Author Topic: Because I'm always amazed at the level of knowledge in here.. (Read 734 times)

midnight Target · « **on:** December 19, 2005, 12:26:30 PM »

I wonder if anyone has a solution for this one.

I have a Dish dual tuner. This means it runs 2 TV's. The primary TV is on channel 3 I thnk the secondary is on 73. I ran the cable from the tuner that used to go to the secondary TV to my new puter that has a vid card and windows media center.

It don't work! Media center allows me to change the TV channel to 2, 3 or 4. I need o set it on a channel between 60 & 120 for the dual tuner to work. Any ideas?

Sandman · « **Reply #1 on:** December 19, 2005, 12:32:13 PM »

Is it possible to change the channel for the secondary at the source?

OOZ662 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 19, 2005, 12:33:14 PM »

That sort of sounds like what an RF adapter does...I have NO knowledge about this, but is there a way to change the channel on the other side of the cable from the computer? If you switch both to 3, you might get a connection.

Total guess though.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #3 on:** December 19, 2005, 12:39:32 PM »

Something wierd there. I have a dual-LNB DiSH 500 system and use channels 3 and 4 for the two TV's connected.

You have to have the converter boxes attached to the DiSH (two of them), and they should have a switch (software or external hardware) which allows you to set the channel to broadcast the signal to the TV, if you are using the RCA connector.

If you use the S-VHS out from the DiSH converter, you do not need a channel at all.

Yeager · « **Reply #4 on:** December 19, 2005, 01:20:39 PM »

whip it, whip it good.

midnight Target · « **Reply #5 on:** December 19, 2005, 01:41:44 PM »

Home for lunch..

it is a Dish DVR 522 box. I can only select channels 60-120 on the Dish side for the 2nd TV. Just one box Suzzy.

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #6 on:** December 19, 2005, 02:19:35 PM »

I have the same receiver that you do MT and no, there is no way for the second TV connection to go any lower than channel 60 as far as I know.

Your best bet is to use the first connection for your computer and the second for your TV. It really doesn't matter which is which unless your set on using the s-video connection to your TV.

The only other solution I can think of is to get a tuner for your computer that goes as high as channel 60.

Shaky · « **Reply #7 on:** December 19, 2005, 02:20:19 PM »

Make your puter the primary TV, your TV the secondary.

eagl · « **Reply #8 on:** December 19, 2005, 03:19:23 PM »

Can you force a channel scan on the computer tuner?

midnight Target · « **Reply #9 on:** December 19, 2005, 03:49:44 PM »

Chickenhawk and Shaky gave the same response as the Dish people. It means I need to go buy an new RF remote (40 bucks I think). Now I have a IR and an RF.

I wouldn't know how to do that eagl.

eagl · « **Reply #10 on:** December 19, 2005, 03:59:14 PM »

In media center, there should be a channel setup option where you can tell it your input is "cable", and then do an automatic channel scan. It should automatically make available any channel that has a signal present.

midnight Target · « **Reply #11 on:** December 19, 2005, 04:01:14 PM »

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Originally posted by eagl
In media center, there should be a channel setup option where you can tell it your input is "cable", and then do an automatic channel scan. It should automatically make available any channel that has a signal present.

I'll try that.

indy007 · « **Reply #12 on:** December 19, 2005, 05:12:14 PM »

The channel scan is for cable-ready TV's w/o the use of a tuner. You plug the coax from the wall into the TV, scan, and go. However, I don't know if it works with Dish setups. With Dish, ideally, you should be going from your dual LNB head to a pair of seperate tuners. Plug the tuner's a/v out into whatever display device you want, and it's good to go. Saves alittle money if you already have the tuners laying around, and just a pc capture card (instead of an actual tuner card).

Ahh, just actually read eagl's post, yeah there's an option for that in media center too

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #13 on:** December 19, 2005, 06:34:08 PM »

hmmm with 5 TVs in my house maybe I'll just stick with cable