Vista Media Center TV Setup: IR receiver not detected

I have a HP computer with Vista Home Premiuim and a TV Tuner. Suddenly, Media
Center was not able to detect TV tuner anymore. The TV tuner card appears
correctly in Device Manager howerver. I've got a replacement card on warranty
from HP, and this time Medai Center Setup sees the TV tuner, and I can see a
preview of TV show in the TV setup.
Strangely, the Media Center Setup did not detect my IR receiver, even if I
use the remote to go there! It's a pity because I cannot terminate the TV
setup and my TV functionnality is lost.
I wrote to HP, with no help, as they recommend to do a full recovery of the
PC at his original state. To me, it's like killing a fly with a gun. It
works, but there's a lot of collaterals...
So, I know my remote and the receiver work because I can watch already
recorded TV shows with the remote from Media Center right now. And Media
Player accepts commands from the remote too. The problem is only within the
TV setup, and this prevents me to get TV live.

Anyone has an idea? Maybe some configuration in an .ini file to correct?
--
Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user

Curious
Mon Jun 09 13:09:47 PDT 2008

Are you using the MC remote to control a STB?
If yes is there any possibility that your IR blaster is no longer connected?
Is there any possibility that you may have allowed WinUpdate to replace your
TV tuner driver?
"Guylain" <guyhel@sympatico.ca(nepasspammer)> wrote in message
news:111D32E4-6A27-4FF6-957D-18E8CAE7F7AB@microsoft.com...
>I have a HP computer with Vista Home Premiuim and a TV Tuner. Suddenly,
>Media
> Center was not able to detect TV tuner anymore. The TV tuner card appears
> correctly in Device Manager howerver. I've got a replacement card on
> warranty
> from HP, and this time Medai Center Setup sees the TV tuner, and I can see
> a
> preview of TV show in the TV setup.
> Strangely, the Media Center Setup did not detect my IR receiver, even if I
> use the remote to go there! It's a pity because I cannot terminate the TV
> setup and my TV functionnality is lost.
> I wrote to HP, with no help, as they recommend to do a full recovery of
> the
> PC at his original state. To me, it's like killing a fly with a gun. It
> works, but there's a lot of collaterals...
> So, I know my remote and the receiver work because I can watch already
> recorded TV shows with the remote from Media Center right now. And Media
> Player accepts commands from the remote too. The problem is only within
> the
> TV setup, and this prevents me to get TV live.
>
> Anyone has an idea? Maybe some configuration in an .ini file to correct?
> --
> Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user

guyhel
Mon Jun 09 13:56:01 PDT 2008

Yes, I use a STB, and my emitter (IR Blaster) is connected as before. And
just to be sure, I tried IR remote, receiver and emitter borowed from my old
HP Media Center (the IR blaster and receiver are dentical).
In the process of finding the problem with my TV tuner, HP asked me to
uninstall the TV tuner and IR devices in Device Manager, and reboot to force
reinstallation of these drivers. As my system is always up to date with
software, I suppose Vista has re-installed the latest version of drivers.
--
Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user


"Curious" wrote:

> Are you using the MC remote to control a STB?
> If yes is there any possibility that your IR blaster is no longer connected?
> Is there any possibility that you may have allowed WinUpdate to replace your
> TV tuner driver?
> "Guylain" <guyhel@sympatico.ca(nepasspammer)> wrote in message
> news:111D32E4-6A27-4FF6-957D-18E8CAE7F7AB@microsoft.com...
> >I have a HP computer with Vista Home Premiuim and a TV Tuner. Suddenly,
> >Media
> > Center was not able to detect TV tuner anymore. The TV tuner card appears
> > correctly in Device Manager howerver. I've got a replacement card on
> > warranty
> > from HP, and this time Medai Center Setup sees the TV tuner, and I can see
> > a
> > preview of TV show in the TV setup.
> > Strangely, the Media Center Setup did not detect my IR receiver, even if I
> > use the remote to go there! It's a pity because I cannot terminate the TV
> > setup and my TV functionnality is lost.
> > I wrote to HP, with no help, as they recommend to do a full recovery of
> > the
> > PC at his original state. To me, it's like killing a fly with a gun. It
> > works, but there's a lot of collaterals...
> > So, I know my remote and the receiver work because I can watch already
> > recorded TV shows with the remote from Media Center right now. And Media
> > Player accepts commands from the remote too. The problem is only within
> > the
> > TV setup, and this prevents me to get TV live.
> >
> > Anyone has an idea? Maybe some configuration in an .ini file to correct?
> > --
> > Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user
>

