Tivo Up Time

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lillevig

Discussion Starter · Sep 15, 2011

Recently I ran across a post where someone said that you could tell if your Tivo has reset by checking the "Tivo up time" (or words to that effect). I figured it would be on the System Staus pages but I can't find anything that indicates how long the Tivo has been up since its last reset. Is there such an indicator and is it on all series of Tivos?

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steve614

· #2 · Sep 15, 2011

Was it me?

steve614 said:
Try looking under Account & System Information / DVR Diagnostics*.
Page down to the last page and look for the line 'Time Since OOB Tune Start'. This will give you an approximate time since the last reboot in seconds. You will have to calculate the hours/days/weeks from that.

*This is how you find it with the TivoHD, I think the Premiere is similar.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8560418#post8560418

ETA:
AFAIK, this is only for Series 3 and above. I have found no such settings on my S2 ST.

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lillevig

Discussion Starter · #3 · Sep 16, 2011

steve614 said:
Was it me?

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=8560418#post8560418

ETA:
AFAIK, this is only for Series 3 and above. I have found no such settings on my S2 ST.

Thanks. I see it on my HD unit but nothing like it on my Series2 DT unit. Maybe the only way to tell on earlier units is if the 30-second skip no longer works.

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a68oliver

· #4 · Sep 16, 2011

lillevig said:
Recently I ran across a post where someone said that you could tell if your Tivo has reset by checking the "Tivo up time" (or words to that effect). I figured it would be on the System Staus pages but I can't find anything that indicates how long the Tivo has been up since its last reset. Is there such an indicator and is it on all series of Tivos?

Another way to tell if the Tivo has reset is using the onscreen clock. I routinely display the clock on the screen (SPS9S) and if that goes away, the Tivo has reset.

I believe there are some other things that don't survive a reset such as the 30 sec. skip on some models.

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wmcbrine

· #5 · Sep 16, 2011

There's a regular uptime display that appears in System Info when backdoors are enabled. Enabling backdoors is left as an exercise for the reader.

(In truth I haven't done it since I left the DirecTivo world.)

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lillevig

Discussion Starter · #6 · Sep 16, 2011

I found the post I was referring to and PM'ed the user. He said that it shows up on one of the System Info pages but that he is using hacked SW. As for checking DVR Diagnostics on my HD unit, it just seems to hang on the "Please Wait" page. I wonder if this is something that gets messed up if you upgrade your drive (like losing the external drive capability). My HD was purchased used and already had an upgrade to a 1 TB drive.

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lillevig

Discussion Starter · #7 · Sep 16, 2011

Later found out that there is a thread bemoaning the "DVR Diagnostics" hangup issue. Unplugged my unit and then I could do the diagnostics. Couldn't find any explanation as to why Tivos often hang on that page.

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steve614

· #8 · Sep 16, 2011

lillevig said:
As for checking DVR Diagnostics on my HD unit, it just seems to hang on the "Please Wait" page. I wonder if this is something that gets messed up if you upgrade your drive (like losing the external drive capability). My HD was purchased used and already had an upgrade to a 1 TB drive.

I have an upgraded 2TB drive in my HD, and the diagnostic screen comes right up.

lillevig said:
Later found out that there is a thread bemoaning the "DVR Diagnostics" hangup issue. Unplugged my unit and then I could do the diagnostics. Couldn't find any explanation as to why Tivos often hang on that page.

I recall seeing that thread, didn't really pay attention since it never applied to me.
I wonder why some Tivos hang while others don't? Hmm...

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Soapm

· #9 · Sep 17, 2011

Just curious, you said you have a S2 DT so that would be the same as I have. Where during these instructions does your unit stop?

"messages and settings ==> Account and system information ==> System information. On mine I page down 3 screens and there is a field called "uptime".

I was thinking of putting the unhacked drive back in since I have a bunch of episodes of Coach I wanted to get so will look to see how it's menu looks.

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lillevig

Discussion Starter · #10 · Sep 17, 2011

Soapm said:
Just curious, you said you have a S2 DT so that would be the same as I have. Where during these instructions does your unit stop?

"messages and settings ==> Account and system information ==> System information. On mine I page down 3 screens and there is a field called "uptime".

I was thinking of putting the unhacked drive back in since I have a bunch of episodes of Coach I wanted to get so will look to see how it's menu looks.

I go the same steps, with three pages of information - just no "time up" counter on any of the pages.

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dlfl

· #11 · Sep 17, 2011

Another clue your TiVo has rebooted is whether it remembers what item you last visited on menus or defaults to the top item the first time you enter a particular menu. (Of course you have to remember something for this to mean anything.

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In 2.5 years my TiVo HD has never hung or rebooted in DVR Diagnostics.

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