Dual HVR-1600 problems

[gmijackso]

So, for a long time, I've had a HVR-1600 that I was using to tune ATSC and Analog cable. It worked fine except there were a few ATSC stations I was unable to receive as they're broadcast at the wrong polarization. With that I decided to buy a second card and set the both up as QAM tuners.

After setting the first card up and re-mapping all of the QAM channels I could get (there surely does seem to be some QAM signal problems with the card) I added the second card and used the same channel map that I used for the first card. Upon inspecting card 2, I found that the channels weren't tuning right. For instance, Fox is QAM 112-5-1, works fine on card 1, but when card 2 tunes 112-5-1 it tunes some latin channel. If I adjust card 2 I can hunt around and find that it thinks Fox is 112-5-2, but then when I go back to card 1 it tries to tune 112-5-2 for fox and gets the fox 24/7 weather channel (which really IS 112-5-2).

In trying to resolve this tuning problem, I deleted both sources and set them both up to find the same problem. I then deleted both sources again, deleted the qam cache files, and added the sources again... Same problem.

So, I decided that perhaps I'd take one of the tuners (card 2) and revert back to ATSC which serves a couple purposes, one less split in the coax thus increasing the qam signal to the other tuner, and would fix my tuning problem. Well, after deleting the source, and then telling Sage the card was a digital over the air, and adding the channel list, I find that I can't get the card do detect ATSC now, at all. All i get is "No Signal".

I guess my next step is to try to move ATSC back to card 1 to see if there is something physically wrong with card 2. WinTVs software works fine on both cards though.

Any ideas? I'll also add that I found that Sage requires more QAM signal than WinTV.

I know it's a lot of post, but thanks for reading through. Any ideas would be helpful.

[Djc208]

If you remove card 1 so that two is the only one in the system does it react the same way?
If you hook the cable from card one to card two does it behave the same way?

If both of these are "no" then I'd think it's the card causing issues.

If question one is yes I'd look at the card or the slot it's in, maybe try a different PCI slot, I've heard of issues with interrups and settings on certain pairs of slots.

If question two is yes then I'd look into the cable setup, digital is very finicky about connection quality and the 1600s are sensitive enough as it is.

[maxpower]

You might also try the new drivers:

ftp://wtv:Support07!@www.hauppauge.c...ql_signed).zip