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#1

Post by STC » Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:55 pm

I have a Ceton tuner running perfectly in my setup. If you are new to the product and are having difficulties, let me know, I should be able to assist :)
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Post by makryger » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:22 pm

Ask me again in one day, when my tuner arrives :D
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Post by STC » Tue Jun 07, 2011 11:25 pm

Hehe, I think you will be okay :D
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Post by Jay » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:09 pm

Trying to resist not buying a second one given the price decreases. I have an ATI tuner as well, thus 5 CC tuners + 2 QAM (2250) tuners satisfies my needs.....but not my wants. ;)

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Post by STC » Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:37 pm

Wow I never thought I needed 4 tuners but would love more! 2x InfiniTV6's would do nicely :P
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Post by makryger » Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:06 am

Got my InfiniTV 4! It works very well, very easy to set up. I had a moderate amount of push-back from the cable tech support person who insisted someone needed to come out for a truck roll. I insisted the cable guy would just call up RCN and give him the same numbers I have in front of me. After 10 minutes of him "consulting" with other people, they finally figured it out, and its working.

Only problem now is that the premium channels I had on my ATI DCT are no longer available- it says subscription required. Any ideas on how to fix this?
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Post by richard1980 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:15 am

You probably need to get the cable company to re-authorize those channels for your cable card. All they have to do is send a signal to the CableCARD and you should be good to go.

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Post by STC » Fri Jun 10, 2011 2:37 am

Yeah I think richard is on the money there.
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Post by nadspink » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:21 pm

should be getting my soon and i was wondering what to update first, the firmware or the drivers? i was thinking that i had read you should do one before the other but the search sucks over at the microsoft site.

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Post by STC » Fri Jun 10, 2011 1:35 pm

My advice would be to install the card vanilla from the factory to make sure everything works first. Just download the latest driver set from Ceton, and don't try firmware yet.
I'm still running on relatively older firmware and drivers simply becuase I have no issues. If it aint broke...
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Post by richard1980 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:13 pm

You have to have the driver installed first before you can update the firmware. Just download the latest driver and install it. It will install a diagnostic utility which will be able to check to see if you need a firmware update. Your InfiniTV might even ship with the latest firmware anyway.

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Post by STC » Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:14 pm

Also, firmware updates on any electronic device can sometimes (rarely) screw up. That's why I suggest just getting it all going. Make sure all the pieces are in place and working before you do any firmware twiddling.
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Post by makryger » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:45 pm

richard1980 wrote:You probably need to get the cable company to re-authorize those channels for your cable card. All they have to do is send a signal to the CableCARD and you should be good to go.
Assuming the cable tech support person knew what I was talking about (BIG assumption), my card was still not able to receive premiums after they sent another signal. When I check out ceton diagnoistics, it says they still need to send out a CCV signal to my card. All the non-premium channels work fine.

(The funny part is that I really don't need premium channels... it just came with the package i ordered. So why am spending time to get channels I am entitled to, may actually use, but don't actually need?)
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Post by STC » Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:48 pm

Are they using the same cc that was in your ATI? it's possible they did not clear it (head end side) fully before re-initing it for the Ceton.
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Post by makryger » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:17 pm

Yeah, it is the same cablecard. Given how clueless the guy was when setting it up over the phone, I wouldn't be surprised if he missed a step. You would expect this behavior if the headend was not reset? (all the other checks in ceton diagnostics are check-marked)
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Post by STC » Sat Jun 11, 2011 3:37 pm

I have seen users reporting this behaviour on TGB.com in the past. Some had to swap out their cc for a new 'clean' one, others just got through to a tech that knew what they were doing, and setup the cc correctly.
I'm not entirely sure this is your issue, but it could be.
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Post by richard1980 » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:06 pm

The cable company has to send several different signals to the CableCARD. One of them is the CCV, which stands for CableCARD Validation. They need to send the CCV signal again, and I'm not sure what else (if anything) they need to do after that. I'm sure whatever signals get sent there has to be an order to it. Where's erkotz when you need him? Oh yeah....he's over at that one place.

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Post by STC » Sat Jun 11, 2011 4:12 pm

I think you can check for ccv validation through the cards web GUI. I'm not at home right now to tell you where exactly.
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Post by STC » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:00 pm

If they have sent it a few times, and it's not getting through, do you have any COAX splitters or TA's in the mix?
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Post by makryger » Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:40 pm

I did have a two-outlet cable splitter that I was really only using as a coupler because I didn't have long enough coax running to my HTPC. There was a Terminator on the other outlet to help minimize any interference. And then I remembered I did have an extra coupler lying around, so I tried without the splitter, called up RCN again, and voila! Premium channels! See- who needs Erkotz! (Although we should really get him over here...)
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