Software update or up arrow reformat would by first thought also, but he's got a R-10 Tivo. I don't know of a way to do anything with a tivo until it boots up.
I have seen this a few times back in the day, and never found a way around it.
I concur with iwc8593.
Once a LNB dries out it will (sometimes) start to work again. When you have moisture in a fitting it will work until the copper center conductor corrodes out at the fitting, and then doesn’t work at all.
You said the 110 and 119 are always ok. The larger plastic...
HD MPEG 4 local programming to launch on 11/22/05
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The remainder of the first 12 have been pushed
back, I don't know when.