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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1277219" data-attributes="member: 141969">Connecting the aerial directly to the TV is OK at a gross level, but the problem with TV cards for PCs is that the tuners seem to be much less sensitive than the tuners in TV sets. I am not sure why this is -- possibly they have to be less sensitive in order to avoid receiving interference from the high-frequency signals zooming around the motherboard, memory, and other circuitry inside the PC case. Anyway, the result is that a signal may be OK for the TV, but too weak for the tuner card.A more-useful test would be to try completely-different media-center software, since this would use the same aerial, co-axial connection, and TV tuner card as MP:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">If that software works, the problem is an MP config problem. </li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">If that software does not work, it is a hardware problem (e.g. bad aerial or co-ax connection), or a Windows config problem.</li>
</ul>NextPvr might be a good choice for this alternative software (free for personal use).-- from CyberSimian in the UK</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1277219, member: 141969"] Connecting the aerial directly to the TV is OK at a gross level, but the problem with TV cards for PCs is that the tuners seem to be much less sensitive than the tuners in TV sets. I am not sure why this is -- possibly they have to be less sensitive in order to avoid receiving interference from the high-frequency signals zooming around the motherboard, memory, and other circuitry inside the PC case. Anyway, the result is that a signal may be OK for the TV, but too weak for the tuner card. A more-useful test would be to try completely-different media-center software, since this would use the same aerial, co-axial connection, and TV tuner card as MP: [LIST] [*]If that software works, the problem is an MP config problem. [*]If that software does not work, it is a hardware problem (e.g. bad aerial or co-ax connection), or a Windows config problem. [/LIST] NextPvr might be a good choice for this alternative software (free for personal use). -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]

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