Changing TV Tuner part in TV Card
 

Hi,

Was dumb enough to buy a PC TV card that does not work with my TV
system (my TV system in Singapore is PAL B/G and the TV Tuner card
only does PAL D/K). It seems that only 1 metal box needs to be
changed. (a rectangular part that is connected to a socket for the
antenna) Can anyone advise if it's an easy thing to change the card to
work on PAL B/G by using spare parts from other TV cards? (thinking of
getting a 2nd hand card just to rip off the TV tuner part).

Reason why I don't want to replace the card is because the card has
other features in it (realtime MPEG4 compression etc) that I like.
Besides, I have limited budget. Only the TV part doesn't work. I get
TV pictures but static instead of sound.

Grateful for any good advice. Please email me at tuckmeng at
hotmail.com

On 29 Oct 2004 17:24:08 -0700, (TuckMeng
Lam) wrote:

Hi,

Was dumb enough to buy a PC TV card that does not work with my TV
system (my TV system in Singapore is PAL B/G and the TV Tuner card
only does PAL D/K). It seems that only 1 metal box needs to be
changed. (a rectangular part that is connected to a socket for the
antenna) Can anyone advise if it's an easy thing to change the card to
work on PAL B/G by using spare parts from other TV cards? (thinking of
getting a 2nd hand card just to rip off the TV tuner part).

Reason why I don't want to replace the card is because the card has
other features in it (realtime MPEG4 compression etc) that I like.
Besides, I have limited budget. Only the TV part doesn't work. I get
TV pictures but static instead of sound.

Grateful for any good advice. Please email me at tuckmeng at
hotmail.com

Get a cheap VCR and connect the composite video and audio from it
to the inputs on your capture card.

I think TV cards can change TV system from NTSC to all PAL versions even to
SECAM. HAve you checked the programs options?

No, there are no other options. The card is very specific, only
receives PAL D/K. Can I hijack another part from a 2nd hand tv card to
convert it to PAL B/G?

On 7 Nov 2004 00:34:48 -0800, (TuckMeng Lam) put
finger to keyboard and composed:

No, there are no other options. The card is very specific, only
receives PAL D/K. Can I hijack another part from a 2nd hand tv card to
convert it to PAL B/G?

Can you open the tuner can? Is the IF stage inside the same can?
Perhaps if you can identify the chip(s) you could find a datasheet
with an application circuit that will show you which parts need
changing.


- Franc Zabkar
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Possibly you could. Try to find the datasheet on the current fitted tuner,
then source a PAL B spare with similar pinout or at leas tthe same set of
signal in/outs (pinouts seem fairly standardised across models as a broad
rule).

Most times, it's a straight swap plus maybe move a resistor or two on the
card PCB to "select" the correct mode for the main decoder IC, which may not
even be necessry for PAL D to PAL B.



"TuckMeng Lam" wrote in message
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No, there are no other options. The card is very specific, only
receives PAL D/K. Can I hijack another part from a 2nd hand tv card to
convert it to PAL B/G?