Hauppauge WinTV HVR 2200

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zebis

54 posts

Master Geek

#71100 4-Nov-2010 20:40

Hi Geekzone,

I just wondered if anyone had reception issues with the HVR 2220 compared to a normal freeview TV.

Ive had this card for some time and only watched freeview a small number of times, however I sometimes get choppy reception or choppy sound.

Specs: PC - Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, Intel E8400 (3Ghz Core2Duo), HVR-2200, 47 Element UHF in a High Reception area (Hastings around ~30km line of site). Using WMC on Win7 64Bit.
Setup: The UHF is first split in a two-way splitter, one to the PC, the other to the rest of the house via a 6-way splitter. All in Sat cable and F-connectors.

With the PC plugged into the 6-way the picture is blocky and lossy. Its better on the two way (less loss?) but still not 100%. However all TV's on the downstream 6-way are fine - >88% signal strength and 0 bitrate loss.

I could look at an amplifier or maybe a seperate feed, but is the sensitivity of the HVR 2200 (and other cards) worse than freeview TV's or am I missing something? To much signal?

Cheers

Matt

Felicks

62 posts

Master Geek

#400367 4-Nov-2010 21:31

The HVR2200 has always received good reviews and write ups to the best of my knowledge. I have two in my machine with the four tuners all set to digital for Freeview here in Christchurch. I would have thought it to be one of the best tuners quite frankly.

I have never had choppy sound although I used to get a pixelated picture at times when using the on board ATI graphics even though it was supposed to do H264. I later added a fan-less nVidia 8600 video card to see if it fixed the problem and it essentially did although occasionally it still happens. I have never figured out the real cause and it only lasts for a couple of seconds I suppose.

I have a standard gizmo type aerial as I live close to the repeater. I have a 4 way splitter in the roof with one line coming to the tuner that splits into two at the PC so it can feed both cards.

I'm not sure of the strength but from what I hear, with digital you either get a signal or you don't pretty much.

Sorry I can't help more than that. See what other suggestions you get.

zebis

54 posts

Master Geek

#400751 5-Nov-2010 13:29

Thanks,

Yes I don't really know why the other DVB-T Tv's on freeview work fine. Unless I am picking up interference.

Will hopefully catch some suggestions here :)

Matt

B1GGLZ

1961 posts

Uber Geek

#400762 5-Nov-2010 13:47

Hi Zebis
It may not be the HVR2200. Ihave an HVR2200 in my PC ( Core 2 Duo E4500 2.2Ghz and 8600GT video card) running WinTV7 and I constantly get picture freeze, pixellation and sometimes choppy sound but only on Prime. On all other channels I have no problem. Interestingly though when I record Prime and playback with VLC player the picture and sound is fine. I'm assuming my video card just isn't up to the task although it is strange that it doesn't handle SD from Prime but is perfectly fine with HD from the others? My HVR has its own antenna (43 el) and line of site to the Transmitter at about 7km here in North Shore, Auckland.

Disrespective

1925 posts

Uber Geek

#400979 5-Nov-2010 21:47

I've had two early model HVR2200's exhibit this problem. It was apparently rectified in later releases. I can also add that the 2200 that i do use now shows worse signal strength than the one built into my HP laptop from the same aerial so i'm not sure what's going on there but assume it has something to do with the dual tuner nature of the 2200... shrug

zebis

54 posts

Master Geek

#400986 5-Nov-2010 22:11

Is there a program I can install to check signal strength and quality information?

Else I may consider purchasing another 2200 or even a 4400... (not so interested in analog anymore since it will eventually get turned off, apart from RF input from another source)

B1GGLZ

1961 posts

Uber Geek

#401104 6-Nov-2010 11:45

The WINTV v7 software that came with my HVR2200 includes signal monitor utilities that show signal strength and errors for each tuner.
Check under start, all programs, Hauppage Wintv if you are using the same software.

TwoSeven

1623 posts

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#401118 6-Nov-2010 12:51

Out of interest, what is the graphics card used in the original post?

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zebis

54 posts

Master Geek

#403007 10-Nov-2010 18:29

Hi all,

Sorry for delays in reply, the Graphics is on-board, GMA X4500HD. (The motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-EG45M-UD2H)

As for WinTV 7 - I did attempt to try this but cannot find my orignal CD so it wont let me install the update. A shame Windows Media Centre doesnt come with a built in meter for DVB-T.

Matt

zebis

54 posts

Master Geek

#406925 19-Nov-2010 21:22

Hi all,

Not sure if anyone is still following this.... but Ive installed WinTV 7 and have a strength meter..

A few days ago when I tried it - I had between 30 and 27.7 SNR (all green both tuners)

Now tonight its 27.7 and then it drops into the red (about 4-7) for a split second then bounces back up. it does this constantly every 3 or 4 seconds... almost like electric fence interference!

Only the 2200 affected. Other Freview TV's are fine.

Felicks

62 posts

Master Geek

#407253 21-Nov-2010 10:59

What program are you using? The one I used ages ago was a dos one so no colour, just numbers from memory. It did a one off test not continuous. Is it free? Flick me a link if so and I'll try doing a strength test here with my setup.

zebis

54 posts

Master Geek

#408539 23-Nov-2010 21:08

Hi there,

I am using the application that came with the card - upgraded to Win TV7

http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/site/support/support_all.html?prod=16

However you need the original CD to install this - so unsure what you are using?