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Some notes on setting up a pchdtv3000 with mythtv.

Channel info copied from furrygoat in case it goes away (original link here):

Channel Station Channel Station
79-1 NWCN 82-4 KOMO HD
79-2 KWPX 33 82-5 KCTS HD
79-3 KOMO 4 83-1 KING HD
79-4 KING 5 83-2 KONG HD
79-5 KONG 16 83-3 Weather Plus
79-6 CBUT 2 84-1 KIRO HD
79-7 KCTS 9 89-12 KWOG 51
79-8 KTWB 22 91-4 Univision
79-9 KSTW 11 91-8 Hallmark Channel
79-10 KBTC 28 102-9 UWTV
80-1 KCPQ 13 102-10 uw2.tv
80-2 KIRO 7 103-4 Discovery Channel
80-3 KHCV 45 104-1 C-SPAN
80-4 KWDK 56 104-2 C-SPAN2
80-6 KTBW 20 104-9 HSN
80-7 TVW 104-10 QVC
80-8 KWOG 51 112-11 Weatherscan
80-9 KCTS Plus 112-13 On Demand
80-10 KBCB 24 114-9 MOVIEplex
81-1 KCPQ HD 116-1 NBA League Pass
81-2 KTWB HD
82-1 KCTS DT
82-2 KCTS Kids
82-3 KCTS Learns


The channels.conf I’m currently using is here.

The format is like

# KIRODT 20290
KIRODT:585000000:QAM_256:38:39:1

The number after # KIRODT is the xmltv ID, at least here in seattle.

I found another listing of channels (on avsforum I think), and it’s a little bit out of date, but here it is:


79-1 NWCN
79-2 KWPX 33
79-3 KOMO 4
79-4 KING 5
79-5 KONG 16
79-6 CBUT 2
79-7 KCTS 9
79-8 KTWB 22
79-9 KSTW 11
79-10 KBTC 28
80-1 KCPQ 13
80-2 KIRO 7
80-3 KHCV 45
80-4 KWDK 56
80-6 KTBW 20
80-7 TVW
80-8 KWOG 51
80-9 KCTS Plus
80-10 KBCB 24
81-1 KCPQ HD
81-2 KTWB HD
82-1 KCTS DT
82-2 KCTS Kids
82-3 KCTS Learns
82-4 KOMO HD
82-5 KCTS HD
83-1 KING HD
83-2 KONG HD
83-3 Weather Plus
84-1 KIRO HD
89-12 KWOG 51
91-4 Univision
91-8 Hallmark Channel
102-9 UWTV
102-10 uw2.tv
103-4 Discovery Channel
104-1 C-SPAN
104-2 C-SPAN2
104-9 HSN
104-10 QVC
112-11 Weatherscan
112-13 On Demand
114-9 MOVIEplex
116-1 NBA League Pass

Channels 118-16 through 118-23 are DMX Music
Channels 119-10 through 119-54 are Music Choice


Or you can download the above list as a text file here