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post #7591 of 15821
9/28/06 at 9:41am
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Originally Posted by cvj View Post

So I will just resign myself to no CBS HD....

How's your signal strength? My Fusion 5 flashed a picture then hangs with a blank screen like you describe any time the signal strength falls below 80%. I added a Motorola Signal Booster to the line, and now it works like a champ.
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post #7592 of 15821
9/28/06 at 11:53am
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Originally Posted by SpokaneDoug View Post

How's your signal strength? My Fusion 5 flashed a picture then hangs with a blank screen like you describe any time the signal strength falls below 80%. I added a Motorola Signal Booster to the line, and now it works like a champ.


Signal strength is 100%.

I "think" I found the problem with the CBS-HD channel and my Fusion HDTV card.

When I do an Autoscan of the digital channels, the fusion software does not list 841 (CBSHD). When I try to add 841 manually, I get the following error message:

"Access violation at address 0048761C in module "FusionHDTV.exe". Read of address 00000004."

I have no idea what this cryptic message means, other than it tells me that the card can not handle that channel. Too bad - I wish the problem was on one of the shopping channels, but c'est la vie

Perhaps one of the "gurus" following this thread can enlighten me?
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post #7593 of 15821
9/28/06 at 12:40pm
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Originally Posted by pastiche View Post

Neither of them have appeared encrypted to me, and the problem you're describing was experienced by another user on the same two channels (83-x, 84-x) a while back. In his case, the problem was ingress from KWPX (33) and KWPX-DT (32). OTA channels 32 & 33 occupy the same spectrum space as CATV channels 83 & 84. There might be some ingress on the line, either in the house, or on the drop to your house. That'd certainly cause KING & KIRO to lock-on spottily at best.

I agree, it sounds like your signal is not clean/you are getting intermittent interference. If the channel was encrypted you would never get a clear picture. The Fusion software says the channel is encrypted but I think that is a result of the way they detect encrypted channels, I dont have proof but I would guess the software looks for un-recognizable digital garbage (ie. encryption and a bad cable could look similar).

You should call comcast and report the problem to them, they can send out a technician the test the line. You also could try changing the coax cable you are using to a higher grade cable. Do you have any splitters in your house, try removing them and connecting just the fusion card.
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post #7594 of 15821
9/28/06 at 3:44pm
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Originally Posted by cvj View Post

... When I try to add 841 manually, I get the following error message:

"Access violation at address 0048761C in module "FusionHDTV.exe". Read of address 00000004."

I have no idea what this cryptic message means, other than it tells me that the card can not handle that channel.

That's a pretty generic software error message. It just means there's a bug in this software - it tried to access memory it shouldn't have - and it has crashed.
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post #7595 of 15821
9/28/06 at 7:09pm
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Originally Posted by cvj View Post

Signal strength is 100%.

I "think" I found the problem with the CBS-HD channel and my Fusion HDTV card.

When I do an Autoscan of the digital channels, the fusion software does not list 841 (CBSHD). When I try to add 841 manually, I get the following error message:

"Access violation at address 0048761C in module "FusionHDTV.exe". Read of address 00000004."

I have no idea what this cryptic message means, other than it tells me that the card can not handle that channel. Too bad - I wish the problem was on one of the shopping channels, but c'est la vie

Perhaps one of the "gurus" following this thread can enlighten me?

As jimre said, that message is evidence of a software problem. It could be a conflict with another program or task on the machine or a corrupt file from Fusion. Have you tried reinstalling the software? Have you checked their website for software updates?
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post #7596 of 15821
9/28/06 at 7:34pm
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Originally Posted by quarque View Post

As jimre said, that message is evidence of a software problem. It could be a conflict with another program or task on the machine or a corrupt file from Fusion. Have you tried reinstalling the software? Have you checked their website for software updates?

DVICO, the makers of the Fusion HDTV boards, have been struggling to get the software "debugged" for a long time...I have installed..and re-installed their latest version - FusionHDTV 3.41.

