ncherry Premium Member join:2003-07-13 Monroe Township, NJ |
ncherry
Premium Member
2013-Jan-2 11:54 am
[Cable Card] New Tivo (replacing existing Tivo with M-Card)I just semi-installed my wife's new Tivo and I'd like to know how I go about get the M-Card in the old Tivo paired up with the new Tivo. I haven't moved it because the last time (when it was installed) I need to have a Cable Tech handle it. Can I do this myself ? What number should I call? And what information will I need ?
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GTFan join:2004-12-03 Austell, GA |
GTFan
Member
2013-Jan-2 1:54 pm
Call the card activation line and they'll get it paired. You need to go to the card info screen to give them host ID, data ID, and card S/N. » cetoncorp.com/infinitv_s ··· ivation/» www.tivo.com/setupandsup ··· orm.html |
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to ncherry
Yes, there was another poster who was switching a CableCARD from one TiVo to another a month ago and was successful after calling Comcast's national CableCARD hotline (1-877-405-2298): » Cable card switch |
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DaveDudeNo Fear join:1999-09-01 New Jersey |
to ncherry
it was super easy, and comcast actually handled it well. |
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ncherry Premium Member join:2003-07-13 Monroe Township, NJ |
ncherry
Premium Member
2013-Jan-2 7:23 pm
Excellent! I'll attempt this some time this week. My wife will be pleased as the new Tivo has a lot more space for HD shows. Though I fear I may need to throttle her bandwidth once she starts using her tablet. I'll post back here so others will know it can be done. Thanks! |
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ncherry
Premium Member
2013-Jan-5 3:23 pm
Thanks everyone, that went well!
I called the number on Saturday afternoon (they're available 7x24), the agent asked me for a bunch of information (from the screens listed on the links above). Then asked me to move the card from the old Tivo (still on) and put the card into the new Tivo (also on). Provide some additional information from the new box and then she started the process. The main part took only a few minutes but the rest of the channels took an hour (she warned me it would).
After I got off the phone with her I did try a few channels that I would normally get (HBO, for example) and it took me directly to the Cable Card Tivo page. Other channels such as CBS (Channel 2 and 802 in my area) worked immediately. I then came back an hour later and I could get to all the channels. I did have to run the channel select on the Tivo again as, with the M-Card, the Tivo has a different line up than without the M-Card. We're now reviewing the rest of the channels to see if anything has moved. Unfortunately for me, I don't watch much TV so I don't recall where the channels are and what we have (but my wife does).
[Edit] - A little later my wife and I found that we were missing our premium channels. A quick call to Comcast fixed it. Now we have all the channels we pay for and a new Tivo with a few hours of space. |
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Hey a heads up, Seagate seems to have come out with their new DVR Expander which comes in 1TB and 2TB capacities. Something to consider. » www.seagate.com/external ··· xpander/I'm using one and I'm honestly blown away by just how well it works, how quiet it is, and how cool it runs. |
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Yeah the premium channels have copy protection enabled on them so sometimes when a cablecard is first installed and setup the copy protection authentication doesn't take the first time and you aren't able to access them. Usually a quick call or letting it sit for a while works. Glad everything is working now. |
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ncherry Premium Member join:2003-07-13 Monroe Township, NJ |
to Mike Wolf
I think I have that unit. I purchased a cheap new Premier (holiday sale) and the external 1T DVR expander. This cost less than the expanded Tivo model.
I also made sure it was the DVR expander. If you purchase any drive then it might work for a short period of time and then fail. The DVR expander model is made to handle the demands of the DVR. |
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The reason why the Seagate DVR Expander only says it is supported by DirecTV and Dish Network is because Western Digital has an agreement with TiVo to use only their hard drives which is why their My Book AV DVR expander is verified. » gizmodo.com/5254823/tivo ··· xpandersWhere did you go to purchase your DVR expander? |
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Let me tell you about MY horror story with Comcast, which USUALLY has done OK by me. I bought a new TiVO Premiere to replace a dying TiVOHD, and of course had to get a new cable card from Comcast. It has been a NIGHTMARE the past two days trying to get it paired properly. The first idiot at Cable Card Activation didn't speak English, which should have been my first clue, but after an hour, managed to get all the channels up except a couple, and all the pay channels. After three more hours, they said they'd send a tech. HE never arrived. They they scheduled two more appts that were no shows. Amazing that after several years of dealing with Cable Cards, they STILL have no idea what they're doing. Maybe I'll get it running by Thanksgiving. |
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I'm sorry about your less then stellar experience with Comcast. In my own personal experiences this is not normal and I'm saddened by the trouble you've had to go through. |
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Less than stellar doesn't come close. 2 techs showed up tonight and, as expected, got the thing working in two minutes flat! They said they had access to a department that consumers cannot access, which is true, I'm sure, but is ridiculous. The only thing I"m not getting now is On Demand, which they said could take a few hours. I'll wait til tom'w...hopefully, it will generate and all will be OK. As I said, this is my first really unpleasant experience with Comcast. Hopefully, the last. |
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Well not sure what TiVo your using but you can't access OnDemand by channel 1 or 199. There's supposed to be an app you can download on the box to allow you to access it. |
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ncherry Premium Member join:2003-07-13 Monroe Township, NJ |
ncherry
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2013-Jan-9 8:32 am
Supposedly the new Premier can access the OnDemand channels. I've never used it so I can't say if it does or doesn't work. |
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to Mike Wolf
Thanks- yes, I was trying to access On Demand by going to Channel 1. The app downloaded and that works fine. It's a TiVO Premiere, BTW. |
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to ncherry
News to me. I don't think its possible due to the fact that OnDemand requires a two way connection and the TiVo only supports one way, even though the cablecard itself does support two way. It's a hardware limitation on the TiVo. |
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It works in conjunction with a broadband internet connection. See: » www3.tivo.com/products/t ··· dex.html |
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Yeah that's right. That's because it uses the internet connection to make up for the fact that the TiVo can't do the two way communication like the RNG200N which has a cablecard, can do. Right? |
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GTFan join:2004-12-03 Austell, GA |
GTFan
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2013-Jan-10 12:00 pm
Exactly. |
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ncherry Premium Member join:2003-07-13 Monroe Township, NJ |
to telcodad
Cool, thanks for clarifying that. I've learned something new. |
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to Mike Wolf
now with a SDV tuner (comacst systems do not use SDV) can that be used for VOD with Tivo?? on a SDV cable system? |
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That's a good question. The switched digital tuner adapter is used due to the same technological limited reason, that the TiVo can't "send out" the signal that the SDV channel is still being watched when a remote button is pressed. However I don't think a SDV adapter would work for video on demand otherwise it would have been more popularly used and I'm sure there are technological reasons which I am not privy to. |
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GTFan join:2004-12-03 Austell, GA |
GTFan
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2013-Jan-13 11:42 am
SDV has nothing to do with VOD on systems that use TAs. You'd think it would be possible but the TAs are bad enough as it is just getting them to tune SDV channels 100% of the time. They've always been a sore point for Tivo users until the FCC got involved and forced the MSOs to upgrade them to support more than 2 tuners etc. I've seen plenty of reports that the Cisco ones still need regular reboots. |
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I fully agree which is why Switched Digital has been the bane of my existence and why I absolutely HATE it. Also the fact that Comcast doesn't use it and other companies do is the main reason why I will now ONLY move to other areas serviced by Comcast, which is surprisingly difficult since not every service area has the same services or channel lineups or awesomeness as my current Toms River area has. |
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