Some TV cards not receiving Australian channels 36-38

japlytic

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Some TV cards not receiving Australian channels 36-38

02-16-2009, 05:57 AM

I believe this would best fit here, because it mainly concerns a video source (TV channels).

A few years ago, I found that a Pinnacle PCTV card would not receive Australian UHF channels 36-38 directly, unless the card is manually tuned on these channels.
Australian UHF channels 36-38 are primarily used for digital, but there are analog stations in Australia which use these channels.

I guess Pinnacle (and possibly some others) thought Australian channels 36-38 were only for digital stations. Why did they assume that?

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jpdoe

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02-16-2009, 01:01 PM

Re: Some TV cards not receiving Australian channels 36-38

Pinnacle drivers suck big time.
If you live in the USA or Europe things will work great. If you live in another country, your chances get smaller as you travel away from them.
If you own a BT848/878 based card, give this a try:

http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/
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