AIW 9600XT Tech Help Please

MooseManDan · Jan 21, 2006, 07:10 PM

I know I must be slow because I have no idea what would cause this. Hopefully one of you techy's can assist.

When I choose channel 5 ([color=orange]NBC[/color]) here in Colorado Springs, it comes up as Channel 12 ([color=blue]ABC[/color]). So I have two ABC channels on 5 and 12.

ATI CCC 5.13
ATI MMC 9.08

Athlon XP 3000+
1GB RAM
SB Audigy 2 ZS
ATI AIW 9600XT
Remote Wonder II
nVidia Motherboard

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

kbuzzard · Jan 21, 2006, 10:30 PM

Did you insatall Guide Plus, If you DID, you were asked what channel allocation your "Area: has, wrong choice will do what ya got.

MooseManDan · Jan 22, 2006, 12:26 AM

It was a pretty standard answer...United States. I dont see how selecting the USA would have messed the channel alignment? Am I off base here?

swimtech · Jan 22, 2006, 07:16 AM

Have you tried just auto scanning the channels again?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 22, 2006, 04:56 PM

Does your actual TV do that too?

MooseManDan · Jan 22, 2006, 08:57 PM

The actual TV does not do that...only on my computer TV CArd which is messing with my mind. I tried searching for software that would reset the frequencies but couldn't6 find any...and I already did a rescan of the channels. Same thing happens!

swimtech · Jan 28, 2006, 02:31 AM

While running the TV application check on the setup icon, TV Tuner tab, highlight channel 5 and click the Details button on the right for that channel. Check to see that the channel "number" matches the "tune to station" number - and let us know ok?

This is rather unusual...

MooseManDan · Feb 2, 2006, 11:43 PM

It matches verbatim.

swimtech · Feb 4, 2006, 10:57 PM

OK, has it always had this problem?

H3X4D3C1M4L · Feb 5, 2006, 04:42 AM

Have you tried something other than MMC, if so and it goes away we have our culprit yet again

MooseManDan · Feb 5, 2006, 08:00 PM

I've tried other software, take for instance now...I'm using Intervideo WinDVR...I want to watch arena football on NBC, but I get basketball on ABC instead.

It hasn't always been like that and I'm not sure when the transition took place. I think it might have been while I was trying a 3rd party software.

If I switch fro CABLE to ANTENNA I get NBC on channel 5. But when I switch back to CABLE, it reverts back to ABC.

NONE of my other TV's in the house have this problem...only my tv card.

Dan

swimtech · Feb 6, 2006, 02:16 PM

That's very unusual for that problem to happen on just the one channel and revert like that when changing from cable to antenna - interesting. Normally, a whole band of channels will be affected (2-6 or 7-13, vhf low band and vhf high band respectively). Standard cable signals and both VHF bands that cover channels 2-13 are identical in frequency.

Not knowing whether the individual channel control voltages for the tuner reside with the MMC software or in firmware on the card, it is diffucult to say if the fault is in the tuner or the software - yet.

One way to know would be to revert back to the MMC version that shipped on the CD with your card and see if the problem is still apparent. If the problem persists when dropping back to the version of MMC that shipped with the card on the CD, I would have to say you have a problem with the tuner on the card that would require service (replacement).

Jan 21, 2006, 07:10 PM	#1
MooseManDan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	AIW 9600XT Tech Help Please I know I must be slow because I have no idea what would cause this. Hopefully one of you techy's can assist. When I choose channel 5 ([color=orange]NBC[/color]) here in Colorado Springs, it comes up as Channel 12 ([color=blue]ABC[/color]). So I have two ABC channels on 5 and 12. ATI CCC 5.13 ATI MMC 9.08 Athlon XP 3000+ 1GB RAM SB Audigy 2 ZS ATI AIW 9600XT Remote Wonder II nVidia Motherboard Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Jan 22, 2006, 07:16 AM	#4
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Have you tried just auto scanning the channels again? __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Jan 28, 2006, 02:31 AM	#7
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	While running the TV application check on the setup icon, TV Tuner tab, highlight channel 5 and click the Details button on the right for that channel. Check to see that the channel "number" matches the "tune to station" number - and let us know ok? This is rather unusual... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Feb 4, 2006, 10:57 PM	#9
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	OK, has it always had this problem? __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Feb 6, 2006, 02:16 PM	#12
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	That's very unusual for that problem to happen on just the one channel and revert like that when changing from cable to antenna - interesting. Normally, a whole band of channels will be affected (2-6 or 7-13, vhf low band and vhf high band respectively). Standard cable signals and both VHF bands that cover channels 2-13 are identical in frequency. Not knowing whether the individual channel control voltages for the tuner reside with the MMC software or in firmware on the card, it is diffucult to say if the fault is in the tuner or the software - yet. One way to know would be to revert back to the MMC version that shipped on the CD with your card and see if the problem is still apparent. If the problem persists when dropping back to the version of MMC that shipped with the card on the CD, I would have to say you have a problem with the tuner on the card that would require service (replacement). __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Jan 21, 2006, 10:30 PM	#2
kbuzzard DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Buford, Georgia Posts: 83 Rep Power: 0	Did you insatall Guide Plus, If you DID, you were asked what channel allocation your "Area: has, wrong choice will do what ya got.

Jan 22, 2006, 12:26 AM	Thread Starter #3
MooseManDan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	It was a pretty standard answer...United States. I dont see how selecting the USA would have messed the channel alignment? Am I off base here?

Jan 22, 2006, 04:56 PM	#5
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Does your actual TV do that too?

Jan 22, 2006, 08:57 PM	Thread Starter #6
MooseManDan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	The actual TV does not do that...only on my computer TV CArd which is messing with my mind. I tried searching for software that would reset the frequencies but couldn't6 find any...and I already did a rescan of the channels. Same thing happens!

Feb 2, 2006, 11:43 PM	Thread Starter #8
MooseManDan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	It matches verbatim.

Feb 5, 2006, 04:42 AM	#10
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Have you tried something other than MMC, if so and it goes away we have our culprit yet again

Feb 5, 2006, 08:00 PM	Thread Starter #11
MooseManDan DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	I've tried other software, take for instance now...I'm using Intervideo WinDVR...I want to watch arena football on NBC, but I get basketball on ABC instead. It hasn't always been like that and I'm not sure when the transition took place. I think it might have been while I was trying a 3rd party software. If I switch fro CABLE to ANTENNA I get NBC on channel 5. But when I switch back to CABLE, it reverts back to ABC. NONE of my other TV's in the house have this problem...only my tv card. Dan