Curious
Mon Jun 09 15:15:51 PDT 2008

Do not assume that Vista has installed the latest version of the
manufacturers drivers. Very often drivers installed by WinUpdate or by a
Vista installation are way out of date and incompatible with other software
on the users's system.
"Guylain" <guyhel@sympatico.ca(nepasspammer)> wrote in message
news:46804648-6308-459A-8734-F1224FDDB13F@microsoft.com...
> Yes, I use a STB, and my emitter (IR Blaster) is connected as before. And
> just to be sure, I tried IR remote, receiver and emitter borowed from my
> old
> HP Media Center (the IR blaster and receiver are dentical).
> In the process of finding the problem with my TV tuner, HP asked me to
> uninstall the TV tuner and IR devices in Device Manager, and reboot to
> force
> reinstallation of these drivers. As my system is always up to date with
> software, I suppose Vista has re-installed the latest version of drivers.
> --
> Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user
>
>
> "Curious" wrote:
>
>> Are you using the MC remote to control a STB?
>> If yes is there any possibility that your IR blaster is no longer
>> connected?
>> Is there any possibility that you may have allowed WinUpdate to replace
>> your
>> TV tuner driver?
>> "Guylain" <guyhel@sympatico.ca(nepasspammer)> wrote in message
>> news:111D32E4-6A27-4FF6-957D-18E8CAE7F7AB@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a HP computer with Vista Home Premiuim and a TV Tuner. Suddenly,
>> >Media
>> > Center was not able to detect TV tuner anymore. The TV tuner card
>> > appears
>> > correctly in Device Manager howerver. I've got a replacement card on
>> > warranty
>> > from HP, and this time Medai Center Setup sees the TV tuner, and I can
>> > see
>> > a
>> > preview of TV show in the TV setup.
>> > Strangely, the Media Center Setup did not detect my IR receiver, even
>> > if I
>> > use the remote to go there! It's a pity because I cannot terminate the
>> > TV
>> > setup and my TV functionnality is lost.
>> > I wrote to HP, with no help, as they recommend to do a full recovery of
>> > the
>> > PC at his original state. To me, it's like killing a fly with a gun. It
>> > works, but there's a lot of collaterals...
>> > So, I know my remote and the receiver work because I can watch already
>> > recorded TV shows with the remote from Media Center right now. And
>> > Media
>> > Player accepts commands from the remote too. The problem is only within
>> > the
>> > TV setup, and this prevents me to get TV live.
>> >
>> > Anyone has an idea? Maybe some configuration in an .ini file to
>> > correct?
>> > --
>> > Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user
>>

guyhel
Mon Jun 09 17:45:01 PDT 2008

You're right about automated installation of drivers. But I consider the
problem is not bond to drivers, because the remote works well under Media
Center menus other than TV Setup detection, and in other softwares, like
Media Player.
I think there is an corrupted configuration file in Media Center. Or maybe a
misleading registry entry. But, which one, that's the question...
--
Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user


"Curious" wrote:

