Not necessarily. My phone does that and I am not using a PBX.
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From: Justin Owades
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Re: TiVo in a dorm room
So if the phone has a blinking light on it that tells me that I have a
new voicemail, does that mean its a PBX? And also, is it true that the
newest Tivos let you do initial setup over the internet?
Thanks,
Justin
On 11/14/05, sagrilarus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> PBX is indeed a digital phone line. More importantly, it ships
> data to the handset, such as voicemail and call information. This
> data coming back to the handset is additional power on the phone line
> that can damage a computer modem. You may have a Centrex instead --
> that would be your building being given a dedicated bank of numbers at
> the local phone company. Both of these can look just like a
> plain-old-telephone-system phone. You need to ask your phone company
> people if it is safe to plug a modem into the phone line, and after
> they answer ask, "Are you absolutely sure?" Then ask them they're name.
> I think I am mistaken on the phone number -- I think Tivo has a
> lot of numbers all across the country. My apologies on that. You may
> need to make a toll call if there is not a local number. I think you
> may have better options on you internet connection. Again, if you
> have your PC set up to access the internet connection, you can set it
> to share that connection and then the Tivo would access the internet
> through your PC which would handle all your proxies and the like.
> Your Tivo box would essentially just have a clean connection to the net.
>
> Sag.
>
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], Justin Owades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >
> > PBX is digital phone line, correct? I have got conflicting answers
> > about if it was a digital phone line. The telephone people said it
> > isn't, but didn't seem to confident, while the computer people said it
> > is. It has a normal dial tone and uses the regular DTMF tones. Also,
> > are you sure its a toll free number? The Tivo people said otherwise.
> >
> > On 11/10/05, sagrilarus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > Also, the Tivo dials an 800 number. Are you certain you need the
> > > 10-digit suffix for a toll-free call? Again, be sure you're not on a
> > > PBX before plugging in, but the phone line may be workable. I would
> > > recommend going through your PC if you can manage it though.
> > >
> > > Sag.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "sagrilarus"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > If your dorm is on a PBX, it could indeed fry your Tivo's
> modem --
> > > > proceed with great caution on the phone line.
> > > > If you have a computer in the room connected to the
> internet, you
> > > > may consider using it to "share" its internet connection to the
> Tivo.
> > > > A cheap router will likely allow you to clear the proxy and
> firewall
> > > > issues.
> > > >
> > > > Sag.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In [email protected], Justin Owades
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to figure out how to run TiVo in my dorm room. The
> > > > > internet connection is so messed up that I'm not consitering
> it an
> > > > > option, so my only real hope is the phone. The issue with the
> phone is
> > > > > that, in addition to dialing '9' I have to dial a 10 diget suffix
> > > > > after dialing any number. Is there any way anyone knows of that I
> > > > > could make that work with TiVo? I'd be buying the newest 40hr
> box.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Justin
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
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