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Old 09-28-2007   #1 (permalink)
Canvecchio


 
 

Media Center does not recognize tuner

I have a Plextor ConvertX PX-TV402U Connected to a Dell Dimension 9200.
This tuner is listed as working properly in Device Manager, and it works
fine with Sage TV or Intervideo Home Theater, but Vista Home Premium Media
Center does not detect it and reports I have no tuner.

Is this a known problem and is there a fix.

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Old 09-28-2007   #2 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome


 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

"Canvecchio" <Canvecchio@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

>I have a Plextor ConvertX PX-TV402U Connected to a Dell Dimension 9200.
> This tuner is listed as working properly in Device Manager, and it works
> fine with Sage TV or Intervideo Home Theater, but Vista Home Premium Media
> Center does not detect it and reports I have no tuner.
>
> Is this a known problem and is there a fix.
That looks like a nice bit of hardware, but it has no BDA drivers for it to
work with Media Centre. Look on the right, under the links:

http://www.plextor.com/ENGLISH/products/TV402U.htm

"Note: ConvertX products are not compatible with Windows Media Center
Edition or Windows Vista OS"

ss.


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Old 09-28-2007   #3 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64-bit
 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

Don't feel bad. My Terratec Cinergy HT PCI is supposed to be 100% Media Center compatible, but Media Center can't find it with both hands, BDA driver 'n all.
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Old 09-28-2007   #4 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome


 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

"John_T" <John_T.2xn8bv@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> Don't feel bad. My Terratec Cinergy HT PCI is supposed to be 100% Media
> Center compatible, but Media Center can't find it with both hands, BDA
> driver 'n all.
Quote:

> *vista ultimate 64-bit : c2 q6700 : ga-p35-dq6 : 4gb ram : 8800gtx : 2tb
> hdd : 720w psu : 2x eizo cg241w*
That might be because there are no 64-bit BDA drivers for it?

ss.


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Old 09-28-2007   #5 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome


 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

"John_T" <John_T.2xn8bv@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> *vista ultimate 64-bit : c2 q6700 : ga-p35-dq6 : 4gb ram : 8800gtx : 2tb
> hdd : 720w psu : 2x eizo cg241w*
Oh by the way, with a powerful system like that, I bet you wished you waited
for the X38 chipset, which has just come out. I won't be replacing my 975X
based system for another couple of years though.

ss.


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Old 09-29-2007   #6 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64-bit
 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

No, I studied up on the X38 before deciding because I could have gotten the GA-X38-DQ6. According to a number of test reports I read, the difference in performance is tiny. My next move will be to DDR3.
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Old 09-29-2007   #7 (permalink)
Synapse Syndrome


 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

"John_T" <John_T.2xnxb8@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> No, I studied up on the X38 before deciding because I could have gotten
> the GA-X38-DQ6. According to a number of test reports I read, the
> difference in performance is tiny. My next move will be to DDR3.
>

Hmmn, I thought you might know about hardware..

ss.


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Old 09-29-2007   #8 (permalink)


Vista Ultimate 64-bit
 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

No, I have the 64-bit BDA drivers for the Terratec HT PCI, and it works fine with the Terratec software, but Media Center does a scan and comes up with zero channels, while the Terratec program gives me 60 TV channels and 50 radio stations. Go figure...
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Old 11-04-2007   #9 (permalink)
SeniorAsTech


 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

Hi,

I'm using the same TV-Tuner Card (Cinergy HT PCI on Vista 64Bit) and my
problem is that the VistaMediaCenter only is searching for DVB-T Channels,
not for analog... I have no idea where to config MC for this, any ideas?

Thx,
SAT

"John_T" wrote:
Quote:

>
> No, I have the 64-bit BDA drivers for the Terratec HT PCI, and it works
> fine with the Terratec software, but Media Center does a scan and comes
> up with zero channels, while the Terratec program gives me 60 TV
> channels and 50 radio stations. Go figure...
>
>
> --
> John_T
>
> *vista ultimate 64-bit : c2 q6700 : ga-p35-dq6 : 4gb ram : 8800gtx : 2tb
> hdd : 720w psu : 2x eizo cg241w*
>
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Old 11-04-2007   #10 (permalink)
Dominic Payer


 
 

Re: Media Center does not recognize tuner

If the card does not have hardware mpeg2 encoding Windows Media Center will
not work for analog channels.



"SeniorAsTech" <SeniorAsTech@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm using the same TV-Tuner Card (Cinergy HT PCI on Vista 64Bit) and my
> problem is that the VistaMediaCenter only is searching for DVB-T Channels,
> not for analog... I have no idea where to config MC for this, any ideas?
>
> Thx,
> SAT
>
> "John_T" wrote:
>
Quote:

>>
>> No, I have the 64-bit BDA drivers for the Terratec HT PCI, and it works
>> fine with the Terratec software, but Media Center does a scan and comes
>> up with zero channels, while the Terratec program gives me 60 TV
>> channels and 50 radio stations. Go figure...
>>
>>
>> --
>> John_T
>>
>> *vista ultimate 64-bit : c2 q6700 : ga-p35-dq6 : 4gb ram : 8800gtx : 2tb
>> hdd : 720w psu : 2x eizo cg241w*
>>
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