[mythtv-users] Disabling tuner 1 of a PVR-500?

[Bill]

On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:29:12 +0000
"Nick Morrott" <knowledgejunkie at gmail.com> spake:

> On 23/02/07, Bill <Bill at explosivo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have been looking at a big problem I have with my PVR-500...  The
> > first tuner on it works terribly, the second is fine.  I have a PVR-350
> > that comes up before them.
> >
> > I found some references to moving to a newer kernel that helped some
> > with the samsung tuner (which I am lucky enough to have).  I also tried
> > removing my powered amp, which just made things worse.
> >
> > I was surprised that only one of the tuners on the 500 was bad.
> >
> > Anyway, I plan on upgrading, but in the meantime is there any easy way
> > to remove / disable just that one?  I think I can start over with
> > mythtv-setup and not define it, but to do that I have to remove all of
> > them?
> >
> > Is there a way to just say "dont use this tuner for now"?
> 
> 1) Shutdown the backend.
> 2) Enter mythtv-setup Input Connections.
> 3) Disconnect the video source attached to the 'bad' input of your PVR-500.
> 4) Restart the backend.
> 5) Confirm that your System Status/Upcoming Recordings list only
> refers to the single tuner and that there are no references to the
> disabled tuner.
> 

Thanks, I had tried that (steps 1-4) but my backend would crash before
I could even look at 5.  Must have been something scheduled. 

Tomorrow I am going to just re-run the setup, wipe all the cards and
just add in without using the first on the 500.