MythTV and Directv (was Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV and DISH - a great solution)

[Eric Joe]

> Many of the Directv receivers have the low-speed serial port mentioned
> (especially RCA).  I have the RCA DRD435RH Directv receiver and made my
> own serial cable using instructions from http://www.dtvcontrol.com/ with
> the external channel changer script from
> http://bach.as.arizona.edu/~johng/rca_control.txt .  Solid channel
> changes.  Never had a problem.


I have been running my Mythbox for about 9 months with DirecTV. I also
made a serial cable for my RCA receiver. It has a little jack that looks
like a phone jack labeled Home Control. I had been using an old Sony
receiver that uses a standard DB9 serial connector. Both worked fine.


Eric