[mythtv-users] Comcast CableCard Info

John Drescher drescherjm at gmail.com
Wed Jul 20 22:59:03 UTC 2011


> Yes, moving it to a different device will require it to be paired to
> the new device before it works. However, I'm not sure what the warning
> is about removing it. With my Ceton, I've removed the card, operated
> it in QAM mode, put it back in, used it in cablecard mode, and
> repeated this several times. It never required any sort of
> reactivation. The only thing I can think of is that they don't want
> you removing the card right away, because on some cable systems it can
> take up to an hour for them to send the "hit" (ie: activation signal),
> so if you removed the card before they sent it, it might get sent
> while the card is out and it won't activate.
>

I have removed my card from my TV as well (because sometimes it looses
large blocks of channels). And I have seen the reactivation take an
hour. The first few times it scared me a little but now I expect it to
work..

John


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