There do exist some "toxic" channels (search for discussion of them) that cause rebooting because their signal is so strange. So if it is rebooting on a change involving one particular channel, that might be the problem. That can be cured if it's a non-important channel by just unchecking the channel in "Channels I receive"My Tivo HD reboots when I am flipping through channels. It just jumps to the powering-up screen. then I have to wait for the machine to start, but of course the cable cards don't work. I then have to pull the plug on the tivo, remove the cable cards, put the cable cards back, then plug in the machine and wait for it to reboot again. I have Cablevision in NJ.
Anyone else have this problem or, hopefully, a solution?
I don't get OTA channels. Will toxic channels happen every time? Is there a way to use the signal stregnth meter to find these channels and delete them? I think it does happen when I flip on the high numbered HD channels.There do exist some "toxic" channels (search for discussion of them) that cause rebooting because their signal is so strange. So if it is rebooting on a change involving one particular channel, that might be the problem. That can be cured if it's a non-important channel by just unchecking the channel in "Channels I receive"
If it's a more general problem, then either the cable cards or the TiVo needs replacement.
If you can receive OTA signals, does it happen when you are only dealing with OTA?
Which firmware version were you upgraded to?When I got up yesterday, the TiVo said it installed a "Fall Service Update" or upgrade or something, and it was like Christmas morning. Wverything that was bugging me worked (cable cards getting all channels, no pixelation at all). The unit rebooted 5 times in the first two nights and hasn't rebooted at all since. I had it recording shows round the clock to make sure (if it reboots it continues to record the show when it starts back up but it is in two entries in the Now Playing list). I also decided I'd watch football all weekend to make extra sure (it's a tough job...).
I don't know - it's been like the Series 2 Tivo that i loved - no problems, no reboots. Did anyone else get this update? Did it solve your rebooting problems?
Software version is:Which firmware version were you upgraded to?
I have noticed the reboot issue on different channels. I thought it was originally the high-number, HD channels, but it happened on the lower channnels also. I have tried flipping the channels slower so the Tivo can catch up and that has seemed to work. Still, though, regardless of the issue, a reboot is totally unacceptable. The tivo software should be able to handle whatever the problem is in a better manner.My wife has reported that our Tivo HD has now rebooted twice in the past 3 days while she was changing channels as well. We have Comcast in the Bay Area, CA. The Tivo has one multicard CableCard in it. It has happened while recording a program on one tuner and changing channels on the other one. Seems like it could be a toxic channel I suppose, but it's kind of hard to keep track of what channel you're switching to just before a reboot comes out of nowhere.
I agree - this really needs to be fixed. There's no excuse for a spontaneous reboot under any circumstance. Well, the only excuse I would except is if there's an earthquake and major power surge.Should we try to isolate the channel by switching through them all? It's probably just the HD channels, since we only tend to watch those.
Hope there's a good solution somewhere.
do you have parental controls set? Just a theory, but I disabled mine after a reboot on Saturday. I think this may be a software issue. Just a hunch at this point.The past 24 hours, my family's TiVoHD rebooted twice. Both happened while flipping through the channels (and at a relatively quick pace). I have told my father that, for the immediate future, he should wait for the picture to show before flipping to the next channel.
We have a m-card cable card (RCN digital cable) and an antenna connected to the system. Aside for the channel surfing, I haven't been able to determine rhyme or reason for why the reboot occurs. But the signal meter was not up either time. One reboot (possibly both) was in the digital/HD version of our local channels.