On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 1:43 PM, dan <danwalkeriv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Steven, > > I tried adding some 2 way splitters for attenuation. Each one was > -3dB, and I got up to about 5 total, with no change. > > I didn't get a chance to try under windows (for various reasons mostly > related to time and lack of a Windows install CD), but I did get some > evidence that it might be the card. I have a friend at work with the > same card which he has been using without problems for a while now (in > Fedora 10). He took my card home and swapped it for his working card > and it didn't work. He said that he got a message saying that the > card couldn't lock and that he could either try waiting longer or try > another channel. He did both and he still couldn't get a lock. > Unless there is some other reason that you can't just swap two working > HVR-2250s in a working system and have the system still work, I'm > inclined to believe I got a bad one. > > --dan > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Steven Toth <stoth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:44 AM, dan <danwalkeriv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> I do have 2 2-way splitters between the card in the wall. I tried >>>> hooking the card straight to the cable outlet on the wall and ran some >>>> more tests. It's a little difficult, because there's only one cable >>>> outlet in my whole apartment, and it means doing some re-arranging and >>>> being offline while I'm running the tests. >>> >>> Removing splitters proves it's probably not a weak signal issue (also >>> the SNR or 39 on the TV). Can you apply some attenuation to reduce >>> the overall rf strength? I'm thinking it's too hot. >>> >>> Something must be using your second tuner, mythtv maybe? >> >> Oh, and please try the card under windows ideally on the same PC using >> the same antenna feed, to rule out any card specific issues. >> >> -- >> Steven Toth - Kernel Labs >> http://www.kernellabs.com >> > Urgh. It sounds like a card specific problem. Of course, installing your friends card in your system to completely confirm the suspicion would be perfect. Regards, -- Steven Toth - Kernel Labs http://www.kernellabs.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
