[mythtv-users] Problems testing my card.

Phil Bridges gravityhammer at gmail.com
Sun Jan 25 23:17:21 UTC 2009


On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 7:22 AM, Batshua bat Yehonatan
<batshua at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, my name is Batshua and I'm stymied.
>
> I have a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250.  I ran scan on every general ATSC
> file in there, but I got a failure on every single entry.
>
> I heard rumors that the cable company in my area may be encrypting the
> cable and I am unsure of what this may mean for me, since I connected
> the PVR to the converter box.
>
> So, is my card defective?  Did I do something wrong?  What's the next step?
>

You don't want to scan for ATSC channels if you're connected to the
cable - you want to scan for QAM channels.

If you do want to scan for cable channels, try bypassing your converter box.


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