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Hi, I'm trying to hook up a TiVo S2-DT to an old CRT TV with input from a Comcast cable box (we have two, this is the bigger HD-capable one). Having some trouble. I've never used a TiVo from a digital box before.
After some adventures with Comcast (I think the box wasn't activated) I ended up with this situation:
-- The TiVo worked (and works) okay without the cable box, but I only get channels 2-25. This is expected, I believe those are the only analogue cable channels left. I've got both coax and composite outputs running from TiVo to TV, and picture comes through on both (better on the composite of course).
-- The Comcast box worked okay without the TiVo, I had the coax going in and then both coax and composite going out. (This was the setup when I was troubleshooting with Comcast, since even this didn't work before I called them).
-- I do not get a picture when I have the coax going into the Comcast box, then either coax or composite going into the TiVo, then either composite or coax going into the TV.
On the TV, I get snow on most channels, but on channel 3 I get a blank screen and "mono" and on AV-front I get a blank screen and "stereo", so I assume the TiVo is putting something out.
When I hooked both coax and composite going from Comcast to TiVo, the latter asked which input to use (it detected something on both) but neither gave a result.
At this point I was only asking the TiVo to be single-tuner, I didn't want to introduce a splitter etc. for dual-tuner capability (I can actually live with ST for now). And I tried changing the channel using the Comcast remote.
Am I doing this right? Is there something else I need to do? I know the Comcast box is outputting analogue signals but I'm wondering if there's something I should set on the TiVo.
BTW, we also have a very small Comcast digital tuner (only coax in and out) and the TiVo worked with that (controlling through IR), but it jumped from ch163 to ch173 (when using the TiVo IR cable) and I really want ch169, not to mention there are probably other channels too. I haven't called Comcast to find out where ch169 disappeared on that box.
Thanks!
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After some adventures with Comcast (I think the box wasn't activated) I ended up with this situation:
-- The TiVo worked (and works) okay without the cable box, but I only get channels 2-25. This is expected, I believe those are the only analogue cable channels left. I've got both coax and composite outputs running from TiVo to TV, and picture comes through on both (better on the composite of course).
-- The Comcast box worked okay without the TiVo, I had the coax going in and then both coax and composite going out. (This was the setup when I was troubleshooting with Comcast, since even this didn't work before I called them).
-- I do not get a picture when I have the coax going into the Comcast box, then either coax or composite going into the TiVo, then either composite or coax going into the TV.
On the TV, I get snow on most channels, but on channel 3 I get a blank screen and "mono" and on AV-front I get a blank screen and "stereo", so I assume the TiVo is putting something out.
When I hooked both coax and composite going from Comcast to TiVo, the latter asked which input to use (it detected something on both) but neither gave a result.
At this point I was only asking the TiVo to be single-tuner, I didn't want to introduce a splitter etc. for dual-tuner capability (I can actually live with ST for now). And I tried changing the channel using the Comcast remote.
Am I doing this right? Is there something else I need to do? I know the Comcast box is outputting analogue signals but I'm wondering if there's something I should set on the TiVo.
BTW, we also have a very small Comcast digital tuner (only coax in and out) and the TiVo worked with that (controlling through IR), but it jumped from ch163 to ch173 (when using the TiVo IR cable) and I really want ch169, not to mention there are probably other channels too. I haven't called Comcast to find out where ch169 disappeared on that box.
Thanks!
=aw
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