RE: Tivo SCART control...

["Steve Morgan" <wormpurple@xxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I'm HUGELY disappointed that nobody has directed you here:

http://www.wormpurple.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 05 February 2003 13:14
> To: UKHA_TiVo@xxxxxxx
> Cc: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Tivo SCART control...
> 
> 
> Anyone got any thoughts on adjusting the behaviour of Tivo's 
> SCART control, 
> - it's a little bit too "aggressive" for my liking...
> 
> On my TV, with Tivo's SCART control turned on, It completely 
> siezes the TV 
> and absolutely refuses to give it up no matter what.... The 
> effect of this 
> is that I can never change the TV's selected input to another 
> SCART input, 
> or to it's internal tuner - I can't even bring up the TV's 
> menu system. The 
> only way I can make the TV display *anything* other than what Tivo is
> putting out, is to put Tivo into standby, when it finally 
> relinquishes 
> control.
> 
> This is causing me a problem, as I have a need to switch the 
> TV to its 
> internal tuner in the morning... - Tivo records DS9 from 
> 6AM-7AM every 
> morning, but SWMBO wants to watch BBC1 at the same time. The 
> Sky digibox is 
> the ony programme source currently, so I thought I'd connect 
> an aerial to 
> the TV and let her watch BBC1 using the TV's tuner, thus not 
> affecting 
> Tivo's recording... (better WAF).
> 
> Of course, I can't get the TV to switch to its own tuner, 
> whilst Tivo is on, 
> and SCART control is enabled....
> 
> If I turn Tivo's scart conrtol off, that has some other 
> unwanted effects, 
> such as the Tivo button on the remote can no longer be 
> guaranteed to work as 
> intended, - if the TV is switched to it's on tuner, it won't 
> switch to the 
> Tivo SCART socket automatically...
> 
> At the moment, it looks like I have 2 choices:...
> 
> Leave SCART control ON, and force SWMBO to turn Tivo to 
> standby so as to be 
> able to change channels...
> 
> Turn SCART control off, and force SWMVO to remember to 
> manually select the 
> Tivo SCART input before being able to use Tivo...
> 
> either option forces SWMBO to have to remember to press extra 
> buttons, and 
> to alter the way she is now used to making it work - neither will be
> popular...
> 
> I plan to automate whichever option I go for, so the Ocelot 
> will send the IR 
> to each device, but that might take me a couple of days to go 
> & learn all 
> the commands etc.. I was hoping to sort something out today...
> 
> Is there any way to make Tivo's SCART control behave a bit 
> more like a 
> VCR's?? - IE sieze the TV when it really needs to, - ie. when 
> displaying a 
> menu, or when playing back video, but not to actively sieze 
> it at other 
> times, so I can manually change the TV channel away from 
> Tivo, should I need 
> to?....
> 
> Sorry for the long ramble!
> 
> Paul G.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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