Sony SVR-2000 TiVo Viewer"s Guide (primary manual) - Page 72
Phone Troubleshooting, Set Tone/Pulse., Set Phone Avail. Detection., Set Dial Tone Detection. - modem
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Recorder & Phone Setup Set Tone/Pulse. If your phone system uses pulse dialing, rather than tone dialing, you can change the setting to pulse here. (Today, most phone systems are tone.) Set "Phone Avail." Detection. When Set 'Phone Avail.' Detection is on, the recorder can determine whether the phone line is in use by detecting voltage on the line. This allows it to avoid disrupting a call in progress (such as another modem call). This setting is off by default. With 'Phone Avail.' Detection turned off, if you are on the phone when the recorder tries to call, you may hear a click on the line. If you have another modem call in progress (on your computer or other device), that call may be disrupted if the recorder attempts to call the TiVo service. If you have a standard dialtone, and 'Phone Avail.' Detection is off, turn on Dial Tone Detection (below). If you are experiencing "Failed, Line unavailable" errors, or if the recorder is not making daily calls, you may have a low-voltage phone system that the recorder cannot detect. In this case, it's best to have 'Phone Avail.' Detection off. Set Dial Tone Detection. This setting is on by default. If you leave it on, the recorder will check for a dial tone before it starts dialing. However, if you have a non-standard dial tone, or a stuttering dial tone (as some voice messaging systems have), the recorder will be unable to detect the dial tone and will not make its daily call. Restore previous options. The recorder must make a successful test phone call before it will accept changes to Phone Dialing Options. If you want to restore your previous dialing options and continue past this screen without making a test phone call, select "Restore previous options." Phone Troubleshooting This screen provides tips that may help you troubleshoot problems with your phone calls. With Dial Tone Detection and 'Phone Avail.' Detection both turned off, if you happen to be talking on the phone when the recorder tries to call you will hear the modem dial and try to communicate with the the TiVo service 5 TiVo Central Messages & Setup Recorder & Phone Setup Phone Connection 65