20 Most Recent Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950Q TV Input Questions & Answers

Support for WinTV HVR 950Q

make sure you scan both over the air and thru the cable. the antena MUST BE CONNECTED and so does a coax cable from the wall for local non over the air channels let me know if that helped

If u r using windows vista or 7 then check ur sound properties, 2 do this right click the audio icon on the quick launch bar and click recording devices, here double click on line in and in levels tab unmute audio.
check out the sound now. if the problem lasts then in recording devices go to microphone and in listen tab check enable listening.

you have to use an old fashioned set of tv top rabbit ears with a uhf loop just like the good old days if you have cable hooked up it will not work..

Try pressing CTRL + ALT + ESC and that will start the task manager. Let's say it's Internet Explorer that is causing the problem. Just click on it and click end task. Same thing goes for your problem.

Driver issue? I would go to the manufacturers website to check for compatible software...

Here is the support page for your product: http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/support/support.html When you ask about "polarity" are you concerned about the power supply? Also, you might want to look at this Fixya thread: http://www.fixya.com/support/t25141694-wintv_hvr_1950_hauppage_box_suddenly