[mythtv-users] HDHR Prime - Comcast: channel change error

[Kirk Bocek]

On 12/13/2011 8:00 PM, Brad Fuller wrote:
> I looked around for this problem but saw no specific reference but
> some other errors that may lead to an answer to my problem.
>
> Here's what I have:
> HDHR
> HDHR Prime 3 channels
> HD3000
> San Jose, CA
> Comcast
>
> When I try to switch LiveTV to HDHR Prime within MythTV I always rvc
> an error. (I've actually find search hits on this error:)
>
> "Error: Channel change failed"
>
> But sometimes I rcv the word
>
>   "within"
>
> along with the error msg above. I don't know what this means.
> (I don't see any obvious channel switching errors in Mythfrontend log
> (default setting))
>
> When I use  hdhomerun_config_gui to tune to a physical channel
> (starting at 17) I rcv channel 60.1 (KCSM). And, I do rcv some of my
> subscribed channels as I scan up (didn't check all)
>
> This morning I called Comcast to send an INIT to the card and they
> did. They also said it looked like the card was set up correctly in
> the first place, but they'd do it anyway. This resulted in no change.
>
> I've read here that .24 fixes uses the channel ID for channel
> switching (and .25 uses freqid) so this leads me to believe it's a
> virtual channel issue.
>
> Here's my first question: Should I be able to see virtual channel 2
> (for those in the SFBay Area) using hdhomerun_config_gui?
> Or have I set up MythTV incorrectly for HDHR Prime? (I followed the
> wiki config instructions, which seems hard to mess up.)

I'm in the Bay Area too (Martinez). Comcast recently moved KCSM for me. 
Check the channel lineup portion of your prime. I'm showing channel 60 
as MSNBC. I'm showing KCSM as 17 (SD) and 717 (HD).

I had to juggle some channles on my standard Homerun to adjust for 
Comcast moving KCSM to 717 a month or two ago.