[mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers

Clay clay at gdsys.net
Fri Aug 6 09:17:50 EDT 2004


Got you.  Thanks for the clarification!  I'll order the hardware today.
Thanks again Michael.

clay 

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers

Clay wrote:

> Does mythTV work with FTA satellite receivers (specifically a Pansat 
> 2300)?

Yes.

>   I just started reading on this subject today and am a little 
> confused.  I was also looking at the Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250, but it 
> says it only has a 125 channel tuner.  If this is the case how are you 
> getting it to work when you have more channels?

Your satellite receiver is your tuner.  From the satellite receiver, you
will send the signal to the PVR-250 using coaxial cable with an F-connector,
composite, S-Video, SCART, ...

If using coax/F-connector, the receiver will output the signal on some
channel, i.e. channel 3 or channel 4 (usually selectable, but we'll just say
3 for now), so you will tune the PVR-250 to channel 3.  You will then change
the channel on the satellite receiver, and it will output the new channel on
channel 3.  Therefore, you will never need to go above 125.

If using composite, S-Video, or SCART, you will be completely bypassing the
PVR-250's tuner.  Therefore, you won't need to go above channel 125 (or even
tune any channel on the PVR-250 for that matter).

Note, however, that you will need some way to control the satellite receiver
from your PC.  If the receiver has an infra-red remote control, you can do
so with LIRC ( http://www.lirc.org ) and an IR transmitter (commercial
products are available, or you can build your own for less than a dollar--or
spend about $12 to make a much nicer transmitter).  If the receiver has a
serial port (which may be a standard DB-9 (serial) port or even an RJ-11
(phone) port), you could link the Myth box directly to the receiver, but
depending on whether others have already done so, you might need to do some
work to figure out how to control it (i.e. how to send the commands over the
serial connection).

>   I do like the features of mythTV very much, but I want to make sure 
> it will do what I need before I spend the cash on the hardware.
> Thanks in advance.

And, IMHO, it's well worth the investment of cash/time/effort.

Mike

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