How to integrate your DVB card with your home theater setup

(VisionPlus/Twinhan, Nova and SkyStar DVB cards) Hard-mode after this section A soft-mode DVB card is one that does most signal processing on on the PC instead of the card. Examples of these cards are: All VisionPlus DVB cards. All Nova DVB cards SkyStar 2 DVB cards It is easy to spot a soft-mode DVB card: their price is about half of hard-mode DVB cards(like the Hauppauge Nexus-S) Okay, so now your DVB card is hooked up to your satellite dish, and you receive and view satellite on your monitor. Now you want to send the audio and video to your big-screen TV and sound system. Here's what you'll need to do:
Sending video to your TV set Since Softmode card do not have a Video and audio out, you need to get a VGA out add-on card for your PC. These cards are $75-$125, depending on the brand and features. Many new cards come with Video out built-in	Sending Audio to your sound system This is an easier one: You simply need to run a wire from the OUT on your audio card to your sound system. In order to do so, your card should have a built-in pre-amplifier so that the strength of the signal is powerful enough for your sound system.
How to change channels from another room Almost every DVB card comes with a remote control and an Infra-Red(IR) sensor. If your IR is USB, you can purchase a USB extension(15 feet/5 meters is the recommended maximum length). If your card has a standard IR that plugs into your DVB card, you can also add an extension wire to it, put it is recommended that you keep it under 10 feet/3 meters. If let's say, you require a longer reach for your remote, you can purchase a remote control extender. You install the sender module in the room where you will be watching TV. You install the second module in front of your PC so that it relays your commands fromthe other room to the IR sensor of the DVB card.

(Hauppauge Nexus-S DVB cards) A soft-mode DVB card is one that does most signal processing on on the PC instead of the card. Hard-mode DVB cards, such as the Hauppauge Nexus-S are the cream of the crop. These cards do signal processing on the card itself, requiring much less CPU time from your PC. In addition to better performance, they have a Video OUT and audio/video OUT(coax digital and regular OUT) The steps to hookup your DVB card to your TV set and sound system are simpler because you do not have to compensate for missing video and audio outputs: they are included already. d sound system. Here's what you'll need to do:
Sending video to your TV set Your video ouput is the standard yellow RCA OUT, just like on a VCR. You can connect a regular video wire from your DVB card to your TV set. You can use anything from the dollar store to a professional grade video cable.	Sending Audio to your sound system This is also quite simple: You have the choice to run an extension wire from either the RCA digital output (orange plug), or the red/white audio wires to your sound system.
SIMPLE WAY TO SEND AUDIO & VIDEO TO ANOTHER ROOM: SENDERS The picture above is a video and audio sender. This product will send through the airwaves to the receiver module located in the room where you installed it.
OTHER CONNECTION METHODS TO YOUR HOME THEATER Modulators are a simple way to use the existing cable coax wiring in your home to send the output of your DVB card wherever the cable is installed. The Nexus-S has your typical audio/video connectors, the red and white for audio, and the yellow for video. A modulator will permit you to send the DVB card output onto your cable tv wiring(or any coax wiring). There are two ways to connect your DVB card to existing coax wiring: Method 1: Modulator Modulators convert the RCA jack output(red/white and yellow like those on your VCR) to coax so you can connect it to your existing cable TV wiring in your home. Some are mono, some are stereo, but both convert RCA video into coax. Method 2: Combiner and modulator Once you have converted your signal from RCA to COAX, you may want to connect the feed to your existing wiring in your home, but you already have cable TV active around the house. What can you do? You can use a combiner to transport the DVB feed on the same coax as the one for cable tv. There are combiners for channels 3 or 4.
How to change channels from another room Almost every DVB card comes with a remote control and an Infra-Red(IR) sensor. If your IR is USB, you can purchase a USB extension(15 feet/5 meters is the recommended maximum length). If your card has a standard IR that plugs into your DVB card, you can also add an extension wire to it, put it is recommended that you keep it under 10 feet/3 meters. If let's say, you require a longer reach for your remote, you can purchase a remote control extender. You install the sender module in the room where you will be watching TV. You install the second module in front of your PC so that it relays your commands fromthe other room to the IR sensor of the DVB card.