CacheCard + RAM Upgrade for UK TiVo PVR10UK

Speed up your TiVo!

The main advantage of a TiVo over other DVR's is that all the programme data and information about recorded shows is stored in a searchable database. This is used by the TiVo software when displaying information and choosing which programmes to record. As the database is stored on the hard drive, and priority access to this has to go to reading and writing video streams, waits for access to the database can slow down the menu responses of the TiVo - especially if you have an upgraded drive! The CacheCard removes these waits by keeping a copy (cache) of the entire TiVo database in RAM, thus speeding up every operation that uses it! You are likely to see an immediate improvement in menu responses when displaying the Now Playing list, the ToDo list, searching by Wishlists and re-ordering Season Passes. 

Network your TiVo!

As it is a network card too, the CacheCard also gives you the ability to control your TiVo from your PC using TiVoWeb - a browser based application. This also lets you do some things you can't from the TiVo UI such as changing the bitrates and enabling Mode 0 recording. There are also loads of "hacks" and modules available that let you do all sorts of things, such as check your TiVo's guide data against Digiguide, or automatically add "soft padding" to avoid missing the endings of programmes that overrun. If you have a broadband connection, you can use that for your daily guide data downloads instead of your phone line, and you can even use TiVoWeb over the internet to control your TiVo from work or from your WAP phone!! 

If you want to connect to a wireless network then you can simply plug the cachecard into a wireless bridge - either 802.11b or 54g for extra speed. See here for details. 

And the CacheCard is also the fastest network card you can fit to a UK TiVo! This is particularly important if you want to use the network connection to extract the video files from your TiVo to your PC using "TyTools" and then burn the recordings to DVD :)

Cachecard Specifications

• High speed 32-bit wide 100baseTX Ethernet
• Works with industry standard PC133 512MB SDRAM (customer supplied)
• Plugs directly into motherboard connector
• Designed for use in all Series 1 TiVos including the Thomson PVR10UK
• Support for dimm's with 2510 clock buffer chips (assuming they support 27MHz FSB operation)
• Support for all JEDEC compliant PC66/100/133 unbuffered dimm's (dimm's with 2510 clock buffer chips must support 27MHz FSB operation).
• Can be connected to a wireless network. See here for details. 
• Note: We are now shipping CacheCard firmware version 2.2 which virtually eliminates the problem of losing sound and/or video and the voltage sag measured on some UK TiVo's.

For further information about the CacheCard and networking in general see here

The CacheCard Upgrade Package contains

• The card, re-tested by us in a UK TiVo before we ship it. Unfortunately, around 2% of the cards we've handled have been faulty when they arrived in the UK, so we re-test every one in a UK TiVo before we ship it. 
• A bootable Drivers CD containing the latest software drivers, TiVoWeb, TyTools, hacks and loads of other useful TiVo stuff - over 500mb!
• A bootable CD to safely unlock your TiVo drive before you install the drivers
• A torx bit to open your TiVo
• A Half-metre Ethernet Patch cable to connect to your router or bridge
• An 8 page instruction booklet with photos - see a sample here

Cachecard upgrade kit         512mb RAM module               The works!

Want the works? 

• If you buy a cachecard upgrade at the same time as purchasing a drive upgrade, then you can benefit from a £10 discount and we will load the cachecard drivers and TiVoWeb onto the drive for free! 
• If you buy a cachecard upgrade at the same time as purchasing Hooch!, then you can benefit from a £5 discount - and, of course, Hooch! will create a drive with cachecard drivers and TiVoWeb already installed!

Pricing  (All prices include next-day Special Delivery by 1pm shipping!)

Shipping  options

• Special Delivery by 9am Shipping - all our prices include Special Delivery by 1pm shipping, but if you need to have your upgrade by 9am then please choose this option. Please note, this option is not available for Saturday deliveries. 

• Special Delivery Saturday Guaranteed Shipping - all our prices include Special Delivery by 1pm shipping, but if you need your order delivered on a Saturday morning then please choose this option. 

• Shipping to Europe - We can ship your upgrade to any country in the EU for an extra £10! Shipping is by Royal Mail "Airsure" with extra insurance to cover the value of your items. 

• For a full list of other available upgrade options see here 

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