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Toml66
New Contributor II
11 months ago
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HSC tuning adapter available?

I saw in a Tivo specific forum that some people in the San Diego received a new HSC Tuning Adapter from Vecima and according to them, it seems to have fixed the issue of the the Cisco Tuning Adapter ...
  • DesertRat919's avatar
    DesertRat919
    9 months ago

    FINAL UPDATE: All of the new Vecima TAs were activated to my account out of the box. Swap was so easy and only took a few minutes for each device. There is no longer a need to split the coax with each leg connecting to the TA and TiVo respectively. Yay! Two less things to worry about. Powered up the TAs, blinked three or four minutes and then solid blue light. All channels come in with strong signal and have not had a single problem in a little over a week. RF is working well. I don’t know why but Cox wants the old Ciscos back so I will drop them off at the nearest retail store tomorrow and make sure they are removed from my account.

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WiderMouthOpen
Esteemed Contributor

I read up on the TA by that name and found the model number is HSC-1-H. HSC stands for High-Split Converter and is apparently much larger then the old TA. There is some pictures of it if you google that model number. I tried to download them but the format is wrong/broken for this forum. Also, not sure why it is called High-Split when AFAIK Cox is converting to a mid-split format. However, I am not a expert on the subject. 

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Desert_Rat
New Contributor III
11 months ago

I am in the Phoenix market and received two of the HSC tuning adapters for a test around the beginning of the year.  It has solved the issue of the rebooting and loss of programs/programming.

It is actually smaller than the Cisco version.  If you are having difficulties in getting answers, I would recommend talking to the Cox executive team.  A lot of information available is not always passed down to the field techs until they until all the "kinks" are worked out and it is ready for general information.  

  • WiderMouthOpen's avatar
    WiderMouthOpen
    Esteemed Contributor
    11 months ago
    If you are having difficulties in getting answers

    I am only interested in it because it is interesting technology. I don't have a TiVo or CC so I don't have any skin in the game. Good advice for the OP though. Thank you for confirming your market too.

  • SafetyFaster's avatar
    SafetyFaster
    New Contributor
    11 months ago

    In the short time you've been able to try it out, are there any apparent idiosyncrasies with the HSC TA? 

    • Desert_Rat's avatar
      Desert_Rat
      New Contributor III
      11 months ago

      The only negative comment I can make is that the pilot light is a very bright blue and is a bit distracting as it is next to my TiVo. I could put some vinyl tape over it but I guess it does not bother me all that much.