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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Comcast cheated on me one last time and
I think it might be time for a divorce. I haven't seen a report of
anything like my recent experience so I thought I'd pass along what
happened. I've used MythTv for several years and while I've lurked
for quite a while this is my first post and in the spirit of full
disclosure I'm a little older, I don't have a technical background,
and I'm nowhere near as technologically sophisticated as most who
traffic this forum. I have a home-built linux box using Ubuntu 10.04
and HdHomerun and Hauppauge 500 tuners.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span>In an effort to discover my VCT_ID I
finally picked up the boxes. Using the wiki methodology
(<a target="_blank" href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Scte65scan">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Scte65scan</a>) neither the DTA nor the
RNG110 I was issued yielded anything that remotely resembled either
the numeric or hexdecimal codes that showed up when I ran tables.txt
which makes me wonder if Comcast intentionally defeated this
resource.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I only pay for the basic, analogue
service. I took a couple of weeks to get around to installing the
boxes but when I did I discovered the RNG110 brought in many of the
HD- as well as the analogue channels. What a bonus, I thought. It
interfaced straightaway with firewire once I changed a setting from
generic to DCH-3200 and the performance was remarkable. After about
a week I stopped receiving HD video signal (audio was OK) although
the analogue channels came in and continued to interface with
firewire. I should have quit while I was ahead but thinking Comcast
is required by law to provide HD for the network stations (or so I've
read on some posts) I contacted the help desk and after
unsuccessfully attempting to remedy the situation from her end the
rep dispatched a technician to my home. He diagnosed a weakened
signal for which he replaced the line coming into my home because of
damage from “squirrels” and he removed the line amplifier I had
installed. He also told me he had to go up the pole and change a
setting to enable “two-way” communication.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Once he finished I discovered the
RNG110 firewire access is defunct. It, the RNG110, continues to show
up on the back end but no signal comes through via firewire.
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Although I've lurked for a long time
this is my first post and I a couple questions. Are there some setting
changes I can make to resurrect firewire access and, if not, is there
a feasible alternative (Dish???)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Thanks, David<br></p>
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