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Wednesday, February 14th, 2024 4:12 AM

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Cable Card Issue

I use TIVO and a cable card. When I swapped the cable card into a new TIVO box and activated, all but three or four cable network channels loaded. The ones that don't work give error. Do I need to get a new card. I have called in for assistance and they run all these test to no avail. 

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9 months ago

Hi, @tuckj1958. I see you are also running into some trouble with your cable card and TIVO. I've been able to help many customers here on forums with this concern, and I can assist you as well. Since I'm working with you already in private regarding another concern, I'll circle back in that conversation regarding the next steps. Thanks again

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Would love to see a solution for Tivo users with cable cards who cannot access IP channels.  I posted a concern a year ago and I have not found a solution yet.  I am still paying for channels that I cannot receive.  Here is the posts that explains the issue.  - 

There are several posts about folks with Tivos using cablecards that, like me, found that their favorite channel(s) that they were receiving fine are now showing up as black screens.  Seems that in some cases the SD version of the channel works but not the HD version.  In some cases there is no SD version of a channel so we are, in effect, paying for a channel that has been taken away with no recompense.  I dont not have an analysis at this point but it is more than a dozen in my case.  My local Xfinity Store seems to have no clue about what this is yet the Xfinity website and the TiVo site make reference to a digital tuning adapter that addresses this issue.  Seems these channels either were converted to IP channels or always were IP channels and the current Comcast cablecards cannot decode or handle them.  As a result, all Tivos with cablecards cannot receive these IP channels.  In my case, several of the channels I was watching were converted sometime this past year to IP and I, in effect, lost them.  No notice, no discussion and no concern.  So my attempts to discuss this and politely ask for a digital tuning adapter to address the problem are met with confusion, attempts to give me the wrong piece of equipment, suggestions that I just use one of their less functional DVR boxes or have a technician visit my home.  THIS IS RIDICULOUS!  Why can we not just have a better cable card or just simply have someone say - Oh sorry, here is the DTA you need to address the problem with simple instructions to attach it.  That would earn some good will and show a little customer concern.  Do I have this issue described correctly and please tell me someone had a positive solution that we can cite and get this matter settled.

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Hi there, Opperj ! I would like to see if we can help with your TiVo and IP channel issues, however I would need to view your account and get some further details. Please send a direct message to us by clicking the chat icon in the upper right corner of the page, click on the pen and paper icon, then enter “Xfinity Support” in the “To” section. Please include your full name and complete street address as well as the channels in question and the model/version of your TiVo device to get started. Thanks! 

 

 

 

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6 months ago

Having a cable card issue on a tivo. Worked fine for the first month or so. Now when changing to some channels I get the Tivo screen that is for cable card setup that says:

This screen is displayed on behalf of your cable provider. In order to start cable service Please contact..." Hitting clear returns to tv. Similar to this discussion on the Tivo forums (However the email that seemed to help get this sorted out at comcast apparrently no longer exists...https://www.tivocommunity.com/threads/tivo-hd-keeps-poping-up-the-cable-card-screen.440746/

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