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I forget what the message says exactly, but basically, the Tivo is telling me that the Tuning Adapter is unable to receive the channel. I assume I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. For now, it's fine. I'm a patient person. I've waited a long time for this technology. I can wait a while longer for them to iron out the bugs and correct these problems.

But so far so good, I suppose. I'm much happier having all these "new" HD channels on my Tivo instead on just on the CableCo's POS DVR.]]>Apr 8th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/
Picking up the TA was kind of funny. The girl at the walk in center said that the demand they'd had in just 2 days was insane. That was before they'd sent out any notices.. the word had spread so fast on the tivocommunity forums that they had to keep shipping more units to the walk-in center. Kudos to TWC for keeping up with demand, not charging an install fee (for once) and actually delivering on something... finally.

2 days after I hooked them up, I finally got an automated email form letter from TWC that they were available, since I'd signed up to be notified online. Nice timing.]]>Apr 8th 2009 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/Apr 8th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/
Getting the cablecard working was a pain - it took the installer almost two hours, but that was only because the central office apparently has issues reading, and completely FUBARed copying the CableCard ID number that the tech texted back to the office into the authorization system. On the other hand, the tuning adapter was literally plug and play - no issues at all to speak of. As soon as the cablecard was working, the tuning adapter started working as well.

Since then, the worst issue is that a channel just stays black as I'm "flipping." If I tune off and back onto the channel, it comes in just fine. Everything else has been absolutely perfect, and let me tell you, I so do NOT miss the craptastical Time Warner "Navigator" software on their cable boxes. Ugh.

(As a side note, I've been extremely happy with my experience working with Time Warner. Before the service visit, I got a call from a very cordial and knowledgeable tech, who spent time finding out what kind of TiVo I had, letting me know that he would try to pull one of the area's first M-Cards for me, and he spent time to make sure I didn't have any questions. The techs that came out didn't seem to mind at all spending the two hours that it took to get it working.)]]>Apr 8th 2009 7:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/Apr 9th 2009 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/
HD and Series 3 Tivo users are seeing problems with their multi-room viewing.

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=414223&highlight=mrv+tuning+adapter&page=2

The other Tivos on the network can no longer see any shows recorded on the HD/Series 3 boxes. It's been going on since the adapters started going out and TiVo acknowledges the problem randomly depending on the customer service rep that picks the phone up.]]>Apr 9th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/
I had been gifted with a TiVo HD but sent it back. knowing that the CableCard+Tuning Adapter situation here wasn't flawless. I think Cox is moving in the right direction, but I'm just not ready to spend money (lifetime subscription, CableCard fee, hard drive upgrade) until things are darn near perfect.]]>Apr 10th 2009 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/Apr 9th 2009 2:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/Apr 9th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/Apr 9th 2009 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/
Oh, and did I mention the frequent and random reboots that disable the Tivo until you click "okay" on the "A tuning adapter is connected" screen.

Not ready for prime time. Yet it gives me the HD cable channels that I NEED. So I'll keep on inviting it over, and take its abuse with a healthy helping of self-loathing.]]>Apr 9th 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/Apr 14th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/08/cisco-sta1520-sdv-tuning-adapter-impressions/
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