HOWTO: BYOPVR with Dish Network 301, PVR-150, & GBPVR
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It's a good idea to try out your new PVR-150 card with the included/default hauppauge WinTV 2000 software to verify that everything is in working order before moving on to other steps. So that's what I did :) I fired up the WinTV 2000 application, tuned it to channel 3, and in a matter of minutes I was able to watch live TV through the WinTV app on my PC! Obviously at this point my Dish Network receiver's output is a coax run to my PVR and is set to output on channel 3. Your Dish Network box might be set to channel 4. If you choose to use svideo output or composite output of your Dish Network satellite receiver your setup will vary slightly and you'd change your wintv 200 0 and PVR-150 inputs accordingly.
So far so good. Couldn’t believe my luck. Haven’t had a single hiccups so far… *fingers crossed*
Next it was time to install the dependencies for GBPVR if they aren't already installed on your system. You must have installed .NET framework 1.1 or higher and Directx 9.0 or higher before you attempt to install GBPVR (see the full list of requirements at the GBPVR site)
One word of caution. You must install the PVR-150 IR Remote app and IR Blaster before installing GBPVR as GBPVR's installation routine writes some new entries into the irremote.ini file. The irremote.ini file is what translates your remote control button presses to actions on the PC and PVR software.
The version of GBPVR that I downloaded was 0.92.8. Sub the creator and maintainer of the GBPVR software is always working on improving the software and has a pretty fast release cycle so be sure to check GBPVR for the latest and greatest version! Initial installation of GBPVR went smoothly. Now the tough part: configuration!
The most important tab of all is the “Capture Sources” tab. I am including picture of exactly what I picked.
You will have to create an account with Zap2It to download the EPG (for US listings). It only took me a few minutes to register for the free TV listing service (free as long as you fill out a survey every few months). Once registered with Zap2it labs, enter your Zap2it login information into GBPVR's EPG Source SETTINGS menu.
Next you click on the Update EPG button to, you guessed it, update the EPG. It took around a minute or so to complete this process but a lot of people have experienced a much longer EPG update time. If it seems to be taking a long time, don’t assume it's frozen/locked up; just go out get a six pack and relax, it will be done in a little while.
