RE: [OT] Netgem freeview lockups and Tivo

["Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have been using an old on digital box (pace I think) for ages with no
lock up at all and then the last 2 days it has locked up twice. At least
I assume it's a lock-up. The symptoms are a small red square on the
screen and if I power cycle the unit then it goes into menu forcing me
to do another channel scan. Of course if this is not a lock up and
someone can tell me how to get rid of the red square without re-scanning
then that would be great!

-----Original Message-----
From: ianh1000 [mailto:ianh1000@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 09 November 2004 09:45
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Netgem freeview lockups and Tivo



Hi All, Sorry this is OT but I am sure some of you here must use Tivo
with Freeview STB. I have bought a number of the Netgem/BT freeview
boxes and have been happy with them. I only recently added one to
Tivo and it seemed to be ok.

Got back from a weekend away and it has locked up so it did not
change channel when Tivo asked it to. This means it missed all of
SWMBO programs and I am in deep trouble.

I have noticed that these devices lock up quite a bit but it only
seems to be when they have a USB device connected. I have one with a
USB stick with photos for caller id and another with Ethernet an
connection.

Anyone else had this problem? Or can you suggest another STB that I
can use with Tivo with a bit more reliability.

Thanks in Advance.

Ian