VCR capture FX5900XT VTD128

I have connected the vcr to the video in of the card using the RCA to S-Video connector supplied with the card.  All drivers are installed including the capture drivers.  
I can't find a way to capture (even see) the output from my vcr.  Should this be possible and if so how?  
There does not seem to be any tv tuning capability so how does the card know where to look for the signle?  Or am I missing something in the driver install and should have a tv turner device?
System
P4 3.2G
Asus P4P 800 Motherboard
MSI FX5900XT VTD128
1G ram

You are confusing RF-in (or aerial input) with video-in (or TV-in).  Cards with an inbuilt TV tuner, which your card lacks, have an RF-in socket into which one usually connects an aerial; and with the appropriate software one can search the RF spectrum for a TV station's broadcast frequency in the same way a radio is tuned to a particular radio station.  The Video-in socket takes a different kind of signal and gets it direct from a video device.  There is no tuning.
Get some video capture software. AmCap is pretty basic.  Once installed select S-Video input from Options -> Crossbar, then select Options -> Preview and you should be getting a picture.
Tony.

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