[mythtv-users] pchdtv 5500, verizon fios, and ota, oh my!
Kurt Yoder
ktymyth at yoderhome.com
Fri Feb 9 06:24:25 UTC 2007
On Feb 8, 2007, at 11:52 PM, Jerry Rubinow wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure that I only get MOCA and not QAM. I just assumed it was
>> so since I didn't detect any channels when scanning. Is there some
>> way of finding out one way or the other? I'm assuming verizon tech
>> support is useless...
>
> I'm pretty sure a large portion of the northeast Verizon fiber is fed
> from a single head end. Of course, I suppose it's possible they
> install different ONTs or different firmware on the ONTs at people's
> houses that encode the signal onto the coax differently, but that
> would mean nonstandard equipment. Besides, isn't MOCA just something
> that allows set top boxes within a house to communicate with each
> other?
>
I must have been scanning it incorrectly. I just hooked the fios
cable back up to the 5500 and tried scanning a few different ways.
Now I'm getting locks, but I'm not sure what to do next. I scanned
using scan type "full scan", frequency table "cable high", atsc
modulation "qam 64" (also tried "qam 128" and "qam 256").
After the scan is done, on channels 78-86, I see "no signal". On
channels 87-123 I get "no tables". It seems to have found something
on channel 123, but isn't sure what to call it; default was
"UNKNOWN123#6". On channels 124-159 I get "no tables".
> In any case, did you check the wiki or the mailing list archive to see
> if there's anything about configuring a 5500 for QAM use?
>
I'm looking around Google and the myth lists but not seeing anything
about the aforementioned issues.
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Kurt Yoder
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