Re: IR Hardware not detected

The option 2 I suggested said noting about trying to use ATI's media center with MC since as you are well aware you can only use one or the other.
"Raven Mill" <RavenMill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:28B0BE2C-25DB-4A81-9513-2D22CBC39D92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yeah. I just, after thinking about it for awhile, worked out your option #2.
ATI's media center doesn't work with Vista, (last time I checked) so you
can't use that.

I'm not concerned about recording on different channels and such, as I don't
do that anyways. I simply wanted to be able to watch TV with my TV tuner, so
doing the antenna idea worked after a bit of fanagling.
--

Saving you from yourselves.


"Curious" wrote:

You have three choices:
1. Run the ATI TV application in Vista just like you did in XP.
or
2. Tell MC that you have an antenna and that you do not want to use the
guide and always watch/record channel 3 and then use your STB remote to
control the channel being output on channel 3.
3. Purchase an MCE remote and IR receiver/ blaster which allows you to
control your STB input channel from the MC remote and to use the MC
Electronic Program Guide for live and recording selection.
"Raven Mill" <RavenMill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4255B68D-6448-4CA3-9E3A-BA13B75B06F0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I think that many people aren't understanding some things here; >including
>me.
>
> I have a custom built PC with Windows Vista Ultimate x86 installed.
> Everything works fine. All my USB devices work properly. I have an > ATI
> 750
> TV tuner card in my PC. I also have an ATI remote control for the TV
> tuner,
> which I don't use because my set-top box requires using only channel 3 > as
> the
> source, but it's there and works fine for everything else. I have a > cable
> TV
> set-top box. It has a remote control, which is the one I use to change
> channels on the cable box. There is nothing else connected to > anything.
> My
> cable box doesn't have a usb port or any such thing for pluging > anything
> into
> it other than the coax from the wall and the video/coax/svideo out to > the
> TV
> or tuner card.
>
> On XP Pro, (Not MCE, just normal XP Pro) and everything works fine. > The
> TV
> card and remote work fine using ATI's media center software to watch > TV.
>
> The drivers for the TV tuner card seem to install onto vista properly.
>
> What we're asking here is why we need some extra remote control device
> here.
> (since we already have 2 of them. 1 for the set top box and 1 for the
> PC.)
> Why do I need an additional piece of hardware, which, as far as I know
> none
> of my equipment has anywhere to put it anyways?
>
> I know the tuner is working fine because in the media center setup it
> scans
> for channels and finds the signal just fine. (It even plays the signal > in
> the little box in the setup.)
>
> -- >
> Saving you from yourselves.
>
>
> "JW" wrote:
>
>> Apparently you are trying to use a STB as TV source. Do you have a ID
>> blaster "bug" to control the STB connected to the receiver?
>> "Joe Doakes" <Joe Doakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:F167535E-06A7-4135-BED3-0A83F8D415B6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Did find a solution here? i have the same problem; that is, media
>> > center
>> > setup defeats me when i get to media center cannot find IR device.
>> >
>> > "Park Hensley" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have Vista Ultimate 32-bit. My remote control is a genuine >> >> Microsoft
>> >> Vista
>> >> MCE Remote Control and is not detected by the Media Center TV setup
>> >> program.
>> >> Changing the USB port for the ir receiver does not work. I really >> >> want
>> >> to
>> >> get
>> >> this resolved.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>>


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