I just got a Series2 TiVo and my Comcast turns on this red annoying light when I have a message and I can't figure out how to access my Comcast guide to delete it. My TiVo owns so I don't use the Comcast thing normally but this dot is bugging me.
I pressed it but nothing came up.Turtleboy said:I think you need to find your comcast remote and do it through it, using the Guide button on that remote.
It won't display anything from my Comcast box, even with the TiVo turned off.Turtleboy said:Maybe the Menu button?
Maybe turning the Tivo off is the problem. Is your tivo controlling the cable box?ShadowXOR said:It won't display anything from my Comcast box, even with the TiVo turned off.
I tried it both on and off, and I have a cable plugged from my cable box into my TiVo that gives the TiVo control over channels.Turtleboy said:Maybe turning the Tivo off is the problem. Is your tivo controlling the cable box?
Yup, and the light on the cable box confirms that it is receiving the signal.smark said:When you press "Menu" what light on the remote comes on?
CharlesH has it right. I have Comcast hooked up to a S2DT. You have the TiVo in normal "I'm watching live tv" mode, make sure the Comcast remote is set to control cable (and that another button hasn't accidentally been pressed and it thinks it's controlling something else), press the menu button, and then wait for the menu to show up on your tv. There is a significant delay between the time you push the button and the time the menu shows up. Navigate the menu to the messages option, open the messages and delete them. You have to delete them one by one. Again, be patient and give everything time to react. Sometimes the Comcast box needs to be turned off and turned on again to behave itself properly. If none of the above works, I don't know what else to suggest.CharlesH said:There must be some confusion here. Assuming that your cable box audio/video output is hooked to your TiVo, and the TiVo output is connected to your TV, if the TiVo is showing live (not back in the 30-minute buffer somewhere), the Comcast menu while come up about one second after pressing the Menu button on the Comcast remote (that is the delay for the TiVo to record and then play back the signal from the cable box). Then it is a matter of navigating to the Messages screen and deleting the message. I do it all the time. On mine, the initial menu is just a bar on the bottom of the screen, and I have to push Menu again to get the full-screen menu, but that may just be the version of the Comcast UI that I have.
By your TiVo being "off", do you mean on standby, or do you mean unplugged? The Series 2 will pass the RF signal from the antenna input to the output when on standby, but it won't pass through composite video (yellow connector with red/white/yellow connector).
I'm very technologically oriented and this should be such a simple thing which is why I'm so confused. I did exactly what you say and it doesn't work...it must be the wiring is set up in a way that it will not display the Comcast menu. When I change channels maybe one out of five times I will see the Comcast bar as if I had changed the channel through the Comcast remote but it rarely appears. Maybe it only works on certain channels...I'm going to mess around with it.nirisahn said:CharlesH has it right. I have Comcast hooked up to a S2DT. You have the TiVo in normal "I'm watching live tv" mode, make sure the Comcast remote is set to control cable (and that another button hasn't accidentally been pressed and it thinks it's controlling something else), press the menu button, and then wait for the menu to show up on your tv. There is a significant delay between the time you push the button and the time the menu shows up. Navigate the menu to the messages option, open the messages and delete them. You have to delete them one by one. Again, be patient and give everything time to react. Sometimes the Comcast box needs to be turned off and turned on again to behave itself properly. If none of the above works, I don't know what else to suggest.
Using the TiVo remote, first tune to a channel that is only available digitally (usually anything above >100). A S2DT can(and will) use its own tuner for analog channels, bypassing the Comcast box. Once you are sure you're on a digital channel, then try the comcast remote functions.ShadowXOR said:I'm very technologically oriented and this should be such a simple thing which is why I'm so confused. I did exactly what you say and it doesn't work...it must be the wiring is set up in a way that it will not display the Comcast menu. When I change channels maybe one out of five times I will see the Comcast bar as if I had changed the channel through the Comcast remote but it rarely appears. Maybe it only works on certain channels...I'm going to mess around with it.
Aha!gonzotek said:Using the TiVo remote, first tune to a channel that is only available digitally (usually anything above >100). A S2DT can(and will) use its own tuner for analog channels, bypassing the Comcast box. Once you are sure you're on a digital channel, then try the comcast remote functions.
Is this assuming that something is connected to the "antenna" input on the S2DT? The picture I had in my mind is that the only input connected on the S2DT was from the cable box, but I see the point. My S2 is not the DT, so I don't have that issue, since in my Guided Setup, I have to pick EITHER the antenna OR the video input.gonzotek said:Using the TiVo remote, first tune to a channel that is only available digitally (usually anything above >100). A S2DT can(and will) use its own tuner for analog channels, bypassing the Comcast box. Once you are sure you're on a digital channel, then try the comcast remote functions.