[mythtv-users] Analog Cable Channel Blacked Out?

John Welch jrw3319 at gmail.com
Wed Sep 3 16:21:01 UTC 2008


On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Paul Fine <pfine at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> John Welch wrote:
>> I had a strange (at least for me) issue with a recording from my
>> PVR-150 last night.  For reference, I live in the suburbs of Boston
>> and have Comcast cable.  The channel in question is F/X Network
>> (channel 30 on my lineup).  I have a cable feed going directly into
>> the PVR-150.
>>
>> I setup a recording for 10:00 PM last night.  Around 10:30 or so I
>> decided I would start watching the recording, but was disappointed to
>> find that all I had was a black screen for the entire recording.  My
>> first thought was that the network may be experiencing issues, but I
>> flipped on my cable box to the channel and the show was airing just
>> fine.  My next guess was that I had a hardware/software issue with my
>> PVR-150.  However, I stopped the recording and went to Live TV mode
>> where things were working fine on all the channels I checked except
>> F/X, which was still just showing a black screen.  I then decided to
>> check the channel setup in Myth, figuring that even though I hadn't
>> been in this area of the setup in quite some time that somehow, some
>> way the channel configuration was messed up.  However, that didn't
>> seem to be the case either.  Lastly, I turned on another TV where I
>> have a direct cable feed (no cable box) and sure enough all I got on
>> channel 30 was a black screen.
>>
>
> I also have Comcast cable in the suburbs of Boston.  I will check out
> F/X tonight through my PVR-150 and my "direct cable fed" TV and let you
> know what I see.
>
> I was using Live TV to monitor NESN (the Red Sox game) and NECN
> (convention coverage) in my office and didn't notice any problems.  I
> just checked (via the mythweb thumbnail) my wife's recording of "90210"
> on the CW network, and that appears to be OK.
> _______________________________________________

Thanks, if you could check it out that would be great.  As I said, I
only noticed the issue with F/X.  I tried several other stations with
both Live TV and the TV with the direct cable feed and they all seemed
fine.


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