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Stuck in setup screen Hell
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Posted by: Badkarma2

I got a tivo series 1 (14 hrs) with factory v1.3 and I went to do a channel guide setup but forgot my local call is no longer 7 digits but 11 digits. and TIVO would not let me change the dialing option. So I am stuck !!!!!!

What can I do?

Can I get an 1.3 image from somewhere and copy it over again?

Can I make an existing image of the current HD and copy to another HD. (Would that let me get out of Channel guide setup?)

Need help!

On a side note: I got an other HD w/ v2.5- Can I use this to do manually recording? It was the originals a drive of another Tivo.

Posted by: Robert S

As long that other drive is from a Philips stand alone, that should be fine.

Posted by: Badkarma2

Hmm,

all the drive is standalone adn from Philips.

Which question did you answer?
to get image or to make an existing image?

not clear.

Posted by: Robert S

You asked if another TiVo drive you had would work in this one. The answer is yes.

Posted by: Badkarma2

ok, i put he 2.5 in the tivo and it boot up but the manually recording option is unavaible because the guide data expire. THe drive came from a lifetime standalone but the old 1.3 is not.

Q: If I make a phone call will it upgrade me to 3.0 and also ask me to subcribe? I like my 1.3 the way it is. I only use it to record programs that are conflicts with the lifetime tivo.

thanks.

Posted by: Robert S

I'm not sure of the intracies of this part of the way US TiVoes work. I though that any machine that shipped with 1.3 would retain its ability to make timed recordings even if it upgraded.

If you backup and restore your 1.3 drive I think you'll still be stuck in setup. Perhaps if you downloaded a 1.3 backup?