can anyone answer this inquiry?

can anyone answer this inquiry?

i bought my tivo unit, [a humax
drt 400] about 11 years ago, and
wasn't satisfied, with the
service, and broke the contract...
i just recently pull it out of
mothballs, finding out, that
i can look a dvd's with it, but
can't record live t.v., in it's
current state..... can anyone
tell me, if there is anyway,
that i could still use it,
or use a work around, in order
to do the following, sans,
a subscription?:

* save channels,
* record live t.v.
* record vhs, to
memory, or dvd?......


if anyone has an answer, i would appreciate
in knowing..... thank you.......