HDXL + PremierXL and 1 remote

The only way a Tivo box will lose it's remote address after it has been properly set is if it receives remote signals while it is still displaying the "System Information" screen. After you set the address, exit out of the "System Info". Then cover the face of the unit, or do whatever else it takes, to prevent it from receiving remote signals as you program the remote addresses of other units.

Although my Premiere has been taken out of use, I have had up to 4 Tivos in the same room(presently just 3 Tivos now), and each and all responding properly to the appropriately propgrammed peanut remotes, and also a Harmony 659 universal remote. The Harmony controls each and every Tivo unit independently and properly.

If you are new to controlling multiple Tivos in the same room, it's probably going to take a little bit of getting used to sorting it out.

Good luck.

 

Take one of the TiVos out of the room.

Go to the system information screen on the other one.

Take the remote with the switch, slide the switch to 1, aim it at yourself, preferrably dark clothing.

Push and hold the TiVo button and the Pause button for a few moments, then release and confirm that the light on its front is still on.

Turn the remote's business end toward the TiVo, press your choice of digit from 1 to 9, then push the right arrow buttton.

Take that TiVo out of the room, bring the other back in, slide the switch to 2, do the same thing again but choose a different number from 1-9 this time.

Never have both TiVos with the system information screen up at the same time because a TiVo with the system information page open will reset its remote address to the address being used by any remote on which any button is pressed.

 

It's so you can have more than one TiVo in the same room.

JVC used to do something similar (but less sophisticated and versatile) with its VCRs.

 

[TiVo + Pause, number, right arrow] is how you tell the remote control what channel to be on.

You can do that without a TiVo around at all.

Having the TiVo on the System Info page, and maybe even back up the menu tree from that, I disremember, sets it so that it "imprints" the next remote address it sees.

A 0 address remote is supposed to control it even if it's set for another address and you aren't in the menus at all, but I can't remember if it resets the remote address in the TiVo to 0 or not. I also can't remember if the address stays on the hard drive in case of a swap, or if it stays with the motherboard.

 

It doesn't.