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Title: Digital TV and frequency table
Post by: aandrewaa on May 26, 2010, 09:55:58 am

Hi, when I scan for TV  digital channels using my Kworld 310U hybrid USB device, I put Italy but it appears the message “Failed to load frequency table”. When I select other countries as Germany or Finland, then the media center finds all the channels but I cannot watch them because of the message “timeout waiting for writer to start. Possible cause: no signal or faulty device” that appears when I select the program. The device functions correctly. What should I do? Thank you.

Title: Re: Digital TV and frequency table
Post by: Yaobing on May 26, 2010, 03:34:16 pm

Hi,

If you take a look of this file:

C:\[MC installation folder]\TV\DVB Frequencies.xml

you will find that Italy is not in the file.  You need to find out what frequencies are being used in Italy and create an entry in that file.

In the following example,  bandwidth is either 8 or 7.  If only one bandwidth is used in Italy, you do not need to specify it for each individual channel.


    <Country Name="Germany" CountryCode="49" NetworkType="DVB-T" Bandwidth="8">
   <Channel Freq="177500" Bandwidth="7"/>
   <Channel Freq="184500" Bandwidth="7"/>
   <Channel Freq="191500" Bandwidth="7"/>
   <Channel Freq="198500" Bandwidth="7"/>
   <Channel Freq="205500" Bandwidth="7"/>
   <Channel Freq="212500" Bandwidth="7"/>
   <Channel Freq="219500" Bandwidth="7"/>
   <Channel Freq="226500" Bandwidth="7"/>
   <Channel Freq="474000"/>
   <Channel Freq="482000"/>
   <Channel Freq="490000"/>
   <Channel Freq="498000"/>

         ...

    </Country>

Many European countries use the same frequencies.  If you can not find specific information about TV channels in your country, you can try duplicating the table from a neighboring country.

Title: Re: Digital TV and frequency table
Post by: aandrewaa on May 26, 2010, 05:01:16 pm

thank you, I will test it

Title: Re: Digital TV and frequency table
Post by: Yaobing on May 26, 2010, 05:36:15 pm

Please note (in case my message confused anyone) that the example I gave above is for Germany.  You must find the frequencies for Italy.

Title: Re: Digital TV and frequency table
Post by: rpalmer68 on May 26, 2010, 05:49:17 pm

If you are able to tune the Italy channels, but still get the timeout error, take a look at the sugestions in this thread...

http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=57919.0

Richard