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<blockquote data-quote="moab" data-source="post: 494147" data-attributes="member: 73157">Have a similar set up except no set top box.QAM standard is the one to use for the channel scan.If you purchase basic cable (without the set top box) you get any analogue channels plus the free HD channels.1600 card has 2 coax inputs (1 analogue + 1 ATSC/QAM). So you need a splitter to connect the coax cable out the wall to each card input. There is some signal loss doing this but should be ok. The channel scan will detect all the channels. Most are scrambled so cannot be viewed.If you want to view some of these extra &quot;paid&quot; = scrambled channels then that is when you need a cable box and upgrade to a higher level cable package than basic cable. This is what you have. If you are happy with the free HD channels then downgrade and get rid of the cable box. If you want the paid HD channels then you have to pass your signal through the cable box to descramble the signal. In order to change the channel on the cable box an channel IR blaster is used (which came with your 1600 card) to change the channel on the cable box. So there is some additional configuration. These days we hardly watch cable as most shows are available to watch whenever we want on the media providers website, often with less (or no) ads. We also use Netflix WatchMeNow. Clearly there is a shift from the ad saturated &amp; spoon fed cable to the watch what you want when you want internet.Hope this helps clarify.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moab, post: 494147, member: 73157"] Have a similar set up except no set top box. QAM standard is the one to use for the channel scan. If you purchase basic cable (without the set top box) you get any analogue channels plus the free HD channels. 1600 card has 2 coax inputs (1 analogue + 1 ATSC/QAM). So you need a splitter to connect the coax cable out the wall to each card input. There is some signal loss doing this but should be ok. The channel scan will detect all the channels. Most are scrambled so cannot be viewed. If you want to view some of these extra "paid" = scrambled channels then that is when you need a cable box and upgrade to a higher level cable package than basic cable. This is what you have. If you are happy with the free HD channels then downgrade and get rid of the cable box. If you want the paid HD channels then you have to pass your signal through the cable box to descramble the signal. In order to change the channel on the cable box an channel IR blaster is used (which came with your 1600 card) to change the channel on the cable box. So there is some additional configuration. These days we hardly watch cable as most shows are available to watch whenever we want on the media providers website, often with less (or no) ads. We also use Netflix WatchMeNow. Clearly there is a shift from the ad saturated & spoon fed cable to the watch what you want when you want internet. Hope this helps clarify. [/QUOTE]

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