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146 Hour Replacement Drive Kit (160GB) Overview

The DVRupgrade DirecTV TiVo DVR replacement upgrade drive kit is designed to give you maximum capacity with minimal effort. Each kit comes prepared for immediate installation in your PPhilips, Hughes, RCA, Toshiba, Samsung or DirecTV TiVo DVR - no computer or software experience is necessary. Since you are replacing your drives, your unit will behave as it did when new - after running guided setup, you'll need to setup your season passes again, as well as your satellite information.

Installation of this kit will not affect your subscription status with TiVo. This is a perfect way to extend the life of a unit with a lifetime subscription!

We highly recommend replacement drive kits for a variety of reasons. Firstly, you can keep your original drive as a backup. Secondly, if you are still using your original drive, it is probably old and tired; and maybe even making a little noise. If you are nervous about performing your own installation, or wish to preserve your content when replacing your drives, check out the Installation Options discussed above.

If you are interested in networking your DirecTV TiVo and you have anything other than the R10, you can use a PTVnet to do so. Please see the Network Bundle Options discussed above.

All replacement drive kits for these units are currently shipping with either 6.2a or 6.4a of the system software. If you are not ordering a PTVnet kit, we recommend you select 6.4a and you will have the latest features like the 'recently deleted' folder. If you are ordering a PTVnet kit, you might want to consider 6.2a if you are planning on unlocking MRV functionality (this is documented on our forums) but also keep in mind that some people have reported some problems running 6.2a and having season passes miss recordings from time to time.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PTVnet USERS: These kits do NOT include a network adapter. To connect your unit to your home network, you will need a compatible USB-Ethernet adapter, such as this one. Not all adapters are the same and unless you have this specific adapter, we recommend you purchase one from us (available in the accessories area). PTVnet kits do NOT work with USB wireless adapters. If you wish to connect wirelessly, you can do so by using the compatible USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter, combined with a wireless bridge; we also offer these in the accessories area of our web site.

146 Hour Replacement Drive Kit (160GB) Specifications

Recording Capacities

Disk capacity	160GB Hard Drive
Recording quality	High Definition	N/A
	Standard Definition	146 Hours Variable Quality

146 Hour Replacement Drive Kit (160GB) Options

PTVnet Bundles

PTVnet unlocks the power of your DirecTV TiVo DVR by enabling the unused USB ports on the rear panel, and providing you basic network connectivity to your TiVo. A PTVnet drive along with a standard USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter (sold separately) and you'll be able to communicate with your TiVo over the web to remotely schedule, sort, and prune your content faster than if you were sitting in front of it with the remote control! Telnet and ftp access is also provided for advanced users who want to take things to the next level! If you want to connect wirelessly, you can do that by using a USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter combined with a USB 2.0 Ethernet adapter. Both of these of components are sold separately, and available in the accessories section of our website.

Professional Installation Services

DVRupgrade understands that your time is valuable and that you may not want to install a kit for yourself. We offer a full range of installation products and services and we can even ship you a box, with a return label, for your TiVo when you place your order!

For more information, please click here.

146 Hour Replacement Drive Kit (160GB) Support

Installation Instructions for Hardware Kits
Hardware installation guides for all of our self-install kits are available here. Note that all of our pre-configured installation kits come with a printed copy of the appropriate installation instructions for your particular kit and unit.

Online Helpdesk, Knowledgebase and Support Center
Our new online helpdesk is now available. Search our knowledgebase, or open a support ticket if you need assistance with your DVRupgrade supported products.

Series2 TiVo Networking

Configuring PTVnet to make calls using Internet connection instead of phoneline

If you need to 'repeat your guided setup' as a result of doing a 'clear and delete everything' or need to make a test call as part of configuring your satellite connections, you can configure your unit to use an Internet connection instead of requiring the use of your phone line.

There are several ways of doing this, however only one method applies for kits purchased prior to 12/20/2006, or drives prepared with our PTVnet software prior to that date. For kits purchased (or drives prepared) after 12/20/2006, there is a different method, which we recommend.

To force your PTVnet configured unit to make a call using a network connection:

PTVnet SWCD version 1.0 - or kits purchased prior to December 20, 2006

Method one:

You will need to establish a telnet session with your TiVo and edit the following file using "vi":

/etc/rc.d/StageD_PreMFS_rc.Sequence_150.CheckForDebug.sh

and change the occurrence of:

DEBUG_BOARD=false

on line 48 of the file to:

DEBUG_BOARD=true

Method two:

This method allows you to download and replace the aforementioned file with one that is slightly modified. Use it at your own risk and if it does not work, you will need to use method one.

Establish a telnet session with your unit by typing (use copy and paste whenever possible):

telnet 192.168.1.63 (use your ip address, instead)
rootwrite
wget -O /etc/rc.d/rc.Sequence_150.CheckForDebug.sh http://www.dvrupgrade.com/software/ptvnet/rc.Sequence_150.CheckForDebug.sh
rootread
sync
reboot

Step #3 will download and replace the existing file with one that is modified in the same way the method 1 suggests.

PTVnet SWCD version 1.1 - or kits purchased AFTER to December 20, 2006

If you are not sure what version of PTVnet you used or when you purchased your kit, then you may want to use the previous methods of configuring the unit. Or to verify whether you have the right files in place, establish a telnet session with your unit and type the following:

ls -al /init/ptv_flags

If you see a variable called:

NETWORK_CALL_OFF

then you have version 1.1

now type:

flag_swap NETWORK_CALL

If the network call was previously configured to be OFF, it will be set to ON, and vice versa.

Alternatively, you could type the following to turn things on:

rootwrite

rm -rf /init/ptv_flags/NETWORK_CALL*

touch /init/ptv_flags/NETWORK_CALL_ON

If you wanted to turn it off, then just replace ON with OFF in the previous instructions.

You will need to reboot your unit after doing this; we recommend typing the following to reboot (DO NOT PULL THE PLUG!):

sync ; reboot

OR just use the remote to restart your unit.