Tivo Edge; where did the buffer go?

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I just replaced my Roamio with an Edge. I expected that all the usual features and procedures would remain unchanged. But when I turn on the TV now, the usual 30-minute buffer for the channel Tivo was tuned to does not exist, I have checked every setting and preference and can find nowhere where that buffer could have been disabled or can be turned on. This is a serious problem for me, as I often fail to turn on the TV at the very start of a program on the channel Tivo was last tuned to; with the Raomio, I'd just go backward as far as necessary to find the program's start (as long as it wasn't more than 30 minutes ago, of course). Am I missing something? Is my Edge defective?

 

I have experimented with everything, including turning standby mode off and then back on, rebooting, etc. Nothing results in a change in behavior. The only time the buffer works is when I am actually watching a program, i.e. when I turn on the TV and start watching a program to which the Edge is already tuned there is no buffer present at all, but the buffer will then grow over the next 30 minutes to its maximum size and I can rewind to the beginning of that buffer any time as expected.

 

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Figured it out!! I have for years been using a Harmony universal remote to control all my stuff. When I added the Edge to my list of devices, I neglected to tell the thing that the Tivo has no power switch. So when I pressed the Harmony's power button, it was turning the Edge on or off with everything else. I didn't even know that a Tivo could be turned off by any means other than unplugging it. Lesson learned.

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions!!

 

I don't know why, but I receive email notifications that user JoeKustra has posted a reply but they don't appear in the thread. Anyway, Joe just asked, "So you're saying there is a command to power off the Edge?" Yes! My Harmony is IR only - no RF - and when I pressed the power off button the Tivo would turn off. I hadn't noticed that previously because my electronic devices are inside a cabinet with a smoked glass door so I couldn't see that the green power LED wasn't lit.

BTW, I thought that the Edge (and the other devices in the product line that do RF) could be optioned for either IR or RF but not both at the same time. Obviously I was wrong since mine responds to both (IR from the Harmony and RF from the Tivo remote).

 

Ah HA! That explains a lot Joe. You are correct that it was taking only a few seconds to come up when I turned everything on, so the Edge was in standby, not completely off. Thanks!