[mythtv-users] DCT 6200 Firewire Afterusage

[Scott]

On 4/7/2010 10:40 AM, George Galt wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Tim Korsrud<myth at korsrud.com>  wrote:
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>> Scott wrote:
>>      
>>> Just wondering if anyone has run into this issue and ever came up with a
>>> reasonable solution.
>>> Ive noticed with my firewire connection to my DCT 6200 retains the last
>>> set channel and continues to do whatever with that channel. The issue is
>>> mainly with the HD channels as those cause the box to work more and that
>>> generates heat. Heat that I dont need if the box isnt actually being used.
>>> Right now ive been manually setting the box back to a SD channel.
>>>
>>> Scott
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>> This got me curious, so I measured the input power to my DCT 6200 on
>> Shaw cable, and did not see much difference in input power.  I tested
>> the box off, HD channels, SD channels and music channels.  The input
>> power was always 33-34 watts.
>>
>> Tim
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> Tim:
>
> That's interesting.  On the other hand, I noticed a big jump in my
> cabinet temp when I moved from recording SD to HD (from ~85F to ~92F).
>   I never really could figure it out, and since it didn't seem to have
> any major negative consequences -- and the addition of another case
> fan brought the temp back down to around 87F -- I never thought too
> much about it.  But Scott's question brought it back to mind.
> However, it's possible that the 2 issues are not related.
>
> George
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Yeah im just going by how hot the case feels to touch and to me there 
felt like there was a notable difference between SD and HD.