FM Radio using Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion 9250F "unclebuckle" <unclebuckle[ at ]ge.com> 11/1/2008 6:45:48 PM I have a HP Pavilion Elite (m9250f) which has a built-in TV tuner card. According to the document came with the computer, I can watch a live TV program and play FM radio one at a time. Even if I set up TV signal and was able to watch a live TV connected to an outdoor antenna, I have not been able to play FM radio. Whenever I tried to play FM radio, the FM Radio Setup Window popped up with the message "Before using FM Radio, the radio tuner must be set up. To set up the radio tuner, you must go through TV tuner setup." I have gone through the TV tuner setup numerous times. When I set up TV tuner, the TV signal configuration result was "1 tuner detected and configured. Additional tuners were detected but will not be configured because either they do not have a matching TV signal or any TV signal at all." Remember I have neither cable nor satellite service. I have been in contact with HP technical support last three months without much success. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Re: FM Radio using Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion 9250F "Curious" <mailmenot[ at ]nomail.com> 11/1/2008 8:12:02 PM I suspect that the tuner card is a hybrid tuner which means it can not currently receive both TV and FM. If this is the case MC will only allow you to configure one tuner signal type. Either analog TV, digital TV or FM. "unclebuckle" <unclebuckle[ at ]ge.com> wrote in message news:660FBFCC-1DD3-46B9-9985-0CEC3520825D[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have a HP Pavilion Elite (m9250f) which has a built-in TV tuner card. > According to the document came with the computer, I can watch a live TV > program and play FM radio one at a time. Even if I set up TV signal and > was able to watch a live TV connected to an outdoor antenna, I have not > been able to play FM radio. Whenever I tried to play FM radio, the FM > Radio Setup Window popped up with the message "Before using FM Radio, the > radio tuner must be set up. To set up the radio tuner, you must go through > TV tuner setup." I have gone through the TV tuner setup numerous times. > When I set up TV tuner, the TV signal configuration result was "1 tuner > detected and configured. Additional tuners were detected but will not be > configured because either they do not have a matching TV signal or any TV > signal at all." Remember I have neither cable nor satellite service. I > have been in contact with HP technical support last three months without > much success. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Re: FM Radio using Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion 9250F John Z <John.Z.3jc0vd[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 11/23/2008 1:38:50 PM If you find a solution please post. I have a similar problem, however I probably have 3 independent tuners. There are 3 rf connections TV analog, TV digital, and FM. FM used to work. After a recent move the first time I tried FM I got the "Before using FM Radio, the radio tuner must be set up. ..." message, even though I had already set up the TV tuner. Going through the TV setup again produced the same result when I tried to use FM. The FM tuner had been working before my move. I have several presets already set for the old location. I want my FM tuner back. If I can't get it in Vista's Media Center, I'll probably try some other software. I'd be interested in suggestions. Additional information is that I also have no satellite or cable on the TV at this location. I had cable in the previous location. Also the Guide editing does not work correctly. I cannot get correct listings for several of the off the air channels, especially sub channels. Attempting to edit subchannels to show "No Listing Available" does not work. The channel still falsely shows whatever was already there. This was a problem before I moved, but I did get it to work at least once there. My thoughts are that this is a software problem, possibly related to corruption or inability to save one or more of the files Media Center uses. The problems may be related. -- John Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Z's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/john-z.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/media-center-pc/1064578.htm http://forums.techarena.in

Re: FM Radio using Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion 9250F "Curious" <mailmenot[ at ]nomail.com> 11/23/2008 5:12:15 PM Just because you have 3 antenna connections does not mean that it not a hybrid tuner card. However the FM radio tuner may be independent from a hybrid TV tuner. Did you have both TV and FM radio working with MC at the old location? "John Z" <John.Z.3jc0vd[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:John.Z.3jc0vd[ at ]DoNotSpam.com... [Quoted Text] > > If you find a solution please post. I have a similar problem, however > I probably have 3 independent tuners. There are 3 rf connections TV > analog, TV digital, and FM. FM used to work. > > After a recent move the first time I tried FM I got the "Before using > FM Radio, the radio tuner must be set up. ..." message, even though I > had already set up the TV tuner. Going through the TV setup again > produced the same result when I tried to use FM. The FM tuner had been > working before my move. I have several presets already set for the old > location. I want my FM tuner back. If I can't get it in Vista's Media > Center, I'll probably try some other software. I'd be interested in > suggestions. > > Additional information is that I also have no satellite or cable on the > TV at this location. I had cable in the previous location. Also the > Guide editing does not work correctly. I cannot get correct listings > for several of the off the air channels, especially sub channels. > Attempting to edit subchannels to show "No Listing Available" does not > work. The channel still falsely shows whatever was already there. This > was a problem before I moved, but I did get it to work at least once > there. My thoughts are that this is a software problem, possibly > related to corruption or inability to save one or more of the files > Media Center uses. The problems may be related. > > > -- > John Z > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > John Z's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/john-z.htm > View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/media-center-pc/1064578.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in >

Re: FM Radio using Vista Home Premium on HP Pavilion 9250F John Z <John.Z.3jcbzd[ at ]DoNotSpam.com> 11/23/2008 6:07:11 PM I have a possible solution. Even though I do not have an analog TV signal I selected that when setting up TV and added the digital antenna. After that TV setup the FM radio worked. I haven't looked to see what my TV guide looked like but at least I can listen to FM again. -- John Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Z's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/john-z.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/media-center-pc/1064578.htm http://forums.techarena.in