I can tune stations just fine. This seems to be a function of the set-top box whereas On Demand must query something external. The amp is necessary to clear up the picture after the split. On 10/12/05, Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Regarding Carl's suggestion, can you tune in digital stations while the amp > and splitter are in place? If so, it probably isn't a signal strength > issue. > > > On 10/12/05, Chris Ribe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > FWIW, Comcast uses splitters that are only rated to 900Mhz or 1.2GHz when > they do installations. > > > > I've encountered similar problems doing installs for people, but > unfortunately I don't know what the solution is (one time it turned out that > the problem was a temporary and neighborhood wide, but it just happened to > commence while I was punching down the distribution block in someones > basement). I've heard that Comcast will provide an amplifier if one is > necesary. > > > > > > On 10/12/05, jesse k < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I have a MythTV/Gentoo box which is working very nicely. I've managed > > > to enable all the functionality I want other than getting premium > > > channels to work (the various HBOs). This is fine with me as On Demand > > > obviates the need to record those shows. However, the hardware I've > > > used to split and amplify my cable signal seems to interfere with the > > > On Demand service. > > > > > > The setup ( > http://jessekirchner.com/file/cable_setup.txt) I have is as > > > follows. I use a Radio Shack 16-2568 2-way splitter (40-2150MHz) to > > > divide the incoming co-ax cable signal. One line goes to the > > > WinTV-PVR350 card in my MythTV box from which I deliver the signal > > > over S-Video to my television. Due to signal degradation from the > > > splitter, I use a Radio Shack 15-1170 inline powered amplifier > > > (50-2200MHz) to boost the strength before the Motorola DCT2000 series > > > set-top box. The signal is carried by co-ax from the set-top box to > > > the television. > > > > > > I cannot use On Demand with the above-described setup. When I want to > > > catch up on Rome or Six Feet Under (RIP), I need to unhook the input > > > line from the splitter and feed it directly into the set-top box > > > during which time, my MythTV box cannot record with a live signal > > > (however, it will dutifully record hours of static). I've tried to no > > > avail removing the amplifier to see if that is blocking the On Demand > > > signal. This leads me to suspect that the frequency pass on the > > > splitter (40-2150MHz) is too narrow. (And yes, I realize that the > > > amplifier frequency pass is almost identical, but I dont have the > > > hardware to check that individually and I want to take this one thing > > > at a time.) > > > > > > I'd like to find a splitter that will allow the necessary frequencies > > > through, but I have no idea where to start. Before I bug Comcast (I > > > don't have much faith in their ability to help with non-standard > > > questions), I want to see if anyone in this forum has encountered a > > > similar difficulty or might know a good place to post this query. > > > Also, if I seem to have a lapse in understanding, please feel free to > > > school me. > > > -- > > > Jesse Kirchner > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://jessekirchner.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > mythtv-users mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > >
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