Has anyone successfully made their update phone call with a VOIP service?

joellyn · 11-10-2005, 09:23 PM

And if so, please tell me your setup!

PLAYSw/SQUIRRELS · 11-10-2005, 09:38 PM

I have VONAGE. I found these directions in one of the threads (can't remember which one) and it's worked successfully everytime for me. Here it is:

Go to DIRECTV Central
Messages & Setup
Settings
Phone
Edit Phone Settings
Dial in Number: xxx-xxxx (Keep the number you already have.)
Dial prefix: 2122773895 (This is the TiVo number in New York - a free call since VoIP has free long distance.)
Call waiting prefix: *70,#034 (Note the comma before pound sign.)
Tone/pulse: Tone
Phone avail detection: Off
Dial tone detection: Off
Then make a test call.

KrazyKevin · 11-10-2005, 09:42 PM

This has worked for many on here and seems the to be the best overall settings, but,

it hasn't worked for me.

AMike · 11-10-2005, 09:49 PM

I just had my phone telephone number switched to Vonage yesterday. I had read on a Vonage forum how to make your Tivo dial out using VOIP. Here's the link:

http://www.vonage-forum.com/home-wir...ion-guide.html

The quick and dirty version of how I did it:
1. I unplugged the telephone wires in the Telephone Interface Unit box on the side of my house.
2. After connecting the ethernet connection to the Vonage adaptor, I then connected the adaptor to an existing phone jack.
3. I then began using the phones in my home like normal.
4. I then had each of my Tivo's dial out without incident.

Edit: I didn't see the above responses, so I guess I was slow on the draw. One thing I should mention is that I have not changed any of my settings, and I have not had problems with either of my Tivo's dialing out at least at this time.

DesignDawg · 11-11-2005, 12:15 AM

My TiVo dials out perfectly with default settings over Vonage. I think the main secret is what Vonage adapter you have. The new ones seem to work like a champ. The old ones, not so much.

kbohip · 11-11-2005, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joellyn

And if so, please tell me your setup!

Which dvr? I have to use completely different settings to get my R10 and HR10-250 to work.

llowrey · 11-11-2005, 01:15 AM

I have somehow managed to get my R10 to work with Vonage without any problems. I only have *99 as a dialing prefix and I'm dialing a local number. I have a year old RT31P2 that has a lot of whitenoise on the line. The old 'phone off the hook on line 2 trick' solved that problem for me. Newer firmware revisions have reduced the noise but it is still there if I unhook the phone from line 2. I don't know if this helps at all but I have not had any problems with my R10 making calls.

snoop · 11-11-2005, 12:11 PM

I have at&t callvantage. More expensive than vonage but IMO better call quality, better customer service and they could port my local number while vonage wanted me to use one from a town 40 miles away.

R10 calls go through with no special settings or changes, box stock setup. I dont even have to enable the 'fax/modem support'. Note that my old series 1 did require the fax/modem option turned on, but worked fine with that. Seems the r10 modem has much lower demands than the series1 modems do.

trnsfrguy · 11-11-2005, 12:45 PM

Has anyone had any success with Packet8 ?

Joe Davis · 11-11-2005, 12:55 PM

I use Vonage and the default DTV settings in my R10 and it works perfectly!

formulaben · 11-11-2005, 08:14 PM

I've got Comcast voice and I'm having the same problem with my HDVR2.

Schwegel · 11-12-2005, 09:52 AM

I keep getting call interrupted before the new software load can complete a download, I have vonage and have tried multiple settings, any other suggestions?

mey · 11-12-2005, 10:06 AM

I have ATT Callvantage, mine works fine. I did not change a thing.

jimmymiko · 11-12-2005, 10:06 AM

I have Tivo, Fax, and Modems that all dial out on vonage without issues. I think it all depends on your area. I have Road Runner and live in the burbs.

Big Deficit · 11-12-2005, 10:27 AM

My 3 series 1 Tivos have had no problem with Sunrocket over the last couple of months, I just chose a dial up # near Sunrockets Reston VA headquarters. OTH, Sunrockets service in general has slid quite a bit since I signed on

feeneyp · 11-12-2005, 11:18 AM

If you have the Motorola adapter that Vonage is now sending out you can make a successful tivo call. All I did was buy a signal splitter that enables me to run a phone line from my Motorola adapter to both my phone and my tivo. I also had to change my call in number from a local 410 number to a New York 212 number before I could make a successful call.

