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Hi, guys. I need help. I'm trying to set up my mom's TiVo for her, but the instructions aren't real clear about what to do when you want to connect it to a wireless router, and leave up connections to your dvd player and VCR. I know TiVo is supposed to replace videos, but we have some videos we don't feel like updating to dvd's yet, so we want to leave it in the connection. I'm just not terribly sure how to make that happen.

Right now the TV is connected to the cable box, which is connected to the VCR which is connected to the dvd player. It's easy enough to connect the cable box to the TiVo as well, without messing up the existing connection to the VCR, and then connecting the TiVo to the TV. Should I do that? And then what do you do about the wireless internet thing? Since my mom doesn't feel like dealing with looking at long phone cables across the house (which would be necessary if we used the phone hook up thing).

Could someone help me please? I'll be your best friend forever.

My setup is cable-->Tivo-->VCR-->TV. The DVD player goes into the TV's second set of input jacks.

When I installed the wireless adapter, it was perfectly happy to find and connect to our network on its own, but be aware that the first time you turn it on, it will want to make a phone call even if it knows it's connected to a network. (And there's no way to force it to use the network within Guided Setup -- you need it to be hooked up to a phone line.) After that, you can unplug the phone cord and never worry about it again. (Until you move and have to go through Guided Setup all over again because being one zip code over completely frells up Tivo's ability to get your cable channels, even though you're less than three miles from your old apartment with the exact same service.)

Cool. Thanks, Jessica!

Okay, I have a new problem. I only have two sets of AV cables. Is it possible to hook them all up in one long system? I did find two long cables that look like the AV cables, but they only have one little plug on the end, not three. One of them has little black plugs, and the other one has little red plugs.

I'm sorry if this is irritating. I'm beginning to get frustrated, so I'm not sure if I'm even asking correctly.

ETA:

Okay. Will all the machines function properly if the setup goes like this: TV --> cable --> VCR, cable-->TiVo -->DVD player?

The TiVo is not directly connected to the TV, like in the picture, but I didn't have an extra AV cable to make it happen, and the coaxial cable thing on the tv was already attached to the cable box, and I didn't want to undo it to attach the TiVo there, in that way, unless I had information that it would be a good idea. I don't even know if it's a good idea to attach it by coaxial cable, when it says to do that only when you don't have AV jacks on the TV.

Grr. I'm beginning to hate TiVo.

You can't hook them up in one long system unless your DVD player does something with which I'm not familiar -- accept input. Everything else can chain, like Jessica has done, but the DVD flies solo.

So, the dvd player won't work, even as an end of the chain? Because we've been using it hooked up through the VCR. But I could undo it, and go buy another cable tomorrow, or something.

I'm really tired of this problem. I've been fighting with it for the last four and a half hours. Can I just hire someone from Radio Shack to hook it up for me, or something?

When it was connected through the VCR, was it DVD->VCR->TV, or VCR->DVD->TV?

ita is asking the question I would have asked.

TV->Cable->VCR->DVD