Media Center problem - no TV Signal then Service unavailable
I use WMC to record programs (it is not attached to a TV). Often programs will not register. WMC history will say: ' NO REGISTERED: NO TV SIGNAL. If a program starts recording, it records always completely and without problems. The error occurs only at the beginning of the recording.
I think that the problem lies in the length of the IR blaster to change the channel. After changing channels with WMC, it takes about 11 seconds for the channel is displayed on the WMC window. About 5 seconds the WMC window still no TV Signal. Then it's a race. If the "Service unavailable" error because then a second registration fails. If the TV picture appears first, it records very well. Even if it fails with the error "Service not available", you can go choose the guide it a few seconds later, and it records very well. I'm hoping that there is a registry setting that could make WMC wait 15 to 20 seconds before calling the "Service unavailable". Or maybe a way to completely prevent the "Service unavailable" error check to run and force it to save anyway? Any other ideas?
Other relevant:
Windows 7 Edition Home Premium x 64
i5 CPU @3. 71 GHz, 12 GB of RAM
Series of Radeon HD5700 GPU (it is a crappy card. He made it past problems with photoshop. Even with WMC I have always maxmize the window WMC before poster TV signal. My first and last AMD card.)
Hauppauge HD PVR (a single tuner) connected to a Dish Network VIP211K box
Hauppauge, software and drivers are up to date. Windows 7 is up to date.
For a few years I had been successfully using WinTV because I couldn't read my dish channels in WMC. I have recently reinstalled Windows 7 and Media Center has finally acknowledged the dish channels. I wouldn't go back for the WinTV barebones. But if WMC remains unreliable, I'll have to.
chk these links
Error message when you open Windows Media Center TV Pack and tune in to a channel that is listed in the electronic Program Guide: "TV Signal No."
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/955485/en-us
relevant for windows 7
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