MSI TV Tuner card (stereo) workaround

HI,
If you live in the US and own the MSI TV tuner card then you know it does not provide Stereo sound. If you have a digital cable box from your cable tv provider you can recieve stereo sound while viewing and recording when using the MSI TV Tuner card, by doing the following:
1. do not use the patch cable for audio from your MSI TV tuner card to your audio sound card.
2. connect the audio from your digital cable box to your audio sound card. My audio sound card is an audigy card. You may have to spend a couple bucks at FRY's or Best Buy to get any small cable connectors (stereo din connector==>RCA and so forth). Just look at your box and you should be able to figure out what you need.
3. Ofcourse, you will be using the remote for your digital box and leaving the MSI tuner card on channel 3.
But, I have been doing this all the time anyway
4. Connect either the composite or s-video cable (not coax) from your MSI TV-tuner card to your digital cable box. Best to use s-video is possible.
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Originally posted by Frederic Renard
To bypass the card to record sound is a strange workaround...
This card is suppose to be useful to play and RECORD tv with a cable entry and no other hardware.
I can bypass the card as well and put a tv and vcr beside my pc (lol).
What we really need is new driver so the card can work better at least with mono sound!
Good point! We can always buy a TV and a capture card. But that's not the product we need!
Why still there are no new drivers or software? Other companies already had their drivers signed by MS WHQL... And what happens here? Nothing! Almost every week I check for new drivers. Even the guys from DScaler have created better support for this card?!? And they don't get paid for that! What's wrong with MSI? Is this card doomed or something? Why should I trust MSI and buy another product of theirs? This just sucks.
?( BTW Have anyone experienced a lack of any sound on several channels in the frequency range between 160 MHz and 210 MHz?
Usually I recommend this card to anyone for its really good picture quality. But how can I explain to them it can't decode sound on the major TV programs in my country (in that specific freq. range).
I have much to say about this card (I have it for more than a half year) but I feel it would be never heard never discussed never answered as my e-mails to MSI.
I'm using a card with CX23881 chip in Bulgaria.
Thank you.
Deyan Atanasov

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New MSI TV Tuner cards!

It seems as if MSI has or is about to launch some new TV tuner cards.
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well, I just bought an Asus, TV/FM card for my computer (the MSI anywhere plus one came out shortly after that), and gone through semi ton research. Basicaly the Theaterpro 550 are not just made by MSI, by also by Sapphire and Power Color as well (all came from ATI?), some ppl say the software (cyber one) is problematic, but several review I read says that it's all pretty good, if your installation and problem is not a problem, then you are most likely bug free. At, first I bought an Leadtek one (which in my opinion is better in term of software and hardware compare to the asus card I have) but unfortuntely, the card's FM fucntion is a bit buggy. Though Asus card's software function is not as versatile as the Leadtek (the close caption don't work in Canada only in US) but it's really good and stable enough for avg user who want to listen radio and watch TV on comp, and the remote that came with it is pretty nifty too (when I try it, the volume func won't work, it turns out that my Microsoft kyboard funct is blocking some commands) In terms of price range and spec, I think the MSI anywhere plus and Asus TV/FM card 7135 is nearly identical, the only expection is that MSI is 10 dollars cheaper, plus their remote is connected to card itself instead of using a USB slot from your comp. One of the obvious problem I know with TheaterPro550 type is that the box on the card heats up quickly and to quite a high temp as well, so good circulation in case is quite important (same with my Leadtek card). Those are the little nitpic I gathered during my search for TV/FM card, so some info could be false, so it's best to do your own research when purchase a card for yourself.

MSI K8N TV tuner card gives blank screen?

