subdude212 said:
Tivo works with Voom. When you go through the Tivo setup menu you can select Voom-Usa as your provider.
Here are some of the gotcha's:
1. You'll have to use the IR receivers rather than the serial cable to allow the Tivo box to change channels on the Voom box.
2. So far no guide data will be available for local channels. You can still record the locals but you'll need to do manual recordings by time and channel and type in the channel number as it won't be in the pull down list of choices.
3. You noted it already - standard def.
I know with everything else going on with Voom that this is a minor thing, but thought I thought I would pass this along.
For issue #2, there is a workaround by telling it you have a cable box as well for the local channel info. I am not sure if this is possible on a Series 1, but the Series 2 Tivo it is. Steps are below:
1) Repeat guided setup
2) Select "Satellite and Cable" for the program source
3) Select "Voom USA, National" for the Sat provider
4) When prompted if you require a STB for your cable service, say YES
5) Select a local cable company for your "cable provider". This will be your guide info for the local channels, so pick a provider that matches the channel numbers you use on your Voom box. You can select from the list of providers, see if the channel numbers match, if not go back and select another provider. NOTE: Usually Basic (A) service is good enough.
6) Check off only the local channels from the listing of "cable" channels.
7) When prompted for input, make sure that both the Satellite and Cable boxes are pointing to the same input on the Tivo (this is because both Sat and Cable are actually the one Voom STB)
8) Select the IR cable for channel changing on BOTH the Sat and Cable box. Make sure they are BOTH set to "MOTOROLA" and code "10035-fast". NOTE: make sure your "cable" provider is set to 3 digit channel numbers to provide faster channel switching
That should do it. Works great on mine! I now have guide info for locals as well as all the Voom stations. This really helps out in the Season Pass recordings to tell it to only record the first run, etc. Also easier to see what was recorded as it has the name of the program instead of "Manual".
