Moving CableCard to a new device

[NetworkGuy]

Hi,

I have a Tivo which I am going to decommision. I was thining of getting a new HDHomeRun Prime. What do I need to do to move the CableCard to the new device?

I am hopping to avoid having to talk with Comcast.

Thanks,
John

[ThePaladinTech]

No chance of that. the network card is paired to your device (like a Bluetooth headset to your phone)... and your cable company does the pairing.

I have no experience with Comcast, but if it's anything like WOW or Charter... well fun times are ahead.

[waynedunham]

Yep, what ThePaladinTech said. "Fun" times ahead. I just got through over a week of trying to get two cable cards activated on 2 HDHR Primes with Comcast.
You may get lucky and get someone who actually knows what they are doing, but I wouldn't count on it.

Multiple swapped cards with no success, level 2 tech got one of them working.

Finally bit the bullet and had a tech come to the house. What did he do? NOTHING really. He just had the good fortune of having someone at Comcast "advanced" tech who actually knew what they were doing. The tech that came to the house, all he did was parrot the Serial #, Device ID, Data ID, etc. The exact same information I had been giving the activation phone support people MANY, MANY times.
The advanced tech back in some sub-basement at Comcast simply looked at the information and noticed that the cable card was pointing at the wrong server so it would never activate, nor get a lineup.
Now if *I*, the lowly customer had been able to talk to that advanced tech (or even the activation folks once they saw all the trouble I was having) for 5 minutes it would have saved over a week of aggravation and a couple hundred miles of travel back and forth to the local Comcast office to swap multiple cards.

I wish you a lot more luck than I had. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

[ThePaladinTech]

OK -

I don't know if this 'trick' will work for you. but the last time I dealt with my cable card(s) I decided to not fight it anymore. Well kinda When a tech said that the solution was to "roll a truck" I said OK, but I'd have to call back to schedule. I'd hang up, wait a an hour and call back. When I called back I'd explain the whole deal to the tech I got, and give them a go. on the fourth call I finally got someone that could help me.

Having done this 5 times now, I honestly believe this SHOULDN'T be a big deal. I provide the cable company the information they need and it should work.
Seems that often they want to skip steps in the process... Like when you move the card from your old tivo to your prime. They need to FULLY initialize the card, and for some reason many of them feel that is un-neccesary.

and/or they will get the codes inputed wrong. This was the problem the fourth tech fixed my last time dealing with cable cards. DESPITE the fact that after they (the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd tech) entered it I said "let me read it to you one more time, just so we are sure we got the code right.... 45923b3f" "yep, that's what I got" ....
no no it wasn't

fun times.

Jeff

[QueOnda]

There is a special department (unless they have changed it) which handles the cable cards. Try to find out and contact them directly. They were only available during the day (not after work).