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What does it take to launch HDTV in my house?
You need three things: a High Definition Television, an HDTV-compatible cable box and to be a Time Warner Cable subscriber. Time Warner Cable customers with an HDTV but no HDTV converter can pick up a Scientific Atlanta Explorer 3100HD converter box at any of our front counter office locations (Albany, Rotterdam, Troy, Glens Falls, Saratoga, Pittsfield, Gloversville, Amsterdam). See a list of our office locations and office hours.
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What are the software
requirements for the Explorer 3100HD?
The Explorer 3100HD does not require a system upgrade.
It drops into the system with only an operating
system and resident application combination running
on the settop to support it. The Explorer 3100HD
operates with the following operating system/resident
application combinations:
| Operating
System |
Resident
Application |
| OS 3.1.3 |
SARA
1.15 |
| OS 3.1.4 |
SARA
1.15 |
| OS 3.1.4 |
Pioneer
Passport 2.5 |
| OS 3.2 |
SARA
1.40 |
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What is the warranty of the
Explorer 3100HD?
The Explorer 3100HD has a standard warranty of three years; however, the customer contract specifies warranty.
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What system releases has the Explorer 3100HD been tested against?
The Explorer 3100HD has been tested against
system releases 1.2.9, 1.4.3 and 1.5.0.
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What remote control is required
for the Explorer 3100HD?
The Explorer 3100HD is capable of being operated by any Scientific-Atlanta remote control designed for Explorer settops.
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Do applications run on the Explorer 3100HD?
Yes, any application designed to run on SARA 1.15
or SARA 1.40, Passport 2.5, or Passport 3.0 will
run on the Explorer 3100HD.
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How much channel bandwidth is required for HDTV?
A full HDTV stream occupies 3 MHz of channel
bandwidth. This equates to a data rate of 19.25
Mbps. Generally, two HDTV streams can be placed
into one 6 MHz chunk of bandwidth provided that
the stream is QAM modulated at a QAM 256 rate.
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