[mythtv-users] Problem configuring analog side of hvr 1600

[Larry J on his Dell LT]

On 06/26/2012 05:12 PM, Dan Armbrust wrote:
> I have an HVR 1600, and a HVR 2250.
>
> Both have been working fine in my myth system for quite some time.
>
> I haven't used the analog side of the HVR 1600 in about a year, and
> during that year, I've upgraded to the latest myth.
>
> Now I'm trying to configure the Analog side again, but I can't get it
> to find any channels via a scan.
>
> The 2 ATSC tuners from the 2250 are configured and working fine, as is
> the 1 ATSC tuner from the HVR 1600.  All 3 of those are grouped under
> an input named "Digital".
>
> Everything in dmesg looks ok for the 1600:
>
> dmesg |grep cx18
> [    5.964857] cx18:  Start initialization, version 1.5.1
> [    5.964893] cx18-0: Initializing card 0
> [    5.964896] cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge card
> [    5.964943] cx18 0000:05:04.0: PCI INT A ->  GSI 22 (level, low) ->  IRQ 22
> [    5.964957] cx18-0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> [    6.036584] cx18-0: cx23418 revision 01010000 (B)
> [    6.273972] cx18-0: Autodetected Hauppauge HVR-1600
> [    6.273974] cx18-0: Simultaneous Digital and Analog TV capture supported
> [    6.448552] cs5345 0-004c: chip found @ 0x98 (cx18 i2c driver #0-0)
> [    6.471232] cx18-0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (64 x 32.00 kB)
> [    6.471236] DVB: registering new adapter (cx18)
> [    6.671210] cx18-0: DVB Frontend registered
> [    6.671214] cx18-0: Registered DVB adapter0 for TS (32 x 32.00 kB)
> [    6.671462] cx18-0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (20 x
> 101.25 kB)
> [    6.671606] cx18-0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (20 x 51984 bytes)
> [    6.678191] cx18-0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio
> (256 x 4.00 kB)
> [    6.679074] cx18-0: Registered device radio0 for encoder radio
> [    6.679078] cx18-0: Initialized card: Hauppauge HVR-1600
> [    6.679337] cx18:  End initialization
> [    6.724542] cx18-alsa: module loading...
> [    6.896665] cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-cpu.fw firmware (158332 bytes)
> [    7.075806] cx18-0: loaded v4l-cx23418-apu.fw firmware V00120000
> (141200 bytes)
> [    7.082195] cx18-0: FW version: 0.0.74.0 (Release 2007/03/12)
> [    8.058062] cx18-0 843: loaded v4l-cx23418-dig.fw firmware (16382 bytes)
> [    8.080568] cx18-0 843: verified load of v4l-cx23418-dig.fw
> firmware (16382 bytes)
>
>
> It says that the MPEG encoder is registered to video0.
>
> Following these instructions, I'm able to manually tune channels and
> they work fine:
> http://www.mythtv.org/pipermail/mythtv-users/2010-June/290232.html
>
> I've configured it in Myth as an "MPEG-2 encoder card", and set the
> device to /dev/video0.  The probe info is correct.
>
> I don't know what to set the VBI line to - it doesn't make sense for
> Myth to be asking the question.  vb0, vb1, and vb2 are all for ATSC
> tuners, not MPEG tuners.  But I've tried setting it to all 3 of those,
> and also blank.
>
> When I go to channel scan, it just flies through the channels (very
> fast, too fast, really) and then tells me that there are no channels.
>
> What am I missing / doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
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Dan,  I have one of those.   Since the VHF/UHF TV stations went off the air some time ago,  the 1600s analog side won't find any transmitters.   Maybe if you hooked it up to your old VCR which has an output on anallog chan 3 or 4.,  it might pick something up.

Maybe  I'm missing something.

Larry