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03-10-2005, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 11
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Most days without a Tivo call in??
Well, I'm up to 89 days without a call on one unit and 68 days on another one. How long have you gone without having the unit call in? Have you experienced programming losses and/or the receiver not functioning properly?
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03-10-2005, 06:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: oklahoma
Posts: 4,721
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After 90 days without a call in the DTiVo will erase all your stored programs and permanently shut down.
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03-10-2005, 06:45 PM
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I love my Series 3
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Woodlawn-Bronx, New York
Posts: 326
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Originally Posted by Stanley Rohner
After 90 days without a call in the DTiVo will erase all your stored programs and permanently shut down.
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LOL 
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03-10-2005, 06:45 PM
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A Walk in the Woods
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sunny Tampa, Fla
Posts: 1,436
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Originally Posted by Stanley Rohner
After 90 days without a call in the DTiVo will erase all your stored programs and permanently shut down.
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Subject: Please Make a Daily Call Soon
From: DIRECTV
Date: Thu 3/10
The Recorder has not made a successful daily call for the past
161 days.
I clicked "Select" once this morning and all is well until tomorrow. Maybe I'll dig behind though the wires and find out what came unplugged this weekend. Or maybe not.
No ill effects so far.
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03-10-2005, 06:48 PM
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TiVoted TiVo User
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Marina del Rey, CA
Posts: 5,612
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A few people on this board are over a year...
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03-10-2005, 08:29 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: clawson,mi
Posts: 125
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I think I'm around 300 and something.
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HR21-700
HR10-250
Hughes HDVR2 (147 Hrs)
Sony T-60 (105 Hrs)
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03-10-2005, 08:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Posts: 3,623
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One of mine's up to a little over 300 days now.
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03-10-2005, 08:42 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 73
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i started losing my guide after about 30 days and several warnings that i did not have my phone line connected.
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03-10-2005, 09:27 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 15
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I am at 158 days.
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03-10-2005, 09:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: NC
Posts: 808
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One of ours is a little over 400 days.
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03-11-2005, 04:17 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 1
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330 days and no info lost!
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03-11-2005, 06:55 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southaven, MS
Posts: 2,381
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I'm a few days over 700 since my last call.
-Robert
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03-11-2005, 02:03 PM
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What Me Worry???????
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Here
Posts: 3,498
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I have a tivo that has not made a daily call for three years.. Than again it is sitting on a shelf in my closet!
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03-11-2005, 04:04 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 96
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Originally Posted by krs7272
I think I'm around 300 and something.
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I assume you get "nag messages" telling you to connect to a phone line. Where do these show up, and how often?
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03-11-2005, 07:36 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: clawson,mi
Posts: 125
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Originally Posted by Cartrivision
I assume you get "nag messages" telling you to connect to a phone line. Where do these show up, and how often?
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Oh yeah. They show up every day the first time you say try to access the Now Playing List. You can ignore it, or go into messages and delete it. My Mom's TiVo has probably all 304 messages stored for all I know.
Also if your a little computer savy you can get rid of the nag screen. And for all those that want to know how? Google!
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HR21-700
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03-11-2005, 09:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 73
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this does not make sense. i was forced to update within 30 or so days because the guide stopped working. Do you all actually have the phone line disconnected? or is it connected without call in......
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03-11-2005, 09:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southaven, MS
Posts: 2,381
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Originally Posted by acampo
Do you all actually have the phone line disconnected? or is it connected without call in......
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As of tonight, I have NOT had a phone line plugged into my DirecTivo in 704 days.
-Robert
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03-12-2005, 01:17 PM
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Advanced TiVoOligan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: BH, South Pinellas, FL
Posts: 1,141
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I thought a phone line wasn't necessary for Dtivo. How about cellphone! hahaha.
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03-12-2005, 10:00 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Greater Cincinnati
Posts: 81
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One of mine is connected to a phone line (because I happen to have a phone jack right there) so it makes its regular calls. The other two are at about 140 days. I have no reason not to have them call other than there is no phone jack nearby. I used to string a line across the room and force the call every couple months, but I stopped doing that because I got used to the nag screens and almost like them now.
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03-13-2005, 07:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 73
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My guide must have been disappearing for a different reason.....
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03-13-2005, 02:26 PM
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Alabama Crimson Tide
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Talladega, AL
Posts: 158
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Originally Posted by Stanley Rohner
After 90 days without a call in the DTiVo will erase all your stored programs and permanently shut down.
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Now that where all of my Playboy movies have gone! Damn it! 
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12-26-2005, 04:28 PM
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Join the TiVolution!
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis MO USA
Posts: 135
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The Recorder has not made a successful daily call for the past 97 days.
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12-26-2005, 04:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: south
Posts: 65
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i'm at 832 dtivo
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12-27-2005, 07:39 AM
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Got Basenji?
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Morrisville, NC
Posts: 9,603
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Originally Posted by acampo
this does not make sense. i was forced to update within 30 or so days because the guide stopped working. Do you all actually have the phone line disconnected? or is it connected without call in......
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Do you have a DirecTV all-in one receiver? A DirecTiVo? They get their guide info from the satellite so they can operate without calling in.
A stand alone TiVO that controls a cable box or some satellite receiver but that is not built-in gets its guide data over the phone line so it will shut down.
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12-27-2005, 09:59 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 65
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Over 300 days... Only problem I have now is that it locks up when I try to go into the messages. Guess I should have kept up on deleting those puppies!
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12-27-2005, 01:14 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Wonder what happens after 999 days...maybe another y2k thing?
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12-27-2005, 02:41 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Southaven, MS
Posts: 2,381
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Originally Posted by rbtone
Wonder what happens after 999 days...maybe another y2k thing?
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I'll let you know in about 10 days.
-Robert
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12-27-2005, 02:55 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 1
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TiVo with no phone connection
I haven't made a call in years - just changed cable services (moved) and need to update the information before it will let me change channels... anyone have any ideas how to get around this without a phone service?
Standard coaxial cable connection... but the TiVo thinks we still have a box.
TiVo rep actually told me to take the box over to my neighbor's house and hook it up to their TV and phone line... (after I disassemble all their other components, or should I bring my own TV too so that I can see the screen???) I'm just about to call it quits... what a disappointment!
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12-27-2005, 03:02 PM
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TV MA SLV
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: NoHo, CA USA
Posts: 14,430
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I'm at around 450 on mine. There's no reason to plug it in, since it's an Hd-Tivo and no software updates are anywhere on the horizon.
I barely notice it, i don't even think you see it if you do a left arrow to get back to the menus instead of hitting the Tivo button.
-smak-
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03-05-2006, 10:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Dallas, TX
Posts: 10
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Originally Posted by n6idf
Over 300 days... Only problem I have now is that it locks up when I try to go into the messages. Guess I should have kept up on deleting those puppies!
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I'm nearly to 300, and my HDVR2 locks up on the Messages screen as well. Has anybody else with this issue discovered a work-around?
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