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[gottimd]

My TiVo is starting to piss me off and I wanted to know if anyone is having or has had this problem. When I am watching live TV, it works fine, but if I pause a show and watch a few minutes behind or watch a taped show, it periodically gets all jumbled and slows down and the audio and picture get scrambled for a few seconds.

Of course this only seems to happen on important or good parts of shows, so it is annoying.

Anyone know how to fix this?

[Draft Dodger]

watch shows that don't have important or good parts?

sorry, don't really know. how often does it happen? I wonder if maybe you've got some bad sectors on the HD or something. I don't see why that wouldn't happen on a Tivo like it would on a PC.

[gottimd]

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

watch shows that don't have important or good parts?.

I can't watch CBS all of the time (bazing!)

Originally Posted by Draft Dodger

sorry, don't really know. how often does it happen? I wonder if maybe you've got some bad sectors on the HD or something. I don't see why that wouldn't happen on a Tivo like it would on a PC.

Possibly, I wish there was some sort of maintenance to run like a laptop, because it is downright annoying, almost aggravating and getting faggoty.

[jbmagic]

could be a start of a harddrive failure.

keep an eye on it

[Draft Dodger]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

could be a start of a harddrive failure.

keep an eye on it

good advice. but wear protective eye gear.

[gottimd]

Originally Posted by jbmagic

could be a start of a harddrive failure.

keep an eye on it

What the hell do I do about that?

[jeff061]

Not sure, call Tivo, would they repair it? You can also buy drive kits and install one yourself(upgrading capacity at the same time), don't believe it's simply plug and play though.

You can also check the temp in the system info(or something like that) menu, make sure that's still ok.

[gottimd]

Originally Posted by jeff061

Not sure, call Tivo, would they repair it? You can also buy drive kits and install one yourself(upgrading capacity at the same time), don't believe it's simply plug and play though.

You can also check the temp in the system info(or something like that) menu, make sure that's still ok.

I would like to upgrade/increase capacity but if its not plug and play, it will be pure chaos if I try and do it. Thanks for the help guys, now I know what to do, and knowing is half the battle.

[wade moore]

Originally Posted by gottimd

I would like to upgrade/increase capacity but if its not plug and play, it will be pure chaos if I try and do it. Thanks for the help guys, now I know what to do, and knowing is half the battle.

I had this happen with mine.

Fortunately for me, I got the extended 4 year warranty at Best Buy. I took it there and they figured it was a Hard Drive issue. Fortunately for me, they looked it up on the PC and since I've had it for 2 years, they didn't have replacement parts, etc. so they just gave me a new (larger) one from the store.

This doesn't help you much except to somewhat confirm that it is probably a HD issue.

[gottimd]

Would a whole new hard drive entail me getting basically a new TiVo if it isn't under warranty?

I hope so, because right now I am loaded with money and I am trying to find places where I can spend it. (sense the sarcasm because I am laying it on pretty thick)

[jeff061]

Keep in mind Series3 was just announced and will be out this year.

[gottimd]

Originally Posted by jeff061

Keep in mind Series3 was just announced and will be out this year.

What does Series3 do? Will it clone me and send my clone to work at my job?

[Draft Dodger]

Originally Posted by gottimd

What does Series3 do? Will it clone me and send my clone to work at my job?

I like your style.

as far as replacing the drive, you can get one from a place like www.weaknees.com. installation is pretty easy - the drive is already imaged for you, and they send you whatever tools/parts you need. I don't know if all upgrades are easy, but at least for my model it was as simple as replacing the hd on your PC (ie not very difficult).

even if you don't go that route, they have a lot of troubleshooting and other informative tips on their site. it's worth a look around.

[jeff061]

Big thing is Hi-Def.

http://www.tivolovers.com/252572.html

[finketr]

Originally Posted by gottimd

My TiVo is starting to piss me off and I wanted to know if anyone is having or has had this problem. When I am watching live TV, it works fine, but if I pause a show and watch a few minutes behind or watch a taped show, it periodically gets all jumbled and slows down and the audio and picture get scrambled for a few seconds.

Of course this only seems to happen on important or good parts of shows, so it is annoying.

Anyone know how to fix this?

this only happens to me when i've used the fast-repeat / coming out of rewind.

other than that i still <3 my TiVo.