Looking for Premiere XL Image w/ THX Optimizer Video
I'm looking to reimage my Premiere XL to get the THX optimizer video back. It was deleted years ago with a Clear and Delete. And the people at TiVo were/are clueless on how to get it back. It should be...
View ArticleBolt hard drive upgrade now usage percent all over the place.
I upgraded the hard drive in my 500GB Bolt to a 1TB drive. After doing this the usage percentage in My Shows is erratic. I had 135 HD shows recorded and it was still reading 0%. I deleted the shows and...
View ArticleWireless will not connect after 4TB Bolt upgrade.
Before the upgrade I was using the wireless connection on the Tivo Bolt and it worked fine. Yesterday I upgraded my Tivo Bolt to a 4TB Samsung Momentus ST4000LM016 internal drive using the Ross Walker...
View ArticleUpgraded Premier Drive On Last Leg, No Original Drive
Hey Guys, So my upgraded premier unit is on its last leg, the upgraded HDD is spinning loud but still working. I have the unit unplugged as I don't want it to die just yet. My question is, can I use...
View ArticlePremier hard drive type for upgrade?
I see some reference to the TiVo being a little finicky about which drives are used for upgrades, but I have not found a list of drives that seem to work better than others. Is there a list of drive...
View ArticleNew Drive For Bolt
I was one of the people who put a 4TB internal drive in my Bolt. It works well in general, but I do have to restart it every couple of weeks. Now I am looking at modifying the Bolt case and using a 3.5...
View ArticleRoamio power supply checking with volt meter
All the lights on my pro was flashing So I opened my box, borrowed a Volt meter When I checked the wire leads that goes to the Mother Board I got a constant 12.09 V but should I of check the Amps too?...
View ArticleTCD748000 Premiere Backup Failed - MFSTools 3.2
I'm trying to create a backup of my Premiere hard drive, but I'm getting an error message saying file or directory does not exist. My source drive is /dev/sdb I'm using the command; mfstool backup -o...
View ArticleWhere is Windows winmfs.exe in 2016? Steps for newbie to replace Series3 HD?
OK – I cry uncle – after following so many dead links and reading so many outdated conflicting approaches from 2007 onward, I have confused myself to point of not knowing where to start. Can someone...
View Articlehard drive review: Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB
I recently upgraded my Premiere XL4 to 4TB and thought I'd write a short drive review. What I bought is a Toshiba MD04ACA400 (4TB, 7200 RPM, 128MB cache, 6Gbps SATA). It's an OEM drive sold in bulk at...
View ArticleMove contents of Roamio drive directly onto larger drive?
Hi - I read that you can upgrade a Roamio by just dropping in a larger drive. I also read that you can move your programs off the old drive to a PC and then after the uprgrade move them back to the new...
View ArticleRecommened Drives for external Bolt upgrade
I showed my sister the thread that member bpunc posted ( http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb...d.php?t=536782 ) using a external enclosure, and she would like me to preform this mod on her Bolt. She...
View ArticleUpgraded hard drive --> Tech support refused (possible new policy?)
So, I've had upgraded drives in my S1, s2, DTV, DTV-HD150 (?), and Tivo HD. Until yesterday, that has never been an issue with Tivo customer support. However, as described in another thread, I just got...
View ArticleUpgrade to my current premier w adding additional one?
I have a premier that I want to keep but since it doesn't have any streaming ability over the Internet I thought I could get a new roamio or ?? To not only be able to watch shows between units in...
View ArticleBolt 1 -> 4TB good for 2 weeks, now TOAST
First off, thanks to the countless forum contributors past and present. Documents abound and a statement that the drive I bought was not the slow potentially incompatible type. ST4000LM016 F/W: 0003...
View ArticleSuccessful clone of "tired" TiVo drive to new drive. Now what?
Hey community, I have a TiVo Premiere Elite (Ordered on launch day of the Elite) which was working fine but I had reason to believe that, after 5.5 trouble-free years, the drive was starting to get...
View ArticleReuse 4TB Seagate Drive From Bolt Experiment Gone Bad
I bought one of the 4TB Seagate drives and tried using it in my Bolt, but it got really flaky. I now need a new drive for my laptop so I thought I'd reuse that drive. For some reason in Windows Disk...
View ArticleHelp With Tivo Bolt Hard Drive Upgrade
OK, figured it out but if you want to see how dumb I am you can read the thread. Hi, I'm a newbie at Tivo so hopefully someone can point me in the right direction. I bought a 500gb Tivo bolt and wanted...
View ArticleCan Hard Drives Be Switched?
can a series 2 tivo hard drive be moved to a tivo HD TCD652160 ? Thanks.
View ArticleSeries 3 fails to recognize WD20EZRZ - stuck with all lights on
I'm running into nothing but trouble upgrading my series 3 (premiere xl4 upgraded to 6TB without issue using WD60EZRZ). My current issue is that the tivo fails to startup, all the lights stay on...
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