Problem With MSI Megasky 580

Bought the MSI Megasky 580 about a week ago to watch tv on my pc, installed it everything seemed to work fine but i press scan channels and it doesnt find a thing, not even one programme, put the antenna in a bout 8 different places in my room and it doesnt even get a weak signal, any ideas?
thanks
dan

I have contacted the msi customer service about this AMD related problem. Their reply was the following:
"We make sure Genesys’s driver is no problem since we have tested countless times of AMD motherboard!! I suspect that your system’s software may be interfered with Genesys driver or OS has been the problem (instable), thus I propose you reinstall OS and don’t install other software first (as long as install north / south bridge chip, graphic card or LAN drivers, and so on), then go to our website to download 5580 latest driver and patch and try again!!
5580 driver link:
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/driver/dvr/spt_dvr_detail.php?UID=624&kind=6)
5580 PVR patch link:
(http://www.msi.com.tw/program/support/software/swr/spt_swr_detail.php?UID=624&kind=6)"
I would just like to say that this is a pretty sh**ty product if it requeires a new installation of OS before you can actually use it. And by the way, this was one of the first devices/softwares that I installed to my brand new computer, and it still did not work. 
I have no intention of installing all my OS and programs again just because of this piece of hardware. My OS is perfectly stable and everything else works fine. It is just amazing how the programs in my P4 computer does not interfere with mega sky, even though they are exactly the same as in my AMD computer 
I think I'm going to give up and toss this mega sky in to a swamp.

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