Preparing the TiVo for "new" channels

You need to wipe the TiVo completely. To do this you need to upload the clearanddelete.tcl script to your /var/hack directory in binary. If you haven't already got a /var/hack directory, make it with the following command.

mkdir /var/hack

Once it's uploaded telnet to your TiVo and type the following

tivosh /var/hack/clearanddelete.tcl

It will then give you instructions on what to do. You want a full clear and delete. So type

tivosh /var/hack/clearanddelete.tcl 1

It will tell you if it's ok and tell you you need to reboot the TiVo. Type

reboot

And the TiVo will reboot. It will take anything from 20 minutes to an hour to completely wipe the TiVo. If it was used with Sky Digital previously, it will take an hour. If it was a fresh install, it'll be 10-20 minutes. Once it's restarted, it will go into Guided Setup. DO NOT COMPLETE GUIDED SETUP!

Now telnet to your TiVo again, preferably using PuTTY.

Create a /var/hack/guide directory

mkdir /var/hack/guide

And upload the following scripts in binary to it

• add-av.tcl
• add-whole-channel.tcl
• dbload25.tcl
• dbset
• fixup25.tcl
• force_index.tcl
• timezoneadjust.tcl
• setcodes-3pm.tcl
  

You need to remove the existing source, but to do this you need to find out what it is first.

tivosh

mls /

It will print out a load of information. You are looking for a line like this starting with Setup.:

    Setup                     tyDb     1209911  04/02/09 14:32   4248

 Note the number I've put in bold. This is the number you need. It will be different on every TiVo.

now type

dumpobj 1209911

 Change the number to whatever number you found above. You will get a screen full of stuff. You are looking for a line starting with Source

  Source         = 1209911/14

 You may have more than one source listed. That's fine and normal. Note the full number. Type

exit

If you don't have a source, you can skip down to the section about creating a new source.

Edit removesource.tcl and put the channel numbers in as explained in the file. Then upload it to your /var/hack/guide directory using FTP in binary.

Now in your telnet session, change to the /var/hack/guide directory and type the following

tivosh removesource.tcl

You want it to say that the source has been removed.