Any Freecom USB DVB-T users running Vista?

Fothsn · 3 Feb 2007 at 13:00

Hi I’ve just upgraded my version of XP MCE 2005 to Vista Ultimate X86 and what an upgrade

all my hardware was fully supported and Vista installed all the drivers automatically, However I have just downloaded the BDA drivers of the Freecom website and installed them without a hitch, ran the Media Centre to configure the channels which it found all 70

the problem is only 3 BBC channels work (BBC1 BBC2 & BBC News 24) all the rest show a black screen with a no signal box :confused:

Anybody else ran into this problem? I know the BDA drivers are for XP if they weren’t compatible why would Vista configure the card & show all the 70 channels??

Fothsn · 4 Feb 2007 at 17:21

Take it nobody is using this USB Freeview stick & Vista

twoodster · 5 Feb 2007 at 08:54

I have that and will be installing Vista later today. Will let you know how I get on!

Fothsn · 5 Feb 2007 at 09:34

Thanks

This is a bit of a pain because its the one feature of the OS I use most

twoodster · 5 Feb 2007 at 17:03

I can't even get the drivers to install

Vista doesn't seem to recognise them when I select the directory?

Fothsn · 5 Feb 2007 at 18:39

You downloaded the BDA drivers of the freecom website? BDA Drivers

I cant see why Vista's not recognising them :confused:

Vicar · 5 Feb 2007 at 20:40

They should work, although other BDA drivers will work as they are based on the same chipset as various other USB pen drive using freeview, do a google on it, I got mine working with Freecoms and other BDA drivers from other sourcesin pre builds of Vista RC1 +

Fothsn · 5 Feb 2007 at 22:18

Thanks for the reply Vicar

Could you please post a link to the drivers you got working with RC1? Ive searched a fair few google pages and the one that sticks out most is the Yakumo DBA driver but it looks like its not compatable with my stick as its a new revision

twoodster · 5 Feb 2007 at 23:03

twoodster said:
I can't even get the drivers to install Vista doesn't seem to recognise them when I select the directory?

Probably cuzz I'm using the 64bit version of Vista I guess? Just won't recognise anything

Fothsn · 5 Feb 2007 at 23:09

Yep sorry twoodster freecom's driver’s dont support X64

you could try the suggestion that Vicar posted & try another set of BDA drivers from another manufacturer.

twoodster · 5 Feb 2007 at 23:21

Been searching for quite a while and haven't found a solution unfortunately

Vicar · 6 Feb 2007 at 01:02

erm I cant fix the Vista 64 Bit question, though I do have older 64 Bit drivers (post Vista aka XP drivers though I didnt try them in Vista 64, only XP 64)

and I do have the drivers that worked in Vista for the pen drives, I can e-mail them to ya? to the (stating Vista 32 or 64 etc, cant say they will work thread) to tha [email protected]