hi gunther, thanks for your reply. i was afraid of something like that. oh well. maybe i will try asking phillips. i know nothing about their willingness to cooperate with opensource projects but stranger things have happened i suppose ... >> kernel: bttv0: Hauppauge eeprom: model=39000, tuner=Philips TD1536D (4),radio=no >(4) means "No Tuner" ! >Philips TD1536D is not supported due to lack of datasheet. >Ask Philips for a datasheet then we can add support for this. regards, </daryl>