QAM Channel Maps - List Your Channels

[farscapesg1]

Originally Posted by jkohn

I'm in NW Houston (Beltway/West rd area). It looks like pretty much everything in the first tier of digital programming is unecrypted, I guess the stuff in the second tier is encrypted. Pretty much all the channels we care about are unencrypted so I'm glad I'll be able to watch them with SageTV. The only thing we'll need the cable co's DVR for is the non-network HD channels (TNT, Universal, Discovery, ESPN, etc).

I really hate you

If I got your line-up unencrypted up here (by Conroe), I would be be

USA, TNT, SciFi, and the History channel are the ones that I really miss out on. Heck, with your line-up, I could just drop all my analog tuners completely

[jkohn]

Originally Posted by farscapesg1

I really hate you

If I got your line-up unencrypted up here (by Conroe), I would be be

USA, TNT, SciFi, and the History channel are the ones that I really miss out on. Heck, with your line-up, I could just drop all my analog tuners completely

I'm just wondering if there will be any changes to the QAM lineup (for better or worse) now that we're Comcast. So far the changeover has been in name only, but I guess it's possible we could see programming/infrastructure changes. Hopefully Comcast doesn't decide to encrypt everything.

[zoso]

Had a message on my comcast pvr (which will being going away in a week or two when I am comfortable my homerun setup is stable) this morning indicating that the digital music stations will be encrypted starting Jan 23 (Seattle area). This did not include the local radio stations that are being rebroadcast digitally. I will update my list earlier in this post after I verify on the 23rd that the channels are encrypted.

[zoso]

The Music Choice digital music channels are now encrypted. Has me laughing. I keep reading about some of the cable companies opening additional content up and here is comcast buttoning additional stuff down. If they start encrypting the network channels, I'm canceling all my service with them (cable and internet.)

[Narflex]

Yes, we're testing QAM with the HD extender.

ClearQAM

77-2 Local Information
77-3 Local Information
77-4 Local Information
77-5 TVGuide Channel
77-6 Local Information
77-7 Local Information
77-9 Local Information
77-10 Local Information
79-1 KABC analog re-encoded
79-2 spanish local channel
79-4 myTV13
79-5 KDOC
79-6 local channel
79-7 spanish local channel
79-8 spanish local channel
79-9 local channel
79-10 KRCA
79-11 spanish local channel
79-12 KXLA
80-1 KCBS analog re-encoded
80-2 local channel
80-3 KNBC analog re-encoded
80-4 local channel
80-5 local channel
80-6 KLCS
80-7 local channel
80-8 Telemundo
80-9 CSPAN
80-10 Home Shopping Network
80-11 local channel
80-12 MTV Spanish
81-5 TBS
81-9 SpikeTV
82-2 ESPN2
82-3 Animal Planet
82-4 Comedy Central
82-5 Music Videos
82-6 EPSN
82-7 unknown
82-8 A&E
82-9 Food Network
82-10 TVLand
83-6 AMC
84-8 Bravo
85-9 local channel
85-10 Fox Sports Spanish
86-4 local channel
86-5 Style
86-9 Audio Only (radio rebroadcast??)
86-10 Audio Only (radio rebroadcast??)
86-11 Audio Only (radio rebroadcast??)
86-12 Audio Only (radio rebroadcast??)
86-13 Audio Only (radio rebroadcast??)
86-14 Audio Only (radio rebroadcast??)
86-15 MTV Misc.
86-16 local channel
87-1 KVMD
87-2 CSPAN-2
87-4 QVC
87-5 KABC analog re-encoded
87-6 KOCE
87-7 WGN
87-8 local channel
87-9 QVC
87-10 local channel
91-1 Unknown
93-1 KCBS-DT
93-2 KNBC-DT
94-1 KABC-DT
94-2 KCET-HD
94-3 ??-DT
96-11 Discovery Health
105-* Music Channels
116-4 KNBC-DT2
116-6 KABC-DT3
116-12 KABC-DT2

Preview channels
110-1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11 NBA Leagure Pass
111-22 previews

Other channels found (but are likely OnDemand programming, so will not be the same again later)
89-1 Showtime
112-2,3,4 PPV Movies
113-2,3,7,8,10 PPV Movies
114-7 PPV Movies
115-2 PPV Movies

[zoso]

Originally Posted by Narflex

Yes, we're testing QAM with the HD extender.

Um... need some help with that?

[Forged1]

Logical: Physical: Desc:
201 84-581 Create
202 84-582 Knowled
212 107-553 WPEC-Wx
216 81-579 WPTV-wx
220 81-578 Tube
403 83-377 ESPNHD
404 83-376 ES2HD
405 102-235 VSGLF
406 85-478 NFLHD
407 89-451 TNTHD
408 85-476 INHD1
411 89-452 MTVHD
412 106-351 DSCHD
431 107-551 WPBF-HD
432 81-577 WPTV-DT
433 107-552 WPEC-DT
434 81-576 WFLX-DT
440 84-580 WXEL-DT
802 100-5 Showcase
803 100-28 Today's Country
804 100-29 Classic Country
805 100-9 Bluegrass
806 100-15 R&B Hip Hop
807 100-14 Classic R&B
808 100-13 Smooth R&B
809 100-6 R&B Hits
810 100-17 Rap
811 100-18 Metal
812 100-8 Rock
813 100-22 Arena Rock
814 100-21 Classic Rock
815 100-19 Alternative
816 100-48 Retroactive
817 100-7 Electronica
818 100-16 Dance
819 100-20 Adult Alternative
820 100-23 Soft Rock
821 100-24 Hitlist
822 100-45 Party Favorites
824 100-25 80s
824 100-43 90s
825 100-26 70s
826 100-27 Solid Gold Oldies
827 100-31 Singers & Standards
828 100-30 Big Band & Swing
829 100-32 Easy Listening
830 100-36 Smooth Jazz
831 100-37 Jazz
832 100-38 Blues
833 100-12 Reggae
834 100-35 Soundscapes
835 100-33 Classical Masterpieces
836 100-47 Opera
837 100-34 Light Classical
838 100-46 Showtunes
839 100-40 Contemporary Christian
840 100-39 Gospel
841 100-11 Radio Disney
842 100-10 Sounds of the Season
843 100-41 Musica Urbana
844 100-42 Salsa y Merengue
845 100-49 Rock en Espanol
846 100-44 Pop Latino

The Music Choice channels are 802 - 846 and tune in after about 10 seconds in Sage.

