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• Introduction (←Start here)
• Site map
  Alphabetical Index -
• Add IR Codes to a ReplayTV (to add control for certain DirecTV receivers and others)
• Automatically force a net connect via a perl script and avoid the "past 7 day maintenance reboot problem"
• Burning ReplayTV mpegs to DVD
• Can you use a ReplayTV without activation?
• Contact info for this site
• Daylight Saving Time
• DHCP Bug
• Double Select Bug
• Drive compatibility
• Drive size limits
• Enabling CA and IVS in a 55XX
• Enabling ShowGuard and SportsGuard
• Fix for an apparently dead 5XXX tuner
• How do you quiet the fan in a 50XX?
• How do you use a downloaded image?
• How long will the guide service be available?
• How much recording time?
• IR blaster fine tuning
• IVS Network/Router/ReplayTV Setup
• IVS Tester
• Low level technical details about ReplayTV
• Models and approximate hours of recording time
• Modem connection problems and modem speed adjustment
• My ReplayTV is sending digits 3 times to my cable box?
• Other miscellaneous upgrade info
• Other ReplayTV related sites of interest
• Out of memory during net connect
• Peforming a factory reset
• Recording glitch, audio out of sync
• Recovering from unexpected reboot into Quick Setup
• Re-imaging and activation
• Re-imaging with RTVPatch
• Replacing the hard drive / RTVPatch drive replacement documentation
• ReplayTV appears dead (won't boot), nothing on the television
• ReplayTV company history
• ReplayTV model history
• ReplayTV motherboard revisions
• ReplayTV PC Edition 
• ReplayTV rebooted and Replay Guide is blank (shows disappeared)
• ReplayTV related downloads available or referenced to here
• ReplayTV seems unstable, works for while, then reboots or other strange and/or erratic behavior
• ReplayTV stuck at "Please wait..."
• ReplayTV stuck at swirl screen, (past "Please wait...")
• ReplayTV Troubleshooting / Knowledgebase
• ReplayTV User's Guides/Manuals
• ReplayTV will work for a time and then the video freezes or stutters
• RTVPatch (Linux) without Windows 2000/XP (Linux boot floppy or boot CD)
• RTVPatch and upgrading using a Mac
• The network card appears dead, can it be replaced?
• What is channel mapping and how does it handle 4 digit channel numbers?
• What is the clawfoot portal and what can it do?
• Where can you get an image? / Which image do you use?
• You did the upgrade and now it won't boot???
• You re-imaged, but it shows the wrong recording time available and/or you can't view live TV
  Old upgrade info/pictures:
• ReplayTV Single Drive to 2 Drive Upgrade (2XXX/3XXX/ShowStoppers)
• ReplayTV 4XXX Series Various 2 Drive Upgrade & Mounting Pictures
• ReplayTV 5XXX 2 drive upgrade info and pictures

Mike Menard (Mikeyboy) info:
• Replaytv 2000/3000/Showstopper rebooting problem and potential solution
• Replaytv 5000 and 5500 power problems and troubleshooting info
• Do I need a new hard drive?
• ReplayTV 2000, 3000 and Showstopper Hard Disk Replacement Instructions
• ReplayTV 4000 and 4500 Hard Disk Replacement Instructions
• ReplayTV 5000 and 5500 Hard Disk Replacement Instructions
• Do I need a cooling fan?
• ReplayTV 3000 and Showstopper Cooling Fan Installation Instructions
• ReplayTV 2000, 3000 and Showstopper Motherboard Replacement Instructions
• ReplayTV 5000 and 5500 motherboard replacement instructions
• ReplayTV 2000, 3000 and Showstopper Power Supply Replacement Instructions
• ReplayTV 5000/5500 IR Panel Replacement Instructions