Diamond - ATI TV Wonder HD 750 - PC TV Tuner Card Info

As the topic suggests this is a post about a TV Tuner card i bought a while back..
It was cheap and it came with a remote and software / driver cd.
The software for watching live tv was not that great and i soon went looking for an alternative
Supposedly NPVR works with this card but i couldn't get it to work so i ended
up just going with Windows Media Center. The one drawback of WMC compared
to the included "Total Media" that is on the driver cd is that WMC buffers all Live TV
to your hard drive before displaying it and Total Media bypasses that and just shows it.

Aside from some random stability issues i have to say i like Windows Media Center.
Media Center Studio is a free tool i found that can modify WMC and add Custom theme support.

Anyway I have read on the net that my tv card does NOT work with WMC.
This is NOT true.
When you install this card on XP there is no default driver and on Windows 7
there is a driver that will be auto installed through Windows Update.
This windows update driver is bad !
It doesn't work and sometime will fail at installing.
The solution is simple install the driver that came on the CD
or go to the Diamond website and download it from there.
The website driver is the same as the one on the disc. (DriverVer=09/01/2009, 6.14.10.38901)

There is another driver that can be installed and used as well from ATI
As of this writing the Ati Catalyst v10.4 is the current version.

The main issue between these drivers is the remote control support.
The Diamond driver WILL setup the remote fairly well but many buttons
will not work or do random things. And the ATI remote driver seems worse.

What is needed is to figure out how the remote works with windows.
No problem..

I figured it all out and got it working. I also got a Universal Remote working too.

The following Registry script can be executed after installing your drivers
Note you must reboot for changes to take effect.

Save the following as a .reg file and double click it to enter the info into
the windows registry. It can also be edited and clicked again if somebody
wanted to change what buttons do what. Please see notes in script for info..

IMPORTANT:
The hardware ID is going to have to be found for your device and edited
in the script. My ID is 5&2fe700dd&1&0 yours will be different probably
Easiest way to find your ID may be to use the device Manager and look
at the driver details or just search in the registry for it (search for AVStream)

Once again, change the location of the registry key in the code below !

[START]
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\AVStream\CIR\5&2fe700dd&1&0\Device Parameters]
"DictSrc"=dword:00000001
"IrProtocol"=dword:00000060
"DictData"=hex:01, \              ;  Dictionary length: 1 set
61, \                             ;  Philips RC5 ModeA (0x61)
00, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00, \   ;  Header:
39, \                             ;  table length: 57 key remote = hex:0x39                      
00, 00,00,00, 27, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  0
01, 00,00,00, 1E, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  1
02, 00,00,00, 1F, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  2
03, 00,00,00, 20, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  3
04, 00,00,00, 21, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  4
05, 00,00,00, 22, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  5
06, 00,00,00, 23, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  6
07, 00,00,00, 24, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  7
08, 00,00,00, 25, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  8
09, 00,00,00, 26, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  9
0A, 00,00,00, 41, 00, 01, 00,  \  ;  Mute                    (F8)
0b, 00,00,00, 16, F3, 01, 00,  \  ;  Stop                    (CTRL+SHIFT+S)
0C, 00,00,00, 0D, 00, 08, 00,  \  ;  Open WMC / Start Screen (WIN+ALT+ENTER)
0D, 00,00,00, 28, 00, 01, 00,  \  ;  OK / Chanel Recall      (ENTER)
0E, 00,00,00, B5, 00, 02, 01,  \  ;  Snapshot = Skip Forward (CTRL+F)
0F, 00,00,00, 28, F4, 01, 00,  \  ;  Full screen             (ALT+ENTER)
10, 00,00,00, 4F, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  Right                   (RIGHT ARROW)
11, 00,00,00, 50, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  Left                    (LEFT ARROW)
12, 00,00,00, 2e, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  Channel Up              (PAGE DOWN)
13, 00,00,00, 2d, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  Channel Down            (PAGE UP)
14, 00,00,00, 10, F1, 01, 00,  \  ;  Shuffle = My Music      (CTRL+M)
15, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
16, 00,00,00, 13, F1, 01, 00,  \  ;  Pause                   (CTRL+P)
17, 00,00,00, 13, F3, 01, 00,  \  ;  Play                    (CTRL+SHIFT+P)
18, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
19, 00,00,00, B3, 00, 02, 01,  \  ;  Fast Forward            (CTRL+SHIFT+F)
1A, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
1B, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
1C, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
1D, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
1E, 00,00,00, 08, F1, 01, 00,  \  ;  Timeshift = My Video    (CTRL+E)
1F, 00,00,00, 15, F1, 01, 00,  \  ;  Record                  (CTRL+R)
20, 00,00,00, 52, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  Up                      (UP ARROW)
21, 00,00,00, 51, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  Down                    (DOWN ARROW)
22, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
23, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
24, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
25, 00,00,00, 82, 00, 04, 00,  \  ;  Power Off / Sleep       (SLEEP)
26, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
27, 00,00,00, B4, 00, 02, 01,  \  ;  Rewind                  (CTRL+SHIFT+B)
28, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
29, 00,00,00, 2a, 00, 01, 00,  \  ;  Back                    (ESC/BACKSPACE)
2A, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
2B, 00,00,00, 43, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  Volume Down             (F9)
2C, 00,00,00, 42, 00, 01, 01,  \  ;  Volume Up               (F10)
2D, 00,00,00, B6, 00, 02, 01,  \  ;  Pointer = Skip Back     (CTRL+B)
2E, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
2F, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
30, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
31, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
32, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
33, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
34, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
35, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
36, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
37, 00,00,00, 00, 00, 00, 00,  \  ;
38, 00,00,00, 17, F1, 01, 00      ;  AV/TV = Live TV         (CTRL+T)

