How to get this new stupid Comcast box to work with my Tivo?
I agree with smackfu. Here are Tivo’s version of the instructions that I used, as well. Just be sure that you get a cable box and not just the converter. The converter will not work with your Tivo. Converter = cable from the wall > converter > TV (no Tivo involved!) Cable box = cable from the wall > split to cable box & Tivo* Connect a/v from cable box > Tivo Connect a/v from Tivo > TV Set up the remote control cables (IR stuff, depending on the box they give you) Plug in, turn on, and go through the whole Tivo set up again (it will find your channels, make sure you’re Tivo remote will work with your cable box, etc) You may end up having to fix some of your Season Passes that were looking for shows on the other channels that stopped existing… Comcast may charge you for getting a cable box (psh, of course th
It can be done, but given the HD situation (you have to upgrade the Comcast box to get HD signals, and then the TiVo Series 2 won’t record HD anyway), I personally upgraded to the TiVo HD and a Cablecard. TiVo has an upgrade discount that in my case was $100. Note that TiVo will try to convince you to keep both boxes subscribed, and ask you why you don’t when you decline to. This turned out to be a good choice for more than just recording reasons, too… as the TiVo itself is a far superior everyday tuner than the Comcast box I got was. Losing on-demand was a no-brainer next to doubling the speed of channel changes/searches.
