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

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