[mythtv-users] Problems testing my card.

[Batshua bat Yehonatan]

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Kevin J. Cummings <
cummings at kjchome.homeip.net> wrote:

> Batshua bat Yehonatan wrote:
>
>> So, right now it's coax to converter box.  There's one coax cable going
>> from the wall into the box, and one coax cable going from the box into my
>> tuner card.  Is that the "wrong" setup such that I will have unsuccessful
>> attempts at finding channels?
>>
>
> I think that you will only find the channel that the box is tuned to.
> But, once again, you have avoided the question, what is the box producing?
>  Analog or digital signal?
>

Box is digital.


> My box from RCN takes a coax in from the "wall" and sends a coax to my
> analog TV.  The output is an NTSC signal on channel 3.  When I tune my TV to
> channel 3, I can watch whatever channel the cable box is tuned to watch.
>
> What are you expecting your cable box to produce for output?


I'm not sure what you're asking.  Are you asking what level of functionality
I am expecting should the box be connected to the PVR?  Or are you asking
what kind of connection I would be using?


>  Should I instead be using a coax splitter?
>>
>
> Using how?


Sorry, I was under the impression you meant to connect a coax splitter to
the wall output so that both the tuner and the box were connected to the
wall.  Nevermind that.

 I imagine then all I'll get is OTA, which sure is better than what I'm
>> getting now (literally nothing), but obviously, if the converter box will
>> play nice and let me watch, you know, Cable TV, that would be ideal.
>>
>
> I know the cable box will let you watch cable TV, that's its purpose.
> It will succeed when you have everything cabled up correctly.  We're in the
> process of getting you set up correctly.
>
> I feel a little bit like the hologram in "I, Robot".  My programming is
> limited, you will have to ask the right questions.
>
>  I'm still in the very early stages of setting up.  The OS sees the tuner
>> card.  Everything is hooked up.  Am I starting in the wrong place by trying
>> to use scan?  Where should I be going from here?
>>
>
> I would start by plugging the cable from the wall directly into you turner
> card and do a channel scan.  That will tell you what unencrypted on your
> cable that can be tuned directly.
>
> wall <==coax==> tuner card
>
> If you wish to view/record any of the encrypted channels, you will need to
> change your setup to include your convertor box.
>
> wall <==coax==> converter-box <==coax==> tuner
>
> In the second case, your tuner card will only see what the convertor
> presents to it (it does *not* un-encrypt everything at once, it only
> un-encrypts the single channel it is tuned to, and only if it beleives you
> are subscribed to receive that channel).  It will send to your TV
> (or in this case your tuner card) only the channel that it is tuned to.
> How it sends that channel depends on how it was designed.  If its like my
> convertor box, it'll send it on NTSC channel 3 (or 4, sometimes they have a
> switch in the back to be able to select which).  Other more modern boxes
> might have a component-out which can be fed directly into your (newer)
> digital TV.  I haven't seen a convertor box which outputs an ATSC signal
> (they may exist, I haven't seen one).  So, if you are doing this setup, you
> need to know how to configure your tuner card to properly receive the signal
> from your convertor box.




> Does this make sense?
>

Oh, okay, so on your system, it's plugged in old-timey VCR style.  Our TV
gets its channels in on a component channel.

So, the plan then is to connect PVR directly to the wall-cable, and what,
run scan again and go from there?

I think I'm starting to understand your strange new language,
Batshua
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