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rdhw · 18-10-2006, 14:40

OK, I have found mention of this tuner card at the UK Leadtek site. It is the "WinFast DTV2000 H". It has 3 antenna inputs: one for FM radio, and the others for analog and digital TV.

The RF output from the Samsung box is one single channel of analog TV, usually on a high-numbered UHF channel. You need to make sure that the output from the Samsung cable TV box is connected to one of the WinFast antenna inputs that is enabled for analog TV. The single channel of output from the Samsung will be the channel that the Samsung is currently receiving. Once you have made the connection, you will have to instruct the tuner card to scan the UHF band to find the Samsung analog output channel.

You will not be able to use the digital TV features of your tuner card at all: they are intended only for terrestrial Freeview usage. You will not be able to use the digital radio features of your tuner card at all, either.

The signal from the Samsung will be quite degraded, having been modulated onto a UHF carrier, and then demodulated again by the tuner card. As a previous poster has suggested, you would get a better signal by hacking into the SCART output of the Samsung, and connecting the Composite video output of the Samsung into the Composite video input of the tuner card.

18-10-2006, 14:40	#6
rdhw Inactive Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 567	Re: MCE and My ntl samsung box HELP Please OK, I have found mention of this tuner card at the UK Leadtek site. It is the "WinFast DTV2000 H". It has 3 antenna inputs: one for FM radio, and the others for analog and digital TV. The RF output from the Samsung box is one single channel of analog TV, usually on a high-numbered UHF channel. You need to make sure that the output from the Samsung cable TV box is connected to one of the WinFast antenna inputs that is enabled for analog TV. The single channel of output from the Samsung will be the channel that the Samsung is currently receiving. Once you have made the connection, you will have to instruct the tuner card to scan the UHF band to find the Samsung analog output channel. You will not be able to use the digital TV features of your tuner card at all: they are intended only for terrestrial Freeview usage. You will not be able to use the digital radio features of your tuner card at all, either. The signal from the Samsung will be quite degraded, having been modulated onto a UHF carrier, and then demodulated again by the tuner card. As a previous poster has suggested, you would get a better signal by hacking into the SCART output of the Samsung, and connecting the Composite video output of the Samsung into the Composite video input of the tuner card.