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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 707715" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi thereI think you have misunderstood what is possible with an s-video connection. An s-video connection to the DIRECTV STB isn't going to give you all the DIRECTV channels. It only gives you the one channel that is tuned on the STB.The meaning of &quot;source&quot; when you refer to antenna and cable is not the same as the meaning of &quot;source&quot; when you refer to s-video, composite, component and other inputs. Cable and antenna both use the HVR1800's analog tuner as a source. They are actually tuning modes - the difference is that cable mode has more channels (wider frequency band, narrower channels) than antenna mode. A true list of sources would be:- tuner- s-video- composite- componentS-video, composite and component sources don't allow you to &quot;tune&quot; more than one channel so there is no sense in adding them to the list of modes (&quot;sources&quot;) which are used for scanning:Multi channel per input sources: tunerSingle channel per input sources: s-video, composite, component, HDMI etc.Like I've tried to explain above, I think you have misunderstood what is possible with s-video and composite sources. Yes they are additional inputs, but they only allow you to view one channel per input. Using the tuner source is they only way you could possibly get all the DIRECTV channels into MediaPortal. The problem with that is that the HVR 1800 is an ATSC tuner, meaning it can't receive the DIRECTV satellite signals...The only thing you can do with your current setup is to watch the channel that is tuned on the STB by watching the s-video input channel in MediaPortal. You would have to change channel on the STB to see a different DIRECTV channel in MediaPortal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 707715, member: 82144"] Hi there I think you have misunderstood what is possible with an s-video connection. An s-video connection to the DIRECTV STB isn't going to give you all the DIRECTV channels. It only gives you the [B]one[/B] channel that is tuned on the STB. The meaning of "source" when you refer to antenna and cable is not the same as the meaning of "source" when you refer to s-video, composite, component and other inputs. Cable and antenna both use the HVR1800's analog tuner as a source. They are actually [B]tuning modes[/B] - the difference is that cable mode has more channels (wider frequency band, narrower channels) than antenna mode. A true list of sources would be: - tuner - s-video - composite - component S-video, composite and component sources don't allow you to "tune" more than one channel so there is no sense in adding them to the list of modes ("sources") which are used for scanning: Multi channel per input sources: tuner Single channel per input sources: s-video, composite, component, HDMI etc. Like I've tried to explain above, I think you have misunderstood what is possible with s-video and composite sources. Yes they are additional inputs, but they only allow you to view one channel per input. Using the tuner source is they only way you could possibly get all the DIRECTV channels into MediaPortal. The problem with that is that the HVR 1800 is an ATSC tuner, meaning it can't receive the DIRECTV satellite signals... The only thing you can do with your current setup is to watch the channel that is tuned on the STB by watching the s-video input channel in MediaPortal. You would have to change channel on the STB to see a different DIRECTV channel in MediaPortal. [/QUOTE]

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