electronic program guide

PaulAtlanta · **7th May 2006, 05:49 AM**

is it available in australia? i get a message telling me it is not available in australia.

ineed help!!! i am not terribly computer minded, but i want the most out of my media centre....

pistnbroke · **7th May 2006, 07:14 AM**

For Oz you need third party software for an EPG, some clever people have written and setup programs for Oz .... have a read and you will have an EPG in no time....

http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/comm...pment-support/

GlenR · **7th May 2006, 02:42 PM**

Just to clarify for you, prgram guides are actually copyrighted in Oz

This means that M$ can't just grab one off the net as they do in other coutries. But, as Pistnbroke has said, we have some really good work-arounds made available by some clever people who actually put the solutions out ther for us at no cost.

PaulAtlanta · **7th May 2006, 06:06 PM**

thanks.. i have downloaded and installed bladerunner pro, no probs. but when i go into mce and go thru the set up i get the following

download incomplete
guide listings could not be retrieved,internet connection failed

details: unknown discovery service errorcode 14

any suggestions ?

GlenR · **7th May 2006, 06:37 PM**

What postcode did you enter - it needs to be 0000

PaulAtlanta · **7th May 2006, 07:45 PM**

yeah i entered 0000 - do you think it is my antivirus?

rjlloyd · **7th May 2006, 07:56 PM**

Have downloaded and installed a program such as freexmltv to use in conjunction with bladerunner? freexmltv v4.0 is very easy to configure and works very well

Variateur · **7th May 2006, 08:52 PM**

get www.icetv.com.au

free trial

cost $ 3 / week

good for non-computer people to enjoy their MCE.

Rgds, V.

PaulAtlanta · **8th May 2006, 09:25 AM**

thanks heaps - so easy!! i am ecstatic!! dont suppose you know if it is possible to get an am radio on mce? mine only came with fm

logifuse · **8th May 2006, 06:20 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulAtlanta

thanks heaps - so easy!! i am ecstatic!! dont suppose you know if it is possible to get an am radio on mce? mine only came with fm

I don't think it's been done.

Besides that, the only AM tuners for a PC I can think of are the RadioShark http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/radioshark/ & the RadioYourWay LX (bit of a hybrid AM/FM radio & iPod) http://www.pogoproducts.com/radioyourway.html . I don't know if either have any Media Center software development happening.

DAB integration in future MCE versions should happen, but that's a while away.

Logifuse