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| 792147 | 2009-07-16 08:47:00 | Would I be able to use this (www.dse.co.nz) cable with this (www.dse.co.nz) adapter to connect the satellite cable (which is running out of the wall) to my PC? I haven't had Sky or FreeView before (the house just already had a dish when I moved in) so I'm a bit confused as to what cables to get. :confused: |
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| 792148 | 2009-07-16 21:59:00 | Err, if theres a dish, isnt there some kind of connection on the end of it now?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 792149 | 2009-07-16 22:11:00 | When I bought this house, with a dish on the roof, the previous owners had tucked the end of the cables back in to the wall space while they used an ordinary tv aerial. We managed to hook the dish cable back out and it works great with freeview. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 792150 | 2009-07-17 01:17:00 | Err, if theres a dish, isnt there some kind of connection on the end of it now?? Yes, there's a cable coming out of the wall - two actually (maybe the dish has dual outputs?), but they're not long enough to reach my PC. Which is why I will need some kind of extension cable. |
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| 792151 | 2009-07-31 08:04:00 | UPDATE: I have now bought the card and just installed it and plugged it into the satellite cable. The drivers all installed fine and it looked like it was going to work - but both Media Center and the bundled WinTV software are unable to detect any channels, or get any signal from the dish at all. Can the dish simply be plugged straight into the tuner without requiring any set-top-box? I definitely thought it could be, but I've just saw something on the web saying to connect a tuner to the output of an STB, and connect the STB to the dish. I can't believe that an STB would be required when the card already is a decoder. Can someone please help me? I really am frustrated and confused right now, as it didn't mention I needed anything else on the box or the manual. |
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| 792152 | 2009-07-31 10:03:00 | bump | samnorr (13776) | ||
| 792153 | 2009-07-31 12:50:00 | Why would you need a set top box, if youre using a tuner. Just plug the dish cable into the back of the tuner | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 792154 | 2009-07-31 13:07:00 | Why would you need a set top box, if youre using a tuner. Just plug the dish cable into the back of the tuner Well, can the dish be powered straight from the PCI card? It almost seems like it's not being powered, as there's no signal at all - not even one bar. I noticed that the card has a 13 pin socket on the side of it - but has no mention of this on the box or in the manual. Could this possibly be for powering the satellite dish? My power supply has no plugs that fit in it, so I would probably need some kind of adapter if that was the case. But then why on earth wouldn't they mention it anywhere? |
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| 792155 | 2009-07-31 15:58:00 | Well it should, its only getting the signal from the card not the power to run the dish. Did you select NZ in the program before you scanned for channels? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 792156 | 2009-08-01 00:48:00 | Well it should, its only getting the signal from the card not the power to run the dish. Did you select NZ in the program before you scanned for channels? So...you think the card can't power the dish by itself? I did select NZ. And Optus D1 as the satellite (that is the right one isn't it?) |
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