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RCA cables for audio and video (and bear in mind that the Goldstar system doesn't even offer stereo audio - white plug only), you can find these at Radio Shack or Walmart for about $5-$10. Velcro patches (both hook and eye, Family Dollar has sets for a couple of bucks) New Universal remote control because you long ago lost the Goldstar remote (sometimes available at dollar stores, but about $5-$10 at most normal retailers) ZephIR USB-based IR blaster system that works with OS X notifications (and there goes another one of my precious USB ports!, $62 with tax and shipping)Īn old VCR, mine is an ancient (15-20 year old) Goldstar unit that no longer tracks VHS tapes reliably (You can pick up a similar system for about $10-$20 at most Goodwill or ARC thrift shops, but they are becoming rarer) Here are the parts I need to put together for my solution:ĮyeTV hardware (I have an EyeTV 250 model)Ĭomcast digital transport adapter (you get 2 per account and then pay for each unit thereafter) You need to be able to change channels from EyeTV and you need to be able to access a video signal. Getting your EyeTV to work with the new Comcast digital adapter box involves several stages. Still a hack - and I still recommend avoiding this approach. This improved audio but experienced similar channel switching problems with one fewer device needed. Do not select "use built-in tuner for analog channels".ħ) Make sure to delete any previous channels (a la Step 7 in the the main part of this write-up) or you will experience the errors, I first encountered.Īfter, the image quality is pretty poor, but it works and does not require the VCR step. Name you setup "ComcastDCX50" (or whatever, at long as it matches your ZephIR setup name)Ħ) Choose Built-In Tuner, and Channel 3. Via Elgato:ġ) Make sure you have Analog - Antenna channel 3Ģ) Make sure you can see the video from the cable box on channel 3ģ) Configure ZephIR - give your downloaded IR set a name like "ComcastDCX50"ĥ) Use Configure Set Top Box in EyeTV.
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Update 2: Managed to get the solution sans VCR to work. Do consider going for Elgato's premium EyeTV HD product rather than trying to back-engineer with older equipment and a DTA. The rest of the exercise, from the IR blaster, to the missed channel signals, and so forth stands. Update: Working with Elgato over e-mail this afternoon to try to bypass the "need a VCR to transform coax signal into composite signal", will update when I have made some progress. Read on to learn how I put my solution together, and why you'll probably want to consider opting for a net-enabled TiVo instead.
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But I can now automatically record TV shows, so it's going to keep me going for the moment, however badly.
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In the end, it cost about a hundred dollars in parts and degraded my video quality to "barely watchable", plus it took up several ports (both on my computer and on the EyeTV unit) that I normal use for work.
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Argh! For EyeTV users, you can either pay to upgrade both to a new Comcast HD tuner and an Elgato EyeTV HD system, which TUAW is going to review soon, or you can try to cobble together your own solution, a la the discussion at this online Elgato forum thread. Elgato suggested that it isn't possible to use the channel 3-4 type connection when controlling a set top box. Unfortunately, EyeTV can't work that way. You need to send channel requests somehow to the box rather than allowing your equipment to function the way it always has. That means if you bought a fancy new TV with a built-in clear-QAM tuner (without CableCARD) or are using a computer-based tuner like the EyeTV that doesn't have an IR blaster to change cable channels, you're in a bind. All channel switching must be done via the box. You set this via a toggle switch on the back of the box. The new Comcast box will transmit video over a coax cable on channel 3 or 4. Instead, Comcast has introduced digital transport adapters, and this small box has wrecked my TV-watching, time-shifting, Mac-recording happiness. the ones that they are still required to carry by law, and killed the clear-QAM signal that has made it possible for my EyeTV tuner to schedule and record TV for the last few years. Comcast switched off analog access to all but its most basic channels, i.e. On Monday, Colorado cable customers transitioned into a new digital world.