Hi all,
You have all been so helpful, I thought I would ask another question...
I read on Tivo community yesterday that if you put in the IR code for 
Grundig 20016 - this will turn the sky box on before changing the channel.
I have a Thomson Sky+160 box and I have tried to do this but it is not 
working.
I rang the Tivo helpline and they advised to use Pace 20010 - this does turn 
the channel over but it won't turn on the box first.
Is there a code that will turn the sky+ box on before turning over the 
channel? I would hate to leave the sky plus box on all night because
a) The noise
b) Sky turn it off automatically at night anyway and would miss programmes 
on in the middle of the night.
Also, my tivo box lives in the bedroom - so I would find it hard to sleep if 
the sky plus box was on all night - it is too bloomin noisy!

Any help would be great!!
Thanks loads in advance.
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Going back to basics, I am puzzled as to why you would want to record
onto the TiVo. Why not just use the sky Plus for recording, as it was
intended?

The remote codes for a Sky Plus and a standard Sky box are different
so if the TiVo doesnt have codes for Sky plus, there probably isn't
much you can do about it.

Why not set a reminder on the Sky Plus and set it as automatic (red
button)?  That will switch the box on and put it on the right channel.

Finally, the auto switch off can be disabled on the menus if
required.......Many people have Sky fed to other rooms without magic
eye control and have found the auto switch off to be a pain if they
like to wake up and switch the tv on to see a Sky channel.
You can also achieve the same thing by setting the manual timer to
switch on just before you want it.

Adam ;-) wrote:
> I read on Tivo community yesterday that if you put in the IR code for 
> Grundig 20016 - this will turn the sky box on before changing the channel.
> I have a Thomson Sky+160 box and I have tried to do this but it is not 
> working.

The Sky+ uses different IR codes than standard Sky boxes. Use 20017 for 
a Sky+ with the "Sky" buttonpress to turn it on; 20010 is the non-Sky 
button version. The best list of codes for set-top boxes of all kinds 
can be found at http://www.garysargent.co.uk/tivo/stb.htm

Angus
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                                               University of Edinburgh
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Hi,
The reason I am using the Tivo again is because it is far superior to the 
crap that sky gives us. I am constantly finding that the series link drops 
off on sky which means I miss programmes I want to watch. The sky interface 
is very basic and sky needs to learn a few lessons from Tivo!

Other reasons for getting Tivo are:

Better interface than sky plus - a joy to use
Fantastic search engine to find programmes you want to see
Two weeks of listings to search through
Better quality recordings
Tivo Suggestions - records programmes I might want to see

It is a million times better than sky plus - its only downside is that it 
can only record one programme at a time - but this is not a major issue for 
me.
Thanks for taking the time to reply and giving me some options to work with.
Very helpful.
Cheers
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"widgitt"  wrote in message 
news:1193697718.984333.103310@v3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Going back to basics, I am puzzled as to why you would want to record
> onto the TiVo. Why not just use the sky Plus for recording, as it was
> intended?
>
> The remote codes for a Sky Plus and a standard Sky box are different
> so if the TiVo doesnt have codes for Sky plus, there probably isn't
> much you can do about it.
>
> Why not set a reminder on the Sky Plus and set it as automatic (red
> button)?  That will switch the box on and put it on the right channel.
>
> Finally, the auto switch off can be disabled on the menus if
> required.......Many people have Sky fed to other rooms without magic
> eye control and have found the auto switch off to be a pain if they
> like to wake up and switch the tv on to see a Sky channel.
> You can also achieve the same thing by setting the manual timer to
> switch on just before you want it.
>
>
>
>
>

ADAM FOULKES wrote:
> Other reasons for getting Tivo are:
> 
> Better interface than sky plus - a joy to use
> Fantastic search engine to find programmes you want to see
> Two weeks of listings to search through

Yah!!

> Better quality recordings

Err, steady on there.. How?

> Tivo Suggestions - records programmes I might want to see
> 

Best bit IMO :-)

-- 
Adrian C

Well I just meant that you can actually *choose* what setting you want to 
record in rather that just having one record quality setting no matter what 
:0)
I was trying to big up the Tivo :0)
A
"Adrian C" <email@here.invalid> wrote in message 
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> ADAM FOULKES wrote:
>> Other reasons for getting Tivo are:
>>
>> Better interface than sky plus - a joy to use
>> Fantastic search engine to find programmes you want to see
>> Two weeks of listings to search through
>
> Yah!!
>
>> Better quality recordings
>
> Err, steady on there.. How?
>
>> Tivo Suggestions - records programmes I might want to see
>>
>
> Best bit IMO :-)
>
> -- 
> Adrian C

ADAM FOULKES wrote:
> Well I just meant that you can actually *choose* what setting you want to 
> record in rather that just having one record quality setting no matter what 
> :0)
> I was trying to big up the Tivo :0)

Shhhhhh!!! It's meant to be OUR exclusive secret!!!!

:-)

-- 
Adrian C

In article , 
widgitt  writes
>Why not set a reminder on the Sky Plus and set it as automatic (red 
>button)?  That will switch the box on and put it on the right channel.

AutoView (red button)  is on the standard Digibox only, not Sky Plus.
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Peter Pratten
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> AutoView (red button)  is on the standard Digibox only, not Sky Plus.

Sorry, quite right, missed that one!