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Help please.
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MSI TV@nywhere MASTER PCI TV Tuner card FAQ

So you’ve just decided to add a MSI TV@nywhere Master card to your PC, you’re gonna need some help installing it then!! Before you continue, I recommend you download the Unofficial New Drivers in the other sticky, to avoid any heart (and brain!) ache.
For best results also, you should be running at least DirectX 8.1. This is included on the driver CD, or you can download the latest version from Microsoft's DirectX Page. If you have a P4 which supports Hyperthreading, you will also need at least Windows XP SP2, otherwise you will have to disable hyperthreading in BIOS.
You should also be in the habit of having the latest drivers for your video card, audio card and motherboard chipset; this can also avoid any future TV software failure. And make sure you regularly run Windows Update (or use the Automatic Update feature) to keep your Windows clean and up-to-date. And also remember when installing new drivers or software, if the installer suggests you restart the computer then do so, before you install anything else! Drivers not installing correctly are common causes of problems, especially with this card!
INSTALLING THE HARDWARE
I’m presuming you’re familiar with the concepts of building and upgrading PCs, so I won’t go into too much detail on obvious stuff (like “remove the side panel of your case, locate a free PCI slot…”).
Fit the TV@nywhere Master card into a free PCI slot. If you didn’t get one with it, you’ll need a CD-audio lead from somewhere (the thin grey lead). If you have one connected between your CD drive and your soundcard CD-Audio In connector, then use that, any version of Windows after 98 supports digital audio extraction, so it is not needed there now. Connect one end of the audio lead to the 4 pin header on the TV@nywhere card and the other to the AUX input on your soundcard (or motherboard if using onboard). If you are installing the Mega TV Tuner in a Mega series barebones, connect it to the TV audio input on the mainboard to the rear. Don’t worry about using the 3.5mm jack plug lead to connect tv card audio, we don’t need it now, doing it this way.
CONNECTING YOUR TV SIGNAL
Depending on your global location, this may vary. Either way you need to connect either a aerial (ANTENNA) or cable (CABLE) to the CATV connector on the card. Someone will no doubt clarify this for me, but cable is for US-type cable, which doesn’t need a decoder box. Most people will be using the Antenna I’m guessing. Your choice of CABLE or ANTENNA needs to be remembered, you’ll need this later.
You will not be able (or have limited success) in connecting a video recorder or set-top box to the CATV connector. Instead you will need to use the Composite or S-Video connector, and connect the audio source either directly to the soundcard or to the Line-in on the TV card.
INSTALLING THE DRIVER
Don’t use the driver on the CD. Download the latest driver from the MSI download page. If you are a Mega series user, make sure that Windows has been installed onto the C: drive. If not you’ll have to reinstall, and disable the USB controller in BIOS to prevent the card readers becoming the C: and D: drives. This also causes problems later.
I would advise temporarily disabling any anti-virus programs at this point, to avoid any complications.
When you start up after first installing the card, cancel any Found New Hardware wizards that appear. OK, so extract the contents of the downloaded ZIP, and run the PVSSetup.exe file to install the drivers. Once this is complete, RESTART your PC and the drivers will be installed for the new hardware found.
Check in Device Manager, there should be four new hardware listed under Sound, Video and Game Controllers related to MS8606. If you see any with the (?) next to them, you might need to try the card in another slot.
INSTALLING THE MSIPVS TV SOFTWARE
If you wish to use other TV recording software other than MSIPVS then please feel free to do so.
MSI do not make their own software. At least not all the time. MSIPVS is a rebranded version of Intervideo’s WinDVR software, with extra features added such as network streaming for TV@nywhere. Some people love it. Lots of people hate it. Generally most people who have posted here hate it. People who love it tend not to post if they don't have problems. The people that hate it generally mess initial settings up, which can cause problems when they try to change it. The more patient of us will always get it eventually right!
Install the MSIPVS software. Easy as that. Its setting it up correctly that’s the tricky part. Listed below are the main things to look for when performing initial setup. If you are unsure about anything else then read the manual! Only a complete genius would dare install any unfamiliar hardware without having the manual handy for reference - how do you suppose I learnt anything?
Device
Video Input:
"Device" is always the Conexant Cx2388x Video Capture"
"Source" - select TV if you are connecting your signal to the CATV connector (antenna or cable), select S-Video or Composite if using these instead
"Standard" - set this to your local TV standard, eg if in UK set to "PAL-I". if unsure, do a Google search and find out!!
If you don't set these correctly you won't receive any channels and/or they will appear incorrectly.
Audio Input:
"Device" will be your soundcard or onboard audio device
"Source" will be the connector your TV card audio output is connected to, this will be "TV" on Mega series, otherwise check!! If you connected the internal lead to AUX on your soundcard or mobo, then set it to "AUX". If you used external lead to connect to Line-In, this will be "Line-in" etc etc.
If you don't set these correctly you may or may not hear audio while watching live TV, and you will hear no audio on recorded TV.
TV
Tuner:
"Input" will be Antenna if you have an aerial connected, or Cable if you are connected to unencoded cable TV.
"Country or Region" - if need to explain this one then maybe you shouldn't have this card!
Channel
Now we will see if your settings and TV signal are good! Tick the Freescan box, and then click on Autoscan. This may take a while, and for a short time it may appear that the program is doing nothing. Patience! It will soon start, and then pick up any available channels it can find.
Make sure you have a good strong signal if you are using an aerial, otherwise TV@nywhere won’t pick up as many channels. UK viewers – just using a simple set-top aerial and signal booster, I could even receive Channel Five (or “five” as it is known now!)
So at this point now, if all has gone well, you should be able to watch and record TV on your PC! If it hasn't...

