Once upon a time sanr shaped the electrons to say... > What I mean is that when I just change the channels one at a time > they change ok but if I select the numbers from the remote I get a > blank screen; again most of my problems happen with the digital > higher HD channels. I don't use the Grid Guide.
That's definitely strange, and I couldn't say if the problem is with the cable or the TiVo. Does it matter which tuner you're on? The blank screen really sounds like one card isn't paired, so it can't decode the encrypted channels. But earlier you said you could have both tuners on encrypted channels - are you sure they were both encrypted channels? (Note that not all digital channels are encrypted, so just being on a digital channel isn't enough.) > recording two programs. When I went to Now Playing and clicked on > one of the programs recording, the TV froze , just like a The TV froze? You mean the TiVo? It sounds like one of the cards wasn't working and trying to view the recording tripped a bug. > explain the cause or a remedy. I pulled the plug and am Powering Up > now but getting a screen saying that it is 'Preparing the service > update. This may take up to an hour, possible longer.' > Do you think an Update, would just interrupt broadcasting like that? No. That is not normal behavior and nothing normal would cause that. It sounds like it downloaded an update and had it pending, and it would've applied it at 2AM. But since you rebooted it is doing it now. The freeze was probably caused by a bug. Is this a new unit? There hasn't been an update lately that I know of, so I'm not sure why you'd be getting one. Unless you have a new unit that hadn't been upgraded to 9.2a yet. And if it wasn't running the current software, but rather some old release, then it could've been an old bug. -MZ -- megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, Geek, Human, me. http://www.TiVoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wisest men" 508-852-2171
