[mythtv-users] Tuning QAM for Charter Cable with HD3000

Mark Johannessen mfjlaw at gmail.com
Fri Mar 31 17:22:37 UTC 2006


I added a faq to the wiki on this topic.  This all may have been
stated in other documents, but may be worth repeating for those new to
mythtv.

Mark

On 3/31/06, Tony Brummett <brummett at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/22/06, Jesse Guardiani <jesse at wingnet.net> wrote:
> > So is the concensus that QAM is encrypted on Charter Cable?
>
> It may be different in different regions, but I have Charter cable
> here in St Louis, and here's what I've found using my HD3000 card with
> QAM256.
>
> The script posted above found over 300 possible subchannels, but only
> a handful of them are unencrypted.  These seem to be the same ones
> that come with the lowest tier of basic service.  Local channels, 2
> C-spans, a bunch of shopping channels, and the channel that shows the
> scrolling schedule.  These were all in SD resolution and packed into 2
> frequencies.
>
> There were also a bunch of subchannels in the clear showing movies
> that didn't seem to be listed on any schedule I could find.  The
> subchannel would be in use while the movie was playing, and then would
> go away when it was over.  I'm guessing this has something to do with
> PPV, but didn't seem that useful since there's no scheduling info for
> them.  Also, at the beginning of the hockey season, the sports PPV
> channels were all in the clear showing hockey games, but they were
> only open for a week or so.
>
> None of the channels I could watch were HD.
>
> -- Tony  brummett at gmail.com
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