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TiVo Upgrades

TiVo Upgrades Technical Support

 

 

Titan Lite
Titan Lights


Check out the brand
 new Titan Lite.  This
is a great little light
that you can carry
on your keychain that
can be seen over a
mile away.    

ReHeater Heat
Packs




Check out our ReHeater
Heat Packs
.  These
Heat Packs provide
instant portable and
reusable heat and is
very easy to use.  At
the push of a button
this amazing device
reaches 130ºF.  The
ReHeater will generate
heat for up to 3 hours.
Several sizes are
available for many
different applications
from backaches,
hand warming, scuba
diving, anywhere you
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Glow Sticks

6" long industrial quality
Glow Sticks lasts 12 hours
or more.  For camping,
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TiVo Hack FAQ Logo

AVS Underground
Hack FAQ
This is your bible to
TiVo Upgrades.

AVS Underground
Forum
- This is THE
place to go to discuss
normal TiVo upgrades.

PTVUpgrade.COM
Discussion Forum
-
Discussions of the deep
dark secrets of TiVo
Hacking.

DealDatabase
Discussion Forum
-
More deep dark secret
discussions about TiVo
Hacking.

Ultimate TiVo
Resource Site
This is another good
source of TiVo technical
information.

TiVoWEB
Control your TiVo over
the internet!

TiVo Steve-o
Newbie Hacker
How-To Guide
How-to guide written for
folks that are new to TiVo
hacking.  Easy to under-
stand and follow.  Covers
lots of hacking tips not
easily found elsewhere.

TiVoHelp.com
Helpful knowledgebase
documenting many of the
tricks and tips on the AVS
Underground Forum.
 

 

Tigers MFSTools
Backup Utility

The famous backup utility
just got better!  MFS 2.0
is here.  This
utility will allow you to
make the smallest
possible backup of your
TiVo for archive
purposes.  This is a
stand-alone utility and
does not require any
other supporting files or
programs to work.
Check out the readme for
more information.
MFSTools 2.0 Readme
MFSTools 2.0 CD Image
MFSTools 2.0 static


Hinsdale NEW TiVo
Upgrade How-To

So, you have been afraid
of upgrading because of
all of the new software
coming out and all of the
older instructions? Well,
here is the answer. AVS
member hinsdale has
been kind enough to
write a "New Upgrade
How-To" document which
gives simple step-y-step
instructions on how to
upgrade your TiVo using
the newest software
available. It is very easy
to follow and covers
many of the variables
that you could encounter
during your upgrade.

Hinsdale New How-To

Drive Images
Broke TiVo?  Maybe
you need a new TiVo
disk drive image...
TiVo Disk Drive Images

 

9th Tee is the exclusive distributor for DVRupgrade TiVo Upgrade Kits! 
These kits will increase the recording capacity of your TiVo and are ready to install and include professional online support.  This is the perfect option if you are a bit nervous doing your own upgrade or just do not have the time. 

DSS Multiswitches and Stacker Systems

We have 4 and 8 port DSS Multiswitches as well as the higher end Stacker Systems.  These items allow you to connect more DSS receivers to your DSS system.

Click here for more information

The Problem


 

The Solution!

Wrap up your cable mess today!

Find all of your messy cables, add a CordKeepr's, and your cable mess will be gone!  Just wrap your cables around this unique clip, twist the ends to hold the cable and that is it.  Includes 44 CordKeepr's in a variety of sizes and colors.  Great for cleaning up Media Center cables and Computer cables.

 
Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
CORDKEEPR44 44 Piece CordKeep'r Set $19.99

 

Hinsdale's New Upgrade How-To 

PTVUpgrade InstantCake

So, you have been afraid of upgrading because of all of the new software coming out and all of the older instructions?  Well, here is the answer.  AVS member hinsdale has been kind enough to write a "New Upgrade How-To" document which gives simple, step-by-step instructions, on how to upgrade your TiVo using the newest software available.  It is very easy to follow and covers many of the variables that you could encounter during your upgrade.

