DViCO FusionHDTV DVB-T Dual Express2

DVico Fusion HDTV Dual Express2 PCB showing component labels (give or take poor photography)

A new revision of a hybrid DVB-T PCIe card from DViCO.

The previous revision (Dual Express) has DVB support in mercurial, but not in the mainline kernel. This revision is not currently identified correctly in linux.

Overview/Features

Able to deliver one analogue channel and one digital channel simultaneously or 2 digital channels. High definition resolution is 1920 x 1080. Features a power switch pass-through to allow it to turn the host system on automatically.

Components Used

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Identification

       02:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Conexant Systems, Inc. CX23885 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [14f1:8852] (rev 04)
       Subsystem: DViCO Corporation Device [18ac:db98]
       Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
       Memory at f9000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2M]
       Capabilities: [40] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
       Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
       Capabilities: [90] Vital Product Data
       Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
       Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
       Capabilities: [200] Virtual Channel

Other images

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  Dvico Dual express2 showing underside detail

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  Dvico Dual express2 showing mounting backplate

Making it Work

Remote Control Support

Have not attempted using remote with this card. Remote works ok with the USB receiver from a DVICO DVB-T Plus (slightly different repeat timing).

External Links

• DViCO FusionHDTV Dual DVB-T Express product page