Connecting Broadcast Source

Most TV Tuner Cards have one coaxial TV input for video reception from your broadcast source. Certain TV tuner cards also offer a composite or S-Video input for use with a broader range of home theater components.

Broadcast Source

Method of Connectivity

Antenna or Cable (Analog)

Connect the coaxial cable carrying the television signal to the coaxial TV input on the back of your TV tuner card. Note: If you are using Antenna or Cable (Analog) as your broadcast source, we assume that you are not using an external receiver box.

Cable (Digital) or Satellite

Connect your external receiver box to your TV tuner card using one of the following methods: · Coaxial   · Composite   · S-Video   After establishing this connection, you will need to establish an additional connection to your PC so that Beyond TV can tune to the channels available from your provider. Refer to the Tuning External Receivers section of the help documentation.

S-Video

Connect the S-Video cable from the Video Out on the back of your receiver box to the corresponding S-Video Input on the back of your TV tuner card.

Coaxial

Connect the coaxial cable from the "Out to TV" output on the back of your receiver box to the coaxial input on the back of your TV tuner card.

Composite

Connect the RCA cable from the Video Out on the back of your receiver box to the corresponding RCA Video Input on the back of your TV tuner card.