"Custom Key Mapping"="57 Key Table"
"Driver Source"="ATI Catalyst v10.4"
"Registration"="Micuesoft"

; NOTES:
;
; 04 = My Radio    (CTRL+A)
; 07 = My Movies   (CTRL+D)
; 08 = My Videos   (CTRL+E)
; 0A = TV Guide    (CTRL+G)
; 0C = My Pictures (CTRL+I)
; 10 = My Music    (CTRL+M)
; 17 = My TV       (CTRL+T)
;
; Byte 1|8 = Remote Button
; Byte 2|8 = Always Zero
; Byte 3|8 = Always Zero
; Byte 4|8 = Always Zero
; Byte 5|8 = Command Code
; Byte 6|8 = Modifier (F1 = CTRL+ ?) (F3 = CTRL+SHIFT+ ?)
; Byte 7|8 = Modifier
; Byte 8|8 = Modifier (Command Type ?)
;
; This Page has technical info on remote command data.
; "Using Remote Control Input Outside of Windows Media Center"
; http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417079.aspx

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Facebook sucks.. and Twitter sucks even more !

Well i go to see my facebook page today and ofcourse i've been logged out..

Then i try click on anything and all i get is steaming pile of loading icon.

Facebook is gay load of bullshit !

And the day i ever see or click on a twitter link is the day hell freezes over.
i won't be Tweeting anything ever. (because i am not a gay douche)

How to fix a Logitech MX3000 Lazer Mouse for free

I will begin by saying that i had bought a Logitech MX3000 Mouse / Keyboard Combo package from Futureshop a couple years ago for around $100 Can.
The mouse and keyboard is awesome ! This was my first Laser mouse and
i was impressed by the difference compared to optical mice,
especialy when it came time to play FPS games :)

Sadly eventualy i started to have weird problems with my mouse.
Although i have never had any problem with the keyboard at all.
The mouse started double clicking when i was single clicking on me
and i tried everything imaginable to fix the problem and nothing worked.
After a year of the clicking problem getting worse on and off
i finally broke down one day and went to Wallmart and
bought a cheap Logitech optical mouse for $15.

I notice right away the poor performance of this new mouse right away.
no matter what surface i put it it on it seemed sketchy and weird.
And my old laser mouse would work flawlessly on ANY surface.

So after struggling through the night with my new mouse i decided to return it
and then i had any idea :)

I took apart the new mouse and my old mouse and compared the micro switches
and they were a match. muahhaa

So out comes the soldering iron :)

Since i already completed this project about 2 months ago i can not
post any pictures of the repair process. But its fairly simple to do..
Un screw the plastic covers with a philips screw driver etc.

The key is to heat up one side of the pins and jump to the other side
so you can slowly rock back and forth the pins out to remove the switches
I did use flux strips and flux acid paste to clean the holes out before i put
the switches back on the circuit board and then used new solder.

The last step of the proccess is putting the new mouse back together with
the faulty micro switches and putting the mouse back in the retail packaging
and returning it back to Wallmart with your receipt for a full refund lol

So after a couple months i havn't had one single problem with my mouse :)
I love my mouse and i don't want another one, i want what i already have to work !

I hope this can help someone else out there.
It may not be obvious that weird activity can simply be a faulty mouse.
And good luck getting any support from logitech over at their forums
this is a common problem and in many years of complaints they have yet
to acknowledge there is any problem to the general public..

1st

Im hoping to share some information and maybe get some feedback on some things.

I've heard "you can't" a lot on the net and its usualy bs.
For example i was told i can't get free content on my cell phone
so i figured out how to hack the phone and i made a program for it..
I also heard you can't use the TV Tuner card i have on Windows Media Center
which is BS i have it running with it and also have made script that makes
the included remote work really good.

So i hope to share some unique and usefull things i have found publicly
and i figured a blog may be appropriate for the ide.

Coming soon..
- Info on setting up the Diamond - ATI TV Wonder HD 750 PCIe Tv Tuner Card.

- Fixing stability issues on the Airlink AWLH6075 Wifi PCI Card.

- Tutorial on putting free content on the LG Keybo II Cell Phone.

- A cheap and easy way to fix a broken Logitech MX3000 Lazer Mouse.