Solved [mythtvnz] Two PVR-150s, one works one doesn't -

[Sam Hadley-Jones]

Those PVR150s don't work well with weaker signals. Passive aerial
splitters attenuate the signal by a few dB at least. I bought an active
splitter with similar specs to this:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics-photography/TVs-projectors/Cables-aerials/auction-54783679.htm

off trademe. It works well for all channels except for C4 - still a bit
sick looking. The tuners in most TVs are a lot more forgiving. If Prime
is coming through weak even just through your TV then you may need a
mast head UHF amplifier too. I tracked down such an amplifier minus the
power injector and just modded the VHF/UHF one to supply power to both.

Hope this helps.

Sam.

On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:50:03 +0100
mythtvnz-request@lists.linuxnut.co.nz wrote:

> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:51:55 +1200 (NZST)
> Subject: Solved  [mythtvnz] Two PVR-150s, one works one doesn't -
> UPDATE From: "Criggie" <criggie@criggie.dyndns.org>
> To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> Reply-To: mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
> 
> I got both my tuners both working!
> 
> Turns out there were extra bogus entries in the cardinput table,
> because ivtv changed the names of the Tuner from "Tuner 0" to "Tuner
> 1" between 0.4.4 and 0.6.1
> To check....
> mysql>  select * from cardinput;
> Look for wrong values, and delete them with
> mysql> delete from cardinput where inputname="Tuner 0";
> 
> Also nothing loaded the cx25840 module.
> 
> PIP doesn't work, but thats cos the frontend is too gutless.
> 
> I also require a better RF splitter... or a new aerial
> 
> Now my solution will be archived on the web somewhere for others to
> find :)
> 
>