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<blockquote data-quote="kMan" data-source="post: 509100" data-attributes="member: 82863">Hi all,OK, I'm getting back to this issue.&nbsp; My wife went and had a baby, so I got side tracked.&nbsp; etheesdad: I intend to add a hardware profile and subit logs, but at the moment I am in the process of changing hardware.&nbsp; So I will create a hardware profile when I'm done that.My findings have been this (with repest to Digital channels); I'm using two Hauppauge tuner cards (a 1600 model and a 1800 model), they both have a &quot;QAM/Digital TV&quot; input as well as a &quot;Analog Cable&quot; input.&nbsp; All Analog channels can be picked up and viewed using both cards through the &quot;Analog Cable&quot; hookup.&nbsp; Now the trouble:&nbsp; I can can for &quot;QAM/Digital&quot; channels (using the &quot;QAM Standard&quot; option, only seems to find channels with this options), and all the Shaw (Vancouver) digital channels appear.&nbsp; The trouble is when I try to preview the channel in the TV Server Configuration (under &quot;TV Channels&quot;) I get a message saying the channel is scrambled. (Preview failed:ChannelIsScrambled).So, I conclude with what appears to be an issue where Shaw Cable is scambling the digital channels and you must have the Shaw cable box to decode and watch them. I do have this box and it looks as if I will have to use the IR Blaster to control it an hook the output of the Shaw box to the Hauppauge tuner card so as to allow me to record digital channels.&nbsp; I'm not sure the logic behind scambling digital channels??&nbsp; Anyone know why they do this?&nbsp; or better yet does someone know a way around it?&nbsp; It's not like you are stealing the signal since you pay the monthly fee for these channels.Anyway, guess I'm looking at a &quot;IR&quot; wiring job now... I'll put it on my &quot;things to do&quot; list, right after &quot;Rid the world of all evil&quot;.Cheers,Kurt</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kMan, post: 509100, member: 82863"] Hi all, OK, I'm getting back to this issue. My wife went and had a baby, so I got side tracked. etheesdad: I intend to add a hardware profile and subit logs, but at the moment I am in the process of changing hardware. So I will create a hardware profile when I'm done that. My findings have been this (with repest to Digital channels); I'm using two Hauppauge tuner cards (a 1600 model and a 1800 model), they both have a "QAM/Digital TV" input as well as a "Analog Cable" input. All Analog channels can be picked up and viewed using both cards through the "Analog Cable" hookup. Now the trouble: I can can for "QAM/Digital" channels (using the "QAM Standard" option, only seems to find channels with this options), and all the Shaw (Vancouver) digital channels appear. The trouble is when I try to preview the channel in the TV Server Configuration (under "TV Channels") I get a message saying the channel is scrambled. (Preview failed:ChannelIsScrambled). So, I conclude with what appears to be an issue where Shaw Cable is scambling the digital channels and you must have the Shaw cable box to decode and watch them. I do have this box and it looks as if I will have to use the IR Blaster to control it an hook the output of the Shaw box to the Hauppauge tuner card so as to allow me to record digital channels. I'm not sure the logic behind scambling digital channels?? Anyone know why they do this? or better yet does someone know a way around it? It's not like you are stealing the signal since you pay the monthly fee for these channels. Anyway, guess I'm looking at a "IR" wiring job now... I'll put it on my "things to do" list, right after "Rid the world of all evil". Cheers, Kurt [/QUOTE]

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