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RE: PC TV Cards


  • To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: PC TV Cards
  • From: "Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 21:12:19 +0100
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  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Nova-T is a DIGITAL TV Card.

The output of TiVo is ANALOGUE.

It is not designed to receive analogue Broadcasts in the same way that a
FreeView box can only pick up DTT channels.

HTH

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


> -----Original Message-----
> From: m_surgenor [mailto:zen8432@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 August 2003 00:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] PC TV Cards
>
>
> Am I missing something fundamental here?  I've stuck a Hauppauge
> WinTV Nova-T PCI card in my PC. It works fine and I can pick up about
> 26 TV channels clearly.
>
> However I thought that whilst I was playing around with my Tivo
> (upgrading the gard disk again) I would just stick the Tivo on the
> UHF ariel input.  I can't get the card to find the Tivo though.  The
> card has either an auto scan or a manual scan to find channels. Tivo
> is set for channel 61 at the moment but the manual scan asks for a
> MHz value as opposed to a channel number. If I stick in 791.25
> (channel 61 right??) it still won't find it.
>
> I've a feeling that as the card is there to receive Digital
> Terrestial free to air broadcasts this is never going to work. Can
> someone explain please?  ;-)
>
> Malcolm
>
>
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