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TiVo Series 2 TCD540080: NEED HELP on HOW TO REPAIR This TIVO

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:14:39 -0700

On Start up it says Welcome, Powering Up but won't go any further. A little background on it, in case it could be related...because of an unrelated, reoccurring issue, I had taken it several times already to be serviced. They chose the last time I had, to replace the hard drive completely, rather than trying to once again repair it. When I picked it up, they turned it on, and started the set up process, so as to be able to demonstrate to me that my problem was fixed . In the middle of that process I had to leave & said that I could finish it myself later at home, and had them stop it before it had finished. I was in the process of moving at the time, so it was several months later before I was able to hook it back up. When I did, that is when I noticed the problem I'm having now, and I am no longer able to take it back to them because my Extended Warranty is now expired. Could stopping it during that process initially, be the reason it's now having this problem? Some1 told me it could have corrupted the pre-installed software, if this is true how do I reinstall it? Any help would be great! Thank you! Tyna

⟐ Answer accepted December 10, 2013 at 8:14 MST

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Mon, 12 May 2025 20:24:39 -0700

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Sun, 15 Jan 2023 23:57:06 -0700

The Tivo doesn’t change channel without rebooting frequently.

⟐ Commented January 15, 2023 at 23:57 MST

Tivo Roamio: Fan noise- Need to replace

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 06:27:34 -0700

Need instructions to replace TiVo fan motor.

⟐ Answer accepted August 21, 2019 at 6:27 MST

Tivo Set-Top Box: Series2 DT will not power up, restarts at "Welcome, Powering up"

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 07:49:37 -0700

I've owned this Series2 DT since it was bought brand new by my family back in 2009. It's been used very lightly over the years but I recently pulled it out because it has lifetime service. It's worth a good amount of money because of that but the title explains my issue. It starts with 3 lights (amber and red left, amber right) and then goes green and then just restarts. CrystalDiskInfo states the drive has only 1K hours which is low compared to my Philips Series1 with 15K. I hope it's not done for. If anybody knows exactly what's wrong with it please respond!

Tivo Roamio: Disabling pause live tv function

Sat, 05 Feb 2022 07:46:21 -0700

My TiVo is currently always pausing the TV broadcast when I change channels. Is there a way to disable it so I don’t end up watching an old broadcast by mistake?