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<blockquote data-quote="Moloch" data-source="post: 244285" data-attributes="member: 69907">This might be a long text with no valuable information for someone who is seeking a solution to his similar problem, so the short version is: &gt;&gt; Try Vista Service Pack 1, it might actually help. &lt;&lt;Long (and probably unecessary) test:Ok so I did some further investigations:Installed the original Terratec software which had the same results: noneI called Terratec support, the guy there seemed smart so we tried some stuff but without any luck (you cant even change LNB high/low settings etc. in their software without adding undocumented entries to some .ini file *sigh*)Nothing helped.Then I installed Vista Service Pack 1, retried -&gt; Still no changeI modified some config stuff, retried, rolled back the changes and started a new scan, turned off the monitor (the tv connected via dvi/hdmi actually) and went away thinking &quot;haha wouldnt that be funny if it worked NOW?&quot;And funny it was. (This will now get confusing...)When I got back an hour later, the scan found ~1k channels. I mapped them and started MP, when tuning to one of the channels, MP crashed.Tried manual timeshifting in TVServerManager -&gt; crashTried previewing channel in TVServerManager -&gt; Preview failed: UnableToStartGraphStarted a new scan without changing the config -&gt; no signalDid some reboots and other stuff, nothing changed.Then at some point I moved the pc a little which probably caused the &quot;satellite cable&quot; (Haha, sounds like buying wifi-cable on ebay...) to shift a little and suddenly the running scan changed from &quot;no signal&quot; to finding channels.Now everything actually works, I can watch all the satellite phonesex channels I never wanted! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I would now just think that the only problem I ever had was/is a bad cable, but the cable was never moved before that last time... and the cable itself never made any problems before (and still doesnt when I connect it to a set-top-box)... and I dont want to think about that the problem I had was somehow connected to my tv being on...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Moloch, post: 244285, member: 69907"] This might be a long text with no valuable information for someone who is seeking a solution to his similar problem, so the short version is: >> Try [B]Vista Service Pack 1[/B], it might actually help. << [B]Long (and probably unecessary) test:[/B] Ok so I did some further investigations: Installed the original Terratec software which had the same results: none I called Terratec support, the guy there seemed smart so we tried some stuff but without any luck (you cant even change LNB high/low settings etc. in their software without adding undocumented entries to some .ini file *sigh*) Nothing helped. Then I installed Vista Service Pack 1, retried -> Still no change I modified some config stuff, retried, rolled back the changes and started a new scan, turned off the monitor (the tv connected via dvi/hdmi actually) and went away thinking "haha wouldnt that be funny if it worked NOW?" And funny it was. (This will now get confusing...) When I got back an hour later, the scan found ~1k channels. I mapped them and started MP, when tuning to one of the channels, MP crashed. Tried manual timeshifting in TVServerManager -> crash Tried previewing channel in TVServerManager -> Preview failed: UnableToStartGraph Started a new scan without changing the config -> no signal Did some reboots and other stuff, nothing changed. Then at some point I moved the pc a little which probably caused the "satellite cable" (Haha, sounds like buying wifi-cable on ebay...) to shift a little and suddenly the running scan changed from "no signal" to finding channels. Now everything actually works, I can watch all the satellite phonesex channels I never wanted! :) I would now just think that the only problem I ever had was/is a bad cable, but the cable was never moved before that last time... and the cable itself never made any problems before (and still doesnt when I connect it to a set-top-box)... and I dont want to think about that the problem I had was somehow connected to my tv being on... [/QUOTE]

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