Do you know if/how a TiVo series 2 can be used minus the subscription?

I know that the TiVo series 1 can be used without the subscription -- but is within a crack or hack to get a TiVo series 2 to be used in need their monthly subscription?

I bought this item of WOOT.COM and they refuse to adopt the return (will never shop with them ever again) and am struck next to it :(

Thanks in credit!


Answers:    As you stated the Series 1 Tivo Standalone units could be used this opening but the Series 2 Tivo Standalone Units CANNOT. Rod P is incorrect on this situation (Unless he is referring to the DirecTV Tivo Series 2's, they can be used without the subscription for viewing record shows ONLY, NOT recording as a VCR.). Check out these links to the EXACT same grill from a Tivo Upgrade Sites: http://www.dvrplayground.com/forum/threa...
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http://dealdatabase.com/forum/showthread...

If you are looking for just a DUMB Digital VCR afterwards I would suggest getting/Using a S1 Tivo instead. I believe it needs to hold an old book of the software for this to work also, but this I could be wrong about.
obedient luck with that.

i enjoy a subscription to direct tv, and got a used box from a garage mart. they tried to charge me for someone else's pay per viewpoint stuff.

be very amazingly careful.
So why the heck be you buying a TiVo if you weren't going to use the TiVo service??!!

ACTUALLY, the answer is: YES, you CAN use the TiVo without subscribing to the TiVo service, but its going to work more similar to a VCR than what TiVo really does so badassedly when you activate it properly.

You can set it up and stir in and MANUALLY program the times and channel you want it to record, and it WILL register those shows at those times. You'll just hold to do that kind of programming more commonly, and you won't be able to use the "Season Pass" functionality, which files that same show whenever its on (even on syndicated re-runs for example, if you wanted to).

So, find friendly with your topical TiVo. Its still an amazing piece of entertainment electronics!

Just know that its not going to be like surrounded by the commercial until you subscribe: Your TiVo won't "get you" until you "get" it.

Got it?

Good.

Enjoy. And consent to me know how it goes.

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