IR Sensor (Receiver) Not Detected in Media Center

I am running Vista Home Premium and have successfully installed my Leadtek
PVR2000 TV capture card. Vista recognizes it. When setting up Media Center,
it will not configure the TV Card every time, posting an error "IR Receiver
Hardware Not Detected". However, the IR Sensor is in fact plugged in to the
TV Card correctly and the TV Card is recognized in Vista. There is no way to
bypass the IR Receiver Not Detected, hardware error and successfully
configure Media Center.

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. Media Center is the only reason I bought
Vista Home Premium. Does anyone have a solution for setting up my TV Card
and Remote Control? This is not a hardware error. I know I am not the only
one having this problem.

The Answer

Go back in to Windows Media Center setup

Select: Tasks -> Settings -> TV -> Setup TV Signal

Answer YES to popup questions - are you sure??

Continue normally through TV Signal Setup UNTIL:


Select -> I WILL MANUALLY CONFIGURE MY TV SIGNAL

Select -> ANTENNA - I dont care what you are plugged in to

Select -> ANALOG-ONLY ANTENNA - I dont care what you are plugged in to

Select -> RETURN TO TV SETTINGS - unless you really want Guide Listings

Select -> FINISH

You hae now by-passed the IR control device. you hve to use a cable input and not a S-Video or composite input

But IT WORKS

Cheers from the Production Support Team