[mythtv-users] HD Prime Tuning Adapter

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 1/3/14, 4:06 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Jon Heizer <jheizer at gmail.com> wrote:
> ....
>> OOB FREQ: 75.250 MHz
>>  CARRIER LOCK: YES
>>  SNR 20 dB GOOD
>>  DATA: YES
>>  HUNT MODE: NONE
> 75.250 is one of the "usual suspects" for OOB.  That looks good.
>
>> INBAND FREQ: 000.000 MHz QAM64    <---- doesn't sound good though.
>>  CARRIER LOCK: NO
>>  SNR 0 dB POOR
> No, but I am not sure it displays anything until it has
> tuned an SDV channel (that is a guess; my MSO does not
> use TAs).
>
> And there should also be an upstream frequency
> displayed, often around 14<mumble>MHz.
>
> ....
>> I did a quick browse of the SD forum but nothing jumped out quickly.  Guess
>> I'll head back over there and read more.  Tech is suppose to come back to
>> him house on Sunday so hopefully it will be resolved then.
> It is probably worth a power reset on the TA and the Prime
> to make sure the Prime sees the newest TA firmware.  As
> I recall, you should power reset the TA first, and then, after
> it comes up, power reset the Prime (in theory the order
> should not matter.  In practice, it sometimes does).
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My point in the Ceton post was, would it even "lock" the channel if
crypto wasn't established?