On 11/3/05, Michael T. Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Macaulay wrote: > > > On 11/3/05, *Michael T. Dean* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > Sergio P. Cesar wrote: > > > > >How do I delete the extra inputs in the configuration for the PVR > > 150 and > > >250? it show "tuner 1", "Svideo 1", "Svideo 2", "Svideo 3" for > > each card. > > > > > > > > You'll have to take the electronics off your PVR-x50... (So don't > > do it.) > > > > Just don't associate them with a source and they won't be used. > > > > > > What is the tuner1 for in that case? how would one use it? > > > > The card can only capture one thing at a time, so why does it have two > > tuners? > > Nothing. The PVR-150 has tuner 0 and tuner 1 (PVR-250 only has tuner 0) > because it's made from the same components as a PVR-500 (which does have > two tuners and two encoders). The PVR-150 doesn't have any inputs > allowing you to send a signal to the other tuner, and even if it did, it > doesn't have an encoder that could encode the signal, so it doesn't help > you. Basically, they're made from standard components that would have > allowed Hauppauge to include more functionality than they did. > > However, you can actually make use of some of those extra > S-Video/Composite connections ( > http://registration.hauppauge.com/webstore/hardware1.asp#av_cable ), but > note that it doesn't make your PVR-150 record two things at once--it > only allows you to choose which S-Video input to use (i.e. the one > connected to your cable box or the one connected to your VCR or something).
The explanation for the extra tuner on the PVR-150 sounds great except the PVR-500 has 4 tuners listed so I do not think that explanation is correct. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
