MyHD MDP-130 - Page 224

Its Friday and I need appreciation even if its useless information

I have checked the MYHD Meta FAQ and the closet answer I can find is Powerstrip. Is this what you are suggesting? Can you please be more specific? This monitor was very expensive and I don't want to @#$%!! it up!! If powerstrip is what you are suggesting to make my config work..can you please recommend a good source to acquire the correct timings. They are not on the Dell website. If Powerstrip is not where you were directing me please tell me what you were suggesting by a ton of (correct) information!

I don't know what you're talking about since, AFAIK, Powerstrip (which has nothing to do with MyHD) is not even mentioned in the Meta FAQ.

Try reading items B.2 and B.13.

MyHD, despite being wrapped inside a computer, is a digital TV product and doesn't play particularly well with computer monitors that weren't designed to act as proper HDTV monitors also. So I wouldn't say that it's a given that your fancy dual-link PC monitor will give you satisfactory results.

So what did you mean by a ton of (correct!) information in your original reply????

If I remember reading correct, a company called Sapphire Tech is going to be the first to release an HDMI video card, but it is based on ATI chipset:

http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/produ...y.php?gpid=145

Post the video resolutions your display is capable of accepting and we will go from there. Otherwise, just assume MyHD will not work with your display unless you use overlay mode.

The My HD outputs the following resolutions:

720x480i (SDTV, rare)
720x480p (EDTV)
864x480 (16:9 EDTV Plasma)
800x600p (4:3, PC)
1024x768p (4:3, PC)
1280x720p (16:9 HDTV and PC, most compatible resolution)
1280x768 (16:9 PC and some plasmas)
1280x1024p (4:3 PC)
1360x768p (16:9 PC and Plasma/LCD-TV)
1440x1080i (4:3, Older CRT Monitors)
1920x1080i (16:9 HDTVs, some PC monitors may not support)

Native - Outputs native resolution of input per channel (similar to bypass)

If your display is compatible to any of the resolutons above, try them to see what works (or works best) on your display. The video processor used in a digital display, be it HDTV or PC biased, will determine how it works with the MyHD.

Note, the highest vertical frequency the MyHD can output is at 1360x768. If this does not work on the Dell, then check if it can handle 1280x720 (Many source devices cannot output 800p)

What a weird size.


The dropdown list on the main page didn't seem to point toward any section for finding manuals. Must have been buried.


Definately doesn't sound very friendly.

Thank you!!! This was helpful. I was able to get picture at the 1360 x 768p setting. I will play with it some to see if I can get a match at any other resolutions. I am still wondering if powerstrip is somehow a way to use my ATI X1900XT along with MYHD130 to output to the Dell 3007FPW at the high end resolution of 2560 x 1600. I found the timings using this program call Monitor Info. Do you think this is worth a try???

What part of "Powerstrip has nothing to do with MyHD" don't you understand? No, it's not worth a "try".

Bhudda28,
Powerstrip will only allow you to make custom video resolutions for you ATI (or nVidia) video card. If you want your computer desktop on your monitor and none of the standard ATI resolutions will do, have at it.

However, powerstrip has zero affect on the MyHD card output. When you press the HD button your ATI card is bypassed completely. The output of the MyHD card is sent to the monitor. The only resolutions the MyHD can create are the ones Kei so kindly listed for you.

I installed version 1.66
and the patchj 1.66.0.1

ONE VERY ANNOYING BUG IS THAT THE HD MODE GETS TURNED OFF IN SOME UNKNOWN MANNER.

edit: It is really no big problem. There is a setting that can be set to force startup in HD mode. I think the default install toggled this setting. When I set it back all is fine.

Would you like to share some details on this? When it happens; what was going on when it happens. You do know the escape key will take you out of HD mode?

