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Successful upgrade, also cover removal trick
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Posted by: dvd

Hi!

Just wanted to take a moment to de-lurk and thank 9thTee, hinsdale, Kazymyr, Tiger, and TiVoMad for the upgrade docs, tools, brackets, etc!

I successfully upgraded my month old HDR212 to 174 hours with a Maxtor 120gb B drive in less than 2 hours.

The biggest hangup was getting the cover off. After trying to pry it loose with screwdrivers which only succeeded in bending (slightly) the cover, I stumbled upon a perfect solution:

I took a 1" and a 3/4" chisel and slipped one in between the top cover and the back panel at each of the upper corners. Gave each of them a twist simultaneously, and the cover eased off with zero effort and zero damage. I think the wider surface area of the chisel blades made all the difference.

Thanks!

Posted by: holmgn

By far the easiest way to remove the cover is to place the unit on the floor with the front facing you. With the palms of your hands give the cover a hard and quick push down and towards the rear. This will pop the cover every time in one try (I've done this a dozen times).

Posted by: deebo

That is the method that I have found to work the best as well and requires no tools:)

Posted by: Jim West

quote:
Originally posted by holmgn
By far the easiest way to remove the cover is to place the unit on the floor with the front facing you. With the palms of your hands give the cover a hard and quick push down and towards the rear. This will pop the cover every time in one try (I've done this a dozen times).

If you do not wish to get on the floor, you can accomplish the same thing by putting the TiVo on the seat of a recliner or similar chair. As holmgn states, the key is pushing down with part of your body weight at the same time you push towards the rear.

Jim West

Posted by: bsnelson

Or my favorite:

Get a couple of those rubber jar lid openers (the cheaper the better), put the TiVo backward on the kitchen counter, gently slide it toward you until the front rubber feet come over the edge of the cabinet. Then, place the jar openers on the top toward the sides, put your hands on them, and give it a big push toward the back of the unit.

Does the trick everytime.

Brad

Posted by: HTH

quote:
Originally posted by Jim West
If you do not wish to get on the floor, you can accomplish the same thing by putting the TiVo on the seat of a recliner or similar chair. As holmgn states, the key is pushing down with part of your body weight at the same time you push towards the rear.

Or just making the vector of the force you exert be 45 degrees(*) to the TiVo, which makes half the force be exerted downwards to get you a firm contact with the lid (so your hands don't slip right away) while the other half horizontally, pushing the lid back, which hits a stop, and then you just lift the lid off.

Just keep your arms straight and let your falling torso do the work.

But it isn't without tools. As I've mentioned relatively recently in two other threads on the subject, you still need to remove the three screws first. ;)

(*) I say 45 degrees not because that's the ideal angle but because it makes the math easier (splits the force vector evenly in two). Other angles between zero and 90, may work just as well or better, but not zero as you wouldn't have anything to assist your grip, and not 90 degrees as you'd be pushing straight down.

Posted by: philhu

re: Putting on chair.

I remember being so excited and frustrated about getting the d&*m cover off, that I tried the chair trick.

Put it on the chair, put my weight down and back. Chair leg broke off, I landed on the chair, I did a 180 over it grabbing the chair handle by instinct and the TIVO landed on me as the chair landed on me. I was on the concrete floor and the tivo landed on me, and then the floor.

Wish I had taped it for 'Americas Funniest Videoa'!

We were both broken!

:)

Posted by: HTH

quote:
Originally posted by Jim West
If you do not wish to get on the floor, you can accomplish the same thing by putting the TiVo on the seat of a recliner or similar chair.

Note: any chair with wheels is not a similar chair. It should be one with enough inertia to avoid being moved by this action. Or broken.

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Posted by: deebo

Thanks for the warning I was thinking about sueing. I've been pushing a chair around in circles all day trying to get the lid off my Tivo. you came along just in time I was getting pretty tired ;) Thanks for the laugh!

Posted by: Jim West

Also, I do not recommend putting it on your wife's favorite antique chair.

Jim West

Posted by: Enkidu

THANK YOU!!!! To all who helped with the directions THANK YOU!!! I followed the directions on a DSR6000s DirecTiVo and the results were superb. I put in a 120GB WD drive and blessed it to the 40GB already inside. After the short and simple installation, I am happy to report that it now states 146 hours of recording space.

Now I hope that the dual drive DirecTiVo upstairs is as easy. This one I am going to get another 120GB and take the 15 MB one out and put the 120GB in. This one is for my kids so they won't mind getting "less" hours than dad's TiVo. :)

A question that I have is if the 15GB drive can be moved to my computer? I would hate to see it go to waste.

But again, THANKS ALL who worked to make this a VERY EASY process.