[ABM-DVB-C] Cable ABM

[nsw9154]

this is a genuine virmin splitter with virmin leads that I am using for the time being to connect my miraclebox & Tivo boxes from the original feed
strangely enough I never noticed before now that it labelled set top box/cable modem i have the Tivo connected via the cable modem outlet and the picture is perfect
and the miraclebox connected via the set top box outlet and the picture quality is well cack I thought it would be the other way around
I will have to get a dedicated set top box splitter and check the difference, I will swap the connections round later and see if they change

 

[DaMacFunkin]

Trust me mate, your power levels are set at the cabinet for your tivo to work correctly with your modem, you may have to disconnect your tivo and play with some attenuators to get a good pic on your Miraclebox.

 

[DaMacFunkin]

Hello, i have got my cable tuner and NEW duo2, ive set it up and installed, i have my sat tuner set to scan sky england Granada HD, and i have my cable tuner set to 40965 Knowsley 1, in abm i have sky england as def provider and Virmin set to generate main bouquet only in custom bouqet Virmin(tv), i do a scan i get the usual 583 services on sky, then i get 900 and odd on cable scan, but it doesnt put the cable channels in any bouquet, if i choose satellitte button and browse to cable provider, all the channels are in there from my region in alphabetical order and i can view the fta ones, bbc north west etc, why is it not creating a bouquet and putting them in there, help please.
Thanks.

 

[DaMacFunkin]

edit: i've channged my config to 40967 Preston 1 the area i live in i'm sure is this id now, i used to be in knowlsey area even though i only moved 2 miles. But still no bouqet creation in Apollo, does this actually work yet?

 

[abu baniaz]

ABM does work for cable although I have only tested it on a receiver with only a cable tuner.

Double check net Id is correct by comparing with official receiver.

You may wish to enable service type icons in your channel settings as well as adding the provider prefix in ABM.

 

[DaMacFunkin]

Hi abu, like i said if i go into all bouqets and and press green button (satellites) then browse to Cable (providers) all the channels are there but not in any order and they tune as well, i'm guessing because i've got satellite bouqets as well its causing problems...

 

[nsw9154]

Trust me mate, your power levels are set at the cabinet for your tivo to work correctly with your modem, you may have to disconnect your tivo and play with some attenuators to get a good pic on your Miraclebox.

I see what you mean mate I changed the cables over and got no signal on the miraclebox but the Tivo worked perfect, I am seriously thinking of giving up on this cable lark

 

[DaMacFunkin]

View attachment NIT_40967_Preston1.zipView attachment ABM_Cable_40967_Preston1.zip

ABM does work for cable although I have only tested it on a receiver with only a cable tuner.

Double check net Id is correct by comparing with official receiver.

You may wish to enable service type icons in your channel settings as well as adding the provider prefix in ABM.

Hi, double checked on official box and preston 1 is correct, i enabled service type icons and enabled provider prefix but any scan just leaves empty cable bouquets whilst all satellite bouquets populate fine, as i stated if i browse satellites and choose cable provider all the channels are there, but they don't populate into bouquets... so ive done a fresh flash with no restore and only enabled my cable tuner, after setting my area i scanned abm and it pulled in 352 tv services and 38 radio services and this time it did create bouquets, so the problem seems to be scanning and creating bouquets for sat and cable... Ive attached my NIT scan for 40967 preston1, ive also attached my bouquets scan.