The FM radio preset stations may be changed or removed after you change the country setting in Windows XP Media Center Edition (898589)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
  • Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

SYMPTOMS

If you change the country setting by using the Regional and Language Options tool in Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition, the FM radio preset stations may be changed or may be removed.

CAUSE

This issue occurs because sometimes, the FM radio station tuning schemes are different in different countries. If the regional code is changed to a country and this country does not have a matching scheme, the FM radio presets adjusts to match the scheme for this country. For example, Germany uses a tuning scheme of xxx.xx and the United States uses xxx.x. To match the scheme in the United States, the FM radio program drops the last digit from the presets of Germany. 96.55 in Germany becomes 96.5 in the United States.

Sometimes, the FM radio tuning space is different between countries. The difference can cause the loss of some preset stations. For example, consider the following scenario. A Windows XP Media Center Edition-based computer is configured to use the United States tuning space. If you change the configuration to the Japan tuning space, the FM radio preset stations that are higher than 89.0 MHz are removed.

MORE INFORMATION

The tuning space for the supported countries is noted in the following list:
RegionTuning Space
AustraliaFrom 87.7 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
AustriaFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
BelgiumFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
ChinaFrom 87.0 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
Czech RepublicFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
NetherlandsFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
France From 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
GermanyFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
ItalyFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
JapanFrom 76.0 MHz to 90.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
Japan From 90.0 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
KoreaFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 200 kHz steps
SwitzerlandFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
United KingdomFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
United StatesFrom 88.1 MHz to 107.9 MHz in 200 kHz steps
SlovakiaFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
Denmark From 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
FinlandFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
Hong KongFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
IndiaFrom 91.0 MHz to 106.4 MHz in 100 kHz steps
IrelandFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
MexicoFrom 88.1 MHz to 107.9 MHz in 200 kHz steps
New ZealandFrom 88.0 MHz to 107.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
NorwayFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
PolandFrom 88.0 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
PortugalFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
RussiaFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
SingaporeFrom 88.0 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
SpainFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
SwedenFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
TaiwanFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
TurkeyFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 100 kHz steps
GreeceFrom 87.5 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 50 kHz steps
BrazilFrom 87.8 MHz to 108.0 MHz in 200 kHz steps
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/14/2006
Keywords:kbprb kbtshoot KB898589 kbAudEndUser
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