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Signal strength issues are related to an on-board amplifier
As rebooted earlier the card does not like being warm rebooted.  You
must shut down the computer completely and then restart.
Lots of headaches with content and location of config files to get the
remote control to work, but it is possible.  Also issues in getting
the remote recognised after each boot, due to different addresses.



On 14 January 2011 07:36, Jonathan Hoskin <jonathan.hoskin at gmail.com> wrote=
:
>> On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Pshem Kowalczyk <pshem.k at gmail.com> wro=
te:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 14 January 2011 08:54, Brendan Dacre <bjdacre at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 13 January 2011 23:18, Brett <mythicalbeast at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
>>>>> I've got the old card.
>>>>> Never had a problem with 1.20 firmware but I never use the internal I=
R
>>>>> receiver functionality.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I now have the card in a separate box (for testing purposes, I don't w=
ant to
>>>> break my working server).
>>>> My testing now leaves me pessimistic that I will get it working.
>>>> In summary, the drivers appear to load and the card registers and is
>>>> recognized by the software I am using, including mythtv. =A0At first I=
 thought
>>>> it was a signal issue and tried different aerials, but on closer
>>>> examination, I noticed that actually mythtv (and tzap) were reporting =
0%
>>>> signal on the same aerial that another card was reporting 50% signal. =
=A0So I
>>>> now think there is a card fault with the aerial connector...
>>>> Oh well, unless someone tells me that my conclusion is wrong, I am not=
 going
>>>> to waste a lot more time on this card.
>>>
>>>
>>> I bought that card (with a single connector) last year. After about 3
>>> moths of fighting with poor reception (albeit only on the TVNZ
>>> multiplex) I returned the card as faulty and got it replaced with the
>>> 'dual connector' one. That one didn't perform any better, and
>>> ultimately I got the HVR-2200 that worked beautifully from the first
>>> kick. I still use the Nova, but just for recording from the non-TVNZ
>>> multiplexes.
>>> In my opinion the card is simply not that great and there are others
>>> out there that perform much better.
>>
>> That seems to be a common conclusion when discussing this card (either v=
ersion)
>
> Agreed. I have since sold my 2x cards, but they worked fine as long as I =
had tons of signal strength. They are no good if you have a weak signal or =
bad infrastructure.
>
> I now have an EyeTV Diversity, and it works fine on bunny ears inside my =
house, which is something the Nova couldn't do.
>
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