TiVo at 6s and 7s…

A weblog saved my life tonight: Well, a bit of my sanity, actually. A while ago, my TiVo began exhibiting an odd quirk. It wouldn't switch to channels containing the number 6. Now, my particular A/V set-up is held together with figurative spit and baling wire anyway, relying as it does on the "IR-blaster" connected to the DVR to communicate ham-handedly with the Motorola cable box I have to use for digital cable. But this was just bizarre: the IR signals for other channels were getting through just fine, but my TiVo seemed to have developed a fear of the number 6. (Is there a fancy word for that?)

Fortunately, I happened across this solution (if not explanation) in Matt Haughey's consistently excellent PVR Blog. A few moments futzing with the TiVo configuration and voila! ShowTime and Turner Classic Movies, among others, were back within my reach.

Now, truth be told, I hadn't really missed the 6-laden channels in the weeks since my TiVo first fell victim to the mystery bug. Only one program I followed regularly — a guilty-pleasure soaper whose absence gave an extra hour weekly — but it's awfully nice to have the options again.

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