Tivo and a Phoneline

[Philc]

Hi Guys,

Recently moved into my Penthouse Apartment :lol: and got all the TV and HC sorted. Tivo is installed too but I don't want a phone line in (Mainly because BT want to charge the earth £75 for a connection!!!) as they are an unneccesary expense.

Is there any way of getting listings onto it other than brining it to work every two weeks and connecting it here?

Seems like a ballache! Also is it easy to record things with times rather than actually using the listings?

[gothmog]

I've heard rumours that you can get online updates using the TurboNet ethernet card thingy, don't know the details though.

Setting it to record by time is just like with a VCR (ie a pain in the arse :) ).

Also, do you have anything that looks like a BT socket? If so it won't cost you £75, that's the cost of a whole new line being layed in, and usually BT just quote the £75 thing cos their records are cack and they like to cover themselves. :suspect: :suspect:

-- Jon

[mickl]

do you have an internet connection at your new place?

[Bapapapa]

Yeah, you can use a turbonet card to network TiVo to your PC - but it'll cost you around £50 and the headache of installation and configuration etc., but once it's up and running it's supposed to be the dog's danglies.. :dork:

Mind you, you'll still need a phone line installed otherwise how would you pull the listings from the Web..? :confused:

ps. it's an ex-authority flat really, isn't it? - c'mon admit it.. :lol:

[DunkWho]

my tivo has a network card plugged in with a wireless client providing its connectivity. I use a wireless ADSL router to provide its link to the net and a wireless PC card for admin\control\extraction to the tivo ... obviously I have the phone line already there to provide my adsl connection but the tivo doesn't live any where near an extension. Do you not have a phone line at all then ... isn't £75 for a complete fresh install, its less than that to re-connect if the wires\master socket are already there ???

[Fatbloke]

Indeed - without a phone line of some sort or a cable box acting as a modem you can't get hold of any data in the first place.

My Tivo uses the WiFi card for Tivo (Airnet) and that pulls data from the ADSL router. I need the BT line for ADSL of course though...
Check out my Link for upgrade info on Airnet if you are interested.

[Philc]

Originally posted by Bapapapa
Yeah, you can use a turbonet card to network TiVo to your PC - but it'll cost you around £50 and the headache of installation and configuration etc., but once it's up and running it's supposed to be the dog's danglies.. :dork:

Mind you, you'll still need a phone line installed otherwise how would you pull the listings from the Web..? :confused:

ps. it's an ex-authority flat really, isn't it? - c'mon admit it.. :lol:

Brand new 2 bed apartment and even though it has BT sockets, BT still reckon the the cabing is not installed between the sockets and the exchange.

£74.99 is the install fee and then everything on top. I use Broadband very little these days and the phone is of no use to me whatsoever.

May have to cancel the Tivo subscription and Sky now then.

[mainecoon]

No need to cancel sky as EPG is updated by satellite, the phone line is for interactive services only