RE: Re: Help - Is my TiVo faulty?

[Nick Austin <nick1@xxxxxxx>]

Steve,

It does sound like a classic case of cross-talk within the cable.  If
the left-right movement freezes when TiVo is paused that suggests it's
the cable connecting the Sky box to the Tivo.

Two questions:

Do you still see the problem when using the TiVo AUX button?

What are the TiVo settings for "Aux Source" and "Video
Output to TV"
under the "SCART Settings" menu?

Nick.

At 08:44 AM 2003-10-02 +0100, Crick, Steve (UK) wrote:

>Thanks for the advice, I am not clued up on electrics. My Sky box and
>TiVo don't have any earth connections, and the 'fault' freezes then I
>pause the TiVo.
>
>Would an Isolator be appropriate?
>
>Thanks - Steve
>
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>Not sure if this is similar to a ground loop issue i had. I have a
>Tivo and also an HP MP3 Jukebox. I had a complete nightmare with the
>video display for the Jukebox as it had a similar display issue to
>that you describe. This seemed to be caused by the Earth on my cable
>TV causing a ground loop, I have managed to fix this recently with an
>inline Isolator from Telesignal ( very nice people) A filter would
>not stop the groundloop if that is your problem.
>
>Regards
>Ian
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>wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The warrenty is almost up and I notice a fault. Can anybody tell
me
> > is this a known issue with a work around, or is it broken....
> >
> > With the new TV in place, I have started to use RGB for the TiVo
> > connection. On dark areas of the picture, I have noticed what can
> > only be described as 'smoke' blowing from left to right, with a
> > sweep time of around a second.
> >
> > Not major, but noticable (even by SWMBO), and now we see it, it
is
> > annoying.
> >
> > After tireless faultfinding I have tracked it down, and I think
the
> > TiVo is faulty. It only occurs on RGB when the TiVo is on (rather
> > than standby). Nothing is noticable when Sky is on direct view.
So
>I
> > think the TiVo sees a return echo from the output (but it still
>does
> > it with no TV SCART connected).
> >
> > The best way to spot it is to put Sky onto a music channel, as
the
> > solid blue background shows a band of 'pixels' sweeping from left
>to
> > right. The pixels freeze if I pause the TiVo (so not the TV).
> >
> > I have done everything possible; I use topdraw SCARTS; I have
moved
> > TiVo and Sky; used FreeView instead; re-routed SCARTS and audio
> > leads (cross-talk?); changed the mains feed (and added filters);
> > Nothing stops it.
> >
> > My warrenty is up in a few days, and I woundered if anybody sees
> > anything like this on their TiVos, or has heard of a fix?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Steve
>
>
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