PAL Tuner in NZ?

[Grant]

Hi,

Has anybody got the pal tuner working in NZ?

I've done the hardware mods but cannot get the local channels to add in.

If I redo guided setup selecting antenna then the second dial up fails/hangs. (the first is just fine )

I suspect that the antenna option is not compatible with dial up / internal modem? if not anybody know whats the workaround proceedure?


regds
Grant

[deanm]

Don't think emulator is setup for antenna input (my assumption 'tho)
You'll have to apply some manual intervention

have a look at Tim's NZ FAQ the Setting an A/V Source bit..

[timmy]

how much did the tuner set you back?

[Grant]

A$30 for the tuner, A$30 for the stereo decoder veroboard special A$10 P&P, from Darren King.

a warning tho - desoldering a couple of pins off the fine pitch QFP SMT IC is not for the faint hearted... you need to know what you're doing with a v.small soldering iron.

[zollymonsta]

Eeek!

Think I'll pass on the mod for now and stick to composite

Call me old fashioned, if it aint broke I aint gonna fix it.

[ehintz]

Eeek!

Think I'll pass on the mod for now and stick to composite

Call me old fashioned, if it aint broke I aint gonna fix it.

We think alike, you and I...

[Gordon]

I have a US tivo running the oztivo 3.0 image. I have fitted the hardware PAL tuner mod. Now I just need to get the correct channels tuned in. So I am looking for an Auckland headend with the following channel frequencies which I got from my TV. They were in MHz, and I assume the tivo is set up in KHz:
TV1:55.25MHZor 55250Khz,
TV2:175250Khz
TV3: 196250Khz
TV4: 210250Khz
Triangle: 631250Khz
Prime: 775250Khz
Sky:591120Khz
C4:591310Khz
Juice: 759250Khz
Maori: 647250Khz

I have not been able to find one on this forum. Any assistance in this would be greatfully received

Thanks

[thomson]

So I am looking for an Auckland headend with the following channel frequencies...

Okay... headends associate the Tivo channel number (the first number in the table) with a Station Identifier. I can create a headend that contains most of the following channels, but am missing information for TV4, Triangle and Sky.

02 - TV1,       55250Khz, channelid=1031, stationid=7998001
04 - TV2,      175250Khz, channelid=1032, stationid=7998002
07 - TV3,      196250Khz, channelid=1033, stationid=7998003
09 - TV4,      210250Khz, ?What is this channel?
41 - Triangle, 631250Khz, ?Can't find a stationid for this?
36 - Sky,      591120Khz, ?Frequency is wrong, and which Sky channel?
59 - Prime,    775250Khz, channelid=1018, stationid=7998006
36 - C4,       591310Khz, channelid=1034, stationid=7998032
57 - Juice,    759250Khz, channelid=1007, stationid=7998030
43 - Maori,    647250Khz, channelid=1025, stationid=7998033

The attachment contains both the source code (.txt file) and the compiled slice (.slice file) for the headend. You should be able to dbload the slice file to get things up and running. Once this is done you should be able to load guide data and have it appear in the on screen EPG.

[Gordon]

Well I have tried what you suggested Thomson, but still no luck.
I do the dbload sucessfully, but when I do "setheadend 6001" I get the following error message:

[TiVo [p0] /var/hack/bin]# setheadend 6001
can't open object (errDbNotFound)

while executing
"db $db open $objspec"
(procedure "OpenObject" line 3)
invoked from within
"OpenObject $db /PostalCode/$zip"
("uplevel" body line 2)
invoked from within
"uplevel $body"
invoked from within
"transaction {uplevel $body}"
(procedure "RetryTransaction" line 5)
invoked from within
"RetryTransaction {
set obj [OpenObject $db /PostalCode/$zip]
set he [dbobj $obj get Headend]
set headendId [dbobj $he fsid]
}"
(procedure "SetupHeadend" line 2)
invoked from within
"SetupHeadend $db $zip "
(file "/hack/bin/setheadend" line 144)
[TiVo [p0] /var/hack/bin]#



I dont understand what this means, but my channels don't come up. I have tried a system reset, and done the same procedure, but still no luck. Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?

Thanks
Gordon

[thomson]

but when I do "setheadend 6001" I get the following error...

Sorry about that... kind of my fault

Might want to try "setheadend 06001" as I changed the code in the slice to be the standard five digits rather than just four which is what I was originally using... there may be an issue with the leading 0, as the TCL code will drop it if converting the string to an integer.

I have attached a headend that uses 6001, so the steps for this headend would be:

1. Perform a full reset of the TiVo
2. Don't bother with the GS, just get a bash prompt
3. dbload30.tcl auckland-headend.slice
4. setheadend 6001
5. dbload30.tcl NoNag.slice
6. fixup30.tcl
7. reboot