Xfinity Not finding channels during scan

Reception, channel detection, network issues, CableCARD setup, etc.
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banders5144
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Xfinity Not finding channels during scan

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Installed a new HDHomerun Prime on a new cablecard at my moms.

Cablecard appears to have activated correctly and have prefect OOB signals (coax straight from street to 2 way splitter for modem and prime).

When I run a channel scan, only comes back with EAS ch. (#1994).

I ran the card_oob_table_flush command. I see the detect channel button go away for about a minute and then come back. Run another channel scan, same results.

I enabled logging before the scan, my ID is 1323DD32

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Re: Xfinity Not finding channels during scan

Post by stuartm »

It sounds like your cable card is not properly provisioned. As I remember from the distant past when I set up my prime on Comcast/Xfinity it needs 2 "hits" from the cable company.
An activation/pairing hit and a second one to provision the card with your subscribed channels. Perhaps you have not gotten the second one.

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Re: Xfinity Not finding channels during scan

Post by NedS »

Can you reboot the unit (unplug it from power for a second or two, then plug it back in) and then reply back?

banders5144
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Just did.

Also noticed in the Cablecard Menu that my CA Time is showing as waiting for Update, and status as not staged

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Re: Xfinity Not finding channels during scan

Post by signcarver »

Since you mentioned "not staged" I will assume you are in a Cisco/SA/Technicolor area which is very unusual for comcast, so quite often that needs to be fixed through "local" support (which there usually isn't any a user can contact). They will need to send a hit that makes that status "Ready" or else it can't decrypt anything which often involves a local DNCS operator to do. In some cases, this involves moving the card back into inventory, and reissuing the card and send those staging hits. Basically Not staged means it hasn't been on the (coax) network for 30 days to receive its updates.

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Understood.

When I first inserted the cablecard (before activation) it did perform a firmware download

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Re: Xfinity Not finding channels during scan

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Support sent "entitlements" signal, all working correctly now

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