On Nov 25, 6:47*pm, lbbss wrote:
Sorry, the full model name is *Toshiba rs-tx20 with tivo. * I am still
not clear on how you get the free subscription, by way of an antenna,

The subscriptions came in multiple varieties, one of which is
'product lifetime', i.e. prepaid. If this unit has that kind of
subscription already, you can use an IR sender glued to
the digital-converter to do the channel changing, after the
TiVo downloads any needed updates to know what
codes to send.

The 'updates' only happen if you have some kind of subscription
active.