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My master TV finally died after 18 years of service. In preparation for the replacement TV, I unplugged my Cox Cable Contour device. The next day my other TVs died also. Is there a connection between the device disconnection and the loss of cable TV elsewhere in the house?
If the other TVs aren't damaged but have no signal, they probably use client boxes that require the host Contour box you unplugged to be plugged in and connected. Power off all boxes. Reboot the host first. When that finishes, power on the client boxes, one at a time.
Could you inform me which boxes use this technique? I thought only Whole Home DVRs used MoCA for DVR service to the client box. I didn't know it actually used the host box to stream TV.
Each client uses 1 tuner on the host. Dustin explains it well.
forums.cox.com/.../66774
That talks about DVR service, not normal TV service, but maybe that is implied? Either way, good to know.
Its assumed OP has a host-client setup because...barring any "surge" as you previously noted...a distant box lost service after disconnecting another box.
If you're wanting a distinction between boxes having to power off and then reboot one at-a-time, that'd be Contour 1 vs. Contour 2.
You probably could have two independent non-DVR Contour-2 boxes...I'm not sure...but Contour 1 allows two independent Contour 1 DVR boxes.