However, I would not be surprised if there are still bugs lurking in their software. DVICO is very innovative Korean company - and their boards are great - but their software developers could use some help.

So now I will re-phrase my question: Does anyone (on this discussion thread) use the Fusion HDTV board to successfully view channel 841 - CBS-HD???
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post #7597 of 15821
9/30/06 at 10:05pm
Has anyone have any idea why I would get vertical lines through channels hosted on 600-700mhz? FM station perhaps?

This problem occurs only in certain colors (orange, yellow, light aqua blue) and it occurs both on the digital frequency 600-700mhz, but it also occurs if I watch these same channels via analog cable (connected coax directly to TV). I've also removed my splitter and it still occurs (all cabling is RG6\\U).

Has anyone seen this before? It's really strange I could get interfence since these channels are supposed to be digital signals via 256 QAM ( I realize the actual video is analog and only the carrier is digital, but still ).

Also, my SNR and AGC are fine and like I said earlier, only happens on certain colors. This happens on both my set top boxes and TVs regardless if the set top box is used to view the channel.

I'm pretty much stuck at this point and am having comcast come out, but I'm sure they are going to tell me it's something is my house causing this. Any ideas on how to elevate this issue if needed? I'm in Issaquah and any local contacts to get an actual line tech out would be most helpful.
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post #7598 of 15821
9/30/06 at 11:07pm
so I just have to say comcast compresses the crap out of their on demand HD content which sucks.
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post #7599 of 15821
10/1/06 at 1:51am
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Originally Posted by posies2323 View Post

Thanks for the suggestions for the MyHD 130 and Fusion. I purchased the MyHD after Comcast cut me off from an HD box rental.

I am having no problems receiving the HD channels of NBC or CBS

I recently saw the update to the channel listing txt. file noting KMYQ HD at 96-1 and The Tube at 96-2. I re-did the channel scan for the MyHD 130 but do not see anything at 96-1 or 96-2.

Is anyone else picking up KMYQ HD or The Tube with a MyHD 130 card ?

thanks

They appear to be QAM-64 channels instead of QAM-256. I hope this helps.
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post #7600 of 15821
10/1/06 at 4:13pm
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Originally Posted by cvj View Post

DVICO, the makers of the Fusion HDTV boards, have been struggling to get the software "debugged" for a long time...I have installed..and re-installed their latest version - FusionHDTV 3.41.

However, I would not be surprised if there are still bugs lurking in their software. DVICO is very innovative Korean company - and their boards are great - but their software developers could use some help.

So now I will re-phrase my question: Does anyone (on this discussion thread) use the Fusion HDTV board to successfully view channel 841 - CBS-HD???

Yes, I watched the bengals/patriots game today without any problems. I have a Dvico Fusion 3 T with the Dvico Software v3.41 over QAM on Comcast in Kirkland.
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post #7601 of 15821
10/1/06 at 4:16pm
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Originally Posted by Cyclone131 View Post

They appear to be QAM-64 channels instead of QAM-256. I hope this helps.

I cannot seem to find listing for "The Tube" on TVguide.com or zap2it labs. Can you confirm it is logically mapped to channel 116? I dont have a comcast box so I cannot.

Thanks,
Nate
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post #7602 of 15821
10/1/06 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by getnate12345 View Post

I cannot seem to find listing for "The Tube" on TVguide.com or zap2it labs. Can you confirm it is logically mapped to channel 116? I dont have a comcast box so I cannot.

I haven't seen the notice from Comcast first-hand, not having a Comcast box either, but there were a few posts a month or so back that said it would be mapped to Ch. 116 on 10/11.
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post #7603 of 15821
10/2/06 at 11:08am
I see the same issues on my Panasonic plasma. It seems to only happen on the digital simulcast channels (I have a 3412 box with no analog). I have not seen it ever on a HD program. It's especially bad on SciFi. I've tried all sorts of calibration with my set all without success. The box is set to output 480i for SD and 720p for HD. I haven't tried connecting up via a CableCard yet.

