Thanx for the reply MZ... So a tech will be coming back tomorrow. Their plan is to bring 2 NEW cards and start from scratch. Is there anything I should help or show him to make things go smoother?
They usually have that "I already know" attitude... Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MegaZone > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 6:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Comcast Cable Card nightmare... > > Once upon a time Ron Koms shaped the electrons to say... > > Until I noticed my premium channels (HBO Showtime) did not > work. when > > I put one of those channels on, the TiVo went to the cable card > > screen. Stating that I need to call Comcast for this to work... > > ALL, my other channels worked fine, HD and SD... > > I don't think any pairing info is stored on the drive, so > this may be coincidence, but it does sound like the cards we > not paired correctly. > > > After hours of him giving numbers, still nothing, so he > yanked out the > > cards to start fresh, now I have almost NOTHING working, > maybe 5 or 10 > > channels.... > > So they definitely screwed up the pairing. > > > Anyone know WHY this is a big problem? > > Sounds like you got bad support, it shouldn't be hard at all. > > > It is a Series 3 and from what I read the M-card will work, > but I will > > need > > 2 of them, is this true? > > > > The tech said the M-cards configure SOoo much easier... > > The tech is high, pairing is identical for S-Cards and > M-Cards. But yes, you can use two S-Cards or two M-Cards. > M-Cards fall back to to acting like S-Cards in host devices > without multistream support - like the S3. So the end result > is the same. > > -MZ > -- > megazone-at-megazone.org http://www.MegaZone.org/ Gweep, > Geek, Human, me. > http://www.GizmoLovers.com/ http://www.Eyrie-Productions.com/ > -><- Hail Eris "A little nonsense now and then, is relished > by the wisest men" 508-852-2171 > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.0/1866 - Release > Date: 12/27/2008 8:49 PM >
