How to make your bt878 or other radio/tv tuner work with Radiator

all I get now is just static, I get an error in the 8x8 dll when I try to use the scan buttons.

What is the Xp issue?

you need to use the 8x8wdm dll not the 8x8 dll.

It has been discussed on the guest book/message board over at www.flesko.cz.
It appears that WinTV cards, and XP need the user logged in as administrator (not just an administrator level user) to work, even then sometimes it doesn't fix the problem.

I am using the plugin 8x8wdm dll, I didnt remember the name when I type the post, also, I cant get any External Properties for that DLL, I press the button and get nothing.
Bah! this sux.

I had that happen a couple times too. I just kept clicking configure and restarting radiator, and eventually it worked. Try reinstalling radiator. Make sure when you uninstall your deleting the folder from program files as well. That way you delete any old settings as well.

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Originally Posted by Skraggy_uk

This is fantastic. After removing the original Hauppage drivers, and installing those, fantastic, my copy of Radiator now works, without the XP issue that the Radiator message boards mention.

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Glad to have helped!

I get the problem with no properties too, and also a problem that if I try to use the auto seek/scan buttons it scans through, and freezes and never returns to the standard function. I found I had to manually tune presets for the stations I wanted. that worked fine. Much better function that previously with the Haupaugge drivers.

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Originally Posted by Skraggy_uk

I get the problem with no properties too, and also a problem that if I try to use the auto seek/scan buttons it scans through, and freezes and never returns to the standard function. I found I had to manually tune presets for the stations I wanted. that worked fine. Much better function that previously with the Haupaugge drivers.

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But you get sound?

OK. I think I might have figured this out for everyone. I had a problem with mine but I had it working once so I knew I could do it again. It took me all day to get it to work again. Heres what I did. When your installing the btwincap drivers, select "tuner can tune fm radio." Then in the tv tuner box (not sure if this matters but it's what I did) select the philips "ntsc_m" Then import your text file. That made the difference for me.The reason I was only getting static is because that tuner wasnt working. It was stuck on whatever station I had previously tuned to with the original drivers and software. Now I can tune but I cant scan for stations. But frodo doesnt do that anyway. So I'll live with it.

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Originally Posted by n8scstm

But you get sound?

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Oh yes, radio tuning, and quality is reasonable.

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Originally Posted by n8scstm

OK. I think I might have figured this out for everyone. I had a problem with mine but I had it working once so I knew I could do it again. It took me all day to get it to work again. Heres what I did. When your installing the btwincap drivers, select "tuner can tune fm radio." Then in the tv tuner box (not sure if this matters but it's what I did) select the philips "ntsc_m" Then import your text file. That made the difference for me.The reason I was only getting static is because that tuner wasnt working. It was stuck on whatever station I had previously tuned to with the original drivers and software. Now I can tune but I cant scan for stations. But frodo doesnt do that anyway. So I'll live with it.

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Might be worth noting, in the BTwincap driver install, I chose PAL_I because I'm in the UK, I'm assuming the tuner for each country is setup to work with either NTSC or PAL, but then can support the different options for each version of that TV method?