More TiVo woes...

[susandennis]

Well, turns out my brother tried to watch Mom's big TV and screwed up her TiVo. She called him and he has no clue what he did or how to fix it. I have no clue what he did or how to fix it. She was tired and just wanted to watch TV and all she could get was NBC - no other channels and no TiVo. It wasn't pretty.

I dug out Chad's (remember Chad The Savior from the last TiVo crisis?) cell phone number. And he answered! And he told me that he had just finished unloading the moving truck into his new appartment in Charlotte, NC. ARUGH! He said that some of the guys he worked with in Charleston had started a company doing the same kind of home entertainment installation but that they were really busy and he doubted that they would be able to help Mom. I'll call them tomorrow anyway.

I posted a note on the TiVo Community forum and got some ideas of things to try. It would be quite the thing if after all this I have to go out there anyway just to fix the fucking TV. If I do, I am putting a sign on it that says Anyone Who Touches This TV Will Be Evaporated!

I did a quick check to see if there were any cheap Sept. 11 fares to Charleston. None at all. In fact, leaving on September 11 and coming back anytime in September is a minimum of $1,200 - quite the deal, don't you think??? Ugh.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show was a bit rough. Hopefully, they'll get it figured out. The first few Rosie O'Donnell shows were rough but once she got going it was great for a year or two before she got nutso.

Comments

[fj.livejournal.com]

Sounds like he changed the TV channel off the channel or input the TiVo was on. So changing channels on the TiVo would do nothing.

[susandennis]

Yeah, that was my first thought, too, but alas... not it.

[drood.livejournal.com]

Nooooooooo!

You know these TiVo stories give me heart attacks, don't you?

[susandennis]

Yeah, I do but they shouldn't. Mom begged for a TiVo. I told her no the first year. She kept begging. You gave her a reason to quit begging. She has never once said she regretted it. (And she often says she's going to throw the computer out the window.) She loves that TiVo and it will work again. Plug your pacemaker back in now.

[pinkrose70.livejournal.com]

I remember Chad.

What about the personal help lady who arranged the birthday plans? She must have some solutions for Tivo help.

[susandennis]

She's a technophobic pretty much. No good on the TV front at all. But, I did just find out that my brother is going back this weekend so we'll figure it out one way or another.