[mythtv-users] TV Tuner probelms

[Patrick Reynolds]

> recordings and live tv display is black and white and is off by one
> channel. I downloaded TV Time and had the same issue there however there
> was a finetune option with brought color to the picture. Any help would
> be appreciated as the GAF is falling like a stone. Thanks

I had the exact same problem (using a KWorld BT878RF tuner card).  I
kludged around it by using finetune, but it's probably a matter of
specifying the right tuner when you load the bttv module.  You'll want a
line like
  options bttv tuner=5
(or some value other than 5) in your /etc/modules.conf, or whatever is
equivalent for your distribution and kernel version.

I never bothered to get the tuner right because I discovered that I could
make mythtv finetune _every_ channel, like so:
  mysql -u root
  use mythconverg
  update channel set finetune=116;
  quit
Your value may not be 116, but I'll bet it's close.

--Patrick