Cogeco HD Channels using Built in ATSC/QAM Tuner

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vanhorn

Discussion Starter · Dec 29, 2006

Hello to all,

I'm new to the HDTV World (ain't christmas great!).

Heres whats happening - my TV has an ATSC Tuner, and when I scan the cable I get a whole bunch of SD (480i) and 1 HD (A&E HD @ 720p) channel.

Looks like the same channels as basic cable?

They are sitting @ 87-X, 89-X and 90-X

As far as I'm concerned its all good - I just haven't seen any other posts on this?

Just curious about whats happening, is this a cogeco service that is supported - or is it just there? or will it go "poof" and disappear someday?

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Kevin S

· #9 · Jan 4, 2007 (Edited by Moderator)

Here are the digital cable channels I am currently picking up through Cogeco (via internal QAM tuner):

Digital Channel / Description / Analog Equivalent
34-274 HDNET
34-289 DISC HD
49-284 DETROIT HD NO SOUND
62-90 FOOD 58
62-96 MTV ?
62-99 BET 49
64-151 SPORTSNET ?
65-93 BUSINESS ?
66-123 BITE ?
66-71 ? ?
66-74 TVNC/APTN 60
69-151 SPORTSNET ?
69-152 SPORTSNET ?
69-153 SPORTSNET ?
69-27 YTV 25
69-91 CLT 91
69-95 ACHANNEL 19
79-94 MMM 78
80-68 TVR 59
80-92 STAR 36
81-171 DISC HEALTH ?
84-1 COGECO ?
84-184 EWTN ?
84-250 VCHOICE PREVIEW ?
84-97 CPAC 77
87-273 A&E HD
89-17 MUCHMUSIC 29
89-32 HGTV 37
89-35 DISCOVERY 42
89-36 THESCORE 53
89-37 SHOWCASE 39
89-38 BRAVO 40
89-43 HISTORY 56
89-44 COMEDY 44
89-50 SPACE 50
89-57 LIFE 73
89-59 TSN 28
89-70 CTVNEWS 14
90-10 CHCH11 12
90-102 ? ?
90-11 NBC 2
90-15 TLC 30
90-24 FOX 20
90-3 GLOBAL 3
90-31 WNED 21
90-47 TBS 47
90-5 CBS 5
90-53 SPORTSNET 57
90-6 CBC 6
90-7 CITYTV 7
90-9 ABC 22

There are also a whole whack of music stations - see below:

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showpost.php?p=512852&postcount=22

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Kevin S

· #16 · Feb 5, 2007

Do you have TVGOS? I was able to map all the channels to the appropriate channel in TVGOS making it seamless.

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Kevin S

· #19 · Feb 6, 2007 (Edited)

TVGOS is TV Guide On Screen - a built in program on some TVs. www.tvgos.com for more info.

Basically I scanned for digital channels, went through and wiped out the blank ones and attached the channels to their corresponding logos in the TVGOS menu and now I get all proper programming info and select the channel though the TVGOS - I don't know or need to know that a particular channel is now84-273 instead of 31 for example. A bit of work to initially set up, but well worth it.

I agree, having to flip through them manually would be painful since the channel #'s are all screwy.

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Kevin S

· #22 · Feb 25, 2007 (Edited)

I got a Cogeco flyer today with the channel listing which enabled me to find/label the music channels as seen below:

Music Channels

Genre / Channel / Channel No.
Rock / Gold Rock / 98-311
Rock / The Edge / 79-314
Rock / Rock / 79-312
Rock / Adult Alternative / 62-315
Country / Country Classics / 69-320
Country / Franco Country / 65-321
Country / CMT / 69-319
Pop Hits / Dance / 98-303
Pop Hits / Pop Adult / 62-301
Pop Hits / The Light / 66-326
Pop Hits / Hit List / 63-302
Pop Hits / Max Trax Party / 69-305
Pop Hits / The Beat / 98-306
Pop Hits / Franco Relax / 66-307
Pop Hits / Top Détente / 84-325
Pop Hits / Franco Energie / 84-324
Pop Decades / Memories / 80-336
Pop Decades / Swingin' Standards / 76-337
Pop Decades / Rock and Roll / 79-308
Pop Decades / Flashback '70s / 63-309
Pop Decades / The '80s / 62-310
Pop Decades / Souvenirs / 65-322
Pop Decades / Nostalgie / 64-323
Jazz Blues / Jazz Masters / 64-335
Jazz Blues / Jazz Now / 64-334
Jazz Blues / Blues' Street / 66-316
Jazz Blues / Jazz Café / 69-333
Classical / Pop Classics / 65-328
Classical / Baroque / 81-330
Classical / Chamber Music / 91-329
Classical / Masterworks / 76-331
Specialty / Ambient / 62-304
Specialty / World / 81-332
Specialty / Jammin' / 63-317
Specialty / Folk Roots / 81-318
Specialty / Nature / 79-338
Specialty / The Spa / 84-327
Specialty / Treehouse / 76-340
Specialty / Mousses Musique / 80-339
Specialty / Musique Bout'choux / 80-313

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Kevin S

· #47 · Feb 7, 2010

Any standard cable splitter will work - just split the signal before your cable modem.

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Kevin S

· #53 · Feb 10, 2010

If you don't have any cable services whatsoever (ie. TV or internet) then your service will almost surely be disconnected from the system (if it's not, it's by mistake). People getting QAM channels either have cable TV and/or internet so the signal is coming into the house and the QAM tuner can recieve the signals otherwise only available with a cogeco box.

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