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TBS6618 PCIe DVB-C TV Tuner CI Card, built with Common Interface which allows insertion of CAM and smartcard for pay TV, is a good choice for watching/recording digital cable HD TV on PC.It's ready for the latest Linux kernels.

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===Overview/Features===

*Watch Cable TV & listen to Radio on PC
*DVB-C SD or HD TV Receiving
*Real Time and Scheduled Program Recording(PVR)
*Time Shifting to Pause Live TV
*Common Interface Support
*Linux MythTV, VDR, XBMC Support

===Components Used===
*SAA7160ET
*TDA10024
*TDA18252

===Identification===

02:00.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7160 (rev 03)
	Subsystem: Device 6618:0001
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 17
	Memory at fdd00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
	Capabilities: <access denied>
	Kernel driver in use: SAA716x TBS
	Kernel modules: saa716x_tbs-dvb

===Making it work===

I.0 install the TBS DVBC USB Stick firmware file "dvb-usb-tbsqbox-dvbc.fw" /lib/firmware/:

 # mv dvb-usb-tbsqbox-dvbc.fw /lib/firmware/

I.1 extract linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2 archive:

 # tar xjvf linux-tbs-drivers.tar.bz2

I.2 go to driver package directory:

 # cd linux-tbs-drivers

I.3 depending on your kernel version and if the kernel is x86 or
x86_64 (check output of 'uname -a') do:

- for x86 kernel 3.x (x86 32 bit installations of kernel 3.x):

 # ./v4l/tbs-x86_r3.sh

- for x86 kernel 2.6.x (x86 32 bit installations of kernel 2.6.x):

 # ./v4l/tbs-x86.sh

- for any x86_64 kernel (x86 64 bit installations of Linux):

 # ./v4l/tbs-x86_64.sh

I.4 build and install the driver:

 # make && make install

I.5 reboot in order to load the newly installed driver:

 # shutdown -r now


===Drivers===
Available [http://www.tbsdtv.com/download/#tbs6618 here]. Look for the TBS6618 Latest Linux driver

===Sample Kernel Output===
*[   14.588222] input: saa716x IR (TurboSight TBS 6618) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0/rc/rc0/input3
*[   14.588290] rc0: saa716x IR (TurboSight TBS 6618) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02:00.0/rc/rc0
*[   14.588372] input: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (saa716x) as /devices/virtual/input/input4
*[   14.588455] rc rc0: lirc_dev: driver ir-lirc-codec (saa716x) registered at minor = 0
*[   14.588459] DVB: registering new adapter (SAA716x dvb adapter)
*[   14.820821] TurboSight TBS6618 DVB-C card MAC=00:22:ab:b2:01:1b
*[   14.836148] tbsci: Initializing TBS 6618
*[   14.836280] tbsci: Adapter 0 CI initialized
*[   14.836283] DVB: registering adapter 0 frontend 0 (TurboSight TBS 6618 DVBC frontend)...

===External Links===


* [http://www.tbsdtv.com/products/tbs6618-dvb-c-tv-tuner-ci-pcie-card.html TBS6618 Product page]
* [http://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/index.php TBS Support forum]
* [http://www.buydvb.net/tbs6618-dvbc-tv-tuner-ci-pcie-card_p77.html Where to buy]

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