TIVO Issues:

I love my TIVO... and then it sh!t the bed...

Helpful links for trying to repair it:

Here's what Philips had me do for 'kickstart':

1. Go to TiVo Central
2. Select Messages & Setup
3. Select System Reset
4. Select Restart Receiver
5. Press Thumbs Down three times
6. Press Enter
7. WHILE the system is restarting, during the initial screen: You PTV receiver is starting up... Press and Hold the PAUSE button until both front panel lights illuminate (yellow).
8. AS SOON AS the lights come on, press "5" then "8" on the remote.
9. Put the remote down and wait. The system will proceed to the "Almost There..." screen for a moment and then jump to a new screen: TiVo is installing new software from the TiVO service (or something similar).
10. That message remains for several minutes (eight?), and then the system restarts normally. Philips/TiVo told me that this proceedure, a kickstart, will reset many of the files on your system. The error message is the result of a corruption on your hard disk.

If this happens to you DO NOT do guided setup again. If you did, and guided setup keeps repeating itself, use 00000 as your zip code and 000 as your area code. When it says there are no selections available select the promo / store option. Then select the tiny tivo option. The tivo should then sucessfully download the guide for tini tivo. After this your tivo should go back to the main screen again. Now to actually fix the problem. Apparently there have been a lot of tivos with this problem. Most people say it is bad guide data. To fix it, clear your to do list from the system settings page. Other people claim they had to use the clear all option which resets the tivo to factory condition. This takes about an hour so be patient. Next if you had to change your zip code and area code to zeros, redo the guided setup and set them to the correct values. Lastly, manually do the daily call. It has worked for me and many others. Good Luck.

If it is totally dead, use this link for a new harddrive.

http://www.ptvupgrade.com/products/instantcake/