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one cable card/Tivo tuner?

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Hi Folks,

I have one cable card, can I also set up the Tivo tuner to record? If so how do I do it?

thank you for your help
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First, read the CableCARD installation FAQ.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=5448376

Second - do you have a single-stream CableCARD or multi-stream?

If you are moving this card from a TV, it is most likely an SCard. In most cases, all but the copy-protected channels will work on tuner 0 and all non-encrypted channels will work on tuner 1.

That said, your best bet is either getting another SCard or replacing the existing SCard with an MCard and getting them paired/validated properly.
jfh3 said:
If you are moving this card from a TV, it is most likely an SCard. In most cases, all but the copy-protected channels will work on tuner 0 and all non-encrypted channels will work on tuner 1.
If you only have one s-card the tivo will only use one tuner.
As always thank you very much for your help. This is a very helpful community
jrm01 said:
If you only have one s-card the tivo will only use one tuner.
Not true. It's stated that way for support reasons, but it works the way I indicated. (Been there, done that).
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