windows media center tv guide?

vig

hi can anyone tell me how i get my windows media center tv guide to be the same as my NTL guide i have downloaded the 'unmapped digital cable' guide but its all messed up eg.if its on bravo channel it will say eurosport on the bottom,any help would be great

8T8

That's odd I don't have NTL but I'm pretty sure it is supported did you follow the setup procedure correctly ?

Try running through it again, it should be on the list of service providers did you also you setup the link between the STB (NTL box) and the IR Blaster (MCE infrared interceptor) ?

Just so you know you can shape the channels to your liking by going into the settings->TV->Guide->Edit Channels from here you can untick channels you don't have and reassign the channel number so it matches up with the number on your NTL STB.

Edit: Do you have update roll up 2 for MCE installed along with the latest updates from Windows Update ?

vig

yeah what i seem to get cause ive run through it a few times is NTL analog but its not on all the time ive ony seen the option for ntl analog twice i pick up chorus;unmapped digital and unmapped analog all the time

gonna go through the setup now to make sure

vig

just ran through the setup again and of course no NTL Galway but a million others,but ive tried moving a couple around manually and it seems to work so ill just do it another 98 times and ill be finished just downloaded rollup 2,thanks for the help 8t8......once again

8T8

After installing roll up 2 and downloading all the updates from Windows Update run the setup wizard again as certain stuff may only be available with the latest software installed.

Adey2002

You have to manually map all of the channels. Ireland only has "Unmapped digital channels" which basically means the channels are not mapped to any specific service provider. (other Countried have different options, instead of unmapped, eg London NTL, London Sky etc. which are mapped for each specific service). It's a DIY job in Ireland unfortunately.

subway

Adey2002 wrote:

You have to manually map all of the channels. Ireland only has "Unmapped digital channels" which basically means the channels are not mapped to any specific service provider. (other Countried have different options, instead of unmapped, eg London NTL, London Sky etc. which are mapped for each specific service). It's a DIY job in Ireland unfortunately.

ireland has had fully mapped channels for about 3 months now.

SouperComputer

Adey2002 wrote:

You have to manually map all of the channels. Ireland only has "Unmapped digital channels" which basically means the channels are not mapped to any specific service provider. (other Countried have different options, instead of unmapped, eg London NTL, London Sky etc. which are mapped for each specific service). It's a DIY job in Ireland unfortunately.

Im guessing you either havent used or updated MCE since November last year!

EPG is available for both NTL analog and NTL digital with no mapping required. Setanta EPG is missing for some reason, but is mapped.

Run the MCE wizard completely from scratch, wipe the old settings and you will have the EPG no problem.

Adey2002

SouperComputer wrote:

Im guessing you either havent used or updated MCE since November last year!

I didn't realise they had created the individual mappings.

My MCE is constantly updated, but as I already have the channels mapped I've had no need to go and look. It's nice to know i'll save an hour next time I have to re-install though.

SouperComputer

Adey2002 wrote:

I didn't realise they had created the individual mappings.

My MCE is constantly updated, but as I already have the channels mapped I've had no need to go and look. It's nice to know i'll save an hour next time I have to re-install though.

Yea, NTL digital was a frickin nightmare before they mapped the EPG. You could spends hours mapping the stations!

Now you just select "NTL Digital, Dublin) and away you go.