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Date:      Thu, 20 Nov 1997 11:07:16 +0100
From:      Volker Paepcke <scratchy@vulcan.franken.de>
To:        Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
Cc:        Volker Paepcke <scratchy@vulcan.franken.de>, Joachim Wunder <Joachim.Wunder@lrz.tu-muenchen.de>, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: [Fxtv 0.45]: can only select one channel (from vcr) 
Message-ID:  <199711201007.LAA05066@yavin.franken.de>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 17 Nov 1997 20:21:28 EST." <19971117202128.50716@ct.picker.com> 

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> Volker Paepcke:
>  |I have a Hauppauge model 816 WinTV-card (PAL-BG) and its working great.
>  |But I can only select exactly one frequency: 544.75 Mhz. This is the
>  ...
>  |bktr0: <BrookTree 848> rev 0x12 int a irq 12 on pci0.10.0
>  |Hauppauge WinCast/TV, Temic PAL tuner.
> 
> Joachim Wunder:
>  |Huh, mine is the 805 Win/TCpci card. I am living in Germany, too, and I am
>  |
>  |bktr0 <BrookTree 848> rev 18 int a irq 11 on pci0:13
>  |Hauppauge WinCast/TV, Temic PAL tuner, msp3400c stereo.
>  ...
> 
> I'd help if I could, but to me this sounds like the video connections
> aren't quite right or the tuner(s) isn't/aren't yet fully supported.
> 
> You may have done this already, but in case not:
> 
>       - Verify that tuner is selected in the Input menu
>       - Turn AFC on in the Options menu
>       - Put your cursor over the video window
>       - Key in frequencies using "f<frequency>" (e.g. "f500.0")
> 
> Sounds like you have your VCR's tuner output plugged into the WinTV's
> tuner?  If so, plug it into a TV instead and verify you can get all the
> channels?  Could it be you don't have your VCR on tuner-pass though?

I've just attached a TV with On-Screen-Display to my VCR, so I can see which
channels exist. Then I noted the frequencies where the all the channels are 
and plugged
the VCR's tuner output in the WinTV's tuner. I tried all these frequences
(+/- small variances) but found not one channel except the VCR's own output 
channel
at 544.75 Mhz. The TV set found the VCR's output channel exactly at the same
frequency. What is the difference between the signals passed through by the
VCR and the VCR's own output signal? Maybe the signal strength? I've tried 3
different TV Sets and they can all find the other channels too.

I have 3 FreeBSD machines running here but there is no place for a Win95
installation to check out the WinTV's own driver and software :-(

> 
> This probably isn't it, but it came to mind.
> 
> As a temporary fix, use your VCR's tuner and plug its video/audio out into
> the video/audio in jacks of the WinTV.

This works too but is not really a fix for me because I can tune in the VCR's
output channel with the WinTVs tuner already.  My problem is that I can't tune 
in
the other channels from the net which the VCR passes through or directly.

...however, I think I can live with that because now I can switch channels with
my VCR remote control :-)

> 
> Randall

Thanks anyway!

Volker




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