[mythtv-users] PVR-500 still kicking!

[Karl Newman]

Consider this a cautionary tale. I'm using a Hauppauge PVR-500 (dual tuner,
analog, PCI). It's original from my first myth box (~7 years ago). About
3-4 months ago we suddenly lost the second tuner, connected to a Comcast
PACE 50X DTA--everything was recording as static. I assumed that given the
age of the tuner card, I had bad capacitors which killed the second tuner.
I haven't had time to open up the system to take a close look at the card,
but fortunately with it being summer, we haven't had many conflicts now
that I was down to one tuner. Well, tonight I finally got some time to look
into it, and one of the first things I noticed once I started poking around
was that the green power LED on the DTA was not lit. I did some swapping
with the DTA from the bedroom and finally discovered the power supply on
the DTA had gone bad (doh!). So, I'm back to 2 tuners again, just in time
for the fall TV season. Woo!

Now to see if Comcast still has any power supplies for that DTA any more...

Karl
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