[mythtv-users] not getting channel reception on high cable channels

[Joe Votour]

It must depend on the area.  Although I don't have
digital cable, a friend of mine just moved into a new
place, where his roommates do.

He plugged his TV into the cable outlet in his room,
and received full analog cable, channels over 40
included, all unencrypted.  Because of that, he has no
interest in getting another STB from Comcast (the main
STB is in the living room).

I'm wondering if perhaps it's a problem with the tuner
definitions for the card, or maybe the fact that it's
setup for "us-cable-hrc".  But then again, I'm not
totally sure, since I follow the instructions from
Jarod Wilson's HOWTO, with the exception that I
compile the ivtv driver by hand (as I have a 350 and a
500), and it works flawlessly for me.  Also, I have
the most basic of configurations, analog cable, and no
intention to go to digital TV until there is a Linux
compatible card that can do the decryption and work
with MythTV (since I have three tuners, I really don't
want three STBs and IRBlasters or serial connections,
or Firewire connections).

-- Joe

--- Peter Judge <peter at judge.co.za> wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 09:45 -0700, Dave Fallon
> wrote:
> > Hi, I'm a relatively new mythtv user, and I've run
> into two problems.
> > These aren't myth issues, per se, but I figured
> the collective experts
> > here might have some ideas.
> > 
> > So, I've got a myth box setup with a hauppage
> PVR-250. I'm using cable
> > (comcast, in the LA, CA area), and I'm trying to
> run it direct into the
> > tuner0 port of the pvr card. This is working for
> most channels when I
> > have it set to us-cable-hrc, but channels above 40
> aren't working - the
> > signal is scrambled, I'm just getting audio. Looks
> like a pay-per-view
> > channel, almost. It works fine when I plug the
> cable box back in and run
> > it direct to the TV. I've been trying to avoid the
> cable box, as then I
> > have to figure out how to get the serial port to
> change channels, but
> > that's my fallback if I can't figure anything else
> out.
> 
> FWIW it's worth, I see the same with Comcast in
> Boston area. I believe
> the lower channels are the analogue channels, and
> are broadcast without
> encryption. The higher channels are the digital
> cable channels, and
> those are broadcast encrypted, which the STB
> decrypts. I don't know of
> any way around that (but would love to hear of one).
> 
> Since you're going to have to use a STB to watch the
> digital cable
> channels, try to get one with a firewire port
> enabled, although you may
> have to go to the HD package for that. You can use
> that for the channel
> changing - if you get a Moto 6200, Myth comes
> complete with scripts for
> changing channels (somewhere in the setup stuff).
> 
> -- Peter
> 
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