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JPM646

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Sorry to be a pain but i have become stuck i couldnt get any channels on my Q5 at the start but i found out i needed to upload the cables.xmv to the box first, i have done that therough FTP on the q5 editing program now i pick up 60 channels but non are my freq and non work the freq of the channels i get are between 427000kMHZ and 635000kMHZ
My area is nuneaton the info for my area should be 6887 00016 803000 does anyone have anu suggestions
Regards JPM
 
Nuneaton NTL 00016 803.000 6.887

Net Id 00016
Freq 803.00
Symbol Rate 6887 (forget the decimal point)

Make sure you have entered the numbers the right way round into your box. (y)
 
Where did you get the cables.xml file from? It looks like it's the wrong one.

I attached a brute-force cables.xml file in this post:-

http://www.techkings.org/general-cable-tv/58981-q5-hd-pvr-2.html#post363263

It covers every symbol rate, frequency etc. so takes a very long time to scan. The best thing to do, is to edit it with a free XML editor so that it only contains the relevent info. That's what I did for my area.

You could also try an Automatic scan with a Begin frequency = 99000, End frequency = 899000, symbol rate = 6887, QAM = 256, step = 8MHz, Annex = A/C.

That should get you most of your channels. I don't know if this is the same for all areas, but in my area there are 4 frequencies that use QAM64. The frequency for my area is 666750. This frequency and the one below it (658750) & the 2 above it (674750 & 682750) all use QAM64. So you might need to do something similar to get all your channels.
 
Thats the file i have been using afteloading this to the box i have been doing a provider scan on the ntl settin.
i dunno if this makes a differance but signal level is 100% but signal quality is saying 0db or is this normal?
p.s i have tryed two different q5 boxes and both the same could this be a signal issue

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Kremmen said:
Where did you get the cables.xml file from? It looks like it's the wrong one.

I attached a brute-force cables.xml file in this post:-

http://www.techkings.org/general-cable-tv/58981-q5-hd-pvr-2.html#post363263

It covers every symbol rate, frequency etc. so takes a very long time to scan. The best thing to do, is to edit it with a free XML editor so that it only contains the relevent info. That's what I did for my area.

You could also try an Automatic scan with a Begin frequency = 99000, End frequency = 899000, symbol rate = 6887, QAM = 256, step = 8MHz, Annex = A/C.

That should get you most of your channels. I don't know if this is the same for all areas, but in my area there are 4 frequencies that use QAM64. The frequency for my area is 666750. This frequency and the one below it (658750) & the 2 above it (674750 & 682750) all use QAM64. So you might need to do something similar to get all your channels.
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i have just tryed this the lowest begin freq is 170000 and highest 890000 i have done it with them i have also tremoved the splitter and connected box direct to the incoming and still nothing
 
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JPM646 said:
Thats the file i have been using afteloading this to the box i have been doing a provider scan on the ntl settin.
i dunno if this makes a differance but signal level is 100% but signal quality is saying 0db or is this normal?
p.s i have tryed two different q5 boxes and both the same could this be a signal issue

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i have just tryed this the lowest begin freq is 170000 and highest 890000 i have done it with them i have also tremoved the splitter and connected box direct to the incoming and still nothing
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Most of my channels show signal level as 100dB & Quality as 100%. A few show a lower signal level.

It's possible that your signal feed may be too high & is overloading the tuner giving false readings. You could try a variable attenuator like this one:-

Variable Attenuator 1-20dB F-type For Freeview Digital | eBay

If you have any fixed attenuators to hand, you could try those.

I take it that 170000 was a typo & that you meant 107000, as 170000 falls outside of the 8MHz increments by 1MHz.

Have you tried scanning on any of the other provider scans?
 
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