[mythtv-users] DCT 6200 Firewire Afterusage

[George Galt]

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Tim Korsrud <myth at korsrud.com> wrote:
> Scott wrote:
>>
>> Just wondering if anyone has run into this issue and ever came up with a
>> reasonable solution.
>> Ive noticed with my firewire connection to my DCT 6200 retains the last
>> set channel and continues to do whatever with that channel. The issue is
>> mainly with the HD channels as those cause the box to work more and that
>> generates heat. Heat that I dont need if the box isnt actually being used.
>> Right now ive been manually setting the box back to a SD channel.
>>
>> Scott
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> This got me curious, so I measured the input power to my DCT 6200 on
> Shaw cable, and did not see much difference in input power.  I tested
> the box off, HD channels, SD channels and music channels.  The input
> power was always 33-34 watts.
>
> Tim
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Tim:

That's interesting.  On the other hand, I noticed a big jump in my
cabinet temp when I moved from recording SD to HD (from ~85F to ~92F).
 I never really could figure it out, and since it didn't seem to have
any major negative consequences -- and the addition of another case
fan brought the temp back down to around 87F -- I never thought too
much about it.  But Scott's question brought it back to mind.
However, it's possible that the 2 issues are not related.

George