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    lifeview TV tuner not working correctly

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by band-aid, Dec 28, 2006.

  1. band-aid

    band-aid Notebook Consultant

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    I tried out my built in TV tuner in my hel80 today and it does not appear to be working correctly. I used the adapter and plugged my Xbox 360 into the red/yellow/white RCA jacks. I started up the DVB turner software and switched it to the correct input. The audio came through fine except for a couple of pops and cracks. The picture, however, was completely garbled. It was black and white only and had lines going all over it. I'll see if I can take a picture of it later and post it somewhere. I have read through the manual and am about to search for it seeing as I just remembered to do so ... ... ... well I didn't find anything similar to my problem. I may give the guys at powernotebooks a call and see if they have any input on the situation.

    Thanks for your help on yet another one of my questions

    band-aid
     
  2. chrisyano

    chrisyano Hall Monitor NBR Reviewer

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    I believe what you will need is the Adaptec GameBridge.

    I know it works with other consoles, but you may need to double-check to make sure it will work with the Xbox 360.

    If it's possible to run it without an adapter, even better. Please post your findings.
     
  3. band-aid

    band-aid Notebook Consultant

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    I'm using the built in TV tuner via the RCA jacks. It dosn't work when I plug in my cable box either. I don't think that a console sends any different signals from say a vcr or cable box or anything like that so unless my logic is completely flawed it should work.

    The tv tuner won't display anything correctly.
     
  4. pyro9219

    pyro9219 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I know I've hooked up consoles in the past by using coax to plug my VCR into the tv tuner, and then using the VCR's RCA's to hookup a console.