[mythtv-users] Very staticy channels! Please help!

Steve Daniels steve.p.daniels at googlemail.com
Sun May 6 08:20:16 UTC 2007


Mitko Haralanov wrote:
> I upgraded my MythTV box today with some new hardware. I switched from
> i386 to x86_64, FC6, Myth-0.20.1. I also plugged in all my tuners (now
> that I have the slots), so currently I have 3 PVR-250s and 1
> pcHDTV3000.
>
> I used Jared's guide for the install and everything went smoothly until
> I tried to do the test capture. All my cards seem to be getting found
> properly and all devices are setup fine.
>
> However, when I attempt to capture anything from any of the PVR tuners,
> I get a lot of static on that channel. The channel get's tuned
> correctly, I can switch channels, and so on. Just the picture on all of
> the is horrible. It is just like the signal was way too weak. Oh, by
> the way, I have a signal booster because I thought that splitting the
> cable signal in 3 might be too much.
>
> I would appreciate any help that you could give me. Please, let me know
> what information you need on this and I'll provide it.
>
> Thanx in advance!!
>   
Hi Mitko,

What is the signal like when you run the aerial directly to one of the 
cards and don't use any splitters/boosters?

Steve Daniels


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