"I've lost my CDs and MSIPVS needs a serial number to install!"
MSI in their wisdom printed the serial key for MSIPVS on the actual CD. This serial key is the same printed on EVERY CD. Which kind of defeats the object in my humble opinion. Anyways, the answer can be found in this post: MSIPVS requires serial number!
"When installing MSIPVS, the program hangs then shows a message saying "remote procedure call failed" "
If you are a Mega user, you have installed Windows onto a partition other than C:. You will need to reinstall Windows, making sure you disable USB controller in BIOS, so that the card readers do not take up C: and D: drives. Upon first restart (after Windows has created partition), you may re-enter BIOS and enable USB controller before Windows continues installing itself.
"MSIPVS installs, but when I start the application I get an error message "WinDVR has caused a problem and needs to shutdown" "
hpkuo credits this to sizzle in his hints and tips thread, but I'll elaborate a little. The problem is caused by QuickTime codecs installed by Nero 6.3.1.15. It is unclear whether later versions of Nero were fixed, but earlier versions should be okay. "A "quick fix" is to rename the files "NeQTADec.ax" and "NeQTVDec.ax" in "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\"."
Another alternative suggestion is to uninstall the codecs from the registry. I found this solution in another forum for another TV card with same problem:
Go to Start > Run (or press Windows key + R) and enter:
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\NeQTADec.ax"
regsvr32 /u "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ahead\DSFilter\NeQTVDec.ax"
The only consequence seems to be that Nero Vision can’t decode Apple Quick time format after this (something I can live with)
If you do require QuickTime codecs to be installed, there is the Quicktime alternative available from here: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/QuickTime_Alternative.htm . Or you could just use an earlier version of Nero.
PS if you are using a non-english setup of Windows, then the above paths will relate to how windows translates on your PC - ie subsitute Program Files etc for your local translation
"I have connected the external audio lead to the Line-In (blue) jack on my mobo, and set it correctly in MSIPVS, but I hear no TV sound"
If your mobo supports 5.1 speakers but only has three jacks on rear, the Line-in and Mic jacks have been configured to act as Rear Speaker and Center/Sub outputs. If you have only two speakers, they should be connected to the green Front Speaker jack. You will need to go into your audio hardware's configuration panel / Windows Audio Device Properties to correctly configure the rear jacks.
The other alternative is to use the internal audio connector - simply use a CD-audio lead to connect it to the AUX or CD internal connector on your mobo or soundcard. CD audio leads (the analog grey lead from your CD drive to the soundcard / mobo CD audio connector) are redundant now, as Windows now uses digital audio extraction through IDE channel. Make sure you set the audio signal correctly in MSIPVS to match this.
"When I start up Windows I can hear a hissing like "static" / the radio is playing"
One issue that was fixed in the latest Drivers; if that still doesn't work then the Radio volume is not muted at Windows startup. I'll let hschroed take over here:
