[mythtv-users] Hauppauge USB CableCard Tuner for $129!

[Dale Pontius]

On 07/19/11 13:15, Lee Koloszyc wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com
> <mailto:huffcslists at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     On Jul 19, 2011 11:54 AM, "Steven Adeff" <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
>     <mailto:adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Any way to predetermine what I will/won't get or do I just have to
>     decide if I feel lucky? In particular, I'm interested in Syfy &
>     History Channels which I suspect/fear might be "protected".
> 
>     Craig.
> 
> 
> On motorola full cable boxes you can hit  "Power, Select, Select" to get
> into the diagnostics menu and see copy controls, DTA's may have one too.
> Search for your boxes name and  diagnostic menu.  One of the menus
> should show a variable called CCI Flag and 0x00  is copy freely.
> This would have to be done per channel, you can also do it via firewire
> to a cable box with a script to get all channels status, but I haven't
> done that yet.
> 
Does anyone know the secret incantations to do this on a Scientific
Atlanta cable box?  (Specifically the 4250C (not HD))

Dale