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RE: [OT] TiVo - Network enabled but still requires phone line attached.


  • Subject: RE: [OT] TiVo - Network enabled but still requires phone line attached.
  • From: Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:50:12 -0000

Simon,



Now that's a good point!.... not sure if it is set or not I will check
tonight.



If its as simple as that I'll have to paint myself yellow and say Doh!!!



Cheers,



Marcus

________________________________

From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Simon McCaughey
Sent: 06 December 2006 12:28
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] TiVo - Network enabled but still requires
phone line attached.



Just a guess, but do you have it set to check if the phone is in use
before dialing? Could be one of those settings....?

Simon

On 06/12/06, Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxx
<mailto:marcus.warrington%40mis-es.com>
> wrote:
> For the past 3 years I have had my TiVo networked i.e. I can access it
> over the web via the CacheCard. I have it set to pickup the guidedata
by
> network not dial, but have always left the phone connected (basically
I
> just forgot to unplug it). Last week (during an attempt to rationalise
> our phone wires etc) I unplugged the extension that the TiVo is on,
and
> have noticed that the daily calls now fail, if I plug the line back in
> and make a test call then its OK. I think its actually getting the
guide
> data from the internet since if I enter an invalid phone number it
still
> gets guide data successfully., its as though it wants to always check
> for a dialtone before attempting to contact the mothership. Can anyone
> help ?
>
>
>
> Marcus
>
>
>
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Regards

Simon

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