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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>>On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 4:06 PM, Larry K <lunchtimelarry [at] gmail> wrote: <br>><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066'>>> On Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Christian Szpilfogel <chriszpml [at] gmail <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#007777'>>> > wrote: <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066'>>> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#007777'>>>> On 03/03/2012 10:07 PM, Larry K wrote: <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#990000'>>>> > I think the problem has to be either the O/S (driver) or the hardware <br>>>> > itself. At this point I am not sure how to determine which. Should <br>>>> > I try hooking the PVR up to my windows machine and capture from there? <br>>>> > Maybe that would tell me if my Linux system is the culprit, or the <br>>>> > hardware. <br>>>> > <br>>>> > Talk about frustrating.... <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#007777'>>>> I hear you. I've had issues like this in the past yet have somehow got <br>>>> through them. <br>>>> <br>>>> You may have already tries this but I did have to replace my power <br>>>> supplies on my HD-PVRs. When the power supplies were failing it would <br>>>> cause these types of issues. Double check but I think the power supply <br>>>> is 5V 2A. IIRC I swapped one out with a 5V 2.5A and the other with a 5V <br>>>> 2A both of which I happened to have lying around. <br>>>> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066'>>> <br>>> I found a 5V2A wall wart laying around, but it had the wrong size pin. I <br>>> cut and spliced from the Hauppauge power supply, and I am testing it now. <br>>> So far, so good. This might just be the problem! <br>>> Many thanks for the suggestion! I'll probably order another power supply <br>>> that isn't cut/spliced, or ask Hauppauge if they would like to comp me one. <br>>> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>><br>>Well, I spoke too soon, it seems. With the makeshift power supply, I was <br>>able to get 30 minutes into a show before the Poll Error occurred. I've <br>>tried multiple recordings, and it seems to be consistently better than it <br>>was, but it still fails. Where it used to be 3-5 minutes before failure, <br>>it now seems to be closer to 30 minutes. Very disheartening. I thought <br>>this was the answer to my problems... <br>><br>>I should also point out that I checked my STB, and it is set to send 720P, <br>>with 4:3 override disabled. <br>><br>><br>><br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#007777'>>>> I've also seen the hd-pvr respond badly when they get hot. <br>>>> <br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066'>>> <br>>> Yes, heard that too. Mine is near the exhaust fans in my home theater <br>>> cabinet, so I hop it stays cool enough. <br>>> <br>>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066'>It sounds to me like you might have had 2 issues. One was the wall wart, and now you have a heat issue. Can you get the HDPVR out of your HT cabinet and see if that helps?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#660066'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>