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hi
Im trying to set up my new pioneer tv with my computer.
first of all how do i get the digital programmes on to my
computer,(tried an coaxial cable on the out con on the
set top box and can only get 5 channels.
secondly tried cabling between tv and computer but tv
was coming up with no signal
please help:
a little more info wouldn't go amiss? I am assuming your PC has a TV card?
If you are looking to get Freeview channels then you will need that card to be a DVB-T card, otherwise you are only going to get the analog channels.
If you are using a VM set top box, then you will need to tune the PC into the channel output by the RF section of the box, at which point you will only receive the channel currently being viewed by the box (same goes if you are thinking of sky)
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hi
sorry for the lack of info
the set top box is a samsung ?
there is a tv card with a hdmi con and also a 15 pin plug same as the tv (pioneer pdp508xd ). don,t no what a vm box is or what you mean by by tuning the pc output by the fr section of the box
sorry as you can tell i haven't got a clue
Is it via Set Top Box (this could be freeview, or a subscription service, Virgin or Sky)
What Type of HDMI connector is it? (From the sound of it it sounds like you've got a DVI tpye connector) Check the link in my signature about PC ports)
It should be just a matter of getting the led that can connect the TV to the TV card, and telling the display to out put via the relavant port
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hi tried connecting coax from the back of the ntl anteena out to th input on the computer,
i have the xl package from virgin but could only recieve the 5 channels through the coax
am i to plug a different lead into the set top box
im working away this week so will check out what type of hdmi cons i have(didn't no there was different types so the new cable on order will prob be wrong)
again will check exactly what tv card is on the computer when i get home friday
thanks
The decoder in the Ntl (now Virgin Media) set top box is a proprietary standard for cable tv.
It has several out puts
Scart plug
Coax
HDMI (on certain box's)
Coax sends out channels 1-5 on analogue and channel 56 which carries the tv signal that the box is tuned into.(Sky movies for example).
If you are talking about plugging and ntl cable directly from the box on the wall to the tv card then no computer is capable of decoding the ntl signal although ntl do (at the moment anyway) broadcast an analogue signal down their cable which in many cases can give you up to 13 channels.
To get anything close to what I suspect you are looking for you will need a dvb-t capable tv tuner card plugged into a roof Aeriel.
ok
what I would like to achieve is to get the same channels on my pc that i recieve through
the tv ie the xl package. so that i may be able to use my computers hard drive.so would like my computer to take the place of my video.if the pc tv cards up to it
I know the set top box a number of cons coax, scart (silver samsung ntl box now virgin)
but dont know where to get the signal from the cable box or what type of cable to run
(coax at present)
thanks
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