My Goal Here is to Connect my set Top Box to my TV Tuner Card
Ok Let me list out my system specs first:
1)Intel Core2 6300 @ 1.86 GHZ
2)GeForce 8600GT
3)Pinnacle PCTV 110i TV Tuner
4)2 GB RAM
5)Windows XP Professional SP2
My TV Tuner Card has RF in. However my set top box has only RCA Out (The Red, White, Yellow Cable Thingy)
So I bought a RF Modulator (RF Converter) to convert the RCA signal to RF and I connected the RCA Modulators RF out into my TV Tuners RF in. I scanned for new channels and got 6 of them. How ever none of the channels are clearly visible, although I can hear sound of the set top box on my PC. What am I doing wrong here?
[QUOTE]A request: if you can, please give a short tutorial kinda desc of what you did, what one needs, the do's and don'ts, etc.[/QUOTE]
Ok heres what I did:
1) As Mentioned Above, you have to get a Composite to S-video Converter
(I got one with my video card)
2) Connect one end of the yellow plug of the RCA cable into the back of your set top box (into yellow of course) and the other end of the cable into the converter (as shown above) and then plug the converter in to the S-Video in of your TV Tuner Card
3) OK! Thats the Video taken care of, now you have to get an RCA Audio to 3.5mm jack cable:
Connect the red and white plugs to the back of your set top box and then the 3.5 mm plug to the LINE IN of your sound card
(in the above picture of a typical sound card, the line in jack is marked with the red arrow [blue port])
After doing this you have to go the settings page of your sound card and ENABLE/UNMUTE the LINE IN/INPUT MONITOR.
4) Thats it!!! You can now view your STB on your PC with great sound and video!!
I would recommend the following programs to manipulate your TV Card
