Gateway LX6810-01 with RCA inputs, how to use?

[Gotmilk0112]

Okay, I got a Gateway LX6810-01, and it's got 3 RCA inputs on the front, and on the back, it's got two Coaxial inputs(white and black), an S-Video input, and a red/white RCA Audio inputs.

I'm wanting to plug in a game console into it using RCA male-to-male connectors, but I don't know how to get it to show up on the screen.

The system I'm using is an NES, which has RCA video and red audio inputs on the side. I've used a male-to-male RCA cable to hook it up to a VCR before, and it worked just fine.

I did download the "Virtual VCR" program, but I don't know how to get the signal into it.

If it helps, here's some more specs:

Vid card: nVidia GT120 w/ 1GB vid ram

[Gotmilk0112]

Bump...still can't get it to work after playing around with the settings in Virtual VCR.

[edDV]

The nVidia GT120 has no video input capability. The Gateway specs name some unspecified tuner card. There should be some supplied OEM software that acesses the tuner. My guess is the tuner is captive to the Windows MCE program and this may need to be unlinked before other programs can use the card. Dig into your MCE menus to see if the RCA inputs are available to record or view there.

Best to call Gateway tech support.

[Gotmilk0112]

The nVidia GT120 has no video input capability. The Gateway specs name some unspecified tuner card. There should be some supplied OEM software that acesses the tuner. My guess is the tuner is captive to the Windows MCE program and this may need to be unlinked before other programs can use the card. Dig into your MCE menus to see if the RCA inputs are available to record or view there.

Best to call Gateway tech support.

Yeah, I've got Media Center on my PC, I'll try that.

And god, no, I won't call Gateway Tech Support. I've heard nothing but bad things about them, that they just stall you and keep telling you to get the "Premium" service which costs a buck a minute.

[Gotmilk0112]

Okay, ran Media Center, and after trying all sorts of things, I managed to successfully connect a Super Nintendo to my PC using the Coaxial, and it worked fine, except for the fact that it's very delayed.

I turn on the power on the SNES, and it shows up on the monitor about TWO seconds later. Same thing during gameplay: I press a button and the action is delayed by two seconds. I tried two different cables with the SNES, and they both had this problem. I tried using channel 3 and 4, that didn't solve it either. I then hooked the Super Nintendo back up to the TV, and it worked perfectly with no delay.

So that means the problem is somewhere within my PC, or Windows Media Center...

[edDV]

That delay is normal. I thought you wanted to record it not watch it on the computer.

[Gotmilk0112]

Ahhh, guess I'm stuck using my 13" TV set then. :P