[pvrusb2] frequencies below 50MHz

Tobias Knieper tobias.knieper at gmail.com
Fri Jun 22 11:15:27 CDT 2007


On Friday 22 June 2007, Michael Krufky wrote:
> Tobias Knieper wrote:
> > Hello list,
> > I'm using my pvrusb2 box (model 29039 Rev D257 PAL-B/G-I-D/K-SECAM) for a
> > year or so but never get it to work with a channel of frequency 48,25 MHz
> > (PAL, Germany). The next channel at frequency 55,25 MHz works fine.
> >
> > Are there any hardware or driver limitations to use that frequency? Or
> > can anyone hint me to a line of code which might be the reason for the
> > limitation?
>
> Which tuner is used in your pvrusb2 device?  This could be an issue with
> the crossover range settings in that individual tuner's programming.
>
> If you don't know which tuner is used in your device, please show us the
> output of 'dmesg'

Hello Michael,
thanks for your quick reply. Here is the dmesg output:

[   31.504000] lirc_i2c: chip found @ 0x18 (Hauppauge IR)
[   31.504000] lirc_dev: lirc_register_plugin: sample_rate: 10
[   31.556000] msp3400 1-0040: MSP3415G-B8 found @ 0x80 (pvrusb2_a)
[   31.556000] msp3400 1-0040: MSP3415G-B8 supports nicam and radio, mode is 
autodetect and autoselect
[   31.624000] saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 
(pvrusb2_a)
[   31.864000] tuner 1-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (pvrusb2_a)
[   31.864000] tda9887 1-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
[   31.900000] tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (pvrusb2_a)
[   31.940000] tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 29039, rev D257, serial# 
8239438
[   31.940000] tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1216 ME MK3 (idx 57, 
type 38)
[   31.940000] tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards PAL(B/G) PAL(I) SECAM(L/L') 
PAL(D/D1/K) (eeprom 0x74)
[   31.940000] tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP3415 (idx 6)
[   31.940000] tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
[   31.940000] tveeprom 1-0050: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR 
transmitter
[   31.980000] tuner 1-0061: type set to 38 (Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME 
MK3))
[   32.152000] msp3400 1-0040: MSP3415G-B8 rev1 = 0x0207 rev2 = 0x0f48
[   32.152000] msp3400 1-0040: Audio:    volume 65535
[   32.152000] msp3400 1-0040: Audio:    balance 0 bass 0 treble 0 loudness 
off
[   32.152000] msp3400 1-0040: Standard: autodetect start (mono)
[   32.152000] msp3400 1-0040: Audmode:  0x0001
[   32.152000] msp3400 1-0040: Routing:  0x00000000 (input) 0x00000044 
(output)
[   32.152000] msp3400 1-0040: ACB:      0x0c00
[   32.152000] saa7115 1-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
[   32.152000] saa7115 1-0021: Input:           Composite 4
[   32.152000] saa7115 1-0021: Video signal:    bad
[   32.152000] saa7115 1-0021: Frequency:       50 Hz
[   32.152000] saa7115 1-0021: Detected format: BW/No color
[   32.152000] saa7115 1-0021: Width, Height:   720, 576
[   32.152000] tda9887 1-0043: Data bytes: b=0x14 c=0x6e e=0x49
[   32.152000] tuner 1-0061: Tuner mode:      analog TV
[   32.152000] tuner 1-0061: Frequency:       175.25 MHz
[   32.152000] tuner 1-0061: Standard:        0x00000005
[   32.152000] pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
[   32.152000] pvrusb2: registered device video0 [mpeg]

Regards,
Tobias


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