y?" if you respond with "don't use X" then you're the ******* in the thread.

In case you didn't know that already.

Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this.
Doctor: Don't do that.