topic Re: AR31S Tuner not found in PCs & Accessories

AR31S Tuner not found

fb2002 — Thu, 17 May 2007 20:20:50 GMT

1. I cannot search in this forum ... The result is always 0. Cannot be!
2. SONY VAIO AR31S - in MEDIA CENTER Setup TV -> Cannot find TV TUNER 😞

VISTA running.

Re: AR31S Tuner not found

Blencogo — Thu, 17 May 2007 22:32:10 GMT

Hi fb2002 and welcome to Club Vaio.

Another new Vista problem!

Has it ever worked or is this an initial setup?

First check that the AverMedia TV Card is installed properly in Device Manager - you should find it in Sound, Video and Games Controllers.

This was common with Windows MCE when Windows Updates didn't always re-register MCE components correctly. The answer was to uninstall the Update or to re-register the Media Centre Components with the servers.

Have a look at THIS THREAD ABOUT THE PROBLEM - I think you will find Solution B should work with Media Centre even in Vista. It involves unregistering and then re-registering the components manually.

There is a downloadable batchfile which does this automatically but I am not sure if the paths to the files are the same in Vista - you need to check the file locations.

.......... Oh and yes you are absolutely right - the lack of a functioning Search function is a real PITA!

Re: AR31S Tuner not found

efpanay — Sat, 31 May 2008 12:14:58 GMT

still doesnt work

Re: AR31S Tuner not found

Thalamus. — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:02:54 GMT

still doesnt work

Hi jeanmanwli,

what Vaio model are you using and have you always had this problem with the tuner card..