HVR-1600 Quick Question. (1 Viewer)

[chesh]

Does anyone know if you can actively use both tuners in the Hauppauge HVR-1600 at the same time? Ex. Use one tuner to record and the other to watch TV. Or, is this card considered a Hybrid? Thanks for any help that can be given.

-chesh

 

[moab]

Does anyone know if you can actively use both tuners in the Hauppauge HVR-1600 at the same time? Ex. Use one tuner to record and the other to watch TV. Or, is this card considered a Hybrid? Thanks for any help that can be given.

-chesh

I have the card and I have been told that it is a hybrid so it needs to be configured that way in MP.
From my own experience I can confirm that I cannot watch and record using the 1600 card. I work around it by using my TVs built in tuner to watch another channel whilst recording. I have not set up my card as hybrid but I need to.

 

[chesh]

One thing I was told about this card is that you can record off of one of the tuners and the RCA inputs at the same time. You'd assume that means you could use the analog coax input for seperate channel watching, but I'm not sure. If you get a chance to test it/feel the need, I'd be interested. If not, I'll have my card tomorrow and I'll follow up and let everyone know my findings. Thanks for the help moab.

Welp, I did what I should have done the first time and searched Google. It seems that this card is a true dual tuner card. According to this thread at the SageTV communities, there are users that are using 2 of these cards in their machine and tuning on all 4 coax inputs at once. Guess it's just a matter of how you map the channels. Hope this helps anyone in the future who's trying to find the answer to this question.

 

[moab]

I used the RCA inputs to convert some old VHS tapes into mediaportal recordings. Worked great with my VCR. I did not try watching TV at the same time. I will also try this out next time.

 

[dirtyvu]

Does anyone know if you can actively use both tuners in the Hauppauge HVR-1600 at the same time? Ex. Use one tuner to record and the other to watch TV. Or, is this card considered a Hybrid? Thanks for any help that can be given.

-chesh

I don't know about MediaPortal recording multiple at once, but with the default Hauppauge WinTV program, you can record one analog and one digital at the same time. Same thing with Media Center for Windows 7. I was recording a clearQAM HD channel as well as recording an analog SDTV channel.

But you can't do 2 analogs at once or 2 digitals at once. I think that's what the 2250 is for (it has 4 tuners rather than 2).

 

[moab]

I can record both ATSC and Analogue at the same time. In fact my TV has a built in tuner so I can watch a 3rd channel directly on the TV (i.e. not using mediaportal).

 

[lepa71]

I can record both ATSC and Analogue at the same time. In fact my TV has a built in tuner so I can watch a 3rd channel directly on the TV (i.e. not using mediaportal).

Did you have to configure 1600 as hybrid?

 

[moab]

I can record both ATSC and Analogue at the same time. In fact my TV has a built in tuner so I can watch a 3rd channel directly on the TV (i.e. not using mediaportal).

Did you have to configure 1600 as hybrid?

Nope. Just use them as 2 separate cards.

 

[dirtyvu]

I can record both ATSC and Analogue at the same time. In fact my TV has a built in tuner so I can watch a 3rd channel directly on the TV (i.e. not using mediaportal).

Did you have to configure 1600 as hybrid?

from what i understand, they made a few different 1600 cards (like the Xbox1 v1 having a Connexant video chipset and v1.6 having an Xcalibur chipset). the US and European models are different. in europe, the 1600 was a hybrid card. but in the US models, the 1600 had separate tuners. i think that's where the confusion lies.