Re: Re: Tivo

[Doogie Brodie <ukhad@xxxxxxx>]

andy_powell_is wrote:

> I think this is to download the EPG ... there is a network card 
you
> can get (requires some hacking iirc) so that you can use a DSL
type
> connection...

Yeah, EPG and software updates come down the phone line..... its a 
dialup to a (IIRC) Pipex POP (freefone). To do it without a phoneline, 
you either need a network card, like the TurboNet (I'm waiting on mine 
just now from the bulk buy on ukha_turbonet..... not sure if Allan has 
actually placed the order yet) from www.9thtee.com or a serial 
connection to a PC with a PPP server set up.... you just need a Pronto 
serial cable, but you need to put the Tivo drive into a PC to change 
some values in config files to make it work.

If you had access to a phone line from time to time (work, relative, 
neighbour?) then you *COULD* unplug the Tivo, connect it up there and 
force a daily call, then take it back home afterwards..... .but you 
obviously couldn't record while it was away from your Sky box etc.......
:S You can probably get away with doing that on the first couple of days
then once a week after that, but its not particularly convenient!

Doogie

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