Guided Setup Options Cable
(for VHF/UHF Free-to-Air with internal PAL tuner)
Thanks to Ed (mostly)
”Other Sources of Relevant Information:”
- ImageWithScreenShots1.4 is a walkthrough of the Guided Setup, with a focus on setup for Cable, but mentions Free To Air. Includes screenshots at important steps.
- OzTivo has a detailed walkthrough of the Guided Setup, with many screenshots http://oztivo.net/twiki/bin/view/Install/GuidedSetup30, but it may require minor changes to suit New Zealand.
First you will have imaged your TiVo hard drive, setting up dialup internet or your TiVo network card, and your internal tuner.
”’Program Source”’ Select ”’Cable”’ and press ”’Select”’(button on remote below directional pad)
”’Zip Code”’ Enter ”02112” (Sony and Philips only. Thompson TiVos need different code for each region)
”’Time Zone”’ Doesn’t matter… just select the first one ”Eastern” and press ”’Select”’
”’Daylight Savings”’ select ”’no”’ and press ”’select”’ button
”’Area Code”’ Enter ”002” and press ”’select”’
”’Phone Dialing Options”’ select ”’no : continue”’ and press ”’select”’
”’Setup Call”’ Press select to go past this screen
It will take a while to connect and do it’s thing.
Let it do its thing (go make a coffee or play quake for a bit)
When finished press ”’select”’
”’Dial In Numbers”’ choose ”’done trying area codes”’ and press ”’select”’
”’No local Numbers”’ choose ”’sales and marketing program”’ and press ”’select”’
”’Cable box”’ select no and press ”’select”’
”’Cable Providers”’ choose your area eg ”’Christchurch – Antenna, CH”’ and press ”’select”’
”’Cable Lineups”’ choose your area again eg ”’Christchurch”’ and press ”’select”’
On the next screen choose what channels you want, you can always add more or remove some later.
Let it do it’s daily call bit for guide data.
You’re done with G/Setup, reboot.
Once you’ve rebooted you’ll need to wait between 15min to a couple of hours for indexing to finish. You can check on progress by going to Recorder&Phone Setup -> System Information on the menu.
Once indexing is complete, if live TV seems a bit jerky, you may need to reboot / remove power to get the TiVo out of maintenance mode.