"Both MSI Radio and MSI PVS, unmute the TV card at program start, and mute the TV card at SUCCESSFUL program exit (remember we are not talking about the soundcard mixer state here). What this means is as long as a single program start and a single SUCCESSFUL program exit takes place, the TV card tuner will be muted, regardless of what the soundcard mixer audio source states are. If the PC is rebooted (without a PC power-off), for whatever reason, while the MSI Radio or MSI PVS program is executing (a successful exit has not been performed), the TV card will remain in an unmuted state until the next startup and successful exit of either of the two programs.
The TV card mute/unmute status is carried over a reboot without PC power off. What this means is that after a PC power on, once the TV card has been properly muted by a start and successful exit of the MSI program, the TV card mute/unmute status should be in proper synchronization with the applications (regardless of the soundcard mixer status), as long as the PC is not powered off. (Romulus mentions computer coming out of standby. I did not test that scenario but I would expect that if going into standby means power is stopped to TV card, the effect would be similar to a PC power off)."
"My regular TV receives all 5 channels (even Channel Five!), but when I connect aerial to TV@nywhere I only get 3"
Common to all TV tuner hardware (not just MSI's!) is the need for a good strong signal. A moderate signal might appear okay on a regular domestic TV, but might not be strong enough for the TV tuner hardware. Consider investing in a good signal booster, or getting your aerial changed.
Consequently, I have also learned today that TOO strong a signal is bad for TV tuner cards, as soon as I know more I'll let you know...
"I have connected my VCR to the CATV connector, but it does not appear when autoscanning."
"I cannot receive any channels when I connect my Sky box to the RF (CATV) connector."
Thanks to a wonderful technology called "Macrovision" protection, many VCRs and satellite/cable boxes won't work in this way by connecting them using their RF output. Anyone who gets a result is very lucky. There's always the Composite and S-Video In connectors to try. But either way, the TV@nywhere card won't scan all their channels, you'll still have to change them manually.
"Windows XP Media Center says that my "tuner hardware is malfunctioning or not installed" but I have installed the latest TV@nywhere drivers from MSI"
Neither the Vox or the TV@nywhere cards are compatible with MCE2005. MCE2005 requires an analogue TV card capable of hardware MPEG2 encoding, or a software DVB-T (digital) card that already receives an MPEG2 video stream over-the-air.
You can however still use the Vox or the TV@nywhere using the MSIPVS software outside of the MCE2005 application.
"MSIPVS keeps defaulting my location back to Afghanistan, even though I set it to US / UK/ Sweden / Latvia / Kazahkstan"
You will need to reinstall the drivers and software due to a glitch. Uninstall MSIPVS and the tuner drivers (with its PVSSetup.exe setup program) then restart your PC, and ignore the Found New Hardware wizard. Install the tuner drivers with the PVSSetup.exe program, then restart your PC. Then install MSIPVS, restart your PC and you're good to go again!
"Where can I find these "Unofficial New Drivers" that people keep referring to here?"
The "Unofficial New (BETA) Drivers" became obsolete when MSI officially released them. You can find them on the Product Support page for this card, as they are now the latest drivers. MSI TV@nywhere Master product page
[Last edited 8th October 05 by Dr Stu]

