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    1/13/07

    I own a TIVO HD box, brand new; actually it is the second one I bought - returned the first. I use Cablevision in Long Island as my provider and use two Cablecards in the box.

    I keep getting a 161-1 and 160-2 error message. Per TIVO these are Cablecard error messages. The TIVO does not recongnize the card in Slot 2, slot one works fine but with only one card I can record two programs at once - one of the main reasons I bought this specific unit. Cablevision has changed the cablecard six times and the problem still happens. I thought it was the TIVO itself and returned the first one back to AMAZON; the one I have now is 4 days old and the problem still happens.

    These are NDS cards, not Motorola or Scientific America which are better cards. If I had one multi-stream card I was told this problem would not occur. But Cablevision, although a Long Island based company, does not offer multi-stream cards to Long Island customers at this time

    So - has anyone ever experienced these problems? If so, were yu able to fix the problem? If so, how?

    I am 99% sure I have to return this box as well and either go back to Cabevision's DVR or get another DVR (suggetions?).

    Any help would be appreciated.

  • #2
    So you've tried the working card from slot 1 in slot 2 and you still get nothing?

    It would be hard to imagine that you bought two units with bad CableCARD slots, but it's possible.
    Been here a long time . . .

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    • #3
      I hope this is not a problem with Cablevision. I just ordered my TiVo HD and plan to call them for CableCARDs.

      Keep us Posted.

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      • #4
        what you need to do is put card 1 in slot 2 and card 2 in slot 1 and see if the error goes with the cable card or if the error stays with the slot. if it stays with the slot then it is going to be a bad slot but goes with the card it's going to be a card issue.

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        • #5
          Just a note. I got these error messages when Cablevision tried to use the multi-stream card. They only resolved it by using 2 cable cards.

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