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'''TwinHan''' is a taiwanese manufacturer of several multimedia products.
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The '''Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd''' (short '''Twinhan''') is a taiwanese manufacturer of a plethora of DVB (S/C/T/HDTV) PCI based as well as USB based devices cards.

Originally had closed source bttv drivers (based on the BSD License) for Redhat 9.0. Since there was a heavy cross exchange of fire between the bttv authors and the company, they removed Linux as a supported OS from the list of supported platforms.

== Cards ==

=== DVB-T ===
* [[TwinhanDTV Digital Terrestrial TV Card Ter]]

===TwinHan DVB-T===
("DTTDIG") (dst)
features: fullts
card driver: dvb-bt8xx
interface: PCI
PCI device id: 14f1:8804
PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001
Bridge: bt8xx
frontend 1:
frontend driver: dst
Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details.
The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.

===TwinHan V3021===
(nxt6000/ALPS TDED4-504A(TI ALP50))
features: fullts, AVin
card driver: dvb-bt8xx
interface: PCI
PCI device id: 109e:0878
PCI subsystem id: 0071:0101
Bridge: bt8xx
frontend 1
tin box: ALPS TDED4-504A
frontend driver: nxt6000
demodulator location: tin box
demodulator: NxtWave Communications NXT6000 @0x0A
PLL: TI ALP50 @0x60
Notes: This board design is used by numerous OEMs. Other names it may be known as include: Nebula DigiTV


=== DVB-C ===
* [[VisionDTV Mini Cab DVB-C PCI]]
* [[TwinhanDTV Cab-CI]]

===TwinHan ???? ("DCTNEW")===
(dst)
features: fullts
card driver: dvb-bt8xx
interface: PCI
PCI device id: 14f1:8804
PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001
Bridge: bt8xx
frontend 1:
frontend driver: dst
Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details.
The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.

===TwinHan ("DCT-CI")===
(dst)
features: fullts
card driver: dvb-bt8xx
interface: PCI
PCI device id: 14f1:8804
PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001
Bridge: bt8xx
frontend 1:
driver: dst
Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details.
The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.


=== DVB-S ===
All the Twinhan [[DVB-S]] cards use a [[LG]] tuner. If you have a good signal,
this tuner is perfectly alright, but in cases of low signals the tuner freaks out..

The tuner has a high phase noise ... ?

[[Image:Tuner-bottom.jpg|thumb|Bottom View - The Zarlink SL1925E & the infamous STV0299B]]


[[Image:Tuner-top.jpg|thumb|Top View - The chip is the Philips TSA5059T]]


{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"
|+'''DVB-S Devices sold by Twinhan'''
|-
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Device
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Trade Name (on box)
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Description
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Firmware / dst_get_device_id
|-
| [[Twinhan VP-1020|Twinhan VP-1020 PCTV Sat]]
|
| [[DVB-S]] [[Budget]] [[DVB-S_PCI_Cards|PCI card]]
|
|-
|[[Twinhan VP-1020A|Twinhan VP-1020A PCTV Sat]]
|
|[[DVB-S]] [[Budget]] [[DVB-S_PCI_Cards|PCI card]]
|
|-
|[[Twinhan VP-1022|Twinhan VP-1022]]
| DTV Mini-Sat
|[[DVB-S]] [[Budget]] [[DVB-S_PCI_Cards|PCI card]]
| DST-03T
|-
|[[Twinhan VP-1025|Twinhan VP-1025 PCTV Sat]]
| DTV Sat-Express
|[[DVB-S]] [[Budget]] [[DVB-S_PCI_Cards|PCI card]]
| DST-03T
|-
|[[Twinhan VP-1030]]
|
|[[DVB-S]] [[Budget]] [[DVB-S_PCI_Cards|PCI card]]
| ?
|-
|[[Twinhan VP-1030A|Twinhan VP-1030A PCTV Sat CI]]
|
|[[DVB-S]] [[Budget]] [[DVB-S_PCI_Cards|PCI card]]
| DSTMCI
|-
|[[Twinhan VP-1030C|Twinhan VP-1030C PCTV Sat CI]]
|
|[[DVB-S]] [[Budget]] [[DVB-S_PCI_Cards|PCI card]]
|
|}

Firmare id is returned by the card's firmware. You can find this id in the traces. (/var/log/messages) For instance:

Apr 12 08:31:58 localhost kernel: dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DST-CI]


{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"
|+'''Twinhan clone DVB-S Devices'''
|-
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Brand
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Device
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Description
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Firmware
|-
| Digital Rise
| DTV PCI Sat CI [http://www.digitalrise.biz/products/dvb_tuner/sat/pci_ci/#]
| Clone of VP-1032
|
|-
| Hercules
|[[Hercules_Smart_TV_Satellite|Smart TV Satellite]]
|Clone of VP-1030
| DST-CI
|-
| Pinnacle
| PCTV Sat CI
| same as Smart TV Satellite?
|
|-
| TechniSat
| SkyStar1 CI < v3.0
| Clone of VP-1032 (VP-1030C)
| DST-CI
|-
| TechniSat
| SkyStar1 CI v3.0
| Clone of VP-1030A
| DSTMCI
|}

Twinhan card are also sold as OEM by Hama ,VVMER, Tomato...

