FTA GS
From NZTivo
Guided Setup Options Cable
(for VHF/UHF Free-to-Air with internal PAL tuner)
Thanks to Ed (mostly)
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Other Sources of Relevant Information:
- Here (near the end of ImageWithScreenShots1.4) is a walkthrough of the Guided Setup, with a focus on setup for Cable, but mentions Free To Air. Includes screenshots at important steps.
- OzTivo has a detailed walkthrough of the Guided Setup, with many screenshots here, but it may require minor changes to suit New Zealand.
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First you will have imaged your TiVo hard drive, setting up dialup internet or your TiVo network card, and your internal tuner.
Program Source Select
Cable and press
Select(button on remote below directional pad)
Zip Code Enter
02112 (Sony and Philips only. Thompson TiVos need different code for each region)
Time Zone Doesn't matter... just select the first one
Eastern and press
Select
Daylight Savings select
no and press
select button
Area Code Enter
002 and press
select
Phone Dialing Options select
no : continue and press
select
Setup Call Press select to go past this screen
It will take a while to connect and do it's thing.
Let it do its thing (go make a coffee or play quake for a bit)
When finished press
select
Dial In Numbers choose
done trying area codes and press
select
No local Numbers choose
sales and marketing program and press
select
Cable box select no and press
select
Cable Providers choose your area eg
Christchurch - Antenna, CH and press
select
Cable Lineups choose your area again eg
Christchurch and press
select
On the next screen choose what channels you want, you can always add more or remove some later.
Let it do it's daily call bit for guide data.
You're done with G/Setup, reboot.
Once you've rebooted you'll need to wait between 15min to a couple of hours for indexing to finish. You can check on progress by going to
Recorder&Phone Setup ->
System Information on the menu.
Once indexing is complete, if live TV seems a bit jerky, you may need to reboot / remove power to get the TiVo out of maintenance mode.
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