> Do not assume that Vista has installed the latest version of the
> manufacturers drivers. Very often drivers installed by WinUpdate or by a
> Vista installation are way out of date and incompatible with other software
> on the users's system.
> "Guylain" <guyhel@sympatico.ca(nepasspammer)> wrote in message
> news:46804648-6308-459A-8734-F1224FDDB13F@microsoft.com...
> > Yes, I use a STB, and my emitter (IR Blaster) is connected as before. And
> > just to be sure, I tried IR remote, receiver and emitter borowed from my
> > old
> > HP Media Center (the IR blaster and receiver are dentical).
> > In the process of finding the problem with my TV tuner, HP asked me to
> > uninstall the TV tuner and IR devices in Device Manager, and reboot to
> > force
> > reinstallation of these drivers. As my system is always up to date with
> > software, I suppose Vista has re-installed the latest version of drivers.
> > --
> > Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user
> >
> >
> > "Curious" wrote:
> >
> >> Are you using the MC remote to control a STB?
> >> If yes is there any possibility that your IR blaster is no longer
> >> connected?
> >> Is there any possibility that you may have allowed WinUpdate to replace
> >> your
> >> TV tuner driver?
> >> "Guylain" <guyhel@sympatico.ca(nepasspammer)> wrote in message
> >> news:111D32E4-6A27-4FF6-957D-18E8CAE7F7AB@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have a HP computer with Vista Home Premiuim and a TV Tuner. Suddenly,
> >> >Media
> >> > Center was not able to detect TV tuner anymore. The TV tuner card
> >> > appears
> >> > correctly in Device Manager howerver. I've got a replacement card on
> >> > warranty
> >> > from HP, and this time Medai Center Setup sees the TV tuner, and I can
> >> > see
> >> > a
> >> > preview of TV show in the TV setup.
> >> > Strangely, the Media Center Setup did not detect my IR receiver, even
> >> > if I
> >> > use the remote to go there! It's a pity because I cannot terminate the
> >> > TV
> >> > setup and my TV functionnality is lost.
> >> > I wrote to HP, with no help, as they recommend to do a full recovery of
> >> > the
> >> > PC at his original state. To me, it's like killing a fly with a gun. It
> >> > works, but there's a lot of collaterals...
> >> > So, I know my remote and the receiver work because I can watch already
> >> > recorded TV shows with the remote from Media Center right now. And
> >> > Media
> >> > Player accepts commands from the remote too. The problem is only within
> >> > the
> >> > TV setup, and this prevents me to get TV live.
> >> >
> >> > Anyone has an idea? Maybe some configuration in an .ini file to
> >> > correct?
> >> > --
> >> > Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user
> >>
>
>

Nigel
Tue Jun 10 01:17:14 PDT 2008

On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:45:01 -0700, Guylain <guyhel@sympatico.ca(nepasspammer)>
wrote:

>You're right about automated installation of drivers. But I consider the
>problem is not bond to drivers, because the remote works well under Media
>Center menus other than TV Setup detection, and in other softwares, like
>Media Player.
>I think there is an corrupted configuration file in Media Center. Or maybe a
>misleading registry entry. But, which one, that's the question...

Do you see the Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver in Device Manager under
Human Interface Devices?

Do you have Vista Service Pack 1 installed?
--

Cheers

Nigel Barker
Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
MCE MVP

guyhel
Tue Jun 10 07:14:01 PDT 2008

Hi Nigel.

I see :
1. eHome IR receiver (USBCIR) under USB bus controlers
2. Microsoft IR transmiiter under HID devices

(terminology may very a bit because I have a french version of Vista).
Regards,
--
Guylain Tremblay, Media Center user


"Nigel Barker" wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:45:01 -0700, Guylain <guyhel@sympatico.ca(nepasspammer)>
> wrote:
>
> >You're right about automated installation of drivers. But I consider the
> >problem is not bond to drivers, because the remote works well under Media
> >Center menus other than TV Setup detection, and in other softwares, like
> >Media Player.
> >I think there is an corrupted configuration file in Media Center. Or maybe a
> >misleading registry entry. But, which one, that's the question...
>
> Do you see the Microsoft eHome Infrared Transceiver in Device Manager under
> Human Interface Devices?
>
> Do you have Vista Service Pack 1 installed?
> --
>
> Cheers
>
> Nigel Barker
> Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur
> MCE MVP
>