You can replace the hard drive. You will lose all your settings, preferences, etc. Best bet would be to call Humax and send it to them for service. If you are technically incllined you could try to do it yourself.
If it is not coming up at all that really sounds like a hard drive failure. On 2/3/07, Sandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, there is no response at all. But the remote still works for Volume on > the TV.Now when I press the Tivo Central button the left > light is amber...this morning it was red. Is this the only thing it could > be? Does it make any difference that the box is Humax, not > a Tivo box? > > What does that mean that the hard drive is gone?Do I need to buy a new > Tivo, or replace the hard drive? Is it a lot? > > Thanks, > Sandra > > > > > So when you power it up you are not even getting the powering up screen at > all? > > If so, unfortunatly I think your hard drive may have gone out on you. > > On 2/3/07, Sandra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just suddenly this morning the Tivo doesn't respond to the remote. The > > first thing I do is put in new batteries just so I can rule > > that out. It made no difference. When I press Tivo Central the red light > > responds so there is a signal, but nothing happens. I tried > > using the Tivo Central on the front panel but it is the same- > > nothing other than the red light working. Up to this point it was > > working fine so I don't think that the channel lineup and all that has > to > > be done again. Actually, I just did that very recently and > > it worked fine after that. I unplugged the Power cable and rebooted it > a > > couple times but that didn't help. The first couple times > > we tried this we got the Powering Up screen, but it's not even doing > that > > anymore. > > > > Has Tivo made any changes that would cause this to happen, because right > > now I can't use it at all. > > > > Thanks for any help offered, > > San > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
