TV suddenly not tuning!!

chrismalone · 2006-11-09, 19:54

Had been using 0.2.1.0 for about a week working fine and yesterday it suddenly stopped finding the channels.
have tried deleting mediaportal.xml and doing a new config but that hasn't helped.

also tried tuning everything in again but i don't think it found anything.
it had different signal strengths while it was retuning but it didn't say new/updated channels or anything.
this was done in Configuration.exe.

checked log folder and there's nothing in there except configuration.txt, vmr9.txt and a 650kb dvb.txt.
which all contain nothing about any errors.

the AverTV software won't find any channels either so it must be the card.

other tv's in my house still working fine.. connection still firmly plugged in..
running out of ideas..

Here's my system specs:
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.1.0
Windows Version: Windows XP
CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz SL7PK (OC to 3.0Ghz)
HDD: 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus ST3160023A
Memory: 512MB + 1GB
Motherboard: P4S800-MX
Video Card: Sparkle Nvidia Geforce 6800GT AGP
Video Card Driver: v93.71
Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy ZS 2
Sound Card Drivers: Latest
TV Card: Avermedia DVB-T 777
TV Card Type: Internal
TV Card Driver: Latest
MPEG2 Video Codec: Nvidia PureVideo Decoder
MPEG2 Audio Codec: CyberLink 7 Decoder

Paranoid Delusion · 2006-11-09, 22:36

Quote:

the AverTV software won't find any channels either so it must be the card.

If reinstalling the drivers\software supplied with the tvcard, and nothing tunes, check in device manager and see if your card shows up as present, if not you may have a dead or possibly even a accidently disabled card (if it shows disabled).

chrismalone · 2006-11-12, 00:21

tried reinstalling drivers.. didn't help.

yes it is in device manager and not disabled or errors.
that's why it's weird cos it happened for almost no reason i hadn't changed anything.
just watching tv with it with mediaportal the day before.

if it was dead it would explain it but it still seems to find channel strength with the mediaportal scanner and device manager still shows it with no problems.

Folkfan · 2006-11-23, 12:50

Had any luck fixing this?
I've got a simlar problem. I've gone from 16 channels to 4 overnight. Bah!

2006-11-09, 19:54	#1 (permalink)
chrismalone Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	TV suddenly not tuning!! Had been using 0.2.1.0 for about a week working fine and yesterday it suddenly stopped finding the channels. have tried deleting mediaportal.xml and doing a new config but that hasn't helped. also tried tuning everything in again but i don't think it found anything. it had different signal strengths while it was retuning but it didn't say new/updated channels or anything. this was done in Configuration.exe. checked log folder and there's nothing in there except configuration.txt, vmr9.txt and a 650kb dvb.txt. which all contain nothing about any errors. the AverTV software won't find any channels either so it must be the card. other tv's in my house still working fine.. connection still firmly plugged in.. running out of ideas.. Here's my system specs: MediaPortal Version: 0.2.1.0 Windows Version: Windows XP CPU Type: Intel Pentium 4 2.8 Ghz SL7PK (OC to 3.0Ghz) HDD: 160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 Plus ST3160023A Memory: 512MB + 1GB Motherboard: P4S800-MX Video Card: Sparkle Nvidia Geforce 6800GT AGP Video Card Driver: v93.71 Sound Card: Creative SoundBlaster Audigy ZS 2 Sound Card Drivers: Latest TV Card: Avermedia DVB-T 777 TV Card Type: Internal TV Card Driver: Latest MPEG2 Video Codec: Nvidia PureVideo Decoder MPEG2 Audio Codec: CyberLink 7 Decoder Last edited by chrismalone; 2006-11-09 at 20:11.

2006-11-12, 00:21	#3 (permalink)
chrismalone Portal Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 12 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	tried reinstalling drivers.. didn't help. yes it is in device manager and not disabled or errors. that's why it's weird cos it happened for almost no reason i hadn't changed anything. just watching tv with it with mediaportal the day before. if it was dead it would explain it but it still seems to find channel strength with the mediaportal scanner and device manager still shows it with no problems. __________________ Chris Malone Last edited by chrismalone; 2006-11-12 at 11:32.

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Folkfan Portal Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Age: 31 Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country:	Had any luck fixing this? I've got a simlar problem. I've gone from 16 channels to 4 overnight. Bah!