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When you open the Microsoft Windows Media Center TV Pack and tune to a channel that is listed in the Electronic Program Guide (EPG), you may receive one of the following error messages:

Error Message 1

No TV Signal

Error Message 2

There is currently no TV signal detected for this channel. The channel may be temporarily off-the-air, or you may need to adjust or reconnect your TV antenna.

When you open Windows Media Center TV Pack for the first time on a computer that has a Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) tuner installed, and you choose to set up your TV signal, one of the optional configuration steps will prompt you to scan for channels. When the channel scan completes, you may find a smaller than expected number of QAM channels listed in the Electronic Programming Guide (EPG).

For more information about how to remove a channel from the EPG if you receive a “No TV signal” error message when you tune to the channel, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

955485 Error message when you open Windows Media Center TV Pack and tune to a channel that is listed in the Electronic Program Guide: “No TV Signal”

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based computer, you have the Tablet PC Input Service enabled and running.
• The Tablet PC Input Panel has started.
• You open an online service in Media Center. For example, you open an Internet TV program or an online movie in Windows Media Center.

In this scenario, Windows Media Center may stop responding. Sometimes, the online service can load its content. However, Windows Media Center responds slowly when you try to interact with it.

When this problem occurs, you have to restart the computer or wait for Windows Media Center to reload the main page.

Note: In this scenario, you cannot end the Windows Media Center process in Task Manager.

Microsoft has released an update for Media Center Extenders for Windows Vista. This update is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.

Microsoft has released an update for Media Center Extenders for Windows Vista. This update is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate. Keep reading →

Microsoft has released the June 2008 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center for Windows Vista. This update rollup is intended for computers that are running Windows Vista Home Premium or Windows Vista Ultimate.

In addition to the fixes that are contained in the updates that are listed in the “Hotfix replacement information” section, the June 2008 Cumulative Update for Windows Media Center for Windows Vista resolves the following issues:

• For Windows Media Center configurations that use an analog TV broadcast without a set-top box, this update improves the experience of recording television shows. Previously, shows were blocked with “protected content” messages.
  Note: This issue does not apply to configurations with set top boxes or configurations that use analog TV together with digital cable tuners.
• This update addresses a blank screen issue that occurs when you switch between full-screen mode and windowed mode while you play videos.
• On extender sessions that use Internet TV or Online Spotlight, this update increases a maximum path limit from 260 characters to 2048 characters.
• This update resolves an issue that was introduced in Vista Service Pack 1 in which empty removable media devices were displayed in galleries.
• This update addresses an issue in which channel names in Simplified Chinese were shown as unrecognizable characters.
• This update provides an updated frequency table for China.
• This update addresses an issue in which a Client ID was not set correctly if you use the Express setup option.
• This update fixes a memory leak issue in extender sessions.

Consider the following scenario:

• On a computer that is running Windows Vista Ultimate or Windows Vista Home Premium, you have pictures that are stored on a hard disk drive.
• In Windows Vista Media Center, you use the Library Setup Wizard to add the root of the hard disk drive to the list of folders that Media Center watches for media files.
• You start the Burn CD/DVD Wizard in Media Center, you add pictures from Picture Library from the folder that represents the root of the hard disk drive, and then you start the burn process.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

BURN FAILURE
An error has occurred in burning the CD/DVD

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Consider the following scenario:

• You are running a Windows Vista Media Center-based computer.
• You eject a DVD or a Video CD (VCD) from the computer.
• You reinsert the DVD or the VCD and then resume playback.

In this scenario, the video window may appear black for five seconds or more. In some instances, video playback may not resume at all.