to uniique1, xbox to laptop via av input

I can't tell by looking at the picture but as long as the specs say it will turn 1 cable connection into 2 (in so many words) it will work.

 

Yes it does, by next week I should have everthing working

 

Cool, just let me know how it goes and of course post if you need more advice. I'll help if I can.

 

hey uniique, I finally got everything done

Put my aerial connection into me splitter, put coaxial cable into PC and splitter, put the splitter into my connection and now I have two problems

1) Crap picture (fuzzy and in some cases black and white)

2) No sound are coming from my Harmon/Kardon soundsticks
any suugestions?

And do you know an alternate program that you can veiw tele on I don't really like WinTV interface

Thanks

 

Its like that but without any sound! I have USB Speakers in, would I have to put some into my sound card to get it to work

 

Did you install all the drivers needed?
Go to My Computer -> Manage -> Device Manager and see if there are any question marks fir drivers missing on your system.

 

In device manager I have
Hauupauge WinTV 88x Crossbar
Hauupauge WinTV 88x IR Decoder
Hauupauge WinTV 88x Tuner
Hauupauge WinTV 88x Video (+ir)

 

But are there any question marks indicating that there are drivers missing?

 

No yellow question marks

 

I'm not sure then. Backtrack your install...see if there is something you may have disabled in the process with the WinTV settings. Maybe you just accidentally pressed mute on your PC You can go to the website and download drivers and even the install disc...Give that a try...see if there are any updates.

 

I do a clean install then get bak to you. Thanks J

 

Aiight man...good luck, I'll keep an eye out for you.

 

Hi Uniique1,

Hoping for a bit of advice if you wouldn't mind?
I have a Dell latitude cpi and was wondering if the Pinnacle PCTV USB adapter you mentioned in this thread would work for me?
I need to hook it up to my xbox, with the added possible advantage of recieving TV! Sounds almost too good to be true, is it?
Can you please help out?

Thanks.

 

@fuzzyburt
lol, like the name man!!
Anyway, yes...it should work. What needs to be taken into consideration is your PC's performance capabilities. Speed, memory and sometime video card can be a factor. But it should work. Because it's hardware, most computer stores will let you return the adapter. You can always try it and hold on to the receipt just in case.

 

Thanks man,

I'm hoping to wipe everything on this peice of crap laptop as it is very tired and slow so hopefully it will do the job with little on it.
I have checked out the product you mentioned on ebay but there was no exact matches but lots of different versions? Can you help out here? Do you think it's maybe best to buy one from an authorised dealer?

 

By the way it is a laptop and I don't think it has VGA output but then again i'm not entirely sure what one looks like.
When you mention video card, will my laptop have one of these?
Much appreciated for your help!

 

@fuzzyburt
On the very first page of this thread a picture of one is posted. The links below should get you started.

NEWEGG.com
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Category=0&minPrice=&maxPrice=&Go.x=6&Go.y=27

TIGERDIRECT.com
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=931757&sku=P121-8062

MWAVE.com
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/DeepSearch.hmx?scriteria=Pinnacle+PCTV+&ALL=y&TP=4

 

Thanks uniique, i'll give it a shot.

 

np, just post if you've issues.