There's no reason to hook your satellite feed directly to the TiVo.
The TiVo isn't a satellite box, and it can't tune your satellite channels.
Think of the TiVo as a TV set. You have to feed the satellite box into the recorder the same as if you were hooking up a television set.
Let your satellite feed go into the DirecTV box as usual.
Feed the DirecTV box to the TiVo by way of audio/video lines, whatever the traffic will allow. (I don't have DirecTV nor a Pioneer TiVo, so I don't know if you have S-Video or RF as options.)
When the satellite box is hooked into the TiVo, make sure your TiVo is feeding properly into the TV, and that you can see on the TV what the TiVo is doing.
Then put the TiVo into Guided Setup, telling it your source is DirecTV. Follow the instructions.
You DO have an IR blaster set up to control the DirecTV box's channel changes, don't you?
The TiVo isn't a satellite box, and it can't tune your satellite channels.
Think of the TiVo as a TV set. You have to feed the satellite box into the recorder the same as if you were hooking up a television set.
Let your satellite feed go into the DirecTV box as usual.
Feed the DirecTV box to the TiVo by way of audio/video lines, whatever the traffic will allow. (I don't have DirecTV nor a Pioneer TiVo, so I don't know if you have S-Video or RF as options.)
When the satellite box is hooked into the TiVo, make sure your TiVo is feeding properly into the TV, and that you can see on the TV what the TiVo is doing.
Then put the TiVo into Guided Setup, telling it your source is DirecTV. Follow the instructions.
You DO have an IR blaster set up to control the DirecTV box's channel changes, don't you?
