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several MCE issues - any suggestions? Vincentb 05-16-2006
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Posted by Vincentb on May 16, 2006, 11:38 pm
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Hi, new to the group here.

Don't know if the following are regular issues, but i've scanned through
several postings and can't find answers.

* Issue: I randomly get a 'no tv signal' error, which is then fixed by
restarting MCE. I've tried running the tv-card's own software and never a
problem. And since it's always fixed by restarting MCE, i presume MCE is to
blame?

* Issue: I keep seeing scheduled recordings auto coming up! The 1st time i
installed MCE, i setup a scheduled recording to recur weekly. Then i deleted
it and all of it's future instances.. but week i look in the 'recorded'
section of MCE, a list of future schedules keeps appearing. I delete them
all and over time new ones keep arriving. Have i not properly deleted the
recursion (and if not, then how?), or is this a bug?

* My channel arrangements keep getting screwed up. I've spent ages
rearranging channels to have them in the desired order. Rebooting the PC
reveals that the channel ordering is still in tact. But after a few days
i'll go to change channels and they seem to have changed. Visiting the
channel-ordering setup reveals that they're all over the place again (as if i
had cleared them & rescanned for channels again.. which i haven't). Also,
anyone know how to separately save the channel ordering somehow (is it
registry entries, database, what?), so i can restore it if it occurs again?

* Question: anyone know if MCE are planning on supporting picture in
picture feature, like many dural-TV card software apps currently do?

My stats:
* P4 3.0GHz (512MB ram)
* DVICO Fusion HDTV card
* MCE 2005 (with latest updates)

Thanks.

--
Regards,
Vince B

Posted by dickm on May 17, 2006, 2:29 pm
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I presume you get the "no tv signal" when tuning to a digital channel. MCE
will start doing that on me and then continue doing it for any future digital
channel I tune to.

I find that I can tune to an analog channel and then back to a digital
channel and the problem resolves itself.

dickm

"Vincentb" wrote:

> Hi, new to the group here.
>
> Don't know if the following are regular issues, but i've scanned through
> several postings and can't find answers.
>
> * Issue: I randomly get a 'no tv signal' error, which is then fixed by
> restarting MCE. I've tried running the tv-card's own software and never a
> problem. And since it's always fixed by restarting MCE, i presume MCE is to
> blame?
>
> * Issue: I keep seeing scheduled recordings auto coming up! The 1st time i
> installed MCE, i setup a scheduled recording to recur weekly. Then i deleted
> it and all of it's future instances.. but week i look in the 'recorded'
> section of MCE, a list of future schedules keeps appearing. I delete them
> all and over time new ones keep arriving. Have i not properly deleted the
> recursion (and if not, then how?), or is this a bug?
>
> * My channel arrangements keep getting screwed up. I've spent ages
> rearranging channels to have them in the desired order. Rebooting the PC
> reveals that the channel ordering is still in tact. But after a few days
> i'll go to change channels and they seem to have changed. Visiting the
> channel-ordering setup reveals that they're all over the place again (as if i
> had cleared them & rescanned for channels again.. which i haven't). Also,
> anyone know how to separately save the channel ordering somehow (is it
> registry entries, database, what?), so i can restore it if it occurs again?
>
> * Question: anyone know if MCE are planning on supporting picture in
> picture feature, like many dural-TV card software apps currently do?
>
> My stats:
> * P4 3.0GHz (512MB ram)
> * DVICO Fusion HDTV card
> * MCE 2005 (with latest updates)
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Vince B

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