[mythtv-users] Fusion 5 Lite Operation

[Matt Redmon]

On Thu, 2006-11-02 at 12:00 -0800, Joe Votour wrote:
> <snip>
> >
> > I had the same issues with mine, and I cannot find anyone, anywhere, who
> > has managed to get it working with Myth, so I sold it, and I'm looking
> > to get an HD HomeRun.
> >
> > Tom
> 
> The Fusion 5 Lite works wonderfully in MythTV.  Before I recently got my
> HDHomeRun, it's what I was using for my digital TV.  However, some things
> to keep in mind:
> 1. I was using OTA, not QAM.  I've read horror stories on the mailing
> lists about using QAM.

I am using QAM just fine.  Only big deal was entering the
frequencies/channels into the database by hand back on 0.18.  But it
still works great.  Except that Comcast at my new apartment doesn't
broadcast Fox on the same frequency as they did two miles away at my old
apartment and I have yet to find the new frequency.

> 2. The driver does not support reading the SNR/signal quality values from
> the demodulator.  This makes aligning your antenna very difficult.
> 3. You need a fairly recent kernel - I believe 2.6.15 or higher (though
> the Gold supposedly worked with 2.6.13 or higher).
> 
> -- Joe