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<blockquote data-quote="milhouse" data-source="post: 232938" data-attributes="member: 26653">How is the settop box connected to your TV tuner card?&nbsp; If it's &quot;channel 4&quot;, then probably coax.&nbsp; You'll get a better picture with a different connection.&nbsp; S-video&gt;composite&gt;coax.Scanning for channels won't do you any good.&nbsp; It would detect just the one channel, and you'd have to tune the DISH receiver manually.&nbsp; No good for recording.&nbsp; What I recommend:1) schedules direct subscription (<a href="http://www.schedulesdirect.org" target="_blank">Schedules Direct</a>) for downloading listings.&nbsp; No, it's not free.&nbsp; $15/year.&nbsp; But it works very well.&nbsp; Set up the channels you want in your guide here, as well.2) install schedules direct plugin (search the forum)3) configure the plug in, and choose the option to &quot;automatically add new digital cable/satellite channels&quot;.&nbsp; The input would depend on your tuner card and connection.&nbsp; I have a Hauppauge 150 and connect to the Dish with S-video.&nbsp; So I use &quot;SVHS&quot; for the input.&nbsp; This means that when the guide is downloaded, if a channel is in the listing that isn't in MP already, it would add the channel as &quot;external&quot;, as well as the Dish channel number (from the listings).&nbsp; So it has the information to tune your receiver.&nbsp;Now when you start MP, it's download listings and set up the channels for you.(I am assuming that you have already set up your Hauppauge software for IR blaster.&nbsp; You do that using the &quot;IR Blaster COnfiguration that comes with WinTV.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="milhouse, post: 232938, member: 26653"] How is the settop box connected to your TV tuner card? If it's "channel 4", then probably coax. You'll get a better picture with a different connection. S-video>composite>coax. Scanning for channels won't do you any good. It would detect just the one channel, and you'd have to tune the DISH receiver manually. No good for recording. What I recommend: 1) schedules direct subscription ([url=http://www.schedulesdirect.org]Schedules Direct[/url]) for downloading listings. No, it's not free. $15/year. But it works very well. Set up the channels you want in your guide here, as well. 2) install schedules direct plugin (search the forum) 3) configure the plug in, and choose the option to "automatically add new digital cable/satellite channels". The input would depend on your tuner card and connection. I have a Hauppauge 150 and connect to the Dish with S-video. So I use "SVHS" for the input. This means that when the guide is downloaded, if a channel is in the listing that isn't in MP already, it would add the channel as "external", as well as the Dish channel number (from the listings). So it has the information to tune your receiver. Now when you start MP, it's download listings and set up the channels for you. (I am assuming that you have already set up your Hauppauge software for IR blaster. You do that using the "IR Blaster COnfiguration that comes with WinTV.) [/QUOTE]

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