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08/18/2006: "Tivo woes"

Song of the Day: ATB - Hold U

1. Tivo arrives. Yay!
2. Open the Tivo box. Still yay!
3. Spend a half hour griping about whether I want to go to Best Buy for a wired or wireless USB adaptor
4. Finally decide, after eating a veggie burger, to just let it run through the phone line until I feel like spending the money on a wireless adaptor.
5. Hook up the all the cords, the phone line, turn on the TV
6. Yay! Tivo startup screen appears!
7. Tivo does its initial phone call during the setup phase
8. What is this? No dial tone? What?
9. Take all the books of the bookshelf in front of the phone jack in the wall. Pull bookshelf out.
10. Everything looks fine, wtf?
11. Call phone company. Spend 20 minutes on the phone with heavy-accent guy as he performs tests.
12. Heavy accent guy says a technician has to come out on Monday.
13. Call Dad (for the 20th time today) and ask him to call the landline number.
14. Dad calls back; says phone number was disconnected.
15. Start to panic: why have I been paying if it's been disconnected? How long has it been like this (I only use my cell phone; I can't remember the last time I picked up my landline)? Why does a technician need to come if it's been disconnected? Why didn't heavy-accent guy see this? Do I call back and point this out?
16. Finally decide that I'll point it out to the technician on Monday, and let him and the company figure it out themselves.
17. Unhook the Tivo so I can watch TV this weekend; leave bookshelf pulled out while hoping it doesn't fall over.
18. Holy crap, it's 5:30 already? Sigh.

Replies: 5 Comments

Make sure that any wireless network adapter is compatible with your Tivo. there is a list on the site. I had to get one off of ebay for mine.

babakganoosh@yahoo.com">Babs, Saturday, August 19th

Make sure that any wireless network adapter is compatible with your Tivo. there is a list on the site. I had to get one off of ebay for mine.

babakganoosh@yahoo.com">Babs, Saturday, August 19th

That is so important, I had to twll you twice.

Either that or I am an idiot. You decide.

babakganoosh@yahoo.com">Babs, Saturday, August 19th

Make sure to face the television to the north, and that the adapter has been ordained.

When you connect them, you must be wearing flip flops and praising Ganesh.

Then when you turn on the television, make sure you do it with the remote from a safe distance, in case you prayed wrong.

Once it all works, it probably couldn't hurt to pray to some other god, just to make sure you pray to the right one.

Jeff, Saturday, August 19th

Ha ha, thanks Babs. I bought the Tivo brand one after talking with people at Best Buy. I'm assuming it will work, but have to wait until Monday to find out.

And Jeff, I'll hide behind my couch when turning it on, just in case the Tivo god really, really hates me.

Brooke, Saturday, August 19th