Anyone else have this issue or should I file this under "SD sucks bad and there is nothing much we can do about it"?

-Steve

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Originally Posted by Fooled View Post

Has anyone have any idea why I would get vertical lines through channels hosted on 600-700mhz? FM station perhaps?

This problem occurs only in certain colors (orange, yellow, light aqua blue) and it occurs both on the digital frequency 600-700mhz, but it also occurs if I watch these same channels via analog cable (connected coax directly to TV). I've also removed my splitter and it still occurs (all cabling is RG6\\U).

Has anyone seen this before? It's really strange I could get interfence since these channels are supposed to be digital signals via 256 QAM ( I realize the actual video is analog and only the carrier is digital, but still ).

Also, my SNR and AGC are fine and like I said earlier, only happens on certain colors. This happens on both my set top boxes and TVs regardless if the set top box is used to view the channel.

I'm pretty much stuck at this point and am having comcast come out, but I'm sure they are going to tell me it's something is my house causing this. Any ideas on how to elevate this issue if needed? I'm in Issaquah and any local contacts to get an actual line tech out would be most helpful.
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post #7604 of 15821
10/2/06 at 11:41am
Same issue w/Hitachi 51SWX20B. This issue just appeared out of the blue about 6 months ago. Have a co-worker with the same issue on a JVC HDTV.

File it under "sucks" I'd say.
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post #7605 of 15821
10/2/06 at 12:27pm
Anyone notice really bad audio problems during desparate house wives on KOMO lastnight? Geez, loud screeching and audio dropout for about 1-2 minutes.

-Nate
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post #7606 of 15821
10/2/06 at 12:48pm
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Originally Posted by getnate12345 View Post

Anyone notice really bad audio problems during desparate house wives on KOMO lastnight? Geez, loud screeching and audio dropout for about 1-2 minutes.

-Nate

I saw this too via OTA to my Dish ViP622. Also, was noted by another Dish sub on another forum in CA so it seems like it was a source issue, not a Dish/Comcast/KOMO issue.
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post #7607 of 15821
10/2/06 at 1:00pm
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Originally Posted by getnate12345 View Post

Anyone notice really bad audio problems during desparate house wives on KOMO lastnight? Geez, loud screeching and audio dropout for about 1-2 minutes.

I noticed the audio drop out during the first few minutes of Bosten Legal last week. Only the rear surround channel was working. No screeching noise though.
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post #7608 of 15821
10/2/06 at 1:11pm
Is there something going on with the current firmware that is causing my HD DVR box to reboot while Fast Forwarding through a recording, occasionally?

I'm also seeing the video turning bright solid green, occasionally after turning it on.

thx
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post #7609 of 15821
10/2/06 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by getnate12345 View Post

Anyone notice really bad audio problems during desparate house wives on KOMO lastnight? Geez, loud screeching and audio dropout for about 1-2 minutes.

-Nate

I heard some popping for a couple minutes viewing the HD channel in Dolby digital. On my other TV (my wife and I were watching in different rooms because she started watching the recorded version later while it was recording and I was watching it live) the recording just stopped around minutes 51-54. When rewinding at 54 it would jump to 51 and fastforwarding at 51 would jump to 54. not the first time this has happened... Man these boxes are buggy.
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post #7610 of 15821
10/2/06 at 2:04pm
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Originally Posted by Electric T-Bird View Post

Is there something going on with the current firmware that is causing my HD DVR box to reboot while Fast Forwarding through a recording, occasionally?

If it's a 3412 with 12.35 firmware, the rebooting is a problem associated with that firmware version. You can call Comcast and have them roll back your firmware to 12.31 to fix it.
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post #7611 of 15821
10/2/06 at 2:48pm
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Originally Posted by wareagle View Post

If it's a 3412 with 12.35 firmware, the rebooting is a problem associated with that firmware version. You can call Comcast and have them roll back your firmware to 12.31 to fix it.

