[mythtv-users] Ceton InfiniTV 4 and patches to support it

[Scott Stancil]

Thanks for the suggestions, but unfortunately I've already tried all that.
I did have problems with the first PCIe slot I tried (the computer locked up
randomly), but it seems stable in the second one (and this is the one where
it worked that one time).  And I've tried taking it out and reseating it
again anyway with no luck.  I am using a cable card, for what it's worth,
with a signal strength of -14.3 dBmV and a signal to noise ratio of 35.2 dB.

I really want to say it's just a bad card, but it's hard to be convinced
since I did get it to work once.  Feels like I should be able to set up some
configuration so it works every time...but maybe it was just a fluke.

Scott

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:29 PM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:

> > Anyone have any suggestions?  I'm also talking this
> > through with Ceton support.
>
> The only things I can think of are:
>
> 1) Try and get it a better signal. If you've got a bunch of splitters
> in line, can you temporarily hook it directly up to the line that
> comes in the house. Although perhaps you can rule this out by looking
> at the signal level and the signal to noise ratio, but I have no idea
> what levels would be sufficient to rule that sort of thing out.
>
> 2) Make sure your card is seated properly into the PCIe slot. Ken's
> post earlier about his card not being seated reminded me that I had a
> similar problem with mine. In both of our cases, not being seated
> caused the card to simply stop working, but I suppose it could be in
> just enough to work but maybe have some signal problems. Perhaps not,
> but it's an idea.You could also try a different PCIe slot if you've
> got more than 1.
>
> 3) Are you using a cablecard or QAM tuning? If cablecard, I suppose it
> could be a bad card (Ceton would have a better idea if that's
> possible). You could try pulling the cablecard out and using it in
> QAM-only mode (shut down, remove the cable card, ensure the ceton is
> still fully seated in the PCIe slot, and then boot back up).
>
>
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> Ron Frazier
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