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<blockquote data-quote="imbs" data-source="post: 1021652" data-attributes="member: 143388"><p>Okay. As mm1352000 says, repairing the database fixed the service not starting problem.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the hybrid tuner card setup instructions RonD pointed me to didn't improve the zero signal strength issue. The only provider option available was 'generic' and after creating two tuner groups with the matching pairs of analog/digital 0 and analog/digital 1 tuners it still has a signal strength of zero on both.</p><p></p><p>According to TVFool I am roughly 30 miles from many local broadcasters and should see signal strengths of -37 to -51 dB (in the TVFool 'green zone') on 19 different channels.</p><p></p><p>Also downloaded and ran the Hauppauge Digital Signal Quality tool and it shows zero SNR/zero signal for both tuner cards. I have a third 2250 in an unopened bag but I figure it must be a configuration issue so I won't crack that open except as a last resort.</p><p></p><p>These tuners came out of an HTPC that I used for years which I recently 'upgraded' to a four-tuner Ceton InfiniTV Cable Card (different machine), thanks to Comcast encrypting all their digital signals in my area. Thus the experimenting with the old tuners and OTA stations/antenna. WANT TO DUMP COMCAST. And Windows MCE... have had gobs of heartburn with that too.</p><p></p><p>I seem to bring out the worst in hardware/software. I should hire myself out as a computer 'cooler' (like a casino cooler only for technology). I can make _anything_ fail without even trying ;-></p><p></p><p>I will try turning the machine completely off then restarting (I think I've done that at least once already though). If that doesn't work I guess I'll try a full uninstall of MP and reinstall. I really doubt that will help because I sincerely doubt the problem has anything to do with MP.</p><p></p><p>Oh, yeah... And just for further torture I will probably enable Windows MCE and see if _it_ has any luck tuning in...</p><p></p><p>Wish me luck me 'earty's!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="imbs, post: 1021652, member: 143388"] Okay. As mm1352000 says, repairing the database fixed the service not starting problem. Unfortunately, the hybrid tuner card setup instructions RonD pointed me to didn't improve the zero signal strength issue. The only provider option available was 'generic' and after creating two tuner groups with the matching pairs of analog/digital 0 and analog/digital 1 tuners it still has a signal strength of zero on both. According to TVFool I am roughly 30 miles from many local broadcasters and should see signal strengths of -37 to -51 dB (in the TVFool 'green zone') on 19 different channels. Also downloaded and ran the Hauppauge Digital Signal Quality tool and it shows zero SNR/zero signal for both tuner cards. I have a third 2250 in an unopened bag but I figure it must be a configuration issue so I won't crack that open except as a last resort. These tuners came out of an HTPC that I used for years which I recently 'upgraded' to a four-tuner Ceton InfiniTV Cable Card (different machine), thanks to Comcast encrypting all their digital signals in my area. Thus the experimenting with the old tuners and OTA stations/antenna. WANT TO DUMP COMCAST. And Windows MCE... have had gobs of heartburn with that too. I seem to bring out the worst in hardware/software. I should hire myself out as a computer 'cooler' (like a casino cooler only for technology). I can make _anything_ fail without even trying ;-> I will try turning the machine completely off then restarting (I think I've done that at least once already though). If that doesn't work I guess I'll try a full uninstall of MP and reinstall. I really doubt that will help because I sincerely doubt the problem has anything to do with MP. Oh, yeah... And just for further torture I will probably enable Windows MCE and see if _it_ has any luck tuning in... Wish me luck me 'earty's!! [/QUOTE]
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