Autotune Produces Random Channel Names

[dcwp]

Hello,

I have a recurring problem that may be a hardware issue, I'm hoping someone here has seen it before so I can be sure.

When I scan for channels for my TV card (Hauppage PVR 150MCE), I get random strings in the "name" field for several channels. If I clear channels and do it again, I get a different set of random strings, sometimes for different channels.

For example, the most recent attempt produced the following: Channel 2 Name *Y; Channel 3 Name (; Channel 4 Name %x|-)KG[; Channel 6 Name 6; Channel 7 Name 7... All the rest have the proper number as channel name like 6 and 7. In the past I have ignored this problem, but I'm trying to use an EPG now and it seems to be having trouble with these channel names.

I suspect that it has to do with signal quality. My tuner card has always been a problem; the low channels (about 2-7) are very low picture quality even though the cable produces a decent image through a regular TV. When I bought it, I saw on the Hauppauge forums that low channel quality was a known bug, but I decided to deal with it.

Could this signal quality issue be causing the autotune to misread channel name? Is there a way to manually adjust this within MP?

Thanks for any help, system specs below.

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TV-Server Version: 2
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC1 SVN 6-22-2008
MediaPortal Skin: Replicant
Windows Version: XP Pro SP2
CPU Type: Celeron D 3.2 GHz
HDD: Seagate and WD ~ 1.25 Tb
Memory: 1 Gb DDR3200
Motherboard: Intel D865GVHZL
Video Card: GeForce NVidia FX5200
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge PVR150 MCE
1. TV Card Type: ATSC
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
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4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
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Satelite/CableTV Provider: Comcast
HTPC Case: Ultra MicroFly
Cooling: Silverstone CPU fan
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Remote: MCE Remote/Logitech PS3 Wireless Keyboard
TV: Olevia 337H LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI