Upgraded hard drive but shows won't record

cmcgill · 09-08-2006, 12:06 PM

I put a 250GB drive in the RCA DVR40, and now I can't record anything. When I hit the List button, a message comes up saying I need to restart or reset the DVR, which I've done several times, all to no avail. The message says that if that doesn't work to call RCA and report error #51.

When I loaded up this drive, I used the original drive from my first DVR (it was already at 6.2). I was thinking maybe this has something to do with it.

When I bring up the System Info screen, the entry for Service (something - about the 8th line down) says NA.

Can anybody offer their wisdom so i can fix this? Thanks.

cowboys2002 · 09-08-2006, 12:10 PM

Did you call DTV to resend the programming information?

This is what I did when I swapped HD's.

cmcgill · 09-08-2006, 12:12 PM

No, I didn't need to do that when I upgraded the other DVR. The programming is coming through OK, the guide data is there, it just won't record.

Dkerr24 · 09-08-2006, 02:08 PM

You need to rerun guided setup and allow the unit to make a phone call via landline to allow it to record programs.

No landline? Then hack the new drive with the 'zipper' and you'll never need a landline again for the unit.

wscannell · 09-08-2006, 08:59 PM

It sounds like you used an image from a different TiVo. If so, you need to do a "clear & delete everything" to match your drive to the TiVo.

cmcgill · 09-09-2006, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wscannell

It sounds like you used an image from a different TiVo. If so, you need to do a "clear & delete everything" to match your drive to the TiVo.

Yup, that's what I did. Instead of clearing everything, I just reran the upgrade commands using the drive from that unit. All's well now.