[mythtv-users] Tune to channel 'X' only works after channel 'Y' (not 'Z')

[Robert]

On Tue, November 11, 2008 11:48 pm, Robin Rainton wrote:
> Hi all - hope the subject isn't too confusing, but the problem is this:
>
> I'm in Sydney, Australia, let's say I'm watching SBS and try and tune
> to Channel 9: the tuner doesn't work and status display on the front
> end (IIRC) is ' Partial Lock (PMs)'.
>
> Let's say I'm watching Channel 7 though, and then switch to Channel 9:
> things work just fine.
>
> This is rather annoying as you can imagine, as depending on the order
> of recording sometimes (when something on SBS is recorded, then
> Channel 9 is scheduled) the tuning fails and the showing is not
> recorded.
>
> FWIW, I think this has started to happen since upgrade to 0.21 (from
> 0.20).
>
> Turning on debug there are some clues, but I'm not sure what these
> mean or how to progress - logs below for those who know! ;)
>
> Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I remember seeing an option about "use quick channel changes in live tv"
or something like that.  You might want to try toggling whatever you've
got it set to and seeing if it makes any difference.

Otherwise maybe you just need to re-tune the channel that doesn't work
properly...

Robert.