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<blockquote data-quote="mdsflyer" data-source="post: 97794" data-attributes="member: 16262"><p>Hi there, and welcome to MediaPortal.</p><p></p><p>The good news is that the Hauppauge 500 is a great dual tuner for analogue TV, the bad news is that the Hauppauge 500 is a great dual tuner for analogue TV!</p><p></p><p>Analogue is easiest described as your "traditional" terrestial TV broadcast, i.e. big mast on a hill and you have a VHF and UHF aerial on your roof, this is what the Hauppauge 500 will then convert into mpeg2 and deliver to your hard drive. So find your aerial lead, (not the satellite cable) plug it into the card (split it into 2 first if you want to use both tuners, and why not?) and in the mediaportal setup program try scanning now. You should get the regular channels like TV1, 2, 3 C4 and Prime plus whatever else is in your area. </p><p></p><p>This is a great site if you want to know the specific frequencies from your local transmitter.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.lincrad.co.nz/transmitters.htm" target="_blank">http://www.lincrad.co.nz/transmitters.htm</a> </p><p></p><p>Your satellite cable is delivering a digital TV signal or DVB-S and requires a different type of card to handle that signal. I use a Technisat Skystar 2 (alongside a hauppauge card for analogue stuff) to handle this and get great results. Mediaportal is very compatible with the Skystar 2 and it works well within the program. I put together a little webpage to help others configure their cards available here</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.geocities.com/jowhaley/Skystar_2_NZ_Setup.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/jowhaley/Skystar_2_NZ_Setup.html</a></p><p></p><p>It is a pretty basic guide but got me to the point where thereafter setup in mediaportal was a breeze. I had an old sky dish and my terrestial reception of TV1 and TV2 was awful, this is a good solution and as a bonus i am ready and waiting for the new FreeView channels to.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helps you along, no doubt you'll have more questions along the way, i know i did!! So dont be afraid to ask</p><p></p><p>all the best</p><p>m</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mdsflyer, post: 97794, member: 16262"] Hi there, and welcome to MediaPortal. The good news is that the Hauppauge 500 is a great dual tuner for analogue TV, the bad news is that the Hauppauge 500 is a great dual tuner for analogue TV! Analogue is easiest described as your "traditional" terrestial TV broadcast, i.e. big mast on a hill and you have a VHF and UHF aerial on your roof, this is what the Hauppauge 500 will then convert into mpeg2 and deliver to your hard drive. So find your aerial lead, (not the satellite cable) plug it into the card (split it into 2 first if you want to use both tuners, and why not?) and in the mediaportal setup program try scanning now. You should get the regular channels like TV1, 2, 3 C4 and Prime plus whatever else is in your area. This is a great site if you want to know the specific frequencies from your local transmitter. [url]http://www.lincrad.co.nz/transmitters.htm[/url] Your satellite cable is delivering a digital TV signal or DVB-S and requires a different type of card to handle that signal. I use a Technisat Skystar 2 (alongside a hauppauge card for analogue stuff) to handle this and get great results. Mediaportal is very compatible with the Skystar 2 and it works well within the program. I put together a little webpage to help others configure their cards available here [url]http://www.geocities.com/jowhaley/Skystar_2_NZ_Setup.html[/url] It is a pretty basic guide but got me to the point where thereafter setup in mediaportal was a breeze. I had an old sky dish and my terrestial reception of TV1 and TV2 was awful, this is a good solution and as a bonus i am ready and waiting for the new FreeView channels to. I hope this helps you along, no doubt you'll have more questions along the way, i know i did!! So dont be afraid to ask all the best m [/QUOTE]
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