adding a tuner, need some advice

[davey_fl]

So I'm adding a second pvr-250 into my one tuner/one service system. I have digital cable currently running into the S-video connection and a USB-UIRT changing channels flawlessly. My digital cable is obviously a combination of analog/digital channels. I want the second pvr-250 to tune as many channels as possible (analog only of course). What is the best was of setting this up? I know I will run coax into the second tuner, but I want to make sure that I can:

1) watch an analog channel while recording an analog channel
2) watch an analog channel while recording a digital channel (and vice versa)

Again I only have the one service and I'm using the zap2it plug-in by Lester Jacobs.

Anyone offer some advice???

thanks!

Davey

[davey_fl]

seriously, nobody knows?

[stanger89]

Should be fine, at least from a HW/config standpoint. The only thing I'm not sure of is XMLTV, not sure how that handles multiple sources.

[Opus4]

Originally posted by davey_fl
I want the second pvr-250 to tune as many channels as possible (analog only of course). What is the best was of setting this up? I know I will run coax into the second tuner

I don't think there are any other choices, unless you get a 2nd cable box. So, as you say, the digital convertor goes to 1 tuner & the analog coax goes to the 2nd tuner.

... but I want to make sure that I can:

1) watch an analog channel while recording an analog channel
2) watch an analog channel while recording a digital channel (and vice versa)

Sounds reasonable to me. Obviously, the only thing you won't be able to do is watch/record 2 (live) digital channels at the same time.

Originally posted by stanger89
The only thing I'm not sure of is XMLTV, not sure how that handles multiple sources.

I _think_ I remember glancing through a recent thread about some plugin that can do this. Davey: is that the plugin you are referring to? If not, do some searching for recent XMLTV threads to see what the latest is.

- Andy

[davey_fl]

Thanks stranger and Opus for the replies. Because I'm only using one data source (only cable) I'm wondering if I can just use the one EPG data and restrict the channels on the new tuner. For example, let's say that analog channels are 2-100, and digital are 101-199. If I allow the current tuner with the S-Video in to tune all channels via the USB-UIRT, and on the new tuner with coax in I only give it channels 2-100, would this work?

thanks guys

davey

[TunaBoo]

I think so, I am going to do that when I set up both mine to work...

Make sure to put your analog tuner as tuner #1. That way if it starts to record on channle 50, your tuner that can get to 175 is still open.

[davey_fl]

thanks for the replies. So do I do that by changing the priority in sage.properties?

thx

[TunaBoo]

Originally posted by davey_fl
thanks for the replies. So do I do that by changing the priority in sage.properties?

thx

Something about the first one listed is given priority. So just make sure the analog is listed first.

[stanger89]

Originally posted by davey_fl
Because I'm only using one data source (only cable) I'm wondering if I can just use the one EPG data and restrict the channels on the new tuner.

Using the Sage native data you would set one tuner up to use "Yourprovider Digital Lineup" for the tuner connected to your STB, and "Yourprovider Basic Lineup" for the "analog" tuner. Like Opus4 said, I think XMLTV can do this, but I'm not sure the logistics of it.