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I have a coax between the 75ohm rf output of an rca directv receiver and the
75ohm rf input of the pci card, it does't display the picture. I would think
it should if i set ati to ch-3, i know i can only view one channel at a time
since my satelite tv is scrambled.
<pillott@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> If you want to use the tv wonder with your standard
> DirectTV/Dishnetwork/Digital Cable, you have to tune the channels
manually.
> That is, the tv wonder could tune the channels on your pc with your mouse
> with standard cable. There is no need to "decode" the regular cable
> channels. It will work just like a normal television in that respect. If
> the channel is scrambled in any fashion, you need something to unscramble
it
> (like HBO on your cable for ex.). Its not that big of a headache to tune
> your directtv reciever to the channel you want to record/watch and use the
> composite connection to view it on your tv wonder. If you plan on
recording
> what your watching, you will want a pretty decent computer with enough
> horsepower to capture the video decently.
>
> SL
> "John.C" <John.Ciavarello@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
> news:L92dc.1365$QQ6.461@nwrdny02.gnilink.net...
> > Anyone know if tv-wonder-pci card is supposed to work with directv
> > receiver. I can't get it to work..........Thanks
> >
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