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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1032817" data-attributes="member: 82144">Unmapping and remapping here...<a href="http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/TV-Server_Configuration/03_TV_Channels/2_Mapping" target="_blank">http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/TV-Server_Configuration/03_TV_Channels/2_Mapping</a>...will make absolutely zero difference for you.Unmapping tells TV Server that it cannot use your Colossus to receive the channels... and then re-mapping tells TV Server it can use your Colossus to receive the channels.Your Colossus is internal in the sense that it is inside your computer box... but it is not a tuner. So, when you read the text &quot;...only use for external tuners...&quot; think: what is actually doing the tuning? The correct answer is: the set-top-box that you've connected to your Colossus. Is that set-top-box inside or outside your PC? Outside of course. Therefore you are using an external tuner and you need to configure those settings.I haven't got a clue. Again, remember that I've never used SchedulesDirect. Presumably you're telling SchedulesDirect to do it somehow.It is manual for you because the SchedulesDirect plugin doesn't do it automatically.If you were scanning with an internal tuner then TV Server would automatically do the mapping.I assume you're talking about the SchedulesDirect plugin wiki here?As above: you are using an external tuner, so set the video and audio input fields.After that you need to re-import the channels. If I had to guess how to do that, I'd say it would be by ticking the &quot;force guide update on next...&quot; option on the &quot;advanced&quot; tab in the SchedulesDirect plugin, and then restarting the TV service (you know how to do this, right?).After that, make sure that the newly created channels are mapped... and then verify that they have the correct input settings... and then try to tune.mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1032817, member: 82144"] Unmapping and remapping here... [url]http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/141_Configuration/TV-Server_Configuration/03_TV_Channels/2_Mapping[/url] ...will make absolutely zero difference for you. Unmapping tells TV Server that it [B]cannot[/B] use your Colossus to receive the channels... and then re-mapping tells TV Server it [B]can [/B]use your Colossus to receive the channels. Your Colossus is internal in the sense that it is inside your computer box... [B]but it is not a tuner[/B]. So, when you read the text "...only use for external [B]tuners[/B]..." think: what is actually doing the tuning? The correct answer is: the set-top-box that you've connected to your Colossus. Is that set-top-box inside or outside your PC? Outside of course. [B]Therefore you are using an external tuner and you need to configure those settings.[/B] I haven't got a clue. Again, remember that I've never used SchedulesDirect. Presumably you're telling SchedulesDirect to do it somehow. It is manual for you because the SchedulesDirect plugin doesn't do it automatically. If you were scanning with an internal tuner then TV Server would automatically do the mapping. I assume you're talking about the SchedulesDirect plugin wiki here? As above: you are using an external tuner, so set the video and audio input fields. After that you need to re-import the channels. If I had to guess how to do that, I'd say it would be by ticking the "force guide update on next..." option on the "advanced" tab in the SchedulesDirect plugin, and then restarting the TV service (you know how to do this, right?). After that, make sure that the newly created channels are mapped... and then verify that they have the correct input settings... and then try to tune. mm [/QUOTE]

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