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Windows Vista Media Centre: TV Tuner

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by Snape, 2008/03/16.

  1. 2008/03/16
    Snape

    Snape Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hi all,
    My partner just bought a laptop with Windows Vista (which I am completely unfamiliar with) and this is driving me crazy. I understand that *somehow* the TV tuner is supposed to be configured/setup through Windows Media Centre. I have followed instructions from the Microsoft website as far as the "select TV" option goes, but there is no TV option in our Media Centre! I simply can't find anywhere in Media Centre where I can configure the TV tuner.
    Before you ask, yes, it *does* have a TV tuner ;)

    Any idea how I can get this thing working? When I try the remote control that came with the laptop (pressing the TV Tuner button for Media Centre) I just get an error message.

    Cheers,
    S
     
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  2. 2008/03/17
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Do you have the cable line connected to the TV card?
     
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  4. 2008/03/19
    Snape

    Snape Inactive Thread Starter

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    I don't have cable, I have an antenna that came with the laptop - this is what I have plugged into the TV Card.

    Any idea how to setup/access the TV functionality through media centre, or why the options don't seem to be there?
     
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  5. 2008/03/19
    Steve R Jones

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    The Automatic TV Signal Setup Wizard may detect an antenna connection as a set-top box in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/887276/en-us

    Looks like you need to locate the TV Signal Setup Wizard...There are more articles at MS Knowledgebase.
     
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  6. 2008/03/20
    Snape

    Snape Inactive Thread Starter

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    Ok thanks Steve! I will follow this up and let you know if I have any success with it :)
     
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