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Anyone have a clue how this happened? Not a big deal, but my $25 is gone and I have a bunch of unwanted tunes.
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[email protected]

Yes I have back ups I have Time Machine running, I guess that will be my trouble shoot.
IMac is running OK at the moment after I uninstalled MACKEEPER and was that a chore! I was really looking for some interpretation for the Log report related to the Panic Attack to C if it pointed to a particular application or hardware. The IMAC has been really stable since I bought it in 2010 and I have not added any other HW for at least 12 months. The only recent SW added has been that Ancestry product, I did change my ISP a few weeks ago but still using the same router so that should have no bearing.
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I just got TV@nywhere tuner card. I'm happy with it, thanks MSI. But how do I change the jumpers setting in order to get PAL TV signal ( not NTSC). I know the job looks easy but there is no instruction. Which pins I should put the jumpers in ???
I need some help, please!
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Look at this (it is in power point format).

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Im running win XP sp2 .
Id appretiate any help or advise anyone can offer on this.
Thanks.

welcome to the world of MSI!
although this tuner card (MS8606-40) was designed with the Mega PC in mind (which itself is just a small form factor barebones) it is the same as the MSI TV@nywhere Master card (MS8606-10) but without the added FM radio tuner chip and remote controller, so I imagine it should work with it
you might be better off having a browse through the TV@nywhere forum and seeing if any posts there might help you, first thing i suggest you do is download and install the BETA drivers in my sticky post

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Hi all,
I'm looking at rebuilding my 865 Pro
I haven't upgraded the graphics so what do people recommend as the best AGP card for the 865 Pro
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Hi All!
Recently I've added a TV tuner Card (MS-8606) to my MEGA PC 651. This card is not TV@nywhere, but very similar one. It is the "optional TV tuner card" MSI talks about in the description of MEGA PCs. The card does not have FM tuner, as MEGA PC already have one on the motherboard.
I've installed the card and the standard MSI software (drivers, MSIPVS, Cinema , WinSchedule and other stuff) from the supplied CD with minimum difficulties. (The drivers on CD are version 2.79.1.64) The good things is that the software finds channels, there is picture, even the remote works
However, there is an annoying problem -- sound disappears each 2-15 seconds. That is sound works for, say, 20 seconds, then stops for 2 seconds, then works again for 5 seconds, then stops and so on. Did anybody encounter such a problem?

Probably not anymore
It was just a TV@nywhere Master, but without the FM radio tuner.

865 Pro and MSI tv-tuner

Hello. I own a 865 PRO and this MSI tv-tuner http://www.compbyte.de/images/big/barebone_tvtuner.jpg which I havent really had time to care about, but now I want to get it started and connect it so I got a few questions.
1. Are they even compatible? Because I have problems getting sound from the tuner... I have connected the internal Yellow cable from the tuner to the inside of my 865 PRO. Is that enough? In the manual it say something about a remote cable connector but I cant seem to locate this inside my barebone.
2. Where can I find drivers online for that tv-tuner?
3. Does the tuner work in other pc's and not only in MSI's barebones?
4. Any drivers that work with Windows Media Center?
Thanks in advance for anyone that would like to answe

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I have connected the internal Yellow cable from the tuner to the inside of my 865 PRO.
which connector did you connect it to inside the 865PRO?
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2. Where can I find drivers online for that tv-tuner?
you should be able to use the drivers for the TV@nywhere Master, it is basically the same card, but without the FM radio chipset
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3. Does the tuner work in other pc's and not only in MSI's barebones?
as per 2., i can't see why not
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4. Any drivers that work with Windows Media Center?
short answer, no.

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I am building an 865 pro and want a tv tuner/agp video card for pvr and enough punch to handle games. My mega 180 manual suggested to stick with the MSI TV@nywhere card but the 865 pro doesnt have any such recommendations. I know space and heat are the primary issues. I also would like component out for hdtv.. Anybody have suggestions?

as far as i am aware, if you want to watch TV with the InstantOn feature of 865PRO, you'll need the special 865PRO tv tuner. otherwise pretty much any other PCI or USB device should work
if you want a decent AGP card, you might find a USB tuner would be a good option, otherwise there is the ATI All-In-Wonder cards, which combine a VGA card and TV tuner in one card. there's also cards like MSI's TV5200/5700.

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