[mythtv-users] HDHR tuners just died?

[Mike Perkins]

On 01/03/12 14:23, stuart wrote:
> On 03/01/2012 08:12 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Paul Stillwell<bigboi at wackywombats.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I have one of the original HDHRs and it looks like the tuners in it just
>>> died. I have it connected to an OTA antenna and it has worked fine for
>>> years (small amount of pixelization sometimes). Over the past couple of
>>> weeks I have noticed that it will record ok, but some of the recordings
>>> are unwatchable (lots of pixelization, almost 0 sized recordings).
>>> Needless to say this is causing the WAF to plummet! Last night I ran the
>>> HDHR GUI to see what the signal strengths are, and it saw the tuners, but
>>> didn't find any channels. I can ping it, but nothing else seems to work.
>>> When I tried to record something with it, the tuner lights didn't even
>>> come on so I think it's dead.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else seen this? I wouldn't expect this kind of thing since it
>>> doesn't have any moving parts…
>> Have you verified that the power supply isn't one of the faulty ones that
>> were included with some of the early HDHR's? I don't have the details
>> handy, but google should be able to find it. The symptoms sound exactly
>> like that issue.
>>
>> Tom
>
> Have you tried the obvious?  That is, is the cable and antenna in good shape?
> I was suffering a similar fate.  WFA going down fast as about 20% of the
> listed programs appeared not to exist on the HDD.  I have 4 tuners in two
> different back ends separated by 10s of feet all connected to the same OTA
> antenna.  My problem?  I was cleaning and had moved one of the back ends.
> That pulled the coax apart (never make your own coax :o).
>
- Also check the winter weather hasn't disturbed your antenna, etc.

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Mike Perkins