<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Point of information, OP prefers female pronouns.<br><br>(Please be patient with me, I've only been using Mythbuntu for about a week.)</span><br><br>I am connected via coaxial cable to the converter box. I live in Texas, I use Time Warner Cable, which I have heard bad things about with relation to PVRs. Our cable is supposed to be digital as of a few years ago.<br>
<br>My card is supposed to provide both analog and digital support.<br><br>By bypassing the converter box, I take it you mean I should connect the coaxial cable from the wall directly to the PVR? If I *need* a converter box to watch TV, doesn't this mean that the PVR won't pick up much of anything, or do I at least have the hope of picking up SOME channels?<br>
<br><div>Did I fail to answer any of your questions in such a way that you have insufficient information?</div><div><br></div><div>Again, many thanks for your time.</div><div><br></div><div>Batshua</div><div><br>On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Kevin J. Cummings <<a href="mailto:cummings@kjchome.homeip.net">cummings@kjchome.homeip.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> Phil Bridges wrote:<br>>><br>>> You don't want to scan for ATSC channels if you're connected to the<br>>> cable - you want to scan for QAM channels.<br>><br>> Incorrect statement. ATSC includes both QAM and 8VSB (which is the OTA<br>
> encoding). You probably mean that he doesn't want to scan for 8VSB, but for<br>> QAM instead.<br>><br>> But, I cannot find any information from the OP (except his vague ATSC<br>> reference) on *where* he is on order to advise him on possible protocols to<br>
> check for....<br>><br>>> If you do want to scan for cable channels, try bypassing your converter<br>>> box.<br>><br>> Do we know what the output of his convert box is? Analog or digital?<br>> (Is he trying to plug an analog input into a digital encoder card?)<br>
> If his cable is encoded, is it worth trying to scan it directly for<br>> channels? It will tell him which channels are available, and also which are<br>> encoded.<br>><br>> If he is scanning for channels at the output of his convert box, he won't<br>
> find any (will he?) What *is* the output of his converter box?<br>> (Sorry, I'm repeating myself.)<br>><br>> --<br>> Kevin J. Cummings<br>> <a href="mailto:kjchome@rcn.com">kjchome@rcn.com</a><br>
> <a href="mailto:cummings@kjchome.homeip.net">cummings@kjchome.homeip.net</a><br>> <a href="mailto:cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us">cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us</a><br>> Registered Linux User #1232 (<a href="http://counter.li.org">http://counter.li.org</a>)<br>
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