Sky EPG with Vista and PVR150 - HELP !

eddiem74

Ok, so my set-up is:

- HTPC: Vista Premium & Asus HD3650 graphics card, onboard sound Asus P5K MB
- Hauppauge PVR 150
- SkyHD connected to PVR 150 via S-Video
- SKyHD connected to Onkyo 605 Amp via optical and HDMI (when I don't want to use HTPC)
- HPTC via HDMI to Onkyo for picture/DVD sound (coaxial)

In the Vista MCE set-up, I selected region: Ireland, area: Dublin, Satellite, Sky Digital Ireland, etc.. so it all seemed to go fine.

So just set this up today(all drivers, etc.. updated first) and here are my issues.

1) I can view TV however the sound is ahead of picture i.e. I hear what they say, and then their lips follow. (I have lip sych set to 0ms on Sky box, and onkyo, and i cannot go negative)

2) Some of the channels on the EPG are off, for example: 151 is E! Entertainment, however it should be 152.

3) I can see channels which are unavailable e.g. ITV2, BBC3 in the listing but when I select it says "channel unavailable". Also, if I then hit the channel/program up button it moves to the next channel after the unavailable one, and not the one I am watching?

Any advice welcome !

eddiem74

Ok, sorted my audio issue, forgot the run audio from the sky box to the pvr 150 card.

I think I can also edit the channels, which might fix my other issue, unless some knows of something else ?

subway

go in to guide settings,
you can manually edit the guide to change channel numbers and hide channels you havent subscribed to

eddiem74

subway wrote: »

go in to guide settings,
you can manually edit the guide to change channel numbers and hide channels you havent subscribed to

Ok, have been doing this for a bit, and its real fun, not !!?? :cool:

Where does MCE get the EPG from ? Is it microsofts own database or ? Is there no way for them to get it accurately updated ? Anyone know ?

subway

its microsofts own database, with info provided, i believe, by zap-it.
there used to be an MS head on here that did the updates for us but hes long since disapeared.
head over to thegreenbutton.com, thats a site run by MS for mce users.
theres a subforum there to report guide inaccuracies and there fairly quick to sort it out.

eddiem74

subway wrote: »

its microsofts own database, with info provided, i believe, by zap-it.
there used to be an MS head on here that did the updates for us but hes long since disapeared.
head over to thegreenbutton.com, thats a site run by MS for mce users.
theres a subforum there to report guide inaccuracies and there fairly quick to sort it out.

Cheers subway, have just found what I need to on greenbutton, and will try to get the info together over the weekend and submit something soon to them. Will c what happens !

bazwaldo

Whatever you find out about reporting inaccuracies in the guide or whatever, can you report a summary please. Cheers

subway

since it wasnt easy enough for you
go here and read the stickies.
http://thegreenbutton.com/forums/90/ShowForum.aspx

eddiem74

I started thread on thegreenbutton, lets see where it goes, if anywhere. :rolleyes: