Vista Media Center will not allow me to set up TV tuner
I purchased a TV Tuner card. It is a ATi TV Wonder 650 PCi Card. There is some issue with the same. The card is detected in but some not working. I was using Windows XP before. There was no problem with that OS and it worked really well. But after Vista upgrade things started to get worst. I cannot find proper settings to make it work in it. The hardware is detected but the remote is not working and Media Center no longer finds the card. Any idea how to fix this.
Re: Vista Media Center will not allow me to set up TV tuner
Many thanks Nigel for directing us to this work-around. This virtual ir receiver worked great for me. However, I did find that I had to uninstall the virtual ir receiver afterwards to be able to use my usb HP Media Center 2005 receiver/remote.
Re: Vista Media Center will not allow me to set up TV tuner
To use a remote on Media Center, you will need a Media Center compatible remote only. Other than this none will work. I had already wasted a good sum in getting that. The HAVA box comes with some set of cable but get the remote from Microsoft site only. It is always good go get a entire kit and check that it is vista compatible or not. Or else your spending amount is completely wasted.
Re: Vista Media Center will not allow me to set up TV tuner
I found Xbox setup as one of the most easiest way to create a media center at your some. All you need is to buy a Media Center extender. This is available at Linksys. You can find that model on the web and buy it. You can configure it over the network and use it for sharing files on the network and also on the wifi. A TV Tuner thing is more complicated and it is not at all easy to configure the same.
Re: Vista Media Center will not allow me to set up TV tuner
Okay here is the solution to the problem where you do not have an IR Blaster nor wish to purchase one and wish to control the channel changing through your set top box (Cable or satellite). I ran into this problem mainly because I am using a usb tv tuner for my laptop which does not offer a connection for the IR device. To defeat the IR requirement you will need one small piece of hardware that is cheap US$5, an RF Modulator (These things were commonly used when DVD players came out and were used to attach them to TVs that only had a COAX input), select channel 3 (or 4) on the RF modulator and attach to your TV tuner via coax. What you are effectively doing is converting the signal from digital to analog from your cable/satellite box (Most set top boxes do not even have a Coax out so hence the need for the RF modulator) Open Media Player run the setup as normal, when you get to select Signal type, configure manually, do not install the Antenna Digital Tuner, do the analog antennaonly, it will run through it's process and select finish when done. When I went to 'Live TV' it did not have the channel 3 that I selected on the RF Modulator available. Not to worry.
On the Main page of the Media player scroll to Tasks then Settings then select TV then select Guide, then add Missing Channels Name your channel whatever you want it to be called and then select the channel Number (In my case 3 on the RF modulator). You can also in this menu delete any other channels that you do not want that the Windows search so only your channel 3 is available. When you go back to Live TV your channel is now showing......Voila that's it defeat of the microsoft empire.