How to Connect a Digital Cable Box to a Hauppauge PVR-500
- 1). Turn off your computer and unplug it.
- 2). Remove the two screws from the back of the left panel of the computer, then slide the left panel toward the back of the computer to remove it.
- 3). Lay the computer on its right side, then remove the screw from one of the PCI slot fillers on the back side of the computer.
- 4). Insert the Hauppauge PVR-500 into one of the PCI slots in the bottom left of your computer, then screw it in place using the single screw from Step 3.
- 5). Close the computer, plug it in and turn it back on.
- 6). Insert the installation CD into the computer.
- 7). Click the option for "No, not this time" when the Found New Hardware wizard starts, then click "Next."
- 8). Click the option for "Install the software automatically (Recommended)." Click "Next." The driver will copy over. Click "Finish" when the driver is finished copying.
- 9). Connect a coaxial cable from the "Ant Out" port on the cable box to the single end of a coaxial splitter.
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Connect a coaxial cable from one of the coaxial jacks on the dual end of the splitter to the back of the TV. Connect a second coaxial cable from the second coaxial jack on the dual end of the splitter to the video jack on the PVR-500 card.
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