[TigerClaw]

Early this morning i had a power outage, and when I plug the TV back on, It was booting up, but the screen kept on flashing on and off, and all the lights on the Tivo are blinking, What could it be?

 

[davidscarter]

This may help you to diagnose: TiVo Has Lights Flashing on the Front

(Looks like all lights flashing on a Premiere is probably a bad hard drive ☹ )

 

[TigerClaw]

I guess it is, Can I just use an existing hard drive on it? How do you format it so that Tivo Premiere can use it?

 

[ThAbtO]

Not format, but it needs a model matching image 'implanted' on the drive.

 

[TigerClaw]

I removed the Tivo hard drive and put it on a HDD docking station, Windows 10 doesn't detect it, But the WD Dashboard App does, The drive appears to be fine.

 

[TigerClaw]

I put the drive back in the Tivo, plugged it and it now booted up fine and working like normal

 

[TigerClaw]

So far the Tivo is working fine, Except when I try to have it connect to the Tivo service, I'm getting a Failed while negotiating on Connecting.

 

[NorthAlabama]

is there an error number?

 

[TigerClaw]

There's no error number. I'm restarting the Tivo Premiere now.

 

[NorthAlabama]

There's no error number. I'm restarting the Tivo Premiere now.

for other connection errors, tivo online support suggests removing the network connection, allowing tivo to run for 2-3 days without connecting, then reconnecting the network. i would probably attempt a cpi&tdl prior to this suggestion to see if it resolves any guide data errors.

a word of warning if the drive is failing, continuing to troubleshoot might trigger a complete failure, so now might be a good time to do a backup before moving forward.

 

[TigerClaw]

Restarting didnt help, Its even giving me the Failed while negotiating when I do a connection test.

 

[NorthAlabama]

Restarting didnt help, Its even giving me the Failed while negotiating when I do a connection test.

i'd still attempt a cpi&tdl, once i transferred any important recordings to a pc.

 

[TigerClaw]

What's cpi&tdl?

 

[NorthAlabama]

What's cpi&tdl?

clear program info & to do list:

tivo central > settings > help > reset > cpi&tdl

 

[TigerClaw]

I don't think that's gonna work, It keeps failing the connection test with failed while negotiation and no error code.

 

[NorthAlabama]

I don't think that's gonna work, It keeps failing the connection test with failed while negotiation and no error code.

if it's connecting, but failing while negotiating, then it might work, but you won't know until you try.

please look at my response in your other thread, and test it to see if it works.

 

[davidscarter]

You may also want to try cycling power on your modem, router, and Tivo. Unplug all three, then plug in the modem and let it power and connect on fully; then plug in the router and let it power on and connect fully; then plug in your Tivo.

*But* you say *It cannot be the modem or router; all my other devices are working fine!*

Yes, but sometimes weird network stuff happens, especially after a power outage when things come on all at once. Restarting all three may clear up whatever the nagging issue is with the Tivo. Worst case scenario is that you waste 15 minutes and you're right back where you started.

 

[TigerClaw]

a hard reset of the asus router fixed the connection problem with the Tivo.