Hi guys,

I looked into getting another tuner for PC that does have the option to select the hidden English channel, as my present one does not.

I presume I need stereo, but now I found a tuner that has stereo input but not stereo output. I could output via the stereo soundcard, but I do not understand the principle. Do I need stereo input or output on the tuner in order to be able to access the two sound channels (normal Swiss + English) on a PC?

Thanks heaps if anyone happens to know..

muze - a link to your potential card would be good....also your price range

I believe that you would pre-select the output on the device and it would be then relayed through the PC sound system in mono....but surely stereo isn't that much to ask for.

So if I understand you correctly, it would work, receiving the Stereo B channel I mean?
My price range is up to 100 CHF.

Features: http://tven.terratec.net/modules.php...icle&artid=410

* Digital and analogue TV for notebooks and PCs
* Scheduled recordings and time shifting
* EPG support (DVB-T mode only)
* Teletext
* Power supply via USB
* USB 2.0 interface (480 Mbps)
* Infrared remote control
* Digital video recorder with full MPEG2 support
* Analogue video inputs: S-Video, Composite
* Stereo audio input

General

* Plug n’ Play
* Voltage: 5V DC (USB bus powered)
* Current: 480mA (USB bus powered)
* Housing colour: white/orange
* Dimensions: 80 x 30 x 15 mm

Infrared remote control

* 48 buttons
* 2 x AAA batteries

System requirements

* Intel Pentium 4 / AMD Athlon XP / Centrino certified CPU/ 2 GHz or higher
* 512 MB RAM
* 1 available USB 2.0 interface
* Audio hardware with DirectX support
* CD-R/DVD-R-Laufwerk for creating Video-CDs/Video-DVDs
* AGP graphics board with DirectDraw drivers and video overlay support
* Terrestrial digital TV reception (DVB-T, TNT)
* Microsoft Windows® XP with Service Pack 2

Scope of delivery

* TerraTec Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS
* USB2.0 extension cable (0.3m)
* Antenna adaptor cable
* Breakout cable video input/audio input/remote control receiver
* Antenna with magnetical base
* Infrared remote control incl. batteries
* Installation/software CD-ROM
* Manual on CD-ROM

any reason for wanting a USB one?

Yes, it must work on a laptop and be transportable without me having to open a case.. I checked lots of them and the hauppage and Pinnacle USB ones are apparently not very good, and that is an understatement according to the reviewers.\

this one had good reviews but I need to figure out this stereo situation.

fairly compelling argument!

http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_69749.html TERRATEC Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS
or
http://www.toppreise.ch/prod_92627.html TERRATEC Cinergy T USB XS ?

DVB-T is digital terrestrial....I don't know what you can get outside the analogue scope yet - either via cable or antenna.

Ensure you can return the item should it not work - it's not something I've dealt with. I'll split the thread so we can get better answers

I do not really need DVB-T as Cablecom scrambles the signal. But the analogue only devices are mostly old, over two year old technology... that is why the reviews are so bad.