Use the Tuner dialog to monitor and control
the digital receiver card's tuner.
Tuner Icon
The Tuner icon at the bottom left of Setup4PC
is green when the digital receiver card is successfully locked onto the satellite
signal. The Tuner Info button next to the icon launches the Tuner
Information dialog.

Tuner Information dialog
- To display the current status of the tuner,
select Current Setting in the Cable Provider drop-down list.

- To manually control the tuner for troubleshooting
purposes, select Manual Setting in the Cable Provider drop-down
list. Enter values in the Channel Settings textboxes. Click Tune
and monitor Lock Status.
- To verify signal reception of a channel on
a particular satellite, select the service in the Cable Provider drop-down
list. Monitor Lock Status. If necessary, enter the signal's Frequency,
Symbol Rate, and Modulation values. Click Tune and monitor
Lock Status.
Channel Settings
Channel Settings displays the current tuner
settings of the item selected from the Cable Provider list.
Network
Network displays the current cable network.
Lock Status
The Lock Status indicator bar is green when
a channel's signal is received.
Performance Measurement Statistics Indicators
Performance measurement indicators display a running
count of the amount of digital information received, erroneous digital information
received, the amount of errors corrected, and bit error ratio for troubleshooting
purposes. The running count is reset when the Reset Statistics
button is clicked.
- BER
BER is the bit error ratio, the ratio of error bits to the total number of
bits of data received.
- Total Blocks
Total Blocks is a running count of the number of 188-byte transport packets
received.
- Corrected Blocks
Corrected Blocks is a running count of the number of 188-byte transport packets
that have been corrected.
- Uncorrected Blocks
Uncorrected Blocks is a running count of the number of error packets that
could not be corrected.
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