Re: XP MCE 2005 - cable to satellite.
- From: "Jaime" <nospamfor-jaimelobo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:36:44 -0400
The remote can be found at newegg.com and others, it usually sells for
$30-$40 for the remote, receiver, and two blasters.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16880100851 I got mine
for $28 a while back, but it is the Phillips OEM one, not the "genuine" MS
one, check ebay, etc.
What card do you have? The maker of it may sell a kit available for your
card that will add the additional inputs?
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), FL
"Stevie Wonder" <stevenmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ok, my MCE didn't come with any IR blasters (or even a remote). Is that
something I can purchase off the shelf somewhere. Anything specific I
should be looking for? Even though I have a dual tuner card, it only has
one input so I guess I'll have to get another one. Thanks for your help. I
kind of have an idea of the direction I need to go.
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"Stevie Wonder" <stevenmartin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Forgive me for a possibly stupid question. I had Comcast cable running
into my MCE 2005 box working just great. Then we moved into a new
development and cable wasn't available right away. We waited for it to
be setup and now find out that they decided not to do it. So, we are
looking at satellite. My question is how it interfaces with MCE. With
cable, it was no big deal, no set top box or anything just plug in the
cable and it recorded what we told it to and we could watch two
different channels in two different rooms (dual tuner card). But, I have
some questions on satellite.
1. Doesn't sattelite require a set top box? If so, how do I get the MCE
to change channels through the set top box receiver?
Yes, you will need a set top box (STB), to control it, you will have to
use the IR Blasters that should have in the kit with your remote and
receiver kit. They plug into the back of the receiver and then are
affixed to the front of the STB, that way when you tell (or have a
recording set up) MCE to change channels, MCE send the IR command out
through the Blasters to change the channel on the STB.
2. Mutiple channels. I would still want to be able to record or watch
two channels simultaneously. Is this possible with satellite?
Yes, but you will have to have two STB's, as it can only decode on
channel at a time. Unless the sat. companies have some kind of dual tuner
box (I've never used sat, so I'm a little unfamiliar). Depending on the
tuner card, you may also need an extra set of connectors (it would plug
into the card and use another slot on the back of the PC) if the card
does not have dual inputs on the back
--
James
Orlando (Goofy says "Hey!"), Florida
I know the satellite providers offer a "Tivo" but I really want to stick
with MCE as I have two Xbox 360s used as extenders in two different
rooms. Thanks in advance for your help.
.
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