Using External Cable-Ready TV Tuners with the All-In-Wonder (AiW) Radeon

[New Question]

Our Comcast cable service provides channels 78 and lower without a cable
box, channels 79 and up require the cable box. All-In-Wonder (AiW) Radeon
32MB can only tune-in channels 78 and lower, even though it scans up to 125
channels. I have been told it's because the AiW cannot tune-in the digital
channels 79 and above.

I have seen 181-channel cable-ready VCR's and external TV tuners. Can
external, cable-ready devices be used with AiW's, so the AiW's can see the
digital channels above channel 78? Does the newest AiW's scan for 181 or
more channels?

 

[Merl Byrd]

I have a Radeon AIW fed from a satellite TV receiver. You connect either the
composite video or S-Video to the ATI dongle (Purple connection box/cable
that came with the ATI product) and set MMC to that input source.
Everything works great, but you have to select channels using the external
device's controls, not MMC's.

 

[J.Clarke]

Additionally, I believe that the Tuner on the AIW 9800 is
Digital-ready, and should receive *all* of the digital channels you're
able to receive with a Digital tuner or set-top box. Basically, to
preserve available bandwidth on Digital Cable systems, the Cable
company usually takes all of the available channels-space above Ch. 80
for "premium" services (read "Digital") such as Digital Music, etc.

The tuner in the 9800 is a standard off-the-shelf analog tuner that
cannot handle a digital signal of any kind.

 

[ScottK]

Additionally, I believe that the Tuner on the AIW 9800 is Digital-ready, and
should receive *all* of the digital channels you're able to receive with a
Digital tuner or set-top box. Basically, to preserve available bandwidth on
Digital Cable systems, the Cable company usually takes all of the available
channels-space above Ch. 80 for "premium" services (read "Digital") such as
Digital Music, etc.