[mythtvnz] DVB-S stopped working

Steven Ellis mythtvnz@lists.linuxnut.co.nz
Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:07:36 +1300


Hadley Rich wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:38:43 Steve Hodge wrote:
>   
>> A while back Hadley Rich mentioned that dvbtune has a "tone" argument. You
>> can get rid of the "ERROR setting tone" message by including "-tone 0" on
>> the command line. That fixed an issue he had with Sky not tuning while his
>> SkyStar 2 was connected. It's never made any difference to me, but might be
>> worth a try.
>>     
>
> That's because I have one of the newer "standard" Sky LNB's[1] - they have a 
> dual LNB type arrangement with one pointing a 156 and one at 160 I think. 
> With the tone going it offsets to 156 so doesn't get anything.
>
> hads
>
> [1]Apparently the Sky contractor should update them anytime they go to an 
> address with an old one. These also have a 10.75 LOF
>
>   
Funny I had a customer this week with a 10.65 LOF

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