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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 (2.X only)

1. Start the DVBLink Source Configuration tool (Start Menu/All Programs/DVBLink/Source Configuration)
2. Create a source by selecting HDPVR, on the left under source templates list, and using the right pointing 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 instructions and choose your line-up.
   • If the Wizard does not pop-up automatically, click on the “Setup Wizard” button in the top left corner.
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.
   • You may have to click the Synchronize button to renumber each channel to the correct STB Number.
6. From the HDPVR Setup tab, configure the settings according to your current HDPVR configuration
7. From the Blaster Configuration tab, select the mode used 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
   Note: Any changes of the configuration file require a restart of DVBLink server to take into effect
10. Close HDPVR Properties window
11. Close the DVBLink Server Configuration tool and allow it to restart the service
12. 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

Configure DVBLink for HDPVR (3.X only)

1. Start the DVBLink Server Configuration tool (Start Menu/All Programs/DVBLink/DVBLink Server Configuration)
2. Create a source by selecting HDPVR (Stream), on the left under the source templates list, and using the right pointing green arrow (you can pick any name for your source)
3. Open the DVBLink for Hauppauge HDPVR Configuration window by clinking on the “…” button located at the end of your source definition line (in the “Sources” pane)
4. Follow the Wizard instructions and choose your line-up.
   • If the Wizard does not pop-up automatically, click on the Lineup button  in the top left corner.
5. From the HDPVR Setup tab, configure the settings according to your current HDPVR configuration and click on the Test button. If you do not get a positive result, check your HDPVR configuration and try again.
6. (Optional) From the Blaster Configuration tab, select the mode to use to change channels on your set-top-box. Configure the parameters for the selected method.
   Note: The default blaster more is “None”, which will prevent any channel changes. This is useful to diagnose initial configuration. It is recommended to set your blaster later.
7. Close DVBLink for Hauppauge HDPVR Configuration window.
8. Close the DVBLink Server Configuration tool and allow it to restart the service
9. Add your channels to the Windows Media Center Guide.

Enjoy!

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