[mythtv-users] Cant tune SBS and Nine in Melbourne, AU with Hauppauge HVR2200

[blind_Pete]

On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Anthony Hill wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 7:26 PM, blind_Pete <0123peter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 8 Aug 2011, Anthony Hill wrote:
> > > ..got sick of my growing collection of slightly crap usb tuners and got
> > me a
> > > PCIe Hauppauge HVR2200 the other day.
> > >
> > > Once I got the modules.conf (options saa7164 card=6) and firmware
> > > (dvb-fe-tda10048-1.0.fw, NXP7164-2010-03-10.1.fw) in place
> > > it seemed to be working fine.
> > >
> > > I did a channel scan, setup the video sources, and it seemed all good -
> > > channels changed fast, signal level was good - and picture looked fine.
> > >
> > > Except no SBS (SBS ONE, TWO, 3, 4, and HD) or 9 (Go and GEM).
> >
> > Nothing at all?  Or just a poor picture?  Digital is notorious for
> > either working perfectly or not at all.
> >
> > Try again.  Check tha antenna and connections.
> >
> 
> Hey Pete - No - nothing. It does not find the channels - if you didnt know
> they existed, you still wouldnt after scanning.
> 
> It is not signal or antenna. Other tuners have worked fine on the same
> antenna, as does the TV.

One of your tuners might be more sensitive than the other, or connected to 
a less good branch of your antenna splitter.  

The good news is that you only need to tune once (with your most sensitive 
tuner) then the data will be available for all of your tuners.  

> All channels 'cept SBS and 9 are fine. SBS and 9 are not found unless I use
> the tzap or transport methods mentioned previously.
> 
> > I found postings from lots of Aussies who seemed to be having similar
> > > problems. (I suspect these stations changed something [added an extra
> > > channel?] in the last few months)
> >
> > Those two stations use a +125 kHz offset.  Edit the transports.
> >
> > Dunno what a +125kHz offset is, but I have manually created transports for
> these two channels using :-
> 
> SBS
> Freq: 536625000

OK that has been corrected for the 125 kHz offset.

> Bandwidth: 7Mhz
> Inversion: AUTO
> Mod: QAM-64
> LD Code: None
> HD Code: 2/3
> Trans Mode: 8k
> Guard: 1/8
> Hierachy: None
> 
> Channel 9 (go gem and 9)
> Freq 191625000

That one has also been corrected.  

> BW 7Mhz
> Inversion Auto
> Modulation QAM-64
> LP Coderate 3/4
> HP Coderate 3/4
> Trans 8K
> Gaurd 1/16
> Heirachy None
> 
> ..rescanning with these transports finds and creates the missing channels,
> but they dont work at all unless
> I enable quick tuning - if I do that, I can watch them using live TV - but
> still get no EIT EPG - so no scheduling at this time.

The data from C31 contains nulls and breaks some things, don't even try to 
read their EIT data unless you have a recent version of MythTV.  
 
>  > There seemed to be 3 basic fixes.
> >
> > (1) tzap.
> >     Install dvb-apps, run scan, create and import a channels.conf
> > (2) Edit Transports
> >     Go to myth-setup, channel editor, edit transports, add a new transport
> > for each channel, and rescan
> > (3) Delete something from the database and rescan.
> >
> > ..so tzap and transports didnt really work for me - they both find the new
> > channels when I rescan - but they dont work - I get nothing but a blank
> > screen when I change to them, the frontend becomes unresponsive for a
> while
> > (and sometimes crashes). I also get no EIT EPG for these channels.
> >
> > I dont know specifically what the database trick is.
> >
> > I'm running ubuntu 11.04 with :-
> >
> > MythTV Version   : v0.24.1-60-gd525265
> > MythTV Branch    : fixes/0.24
> > Network Protocol : 63
> > Library API      : 0.24.20110505-1
> > QT Version       : 4.7.2
> >
> > ..please help - I love my new card - but this is a show-stopper.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> 
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