[mythtv-users] How to set time zone

[Barry Martin]

Hi Bob!
> Regarding the HDPVR - It's recognized by the OS (/dev/video2) and backend.
> I have had this thing for years; it usually works great, but its biggest
> issue is flaky wall-warts. I finally found a good power supply for it that
> doesn't croak after a few months to a year.  Even so, I still have to power-
> cycle it once every week or two; if I don't it goes into hibernation mode.
> Once I wake it up, it works fine.

As an electronics hobbyist I've found wall wart specifications seem to 
lie, and/or the manufacturer will use the barely-scrape-by option  to 
save a few cents.  In general I keep the voltage and increase the 
current -- stay with the 5v, 12v, etc.  (I'm talking output voltage -- 
to the powered device -- not the plug-in-to-the-wall portion.)  Current 
can be increased -- the device will only take what it needs.  A 1,000mA 
( = 1A) device will not be happy using a 750 mA (0.75A) wall wart; it 
will be quite happy with a 1500mA (1.5A) or 2000mA (2.0A) wall wart 
supply, again  only using what it needs, but now we have 'extra current' 
available for starting up, etc.

And charger wall warts are really sloppy: don't need to be precise, and 
they definitely are not.


As for power cycling, I have found some devices need to be restarted and 
restarted: memory gets full or something.  The Raspberry Pi Frontends I 
have around here have a weekly cron job to reboot just so I don't have a 
problem ten days, two weeks, whatever later and have a lock up 
mid-show.  ...I'd be tempted to put the HDPVR on a timer control -- 
WiFi, X10 - just because I'm lazy: do work now to save work later!


Barry


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