media center tv configuration

[Steven Wabik]

i'm running xp mce 2005 and i'm trying to set it up so that i can watch tv
on my pc but i can't get it work. when i do a dirrect cable connection with
the vcr i can get that to work but i can't get the cable to come through,
whether it passes through the vcr or not. even if i bypass the comcast box.
i have comcast digital cable. what i am trying to do is do a slightly dual
connection. i want it so that the cable to go to both the tv and my notebook
pc. i split the signal after the vcr so that the vcr signal goes to both the
tv and pc. i think i got that working for the pc, just not the cable. both
the cable and vcr signals work on the tv properly. can someone please help
me so the cable signal will go to the pc as well. i know i got the cables
set up right.

 

[Plato]

i'm running xp mce 2005 and i'm trying to set it up so that i can watch tv
on my pc but i can't get it work. when i do a dirrect cable connection with

Use a $99 TV to watch TV, not a PC.

 

[Steven Wabik]

i have a TV....i wanna be able to wach tv on my notebook pc as well. and i
already have 3 or 4 TVs in my house. i wanna setup my pc to watch TV so that
i can recourd TV shows and stuff.....

 

[Rock]

i'm running xp mce 2005 and i'm trying to set it up so that i can watch tv
on my pc but i can't get it work. when i do a dirrect cable connection
with the vcr i can get that to work but i can't get the cable to come
through, whether it passes through the vcr or not. even if i bypass the
comcast box. i have comcast digital cable. what i am trying to do is do a
slightly dual connection. i want it so that the cable to go to both the tv
and my notebook pc. i split the signal after the vcr so that the vcr
signal goes to both the tv and pc. i think i got that working for the pc,
just not the cable. both the cable and vcr signals work on the tv
properly. can someone please help me so the cable signal will go to the pc
as well. i know i got the cables set up right.

I recommend you post to the Windows Media Center newsgroup.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter

List of MS public newsgroups
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

 

[Steven Wabik]

well thanks, but i fixed the issue.

I recommend you post to the Windows Media Center newsgroup.
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.mediacenter

List of MS public newsgroups
http://aumha.org/nntp.htm

 

[Rock]

well thanks, but i fixed the issue.

"Rock" wrote

Ok, you care to post how so anyone else seeing this thread sees the
resolution?

 

[Steven Wabik]

while i just needed a setup-top-box, and i was trying to bypass that. to bad
i could not. here is a link for setup instructions for how to setup the TV
stuff in the media center in mce 2005. feel free to cross post it for me and
for others.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/using/setup/settop.mspx

 

[Rock]

while i just needed a setup-top-box, and i was trying to bypass that. to
bad i could not. here is a link for setup instructions for how to setup
the TV stuff in the media center in mce 2005. feel free to cross post it
for me and for others.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/using/setup/settop.mspx

Steven, thanks for updating the thread. It might help someone else who
comes along.