RE: Tivo SCART control...

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

As soon as I saw the name in the list I remembered that article for
obvious
reasons :-)

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Morgan [mailto:wormpurple@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 February 2003 19:11
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Tivo SCART control...


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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