[mythtv-users] 1st tuner on Nova-t 500 can't tune

Ben Firshman ben at firshman.co.uk
Fri Jan 11 18:10:25 UTC 2008


Any thoughts/suggestions? I have just had our aerial realigned, I'll  
try enabling it again for a bit. Unlikely, but it might have actually  
been a tuning problem as the "(l--)" message implies.

Ben

On 5 Jan 2008, at 00:34, Ben Firshman wrote:

> Left it to rest for 10 minutes unplugged, then reenabled the tuner.
> Interestingly enough, now the first tuner is working fine and the
> second tuner has stopped working. It appears to be not the 1st in
> particular.
>
> What determines the tuner used for EIT data? Maybe that is indeed
> causing it.
>
> Ben
>
> On 3 Jan 2008, at 13:05, Ben Firshman wrote:
>
>> I did try that a while ago. Maybe I should try it again!
>>
>> It still makes no sense why the 1st tuner should not work while the
>> second does though.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On 2 Jan 2008, at 20:15, Oliver Maunder wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 30, 2007 1:48 PM, Ben Firshman <ben at firshman.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Yes, restarting the backend fixes the problem for me. (l--) is
>>> displayed too. Sounds like a similar thing.
>>>
>>> Ben -
>>>
>>> Have you tried turning it off and on again? Seriously!
>>>
>>> The firmware only gets copied to the TV card when the card is in a
>>> "cold" state. To get into a cold state you have to power down for a
>>> while - at least a few seconds. Just rebooting won't do it. Your
>>> card may have out-of-date firmware loaded on it.
>>>
>>> The other day, I shut down my PC, removed the power cord (just to be
>>> sure) and went to bed. In the morning I powered up again, and Myth
>>> has now been running without any problems *all year*!
>>>
>>>
>>> Olly
>>>
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