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TiVo: Fixing Multi-room Viewing Error: Reason: 0xffff

Contributed by qmchenry on December 26, 2006 under TiVo

TiVo has changed the way many of us watch TV (oh how I hate to stay in a hotel room now!). If you have two or more TiVos (Series 2 at least) connected to your home network, you can watch programs recorded on one TiVo from the other TiVo. Unless you get an error with the helpful message

Reason: 0xffff

Here are some tips to solve this problem.

Alternative PC PVR Solutions to TiVo. HTPC/PVR Info

Contributed by seamonkey420 on April 3, 2005 under TiVo

This is another of my quickie guides to alternatives to Tivo services using ones own PC and TV Tuner card. I will give an overview of three of the main commercial (non-open source) PVR software packages (taken from my website htpc page) and some notes about each.

Make the TiVo play bar disappear quickly

Contributed by qmchenry on February 8, 2004 under TiVo

When watching live tv or a recording, using the playback features like pause, instant replay, fast forward and rewind cause the play bar to be displayed on the screen. Once play resumes, this bar stays on screen for a few seconds sometimes obscuring important stuff on screen.

TiVo 30 second commercial skip or jump

Contributed by qmchenry on February 7, 2004 under TiVo

Using the code in this recipe, you can make the advance button on your TiVo remote your most favorite button on any remote. Once enabled, pressing this button will cause your TiVo to jump forward 30 seconds, the typical length of a commercial. Also, when viewing in fast forward or reverse, this button will cause the playback to skip to the next tick mark.

Enabling TiVo mode for backdoors

Contributed by qmchenry on under TiVo

Lots of TiVo backdoor codes exist that allow you to do some cool things with your TiVo. Most of these are safe and will not void your warranty. Before you use any of these backdoor codes, you must enable backdoor mode.

Determine the TiVo software version

Contributed by qmchenry on under TiVo

Many of the cool things you can do with your TiVo depend on what software version is running. This simple recipe lets you determine the version.