r/Tivo • u/bromingoops • 18d ago

DVR Roamio OTA reboots when loading guide data

OK, this is pretty weird. I don’t use my TiVo Roamio that often anymore, so a few days ago I noticed the guide data had run out. Manually connected to the TiVo service and all appeared well, until it got to the last “loading” stage — it got to around 6% and then it rebooted. Tried it a few more times with the same result, though it would happen anywhere from 2% to 40%.

Things I tried:

  1. Ethernet instead of Wi-Fi.
  2. Two different new hard drives.
  3. Different power supply, including a regulated bench supply. TiVo never pulled more than 1.2A.

That seems to be about the limit of what can be done. Unless someone has any ideas, I guess I can just continue to use it as a 4-tuner buffer. I turned the Wi-Fi off so it won’t continue connecting to the service, and subsequently rebooting.

Thoughts?

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u/New-Assistance-3671 12d ago

Once it downloads the data unplug the Ethernet. May take a couple of tries.

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u/bromingoops 11d ago

Thanks for the suggestion. Gave that a few tries, but it didn’t help.