installing multiple tuner cards (1 Viewer)

[warney23]

Hi everyone, i have recently paid out for a second fusion hdtv dvb-t plus tuner card (both identical)so i can record one channel while watching another.
As i am new to this media centre pc thing i'm not sure how to set this up too work properly.
I have installed drivers, added both tuner cards to the media portal setup capture cards.
My questions are this, do i have to plug a second aerial in the new tuner or can they be linked together somehow?
I have tried to use two aerial cables but when i try to record one channel & change channels, i get a "tuner cards are busy message"
So i'm not sure if i have just hooked it up right or have to change a setting??
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ronilse]

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[Taipan]

My questions are this, do i have to plug a second aerial in the new tuner or can they be linked together somehow?

If the cards have two co-axial connectors on them, the second connector is the "aerial pass-through" and can be used to connect to the second card's "aerial in".

If the cards only have a single co-axial connector, then you would need to use a "2-way splitter" on the end of your aerial lead, with a lead then to each of the aerial inputs on the DVB-T cards.

Also, make sure that you have assigned the channels to both cards, and that you have applied the "Dual DVB-T patches" to Windows XP (do a search for the info in these forums).

HTH.....?