Sky and TV card - am I wasting my time?

avrc · 10 Mar 2009 at 14:25

I bought a TV card from Overclockers a Compro Videomate T220 installed all the software as per instructions.

I watch Sky upstairs by way of a coax cable off the back of the Sky box, so I simply unplugged it from the TV and plugged it into the tv card. The result? Nothing. Black screen and no sound.

Am I wasting my time and actually trying to do the impossible? I've reinstalled the drivers so many times now, tried all the compatibility modes etc etc.

avrc · 10 Mar 2009 at 14:43

There's no option what-so-ever to tune anything. Every single option is greyed out.

avrc · 10 Mar 2009 at 17:00

Finally got the software to work and got into the options. Scanned for Channels and it came up with 3 but all are blank with no sound.

Tried selecting Antennae and Cable but no joy on either.

avrc · 10 Mar 2009 at 18:27

I've tried every setting possible and nothing works. I'm wondering if this card just doesn't support it? If I plug tha cable into the RF input on the tv it works just fine, but not on this card.

avrc · 10 Mar 2009 at 19:27

Hi

On reading through the manual I think I may have found the problem. Apparently the T220 cannot take analogue signals and I believe that's what the cable would be providing?

avrc · 11 Mar 2009 at 11:43

Thanks for confirming. I've posted it back today and ordered one that's both digital and analogue.

avrc · 12 Mar 2009 at 16:28

Just an update. I ordered a Leadtek Winfast Palmtop DTV200H that's a hybrid analogue and digital external USB tuner. It works a treat, even works under Windows 7 build 7000 (did take ages for the install process to finish though)