More HVR-1600 Issues

[juise1]

I have one of these wonderful HVR-1600's (74021 LF) and I am having a ton of issues using QAM. I have followed the step by step instructions for setting up the card and getting QAM channels, but for some reason the tuner stops scanning after a certain amount of time. It usually stops on channel 38 and will not proceed after. I have left it on overnight to come back and see it still stuck. The program is still functional and I can stop and go backwards. However, it does not find any channels.

When I go into WinTV (with the cable hooked into the ATSC port), it takes hours to do just a portion of the scan.

I get SD channels fine, doesn't like my keyboard commands all of the time. On WinTV I can get over the air HD signals ok, but never in the actual program. Any help or suggestions?

[Ender]

I found that if Sage's screen saver kicks in, it will stop the scan.

When I went to scan my QAM channels, I bumped my screen saver timeout to some ridiculously high number such as 8000 minutes, I could get an uninterrupted scan.

[SprDtyF350]

Originally Posted by Ender

I found that if Sage's screen saver kicks in, it will stop the scan.

When I went to scan my QAM channels, I bumped my screen saver timeout to some ridiculously high number such as 8000 minutes, I could get an uninterrupted scan.

I had that problem too but they fixed it in the latest version. Screensaver doesn't kick in and kill the process anymore..

[juise1]

Its still stuck on scanning, I am not sure what to do

[Djc208]

What drivers are you using? QAM support was added via driver update, the drivers on the disk may not be QAM capable.

The digital scan can take a while, especially with all the digital cable channels, the card will find them, it just can't read the signal.

You said that the WinTV program does the scan but takes a while, does it find anything during the scan?

How are your tuners set up in Sage?

[juise1]

Tuner is setup just as FMAX instructed.

WinTV found all digital channels, test didn't take as long on this go around. And yes I have all the latest drivers installed.

[juise1]

Well I got it to scan, however, when I finished setup and tried to go back to the channels, they didn't work. The program kept telling me there was no signal on the corresponding channel. I dont know what to do now.

[Djc208]

Originally Posted by juise1

Well I got it to scan, however, when I finished setup and tried to go back to the channels, they didn't work. The program kept telling me there was no signal on the corresponding channel. I dont know what to do now.

Double check all your connections, I just replaced my house media wiring and was having problems with the digital channels on my TV (using a cable card). Some digital channels worked fine, others didn't. Had RG6QS so I didn't think it was bad cable or run length. Long story short one of the end connectors was bad at the wall plate. Replaced it and had a nice strong signal.

Digital seems to be much more finicky over connection quality than analog. The TV knew the channel was present but couldn't put together a good enough signal to get a picture.