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

["Matthew Norman" <mafiu@xxxxxxx>]

Yup I am - the strange thing is that its only been doing this the last
month
or two, do these emitters wear out?

Is it one of these you recommend?

http://www.letsautomate.com/10063.cfm?

Thanks

Matthew

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 10:50 PM
Subject: RE: Tivo Channel change? Re: [ukha_d] Tivo vs Sky+


>
> 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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