RCA F38310 and Tivo Hookup (1 Viewer)

[Amy Wilson]

Okay, I may be crazy but I don't see how I can use the DirecTV built into my TV and Tivo as well. Tivo says to go from the satellite to the DirecTV receiver to the Tivo to the TV. I don't see any "outs" on the F38310 (other that audio and I'd like video too thank you very much) to take to the Tivo.

Am I just really tired after trying to move and set up the entertainment center in one day or is there a trick to this?

Thanks much.

Amy

 

[Stephen Tu]

You're not crazy. You can't record from the built-in tuner on the RCA TVs. It's view only. Yes, this is kind of lame. Hope you didn't pay too much of a premium for the built-in tuner.

So, assuming you have a regular, standalone Tivo, your options are:
(1) Get a second cheap, < $100 RCA DirecTV receiver w/ serial port to act as Tivo's slave. You'd have to pay the additional receiver monthly fee to DirecTV for this.
(2) Sell the Tivo, get a DirecTivo combo model instead.
This is attractive if you get locals via DirecTV.

 

[Amy Wilson]

Aarrrgh!

Thanks for the response. Of course, it leads to another question. I have my old DirecTV receiver. Can I run from the satellite to the "stand-alone" receiver to the Tivo to the Antenna A or Video 1 inputs on the TV?

Basically, can I just ignore the built-in receiver in the TV?

Thanks again.

Amy

 

[Eddie Ras]

amy,

i see there hasn't been any response to your question of nearly a month ago--- from my understanding, yes you can bypass the internal receiver. i have direct tivo and have been researching this rca- a number of people have told me they've set it up in this manner=-never even activated the internal Direct TV, using only the direct tivo.
that's the way i intend to set it up as well, with an OTA antenna for the local HD channels. I MAY activate the rca tuner IF direct tv upgrades my dish so i can get their HD content.
hope this helps!
how do you like the tv?
can you tell me what the top measurements are? the depth? i need to put a center channel speaker up there!
thanks!