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nhenwood@gmail.com wrote:
> Buggered if I can get my PVR-150 to scan properly, so sorry if this has
> been asked several times before, but can someone please post a list of
> frequencies and channels that are available in the Campbells bay area of
> the North Shore, or point me to a web page that as them listed already.


The trick is to stop the myth-backend processes while runnig mythtv-setup.


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nhenwood@gmail.com wrote:
> Buggered if I can get my PVR-150 to scan properly, so sorry if this has been asked several times before, but can someone please post a list of frequencies and channels that are available in the Campbells bay area of the North Shore, or point me to a web page that as them listed already.
>
Not sure if this will help you. But when I was having similar problems,
I found it helpful to access the channels directly from /dev/video0
without mythtv, just to make sure my card wasn't broken. My card
always comes up at boot in a funky state (with weird 1x1 errors and
stuff). So I wrote this tiny program to force the startup state to
something reasonable, and set a channel. These frequencies are for
Kapiti area, I don't know what you'll be using up there.

-Mike




#!/bin/bash
# use: setchannel $channel

# Set input to COAX, set standard to PAL-BGH, capture to 720x576
/usr/bin/ivtvctl -d /dev/video0 --set-input=0 --set-standard=0
--set-format=width=720,height=576

echo "Channel 3 -- TV2"
echo "Channel 9 -- One"
echo "Channel 27 -- Maori TV"
echo "Channel 31 -- TV3"
echo "Channel 51 -- Trackside"
echo "Channel 62 -- Prime"

FREQ=
CHANNEL=$1
if [ x$CHANNEL = x ] ; then
CHANNEL=0
fi

if [ $CHANNEL -eq 3 ] ; then
FREQ=996
fi
if [ $CHANNEL -eq 9 ] ; then
FREQ=3364
fi
if [ $CHANNEL -eq 27 ] ; then
FREQ=8308
fi
if [ $CHANNEL -eq 31 ] ; then
FREQ=8820
fi
if [ $CHANNEL -eq 51 ] ; then
FREQ=11380
fi
if [ $CHANNEL -eq 62 ] ; then
FREQ=12788
fi

if [ x$FREQ != x ] ; then
echo Setting Channel=$CHANNEL Frequency=$FREQ...
/usr/bin/ivtvctl --set-freq=$FREQ
fi


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>Buggered if I can get my PVR-150 to scan properly, so sorry if this has
been asked several times before, >but can someone please post a list of
frequencies and channels that are available in the Campbells bay >area of
the North Shore, or point me to a web page that as them listed already.



http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=NZMythConfig



This is correct for Waitarua (Waitakere) but probably not correct for the
Pinehill transmitter which I think services the Bays. Depends which way your
aerial points.



Nick




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Nick & Ann Read wrote ..
> http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=NZMythConfig

> Nick


Him,

Using the same 'ID's I noted the ones that my VCR uses (You remember, the ones with the tapes ;) and entered them into the freqid on the mythweb set up page and I still have no luck, all I get is Fuzz. Is that field suppose to have the ID or the acutual frequency in it?
One thing that I have not been able to do at this stage is actualy prove that the card works in another machine, that will have to be my next task I suppose, as I already know that I have a good (enough) signal at the Myth Box.

Looks like card swap time :(

Neil

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I'll send you what mine looks like. The freqid has the actual freq but the
units are not obvious. Nick

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From: nhenwood@gmail.com
Date: 09/10/06 17:01:20
To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Frequency Table

Nick & Ann Read wrote ..
> http://knoppmythwiki.org/index.php?page=NZMythConfig

> Nick


Him,

Using the same 'ID's I noted the ones that my VCR uses (You remember, the
ones with the tapes ;) and entered them into the freqid on the mythweb set
up page and I still have no luck, all I get is Fuzz. Is that field suppose
to have the ID or the acutual frequency in it?
One thing that I have not been able to do at this stage is actualy prove
that the card works in another machine, that will have to be my next task I
suppose, as I already know that I have a good (enough) signal at the Myth
Box.

Looks like card swap time :(

Neil

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I found what I was looking for. A list of Channels and Frequencies that they relate to.

When I get a chance I will update the Wlug page with the link to the page.

http://www.qsl.net/zl1vfo/tvchannels.htm

So as long as you know the channels from another source, you can add them easily into the database.

Now, off to put the card back in and see what happens :D


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