I hear mythtv can use HD digital boxes... and use firewire instead of Ir blasters..<br>thats something to look into<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/5/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Teddy David Mills</b> <<a href="mailto:teddymills-VFlxZYho3OA@public.gmane.org">
teddymills-VFlxZYho3OA@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>As some of you know I been having some channel tuning problems.
<br>Because the Mythtv and Hauppage themselves alone cannot change the<br>channels on some set-top cable boxes.<br>(Motorola may refer to it as DCT2500, or very similar)<br>The RG-2400V DCT2500 seems to be relatively common.
<br>The RG-2400V that Bell provides seems to require an IRblaster<br><br>Until I can find an IR blaster that will work for the RG-2400V/Hauppage<br>PVR-250,<br>I seem to have found something that seems to work.<br><br>What is it?
<br>The AUTOTUNE capabilities of the Bell ExpressVu for Condos.<br>The autotune works because it is the RG2400V cable box that has been<br>programmed to change the channel,<br>and it does automatically changes the channel 2 minutes before an
<br>AUTOTUNE SCHEDULE is due to start.<br>And since MythTV is always on channel 13, then it works!<br>I still cannot use "Program Guide" of course.<br><br>---------------------------------------<br>I have to MANUALLY SCHEDULE the mythtv default's "channel 13" at day X,
<br>time Y, for Z minutes to match the AUTOTUNE schedule.<br>(either a one-time or re-occurring recording)<br>---------------------------------------<br><br>The nice part of this, is I believe the AUTOTUNE will work on each of
<br>the 3 TV stations that VDSL uses.<br>In this case channels 3,8 and 13. In other words I believe I could built<br>3 Mythtv box's and use AUTOTUNE<br>to record 3 programs at once.<br><br>I am not sure if other VDSL/cable set-box's have AUTOTUNE or the
<br>equivalent built into their systems,<br>but it would be a good bet that they do.<br><br>Now, I just schedule MythTV to match the AUTOTUNE summary page.<br>AUTOTUNE can do a one time or based on a schedule. (Just make sure you
<br>AUTOTUNE only only programs in the future.<br>If you do it for the current time slot, autotune is greyed out.<br><br>I will still get an IR-blaster for the RG-2400V, but only when I find<br>one that will work.<br>I was told today at the KnoppMyth event that the "us-cable" setting
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