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Cycovision
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No worries mate, I'll have a hunt around for you but it won't be until tomorrow I'm afraid, I'm going out in a minute!
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Danny_BFC
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oh sorry i just sent u a private message which will sound really bad considering the above post!
Just ignore it 
Thanks anyway mate
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arien617
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Hi Cyco,
I was wondering if you know anything about external hardware i.e. my speakers. Please don't take this as any offence to your knowledge. 
They were working fine earlier on while I was listening to music and suddenly it turned off and wouldn't work. I'm not sure where to start looking. Any help on this one?
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Cycovision
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Depends exactly what you mean by turned off? Do they have a 'power on' indicator? If so, and if it isn't lit, I'd start by checking the fuse in the wall plug (sorry if that sounds too obvious!)
Easiest way to tell whether your speakers are at fault or if it's your computer's sound card is to plug a pair of ordinary headphones with a 3.5mm jack plug connector into the socket(s) that your speakers normally plug into. If you hear sound through the headphones, then it's your speakers that are at fault.
If it turns out to be the computer and it has on-board sound (built into the motherboard, no separate sound card) then often the cheapest and quickest solution is to buy and install a PCI sound card. You can get reasonable quality 5.1 sound cards for around £20 these days and they're not difficult to install
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arien617
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Doesn't sound stupid at all to look at the fuse, but it's an adaptor I can't open. The computers sound card is fine as I'm using the rubbish speakers built into the monitor temporarily. 
There is nothing wrong with the speakers as I've opened them up and put a direct connection onto them bypassing the amplifier. My guess is that the amplifier is at fault but it could be something else...
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Cycovision
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Yeah, it certainly sounds that way
I can't really suggest anything because to do a component level repair on an amplifier, I'd need to have it in the workshop with all of my test equipment
Sorry about that
@Danny
Things aren't looking good for you either mate From what I've read on the net so far, that TV card is meant to be used only with Sony Vaio computers with Windows Media Centre and as such, the drivers and software are located on the Vaio restore disk that you get with the computer.
It's a long shot, but I did find this driver that supposedly works:
http://www.cc.utah.edu/~scm8/files/mpeg_encoder_1_1_4_6020.zip
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Danny_BFC
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Hi cyco. Searched long and hard last night, tried a variety of Win-TV PVR Drivers. None came to any success tho
Searching for Philips FQ1216ME Came up with alot of links, as did entering the Conexant information.
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Cycovision
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Did you try the driver I posted above?
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Danny_BFC
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not yet sorry. I'm in the garden with my laptop  (doing coursework )
Will try around 2pm
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Danny_BFC
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I dont know if this helps cyco, but in my Device Manager it says i need to install a multimedia controller?? |
Danny_BFC
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OK cyco. When i first installed the drivers, i think the app fly 2000 tv reconized the card. it showed a soucrce input which was just a black screen cos there was no input. I turned the pc off, plugged in my composite cable and tried to re open the app. This time, and everytime since, it has said 'Video capture Device not found'. It never did this originaly though :S |
Cycovision
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Have you had a look around in the settings of your fly TV app? You might be able to select the card manually?
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fatreg
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verrrry long shot..
but there must be a vaio user round here?
can't they just whip the drivers off the cd?
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Cycovision
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Good thinking mate but the driver installation app checks the motherboard to see if it's a Vaio and if it isn't, it won't install the drivers
You can't force the drivers in manually either. It's like DRM for hardware!
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Danny_BFC
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Yes have searched for it mate no sign
Never had any luck with my rage fury video in either
Looks like im never going to get video input on my pc.
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Posted: 2007-06-02 21:41
