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How Long Does Your QAM Channel Scan Take?
I just bought a HVR-1600 card from Circuit City, and I have it scanning from the clear QAM channels on my cable system. My DTV picks up a bunch, so I hope the HVR-1600 will find them as well. Then I get to have fun mapping them. Then, if all this works, I'll move the card from my test system to my DVR.
When I first installed the card next to an existing PVR-150, Windows XP did not recognize the new card. I removed all Hauppauge software with their utility, powered down, pulled the PVR-150, and swapped the HVR-1600 into its slot. Upon reboot, Windows recognized it right away, and I installed only the drivers from the software package. Now I am at channel 47 in the scan, and SageTV hasn't found any digital channels. Maybe when I am done with this post, it will have found at least one. I used this useful post to guide me: http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28014 Right now, I am at channel 52, and it has found 17 digital channels. YIPPEEE! It has been scanning for at least 20 minutes at this point. |
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The QAM Channels are not until the higher range. My first was at 89. It takes me about 30-45 mins to scan.
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Too long to sit and watch, as I found out. It would be nice if a start channel could be specified. Mine don't start until 52. Ended up finding 69 digital channels, but I think 37 were music. Found a couple that my DTV didn't, including ESPN2HD, which seems to be the highest bandwidth channel I get. Even my DTV has trouble playing it when I manually tune it in, and forget about my crappy computer. Here is more info on that sad subject:
http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28053 Last edited by EdwardATeller; 10-25-2007 at 05:33 AM. |
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