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Re: Tivo Channel change? Re: Tivo vs Sky+



Thanks for that.  As its all in a cupboard I cant think what is doing it,
but I've moved the blaster around a bit to make sure its pointing at
directly the correct place and will try from there.

Thanks for the advice.

Matthew

----- Original Message -----
From: <mailinglists@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:06 PM
Subject: RE: Tivo Channel change? Re: [ukha_d] Tivo vs Sky+


> It sounds like you're getting reflected IR.
> The IR from the blaster in the front of Tivo bounces around the room
and
> then hits the Skybox, sounds like you've moved something which is
causing
> reflections.
> A chap on the TivoCommunity forums had this a few weeks/months ago as
a
> result of buying a new sofa. I think he fixed it by using  the stick
on IR
> lead.
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Matthew Norman [mailto:mafiu@xxxxxxx]
>   Sent: 10 December 2003 19:00
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: OT:Tivo Channel change? Re: [ukha_d] Tivo vs Sky+
>
>
>
>   >
>   > 1. Getting fed up of the occasional incorrect channel being
recorded
>   > due to the LED being slightly less than 100% reliable.
>
>   Sorry for hijacking this thread but I'm having this happen to me
pretty
> much
>   once a day at the moment.  Does anyone know of a fix for this?  My
tivo
> has
>   been working fine for months, but suddenly the channel change has
gone
> ropey
>   (ie when it changes to sky channel 121, sky receives 122 and then a
1 on
> its
>   own)  I've tried changing to the slow/medium and fast skycode IR
settings,
>   but no real change (although when testing, it works 100% flicking
through
>   the channels, but seems to fowl up when recording.
>
>   Anyone had this problem and fixed it?
>
>   Matthew
>
>
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