Article:		Hacking the XML in Your TiVo
Subject:		logging in
Date:		2006-02-16 11:27:43
From:		robertfantini
Hello I tried to log in using https:// and the mac address. I could not get thru to my tivo. I tried using and not using the ':' in the mac address, and upper and lowercase for the letters. Any advise on getting thru? thanks Rob

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• logging in
  2006-02-26 18:58:05 freelancer
  
  The article is incorrect - the MAC ID is not the Media Access Key and is not the password. To get the Media Access Key, go to Messages & Settings, Account & System Information, Media Access Key. Use that as the password and you're in.
  
  
  
  • logging in
    2006-02-26 19:14:54 Bob DuCharme
    
    That's right, sorry. The similarity of the names confused me. The Media Access Key is what you use as the password, and is available on the screen described here.

    
    Bob
    
    
    

• logging in
  2006-02-16 18:01:42 MegaZone
  
  It isn't the MAC address, it is the TiVo MAK - Media Access Key.

  
  Login: tivo
  Passwork: [Your MAK]
  
  
  

• logging in
  2006-02-16 11:37:02 Bob DuCharme
  
  Are you sure it's on your home network, e.g. is it getting programming information from your wireless network? Can you ping it from one of the machines on the network?

  
  To get detailed help on certain problems, I found the TiVo Home Media Features & TiVoToGo forum at tivocommunity.com (
  http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/forumdisplay.php?f=35) to be a great resource. People there walked me through several problems I had as I tried various ideas in my research for the article.

  
  Bob