Setting Up a VCR to act as a Second Source

[everson101]

Ok I finally got everything working, fm, tv, etc.

However I can not get a VCR to work. I hooked up the cable to my VCR input. And then from my VCR output it went to the tv tuner (Hauppauge 150MCE). I also plugged in the composite cables from the vcr to tv tuner.

I can watch TV fine however I have to switch the cables around to be able to use the vcr (vcr out to tv).

It does not work how I have it now because it work fine But when turn the vcr on all of the channels become scribbly which I expected. But when I change it to channel 3 (this is the default of vcr) it is just scribbly, and it does the same on every channel.

How can I get it so where the TV and VCR will both work at the same time? I have the MCE edition so it did not come with any software like WinTv.

[groover km]

You can download the WinTV stuff from either the Hauppauge website (http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/s...vr150.html)

or the SHSPVR forum
(http://www.shspvr.com/forum/index.php)

... You need this for the channel suite manager.

Once that is done, check out this thread -


http://forum.gbpvr.com/forums/archive/in...-6214.html

Hope this helps.

[everson101]

Ok I did all of that. But when I installed WinTV there is no suite manager like you mentioned in the other thread.

How do I get to the suite manager?

[Glenn56]

I dont understand the whole thread. I bought the Hauppauge 150 with drivers only.
Can you get the entire software WIN TV on their site? And the whole routine about creating a channel 99 in WIN TV - you do that even though you have no remote control ? Within WIN TV? Then suddenly a channel 99 is available in GB-PVR?

[groover km]

The winTV2000 software is available here:
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/s...vr150.html

For the Suite Manager, open WinTV2000 and on the left is a button marked 'Pref' ; the first item is 'Suite Manager'.

In the original thread, I said I had to add a channel to WinTV and then add the same channel to GBPVR - it doesn't just appear.

This is what worked for me.

[everson101]

Ok thanks it worked!!!