ATI 650 PCIE Dual Tuner

[thlongan]

Hi Sub,
I just finished building a HTPC with the new ATI 650 PCIE card that has 2 tuners on it. This card will do analog, OTA digital, and clear QAM. I have not been able to get ATI software to load in Vista to see if everything works with their software.
I have been able to get analog to work in GBPVR and it works and looks good.
I used the BDA.ini that was posted by 514k3R on Dec 31, 2007, but it did not work for QAM. I think it has to do with this being a dual tuner card. I did use the BDA.ini on 3 other computers that have the ATI 650 PCI single tuner in them and was able to get clear QAM on all 3 computers! When I do the scan on the computer with the dual tuner card, it doesn't see any stations.
Would you be able to tell me if there is something that I have to add or modify to the BDA.ini to tell it to look at the
2nd tuner?
If this is any help both tuners have this printed on them.
Samsung Tuner
TECC1149FGO1A
070824 HBT
Attached is the filter check log.
Thank you for your help and such a great program.
Tim

[sub]

Looking at that log this is just a single tuner like all the other ATI 650's I've seen, but it is a hybrid card that can be used for either Analog or Digital. There is certainly only BDA filters present for one tuner, so the card isnt capable of doing two digital recordings at the same time.

[thlongan]

Thanks for getting back so quick! This card does have 2 tuners on it with a "F" connector going to each one. It is new from ATI and has just been released.

[sub]

I think you've been tricked by marketing speak that says "dual analog/digital" but actually means it'll do both analog and digital.

See http://ati.amd.com/products/tvwonder650/pcie/index.html

It shows the two tuners, but one is used for analog, the other is used for digital. If you read the text future down the page you'll see:

Code:

Input Connectors
    [b]F-Type Coax input for Analog TV / FM Radio
    F-Type Coax input for HDTV (ATSC or Clear-QAM) [/b]
    S-video input
    Stereo audio input
    Composite video input

The drivers identified in your filtercheck.log also tally up with this, showing one set of analog filters and one set of digital filters.

[thlongan]

Thanks Sub, maybe I'll just put an ATI 650 PCI card in, I just want to get clear QAM, and it does work with the single tuner card.

[sub]

Assuming that existing tuner is in a functioning state, it should work. Do a scan then zip and attach logs and I'll take a look.