Latest Ceton InfiniTV 4 Info Thread - Page 105

Originally Posted by whiteboy714

I'm getting a "Subscription Required" error. Time warner says everything is fine on their end. And the ceton diagnostic tool says everything is fine.

Any ideas guys? Tried everything. Rebooted pc multiple times, and the tuning adapter. Can't get any channels to work.

Originally Posted by gsr

Here's a solution that doesn't require installing any additional software and will work with all versions of Windows 7:

http://www.pretentiousname.com/timesync/index.html

It sets up a scheduled event that actually updates the time .

Originally Posted by TimHuey

I get this too with the USB version. It occurs every time I lose power and the computer reboots. The Media Center can never find the Tuner. If I unplug and replug the ceton's power adapter Media Center sees it. Frustrating

Originally Posted by gtmtnbiker

Which signal amplifier did you get and what is your signal level now?

Originally Posted by kcr6419

Did it ever work or has it been a problem since activating your cablecard?

I ran into a problem after an RMA of my InfiniTV 4 with a new Cablecard. I wasn't receiving anything other than local channels. I was getting the subscription required message. The cablecard was showing CP Auth Received. I'm not sure if the guy was BSing me or not but he said there was an open work order for a not staged cablecard that I had associated with the InfiniTV card. He said he had to close that work order for the signals to go through.

Originally Posted by signcarver

For me, its whenever the computer reboots... even a restart after an update or just a manual restart. The symptom I get is that the tuning adapter loses sync and blinks making me think its the TA, but only about 20% of the time can power cycling the tuning adapter work and there is at least a 10 minute wait each time it loses power. I found that if I power cycled the ceton usb, I could be back up within a minute or so every time and it wasn't the crap shoot as trying to reset the TA. If I shutdown the computer, or if it goes to sleep, I don't get this problem as it occurs only on restarts that don't require me to press my power button to turn it back on however, once in this state it stays in this state until the ceton is power cycled. Generally, for me I just know to shutdown the computer after any updates that say it needs to reboot and I don't get the problem

This past week I noticed something else that may or may not be related to subscription required/no tuners available (actually I've noticed this behavior longer but discovered an apparent "link" this week). It appears that whenever my machine does a guide update, if the main WMC program (user interface) isn't closed, I get no tuners available on a channel change. Closing WMC and restarting it would bring it back. I first noticed this problem when I watched recorded tv at night and fell asleep, when I would wake up frequently I had to close media center to watch any live tv.

I "linked" the two this week, though I don't understand why it behaves this way, when I was doing manual updates (about each hour) to try and bring back the proper TNTHD feed to my lineup (cox phoenix) once zap2it showed the proper listing. I found I could force this no tuners error to happen after each guide update and trying to change a channel but closing and running media center again would clear up the problem. What is even stranger is that on at least two occasions, the diagnostics web page appears to state it processed the tuning request and is actually playing the channel requested and status was green but WMC kept reporting no tuners available until it was restarted.

I also wanted to mention because someone previously reported the problem of TNTHD not showing in their lineup, that late on Wednesday (or perhaps Thursday) while I was attempting these manual updates there was a period of about 2-3 hours that I also had no TNTHD channel listing as well, presumably while the lineup was changed back to being the correct west coast feed as when I got it back it was the correct pacific feed.

Originally Posted by tootal2

You should buy a ups. then you wont have to worry about loseing power. sometimes power goes out here for 1 second and everything would restart. so i got everything on ups now.

Originally Posted by gsr


Here's a solution that doesn't require installing any additional software and will work with all versions of Windows 7:

http://www.pretentiousname.com/timesync/index.html

It sets up a scheduled event that actually updates the time .

Originally Posted by mikinho

I recommend that you call your cable provider and remove the existing pairing ahead of time. Most of the time when staging a CableCARD that is already paired to an existing host the technicians will miss a step or two which prevents the CableCARD from receiving the CP Authentication and consequently prevents proper operation. That or when you call stress the fact that it was paired with a previous host and needs to have that removed before pairing it to the new host.

Originally Posted by mmatheny

Just to add to this great suggestion - if you call and they go through all the motions, but you still can't get it paired - hang up, wait 10 minutes, then call back. Comcast Houston experience for me (with many cable card re-pairs) is at least two calls to get someone who actually knows what the heck is going on!

And as Mikinho said, you must STRESS to them that in order to pair the cable card to the new equipment, the old equipment and pairing info MUST BE REMOVED or it WILL NOT PAIR!

