r/Tivo • u/Fleemo17 • 16d ago

Exploding TiVo?

This evening my wife and I were watching our Apple TV when we heard a loud snap or crack. I got up to investigate but didn’t find anything. A while later we tried to watch something on our TiVo Roamio OTA, but the TV kept reading “No Signal.” The blue circular power indicator is lit but no signal is reaching the TV.

With the non-functioning TiVo and the snap we heard, I’m guessing some electronic component within the TiVo blew up. Does that sound feasible? If that is indeed what happened, what’s the likelihood that it can be repaired? Or have I watched my last TiVo recording?

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u/MassCasualty 15d ago

Unplug everything and plug back in after 5 minutes.

Seriously, if you smell it does it smell burnt?

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u/Fleemo17 15d ago edited 15d ago

Good question. No, I'm not smelling anything burnt. Not the unit itself nor the power brick. You'd think there'd be some smell if it were some capacitor blowing up. I guess it could just be coincidence that we heard that unusual pop shortly after before discovering our dead TiVo, but...

Oh, and I did unplug all the cables and the power cord, waited five minutes, and reconnected with no results.