Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (801e)

Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (801e)

Pinnacle is now selling a new device under the brand "Pinnacle HD Pro Stick", which is significantly different from the previously selling device with under the same name.

The device identifies itself as a "PCTV 801e" and the subsystem information provided by lsusb -v is 2304:023a.

The older version of the device (USB ID 2304:0227) can be found at Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (800e)

This device appears to be significantly different in architecture, and not a minor revision. In particular, the new device uses a DIBcom 0700C, as opposed to the older device which used an em28xx device. And the new device uses the xc5000, whereas the older device used an xc3028.

Overview/Features

This device supports ATSC (i.e. OTA Digital TV) and analog NTSC. It also has a connector on the side for an A/V cable dongle. The package includes a small dipole antenna and a short USB extension cable.

Components used

Here are the chips, according to a thread of discussion from the the linux-dvb mailing list:

Manufacturer	Part #	Chip content	Function	I2c addr	GPIO(s)
DIBcom	0700C-XCCXa-G	USB 2.0 D3LTK.1 / 0804-0100-C	USB Bridge	n/a	n/a
Samsung	S5H1411X01-Y0	NOTKRSUI H0801	8VSB/QAM Demodulator	0x19/0x1a
XCeive	XC5000AQ	BK66326.1 0802MYE3	RF Tuner	0x64	reset=GPIO1
Cirrus Logic	5340CZZ	0748 (date code)	Audio-only digitizer (most likely for analog FM radio)
Conexant	CX25843-24Z	71035657 0742 KOREA (probably lot code, date code and production location)	Video/audio digitizer (most likely for analog TV)	0x44	reset=GPIO10 sleep=GPIO2
			EEPROM	0x50

Making it Work

Firmware

In order to use the LinuxTV driver, you need to download and install the firmware for both the dib0700 and the xc5000. Note that if your firmware typically goes somewhere other than /lib/firmware, change the last two lines.

 wget http://devinheitmueller.com/801e/dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw
 wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/HVR-12x0-14x0-17x0_1_25_25271_WHQL.zip
 wget http://www.steventoth.net/linux/xc5000/extract.sh
 sh extract.sh
 cp dvb-fe-xc5000-1.1.fw /lib/firmware
 cp dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw /lib/firmware

Drivers

Use a recent snapshot of LinuxTV's v4l-dvb drivers

• Note that only ATSC support is working. Analog support is not implemented.
• Read the above mentioned Firmware section for details on installing the proper firmware.

Remote Control Support

The Pinnacle PCTV HD Pro Stick (801e) ships with a remote control, for which support in the LinuxTV driver was added in hg version 9639 (November 16, 2008).

External Links

• Pinnacle product pages:
  • "Pro" version
  • non "Pro" version