Different ehome problem.....

[feezy]

I searched and didn't see any threads about this particular situation. I'm using Analog cable to a regualr ehome, not the FM version. I can't tune the lower channels (2-7) and the higher channels seem a little distorted. For 2-7, I get sound but the picture looks like trying to watch a scrambled cable signal. When I installed on the computer fresh it worked for a few days, then as I started playing with drivers and DVD decoders this problem popped up. I uninstalled Sage, the NVDVD drivers, Nvidia drivers, ati drivers, deleted the Sage directory, started over with the drivers/codecs I had decided on, and it worked for a few days, then I installed Need for Speed Underground, problem came back. This time, even after uninstalling and wiping everything clean, I can't get it to go away. The same thing happens in Media Center too, so it's not just a Sage conflict/issue, it has to be something on a driver level with the ehome itself. I've tried both the older drivers that came with the card and the MCE drivers on ATI's site. I can restore the original MCE OS image and start everything fresh, but was hoping someone may have run into this issue or have an idea about possible conflicts. It seems almost as if the frequencies it's trying to use to tune the channels is a little off as the problem gets less and less evident the higher the channel number, if that makes sense. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

btw I also tried that dll that's sticky'd, and have tried using 2.1 and 2.2.

[flashbacck]

There's a way to manually set the frequences in the registry.

Something like this:

http://www.snapstream.com/Community/...s/customorder/

good luck finding the problem.

[snowman]

Just to add...
I have had poor (very poor) picture quality when feeding the ehome through the cable connection on the back. As crazy as it may sound, the problem was a poor connection at the cable connector. I realize it sounds obvious, but having been there...i am now a believer of checking the blantly obvious....

Good luck!

[feezy]

Thanks, I'll check both when I get home.

[feezy]

lol,that was exactly it! I had a bad coax cable, replaced it and it's perfect again, guess it was just coincidence that it happened when I was installing different things.