Help! My MDP-130 and Daughter Card arrived yesterday. That's the good news. The bad news is I bought it used and when I opened it there were two capacitors (and the plastic spacer/insulators?) bouncing around the bottom of the box. I inspected both cards closely but couldn't see where they may have broken off. (Both the MDP-130 and Daughter card were in the same box!) The other good news, I installed the cards and they appear to work fine. I was able to receive and record some HD material on NBC and it looked and sounded great but I'm really concerned about these 'extra' pieces. I contacted the person I bought it from and he said it's possible they are from another piece of hardware.

My request is can someone please provide a link to a decent size photo of both cards so I can compare? I've searched but can't find any. Also can anyone tell me if 'missing' capacitors (I assume they are capacitors - little green barrels) would prevent either card from operating? I assume even if they worked it wouldn't be good for long. The bottom line is I want to know if the capacitors came from the cards. If so, they are going back. Thanks in advance for any help received.

Walt, IIRC, there were some MDP-130 and/or daughterboard photos posted in the AVS Forum MyHD threads quite a while back. The subject was the same as yours--displaced surface-mount caps. As I think about it, though, that may even have been back in the MDP-120 days, which wouldn't help you much, since the cards are laid out differently. Perhaps a kind soul with a digital camera and an unmounted MDP-130 can post some new shots?

If not, I'd inspect with a magnifying glass near the edges of the cards looking for bare solder pads. If you don't see any, your seller is probably right about the spare parts.

Thanks for the quick response TP. I'm hoping someone will post some pictures soon because I'm telling you I looked HARD and didn't see any indication where these caps might have come from... and the odd thing is the cards seem to work fine... for now. Even a schematic would help... anyone?

Schematic?! Surely you're joking, Mr. Walt! (It's no longer 1956. )

Here's some high resolution pics of the MyHD 130. Please excuse the semi-poor lighting...

** Warning, I intentionally left the pictures full size so you could see the detail. So, they are very large!

Front
Back

Kevad--

Bless you, my son. That ought to do the trick for Walt on the 130! I suppose that you don't have the daughterboard, right?

Walt, AIR, the vulnerable caps were the ones along the top side of the card, adjacent to the tuner cage (the box with the MIT label on its top).

Glad I could help (or at least try )

Sorry, I don't have the daughtercard, so I can't take any pictures of that!

I have good news for those who have HTPCs that can't wake up from hibernation fast enough to start MyHD captures on time using the standard MyIRC wake-up interval of 1 minute.

Attached to this note is an updated MyIRC (version 1.2.1.1) that uses a Registry value to determine the wake-up advance interval. To use it, save the atttached zip without the ".txt" phony extension and extract the exe file, exit from the MyIRC tray app if it's running, then delete/rename MyIRC.exe in the Program Files MyHD folder, copy the attached MyIRC.exe into that folder, and then open it to restart the tray app. Finally add the following DWORD value to the MyHD Registry branch:

WAKEUP_INTERVAL_BEFORE_CAPTURE (dword) : 2

This sets the wake-up interval to 2 minutes.

 

MyIRC(4-13-06).zip.txt 26.9365234375k . file

Kevad, You my friend, have earned yourself a beer! With your help I was able to see that both caps were from the MDP-130 board.

Great! Glad it worked out....wonder how it was still working with the missing parts?!

I don't know much about electronic components but I think capacitors just store current and help keep the level of voltage even... or something like that.

Yes, those "big" electrolytic capacitors are used to shunt ac ripple currents from the power buses to ground and reduce their noise voltages. Good engineering practice usually leads to some redundancy in most circumstances, so that if you lose one it's not always fatal. However, you may find that the board's performance or stability is impaired, so if it were mine I'd try to put the caps back in place. But that's a bit tricky if you're not used to working with such things.

Thanks for the advice TPete. I definitely don't plan on running it without the caps anymore. I have very little soldering experience and the pins are broken so I'm just going to return it and get another one.

Nice.

Thought you'd like it.

Now...before anybody asks...no, you can't have a 90-second wake-up interval because the MyIRC structure is set up for minutewise operation.

could I get a minute and a half?

/wise-a** mode

Well, you can set one of your HTPCs to 1 minute and the other to 2 minutes...that would give you a minute and a half on average.