http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/ TiVo Central - This is the place to discuss TiVo and Personal TV. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:21:03 GMT Dave Schultheis http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4274 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4274 ... I agree! There *must* be a better way. After suggestions here, I fashioned a "tent" for the DTA/IR blasters from a used toilet paper roll, and so far -- Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:04:24 GMT Chris http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4273 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4273 An infrared update! Recently I posted on how I coupled my Comcast DTA IR dongle with my Tivo's IR transmitter. I don't know how it could be simpler or better Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:01:14 GMT jristerj http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4272 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4272 Thanks to both Megazone and Glen. With this info I should be able to get started. I have not down loaded Tivo Desktop so that will be the first step. If I get Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:01:21 GMT Glen Farney http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4271 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4271 One option for making a DVD is to simply burn the .tivo file to a disk, and then use the Tivo Desktop software to watch it, simply install it on what ever Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:26:25 GMT MegaZone http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4270 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4270 Once upon a time jristerj shaped the electrons to say... ... You'll pick it up over time. :-) ... You'd still use the PC to burn the DVDs, but with TiVo Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:13:05 GMT jristerj http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4269 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4269 I have been monitoring this group for several months and I often don't have a clue what your messages are about. I would like to learn more about the Tivo and Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:30:41 GMT Dave Schultheis http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4268 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4268 ... That's what I have learned. From my testing, 1.5 inches was not necessary; in fact, the channels seem to change with more accuracy when the blaster/emitter Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:14:25 GMT MegaZone http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4267 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4267 Once upon a time Dave Schultheis shaped the electrons to say... ... That's really just to make sure the IR signal hits the sensor - since the arms generally Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:59:13 GMT Dave Schultheis http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4266 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4266 ... An excellent idea! I'll keep that one near the top of my list. Thanks. ... I like the way you think! Thanks for the suggestion. Dave Schultheis San Jose Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:12:54 GMT Dave Schultheis http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4265 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4265 ... Unfortunately, I can't find any such settings. ... Not good news. ... Okay. ... Okay, that will have to be one of the choices. Thanks for your comments. I Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:12:50 GMT Dave Schultheis http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4264 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4264 ... Okay, I'll keep that one in mind. ... There does not seem to be any setting for speed of IR commands being sent. They do ask if you change to channel 5 by Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:01:49 GMT alabamapaul http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4263 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4263 ... The "tent" was the solution to my IR blaster problems I had a few years ago. I used a couple of strips of duct tape to create my "tent" and never missed a Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:36:17 GMT Chris http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4262 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4262 Hi Dave, I have the Comcast DTA with a Series 2 Tivo as well. I had some reliability problems with it at first but now it seems pretty solid, albeit slow. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:17:03 GMT m_jessing http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4261 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4261 I have 2 HDTIVO's and recently one has had some issues. Yesterday was the second time in about 2 months that the same one 'lost' all our pay stations (except Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:38:37 GMT Glen Farney http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4260 http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tivocentral/message/4260 I think there are settings for the IR interface which speeds up and slows down the pulses, as well as delays between, that might do the trick for you. That