Heterogenous Tuner Question TriviaBuff 12/16/2008 5:08:01 PM Hello, I have a dual tuner (analog and digital) card. I've done a channel scan, and I've picked up channels from both tuners. I've used the Channel Guide to merge the analog and digital channels together and selected the digital tuner as preferred in the sources list. Here is my question / problem. While watching Live TV, there have been occasions where the digiital signal has been lost. I would expect the Live TV to switch over to the analog signal from that same channel. Instead, all I get is dreaded "No Signal" error. Is there a way that I can configure the heterogeneous tuner support so that it automatically chooses the other tuners in Live TV when the preferred tuner shows "No Signal"? Many thanks, TriviaBuff

Re: Heterogenous Tuner Question "Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" <dknoxNO[ at ]Spammvps.org> 12/16/2008 11:21:16 PM No, if you're running Media Center. If you're using some other application then you'll have to contact the software's manufacturer for information on this. Doug Knox, MS MVP DTS-XP Win 95/98/Me Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com =============================== Associate Expert ExpertZone - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone =============================== Replies to the newsgroups only please! "TriviaBuff" <TriviaBuff[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AFC04C67-F6DF-40C3-8C74-C56F479673A3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello, > > I have a dual tuner (analog and digital) card. I've done a channel scan, > and > I've picked up channels from both tuners. I've used the Channel Guide to > merge the analog and digital channels together and selected the digital > tuner > as preferred in the sources list. > > Here is my question / problem. While watching Live TV, there have been > occasions where the digiital signal has been lost. I would expect the Live > TV > to switch over to the analog signal from that same channel. Instead, all I > get is dreaded "No Signal" error. > > Is there a way that I can configure the heterogeneous tuner support so > that > it automatically chooses the other tuners in Live TV when the preferred > tuner > shows "No Signal"? > > Many thanks, > > TriviaBuff

Re: Heterogenous Tuner Question "Curious" <mailmenot[ at ]nomail.com> 12/17/2008 1:12:47 AM I don't think any tuner manufacture does or could support your desire since a Digital signal broadcaster can have multiple different sub channels only one of which would correspond to his analog channel and since his OTA analog channel will be going away next February. "TriviaBuff" <TriviaBuff[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AFC04C67-F6DF-40C3-8C74-C56F479673A3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Hello, > > I have a dual tuner (analog and digital) card. I've done a channel scan, > and > I've picked up channels from both tuners. I've used the Channel Guide to > merge the analog and digital channels together and selected the digital > tuner > as preferred in the sources list. > > Here is my question / problem. While watching Live TV, there have been > occasions where the digiital signal has been lost. I would expect the Live > TV > to switch over to the analog signal from that same channel. Instead, all I > get is dreaded "No Signal" error. > > Is there a way that I can configure the heterogeneous tuner support so > that > it automatically chooses the other tuners in Live TV when the preferred > tuner > shows "No Signal"? > > Many thanks, > > TriviaBuff

Re: Heterogenous Tuner Question TriviaBuff 12/17/2008 2:50:27 PM Thanks for the reply. Yes, I understand your argument about the different sub-channels carrying different programming. But I have manually merged the analog and the digital channels that run the same programming so that it shows up only once in the program guide. I'm able to configure which channel is "preferred" - usually the digital signal. But, in some cases, the digital signal fades or the local station has a hiccup so the digital signal drops, even though my analog cable signal is still rock solid. What I'm trying to say is that it would be nice if the "Live TV" functionality realized this and flipped over to the analog signal instead of displaying the "No TV Signal" error from the digiatl tuner. Also, since I am an analog cable customer I expect to continue receiving analog signals well beyond February 2009. ;-) Regards, TriviaBuff