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    M1530 & averMedia tvTuner / 64-bit

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by cgidude, Sep 27, 2008.

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    cgidude Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm running Vista Ultimate 64-bit SP1 on my M1530, its great but I keep getting blue-screens whenever I try to use the tv tuner card that came with it, the avermedia nanoexpress hybrid or something. the driver package i downloaded was R175809.exe. i've just tried to use the coaxial connection to the portable aerial to test it. has anybody had this card working under vista 64-bit...? thanks for any help :)
     
    cgidude, Sep 27, 2008
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    cgidude Notebook Enthusiast

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    i've found out this card has a specific problem with vista 64-bit and over 2GB ram (lol, what are the odds...), so there was a more recent driver on the avermedia site which prevents blue-screens, its weird though, the avermedia site says to download the drivers from the dell site which cause the problem lol.

    anyway as one issue is fixed i have a new problem, using the aerial connection the media centre can find 20 channels across the frequencies, but whenever i try to play liveTV its just blank with a message "No Data". it has a message about the signal being to weak so it stops receiving it or something... i find it weird that it doesn't try to display static or something like a normal tv... am i doing the right thing to display terrestrial TV (non-HD), is there other software i can use with this card...? i tried the sofware from the avermedia site itself but that says "no avermedia cards detected". i'm guessing it just doesn't support vista...?

    any help much apprec as i'd like to figure this out....
     
    cgidude, Oct 2, 2008
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    nomoredell Notebook Deity

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    well, i have an avermedia usb external tv tuner.
    the reception signal is excellent, and the hdtv quality is absolutely fabulous. the usb tv tuner does come with an antenna , guess that helps.
    atsc is hdtv, ntsc is regualr. just scan the channels in atsc.

    has gotten some blue screens when i disconnected the usb adaptor, but not realy a major issue.
     
    nomoredell, Oct 4, 2008
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    cgidude Notebook Enthusiast

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    okay now i'm confused lol, i don't have a high-def receiver... (freeview HD boxes in New Zealand are $500... is this card (hybrid nanoExpress DVB-T) a digital tuner in itself...? and can i scan for HD channels just by using the RF connection if I have a UHF aerial...? yes i know absolute HD noob here lol.
     
    cgidude, Oct 6, 2008
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