Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 used to work, now stops tuning
Josh Burks wrote: On 9/18/05, Jeff Piazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I rebooted the machine and now just get undifferentiated static on all channels. Now that I'm home, I've tried ptune and still can't get a signal. Has anyone known a PVR-250 to fail in this way after working for 6 months? Is this a known failure mode? My PVR-250 did nearly the same thing only after working for over a year. I put it in a Windows box to double check it and it wouldn't work there either. I got in touch with Hauppauge and they RMA'd it. I still don't know what caused it to die. No power failures, lockups, etc - it just quit tuning. Jeff and Josh, this sounds like and improperly grounded antenna/cable connection. If so, you'll find that this keeps happening. Mike ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
[mythtv-users] PVR-250 used to work, now stops tuning
I built a MythTV machine in March with a PVR-250 and a Pundit-R machine. After the usual initial stumbles, I got it working reasonably well, and have been happily using it since. Last week I went out of town on business. I got a call from my wife that all the recent recordings seemed to be of (cable) channel 22, our local PBS station. I poked around via SSH, and realized that my zap2it subscription had expired, so I renewed that, but the tuner still seemed stuck. (I thought this was kind of a strange symptom of an expired subscription, but the coincidence seemed even stranger.) I rebooted the machine and now just get undifferentiated static on all channels. Now that I'm home, I've tried ptune and still can't get a signal. Has anyone known a PVR-250 to fail in this way after working for 6 months? Is this a known failure mode? Also, has anyone had trouble with tuner cards overheating (and failing) in a Pundit-R? The case sure seems warm to the touch. Thanks in advance for any help, /JEP ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
Re: [mythtv-users] PVR-250 used to work, now stops tuning
On 9/18/05, Jeff Piazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I built a MythTV machine in March with a PVR-250 and a Pundit-R machine. After the usual initial stumbles, I got it working reasonably well, and have been happily using it since. Last week I went out of town on business. I got a call from my wife that all the recent recordings seemed to be of (cable) channel 22, our local PBS station. I poked around via SSH, and realized that my zap2it subscription had expired, so I renewed that, but the tuner still seemed stuck. (I thought this was kind of a strange symptom of an expired subscription, but the coincidence seemed even stranger.) I rebooted the machine and now just get undifferentiated static on all channels. Now that I'm home, I've tried ptune and still can't get a signal. Has anyone known a PVR-250 to fail in this way after working for 6 months? Is this a known failure mode? Also, has anyone had trouble with tuner cards overheating (and failing) in a Pundit-R? The case sure seems warm to the touch. My PVR-250 did nearly the same thing only after working for over a year. I put it in a Windows box to double check it and it wouldn't work there either. I got in touch with Hauppauge and they RMA'd it. I still don't know what caused it to die. No power failures, lockups, etc - it just quit tuning. Josh ___ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
