[mythtv-users] Can't see my tuner card?

Igor Cicimov icicimov at gmail.com
Tue May 15 06:49:22 UTC 2012


On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Batshua bat Yehonatan <batshua at gmail.com>wrote:

>
>>>  *Note:* If you get an error 'Unable to query frontend status', try
>> using 'scan' instead.
>>
>> Also try w_scan too. If nothing works try setting more permissive mode
>> for the device:
>>
>> $ sudo chmod -R 664 /dev/dvb
>>
>
> When I use scan, it does scan for channels, but I find 0 services. I
> didn't figure I'd have a great list of options given that I'm using OTA,
> but I figured I'd get SOME channels, maybe, like four or something.
>
> I know finding 0 channels can mean a lot of different things, so where do
> I start?
>
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Start by connecting a proper rooftop HDTV antenna. What antenna are you
using at the moment? Do you have an SD/HDTV at home? If you have and it
scans all SD/HD digital channels then use that antenna.
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