airedale
02-03-09, 04:52 PM
I am setting up an HTPC and in Windows Media Center I have full green bars for WGN, yet when I tune to it there is no reception whatsoever.
Along with that, anyone care to tell me why on a digital channel (Fox), I am seeing a bar at the top that can only be described as noise. The picture looks great aside from that annoying bar at the top.
gjvrieze
02-03-09, 06:29 PM
I am setting up an HTPC and in Windows Media Center I have full green bars for WGN, yet when I tune to it there is no reception whatsoever.
Along with that, anyone care to tell me why on a digital channel (Fox), I am seeing a bar at the top that can only be described as noise. The picture looks great aside from that annoying bar at the top.
Not sure why WGN is giving you issues, could be possibly, Overloading on the tuner....
As to the "noise" that is the channel/closed captioning data, when the local stations/national networks run 4:3 content in a 16:9 carrier, they often do not push the edge of the actual video up the edge of the carrier, and hence you can see the data, which is normally in the cut off zone... (you did not say if it was on HD widerscreen content or SD wide/full screen content..?? I assume 4:3)
airedale
02-03-09, 06:47 PM
Thanks for the response!
I am unsure what you mean by overloading on the tuner. It seems to handle other channels just fine...
Also, is there a way for me to feasibly elimnate that line at the top? I am guessing others run into this issue too.
retromzc
02-03-09, 09:56 PM
I am setting up an HTPC and in Windows Media Center I have full green bars for WGN, yet when I tune to it there is no reception whatsoever.
Along with that, anyone care to tell me why on a digital channel (Fox), I am seeing a bar at the top that can only be described as noise. The picture looks great aside from that annoying bar at the top.
Almost everyone has the same problem with WGN-DT in Windows Media Center. They have the wrong frequency for WGN-DT. You have to (as I did) manually go in and put in the correct information. I don't remember off the top of my head how to do it but the instructions are buried somewhere in the Chicago OTA thread (that's where I found out how to set it up).
Please continue in the local topic for your area.