Installation

March 1st, 2010

Contents

  1. 1 Prepare your HD-PVR
  2. 2 Install DVBLink for HDPVR
  3. 3 Detect DVBLink virtual tuners (Setup TV Signal)
  4. 4 Configure DVBLink for HDPVR

If you are upgrading from a previous version, simply run the installer and upgrade your DVBLink Service software if recommended by the installer. You’re now done with this guide. Otherwise, read on add follow the instructions closely.

Prepare your HD-PVR

  1. Install the latest HD PVR drivers from Hauppauge support website.
  2. Reboot if required.

If you plan on using HD-PVR internal IR Blaster (not recommended):

  1. Install the IR Software from the CD provided with the HD PVR
    • Don’t install from the “Custom installation” menu, some key components will be missing
    • Only install IR32, only install IR Blaster component
  2. Make sure the blaster is detected and works properly with BlastCfg.exe. DVBLink for HDPVR and BlastCfg.exe both rely of the same interfaces to communicate with the IR Blaster. Therefore, if BlasterCfg.exe does not detect the IR blaster, DVBLink for HDPVR certainly won’t.
  3. Configure the IR blaster to work with your set-top-box and test it (both using BlastCfg.exe).
  4. Close BlastCfg.exe and restart it. Make sure your settings were saved.

Notes:

  1. DVBLink for HDPVR does not rely on any component installed by Arcsoft TotalMedia Extreme (TME). However, if you have it installed, it should not cause incompatibility issues with DVBLink for HDPVR and it could be used for testing.
  2. If IR.EXE is installed and running on the computer (installed by IR32.EXE) you should close it and prevent it from starting.


Install DVBLink for HDPVR

  1. Launch HDPVRBridgeSetup.exe and follow instructions.
  2. Close the DVBLink Source Configuration Window at that popup at the end of installer (we’ll re-open it later). To the question, “Do you wish to start DVBLink” answer yes.

Note: Because HDPVRBridgeSetup.exe includes another installer (DVBLink Service) that requires reboot, its possible that you are required to launch HDPVRBridgeSetup.exe multiple times to complete installation. In such case, a message box will popup informing you that it is required to re-launch HDPVRBridgeSetup.exe.

Detect DVBLink virtual tuners (Setup TV Signal)

  1. Open Media Center
  2. Go to settings and begin the Setup Tv Signal process
  3. Deep into the setup, it begins Examining TV Signals, which is a very long operation, just cancel the scanning
  4. Choose Let me configure my Digital Satellite (DVB-S) without signal detection
  5. If you have other tuners, select Add Satellite tuners and select no if it asks you if you’re using a Set-top box
  6. Select only DVBLink Tuner #1 (*** that’s right, only ONE tuner should be checked ***)
  7. Pick any satellite from the next list (your choice does not matter) and choose the Universal LNB option
  8. Repeat operation no 6 & 7 for each other DVBLink tuner (#2, #3, #4)
  9. Complete the TV Signals setup


Configure DVBLink for HDPVR

  1. Start the DVBLink Source Configuration tool (Start Menu/All Programs/DVBLink/Source Configuration)
  2. Create a source by selecting the HDPVR Source template and using the green arrow (you can pick any name for your source)
  3. Open the HDPVR Properties by selecting your HDPVR source and by clicking the Properties button
  4. Follow the Wizard and choose your line-up
  5. From the Channels tab, use the integrated line-up editor to choose which channels you want to appear in the Media Center guide. You can also rename them as you wish
  6. From the HDPVR Inputs tab, configure the settings according to your current HDPVR configuration
  7. From the Blaster Configuration tab, select the mode DVBLink for HDPVR will be using to change channels on your set-top-box. Configure the parameters for the selected method
  8. Optionally, you can directly configure DVBLink for HDPVR through the XML configuration file located in: %ProgramFiles%\DVBLogic\DVBLink\Data\<YourSource>\Config.xml
  9. Optionally, there are some Advanced settings that you have to edit manually in the Config.xml file
  10. Note: Any changes of the configuration file require a restart of DVBLink server to take into effect
  11. Close HDPVR Properties window
  12. Close DVBLink Server Configuration tool and allow it to restart the service
  13. Optionally, go to Settings/Guide/Get Latest Guide Listings to force Media Center to download the latest guide information (allow a good 10 minutes), otherwise Media Center will do it accordingly to its own update schedule

Enjoy!

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