[mythtv-users] firewire trouble on SA 4240HDC

[Shawn Flynn]

> From Kirk Haines on April 26, 2008 6:01 PM
> Well, holding down select and pressing info worked for me.  It 
> showed what you had suspected, that the EMI/CCI was showing as 
> 'once' for all my channels, OTA rebroadcast or otherwise.  Armed 
> with this data and FCC regulations, I called my cable company 
> (Cox Communications).  The first CSR I got didn't have any idea 
> what I was talking about.  At this point I thought that I was 
> fortunate, being spared the typical 2-3 STB reboots they generally 
> ask for (or execute them themselves before letting you tell them 
> that you just did).  So in about 2 minutes I was already waiting 
> for someone higher up.
>
> I think the next lady I got could have as easily been a recording.
> She claimed that the firewire ports were not active on their boxes. 
> I replied that I could change the channel on my STB via the firewire 
> port and the FCC requires them to provide me a box with an active 
> port upon request (which I did request at the cable store).  She 
> replied that they were currently working on activating them.  I 
> again said the FCC required it.  She replied that those requirements 
> were not yet in effect, but they would have their ports active before 
> they were.  I asked for a time line.  She replied that there was no 
> public time line.  At this point I was wondering myself if those 
> regulations which I was depending on were part of the long delayed 
> document regarding digital OTA broadcasting.  We went on for a while 
> while I was verifying that she said what I thought she did, then I 
> decided to regroup and gather some more information.
> 
> Was there any validity to what she said?  Are these FCC regulations 
> not yet in effect?  If they are if effect, what can I cite that says so?

Try contacting James Snider at the 1394 Trade Association
<jsnider[at]1394ta.org>. He has been helpful in the past getting mythtv
users the information they need to combat the cable companies. See..
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/251539