[mythtv-users] Channel scan only picks up channels 1 to 13

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/09/2007 11:08 AM, Chris Ribe wrote:
>
> On 7/9/07, Bryce Ostenson <bostenson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hoping someone can provide a hint...  I've not been able to find
>> anything in a fair number of searches.
>>
>> I have a new myth install, on Ubuntu Desktop 7.0.4, using a PVR-150
>>  against my condo's basic analog cable.  During the back end setup,
>> the channel scan feature only picks up channels 1-13.

If in North America, you should not do a channel scan for analog.  I
recommend starting over as described at
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 .

>>  I played
>> around a bit and discovered that I can add specific channels by
>> specifying a frequency.  I just guessed and noticed that the first
>> 13 channels was 6000 apart.  From that, I extrapolated and added
>> some channels. Doesn't seem like my equation is right but I did get
>> some channels so the card can definitely see them.
>
> You need to change the frequency table from "default" to "us-cable"
> for the channel lineup.  Run mythtv-setup , and  I believe the option
> is a field in the Channel lineup section of the setup.

Better would be to change the value of default (in mythtv-setup) to
"us-cable" (or "us-cable-hrc" or "us-cable-irc", as appropriate).  The
only reason you should change a specific input to use a non-default freq
table is if you actually have multiple sources with different freq
tables (i.e. you have a cable input, but also plug an antenna in to get
OTA).

Mike