Hi,
I have a Toshiba SD-400 Tivo/DVD (purchased in 2003) with lifetime service, and upgraded via Weaknees to 300 GB (when the original factory hard drive failed). I recently relocated and after unpacking and hooking up the Toshiba at my new home, the unit would not output DVD video. I could still hear audio, but there was no video signal. I had a spare DVD player, so I could have lived with that by itself.
However, now, a couple of weeks later, the video from the Tivo has gone out too. Same problem -- audio is fine, and from the sound I can tell that the unit is still responding to input from the remote, but no video signal is reaching the television.
I've tried all of the video outputs on the back of the unit. I tried opening up the box and reseating all the cables, but that didn't help either. It seems like something in the video circuitry has failed, although the rest of the unit is fine.
Ideally I'd like to both preserve my existing recordings and the lifetime service on this unit. And contacting Toshiba for repair seems unlikely to succeed at one or the other. Any ideas on how to proceed (other than filing a claim with the moving company, which I am doing), or how I can fix the problem otherwise?
Thanks,
Keith
I have a Toshiba SD-400 Tivo/DVD (purchased in 2003) with lifetime service, and upgraded via Weaknees to 300 GB (when the original factory hard drive failed). I recently relocated and after unpacking and hooking up the Toshiba at my new home, the unit would not output DVD video. I could still hear audio, but there was no video signal. I had a spare DVD player, so I could have lived with that by itself.
However, now, a couple of weeks later, the video from the Tivo has gone out too. Same problem -- audio is fine, and from the sound I can tell that the unit is still responding to input from the remote, but no video signal is reaching the television.
I've tried all of the video outputs on the back of the unit. I tried opening up the box and reseating all the cables, but that didn't help either. It seems like something in the video circuitry has failed, although the rest of the unit is fine.
Ideally I'd like to both preserve my existing recordings and the lifetime service on this unit. And contacting Toshiba for repair seems unlikely to succeed at one or the other. Any ideas on how to proceed (other than filing a claim with the moving company, which I am doing), or how I can fix the problem otherwise?
Thanks,
Keith