[mythtv-users] Channel scan only picks up channels 1 to 13

Chris Ribe chrisribe at gmail.com
Mon Jul 9 16:59:29 UTC 2007


On 7/9/07, Michael T. Dean <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
>
>
> If in North America, you should not do a channel scan for analog.  I
> recommend starting over as described at
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/264034#264034 .


The method described there won't work, because DataDirect isn't serving
channel lineups presently.



>>  I played
> >> around a bit and discovered that I can add specific channels by
> >> specifying a frequency.  I just guessed and noticed that the first
> >> 13 channels was 6000 apart.  From that, I extrapolated and added
> >> some channels. Doesn't seem like my equation is right but I did get
> >> some channels so the card can definitely see them.
> >
> > You need to change the frequency table from "default" to "us-cable"
> > for the channel lineup.  Run mythtv-setup , and  I believe the option
> > is a field in the Channel lineup section of the setup.
>
> Better would be to change the value of default (in mythtv-setup) to
> "us-cable" (or "us-cable-hrc" or "us-cable-irc", as appropriate).  The
> only reason you should change a specific input to use a non-default freq
> table is if you actually have multiple sources with different freq
> tables (i.e. you have a cable input, but also plug an antenna in to get
> OTA).



I'm pretty sure that is exactly what I said, but any extra detail helps, I
suppose.


-chris

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