[tfederov]

Since I'm going to be getting the unit to augment my 3 HR10-250s, I had a question about the caller ID. Currently I'm using modem jacks for two of my HR10s. I believe I read a long, long time ago someone mentioning caller ID only worked when the receiver was directly plugged into a phone jack. Does it still matter? As much as I though I was a TiVo loyalist, I'm actually pretty stoked about getting this new beast. FTM to free up a cable for OTA (If I run 3rd cables I'll be divorced!) and dual buffers would make this the primary box in my house.

Here's to hoping!

 

[cybrsurfer]

Since I'm going to be getting the unit to augment my 3 HR10-250s, I had a question about the caller ID. Currently I'm using modem jacks for two of my HR10s. I believe I read a long, long time ago someone mentioning caller ID only worked when the receiver was directly plugged into a phone jack. Does it still matter? As much as I though I was a TiVo loyalist, I'm actually pretty stoked about getting this new beast. FTM to free up a cable for OTA (If I run 3rd cables I'll be divorced!) and dual buffers would make this the primary box in my house.

Here's to hoping!

I believe you must connect it to a jack to work properly.

 

[byron]

also.... FTM is not an option yet. hopefully it happens sooner rather than later though.

 

[911medic]

Since I'm going to be getting the unit to augment my 3 HR10-250s, I had a question about the caller ID. Currently I'm using modem jacks for two of my HR10s. I believe I read a long, long time ago someone mentioning caller ID only worked when the receiver was directly plugged into a phone jack. Does it still matter? As much as I though I was a TiVo loyalist, I'm actually pretty stoked about getting this new beast. FTM to free up a cable for OTA (If I run 3rd cables I'll be divorced!) and dual buffers would make this the primary box in my house.

Here's to hoping!

Were you hoping the Caller ID info would come over the satellite?

Or were you wanting to use some kind of wireless phone jack--is that what you mean by "modem phone jack?" If that's the case, caller ID info usually doesn't transmit across the wireless phone jacks. I think I recently read about one that does, but it's expensive.

 

[Mixer]

It's odd because before I got my H10 DTivo unit on my livingroom I used to have a regular D* receiver with no DVR of any kind and I recall getting the Caller ID to work with a wireless phone jack on that one. In fact when they installed the H10 my wife was upset cause we lost the Caller ID feature. I do not recall the receiver model number though.

 

[Mixer]

Here is a link to one that is fairly inexpensive and looks exactly like mine although I don't think mine was RCA

http://www.amazon.com/RCA-RC930-Caller-ID-Compatible-Wireless-Modem/dp/B00000J0D5