Originally Posted by ethanwa

Are you saying that even if you are just swapping in a new PCIe Ceton InfiniTV 4 to replace an old one that I had to RMA, I need to un-paid and re-pair the CableCARD?

Originally Posted by hlkc

Yes and agree. I think MS locks this for few reasons. In a high level, unless it is local HDD, it might not be recorded for different reasons as you said "it is not accessible under the widest range of circumstances"


Yes, iSCSI target drive will appear in your local machine as local drive.


It is really up to you how to set it up but please remember if you want more than 1 target HDD, you will end up paying them $99. It is free if you use only 1 HDD as target drive.


No, it will work, it will treat as part of the RAID just like image the OS to different drive.


Yes, same here. If I were you just try to make it as simple as you can. Back up and Recorded TV will be as far as I go but no more IMO. Please try Recorded TV first.

Based on what you describe, you and I want/have the same set up. I am pretty sure you will like it. The target drive is VERY fast and act just like a local drive.

Originally Posted by whiteboy714

Still having issues with mine. I have to call TW cable card support every day as the subscription required message keeps popping up. Can't watch anything.

They came out and swapped the cablecard that fixed it for one day.

They send some signal and that normally makes it work. Had to call today the ceton diag tool says I have no CP authorization. She sent the signal, unpaired and repaired then tried again.

She said if it doesn't authorize in 20 minutes to call back. Its been 20 minutes about to call back. They are blaming it on the ceton. Opened a support ticket to see what ceton has to say.

Going down to time warner tomorrow to try a different cable card again. Getting ready to return it and go back to the Prime.

Originally Posted by Modicen

Hi everybody, I have a quick question. I picked up my M-card from Cox today to to install in the HTPC and they also gave me a tuning adapter. Do I need the tuning adapter in the loop? I have the Ceton infintv 4 pci adapter. Thanks for any replies.
Mario

Originally Posted by tgrinch

FWIW, when they're sending new hits back to the card (particularly, multiple hits), ensure that the HOSTID/DATAID numbers are still the same. In my experience, when they send multiple hits, it can cause these values to change causing symptoms such as these.

Originally Posted by signcarver

Also, if you have a tuning adapter, some systems require the card be paired first prior to the tuning adapter, while others seem to require the tuning adapter present if it is already on the account.

Originally Posted by Modicen

Hi everybody, I have a quick question. I picked up my M-card from Cox today to to install in the HTPC and they also gave me a tuning adapter. Do I need the tuning adapter in the loop? I have the Ceton infintv 4 pci adapter. Thanks for any replies.
Mario

Originally Posted by jreese831

....time/date problem was fixed very easily, but I'm still only getting 4-5 days worth of guide listings. Anyone else seeing this? Seems like this has become a much more frequent issue as of late. Eric, any thoughts?

Originally Posted by dheiskel

I had my pciex ceton card reset during some recordings last week, i am running the latest public firmware. From reading this thread ceton has had numerous beta versions since the last public release. Is there a beta version which has cured these resets? If so what version appears to be most stable? For erik why hasn't ceton made a public release since last fall?

Originally Posted by hockeyrcks9901

Need a little help if possible.

I took the Ceton out of the HTPC and I'm moving into my server to help with heat.

I'm trying to set up the tuners and I ran the network tuner setup to allow 1 tuner for the server, and 3 for other PCs.

When trying to set up the TV signal in the server I get a Tuner Not Found error. When looking in the Ceton Diagnostics it does not find the tuner but it is listed in my Network Connections being bridged with my LAN.

Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by hockeyrcks9901

erik,

Is there any Ceton recommended signal amplifier? I'm browsing Monoprice and Amazon now but if you guys have done any testing, I'll take that information into my decision making process.

I'm thinking my jerky recordings is due to low signal. I'm reading about -15dBm with SNR of 36.

And, do you have any thoughts about this problem:

Originally Posted by erickotz

Your signal is weak, but your SNR looks decent - without more info, I can't say for certain.
As far as recommendations go, I have set up relatives with Electroline ones, and I personally use a Toner Cable at home. Blonder Tongue is also good, but overkill for home. There are other good brands also, but these are just ones I have personally used.

Originally Posted by hockeyrcks9901

What about the tuner not found problem that I quoted. It's not a huge deal since I record most of the shows and it's all copy freely. But I'm not able to watch live TV on the HTPC. I currently have the server just doing all the recordings so I don't miss anything.

The server and HTPC both run windows 7 and both have no problem using the Ceton if it's local and I don't do the network tuner setup. As soon as I run the network tuner setup neither computer can find any tuners.