Hinsdale's New Upgrade How-To

 

InstantCake is the fastest, easiest and safest way to upgrade a TiVo without purchasing a pre-configured kit or installation service. Boot our custom CD in a standard PC and create a replacement drive kit for your TiVo.

PTVUpgrade InstantCake

 

TyStudio

TiVoWEB

Looking for video extraction???  Well, this is the place!  TyStudio offers a suite of tools for the TiVo video streams. These tools enable you to transform the Tivo Video Recording to such formats as an MPEG program stream on your PC, which is commonly used by DVD players.  Excellent work folks!

TyStudio - Video Extraction Tools

Deal Database Forum

Wow!  This is the number one reason for a TurboNET or AirNET.  Imagine controlling your TiVo from anywhere in the world via the internet. TiVoWeb will allow you do this in addition to a variety of other neat and helpful things.  Check it out.

 

TiVoWEB

 

PTVupgrade Universal TiVo Upgrade CD

PTVboot6e is a bootable CD-ROM that contains a small Linux distribution bundled with all the necessary software components required to upgrade a TiVo, as well as some additional utilities and hacks useful to many TiVo hackers:

Basic Utilities:
- MFStools 2.0 – a must-have for making backups and restoring TiVo images

- BlessTiVo – the original ‘add-a-drive’ to your single drive unit utility
- TiVoMad – original utilities for “A” drive expansion

Advanced Utilities:
- LBA48 support for large disk drives
- TurboNet drivers and installation utilities

- TiVoWeb 1.9.4 enhanced – this is the popular TiVoWeb distribution with a few minor enhancements
- Advanced utilities for DirecTiVo (kill_initrd, tivoflash)
- TyStudio Video Archival Utilities
- TyTool Video Archival Utilities

We’ve also bundled some critical and useful PC utilities for helping TiVo upgraders and PC-enthusiasts alike:
- DOS unlock tools (qunlock and dlgchk)

- DOS bootable floppy creators (DOS 622 and DR7)
- Diagnostic utilities for Maxtor (Quantum), Samsung, and Western Digital Drives

And as a special bonus, we are including the PTVupgrade NetReady Core Utilities and TiVoWeb 1.9.4 enhanced; a repackaged version of TiVoWeb as well as a large variety of standard unix utilities which run directly on your TiVo.  These include must-have utilities such as:  vi, ps, ls, more, less, ping, tar, and many other useful tools.

Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
PTVBOOT11 PTVupgrade TiVo Universal Boot CD $19.95
We are providing this item as a convenience to our customers.  Since we are just passing on software available on the web, 9th Tee makes not warranty of any kind for this item.  After we burn the image, we will make sure that it boots correctly but that does not necessarily mean that it will work for you.  Many older PC's cannot boot from the CD, and SCSI interfaces are also a known issue.  We will test each CD in a new PC that uses an IDE hard drive and CD. Please note that we ship all packages via UPS including a CD order only.

 

CAUTION - READ THIS

Some people are using several of the items that we sell to upgrade their TiVo.  You must understand that this is dangerous.  High voltages are present inside your TiVo and you can be hurt if you open the case.  You must also understand that it  WILL VOID YOUR TiVo WARRANTY.  Simply put, this means that it  WILL VOID YOUR TiVo WARRANTY  if you open your TiVo.  Like as in don't call or email me or TiVo or Philips or Sony or anybody else if you damage something.  Don't even touch those Torx screws unless you fully understand this and are prepared to toss it in the trash can if something goes wrong.  

Also understand that future software upgrades that TiVo sends your TiVo may not run on a modified unit and that TiVo, at anytime, could disable any or all of the additional space that is added to a TiVo.  They could also stop sending guide data to a unit, until it is returned to its original condition.  Currently, TiVo is playing pretty, but we have no idea what the future brings.  Please understand all of this before deciding to upgrade.

