[mythtv-users] PVR-150 only gets 3 cable channels
Rudy Zijlstra
mythtv at edsons.demon.nl
Sun Aug 27 12:38:26 UTC 2006
George Roberts wrote:
>I just got a used pvr-150 for my mythtv box but I can only get a few
>channels through my comcast cable and only just barely. As a coincidence
>these are the same channels that - if I disconnect the cable, set the tv to
>that channel, and reconnect the cable - the TV sees these but no other channels
>work. If I set the channel when the cable is connected the TV, it can tune it
>no problem. These few stations that "work" are all contiguous - something
>like 4,5,6 if I remember right. Also if I connect the vcr cable out to the
>pvr-150 it gets channel 3 from the vcr just fine.
>
>I suspect this means comcast has the station carrier frequencies off by quite
>a bit and the pvr-150 can't tune them in. Or maybe cable channels are
>normally at different frequencies than over the air?
>
>Is there a tune feature for the pvr-150 that has to be enabled? Is there a
>way to tell it exactly what frequency each channel is on (like the HDTV card)?
>Is there any kind of config file for pvr-150s?
>
>Does anyone else out there use a pvr-150 on mythtv with
>comcast cable in Boston area? Is my card just defective?
>
>
>
How is your cabling setup? Besides the other good suggestions already
given, it also may be your signal strenght is a problem.
I am not certain, as your description calls for some interpretation.
Cheers,
Rudy
P.S. i do not think it to be a PAL version. In that case he would see
*no* channel at all.
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