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| Thread ID: 63115 | 2005-10-30 03:37:00 | Receiving Sky signal through Win MCE | St_Gabriel (9168) | Press F1 |
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| 400319 | 2005-10-30 03:37:00 | Does anyone know how to tune in the Sky digital signal through Win MCE? Using a normal aerial type cable, a small television I had was displaying all channels including sky though normal channel numbers (not using AUX, or other inputs) using numbers 1-6, 1=one 2=two 3=3 4=C4 5=prime 6=sky (whatever was playing on the sky decoder box) now having used this same cable, plugged into my computer i cannot receive the sky signal Anyone have any ideas? Also if it wasnt clear enough just ask and i will try and explain better |
St_Gabriel (9168) | ||
| 400320 | 2005-10-30 03:57:00 | Hi, welcome to PressF1! When you went through the TV setup and scanning for channels in MCE did you have the sky decoder turned on and set to a working channel? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 400321 | 2005-10-30 04:46:00 | well after pulling my hair out all week (and lord knows i can spare very little) i have finaly got it for anyone else who has the same/similar problems, rather then setting the default for Antenna (sp????) try using the setting called 'cable or digital cable' and then click on NO for 'do you have a set top box' tuned in 8 channels for me (i only get channel 3 & 4 with any clarity) of which 5 were of channel 3 and one was C4, one static and finally sky on the last ( at a frequency of 607187 kHz) Hope that helps someone else besides myself |
St_Gabriel (9168) | ||
| 400322 | 2005-10-31 19:56:00 | well after pulling my hair out all week (and lord knows i can spare very little) i have finaly got it for anyone else who has the same/similar problems, rather then setting the default for Antenna (sp????) try using the setting called 'cable or digital cable' and then click on NO for 'do you have a set top box' tuned in 8 channels for me (i only get channel 3 & 4 with any clarity) of which 5 were of channel 3 and one was C4, one static and finally sky on the last ( at a frequency of 607187 kHz) Hope that helps someone else besides myself Seems like a funny way to do it. I would have suggested using the svideo or composite output from the decoder to your TV card, and train the IR blaster to select the channel on the decoder.... |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 400323 | 2005-10-31 23:14:00 | Haven't tried this before, mmmm, seems funny. i will go testing it later. Zoomer |
soonzome (9157) | ||
| 400324 | 2005-11-01 07:06:00 | Seems like a funny way to do it. I would have suggested using the svideo or composite output from the decoder to your TV card, and train the IR blaster to select the channel on the decoder.... Is the IR blaster the little red dot thing that i got in the box??? could use svideo or composite but the aerial cable was there and run and 'the missus' doesnt want cables run all over the lounge room floor (for some unknown reason????) also if the red dot thing is the ir blaster, do you know where it goes on a pace decoder, as i dragged the puter next to the tv/sky/video to play with it and couldnt get the red dot thing to do much at all. on a side note, does anyone know how to rename channels in MCE? tried looking at settings but couldnt see where it goes. sick of not knowing which is what channel thx in advance Gabe |
St_Gabriel (9168) | ||
| 400325 | 2005-11-01 20:04:00 | Is the IR blaster the little red dot thing that i got in the box??? could use svideo or composite but the aerial cable was there and run and 'the missus' doesnt want cables run all over the lounge room floor (for some unknown reason????) also if the red dot thing is the ir blaster, do you know where it goes on a pace decoder, as i dragged the puter next to the tv/sky/video to play with it and couldnt get the red dot thing to do much at all. on a side note, does anyone know how to rename channels in MCE? tried looking at settings but couldnt see where it goes. sick of not knowing which is what channel thx in advance Gabe Sorry, I'm a telstra cable person so not familier with the Sky decoders. Yes the red dot thing is the IR blaster, sounds like you know what it does, but are trying to locate the IR receiver on the decoder. It'll possibly be behind some red plastic, the receiver on the decoder will often be a square grid of sensors about 7.5mm square. Looking throught the plastic on the front of the decoder in bright light may allow you to see it.You'll find that the svideo connector will give much better results than the aerial connector. This will cut down on 1 less signal conversion. Plus you don't need to worry about tuning in the media center. I don't know how far you have proceeded with using the ir blaster, but you will need to train the media center with the signals transmitted by the sky decoder remote. The setup wizard walks you through this. This way it can fire the codes down the ir blaster to the decoder to make it change the channel. What version of media center are you running? If it's 2005 MS have released rollup 2 which is supposed to be supporting the guide in NZ soon. In 2005, in the Setup screen there is a section which allows you to edit the channel names. Can't recall the exact instructions off the top of my head, but have a hunt round in there. Cheers |
BIFF (1) | ||
| 400326 | 2005-11-02 05:31:00 | unfortunately it is 2004 which seems not to support it, maybe when (and if) the guide ever works........ the front of the PACE decoder (for sky) doesnt have any of the traditional type smoked windows and have tried using a torch to locate the sensor |
St_Gabriel (9168) | ||
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