[mythtv-users] Please help!

[Tony Paterra]

So something I noticed...  I took the splitter out of the way and and
put it directly into the Tivo box...  The behavior was slightly better
but still not close to clear.  I also tried putting the splitter back
in the equation and running the Tivo's line to a separate TV and the
picture is fine.  For some ASCII wiring diagrams...

Scenario 1)
(wall outlet) ---> Tivo  gives slightly better performance but still
pretty fuzzy

Scenario 2)
(wall outlet) ---> splitter ---> TV gives fine performance

I haven't tried a separate TV viewing program, I was curious on your
thoughts about this...

Thanks!
Tony

On 9/11/05, Kevin Kuphal <kuphal at dls.net> wrote:
> Tony Paterra wrote:
> 
> >Hey all I've shipped this one out a few times and really could use
> >some help...  I had my myth box up and running quite well and now I
> >have
> >moved and switched cable providers...  I have a PVR-350 running with
> >MythTV 0.16 on Slackware 9.1 and Time Warner digital cable as the
> >source.  For the time being I am not putting the digital cable STB in
> >the equation, I just have a splitter that is separates the Myth box
> >and Data Direct is giving me only the Cable program guides, not the
> >full 1000 digital cable ones.
> >
> >Now for the problem...  I went into myth setup and cleared out my
> >configs (which cleared out the old channel database for me) and re-ran
> >mythfill database to get everything I needed for the program guide.
> >The behavior I'm now noticing is that my program guide works as
> >expected, but that I am getting either very fuzzy channels or complete
> >static when trying to watch live tv.  I have tried going back into
> >setup and changing the frequency table settings to us-cable, us-bcast,
> >and us-cable-hrc to no avail...  Any thoughts?
> >
> >
> Sounds like a signal quality issue.  What does the picture look like if
> you hook a TV to the signal input you have going into your MythTV box?
> What does another progam give you for quality inside your box like xawtv
> or tvtime?  Poor splitters and cable segments are notorious sources of
> signal problems.  Try putting the cable directly into your MythTV box
> and see if the signal improves.  If it does, your splitter or cable
> segment after the splitter is a problem.
> 
> Kevin
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Tony Paterra
apaterra at gmail.com