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[omega2018]

i don't think media center supports DAB either.  just to clarify though the digital radio i mentioned and which you can get through media center is not DAB, it is freeview. there are around 30 freeview radio channels. i vaguely recall the digital quality is better than dab but could be wrong, freeview quality seems to have dropped over the years.

[tigers_gonads]

Okay, I commandeered the dining room table this morning and started to build it up.
DVD drive fitted 
Processor fitted 
Whopping big heat sink which looks like a sub station fitted 
Hard drive fitted 
2 sticks of RAM fitted 
With a little bit of dismantling, the graphics card is now fitted abet in a slightly dodgy manor while the half height adaptor brackets arrive next week  .

And on to my next problem 

At the end of the case, I have a Spectra Riser card fitted so that the full size TV / Satellite cards will fit in the case.
Looking on Ebuyer ect, these cards in PCI form are like rocking horse poo 
Now I know you can get adaptor cards to convert PCI into PCI e format 
The problem with these is that with the adaptor fitted, the chassis which holds the 2 TV card wont fit in the slot 
Does anybody know of a riser card which converts PCI into 2 x PCI e slots ??

[TheBoy]

Try to avoid the adapters, as they are universally shite, and always flakey.

Also, on that Spectra case, if you can avoid the riser card, as ultimately you will find that you will change the CPU/mobo, and most motherboards are a bit shitty with these type of risers.

Although not HD, the Hauppauge Nova 500DT gives 2 SD freeview tuners in a PCI card.  Downside is they are actually USB tuners, so standby is a bit naff with them. But I'd suggest a 2nd hand one could be had for under £20

[tigers_gonads]

Try to avoid the adapters, as they are universally shite, and always flakey.

Also, on that Spectra case, if you can avoid the riser card, as ultimately you will find that you will change the CPU/mobo, and most motherboards are a bit shitty with these type of risers.

Although not HD, the Hauppauge Nova 500DT gives 2 SD freeview tuners in a PCI card.  Downside is they are actually USB tuners, so standby is a bit naff with them. But I'd suggest a 2nd hand one could be had for under £20

Will look into it
Cheers TB 

[tigers_gonads]

Right, IT LIVES 

ish .....................

Managed to get Win 7 Ultimate installed okay 
Started Friday morning and it finally finished doing the update cycle this morning 

Next problems 

I cannot seem to get any output from the SPDIF coax, optical or RCA boards front and back 
The only sound I get is from the TV via the HDMI input.
I have tried setting up the sounds through Media Centre but to no avail 
I have checked the connections from the 2 boards too the motherboard and all imo seems okay 

Also the front card reader is not working 
And also the case display / volume front control is not working 
The volume knob lights up blue.
The matrix display greets you on power up and shut down and also I have what I presume is the hard drive light flickering when the hard drive is active but nothing else 

Thinking this is driver related, i've checked the links off TB's link but some are no longer active 

Any ideas please .............

[tigers_gonads]

Okay, various drivers later, that lots working even though the card reader will not read SD HC cards 
Don't know if there is a software fix for this ??

Couple more problems for those that know how the hell Media Centre works 

I transferred 10 dvd's full of mp3 songs across to the music folder.
These are named All the number 1's 1953 - 2005 through to All the number 10's 1953 - 2005
Basically every tune that has been in the top 10 over the last 52 years 

I don't know what happened but Media Centre seen unable to catalogue these 10 albums as 10 albums 
If you enter media centre, they are catalogued in every which way but above and is a nightmare to use 
I was hoping to use a pair of rechargeable Wi-Fi speakers in the garden when funds allow so this is a real pain in the arse 
Obviously you can use Media Player to play them in whatever order with no problem but as far as I can see, Media Player can't be configured to stream via Wi-Fi 

DVD playback ................

I have set up the menus and have Dolby Digital output through the optical link to the AV amp.
Problem is that the output on media centre is set for night time by default which is seriously screwing up the sound on both films.
The menu is visible but locked out so nothing can be changed.
Mini Me had a play with the registry and changed the value so that it showed normal but the option was still blocked and I cant keep pishing around with the registry every time I want to switch between Dynamic, Normal and Night mode 

Anybody else got the same problem's and have a fix  ??