You can find a signal splitter at Home Depot for a few bucks. I suggest you buy the in line splitter. This requires you to plug a short phone line into the back of the Motorola adapter. You then plug that line into the inline splitter. This will give you two jacks running into your voip phone line. Hook one jack to your phone and run a line from the other jack in the splitter to your tivo. I couldn’t get the splitter that plugs directly into the Motorola adapter to work because it was too bulky and partially blocked from making a good connection by the power cord for the Motorola adapter.

Then just follow the directions already posted here for changing you call in number to a 212 number. One you get to the edit phone page you can type in the 212 area code and tivo will pull all the 212 numbers available to you for call in. I just picked the first one on the list (Northern Manhattan). Worked like a charm.

magnus · 11-12-2005, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joellyn

And if so, please tell me your setup!

I tried all of the different settings and never could get it to work. My suggestion... don't jack with doing it this way. I would just use PPP and connect that way. If you're just trying to update the software to 6.2... this should work.

Just do a search for PPP on this site for more information.

bobru · 11-13-2005, 12:06 AM

I have a Standalone Toshiba Series 2 RS-TX20 DVR; charter broadband; Vonage Voip; and Directv.

My question is, the wireless phone/modem jack. I got $70 unit by SBC (model SB0900) that is up to 56k modem connection.

My question is, am I better off keeping this one, or getting one of the cheapy RCA units I see on ebay for $25. Any difference as far as the Tivo goes?

Thanks!

JnApop · 12-03-2005, 05:07 PM

I got qty 2 Phillips 7000's from Weakness to supplement my Series 2.

Ordered a Fax modem line from Vonage. Had 'em set the packet size to 30 (did it with an email request).

Hooked up system #1, made the initial setup call using these parameters:

DIAL PREFIX: *99,1 212 277 3895,,,,
CALL WAITING: #1200

Worked like a champ.

Hooked up second unit, same experience.

Now to see how daily calls go, not that I care the least, going on over 365 with my original Unit without a daily call.

bcronin · 12-03-2005, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joellyn

And if so, please tell me your setup!

AT&T CallVantage (with the Centillium TA) worked fine with my series 1 GXCEBOT. For my series 2 Philips DSR708 I had to turn on fax/modem support to get it to work. I have my calls going to the NYC number. Not sure if thats necessarily required, but its irrelevant as it costs no more than calling any other number and I didn't have the time/patience/reason to experiment with anything else. Oh and at first with CV I had a crummy LinkSys router/TA that had horrible noise issues. I simply could not get ANY TiVo calls to work. I insisted AT&T replace the LinkSys and have been happy ever since. Excellent call quality with the Centillium.

cmeinck · 12-04-2005, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Go to DIRECTV Central
Messages & Setup
Settings
Phone
Edit Phone Settings
Dial in Number: xxx-xxxx (Keep the number you already have.)
Dial prefix: 2122773895 (This is the TiVo number in New York - a free call since VoIP has free long distance.)
Call waiting prefix: *70,#034 (Note the comma before pound sign.)
Tone/pulse: Tone
Phone avail detection: Off
Dial tone detection: Off
Then make a test call.

Thank you so much for this. I've had an HD Tivo that hasn't been able to record for two months because it was never activated. It wasn't activated because I could never make the first call with Cablevision's Optimum Voice. This worked like a charm. I'm activated, recording and downloading the latest updates for my HD Tivo. Now I can go back to using my Cablevision DVR's for their intended use --- watching HD Hockey and that's it.

Thanks again.

jspencer · 12-06-2005, 04:53 PM

I have ATT with the Linksys Combo Wireless Gateway. It will not work and ATT will not support it. Basically they said tough. I did have the DLink Gateway and it worked like a charm.

jfalkingham · 12-06-2005, 05:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jspencer

I have ATT with the Linksys Combo Wireless Gateway. It will not work and ATT will not support it. Basically they said tough. I did have the DLink Gateway and it worked like a charm.

Will not support what? The Linksys combo gateway?

