Hauppage 500MCE setup problems

[cmf]

As a complete newbie I was wondering if anyone had any advice on the following? I am having difficulty tuning into freeview channels with GBPVR with an initial installation. I have a Thomson DTI2300 settop box connected to my WinTV PVR 500MCE card via an S-Video input (and stereo inputs). I followed the installation instructions from the GBPVR website but I don't seem to be able to tune into any channels. I am unsure whether the EPG source is correct - XMLTV settings ask for a file which I can't find so I have used "bleb". Tuning assistant scans through 107 possible channels but finds nothing. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks
Chris

[bgowland]

If you are using S-Video inputs on your 500, you are bypassing the tuners on the card - the STB is the tuner and will only output one channel at a time to the 500's S-Video input. You'll need to set the cap. source to S-Video and manually change channels on the STB with your handheld remote or get an IR blaster.

At least that's how I understand this sort of setup to work - I feed UHF into all my cards so can't advise further but there are people here who use external sources like this who should be able to help.

Cheers,
Brian

[cmf]

Thanks Brian, that makes sense as I can see the STB output in LiveTV (in black and white though ) Should I be using XMLTV or Bleb as an EPG option?

Anyone know how I could get GBPVR to recognise freeview channels so that I can access them through the GBPVR software?

Thanks in advance
Chris

[Nnyan]

If I understand your request correctly (and I may not) what I ended up doing (prior to getting two cable boxes) was use a splitter to the cable coax prior to the cablebox. I then fed one pre-cablebox feed (coax) and one post cablebox feed to my PVR500. Had to modify the sources and the channel lists but had everything running.