XL-100 DUAL TUNER?

[dickielucas]

Massive limitation of this machine is only being able to change channel whilst recording a program. (The best films are always on at the saem time!)

Does anyone have any experience of adding a single or ideally dual channel DVB-T tuner?

AverMedia appear to have a wide selection but all their helpdesk are away today!

Kind regards

[willbank]

See my later post on this - I have tried Terratec Cinergy T2 and Nova WinTV 2 by USB and both work with MCE but something that Sony has done means that they will fail after 30mins or so. EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING.

Sorry not to be more help.

[dickielucas]

Will, Many thanks for this help. You have probally saved me hours trying. I will email their technical services and report back.
R.:smileycry:

[braindamaged]

Dickie did you get anywhere with installing a second tuner into the xl 100 so you could record one channel whilst watching another?

[robpaxton]

It is possible to setup two tuners on the XL-100. The problem seems to be caused by the Avermedia hybrid card.

I'm currently using a Freecom DVB-T usb dongle and a Hauppauge Nova-T card, it works well and is stable. The only problem I have is an error when the computer wakes from hibernation but I know this is caused by using the USB dongle so I'm currently just using standby untill I can get a dual tuner pci card.

I reinstalled the Aver card after setting up the TV tuners in media centre and this has restored the functionality of the front AV sockets for use by other Windows apps.