I have Vonage and ATT CallVantage in my house. Vonage is my business line, CallVantage is my home. CallVantage produces a more 'phone' like quality in dial tone and far fewer quality issues. TiVo worked over the DLINK router over AT&T CallVantage without any special settings by me. I tried using it on Vonage, and had a lot of problems getting it to dial successfully over the linksys Vonage router.

Go pick up an ATT CallVantage router, hook it up and compare sound quality to Vonage. Should be interesting if you did a 2 week test side by side. I was surprised... I kept vonage because the phone number I got is easy to remember and am using it for marketing, so don't want the cost to update that.

ESPalmer · 12-06-2005, 06:05 PM

I have had Comcast VOIP for over a year without issues on SAT-60s, Phillips, and Hughes S2. Thursday I am switching to the new Comcast which provides Voice mail over the internet, I guess they need to change the modem out, I will post the results and the modem make if it can help others. Here's hoping no problems.

1/4//2006: All is well with COmcast VOIP

Make: Arris:Touchstone Telephony Modem TM02PP/NA 716691

Jotas · 12-07-2005, 02:14 PM

I use Sunrocket and it works fine on both my R10 and HR10. I also managed to have the Sunrocket "Gizmo" power all of my phone jacks, so in reality I didn't need the expandable 2ghz phones I initially bought two years ago.

scriberdf · 12-11-2005, 11:12 PM

I used Vonage for the Guided Setup, and it went perfectly. Only alteration was the disable Call Waiting, and I'm not sure that made a difference.
On a wireless broadband setup now, which also is working well.

kevinE · 12-15-2005, 09:55 PM

So someone with an HDVR2 has something that works; works most of the time connecting with Vonage.

Dial in number does not matter
Dial Prefix: 12122773895
Call waiting Prefix: ,,#19,,
phone available: off
dial tone detect: off

No dsl filter, vonage line quality set to highest.

Good luck! I am about to work on my HR10-250.

donivan · 12-16-2005, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PLAYSw/SQUIRRELS

I have VONAGE. I found these directions in one of the threads (can't remember which one) and it's worked successfully everytime for me. Here it is:

Go to DIRECTV Central
Messages & Setup
Settings
Phone
Edit Phone Settings
Dial in Number: xxx-xxxx (Keep the number you already have.)
Dial prefix: 2122773895 (This is the TiVo number in New York - a free call since VoIP has free long distance.)
Call waiting prefix: *70,#034 (Note the comma before pound sign.)
Tone/pulse: Tone
Phone avail detection: Off
Dial tone detection: Off
Then make a test call.

I turned off call waiting thru the Vonage dashboard in lieu of *70 and used these settings, it took a couple calls for it to be successful and doing 2 units ate up almost 200 minutes. (Just in case you have the 500 minute package) But both units were successfully upgraded to 6.2. I have 2 RCA DVR 40's. I originally found this info on the Vonage site. Good luck.

yarzy · 12-30-2005, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevinE

So someone with an HDVR2 has something that works; works most of the time connecting with Vonage.

Dial in number does not matter
Dial Prefix: 12122773895
Call waiting Prefix: ,,#19,,
phone available: off
dial tone detect: off

No dsl filter, vonage line quality set to highest.

Good luck! I am about to work on my HR10-250.

After reading all the other posts, this woked for me...

Thanks!

jspencer · 12-31-2005, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jfalkingham

Will not support what? The Linksys combo gateway?

I have Vonage and ATT CallVantage in my house. Vonage is my business line, CallVantage is my home. CallVantage produces a more 'phone' like quality in dial tone and far fewer quality issues. TiVo worked over the DLINK router over AT&T CallVantage without any special settings by me. I tried using it on Vonage, and had a lot of problems getting it to dial successfully over the linksys Vonage router.

Go pick up an ATT CallVantage router, hook it up and compare sound quality to Vonage. Should be interesting if you did a 2 week test side by side. I was surprised... I kept vonage because the phone number I got is easy to remember and am using it for marketing, so don't want the cost to update that.

Callvantage will not offer any support for the Tivo Dial out. They want me to purchase a second line for the calls. I never had a problem until I went to the Linksys gateway. (IT includes a wireless router.) I still can't make any calls out with any of my DTivos. I refuse to pay for an additional line just to make the calls out. So the Callvantage works fine with some of the gatewasy but I haven't had a good experience with the new one.