Connecting my Humax Series 2 Tivo to a Motorola HD DCH3416 Cable Box

No. There is no tuner in the Tivo . It will record cable or satellite but not off air antenna.

the box is missing all its channel line up info

best case sanario in 1/2 hour it will be done downloading it all again. too impatient to wait?

1) turn everything on as if it was working.
2) press power to turn off the cable box only (leave the tv on) and begin pressing ok or select over and over right away. may take a couple tries
3) you see a white screen with black text? select OOB and see if it says good or at least fair
4) select inband and see if it says good or atleast fair
5) if both good or fair wait; else make certain all cables are tight then check again
6) if they are NA or poor or anything of the sort call your cable operator

good luck
get a tivo ;}~

the IR is located next to the power button and you will have to select pioneer as your cable box brand and it will work fine

http://support.tivo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1350

There are three options:

1) Connect the Tivo using the coax output of the cable box into the cable input of the Tivo

2) Exchange cable boxes with your cable provider for one with composite output jacks. It may require you to use a Motorola box that isn't High def depending on what your provider has. I know Comcast has a Motorola HD tuner that has composite outputs as well as component.

3) Upgrade to a Series 3 Tivo. Those units are designed for High Def. Use HDMI cable hookup.

Your TiVo is only recording basic cable (i.e., channels it can receive without a cable box). You will need a digital cable box from your cable company to record channels above 99. If your TiVo is a Series 2 you will not be able to actually record in HD either. You should be able to record the HD channels from the cable box, but they will not be HD quality. (This is my current setup and while the picture quality is much better than basic cable, it pales compared to bypassing the TiVo and watching HD directly off the cable box to the TV.)

Since the Series2 doesn't do HD, you don't need any fancy connections, and it's pretty simple to hook up.

1) Disconnect the cable that's connecting your cable box to your TV, from the TV end.
2) Connect the end that *was* connected to your TV, to the "input" on the Tivo.
3) Get another piece of the same cable (coaxial cable), and connect the output of the Tivo to the input on your TV.

That's it.

You may just need to go to Best Buy and get a piece of coaxial cable to connect the Tivo to the TV.

If you need further help, let me know.

With an HDMI cable connected, the cable box determines the picture size. The settings on the cable box must be changed in order for you to get the correct picture size. I have some experience with Motorola cable boxes; usually to access the settings you turn the box OFF and then press the menu or settings button on the box to bring up the display menu. Hope this helps!

Looks like you only have one tuner hooked up (one cable ) to your tivo. You need 2 in order to work properly

Click here and start at page 24 to see a diagram on how it should be hooked up.