[mythtv-users] mythtv newcomer.. need help setting up live tv

[David George]

This is a simplification written in lay terms so that the intended 
person can understand it.  Please don't nitpick my answers ;-)

On 10/20/2004 12:30 PM, Evan Burrows wrote:

>maybe i am going about this wrong.  When i orignally read the
>hauppauge site about hte pvr-350 i don't remember seeing anything
>about it being just an analog tuner.
>
It is only an analog tuner.

>  So now i am really confused. 
>Since i have COX digital cable does that mean that I wasted $170?
>
Not necessarily.  See below.

> Or
>does that mean i just can't use the tuner on the card? Or neither?
>  
>
Most cable companies (that I have experience with anyway) broadcast 
analog up to about channel 60 or so.  The bandwidth above channel 60 (or 
so) is then used to provide the digital channels that you need a cable 
box in order to watch (simply speaking).  Probably the easiest way to 
test this is to plug the cable directly into a TV and see what cable 
channels you can receive.  These should then be the same channels you 
can receive using the PVR-350 tuner.  If you wish to record the digital 
cable channels you will need to connect the audio/video cables from the 
cable box to the PVR-350.  Doing this you will also need an IR blaster 
or some other means for MythTV to change the channel on the cable box.

>Right now like i said i have coax cable going directly to my pvr-350
>card.  So if what Tim said was correct then it would explain why i am
>not seeing anything on my computer monitor.  I am going to try going
>from my cable outlet to cable box to myth box and see if that works. 
>If it doesn't then that would pretty much mean sthat i can't use the
>tuner.  I can still go cable outlet to cable box to tv and then from
>my tv to the myth box using the included cables that came with the
>pvr-350 card though right? So i will still be able to watch tv on my
>tv just now my computer.  This was my end goal anyways i just figured
>it would be easier to try on my computer first before i started
>messing with everything else.
>  
>
I haven't been following this thread.  Has anyone asked to post your 
ivtv version and modprobe.conf?  If not, please do so.  It may be 
misconfigured.  Also, did you follow Jarod's guide 
http://wilsonet.com/mythtv/fcmyth.php to get your system setup?

--
David