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Live TV Problem
So .. I had this working originally.
I have an MSI TV@anywhere PSI tuner card. I have had it for about a year now and originally everything was working fine. I could watch TV with the included MSI Software, and I could watch TV on my Windows Media Center...
For the record, I am on Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.
I recently had to run a Repair Install on Windows to correct a problem that I had, that was caused by my initial negligence of being suckered into purchasing an bad copy of Windows with a bad key. After correcting said negligence and acquiring a legit copy; I noticed that my system was having some various errors and problems that the bad copy had caused, so I ran the following Repair Install off my new retail DVD...
Repair Install
So far, everything was working perfectly smooth now... Only problem I had was that I had to reinstall GTA4.. big deal.
Then I found that my TV had quit working, so I uninstalled all of its software, drivers, etc... and started over reinstalling that from scratch.
The MSI Software, is now working just fine. I can load up my Live TV and watch TV just fine.
Windows Media Center however, will not work again, and I can not remember how I got it working in the first place!
I am running Comcast, from my wall, to a Digitial Set Top Box. From that box, into the TV Card, which is set to Channel 3; and I change channels using the Comcast Box's included remote.
When I go through the WMC Set Up for Live TV; when I get to the screen where it asks me to let WMC detect my TV signals, it can't detect them. Then it asks me if I want it to try again, or if I want to set this part up manually...
I select Manaully...
Now it gives me three choices...
Cable
Satellite
Antenna
If I select Cable, it then tells me that I have to have a Set Top Box, and a WMC Compatible Remote Control. It goes and detects the TV signal on Channel 3 and puts up TV Video in the little preview box and I can hear the audio from it and click on the "ok" button to confirm and then it comes up and says it can not detect any Remote.
I don't have a Remote for this!
All I have is the Comcast Remote and its not a WMC Remote.
So I click "Back" a couple times and try selecting Antenna as I think that was how it was set up originally when it was working. It goes to the screen where its attempting to detect TV Signals with the little blue rotating circle..
And thats where I am now...
...and thats where I've been, for the past 30 minutes!
Its, just.. stuck there. It won't detect anything and I have to use Task Manager to shut down MCE; which I know because I have been through this an hour ago, had to use Task Manager to shut down MCE and rebooted my machine and now I'm on my second attempt...
I don't understand, why it detects and successfully Previews the Signal when I select "Cable"... but it does not when I select Antenna; and furthermore if it is working when I select Cable, why won't it let me skip the dumb WMC Remote detection since I don't have one of those and never had one when it was working previously?
For the Record.. the following was my original discussion thread here when I originally had this problem a year ago.
WMC Requires an IR device for LIVE TV?!
Only this time, when I select Antenna; as stated, it just sits there, and I can not continue...
Thanks in advance for any advice!