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[[LifeView]]
[[LifeView]]

LifeView manufacture a variety of TV receivers for the consumer market
and for OEMs (including the LR534 for Packard Bell).

== LifeView TV Walker Twin | DVB-T USB Receiver ==

USB id: 10fd:0514 (cold - before firmware download)
USB id: 10fd:0513 (warm - after firmware download)

Status: Supported

Contains 2 tuners and 2 demodulators, and 1 remote control.

Works in kaffeine; dvbstream does not work (or wrong settings)

=== Images ===

* Coming soon


== LifeView LR534 mini-PCIe card ==
== LifeView LR534 mini-PCIe card ==
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Status: Supported using the driver for LifeView TV Walker Twin below
Status: Supported using the driver for LifeView TV Walker Twin below


USB id: 10fd:0513
USB id: 10fd:0513


Contains 1 tuner TDA8275 and 1 demodulator TDA10046.
Contains 1 tuner TDA8275 and 1 demodulator TDA10046.
No remote control.


=== Images ===
== LifeView TV Walker Twin | DVB-T-USB-Receiver ==


* See http://support.packardbell.com/de/item/index.php?i=spec_tvtuner_lr534&ppn=PB54M00003
USB id: 10fd:0514 (cold - before firmware download)
USB id: 10fd:0513 (warm - after firmware download)


== LifeView LR535 mini-PCIe card ==
==== Images ====

Status: Unknown - seeking information and pictures

USB id: 10fd:0535

=== Images ===


* Coming soon
* Coming soon

== Technical Details ==


==== Used ICs ====
==== Used ICs ====


* ULi M9206
* ULi M9206
* TDA 10046A (2 of them)
* TDA 10046A (2 of them in the TV Walker Twin)
* TDA 8275a (2 of them)
* TDA 8275a (2 of them in the TV Walker Twin)


==== Driver ====
==== Driver ====


* m920x experimental tree from http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/m920x
* dvb-usb-m920x + patch by Nick Andrew
* tda1004x
* tda1004x
* tda827x
* tda827x
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Supported and mostly working. Things which work include:
Supported and mostly working. Things which work include:


* Device is recognised and two tuners and two demodulators are attached
* Device is recognised and two tuners and two demodulators are attached
* Can play video streams using Kaffeine
* Can play video streams using Kaffeine
* Remote control initialisation and codes have been determined
* Remote control initialisation and codes have been determined


Things which may not work include:
Things which may not work include:


* "scan" only finds some transponders (for Nick Andrew, at least)
* "scan" only finds some transponders (for Nick Andrew, at least)
* Have not successfully used dvbstream yet
* Have not successfully used dvbstream yet


To make it work this device needs:
To make it work this device needs:


* dvb-usb-tvwalkert.fw firmware file from Nick Andrew
* m920x experimental tree from http://linuxtv.org/hg/~mkrufky/m920x
* dvb-usb-tvwalkert.fw firmware file from Nick Andrew


==== Technical Details ====
==== Technical Details ====

Revision as of 01:47, 27 March 2007

LifeView

LifeView

LifeView manufacture a variety of TV receivers for the consumer market and for OEMs (including the LR534 for Packard Bell).

LifeView TV Walker Twin | DVB-T USB Receiver

USB id: 10fd:0514 (cold - before firmware download)
USB id: 10fd:0513 (warm - after firmware download)

Status: Supported

Contains 2 tuners and 2 demodulators, and 1 remote control.

Works in kaffeine; dvbstream does not work (or wrong settings)

Images

  • Coming soon

LifeView LR534 mini-PCIe card

Status: Supported using the driver for LifeView TV Walker Twin below

USB id: 10fd:0513

Contains 1 tuner TDA8275 and 1 demodulator TDA10046. No remote control.

Images

LifeView LR535 mini-PCIe card

Status: Unknown - seeking information and pictures

USB id: 10fd:0535

Images

  • Coming soon

Technical Details

Used ICs

  • ULi M9206
  • TDA 10046A (2 of them in the TV Walker Twin)
  • TDA 8275a (2 of them in the TV Walker Twin)

Driver

Status

Supported and mostly working. Things which work include:

  • Device is recognised and two tuners and two demodulators are attached
  • Can play video streams using Kaffeine
  • Remote control initialisation and codes have been determined

Things which may not work include:

  • "scan" only finds some transponders (for Nick Andrew, at least)
  • Have not successfully used dvbstream yet

To make it work this device needs:

  • dvb-usb-tvwalkert.fw firmware file from Nick Andrew

Technical Details

The M9206 chip handles two demodulators and two tuners.

The demodulators are located at i2c addresses 0x10 and 0x16.

The tuners are located at i2c addresses 0xc0 and 0xc2.

Also, the device is probed twice, so it ends up as 4 adapters: /dev/dvb/adapter0 .. adapter3.

People who own such a device

Feel free to add yourself here, testers will always be needed!

Name Email
Nick Andrew nick-linuxtv at nick-andrew dot net
Ketrox ketrox at no-limitz dot org