[mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers

[Clay]

That's a good idea...I had all but forgotten about them.  Do you know if
this particular one will work with Linux and mythTV?

http://www.dsscanada.ca/vision.shtml

I searched Google and the mythtvtalk forums but it yielded little results.

clay 

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[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Aaron
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 10:14 AM
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Subject: RE: [mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers

I think you could get an FTA PCI card cheaper than a PVR-250.


Quoting Clay <clay at gdsys.net>:

> Got you.  Thanks for the clarification!  I'll order the hardware today.
> Thanks again Michael.
> 
> clay
> 
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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Michael T. Dean
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 1:16 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] FTA Satellite Receivers
> 
> Clay wrote:
> 
> > Does mythTV work with FTA satellite receivers (specifically a Pansat 
> > 2300)?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> >   I just started reading on this subject today and am a little 
> > confused.  I was also looking at the Hauppauge WinTV PVR 250, but it 
> > says it only has a 125 channel tuner.  If this is the case how are 
> > you getting it to work when you have more channels?
> 
> Your satellite receiver is your tuner.  From the satellite receiver, 
> you will send the signal to the PVR-250 using coaxial cable with an 
> F-connector, composite, S-Video, SCART, ...
> 
> If using coax/F-connector, the receiver will output the signal on some 
> channel, i.e. channel 3 or channel 4 (usually selectable, but we'll 
> just say
> 3 for now), so you will tune the PVR-250 to channel 3.  You will then 
> change the channel on the satellite receiver, and it will output the 
> new channel on channel 3.  Therefore, you will never need to go above 125.
> 
> If using composite, S-Video, or SCART, you will be completely 
> bypassing the PVR-250's tuner.  Therefore, you won't need to go above 
> channel 125 (or even tune any channel on the PVR-250 for that matter).
> 
> Note, however, that you will need some way to control the satellite 
> receiver from your PC.  If the receiver has an infra-red remote 
> control, you can do so with LIRC ( http://www.lirc.org ) and an IR 
> transmitter (commercial products are available, or you can build your 
> own for less than a dollar--or spend about $12 to make a much nicer 
> transmitter).  If the receiver has a serial port (which may be a 
> standard DB-9 (serial) port or even an RJ-11
> (phone) port), you could link the Myth box directly to the receiver, 
> but depending on whether others have already done so, you might need 
> to do some work to figure out how to control it (i.e. how to send the 
> commands over the serial connection).
> 
> >   I do like the features of mythTV very much, but I want to make 
> > sure it will do what I need before I spend the cash on the hardware.
> > Thanks in advance.
> 
> And, IMHO, it's well worth the investment of cash/time/effort.
> 
> Mike
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