XPS 600 w XP Media Center - can not watch live TV -- HELP!

[RRMNC]

When I first setup my new system, I was able to watch TV, now all of a sudden
I get the message "Decoder in Use" ... I can not determine what the issue is.
Also, my Dell documentation doesn't tell my what type of TV tuner I have...
is there a way to determine this? Any help is greatly appreciated!

[Chuck]

If you are using a cable system with digital channels, it's possible that
the cable company turned on "5C" encoding.

"RRMNC" > wrote in message
...
> When I first setup my new system, I was able to watch TV, now all of a
sudden
> I get the message "Decoder in Use" ... I can not determine what the issue
is.
> Also, my Dell documentation doesn't tell my what type of TV tuner I
have...
> is there a way to determine this? Any help is greatly appreciated!

[RRMNC]

What does this mean ... "5C" encoding? How can I verify this? Because it
doesn't find a tv signal any longer... however, at first it worked just fine.
Thanks for your assistance!

"Chuck" wrote:

> If you are using a cable system with digital channels, it's possible that
> the cable company turned on "5C" encoding.
>
> "RRMNC" > wrote in message
> ...
> > When I first setup my new system, I was able to watch TV, now all of a
> sudden
> > I get the message "Decoder in Use" ... I can not determine what the issue
> is.
> > Also, my Dell documentation doesn't tell my what type of TV tuner I
> have...
> > is there a way to determine this? Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
>
>

[RRMNC]

I figured it out ... it was the Update Rollup 2 for MC 2005. I uninstalled
and it worked!

"Chuck" wrote:

> If you are using a cable system with digital channels, it's possible that
> the cable company turned on "5C" encoding.
>
> "RRMNC" > wrote in message
> ...
> > When I first setup my new system, I was able to watch TV, now all of a
> sudden
> > I get the message "Decoder in Use" ... I can not determine what the issue
> is.
> > Also, my Dell documentation doesn't tell my what type of TV tuner I
> have...
> > is there a way to determine this? Any help is greatly appreciated!
>
>
>