[mythtv-users] Fwd: Trouble with MythTV tuning to ABC in Melbourne Australia (and slow :-)

[Mike Perkins]

glenhawk at optusnet.com.au wrote:
>>   Tuning:
>>
>>   When I try to tune to ABC it says it  can't lock (it gets the L_s but
>>   not the M).  I can tune the DVB-T device using tzap:
> 
> I live in the outer eastern suburbs of melbourne and can receive two copies of TV channels. The second copy of the channels is for the people in the hills who can't receive the main channels but unfortunately because they are higher up in the frequency range they overwrite the main channels.
> I can occasionally get locks on the second set of channels (and sometimes the second set are better even in analogue) but some channels are rubbish. What I did instead was to start channel scanning and then abort it before it finishes (I do this on all digital tuners, TV, PC, set-top, etc) and that way I am more likely to be locked into the main channels.
> Is it possible you are trying to tune an inferior copy of the channel?
> 
Cleaner way: Run the scan straight through, but don't bother with the channel 
list you get. Go to mythtv-setup->Channel-Editor->Transport-Editor. From there 
you can delete (highlight the offending entry then press 'D') the unwanted 
transports. When satisfied, go back to Channel Scanner and select 
Scan-Type="Scan using existing transports". That should give you a clean list 
using the strongest transmissions.

Finding out which transports you really should be receiving: dunno, there's a 
set of web pages I use (and recommend) in the UK, in Oz there must be some 
similar setup.

Mike Perkins