== USB ==

For USB cards, also see [[VisionDTV USB Terrestrical]].''

{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"
|+'''DVB Devices sold by Twinhan'''
|-
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Device
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Description
|-
! style="background:#efefef;" | [[Twinhan VisionPlus VisionDTV USB-Ter DVB-T]]
! [[DVB-T]] [[USB]] Device based on [[DiBcom]] reference USB design equiped with a DiBcom 3000-MB demod.
|-
|}


== External Links ==
* [http://www.twinhan.com/ TwinHan Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)]


[[Category:Vendor]]

Revision as of 01:58, 14 March 2007

TwinHan is a taiwanese manufacturer of several multimedia products.

The Twinhan Technology Co. Ltd (short Twinhan) is a taiwanese manufacturer of a plethora of DVB (S/C/T/HDTV) PCI based as well as USB based devices cards.

Originally had closed source bttv drivers (based on the BSD License) for Redhat 9.0. Since there was a heavy cross exchange of fire between the bttv authors and the company, they removed Linux as a supported OS from the list of supported platforms.

Cards

DVB-T

TwinHan DVB-T

("DTTDIG") (dst) 

 features: fullts
 card driver: dvb-bt8xx
 interface: PCI
 PCI device id: 14f1:8804
 PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001
 Bridge: bt8xx
 frontend 1:
   frontend driver: dst
 Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details.
        The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.

TwinHan V3021

(nxt6000/ALPS TDED4-504A(TI ALP50)) 

 features: fullts, AVin
 card driver: dvb-bt8xx
 interface: PCI
 PCI device id: 109e:0878
 PCI subsystem id: 0071:0101
 Bridge: bt8xx
 frontend 1
   tin box: ALPS TDED4-504A
   frontend driver: nxt6000
   demodulator location: tin box
   demodulator: NxtWave Communications NXT6000 @0x0A
   PLL: TI ALP50 @0x60
 Notes: This board design is used by numerous OEMs. Other names it may be known as include: Nebula DigiTV


DVB-C

TwinHan ???? ("DCTNEW")

(dst) 

 features: fullts
 card driver: dvb-bt8xx
 interface: PCI
 PCI device id: 14f1:8804
 PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001
 Bridge: bt8xx
 frontend 1:
   frontend driver: dst
 Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details.
        The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.

TwinHan ("DCT-CI")

(dst) 

 features: fullts
 card driver: dvb-bt8xx
 interface: PCI
 PCI device id: 14f1:8804
 PCI subsystem id: 1822:0001
 Bridge: bt8xx
 frontend 1:
   driver: dst
 Notes: The frontends on these cards are hidden behind an ASIC - no need to know the full details.
        The actual card type is determined by interrogating the onboard EEPROM.


DVB-S

All the Twinhan DVB-S cards use a LG tuner. If you have a good signal, this tuner is perfectly alright, but in cases of low signals the tuner freaks out..

The tuner has a high phase noise ... ?

Bottom View - The Zarlink SL1925E & the infamous STV0299B


Top View - The chip is the Philips TSA5059T


DVB-S Devices sold by Twinhan
Device Trade Name (on box) Description Firmware / dst_get_device_id
Twinhan VP-1020 PCTV Sat DVB-S Budget PCI card
Twinhan VP-1020A PCTV Sat DVB-S Budget PCI card
Twinhan VP-1022 DTV Mini-Sat DVB-S Budget PCI card DST-03T
Twinhan VP-1025 PCTV Sat DTV Sat-Express DVB-S Budget PCI card DST-03T
Twinhan VP-1030 DVB-S Budget PCI card ?
Twinhan VP-1030A PCTV Sat CI DVB-S Budget PCI card DSTMCI
Twinhan VP-1030C PCTV Sat CI DVB-S Budget PCI card

Firmare id is returned by the card's firmware. You can find this id in the traces. (/var/log/messages) For instance: 

Apr 12 08:31:58 localhost kernel: dst_get_device_id: Recognise [DST-CI]


Twinhan clone DVB-S Devices
Brand Device Description Firmware
Digital Rise DTV PCI Sat CI [1] Clone of VP-1032
Hercules Smart TV Satellite Clone of VP-1030 DST-CI
Pinnacle PCTV Sat CI same as Smart TV Satellite?
TechniSat SkyStar1 CI < v3.0 Clone of VP-1032 (VP-1030C) DST-CI
TechniSat SkyStar1 CI v3.0 Clone of VP-1030A DSTMCI

Twinhan card are also sold as OEM by Hama ,VVMER, Tomato...

USB

For USB cards, also see VisionDTV USB Terrestrical.

DVB Devices sold by Twinhan
Device Description
Twinhan VisionPlus VisionDTV USB-Ter DVB-T DVB-T USB Device based on DiBcom reference USB design equiped with a DiBcom 3000-MB demod.


External Links

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