Channel Scan gave screwy LCNs for Channel 7, 7HD, 7fix

Started by ozbear, December 09, 2016, 11:04:07 AM

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ozbear

I hadn't done a channel scan for some time, and after getting the email from IceTV about the new ABC HD channel I thought I should. Note, that ABC HD had automagically appeared in my Guide listings prior to the scan, but I thought I should "just in case".
So I did a complete new scan, not "scan for additional channels", and all was well (38 channels found), or so I thought, until I noticed all the channel 7 channels (7, 70, 71, etc.) had no guide data.  I went to Edit Channels and saw that the Logical Channel Numbers (LCNs) were in the 200 range, channel 7 being 202 (I think, and so forth).  After changing these to the correct LCNs, the various 7x-ICE listings were available, the guide listings/logos appeared, and recordings rescheduled for those channels.

I've never seen this happen before.  Anyone have a clue?

The tuners are 1 Hauppauge WinTVHVR-2200 (dual tuners on the card) and one HDHomeRun (actually rebadged Kaiser-Bass, HDHR3-AU I believe) 2 tuner network tuner.

Oz

Dave at IceTV

Hi ozbear,

You are 3rd or 4th Windows media center user this week to report this issue of network seven channels suddenly having LCNs above 200.

We have a brand new knowledgebase guide on how to resolve the issue of TV channels with numbers above 200 in Windows Media Center.
http://support.icetv.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/236072308
cheers

Dave
Customer Service

Dave

This has been happening for several months.  It's not just something that's started with ABC HD.
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Dave at IceTV

Quote from: Dave on December 09, 2016, 01:38:17 PM
This has been happening for several months.  It's not just something that's started with ABC HD.

Correct, but some people are only seeing their network seven channels move to numbers in the 200+ range after doing a TV channel scan to add the new ABC HD channel. If there was no new ABC HD channel they wouldn't be doing a scan and their network seven channels might still be on their correct numbers.
cheers

Dave
Customer Service

ozbear

Dave, given what my system was showing prior to the scan (ABCHD in the Guide, etc.), could I have just skipped the entire fandango? Was everything already fixed up by WMC and/or the Windows Ice app?  Just want to know what to do (or not do) the next time a new channel is available.
Oz

Dave at IceTV

Quote from: ozbear on December 09, 2016, 03:33:47 PM
Dave, given what my system was showing prior to the scan (ABCHD in the Guide, etc.), could I have just skipped the entire fandango? Was everything already fixed up by WMC and/or the Windows Ice app?  Just want to know what to do (or not do) the next time a new channel is available.
Oz

Yes. As you already had the ABC HD channel you could have (should have) done nothing.
cheers

Dave
Customer Service

ozbear

Dave, thanks the info.
Prior to posting on this issue, I attempted to search the forums, but am always greeted with this:

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Oz

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Quote from: ozbear on December 09, 2016, 11:04:07 AM
I hadn't done a channel scan for some time, and after getting the email from IceTV about the new ABC HD channel I thought I should. Note, that ABC HD had automagically appeared in my Guide listings prior to the scan, but I thought I should "just in case".
So I did a complete new scan, not "scan for additional channels", and all was well (38 channels found), or so I thought, until I noticed all the channel 7 channels (7, 70, 71, etc.) had no guide data.  I went to Edit Channels and saw that the Logical Channel Numbers (LCNs) were in the 200 range, channel 7 being 202 (I think, and so forth).  After changing these to the correct LCNs, the various 7x-ICE listings were available, the guide listings/logos appeared, and recordings rescheduled for those channels.

I've never seen this happen before.  Anyone have a clue?

The tuners are 1 Hauppauge WinTVHVR-2200 (dual tuners on the card) and one HDHomeRun (actually rebadged Kaiser-Bass, HDHR3-AU I believe) 2 tuner network tuner.

Oz

I just noticed I am experiencing the same problem....about to read the knowledgebase article - hope it resolves it - did it resolve it for you?

ozbear

Yes it did....I edited the four wrong channel 7 numbers manually.

aja07

Hi, I lost all my channel 7 LCN's yesterday.  Did a full rescan still no luck, came here and found the work around. Voila! all fixed, Thank You.

MD

I had the same problem on my Win MCE using Elgato Diversity tuners.  Did a rescan and got the same result and the 20x solution.

Dave at IceTV

Quote from: aja07 on February 23, 2017, 11:32:40 AM
Hi, I lost all my channel 7 LCN's yesterday.  Did a full rescan still no luck, came here and found the work around. Voila! all fixed, Thank You.

Over the last 2 months the 7 network has been broadcasting a dodgy signal that includes corrupt or missing channel number info while at the same time signalling TVs and recorders to update their 7 network channels. We first got reports from customers in Brisbane then later Sydney and then Melbourne and Adelaide. Now Prime channels in regional areas are starting to experience the same thing.

Some devices are affected more than others. Windows Media Center suffers the most because the channels move to incorrect channel numbers. On my Beyonwiz T4 I noticed 7, 70, 72, 73 and 76 had a black picture and no sound yet 71 was okay. Manually clearing and rescanning the channels fixed it. Yet my other PVRs seem unaffected.
cheers

Dave
Customer Service

raymondjpg

Quote from: Dave at IceTV on February 23, 2017, 12:16:10 PMSome devices are affected more than others. Windows Media Center suffers the most because the channels move to incorrect channel numbers.

I have just set up WMC on Windows 10 and all 7 network channels scanned in with 20x numbers, so the issue is still around four months later. Can we be sure that the cause is still the 7 network broadcasting a dodgy signal? I'd have thought that they would have rectified that by now.
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MD

Nope we still have customers, including me in Sydney, who get the same LCN allocations. Doesn't effect the performance of MCE at all though.

raymondjpg

Quote from: MD on June 11, 2017, 05:12:03 PM
Nope we still have customers, including me in Sydney, who get the same LCN allocations. Doesn't effect the performance of MCE at all though.

Thanks for the response. I guess if it doesn't affect performance it doesn't matter too much. TSReader is clearly parsing the 7 Network channels as LCN 6 for Prime7 and 6x for all other channels, as they always have been around here.
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