javier arturo rodríguez

Live in Mexico? Have a TiVo? Read the TiVo-in-Mexico HOWTO to transform that glorified VCR into a real Personal Video Recorder.
Update 20051009: I just bought a TiVo 2 unit and it’s on its way, so I’ll update the HOWTO within a few weeks.
Note: This post was originally listed under the static TiVO page, but I’ll start managing the TiVo section with WordPress.

To change your TiVo’s timezone and date/time follow these steps:

1. Get timezoneadj30.tcl. I don’t have access to tivo_canada’s archive, so I had to write my own timezoneadj30.tcl.
2. Edit it and change the timezone. It seems that 0=GMT,3=EST
3. Run ./timezoneadj30.tcl

   # ./timezoneadj30.tcl
   

4. Set the clock using settime, e.g.

   # settime 20031123025900
   # settime -rtc
   

5. I noticed that if you set the time back, the IR blaster stops working. I’m not proud of my solution:

   # reboot
   

Note: This post was originally listed under the static TiVO page, but I’ll start managing the TiVo section with WordPress.

I found this excellent diagram for a TiVo serial cable:
TiVo serial cable schematic.
The original URL is http://www.tivohelp.com/archive/tivohelp.swiki.net/.uploads/serial/tivocable.jpg

Note: This post was originally listed under the static TiVO page, but I’ll start managing the TiVo section with WordPress.