<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Eldridge</b> <<a href="mailto:meldridge@mac.com">meldridge@mac.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style=""><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I don't get all the premium channels but I do get Encore and HBO. I didn't have any problems watching any non-premium channels over Firewire this morning. Everyone I tried came through no problem.
</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">On the premium side, Encore comes through. HBO does not. I haven't checked the 5C on HBO yet but will when I get home. The nice thing is that I noticed Myth is much more graceful about notifying when it's having a problem locking in a channel.
<br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">
I successfully recorded a couple shows from Comedy Central over Firewire last night. First time I've been able to do that in a long time. When Comcast turned on 5C I was forced to get a PVR-150 to capture non-local channels. Now, I'm pretty much back to my old ways and quite happy.
</span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><br></span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I really hope that Comcast keeps 5C off.
</span></font></div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="q"><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Well, sorry to get your hopes up. I've spent most of the night playing
</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">with it, and can't seem to get any "premium" channels. I can get everything
</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">2-99 and even several 100's and some 400's and a couple 500's but when i try
</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">to get HBO, starz, encore etc. it just drops me back out to the main menu.
</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">backend log says :</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3">
<span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Firerec: No input in 15 seconds [P:0 N:1] (select)</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3">
<span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I did verify again that 5c says off on the cable box.
</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">I've tried it on my master backend and on a slave backend. Both have
</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">different types of Firewire cards, so I don't think it is a card issue.
</span></font><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;"> </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Verdana" size="3"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Possible though I guess.</span></font>
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</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br><br>Thanks Michael,<br><br>Do you not get them because you don't subscribe, or just can't get them over firewire? <br>My last thought on it is maybe it is signal strength? I have the backend and slave backend hooked up after it is split a couple times. Gonna try hooking it up direct without the splitters tonight and see if that helps.
<br><br>Chris<br>