 JaM4150Premium
join:2005-10-27
Matamoras, PA | reply to Thaler
Re: Of course you have to buy another box. said by Thaler:said by sniperx:Only the TiVo 2 has an ethernet port. Actually, very few (if any) new TiVos have an ethernet port in them. Most have a modem w/ USB ports. Once you've done the dial-up intial setup, you can then feel free to get a WiFi/Ethernet USB card and hook up your TiVo accordingly. If you have a TiVo unit with TiVo software 7.x and higher you don't need to do the initial dial-up setup. It'll work over your broadband connection so long as you have a compatible USB to Ethernet/WiFi adapter. Allegedly you could do initial set-up over a network before version 7.x . Though I never tried the ,#401 prefix to see if it actually worked. |
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| said by JaM4150:Allegedly you could do initial set-up over a network before version 7.x . Though I never tried the ,#401 prefix to see if it actually worked. It does work. That's how I got my TiVo started. My TiVo has never had a phone line hooked to it.
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| Same here. I broke down and got a TiVo a couple of weeks ago, and the ,#401 trick worked fine, even though I had v.1.5 of the software to start with. |
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 NPGMBR
join:2001-03-28
Arlington, VA | Ditto, same with mine but I did have a lot of issues getting the newest version of the TiVo software loaded. Problem was I didn't have a phone line and had to use a friends.
But after 4 attempts to get the update it happened and my TiVo has been connected to my network ever since. |
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