I have a series 1 Thompson TiVo, which is still serving me well after
many years.

However, recently I've noticed that after watching a recording and
trying to return to the main menu, it will often play the introductory
video. It never used to do that.

This isn't a big deal (it's only one button-press to skip it, after
all), but I know that I have changed no settings and, unless my cats
are cleverer than I thought, neither has anyone else, so I'm wondering
what could cause this behaviour.

Anyone got any ideas?

Dave Weaver wrote:
> I have a series 1 Thompson TiVo, which is still serving me well after
> many years.
> 
> However, recently I've noticed that after watching a recording and
> trying to return to the main menu, it will often play the introductory
> video. It never used to do that.

Strange.

Ask on tivocommunity in the UK section.
http://tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=14


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Adrian C

Adrian C wrote:
> Dave Weaver wrote:
>> I have a series 1 Thompson TiVo, which is still serving me well after
>> many years.
>>
>> However, recently I've noticed that after watching a recording and
>> trying to return to the main menu, it will often play the introductory
>> video. It never used to do that.
> 
> Strange.
> 
> Ask on tivocommunity in the UK section.
> http://tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=14
> 
> 

This will happen after a reboot.
And a reboot will happen if there is no signal on the input SCART for a 
few hours.
Do you have Sky?
You must disable the recently introduced "auto standby" feature to stop 
this happening.
(Standby does not save any power on standard Sky boxes - only Sky+)

HTH,
Mike

Dave Weaver wrote:
> I have a series 1 Thompson TiVo, which is still serving me well after
> many years.
> 
> However, recently I've noticed that after watching a recording and
> trying to return to the main menu, it will often play the introductory
> video. It never used to do that.

Odd. If I recall rightly there's a shortcut to play the boot animation 
(TiVo followed by zero rings bells) so is it possible that the remote's 
acting up and zero is sometimes firing when you press the TiVo button?

Alternatively, is it possible that your TiVo is rebooting more than 
normal leading to the start animation playing? If you've got it 
connected to a Sky box and the "Automatic Standby" feature has recently 
downloaded (my old Thomson box got it a couple of weeks ago) then it's 
possible that your Sky box is going into standby during the night. TiVo 
treats an absence of video signal as a problem and after a period of no 
signal will try rebooting itself. Turn off auto-standby and that problem 
should go away.

If it's neither of those try asking at 
http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/ - the TiVo UK section is probably 
the best bet for Series 1.

Angus
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Angus G Rae                        Science & Engineering Support Team
                                                    Computing Services
                                               University of Edinburgh
The above opinions are mine, and Edinburgh University can't have them

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:59:27 +0000, Angus Rae 
wrote:


>Odd. If I recall rightly there's a shortcut to play the boot animation 
>(TiVo followed by zero rings bells) so is it possible that the remote's 
>acting up and zero is sometimes firing when you press the TiVo button?

The shotcut was removed many years ago with the last software update.

On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:19:51 +0000, Mike Gregory  wrote:
> > Dave Weaver wrote:
> >> I have a series 1 Thompson TiVo, which is still serving me well after
> >> many years.
> >>
> >> However, recently I've noticed that after watching a recording and
> >> trying to return to the main menu, it will often play the introductory
> >> video. It never used to do that.

>  This will happen after a reboot.
>  And a reboot will happen if there is no signal on the input SCART for a 
>  few hours.
>  Do you have Sky?
>  You must disable the recently introduced "auto standby" feature to stop 
>  this happening.
>  (Standby does not save any power on standard Sky boxes - only Sky+)

That appears to have been the culprit!

I disabled auto standby on my Sky box, and haven't seen the intro
movie since.

Thanks a bunch.