Comcast in my area just did the same thing. I also did not want to deal with a cable box and so took it as an excuse to finally upgrade my last series 2 to an HD unit (even though it is not connected to an HD TV) because then all the tuning is internal and no need to deal with an extra box (at elast until SDV comes along) -- Brian Hartsfield CCNA, CCDA AIM: kd4aej Twitter: Krandor1 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=705369381 Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brianhartsfield
On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Dave Schultheis <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello friends, > > I have two Series 2 TiVos with so-called lifetime service and have > enjoyed excellent service for several years. > > However ... > > Comcast (in my area, San Jose) is upgrading service from analog to > digital for channels 35 and above, and I will not be able to see > anything on those channels without getting one or more (free) boxes > from them before next Friday. > > I do *not* want a set-top "cable box" that requires me to change > channels with a Comcast remote control device. > > However, they assured me by phone that their Digital Transport Adapter > (DTA) would allow all the cable channels to go through to the TiVo, so > I reluctantly ordered the (free) equipment. > > Today I plugged and screwed everything in, and guess what? The DTA > does *not* pass everything through to the TiVo. It is necessary to > change the channels by using the Comcast remote on the Comcast DTA box. > > It appears to me that I will have to find the box that my TiVo came > in, then find the infrared sending wire with the PURPLE plug on one > end, then stick the infrared senders to the front of the DTA box in > order for the TiVo to tell the DTA box when to change channels. > Am I correct? If so, I don't like it, but it sounds like I have no > other choice. > > By the way, does anybody have an infrared (IR) cable with PURPLE plug > that they will never use? My second TiVo box came without one, so I > will gladly send a few dollars if someone would like to part with > theirs. > > > Dave S. > > -- > > dave6592 [at] accesscom [dot] com - > http://www.accesscom.com/~dave6592<http://www.accesscom.com/%7Edave6592> > Dave Schultheis, San José, Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County, CA, USA > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
