Return to the CurtPalme.com main site CurtPalme.com Home Theater Forum
A forum with a sense of fun and community for Home Theater enthusiasts!
[ Products for Sale ] [ FAQ: Hooking it all up ] [ CRT Primer/FAQ ] [ Best/Worst CRT Projectors List ] [ Setup Tips & Manuals ] [ Advanced Procedures ] [ Newsletter ] 
Blu-ray disc release list and must-have titles. Buy the latest and best Blu-ray titles to show off in your home theater!

 As this forum is rarely used anymore, we've locked it. Feel free to browse and read. Questions? Please reach out to us directly. Cheers! 

My dvr is possessed.
Goto page Previous  1, 2
 
This forum is locked: you cannot post, reply to, or edit topics.   This topic is locked: you cannot edit posts or make replies.    CurtPalme.com Forum Index -> Source Devices
Author Message
aspec2



Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 549
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 1:54 pm    Post subject:
jkruger wrote:
Where do I find the law that states that? Is that FCC?


I believe so. I have a link at home. Unfortunately I am in the North and won't be home til Friday night. If it is a CABLE set top box, it must have an active firewire port. I don't know how the Sat. guys avoided this.

O.K. Here it is

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/part76.pdf

Section 76.640, subsection 4i

" Effective April 1, 2004, upon request of a customer, replace any leased high definition set-top box, which does not include a functional IEEE 1394 interface, with one that includes a functional IEEE 1394 interface or upgrade the customer's set-top box by download or other means to ensure that the IEEE 1394 interface is functional."

Walt
Back to top
jkruger



Joined: 24 Oct 2007
Posts: 2435
Location: Carlsbad, CA

Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:39 pm    Post subject:
So... What happens if they do a download and I get hit with some version of the software that doesn't work as well as the version of Sara that is on it? I have read stories about boxes getting 'gatored and losing functionality. I'd like to find out how to enable the 1394 port by myself.
Back to top
ecrabb
Forum Moderator


Joined: 13 Mar 2006
Posts: 15909
Location: Utah

TV/Projector: JVC RS40, Epson 5010
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 3:21 pm    Post subject:
jkruger wrote:
I'd like to find out how to enable the 1394 port by myself.

Good luck with that. Unless the box has ethernet and runs telnet or includes some other means by which you can modify the software on the box from the outside, and unless somebody's already done the work of hacking the kernel and services that control the firewire port (or you're an experienced developer/hacker yourself), you're up the creek.

Take your model number and google it along with hack, mod, etc. and see what comes up. If somebody hasn't already done the work, you won't be doing it either. These things are basically computers with complicated operating systems.

SC
Back to top
View user's photo album (10 photos)
aspec2



Joined: 10 Apr 2006
Posts: 549
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 4:46 pm    Post subject:
I would just bitch to my provider and cite the law. If that didn't work, I would have my neighbors bitch. If that didn't work, I would squeal on them.

Walt
Back to top
This forum is locked: you cannot post, reply to, or edit topics.   This topic is locked: you cannot edit posts or make replies.    CurtPalme.com Forum Index -> Source Devices All times are GMT
Goto page Previous  1, 2
Page 2 of 2
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum