QAM Maintenance in the Tampa Bay Area

[HDTVFanAtic]

FWIW, Brighthouse is remapping several QAMs this week. If you have a CableCard, its probably going to go blackscreen on 36 digital chanels.

The easiest way to reset it is to eject and replug in the cablecard to make it acquire the new mapping.

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The only expected and unavoidable residual impact from this maintenance is to CableCards. The affected channels will probably show up as blackscreen to CableCard TV’s until the customer goes in to the settings on their TV and instruct the TV to re-read the revised SI data the DNCS is now sending. This is done by selecting “Channel List Reorganization” (may be called something else or not available; varies by TV make and model), issuing a CableCard reset (less recommended as this can cause more problems for some TV’s), or even by simply ejecting the CableCard from the TV and reinserting it. Powercycling the TV alone will probably not help much. This residual impact was listed in the maintenance ticket. DHCT’s are not affected by this problem as they constantly monitor the OOB SI data for updates and changes in the tuning tables and apply them as soon as they process the updates broadcasted from the siManager process on the DNCS.”

 

[HDTVFanAtic]

Should have figured it out, but they are clearing out 4 QAMS to simulcast the analog channels in digital such as is being done in Central Florida.

Devices Impacted: QAMs 573, 579, 627 and 663MHz

573 has been moved to 735
663 has been moved to 705
579 has been moved to 741
627 ?
Channels affected


EDITED - NOW ON 735 QAM
903
141
136
144
145
902
904
142
104
905
112
901


EDIT - STARZ/ENCORE - DONT SUBSCRIBE CANNOT CHECK
NO REASON TO THINK ITS NOT COMPLETED THOUGH
196
197
198
271
272
273
274
275
199
193
194
195


EDIT - SPORTS CHANNELS - MOVE TO 741 QAM COMPLETED
804
800
801
802
906
806
146
803



EDIT - NOT COMPLETED - STILL ON 627 QAM. 7 IS A TYPO - NOT ON 627
632
7
608
607