Hi Gunther, You were right that the tuner is for PAL-BG and not suitable for UK. However, I can only get a clear sound without picture with 2MHz offset. Is it possible to adjust the sound offset by fiddling with the tiny dials (or screws) inside the tuner? Thanks. Reg > > From: Gunther.Mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx (Gunther Mayer) > Date: Tue 01/Oct/2002 19:40 CEST > To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: PixelView PlayTV Pro Rec.9D with Noisy Audio > > Oh, User error: > > Your tuner FI1216 is for PAL-BG! > > In UK (your mail indicates you live there) you have PAL-I. > As you don't have a sound decoder (like MSP or TDA) onboard, > your sound comes from the tuner. > > Sound frequencies BG->I differ by 0.5MHz, so you can get either > bright picture or clear sound. > > Re-check your fact about 2MHz detuning for sound, if you > find this is exactly 0.5MHz the problem is resolved. > > Solution: > Get a second card of this kind :-) > > > reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Hi Gunther, > > > > The bigger helper chip has the following writings: > > Jaecs > > IRD C357 EM > > 0145 > > Infrared Decoder > > > > > The smaller helper chip has the following writings: > > HEF 4D52BT > > E2643 16 > > UnnD135 6 > > Sound Mux. > > > > > When I run detect and eeprom, I have got the following errors: > > regyue@linux:~/download/bttv-0.7.97/tools> ./detect > > 0xc2: tuner (error: Device or resource busy) > > Fine, the tuner module already occupies the address. > > > regyue@linux:~/download/bttv-0.7.97/tools> ./eeprom > > write addr /dev/i2c-0: Remote I/O error > > Fine, your card doesn't have an eeprom. > > > > > What's wrong? > > > > Regards, > > Reg > > > > > > From: Gunther.Mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx (Gunther Mayer) > > > Date: Mon 30/Sep/2002 20:02 CEST > > > To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: PixelView PlayTV Pro Rec.9D with Noisy Audio > > > > > > So far no clue. > > > > > > Which are the "helper" chips on your card (the gallery > > > shows 2 little yet unknown chips, the pcb has room for three > > > more chips)? I assumed there could > > > be a sound decoder chip (e.g. tda9874); when sound is > > > decoded in the tuner itself, not much can go wrong... > > > > > > mknod /dev/i2c-0 c 89 0 # to get detect and eeprom running > > > > > > reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Gunther, > > > > > > > > To answer your questions: > > > > > > > > -Which PV-BT878 Revision is your card? > > > > PV-BT878P+(Rev.9D) > > > > > > > > - Is your card already shown on http://home.t-online.de/home/gunther.mayer/bttv/bttv-gallery.html ? > > > > Yes. > > > > > > > > - Do you habe a daugther board installed? > > > > No. > > > > > > > > - Write down the chip ids on your card, and tuner model. > > > > Writings on the chip: > > > > CONEXANT > > > > FUSION 878A > > > > 25878-13 > > > > E157865.1 > > > > 0139 TAIWAN > > > > > > > > Writings on the label over PHILIPS tuner: > > > > 3139 147 13291# > > > > FI1216 Mk2/PH hm > > > > SV24 0141 > > > > > > > > - Send "dmesg", "bttv-0.7.98/tools/detect" and "bttv-0.7.98/tools/eeprom" > > > > (this shows what chips are detected by bttv) > > > > "dmesg" output:- > > > > bttv: driver version 0.7.83 loaded > > > > bttv: using 2 buffers with 2080k (4160k total) for capture > > > > bttv: Host bridge is PCI device 8086:1237 > > > > bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled. > > > > bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). > > > > bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 00:0a.0, irq: 11, latency: 132, memory: 0xfedfd000 > > > > bttv0: using: BT878(PixelView PlayTV pro) [card=37,insmod option] > > > > bttv0: enabling ETBF (430FX/VP3 compatibilty) > > > > i2c-algo-bit.o: Adapter: bt848 #0 scl: 1 sda: 1 -- testing... > > > > i2c-algo-bit.o:1 scl: 1 sda: 0 > > > > i2c-algo-bit.o:2 scl: 1 sda: 1 > > > > i2c-algo-bit.o:3 scl: 0 sda: 1 > > > > i2c-algo-bit.o:4 scl: 1 sda: 1 > > > > i2c-algo-bit.o: bt848 #0 passed test. > > > > i2c-core.o: adapter bt848 #0 registered as adapter 0. > > > > bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found > > > > bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found > > > > i2c-core.o: driver i2c TV tuner driver registered. > > > > tuner: chip found @ 0xc2 > > > > bttv0: i2c attach [client=Philips PAL,ok] > > > > i2c-core.o: client [Philips PAL] registered to adapter [bt848 #0](pos. 0). > > > > > > > > I cannot run "bttv-0.7.98/tools/detect" and "bttv-0.7.98/tools/eeprom" even > > > > after "insmod i2c-dev". The programs complained that /dev/i2c-0 is not found. > > > > Do I need to create the device file myself? > > > > > > > > Any clues from the info so far? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Reg > > > > > > > > > > From: Gunther.Mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx (Gunther Mayer) > > > > > Date: Sat 28/Sep/2002 20:04 CEST > > > > > To: video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Subject: Re: PixelView PlayTV Pro with Noisy Audio > > > > > > > > > > reg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > I have installed PixelView PlayTV Pro on my machine. After I have scanned the > > > > > > channels in kwintv/motv, the channels I have got have great pictures but noisy > > > > > > audio (mainly noise with tiny original program audio). When I tried to fine tune > > > > > > the channels, I found out that if I increase the frequency by 2 MHz, I will get > > > > > > very clear audio but no picture. It looks like that the video and the audio > > > > > > are at different frequencies. Does anyone come across this problem? Is there > > > > > > problem with my TV tuner? I am using SuSE 8.0 (2.4.18 kernel) and bttv that comes > > > > > > with it. > > > > > > > > > > Pixelview has lots of hardware variations. > > > > > To resolve your problem we first need to know your exact model and hardware. > > > > > > > > > > So, > > > > > - Which PV-BT878 Revision is your card? > > > > > - Is your card already shown on http://home.t-online.de/home/gunther.mayer/bttv/bttv-gallery.html ? > > > > > Do you habe a daugther board installed? > > > > > - Write down the chip ids on your card, and tuner model. > > > > > - Send "dmesg", "bttv-0.7.98/tools/detect" and "bttv-0.7.98/tools/eeprom" > > > > > (this shows what chips are detected by bttv) > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list > > _______________________________________________________________________ Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! 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