Qosmio F10: Cannot setup TV Tuner!

I can't seem to be able to receive any form of TV signal on my Qosmio F10.
I have tried both automatic and manual setup of the TV signal within Windows Media Centre, whilst connected to different aerial points and my satellite receiver, but the software never manages to actually receive any form of signal.
I have checked that each of the cables works correctly by connecting it to a TV, and there is definitely a good signal.
All I can think is there is a problem with my Toshiba TV Tuner hardware (I uninstalled it and rebooted to reinstall the TV Tuner drivers), or possibly the little adapter cable.
Anyone else had this problem?
Any ideas??

It would appear that the TV tuner problem I am having is due to a weak signal. Toshiba are working on a fix to improve the TV tuner cards sensitivity, but a lot of the problem seems to be with Media Centre, which is very region specific and doesnt seem very flexible to me.
So I bought a FreeView digital terrestrial TV box (a nice, small Nokia one!) and a SCART-composite adapter. I also bought a WinTV USB2 TV tuner. I have since spent many happy hours testing different setups! Here are my findings (it's been quite a project!)
Analogue Aerial to the TV Card via RF Cable & Dongle:
Qosmio mode - Picks up three of five analogue channels with varying picture quality.
Media Centre - Doesn't find anything! Manual tuning results in no picture and intermittent sound. Unable to use Media Centre without infra-red receiver and remote (which is very annoying!)
Digital Satellite to the TV Card via RF Cable & Dongle:
Qosmio mode - Needs to be told not to skip the channel for some reason, but results a fairly good.
Media Centre - Doesn't detect anything, but able to manually enter the channel number and get reasonable results (as long as the infra-red receiver and remote are set up!)
Digital Satellite to Graphics Card via SCART-Composite Cable & Adapter:
Qosmio mode - Finds nothing (obviously only looking for an aerial connection)
Media Centre - Finds signal automatically. Best results so far for video, but doesn't work with the audio... The sound is sent straight to the sound-card, then processed via Media Centre and sent out again with a slight delay. This results in the sound being constantly repeated, which is rather annoying!!!
FreeView to TV Card via RF Cable & Dongle:
Qosmio mode - Finds FreeView signal fairly easily, plus three analogue channels!
Media Centre - Will only find FreeView channel by entering channel number during manual setup.
FreeView to Graphics Card via SCART-Composite Cable & Adapter:
Qosmio mode: Finds nothing.
Media Centre: Also nowt (surprisingly!)
Analogue Aerial to USB Port via WinTV:
Qosmio mode: Doesn't work!
Media Centre: Nope!
WinTV2000: Wow! Best picture so far. Also manages all five channels (our TV can't even get Channel 5!)
Digital Satellite to USB via WinTV:
Qosmio and Media Centre are no go.
WinTV2000: Good results.
Freeview to USB via WinTV:
Qosmio and Media Centre are still non-runners.
WinTV2000: Very good - FreeView works, plus all five analogue channels are available.
I hope this helps in some way. I'm sure you've already drawn your own conclusions...
;o)

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