[linux-dvb] no VHF- Support for the new Nova-T (SL DVB-T) in Berlin?

[Hannes Stein <hannsens@macnews.de>]

Hello,

thanks to your Mail-Archiv my VDR works fine with all UHF Channels now 
(>500MHz), but I'm not able to switch to the VHF channels. I only get 
the Programm Infos on OSD - the screen stays black. My PCI-Card is a SL 
DVB-T (looking like this: http://secret.cream.org/wintv-newtuner.jpg), 
the box says it supports UHF & VHF.

Can anybody give me a hint, where might be the problem? I changed the 
antenna to a 100% VHF-compatible product, tried to find a tool to 
display the signal strength (could it be a weak signal on VHF?) but 
didn't find one. Searched the net and the mailinglist- archives...

Have they sold me a UHF card that's simply not capable of VHF (is the 
Programm Info transmittet via VHF?)? Anybody got a Nova-T or SL DVB-T 
running in Berlin?


Thanks,

Hannes


It's a Linux-Box with SuSE 8.2 (Kernel 2.4.20-4GB), 
linux-dvb.2003-08-01 (CVS, downloaded at VDR-Homepage), vdr-1.2.2

----- >8 --- my /var/log/messages --- 8< -----
Sep 17 00:50:25 gonzo kernel: DVB: registering new adapter 
(TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-T  PCI).
Sep 17 00:50:26 gonzo kernel: tda1004x: Detected Philips TDA10045H.
Sep 17 00:50:26 gonzo kernel: tda1004x: Detected Philips TDM1316L tuner.
Sep 17 00:50:26 gonzo kernel: DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (Philips 
TDA10045H)...
Sep 17 00:50:26 gonzo kernel: mt312_read: ret == -121
Sep 17 00:50:26 gonzo kernel: TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-T  PCI adapter 0 has 
MAC addr = 00:d0:5c:03:22:b7
Sep 17 00:50:27 gonzo kernel:
Sep 17 00:50:27 gonzo kernel: Technisat SkyStar2 driver loading
----- >8 ---/ my /var/log/messages --- 8< -----

When switching to a VHF channel there's nothing suspicious in 
/var/log/messages just these two line appear each time (but they appear 
some times switching to a UHF channel, too)
----- >8 --- my /var/log/messages --- 8< -----
Sep 17 00:51:06 gonzo vdr[2600]: cTS2PES got 12 TS errors, 4 TS 
continuity errors
Sep 17 00:51:06 gonzo vdr[2600]: cTS2PES got 0 TS errors, 4 TS 
continuity errors
----- >8 ---/ my /var/log/messages --- 8< -----

dmesg says:
----- >8 --- dmesg output --- 8< -----
Linux video capture interface: v1.00
DVB: registering new adapter (TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-T  PCI).
tda1004x: Detected Philips TDA10045H.
tda1004x: Detected Philips TDM1316L tuner.
DVB: registering frontend 0:0 (Philips TDA10045H)...
mt312_read: ret == -121
TT-Budget/WinTV-NOVA-T  PCI adapter 0 has MAC addr = 00:d0:5c:03:22:b7

Technisat SkyStar2 driver loading
----- >8 ---/ dmesg output --- 8< -----



lspci -v
----- >8 --- lspci -v --- 8< -----
00:0f.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7146 (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Technotrend Systemtechnik GmbH: Unknown device 1011
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at cfffce00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512 ]
----- >8 ---/ lspci -v --- 8< -----

lsmod
----- >8 --- lsmod --- 8< -----
dvb-ttpci             302644   0  (unused)
mt312                   5100   0
tda1004x                8712   1
ves1820                 3676   0
stv0299                 6644   0  (unused)
grundig_29504-491       3172   0
grundig_29504-401       3564   0
alps_tdlb7              3760   0
alps_tdmb7              3464   0
alps_bsrv2              3484   0
----- >8 ---/ lsmod --- 8< -----

My channels.conf for the channels on VHF
----- >8 --- channels.conf --- 8< -----
WDR:177500:I0C23D0M16B8T8G8Y0:T:27500:241:242:247:0:15:0:0:0
NDR Fernsehen:191500:I0C23D0M16B8T8G8Y0:T:27500:301:302:304:0:3:0:0:0
SWR BW:177500:I0C23D0M16B8T8G8Y0:T:27500:257:258:263:0:16:0:0:0
MDR Fernsehen:191500:I0C23D0M16B8T8G8Y0:T:27500:101:102:104:0:1:0:0:0
arte:191500:I0C23D0M16B8T8G8Y0:T:27500:201:202,203:204:0:2:0:0:0
BBC World:177500:I0C23D0M16B8T8G8Y0:T:27500:49:50:55:0:16387:0:0:0
FAB:177500:I0C23D0M16B8T8G8Y0:T:27500:3073:3074:3079:0:16576:0:0:0
----- >8 ---/ channels.conf --- 8< -----

Output while starting vdr (but I don't think it's related to my problem 
- you never know...)
----- >8 --- Output while starting vdr --- 8< -----
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/kernel/drivers/input/input.o
insmod: a module named input already exists
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-4GB/kernel/drivers/input/evdev.o
insmod: a module named evdev already exists
[...]
insmod skystar2.o;
skystar2.o: init_module: No such device
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, 
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
      You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
----- >8 ---/ Output while starting vdr --- 8< -----




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