Got Nova-t (909) problems..?

[fatbaldbob]

I was having problems getting my Nova-t (909 version) working in the UK. My setup also includes a Nova-s (digital satellite) and a PVR-250 (non-radio version).

I spent days looking on this forum and reading other peoples problems, but still couldn't figure out how to get this working properly. The solution I eventually worked out was this...

Delete (and do not use!) anything from Hauppage, with the exception of the remote control software. In particular do not use Hauppage drivers - you need the BDA1040 drivers from a site mentioned elsewhere on this forum..
Contrary to what other people have found, I managed to use the current version of GBPVR.

This is how I got mine working:

• Uninstalled ALL hauppage software, devices, and drivers
  
• Uninstalled GB-PVR
  
• Uninstalled all DVD software
  
• Unzipped BDA_1040.zip driver software into new directory
  

Rebooted PC..

• Installed BDA drivers for Nova-t & Nova-s when prompted by Windows Hardware wizard - from directory created by unzipping BDA_1040.zip download
  
• Installed Power DVD 6 (have also tried v4 which works)
  
• Installed latest version of GB-PVR
  
• Created new recording source for Nova-t (909) and setup EPG (ONLY tick the channels you are gonna be able to tune in - leaving others ticked will cause an error matching digital channels to the EPG)
  
• Downloaded EPG info for slected channels
  
• Hit "Map Digital Channels to EPG Channels" - the tuning process should now start with no errors - if you get errors check you have not got channels ticked that the card cannot tune to (in the UK check the Freeview website for channel listings - remembering you may not be able to receive all of them without the correct aerial)
  
• Once the tuning process is finished click in the empty box next to each channel and a dropdown box should appear allowing you to select the correct digital channel information for that channel.
  
• That's it!
  

I apologise if the above is stating the obvious for some of you, but it took me several days to get this right :o

[rampy]

cool!

One question: how did you get the pvr250 to work if the solution is to not install any hauppauge drivers/stuff?

rampy

[fatbaldbob]

Hmmm...I see your point...I should have written:

Delete (and do not use!) anything from Hauppage, with the exception of the remote control software and the PVR-250 driver...