nipquad
07-01-2003, 03:15 PM
Im starting this thread to copy the one thats on the Dtivo section. I think its a great idea to start posting little things that you should or shouldn't do when working with the HDVR2 or any series 2 for that matter. It would be nice if we could get this a sticky if it gets to be helpful. Im gonna start it with a few suggestions from my hacking expenience in the past week.
1. Always listen to Mr. Black and read his post FIRST! I can't stress enough about how helpful his thread was and it'll answer many questions you have! It's a sticky and it's not hard to find.
2. Always check the damn Null modem cable, this was kicking me in the butt over and over till I got a cable tester out and made sure it was right. It'll save you many headaches!
3. NEVER USE WINDOWS TEXT EDITORS FOR SCRIPTS. I learned this the hard way and it was the cause to most of the trouble I had with the fixsub and callsub scripts.
4. Give it some time to boot up. My HDVR2 took about 3-7 mins to boot. There were many times that when I thought it was messed up and was going to unplug it, it jumped to "almost there" and finished. Give it 10mins to be completely safe!
5. If you get "Welcome Powering Up" and then it reboots, this is normal as long as it doesn't reboot more than once. I though I had a bad image but if you let it go, after the first reboot, it may work!
Thats all I have for now, I haven't messed with locals (if possible), tivoweb, or extraction on my HDVR2. If you have, please share some tips that would help people out. It just kinda sucks when you have to have 5 threads and have to peice it together from everywhere! Thanx for all the help guys, without this forum, me and a lot of other people would be dead in the water! :D
1. Always listen to Mr. Black and read his post FIRST! I can't stress enough about how helpful his thread was and it'll answer many questions you have! It's a sticky and it's not hard to find.
2. Always check the damn Null modem cable, this was kicking me in the butt over and over till I got a cable tester out and made sure it was right. It'll save you many headaches!
3. NEVER USE WINDOWS TEXT EDITORS FOR SCRIPTS. I learned this the hard way and it was the cause to most of the trouble I had with the fixsub and callsub scripts.
4. Give it some time to boot up. My HDVR2 took about 3-7 mins to boot. There were many times that when I thought it was messed up and was going to unplug it, it jumped to "almost there" and finished. Give it 10mins to be completely safe!
5. If you get "Welcome Powering Up" and then it reboots, this is normal as long as it doesn't reboot more than once. I though I had a bad image but if you let it go, after the first reboot, it may work!
Thats all I have for now, I haven't messed with locals (if possible), tivoweb, or extraction on my HDVR2. If you have, please share some tips that would help people out. It just kinda sucks when you have to have 5 threads and have to peice it together from everywhere! Thanx for all the help guys, without this forum, me and a lot of other people would be dead in the water! :D