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    TV Tuner Card issues

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by leavenfish, Aug 21, 2011.

  1. leavenfish

    leavenfish Notebook Geek

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    I really should have bookmarked them...but I have seen a couple of posts about the TV Tuner card and people who maybe could get it to receive some channels in Windows Media Player but not others.

    Well, after failing initially, I went back and tried to run the signal strength part again adjusting the mini-antennae Dell provides with the GeForce GT 555M 3GB card w/Optimus and TV Tuner. I had been totally unable to get the local ABC, NBC or CBS stations...just the 'weak' UPN, FOX and assorted transmissions. I live just outside of Nashville. I finally got some signal strength for NBC (currently watching the Cowboys get whacked by the Chargers...better than my TV!). ABC and CBS still say " There is currently no TV signal detected for this channel...etc". Perhaps it really is all about signal strength and I would suggest those haveing the problem to try again...maybe move the laptop to a different part of the house and experiment.

    I am wondering if there are bigger/better antennae's that is usable with the tuner card Dell offers?

    Asside from that, if I could somehow hook this up to get my regular TV's cable broadcasts so I could record certain shows, I would be one happy camper.

    ---Leavenfish
    XPS 17 L702X
    1920 - 1080
    i7-2720QM
    8GB
    GT 555M 3GB with Optimus/TV Tuner
     
    leavenfish, Aug 21, 2011
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    grimreefer1967 Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you not get the coax connector too?
     
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  3. leavenfish

    leavenfish Notebook Geek

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    You know, I dig back thru the box and there is indeed a little cable...about 3 inches long. I guess that is what you mean. Thanks, I would have thrown the box out eventually and never noticed it!
     
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    leavenfish Notebook Geek

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    Still wrestling with this. Does anyone know if this (below) is the TV Tuner with the current XPS's? I can't find any documentation and am searching in the dark...mainly to see what options we have for an antennae:

    AVerMedia Hybrid TV PCI-E MiniCard TV Tuner

    Dell Part# : RN295

    Hardware Features:
    * S3 cold compliant (ACPI)
    * Supporting full world analog TV standard ( PAL, SECAM, NTSC)
    * Support digital DVB-T programs (6MHz to 8MHz)
    * Support Closed Caption (CC) and Teletext
    * Support BTSC, EIAJ, SAP, A2/NICAM
     
    leavenfish, Aug 25, 2011
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