Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: West Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.problems.pc Subject: Re: MAJOR Hauppauge problem! Date: 26 Apr 1998 18:19:51 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 56 Message-ID: <6hvts7$b018@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <6hsv4f$b013@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: n3.herts.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) X-URL: news://news.playstation.co.uk/6hsv4f$b013@chuka.playstation.co.uk I seem to remember having the washout on a couple of times when I first got the card. I think I got this when trying to see which NTSC setting to use. However my washouts went as soon as I selected the correct NTSC option. I also had to get the latest drivers of their website to get mine to work properly(although this cured window probs). Are you sure the settings are okay, I find my hauppage sometimes forgets its settings. "Nick Ferguson" wrote: >Erk! > >No sooner do I finally get my Hauppauge 406's settings all fine and >dandy than the &*$%ing thing goes belly-up on me! OK, here's a rough >description of the problem: > >The picture in the WinTV window (or, if in full-screen TV mode, the >whole picture) has suddenly become unbelievably bright. It's as if >somebody had set the brightness waaaay up as the default setting. I can >reduce the brightness, sure, but I have to get it down to about 0 to >make out what is on the screen, and no amount of fiddling about with the >colour or contrast can prevent the picture looking, well, shite. It is >"absolutely not acceptable", as my teachers at school used to say (not >infrequently)... > >The rest of my monitor's picture is fine - the rest of Windows is OK and >my 3DFX games are fine, too. I get the same effect whether I connect to >the card via the S-Video or phono socket, and using it as a TV. It's >completely useless! I haven't installed anything since I last used the >card and it was fine then. Oh, except for the PC Forsaken demo which >came on one of those natty mini-size CDs (£1.99 in EB - v. nice!) and I >refuse to believe that was responsible coz I've had DirectX 5 installed >for months now. > >2 days ago, everything worked fine(ish). If you look at the thread >below, you'll see I had some flicker in the picture - do you think it's >likely I got a dodgy card, thus the early flickering problems and now >this indicate I should get down to the shop and exchange it pronto? > >Has anyone had this problem and got any advice? When people say they >"couldn't get the card to work" do they mean it just wouldn't work at >all, or they had picture distortion/ washout big-time like me? > >Nick "apologetic and sick of asking for help" F > >PS Before anyone says, I *have* mailed Hauppauge but they haven't been >much use previously, claiming the 406 never supported NTSC etc >------------------------------------ >nickf@saqnet.co.uk >http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/nickf/index.html >http://www.n64gazetta.com >http://www.netyaroze-europe.com/~rookie1 >ICQ #: 9464742 >"...the Master of Unlocking..." > >