Widows Media Centre - Sound but no TV Reception

My PC is an HP Pavilion Elite m9346.uk-a running Windows Vista Home Premium x64 Service Pack 2.
Recently, for reasons unknown to me, Windows Media Centre with Hauppauge Win-TV HVR-1200 (Model 71 xxx, Hybrid DVB-T, No FP) stopped receiving TV pictures but continues to receive sound on each TV channel.
I use a DV B-T antenna and configure Windows Media settings on this. It appears to download all the available channels correctly but will only receive sound.
I can play standard DVD and bluray discs without a problem but, as stated, cannot receive a TV picture, which I received on the same settings in the past.
I have tried to resolve the problem using Microsoft Fix it but without success.
Can you assist please?
squentin

> Hi
>
> Im not 100% sure if I have understood you sound
> problem correctly but it seems that the sound
> problems appears only when you use and play the
> recorded sound files with Windows Media Center.
> The sound is ok when you play Windows Media Player.
> Am I right?
>
> Hmm possibly there is a registry or application
> malfunction.
> Try to update the TV tuner driver and the sound
> driver.
>
> You could delete the sound card from the device
> manager and after reboot install the newest version
> of the sound driver.
I have updating and both have latest drivers
I tried uninstalling the drivers for sound and TV tuner
Still the same with unusable sounds and TV recording playback running fast (sound and vision)
Martin

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