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I have a Tivo that says "Series 4" on the front. I want to perform a hard drive KickStart test on it. I googled "Tivo Series 4" and think it is a "Premiere" The KickStart info at https://www.weaknees.com/tivo-kickstart-codes.phpsays that there should be yellow/amber flashing light after...

My Tivo has been rebooting randomly over the past few days and I suspected some hard drive issue, so I used kickstart code 54 in the hope of doing a file system check - which appeared to do nothing. (I couldn't see the hard drive test screen at all, it just rebooted) - So then I tried 57. It...

I searched and searched, but could not find anything similar to this. Here is the (long) story. DVR is Tivo HD with a myDVR 1TB external drive and the stock 160GB internal drive. Unit is stuck on a loop: boots to "Welcome" screen, moves to the "Almost there" screen and hits the green screen of...

My new Bolt+ is losing recorded shows or, in some cases, it doesn't record due to lack of space. It's new, there's nothing in it. Tivo told me to reset settings and use kickstart mode 54. However, this mode doesn't do anything to my Tivo. The leds blink telling me the code is correct but it...

I've had a couple reboots lately in my TiVo Premiere XL4 at random times, while recording and/or watching programs. Last night, it became unresponsive in a playback, so I had to unplug it to get it to respond. It came up properly, but I figured maybe it was time to do some maintenance. A couple...

Hi everyone, I have spent too much time researching this, but don't see problem exactly like mine. Here's the thing: Model 652160 with 1TB Seagate drive had minor quirks, such as occasionally freezing, especially while playing certain recordings. After being disconnected from service and...

Hi, I've been trying to use Kickstart as described by Weeknees (go to Weeknees site & add /tivo-kickstart-codes.php to their address) on my TIVO HD XL with no luck. No matter if I try to time pressing the pause button at the right time or hold it down through the startup, I never get to a point...