Linux Driver Canon Lbp 1210 64 Bit. Open Up Your Cable Box As mysterious black boxes go, the cable box is a doozy. It runs an unidentified, proprietary operating system, contains hidden menus with codes only service technicians can understand, and is hot to the touch even when unused, meaning that it's doing something, though who knows what. But most are built from ordinary, off-the-shelf hardware components, and they can do fun things you might not know about. All new boxes have FireWire ports that let you add external storage, thanks to a federal requirement from 2004.

Some even have eSATA ports for faster data throughput. Adding storage is fine, but FireWire is good for a lot more. For example, you can connect a laptop directly to your cable box through that port and record and save digital shows directly to your PC. Unfortunately, the drivers and port activation commands are as tightly controlled as that black box itself. Here's how to do it: First, download drivers for your set-top box. Each cable box is slightly different, but you'll probably find the appropriate drivers at AV Science Forum (), along with a wealth of information.

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Plug the box into your PC (via the FireWire port) and the 'Found New Hardware' wizard should pop up, revealing several mysterious devices. Cancel the driver installation for the first item, an 'unknown device.' Install the other two, using the drivers you just downloaded, and the box should show up in your device manager as a 'Tuner AV/C Device.'

Now capture the live video feed from your FireWire port using a program such as CapDVHS or even Vista's built-in Media Center software. Copy-protected content can't be recorded, however. — — Jeremy A.

Hi,after reading that people have challenged Virgin Media about the calls on their bills which seem to steadily go up and that they think they did not make and, Virgin not adressing the problem i thought i would mention this. I have been told that in parts of Leeds the Virgin boxes have been hacked into by virgin staff and that they call premium rate numbers and add them to peoples bills!! I do not know if this is true nor can i prove it alone for that more people would have to check their bills???? My bill went up and so i rang virgin and mentioned the above and asked for my bill to be looked at before i paid it. The woman on the line did not even log what i had said-WHY?-you would think Virgin would want to look into something like that!!I found she had not logged what i had said when i recieved a bill with an added £ 10 late bill fee and i rang up and said my bill was being itemised.the new adviser said there was no record of my complaint and that if i had asked for my phone bill to be looked at she would have told me it was £99 to do this? I have been told to send an email in to head office so they can listen to me asking for my bill to be looked at and where i mentioned to them re/hacking of there boxes. But i could not find the **email and the virgin site went round in circles!!!

Also when i rang a couple of mobile numbers from my line a voice came on and asked me to redial the numbers-my friend heard this and sad the caller could be anywhere in the world! Virgin are cutting off my service on sunday. Check your virgin bills out there. The virgin engineers can connect to lines while out on calls!!!! From thebox-it was a bt engeineer who found out about the scam. As for the voice on my phone line that interrupted two calls and asked me to redial a number-the voice both times was a cockney-home counties type not bow bells.