SAA7130 TV Card

Unknown_Trip · April 5th, 2006, 04:46 PM

can anyone help me with this tv tuner card i just bought it and i installed the drivers and software but there is another driver that isnt installing and is being listed in the device manager as Unknown Device can anyone help me with this problem and also when i click canada as my country in WinDVR it errors and closes any info or links on this prob would be great thanx

RedFury · April 5th, 2006, 08:23 PM

Perhaps you have the wrong drivers? What chipset is your tv card?

Roamin'_Roman · April 6th, 2006, 04:32 AM

What operating system?

thedarktoolman · April 8th, 2006, 04:48 AM

I just bought one of these cards on ebay and the drivers that came with it will not install. I was wondering if anyone knows where to download drivers for it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

ZaraC · April 21st, 2006, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown_Trip

can anyone help me with this tv tuner card i just bought it and i installed the drivers and software but there is another driver that isnt installing and is being listed in the device manager as Unknown Device can anyone help me with this problem and also when i click canada as my country in WinDVR it errors and closes any info or links on this prob would be great thanx

I am having the exact same problem. I just bought this card a few days ago, it is a PowerView POWERVIEW PVR/TV TUNER PCI CARD PO0010.

Here are the driver details:
SAA7130 TV Card
Driver Provider: Philips Semiconductors
Driver Date: 3/15/2005
Driver Version: 2.3.4.3
Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

I am desparate to get this thing working. I'll gladly appreciate any help. The exact problem is the same as the user stated above:

As soon as I set my region to Canada, the program Intervideo WinDVR shows an error message and shuts down. The only country it will let me continue with is the United States. However, with that mode, I can neither access the autoscan function nor the TV cable function. Also, I have a feeling that the Unknown hardware device that shows up is the remote cable. Does anyone know where I can get a driver for the remote?

Thank You.

RedFury · April 21st, 2006, 10:08 AM

http://www.lifeview.com/

Find the flytv platinum drivers and software here and use them. They've worked for me without issue, you just need to make sure that you reboot the computer when you are done to make sure Windows installs the components properly.

ZaraC · April 22nd, 2006, 05:02 AM

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Originally Posted by RedFury

http://www.lifeview.com/

Find the flytv platinum drivers and software here and use them. They've worked for me without issue, you just need to make sure that you reboot the computer when you are done to make sure Windows installs the components properly.

Thanks, I tried it but no luck. First of all, when I tried installing the platinum drivers, one quarter way through the installation I got an error message mentioning 'no device.'

When I tried to run the app, the program wouldn't run and showed me an error message containing "invalid lvtv.dll"

I've tried installing the Fly2000 tv drivers and app as well but no luck, no image visible. Also, with Fly2000 tv I can't get access to the autoscan.

In addition my computer is not detecting the remote and it is still showing as 'unknown'

I'd greatly appreciate any further help, such as other drivers or apps I can install.

Thank You

edwards86 · April 28th, 2006, 05:04 AM

Ha nice what a quality product... I think every person who has bought this product is pissed right now... Mine also says that it is unknown and it cant install my driver... Exactly what the guy just posted... SOMEONE FIND THE DRIVERS!!!

ZaraC · April 28th, 2006, 08:22 AM

Heyy Man I got good news. I found the perfect drivers for this device. It works perfectly now. Here's what you do:

1) Download these drivers and unzip, but don't install yet (Note the location of the unzipped foler):
http://www.lifeview.com.tw/drivers/p.../Drv._3.25.zip

2) Download the following application software and unzip, but don't install yet.
http://www.lifeview.com.tw/drivers/p...me/TVR_325.zip

3) Go to you Device Manager and uninstall your current drivers for the TV card. Also, uninstall the unknown device (will most likely have a yellow question mark beside it.)

4) After uninstalling the drivers and unknown device, DO NOT restart your computer, or else the computer will just reinstall the crappy drivers.

5) Immediately install the drivers from step (1). There is a setup console in there so you don't have to worry about installing them from the add hardware wizard. When you get the message that the drivers are not digitally signed, just continue anyways.

6) Download software application from step (2).

7) Restart computer. Upon restart, you'll probably get the found new hardware wizard popup as I did, with the hardware showing as an unknown device. Not to worry, just choose the option in the wizard, install drivers from a specific location, and browse and find the folder in which your unzipped drivers from step (1) are located. Just click on that folder and the wizard will update the drivers to install the unkown device which actuallly turns out to the WDM Generic TV Tuner.

Hopefully these steps will work with your card. PM me if any problems.

Cheers!!!

edwards86 · May 1st, 2006, 11:11 PM

YOU ARE MY HERO!!!!! IT WORKS!!!!!!!! FINALLY I CAN WATCH TV!!!!!!