[mythtv-users] Sudden HDHomeRun signal quality degradation on Charter Cable

[Greg Oliver]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:13 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 5:50 PM, J-e-f-f-A MythTV <jeffa.myth at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Perhaps Charter moved the channels to a different location?  The cableco
>> set-top-boxes will automatically adjust to channel movements.  Your Myth box
>> won't pick up on changes unless you re-scan.
>>
>> So I'm thinking a re-scan will find them again in their new location...
>>
>> J-e-f-f-A
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> Hmm, that makes sense but I'm scared to death to scan - Every time I
> set up my HDHR it finds dozens of un-tunable stations that crash my FE
> and occasionally my BE, resulting in a couple hours' of work to get
> the channels fixed and renamed. Is a scan on an existing lineup less
> destructive than a scan on a new lineup? the GAF has been getting
> better but if I'm back to the hell I was in 3 months ago I don't know
> if it's worth it.

I would download their linux scan utility and use it.  It worked just
as well as the windows counterpart (except their was not live tune
equivalent).  Or the hdhromerun_config command line scan works rather
well too..

-Greg