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TV Tuner, help please!
Hey guys, me again with a new battery of inquries.
So, I got hooked up with a TV Tuner but am having a hell of a time getting it to pick up any channels from my Verizon FiOS Set-Top box. I have it connected via an S-Video cable, the RCA audio splitter and I’ve even tried directly wiring the Coaxial cable to it from the TV-Out port as well. But, still no channels.
It’s a Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick, model 801e. When I installed the drivers and applications, it told me that 64bit was only Beta for this device, applications and drivers (drivers are for Vistsa as there are currently no 7 drivers for it) but that it should work just fine without any major issues.
So, is it my computer, or the provider type, or else how I’ve chosen to connect the device which is the issue here? I know that the device itself works because it was able to pick up TV-Radio. Just not any channels. I don’t know if a portable antenna is required in conjunction with a direct hookup, but I don’t think so – please correct me if I’m wrong, and I don’t have one of these.
Likewise, is there a special procedure or channel I should tune into for it to properly seek and find the channels? This is my very fist time ever messing around with TV-PC connections so please be gentle and explain things as if you’re dealing with a complete moron.
As always, any help or advice is greatly appreciated!
EDIT: The only cable I DON'T have is a RCA Video, the ones I have do NOT fit the Video-Out port on the RCA cable for the Tuner, and we don't have a spare one meant for TV connections (as all our TV's use Coaxial and S-Video). Is this wire also required in conjunction with an S-Video cable to deliver channels and images to the device?