Effed up Demo mode Need advice.

[crabby]

OK, so first off, I'm an idiot.

I got home from working a 9am to Midnite shift which ended with a few beers, and I notice that my subbed, non-phone connected, 25xtremed, fixsubbed Hughes S1 Dtivo has slipped inexplicably into Demo mode. I try a lot of things, going through menus, standby, reboot, ect. Finally I end up at this screen that says "machine will go into demo mode" with a coutdown, and three menu choices, one of which is "prepare machine for customer" So, I think to myself "OK, that should get me out of Demo..." and I choose it. A gray screen comes up that says something like "Clearing and deleting...this should take about an hour." I scream like Homer Simpson and unplug the machine. I'm thinking "D'oh! Of course it's going to wipe itself clean." Now I figure as far as the programs I have stored, I'm cooked. Will it also delete the sub status? Is there any way for me to get it to stop, (I unplugged it fairly quickly)? Will i have to re-xtreme the drive? If so, should I let it finish up its "clear and delete" first?

I don't mind if you laugh at me, cause its the equivilent of falling on your ass on some ice, I'm laughing at myself, but any help would also be greatly appreciated

[round fish]

Did the same thing when i got mine. Let your tivo do its thing and your sub status should be okay( mine was). just wondering what puts it into demo mode and is there a way to disable it. I know on mine, it happens anytime a put in a certain bin.

[JJBliss]

Took exactly 3 seconds to find this:

http://www.dsschat.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=151446

[crabby]

JJ, I read that yesterday as well, and I will check out the bin when I have the opportunity(I've been on 9am-midnite shifts since Tues). Funny thing is that this is a sub, NOT a 3M, which I have had running for months on this particular DirecTivo. I guess the bin must have somehow gotten "corrupted", but for the life of me I don't see how.

round fish, thanks for the info. I was hoping I wouldn't
have to pull the drive and re-Xtreme(tho I was ready to use it as an excuse to drop in a 160g drive).

I will post the results of my situation this weekend, to add to the "knowledge bank."

[crabby]

I let the DirecTivo do its thing. I lost my recorded programs, but it doesn't seem like I lost anything else.

[endresult]

If anybody know's how to get out of demo mode please let me know....

thank you

endresult

[RiseStar]

You can either install fixdemo.zip onto your Tivo or you can upgrade to 2.5.2 (Superzaps upgrade) with includes XPlusz utilities that has a demo mode fix.

The 2.5.2 upgrade has its advantages as it would re-enable your local channels.

Both are available on the downloads area here if you need them.