The products that 9th Tee sells are brand new and have the full manufacturers warranty.  We do not provide any application specific warranty.

The name TiVo and the TiVo logo are copyrights of TiVo, Inc.

Well, enough of that...

 

  

TiVo Mounting Bracket with Hardware

Stop using duct tape and Velcro!  This is the best way to mount your upgrade hard drives.  The TiVo Hard Drive Mounting Kit includes the bracket, vibration dampners and required mounting hardware. 

Our Standoff Kit is required in some TiVo models if they do not include side standoffs.  See the picture below.  If your TiVo does not have the two mounting posts on the side, you will need our Standoff Kit.


 

Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
TIVOBRACKET-S2 TiVo Mounting Bracket - Series 2 $13.99
S2BKTADPT Series 2 - (A) Standoff Kit
(Required for the Series 2 Bracket to work in the (A) Model Series TiVo and any TiVo without side standoffs)
$3.99

Click here to see Bracket Installation Instructions for Series 2 TiVo's

Click here to see Standoff Installation Instructions

 

Our thoughts about Series 2 Hacking

Our Series 2 Bracket solution does not require the removal of the factory installed drive.  This is important.  As with any factory modification, the fewer changes that are required, the better.  If you do not have to touch a component, especially the hard drive, then don't.  Our Series 2 brackets are designed with industry standard vibration dampners and will give you a quieter running TiVo.  Just attach our custom Series 2 bracket to the TiVo frame and hook up the cables. 

And speaking of quiet, remember that adding any additional electrical motors to the TiVo WILL increase the noise level.  A motor can be in a hard drive and also in a fan.  Several people have asked us about using additional fans to cool the TiVo after a hard drive upgrade.  From our experience, this is just not needed and WILL increase the noise level.  In our tests,  a Series 2 TiVo with a second hard drive installed, does not exceed or even approach the high temperature limits that TiVo allows.

So, keep the upgrade process simple.  Don't move things that you do not need to move.  Don't add things that you do not have to add.  Don't touch things that you don't have to touch.  That has been our philosophy since we started selling upgrade items for the TiVo nearly 5 years ago.

PTVupgrade SmartStart Power Supply Protector

The SmartStart Power Supply Protector is designed to protect your dual drive TiVo from stressful power spikes that occur during startup.  Designed especially for the Series 2 TiVo, this device gently ramps both the logic and motor supply voltage to the disk drive, so that the demand on the power supply will be much lower.  It uses all solid state components found in high end disk arrays.

One fact that is universally agreed upon, is that any TiVo power supply can effectively sustain the operation of two disk drives during normal operation without cause for concern.  What is not known, is the long term effect of the startup phase of the TiVo over it's lifetime.  The SmartStart is the smart choice for protecting your dual drive TiVo during this critical time.

Installation is super simple.  Just unplug the power plug from the original disk drive, insert the male end of the SmartStart cable in the original disk drive and plug the power cable that was in the original disk drive into the female plug on the SmartStart.   That's it!

Is it better to give a PDF or receive one???
Click here for your very own SmartStart PDF

Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
SMARTSTART SmartStart Power Supply Protector $19.95
 

 


IDE Cable For TiVo

Although not always necessary, here is an IDE Cable that will work in a TiVo.  The original TiVo drive cable is sometimes ok, but if you need another cable, this is it.  Also great for the newer TiVo's that only have a single drive cable.  This cable is custom manufactured and is longer between the drive connectors than normal.  Also, and this is very important, you do not have to drill or cut out the blocking pin with our cables.   
 

Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
ATA66IDECBL High Speed ATA66 IDE Cable $5.00

 


TiVo Null Modem Serial Cable

So you want to get a bash prompt but have lost the original serial cable included with your Stand Alone TiVo or have a DirecTiVo?  Well, this cable is for you!  It has a 1/8" stereo plug on one end that plugs into your TiVo or DirecTiVo and has a DB9 connector at the other that plugs into your PC's serial port.

