Media Center no longer recognises antenna signal

Hello,

My Windows Media Center (Vista 32) no longer scans for channels from the antenna
connection.

I used to be able to scan for DVB-T and receive all my local HD channels but
now it finds no services. Not even on Analog Terrestial.

I have a Hauppauge HVR-1200 TV tuner and recently tested several other PVR
software packages (GB-PVR, MediaPortal, SageTV, WinTV). None were as good as
the Windows Media Center so I uninstalled them.

Now when I go to set up my tv signal, I select DVB-T and then it goes to the
SetTop Box setup option rather than the scan for channels option.

Any clues as to how I can fix this? I've reinstalled drivers from the Hauppauge
site but it makes no difference so I'm guessing it's a Media Center setting
or something causing the problems.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

--
James

James
Tue Jul 01 02:30:30 PDT 2008


I <j.bourne@vic.com.au> wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>My Windows Media Center (Vista 32) no longer scans for channels from
>the antenna connection.
>
>I used to be able to scan for DVB-T and receive all my local HD channels but
now it finds no services. Not even on Analog Terrestial.
>
>I have a Hauppauge HVR-1200 TV tuner and recently tested several other
>PVR software packages (GB-PVR, MediaPortal, SageTV, WinTV). None were
>as good as the Windows Media Center so I uninstalled them.
>
>Now when I go to set up my tv signal, I select DVB-T and then it goes
>to the SetTop Box setup option rather than the scan for channels
>option.
>
>Any clues as to how I can fix this? I've reinstalled drivers from
>the Hauppauge site but it makes no difference so I'm guessing it's a
>Media Center setting or something causing the problems.
>
>Any ideas?

Problem solved. After several days searching through the Internet and installing
drivers to no effect etc.,I came across a post that mentioned System Restore
points and how to use them. I've now restored my system back to the last restore
point before I started installing the PVR packages. The process took about
5 minutes and now Windows Media Center is working fine again. I'm surprised
no-one was able to tell me this? Oh well, something to keep in mind when others
have similar problems.

Cheers,

--
James