Setting up Tivo with Freeview....

Although you say everything is connected OK, it sounds like it isn't!

Ones to check:

Fully wired SCART?
Plugged in to AUX not Video?
Freeview box not set to S-Video output?

 

And there's your problem. How can the Tivo record the freeview program when the tuner is within the TV itself?

 

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Yes, get yourself a 30 quid freeview box. Mine was from amazon and I made sure it was a based on a chipset that was known to work with TiVo. I can't tell you what it is off the top of my head as it's behind the TV somwhere.

 

Hi,

I dont think anyone is having a go at you or looking down their nose, its just the normal manner of exchanges in this forum. I read it as a short quick answer more than an insult.

Anyway to your problem, yes you are right intigrated freeview TV's cannot be controlled by external devices ( save for a few manufacturers that allow their dvd recorders to link directly to their tv's, such as panasonic).

You will need to get a external freeview box to be controlled by your Tivo, there is a list on the forum of compatable boxes i believe. I myself am using a digibrand from asda very sucessfully.

Perservier with the forum, once you get used to the exchanges you will find it amusing, infomative and addictive,

Added bonus will be that you can view a freeview channel on the tv whilst recording a different freeview channle on the Tivo.
good luck

 

Have a look at this thread http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=312888

Particularly post 176 by Mikerr

 

It's all explained in the manual. If you haven't got one, you can download it here:

http://www.uk.tivo.com/255SSUG.pdf

 

The Freeview box will be the input for the TiVo and the TV will be the output, so

Freeview ("TV" SCART)--> TiVo ("AUX" SCART)
TiVo ("TV" SCART") --> TV SCART

The freeview box, then take the RF output from that into the TV so

Aerial --> Freeview (RF IN)
Freeview (RF OUT) --> TV (Aerial)

That way your TiVo will record from the freeview box and your TV (when switched to its internal tuner) will be able to view any freeview channel regardless of what the TiVo is doing.

 

Make sure the Freeview box has both RF IN and RF OUT sockets - some of the most basic ones or smallest ones don't have the output.
If your Freeview signal is strong enough you can use a spltter on the aerial input - look for a 'low loss' one as this will help to keep a good signal into both devices.

 

Or if you have £79 rather than £29 to spend and miss free channels such as CNN, Euronews, Truemovies etc that are free on Sky and not on Freeview you could get a Sky Pay Once Watch Forever box and dish installed for this price with no ongoing subscription requirement.

See www.dixons.co.uk/martprd/editorial/Sky+Pay+Once+Watch+Forever

You might want to consider this if you live in an area where you can't receive all the Freeview channels or where reception is unreliable on Freeview.

 

Sorry you took it that way but I assumed you had read the sticky note to newcomers at the top of the UK forum which, amongst other good advice, recommends doing a search of this forum for questions which have been asked before. Obviously I was mistaken.

 

If you intend to feed the aerial into the Freeview box and then the TV, there's no need to also provide the TiVo with an analogue signal.
Install the freeview box first and run it through it's own scan for channels. If you're new to freeview, it's worth checking out which channels you do or don't get in your area for free. I know when I first did mine I wasn't sure what some of the channels were or if I could get them.