You can use the 10' Long extension cable if your computer is just too far away.  Please note that longer cables runs may require lower data transmission speeds so try to use the 10' cable if possible.

 
Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
TIVONMCABLE TiVo Null Modem Serial Cable - 10' Long $7.95
DB9CAB10 10' Long Serial Cable with DB9 Male x Female Connectors $2.00
 


TiVo Power Y-Cable

This Y-Cable gives you the additional power connector required if one is not in your TiVo.

 
Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
POWER-Y-CABLE Internal Power Y-Cable for TiVo $1.50

 

30 Piece Driver Set

39 Pc Driver & Socket Set

Both of these drive sets include the required drivers to open a TiVo.  The 30 piece set includes driver tips and driver handle.  The 39 piece set adds 9 sockets to the 30 piece kit.

The 30 piece set includes:
- Handle with magnetic bit holder and 1/4" hex drive
- 1/8, 5/32, 3/16, 1/4, 9/32" slot
- #0, #1, #2, #3 Phillips
- T-10, T-15, T-20, T-25, T-30, T-40 six lobe
Torx*
- S-1, 2, 3  square
- 5/64", 3/32", 1/8", 5/32", 3/16", 7/32", 1/4", 5/16" hex
- Socket and bit adapters
- Rugged Plastic Case & Cover securely holds handle and bits

The 39 piece set adds:
- 7/32", 3/16", 5/16", 1/4", 11/32", 3/8", 7/16", 15/32", 1/2" Sockets

Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
DRIVER30 30 Piece Driver Set $9.00
DRIVERSKT39 39 Piece Driver & Socket Set $11.00

 

Security Bit Tool Set With Torx Bits

Security Bit Tool Set - Driver Bits for TiVo

Well, lots of people have asked, so here it is.  This tool set includes the two drivers that are required to do the TiVo upgrade (T-10 & T15).  It is an overkill just for the TiVo upgrade, but it also includes many other security type bits will let  you get into lots of things that you shouldn't for years to come!  

This is a 30 piece set that includes:
- Handle with magnetic bit holder and 1/4" hex drive
- 5/32, 3/16, 1/4" slot
- #1, #2, #3 Phillips
- TT-7, TT-8, TT-9, TT-10, TT-15, TT-20, TT-25, TT-30, TT-40 tamper proof six lobe Torx*
- S-0, 1, 2, 3 security square
- 5/64", 3/32", 1/8", 5/32", 3/16", 7/32", 1/4" security hex
- Socket and bit adapters
- Rugged Plastic Case & Cover securely holds handle and bits

Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
TORX30 Security Driver 30 Pc Set $18.00

Power Strip Jumper Cables

  •  Have a nice power strip and can only use 2 outlets because of power transformers?

  •  Get full use of your power strips and UPS outlets with our Jumper Cables

  •  Just plug those big bulky power transformers into the Jumper Cable and then plug the
    Jumper Cable into one of those previously unusable outlets.

  •  Available in one and two outlet versions

  •  Heavy duty molded ends - UL listed

 
Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
PSJC1 Single Outlet Power Strip Jumper Cable $2.25
PSJC2 Dual Outlet Power Strip Jumper Cable $4.50

 

Gender Changers

Low Profile Gender Changers

  • Available in DB9 Male & Female and DB25 Male & Female

  • High Quality Metal Case Construction

 
Quantity Part Number Description Your Cost Click To Buy
DB9GCMALE DB9 Male Gender Changer $1.25
DB9GCFEMALE DB9 Female Gender Changer $1.25
DB25GCMALE DB25 Male Gender Changer $1.25
DB25GCFEMALE DB25 Female Gender Changer $1.25

 

PTVUpgrade New Series 2 Stand Alone TiVo Upgrade Kits

 

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