<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"></font><br>Message: 15<br>Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:45:29 -0500<br>From: "R. G. Newbury" <<a ymailto="mailto:newbury@mandamus.org" href="mailto:newbury@mandamus.org">newbury@mandamus.org</a>><br>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Getting started<br>To: Discussion about MythTV <<a ymailto="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>><br>Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:4D6EAC69.3040301@mandamus.org" href="mailto:4D6EAC69.3040301@mandamus.org">4D6EAC69.3040301@mandamus.org</a>><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1;
format=flowed<br><br>On 03/02/2011 12:30 PM, Nick Morrott wrote:<br>> On 2 March 2011 16:17, Alexander Ellis<<a ymailto="mailto:saveourtivo@yahoo.com" href="mailto:saveourtivo@yahoo.com">saveourtivo@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> I have found my problem or at least one of them.<br>>> When I set up the capture card in mythtv the lnb setting goes back to<br>>> unconnected as soon as I go back to the main menu. How can I fix that.<br>><br>> Do you see this even after you've configured the LNB, created a video<br>> source and connected the DVB input to it on the Input Connections<br>> page? I'm away from my DVB-S setup at the moment, but I believe it is<br>> only once the capture input is bound to a video source that the LNB<br>> becomes connected and you can successfully scan for channels or record<br>> successfully. I can double check whether this has changed post 0.24<br>> later tonight or tomorrow
once I get access to the DVB-S machine and<br>> have some time.<br>><br>> The LNB configuration process produces more issues for new users than<br>> it should (in my experience). Historically, UI selection problems in<br>> the interface have caught out plenty of users - i.e. you may need to<br>> manually highlight the single entry in the list before it becomes<br>> active and you can update its settings (even though it may appear to<br>> be selected). The fact that the status of a "configured" LNB seems to<br>> revert back to "Unconnected" with no explanation of what further steps<br>> are necessary to complete the configuration is also something that<br>> should (IMO) be addressed in a future release - the setup rewrite<br>> will hopefully simplify these steps.<br><br>One other thing: you MUST continue forward through any remaining steps <br>in the setup section you are working on, until you have pressed
<br>'FINISH', before any settings are saved. If you escape out of the middle <br>of the process nothing gets saved. This might be what is tripping you up.<br><br>Geoff<br><br><br>I got it to stick and scanned astra and got over 300 channels. It is very confusing for a newbie.</div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px">No doubt there will be more troubles ahead.</div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thanks guys.</div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Alek</div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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