Anybody know when a patch (or new version) to fix the reboot errors in the 12.35 firmware is coming?
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post #7612 of 15821
10/2/06 at 7:32pm
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Originally Posted by cnjvh View Post

Same issue w/Hitachi 51SWX20B. This issue just appeared out of the blue about 6 months ago. Have a co-worker with the same issue on a JVC HDTV.

File it under "sucks" I'd say.

The comcast line technician that came out is escalating the issue to the Bellevue Head end. It appears to be a problem on their end, I've got the guys cell phone number and hopefully this issue will be resolved shortly.

You may want to let Comcast know you are seeing it, all the senior people haven't heard anyone complain about this issue or witnessed it before (We called about 6 or 7 of them). He assumed that most people just didn't care enough (as this issue is on their end, he's suprised more people haven't told them about it).
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post #7613 of 15821
10/2/06 at 8:21pm
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Originally Posted by Electric T-Bird View Post

I noticed the audio drop out during the first few minutes of Bosten Legal last week. Only the rear surround channel was working. No screeching noise though.

i got it on boston legal too. Thought it was abc, until tonight and got the same thing on cold case on cbs.

anyone have thoughts?
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post #7614 of 15821
10/3/06 at 9:48am
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Originally Posted by jaydeflix View Post

i got it on boston legal too. Thought it was abc, until tonight and got the same thing on cold case on cbs.

anyone have thoughts?

Do you get the problem using a digital audio connection and with the analog connection? I'm just curious. I'm going to connect both up and switch the next time I hear it and see if there is something buggy about the digital out on the box or just the audio in general on the box with certain transmissions. That will help me narrow down whether it is the digital output, audio output, or the transmission itself...
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post #7615 of 15821
10/3/06 at 1:47pm
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Originally Posted by newlinux View Post

Do you get the problem using a digital audio connection and with the analog connection? I'm just curious. I'm going to connect both up and switch the next time I hear it and see if there is something buggy about the digital out on the box or just the audio in general on the box with certain transmissions. That will help me narrow down whether it is the digital output, audio output, or the transmission itself...

My box in connected to my receiver via the digital optical cable, with everything else connected to the tv via HDMI.

It's likely the incoming signal as it was recorded to the DVR that way. I tried stop start off on deal and it was still there.
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post #7616 of 15821
10/3/06 at 5:30pm
Anyone lose channel 111 on their box? Seems to be missing for me.
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post #7617 of 15821
10/3/06 at 5:42pm
Still here in Bellevue
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post #7618 of 15821
10/3/06 at 6:21pm
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Originally Posted by jaydeflix View Post

i got it on boston legal too. Thought it was abc, until tonight and got the same thing on cold case on cbs.

anyone have thoughts?

I posted this same question in the Seattle - OTA forum to see if maybe it's the broadcasters.
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post #7619 of 15821
10/3/06 at 8:19pm
Now is not a good time for fox to keep messing up! I'm trying to watch the game. The SD and HD channels are cutting out. Now it's just the Q13 logo. They must be having technical difficulties. Picture keeps freezing, and the HD channel isn't transmitting true HD anymore.
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post #7620 of 15821
10/3/06 at 10:25pm
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Originally Posted by wareagle View Post

If it's a 3412 with 12.35 firmware, the rebooting is a problem associated with that firmware version. You can call Comcast and have them roll back your firmware to 12.31 to fix it.

I had two of these box's and got so upset about the constant resetting. I got rid of them both and got two tivos. I returned one because I think they need to work bugs out. The other is dedicated for hd movie recording only.

I then got a new 3412. Manufacture date was last month. Today I get the dreaded reboot at 9 p.m. on the dot. Firmware 12.35. If I ask them to roll back the firmware how in the heck do I avoid getting it reverted back to 12.35 in the future? Now my video is stuttering bad. Tried turning it off and on again. I am getting ready to make a switch back to dish again when my cheap 1 year cable deal is over unless comcast can figure out the problems.
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