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Black & White Picture with color bars

Discussion in 'DirecTV TiVo Powered PVRs & Receivers' started by glen4cindy, Sep 4, 2007.

  1. Sep 4, 2007 #1 of 10
    glen4cindy

    glen4cindy Member

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    I think I have seen this before, but I cannot find it by searching.

    I have had this happen ALOT here recently. It happend quite a bit once before then quit for a long time.

    The whole screen including Tivo menus turns black and white with color bars in a "beat" pattern going up and down the screen. This goes on for several minutes and may go away by itself and WILL go away with a hard reset.

    I have an unmodified 70hr Hughes Direct Tivo.

    Thanks.
     
  2. Sep 4, 2007 #2 of 10
    litzdog911

    litzdog911 TechKnow Guide

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    How is the Tivo connected to your TV? A loose or defective SVideo cable can cause these symptoms.
     
  3. Sep 4, 2007 #3 of 10
    nonamesleft

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    It could also be a failing tuner or possibly a failing hard drive. As the previous poster suggested, a loose cable will the most likely culprit. If you are sure that the cable is not loose & the S-VHS cable is not damaged, then you might have a ailing tuner. In that case you might extend it's life by changing from using S-VHS output to composite (RCA) cables. In this situation, it's probably also better to only use one set of the composite outputs. HTH
     
  4. Sep 4, 2007 #4 of 10
    bootlace

    bootlace New Member

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    I'm having the same problem and it started with the last software update. I also had this problem a couple of years ago but it stopped with an update. There was discussion on the board back then that it was a software problem.
     
  5. Sep 4, 2007 #5 of 10
    ebonovic

    ebonovic has gone his way...

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    That is a LONG LONG LONG LONG outstanding bug with the Tivo units.

    I have had that all the way back to my first unit....

    It is purely random... and it just "corrects" it self on it's own.
     
  6. Sep 4, 2007 #6 of 10
    carolsue

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    It's started back up for me since the last update also. If I hit "pause" then unpause, it usually goes away.
     
  7. Sep 4, 2007 #7 of 10
    glen4cindy

    glen4cindy Member

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    Yes, I also had this problem a very long time ago then it went away. Now it is back and I have determined that it is on only one set of my composite outputs, not both.
     
  8. Sep 4, 2007 #8 of 10
    dwells

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    Its happening to me too, also since the last update...........
     
  9. Sep 4, 2007 #9 of 10
    schell

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    this happend to me long ago with my first DTV tivo now it is back since the upgrade, if you do a search it was called loss of color, I have thos problem almost every day just like when I first got my tivo
     
  10. Sep 8, 2007 #10 of 10
    KF9WM

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    Add me to the list. I have a Philips DSR708 that started doing the pulsing colors/fade to black and white thing immediately after downloading 6.3e. Recorded video in the buffer is also black and white.
     

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