How to use TBS MCE Tool to watch pay TV on Windows Media Center

Here our article introduce a method of how to watch encrypted TV on Windows7 Media Center.

Hardware and Software you need:

—-TBS6928 DVB-S2 TV Tuner CI Card

—-Subscription card (smartcard)

—-CAM

—-TBS MCECITool
TBS MCE CI Tool is particularly designed for users who want to watch encrypted TV channels on Windows7 Media Center. Before you could use this MCE CI tool, you need to have valid paytv card and the compatible CAM for the CA system.Here are the procedures.

—-Windows 7 Media Center

How to watch encrypted TV on Windows7 Media Center?

1. Install TBS6928 and TBS MCE CI Tool

Firstly, you have to install hardware TBS6928 and its driver program.
When you have finished that, inserting the CAM and smartcard properly,
then you are ready to install MCE CI Tool.

TBS MCE CI Tool is particularly designed for users who want to watch encrypted TV channels on Windows7 Media Center.

Download TBS MCE Tool www.tbsdtv.com/download/common/TBS_MCECITool_V1.0.0.1.zip and run it as follows:


Go ahead with the steps until you’ve finished the installation of the software.

After correctly installing the tool, you can run it on your computer
now. The first popped-out window is as follows, indicating the spotted
hardware. If no device is listed, then probably you should check the
hardware and windows driver installation of the card again.


Click “OK” to continue.

Now you can just keep the interface staying open, and move on to the
next step. Please do not click “Exit”, or the tool will be closed and
not function any more. However, if you still want to check the cam info,
you can wait a minute and then click “Activate MMI”. Relevant info will
be displayed down.

2.Watch Encrypted TV on Windows Media Center:

Since TBS MCE CI Tool is functioning now, you can open Windows 7
Media Center and start scanning your TV channels. If you do not know how
to use Windows Media Center with the card, we have other documents
explaining how to use Windows 7 media Center with our cards.

However, there is one thing that worth mentioning here. The encrypted
TV channels that you have already found may not be listed in the
channel list automatically. So, you have to edit the channels as
follows.

Starting from the main interface, you have to find the “Edit
channels” window with the following route
“Task”-“Settings”-“TV”-“Guide”-“Edit channels”.


Here, you can tick all the channels that you want, and click “Save”.
Then, you can go back to “Live TV” window and watch those encrypted TV
channels.

DVB-S2 USB and PCIe TV Tuner

TBS Technology has launched two exciting DVB-S2 TV Tuner Cards TBS5925 and TBS6928.
TBS5925 DVB-S2 TV Qbox USB
TBS5925 DVB-S2 TV Tuner USB is a professional satellite PC tuner box, a versatile PC tuner box. Besides supporting blind scan and 32APSK Demodulator, it also supports CCM, VCM, ACM mode and multiple Transport Stream receiving. TBS5925 is fully compatible with windows 7 Media Center and many other popular satellite applications, e.g. DVBDream, DVBViewer, DVBlogic, ProgDVB, Skynet, TSreader…

Features:

* 1. DVB-S2/S Transponders Receiving
* 2. CCM, VCM and ACM mode support
* 3 .Support Multiple Transport Stream Receiving
* 4. Transponders blind scan
* 5. Wide range symbol rates support, from 200Ksps to 45Msps
* 6.High-speed Data download via Satellite
* 7. Windows 7 Media Center compatible
* 8.Supported by DVBDream, DVBViewer, DVBlogic, ProgDVB, Skynet, TSreader…


Specifications:

* 1. Receiving Frequency: 950~2150 MHz Tuning Range
* 2. Input Level: -69~23dBm
* 3. DVB-S2/DVB-S DIRECTV 8PSK QPSK Demodulator
* 4. 8PSK /QPSK/16APSK/32APSK Mode
* 5. Symbol Rates:
DVB-S QPSK: 200Ksps-45 Msps
DVB-S2 8PSK/QPSK: 200Ksps-45 Msps
* 6. Code Rates:
DVS-S: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
DVB-S2 QPSK: 1/4,1/3,2/5,1/2,3/5,2/3,3/4,4/5,5/6,8/9,8/10
DVB-S2 8PSK: 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
16 APSK: 2/3,3/4,4/5,5/6,8/9,9/10
32APSK: 3/4,4/5,5/6,8/9,9/10
* 7. Automatic Acquisition Range: ±10MHz
* 8. DiSEqC 2.x Compliant
* 9. USB 2.0 interface

TBS6928 DVB-S2 TV Tuner PCIe:
TBS6928 is a PCI-Express interface DVB-S2 TV Tuner Card with CI slot which supports watching digital satellite TV or downloading data from satellite in your computer. The CI slot on the board allows CAM insertion for watching payTV channels.

Main Features:

* 1. DVB-S2/S Transponders Receiving
* 2. CI support
* 3. Transponders blind scan
* 4. Linux S2API Drivers Compatible with MythTV, VDR, XBMC, DVBLast, VLC, etc.
* 5. Supported by DVBDream, DVBViewer, DVBlink, ProgDVB, Skynet, Tsreader etc .


Specifications:

* 1.Receiving Frequency: 925~2175 MHz Tuning Range
2.Input level: -69~ -23dBm
3.Advanced DVB-S2/DVB-S 8PSK QPSK Demodulator
4. Symbol Rates:
　 DVB-S2 QPSK: 1-45 Msps
　 DVB-S2 8PSK: 1-45 Msps
5. Code Rates:
　 DVB-S2 NBC QPSK: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
　 DVB-S2 QPSK: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4. 4/5. 5/6, 8/9, 9/10
　 DVB-S2 8PSK: 3/5, 2/3. 3/4. 5/6. 8/9, 9/10
6. Automatic Acquisition Range: ±10MHz
7. Automatic Pilot detection
8. DiSEqC 2.x compliant
9. CI Design
10. PCI Express interface


System Requirements:

* Windows 2000/XP/Vista Linux
* DirectX9.0 or later Version
* Available PCI Express Port