[ybrew]

Originally Posted by jkohn

I'm just wondering if there will be any changes to the QAM lineup (for better or worse) now that we're Comcast. So far the changeover has been in name only, but I guess it's possible we could see programming/infrastructure changes. Hopefully Comcast doesn't decide to encrypt everything.

I'm in Houston (south).

Just got TimeWarner (Comcast) yesterday.
I currently only have Digital SD.
If I'm reading this right, I should get HD Digital and instead of using S-Video to my PVR500, I should instead be using coax to one of the two inputs on my hd homerun.

Is that correct?

[jkohn]

Originally Posted by ybrew

I'm in Houston (south).

Just got TimeWarner (Comcast) yesterday.
I currently only have Digital SD.
If I'm reading this right, I should get HD Digital and instead of using S-Video to my PVR500, I should instead be using coax to one of the two inputs on my hd homerun.

Is that correct?

I would give it a try. Getting the QAM signal straight to the PC should be better than analog S-Video, plus you should be able to pick up the unencrypted HD local networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CW, PBS).

[ybrew]

But by doing so, I lose all of the other digital channels from that box, right?

And in order to use both inputs of the HD homerun, I'd need two HD digital boxes from the cable company, right?

That could get expensive.
Would I be able to tune ALL digital channels then? Fer example, could I still tune boomerang on ch 343? If not, my son would be mighty upset!

I'll do some playing around with this this weekend.

[blade]

Originally Posted by ybrew

And in order to use both inputs of the HD homerun, I'd need two HD digital boxes from the cable company, right?

You don't use a cable box with the HDHomeRun. All you do is connect the coax directly to the HDHomeRun.

[ybrew]

Originally Posted by blade

You don't use a cable box with the HDHomeRun. All you do is connect the coax directly to the HDHomeRun.

Ok.
That's what I was hoping and that makes sense.
They (timewarner) told me all my HD channels (even locals) were encrypted.
What do I set my HD Homerun to in order to get these channels? (The qam settings)

I tried what you said briefly and it didn't work, but obviously I'm doing something wrong.

[Forged1]

Unfortunately, the HDHomeRun will not tune encrypted channels. You can only receive the ones which are broadcast in the clear.

If your cable company is truly encrypting every QAM channel I think you may be out of luck.

[ybrew]

Well, I am time warner houston, so if others in the area are using it, I *should* be ok.

We'll see though. I probably will test it tonight or tomorrow.

[Ted@TNT]

Originally Posted by ybrew

Ok.
That's what I was hoping and that makes sense.
They (timewarner) told me all my HD channels (even locals) were encrypted.
What do I set my HD Homerun to in order to get these channels? (The qam settings)

I tried what you said briefly and it didn't work, but obviously I'm doing something wrong.

My Cable Co told me that all my channels would be encrypted - including the locals - as well. I did not find that to be the case. I just went through, on channel and one subchannel at a time. I get all my locals and a few others.

[ybrew]

Originally Posted by Ted@TNT

My Cable Co told me that all my channels would be encrypted - including the locals - as well. I did not find that to be the case. I just went through, on channel and one subchannel at a time. I get all my locals and a few others.

do you scan for them? Is there a dummies guide for them?
I'm hoping that's the case with mine.

[Forged1]

Just follow the instructions below and you should be good:
http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/hdho...s/sagetv_cable

[ybrew]

Originally Posted by Forged1

Just follow the instructions below and you should be good:
http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/hdho...s/sagetv_cable

Printed.
Thanks to all! I'll report back tonight or tomorrow with my results.

[ybrew]

it's taking a long time to scan for them all.
I'll have lots of remapping to do tomorrow, but looks like I'll have a bunch of channels.

[ybrew]

Can y'all stand one more question?

please...

So I've got it working.

Haven't confirmed 100%, but similar to farscape's lineup:

77-2 Bravo
77-3 LMN (Lifetime Movie Network)
77-4 WE
77-5 AMC
77-6 Versus
77-7 National Geographic
77-8 ESPN Classic
77-9 Court TV
78-1 Hallmark
78-2 Golf
78-3 MSNBC
78-4 Travel Channel
78-9 Animal Planet
79-1 PBS HD
79-6 Houston PBS 8
79-11 CW39
87-10 Shopathometv
88-1 KPRC NBC HD
88-2 ABC News
88-3 KTRK ABC HD
88-4 ABC Weather
88-5 NBC Weather
88-6 NBC Live Dopplar
92-1 KHOU CBS HD
92-2 FOX HD
92-3 CBS Weather
113-1 WGN9 Superstation


so this is really good. It's not everything, but it's very good.

But....
How do I use this AND continue to use my digital cable box? Can they co-exist together using different lineups? If so, how?

I've got my digital cable box using houston time warner digital (getting a lot more channels than this) plus my hd homerun using the same lineup but getting a lot less channels.

How do I enable boomerang for my son and MAKE SURE it records with the digital cable box and not with the HD Homerun?

And how do I make sure the digital cable box doesn't try to tune an HD channel I get with my hd homerun?

Help!