ATI Pro 650 working with QAM

[5l4k3r]

Hi, I just downloaded and installed gbpvr 1.1.5 and got the ATI Pro 650 working with QAM and Charter cable. I just had to add the tuner to the dba.ini. The entry is as follows.

[ATI 650 Pro (QAM)]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
TUNING_SPECIAL=2
FILTER_TUNER=ATI BDA Digital Tuner
FILTER_CAPTURE=ATI BDA Digital Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

I'm tuning through a PCI version of the Built By ATI card. This is the old card that said nothing about doing QAM on the box. I bought it about a year ago at BB. I'm using the latest (7.12) drivers from the AMD/ATI website, and am running windows XP sp2.

EDIT:
I just got and installed a second HD650 this week. This one is a VisionTek card, and it works also. I'm now using XP sp3, GB-PVR v1.2.13 and the drivers are the latest off of the ATI site (version 8.5).

I tried installing the Built by ATI card on a lite version of Vista Premium, and I couldn't get it to work. So far from my experience, the 650 will only tune QAM in XP.

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Thanks for letting me know.

I'll include that definition in the master bda.ini file.

[sslusser]

Hi, I just downloaded and installed gbpvr 1.1.5 and got the ATI Pro 650 working with QAM and Charter cable. I just had to add the tuner to the dba.ini. The entry is as follows.

[ATI 650 Pro (QAM)]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
TUNING_SPECIAL=2
FILTER_TUNER=ATI BDA Digital Tuner
FILTER_CAPTURE=ATI BDA Digital Capture
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

I'm tuning through a PCI version of the Built By ATI card. This is the old card that said nothing about doing QAM on the box. I bought it about a year ago at BB. I'm using the latest (7.12) drivers from the AMD/ATI website, and am running windows XP sp2.

I have a question regarding QAM. Was 7.12 the first driver version you tried, or the first one you had success with QAM?

I really want to go with QAM via the ATI 650, but I have problems with "white noise" on the analog side if the drivers are too new.
Here is link regarding this issue: ATI 650 White Noise

I'm running an older driver that I don't think supports QAM (not really sure of number.) I recently tried the 8.1 driver and the white noise issue re-appeared so moved it back to an older version.

Thanks.

[5l4k3r]

I have a question regarding QAM. Was 7.12 the first driver version you tried, or the first one you had success with QAM?

I really want to go with QAM via the ATI 650, but I have problems with "white noise" on the analog side if the drivers are too new.
Here is link regarding this issue: ATI 650 White Noise

I'm running an older driver that I don't think supports QAM (not really sure of number.) I recently tried the 8.1 driver and the white noise issue re-appeared so moved it back to an older version.

Thanks.

Yeah, I have the white noise problem too. I'm pretty sure that 7.7 is the last driver that didn't have the white noise issue, but don't quote me on that... I don't think QAM was added until 7.12, but I can't be positive since that was the first driver I tried tuning it with. I have updated to 8.1, and QAM does work with those, but still have the white noise. Keep us posted if you try 7.7 and QAM works.

[QAMsimodo]

I tried gettting the ATI 650 PCI to work for QAM, but I am not having any luck... To which connector did you connect your cable - "TV" or "DTV/FM" ? Maybe it depends on the card's P/N? Mine shows 117-70395-10

[5l4k3r]

I have the cable connected to the DTV/FM. I'm not sure of the part # of my card, and I'm finally happy with the HTPC setup, so I probably won't take it apart for some time...

[QAMsimodo]

One more question, do you receive the QAM channels via ATI's software (Catalyst Media Center)? I am beginning to suspect that I have a cable issue - I tried Fusion HDTV 7 and HVR 1600 and also those find no QAM.....

[whurlston]

I tried Fusion HDTV 7 and HVR 1600 and also those find no QAM.....

I'm pretty sure it's a signal issue as I said in the other thread. If you don't have any splitters on your line, you may need to try boosting your signal.

[5l4k3r]

I've never tried the updated version of Catalyst Media Center. I have one of the cards released before they were supposed to do QAM, so the bundled CMC only does analog and ATSC. Signal quality is a good possibility. I had trouble tuning a few channels until I got a 4 way amplifier from radio shack. That did the trick, and I could get all the QAM channels in after I used that. I knew I was missing them because I have an LCD with a QAM tuner that would pick up those channels. It seems the 650 is as finicky with QAM as it is with ASTC...

[hv0000]

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