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

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

Are you using the original TiVo blaster? I found that that was pants and
replaced it with a Xantech Single stick on emitter - much better, I think
it's only ever mischanged twice in the last two years that I can remember.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matthew Norman [mailto:mafiu@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 December 2003 22:36
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Tivo Channel change? Re: [ukha_d] 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
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
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