Media Centre stopped picking up USB tuner!

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tramampoleen

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Hey hey all! Annoying problem that I've not really been able to find a simple answer for - I've got a HP dv9700 laptop, with a cheap USB tuner. I've had the tuner about 3 months now, no problems at all, runs like a dream (and not bad for £10). Problem is, Media Centre has suddenly stopped recognizing it, and says there's no tuner available.

I can use the software that came bundled with the tuner and it picks up the signal fine, I can watch TV without a problem, so I know it's not the tuner. I have just recently installed new updates for Java and Directx, and it stopped working around that time. I've tried uninstalling, but no love. Any ideas? Thanks for any help!
 

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Hi, tramampoleen, and welcome to the forums.

Have you verified in Device Manager if the tuner is showing as listed or not working? It could be a simple driver issue for the device and that you need to reinstall the drivers for use with MC
 

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I had a problem with media center not recognizing my USB tuner after I decided to use a different USB port. I think media center was looking at my original location for the tuner. I had to run setup again and it's worked ever since.
 

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