Re: Nova-TD-500 (84xxx) problems (was Re: dib0700 diversity support)

2009-08-29 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On 25/08/2009, at 1:31, "Nicolas Will" wrote: On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 00:36 +0930, Malcolm Caldwell wrote: Have you tried adding: dvb_usb_dib0700.force_lna_activation=1 to the modprobe options? The device I had wouldn't tune without this. I should have mentioned that I have tried this and b

[Request for testing] new dib0700 code (was: Re: dib0700 diversity support)

2009-08-28 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Patrick, Am Dienstag, den 18.08.2009, 12:27 +0200 schrieb Patrick Boettcher: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 18.08.2009, 10:54 +0200 schrieb Patrick Boettcher: > >> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: > I'll post a request for testing soon. > >>> > >>

Re: Nova-TD-500 (84xxx) problems (was Re: dib0700 diversity support)

2009-08-24 Thread Nicolas Will
On Tue, 2009-08-25 at 00:36 +0930, Malcolm Caldwell wrote: > > Have you tried adding: > > > > dvb_usb_dib0700.force_lna_activation=1 > > > > to the modprobe options? > > > > The device I had wouldn't tune without this. > > I should have mentioned that I have tried this and buggy sfn > workaround

Re: Nova-TD-500 (84xxx) problems (was Re: dib0700 diversity support)

2009-08-24 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
On 24/08/2009, at 23:04, "Lou Otway" wrote: Malcolm Caldwell wrote: Please can someone help... I have been trying to get my nova-td-500 to work, but no matter what I try I get a substandard signal, with lots of errors. This is about the same as described elsewhere on this list. I tried this

Re: Nova-TD-500 (84xxx) problems (was Re: dib0700 diversity support)

2009-08-24 Thread Lou Otway
Malcolm Caldwell wrote: Please can someone help... I have been trying to get my nova-td-500 to work, but no matter what I try I get a substandard signal, with lots of errors. This is about the same as described elsewhere on this list. I tried this code (posted by Patrick Boettcher below), hopi

Nova-TD-500 (84xxx) problems (was Re: dib0700 diversity support)

2009-08-23 Thread Malcolm Caldwell
Please can someone help... I have been trying to get my nova-td-500 to work, but no matter what I try I get a substandard signal, with lots of errors. This is about the same as described elsewhere on this list. I tried this code (posted by Patrick Boettcher below), hoping it may be a little bett

[Request for testing] new dib0700 code (was: Re: dib0700 diversity support)

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Patrick, Am Dienstag, den 18.08.2009, 12:27 +0200 schrieb Patrick Boettcher: > On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 18.08.2009, 10:54 +0200 schrieb Patrick Boettcher: > >> On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: > I'll post a request for testing soon. > >>> > >>>

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Patrick Boettcher
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Nicolas Will wrote: Patrick Boettcher wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Nicolas Will wrote: This change should improve reception conditions for devices based on the DiB0070-tuner (DiB7070P e.g) . We tried this driver with our reference boards and it works well, but sometime

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Nicolas Will
Patrick Boettcher wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Nicolas Will wrote: This change should improve reception conditions for devices based on the DiB0070-tuner (DiB7070P e.g) . We tried this driver with our reference boards and it works well, but sometimes DiBcom's customers are adding things, DiB

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Patrick Boettcher
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Nicolas Will wrote: This change should improve reception conditions for devices based on the DiB0070-tuner (DiB7070P e.g) . We tried this driver with our reference boards and it works well, but sometimes DiBcom's customers are adding things, DiBcom is not really aware o

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Nicolas Will
Patrick Boettcher wrote: Hi Nicolas, On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Nicolas Will wrote: Patrick Boettcher wrote: Hi Paul, On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: I'll post a request for testing soon. I am looking forward to it. Can you please try the drivers from here: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pb/

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Patrick Boettcher
Hi On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: Dear Patrick, Am Dienstag, den 18.08.2009, 10:54 +0200 schrieb Patrick Boettcher: On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: I'll post a request for testing soon. I am looking forward to it. Can you please try the drivers from here: http://linuxtv

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Patrick, Am Dienstag, den 18.08.2009, 10:54 +0200 schrieb Patrick Boettcher: > On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: > >> I'll post a request for testing soon. > > > > I am looking forward to it. > > Can you please try the drivers from here: > http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pb/v4l-dvb/ I instal

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Patrick Boettcher
Hi Nicolas, On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Nicolas Will wrote: Patrick Boettcher wrote: Hi Paul, On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: I'll post a request for testing soon. I am looking forward to it. Can you please try the drivers from here: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pb/v4l-dvb/ In the best cas

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Nicolas Will
Patrick Boettcher wrote: Hi Paul, On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: I'll post a request for testing soon. I am looking forward to it. Can you please try the drivers from here: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pb/v4l-dvb/ In the best case they improve the situation for you. In the worst case

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-18 Thread Patrick Boettcher
Hi Paul, On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: I'll post a request for testing soon. I am looking forward to it. Can you please try the drivers from here: http://linuxtv.org/hg/~pb/v4l-dvb/ In the best case they improve the situation for you. In the worst case (not wanted :) ) it will

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-14 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear Patrick, Am Freitag, den 14.08.2009, 09:56 +0200 schrieb Patrick Boettcher: > On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: > > I traded an unsupported Terratec Cinergy HTC USB XS HD with a TerraTec > > Cinergy DT USB XS Diversity [1]. > > > > As written in [1] it has a bad reception. [Patrick’s

Re: dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-14 Thread Patrick Boettcher
Hi Paul, On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Paul Menzel wrote: I traded an unsupported Terratec Cinergy HTC USB XS HD with a TerraTec Cinergy DT USB XS Diversity [1]. As written in [1] it has a bad reception. It uses the dib0700 driver and the DiB0700 seems to support a diversity feature which supposedly im

dib0700 diversity support

2009-08-14 Thread Paul Menzel
Dear DVB hackers, (please CC) I traded an unsupported Terratec Cinergy HTC USB XS HD with a TerraTec Cinergy DT USB XS Diversity [1]. As written in [1] it has a bad reception. It uses the dib0700 driver and the DiB0700 seems to support a diversity feature which supposedly improves the signal q