Re: 2005 mce only 2 black and white channels

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From: Todd Bowra [MSFT] (toddbow_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/08/05 

Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:03:31 -0800

When you ran Media Center's TV setup, did you select Antenna or Cable?
Channel tuning works slightly different between the two, so you'll get poor
results if you set it to antenna but have cable or vice versa. 

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"Michael Earls" <mearls@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uKogXRAJFHA.3916@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> What country do you live in?  What country did you get your tuner card
from?
> Are they the same?  I don't know anything about non-US configurations, but
I
> think there are differences in how the channels are tuned (but I really
> don't know).
>
> Maybe the tuner card is set up for a different configuration.
>
> -- 
> Michael Earls
> The Cerebral Kitchen
> http://www.cerkit.com/
>
>
> "DiFio" <DiFio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:78939439-8547-4E95-9459-5045EE030560@microsoft.com...
> >I have had comcast cable here twice. Cable signal is strong and when
hooked
> > up to a television the pictuire is perfect. Still nothing with mce. I
> > really
> > hope someone finds a solution, it is comforting to know I am not the
only
> > one
> > with the problem!!! I was beginning to think I was crazy!
> >
> > "Noozer" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "MickeyD" <MickeyD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6D1109A7-F162-4BF1-8E61-383918EDDF05@microsoft.com...
> >> > I am having a very similar problem with a brand new Dell 8400 with
MCE
> >> 2005:
> >> > on initial setup, the system does not recognize any TV signal, but if
I
> >> > change channels manually, I can get very bad signals on channels 5 &
6
> >> only:
> >> > black and white, with a few streaks of color.  (Though my channels 5
&
> >> > 6
> >> are
> >> > not the same stations as for 'difio' below.)
> >>
> >> Does a TV work on this cable outlet? Is the coax cable tested OK?
> >>
> >> Sounds like you just don't have any cable signal going into the tuner
> >> card.
> >> Might want to try it where you have a working TV.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

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