FREE AND LIFETIME SERVICE ON A SONY TIVO.





- FIRST DOWNLOAD TIVO EXTREME: http://www.framethrower.com/ DEPENDING ON WHICH TIVO YOU HAVE.

- WHILE THAT IS HAPPENING.

- YOU NEED A FEMALE 9 PIN SERIAL CABLE AND A HEADPHONE JACK.

- ON THE SERIAL CABLE SODDER PIN2 TO HEADPHONE TIP.

- ON THE SERIAL CABLE SODDER PIN3 TO HEADPHONE MIDDLE.

- ON THE SERIAL CABLE SODDER PIN5 TO HEADPHONE OUTER.

- UNZIP ISO AND BURN IT ONTO A CDROM.

- REMOVE HARD DRIVE FROM TIVO UNIT.

- MAKE SURE YOU REMEMBER JUMPER SETTINGS.

- MAKE YOUR CDROM PRIMARY AND MAKE SURE ITS SET IN THE BIOS TO BOOT FIRST.

- SET THE TIVO DRIVE SLAVE, BY SETTING THE JUMPERS.

- BOOT FROM THE CDROM.

- ONCE BOOTED, HIT ENTER ON KEYBOARD.

- AT PROMT, TYPE ROOT, HIT ENTER

- THEN TYPE 25XTREME, HIT ENTER

- WHEN MOUNT: SHOWS UP, SELECT WHERE YOUR HARD DRIVE IS.

HDB=PRIMARY SLAVE, HDC= SECONDARY MASTER, HDD = SECONDARY SLAVE

- AT OVERWRITE PROMT HIT YES.

- THIS WILL TAKE A WHILE, DEPENDING ON YOUR SYSTEM CONFIGURATION.

- WHEN COMPLETE, SOME SREENS ARE GOING TO POP UP.

- RUN DIRECTTIVOMAD, SELECT NO

- BLESS TIVO, SELECT NO

- WHEN COMPLETED, HIT CTRL, ALT DEL.

-AND THATS IT FOR THAT PART.



- PUT THE JUMPER BACK TO WHERE IT WAS AND PUT THE DRIVE BACK INTO THE TIVO SYSTEM

- POWER UP AND WAIT FOR IT TO UPDATE.

- DOWNLOAD TERA TERM PRO: http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html

- INSTALL IT AND PLACE THE CABLE YOU MADE TO COM 1 AND THE OTHER END TO THE TIVO SYSTEM.

- RUN TERA TERM PRO, SELECT SERIAL AND COM 1

- ONCE TERATERM IS RUNNING, CABLE IS PLACED IN THE COMPUTER AND OTHER END IN TIVO, HIT THE ENTER OR SPACE BAR

UNTIL YOU SEE A PROMPT.

- AT BASH 2.02 PROMT TYPE THIS IN CASE SENSITIVE.



touch /etc/SubTest AND THEN PRESS ENTER



- ON YOUR TIVO, FORCE THE TIVO TO DIAL A DAILY CALL UPDATE.

- MAKE SURE YOUR TELEPHONE CABLE IS NOT PLUGGED IN.

- NOW WAIT UNTIL IT SAYS SUCCEEDED

- NOW GO TO SYSTEM INFO AND YOU SHOULD SEE LIFETIME SERVICE.

- AND NOW GO PLAY WITH YOUR TIVO FOR FREE.