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    XPS 15 L502X TV Tuner

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by bigbrownbear123, Sep 12, 2012.

  1. bigbrownbear123

    bigbrownbear123 Newbie

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    OK so I bought a refurbished L502X about a month ago. It came with the Avermedia TV tuner card installed. However, it did not come with the Dell external antenna in the box. I have only realised this today since today was the first time I bothered to try to use the TV tuner. I don't know how much use going back to the seller would do me since it was a refurbished model bought a month ago on eBay (eComputers, apparently a registered Dell partner according to their eBay shop).

    Does anyone know of anywhere that sells the external TV antenna as an accessory? I have checked the Dell parts website and it is not listed on there. Otherwise, would I be OK just using any generic TV antenna with an MCX output?

    Secondly, I was wondering if there is any way that a PS3 could be connected up to a laptop to use it as a display. Obviously since the laptop only has HDMI/DisplayPort output and not input, these are not an option. Is there any way that you could use a USB port as some sort of video/audio input from a PS3? Otherwise I seem to have read in quite a few places that a TV tuner could be used for just such a purpose. Would I be able to use the internal Avermedia TV tuner for this purpose and just how would I got about doing that?

    Oh, and if it's of any relevance, I live in the UK and the laptop is a UK model.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    bigbrownbear123, Sep 12, 2012
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    desone Notebook Guru

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    Have a look on eBay. An adaptor from a MCX to a TV RF connector can be purchased for a couple of dollars. You can then plug in an external TV antennae. I purchased a rubberised one from China recently for under $8 AU. It works great.
     
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    SuspiciousLurker Notebook Geek

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    SuspiciousLurker, Sep 15, 2012
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