MSI DigiVox mini II

MSI DigiVox mini II

A DVB-T USB 2.0 device from MSI.

PLEASE NOTE:

• This stick is not the same as the MSI DigiVox mini II V2.0 (Vendor site) or MSI DigiVox mini II V3.0 (Vendor site)

The stick may partially work with USB 1.1, but I had trouble watching some of the channels until I installed and used an USB 2.0 PCI expansion card --Caius.

Status

Supported. See linux-dvb mailing list for more details. Works fine.

Components Used:

• NXP/Philips 8275ac1 (tuner)
• NXP/Philips TDA10046A (demodulator)
• ULi M9206 (USB bridge)

Driver

• dvb-usb-m920x

Install

1. how to use (tested with ubuntu 7.04):
   • build driver -> How to build from Mercurial
     • hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb
     • cd v4l-dvb
     • make
     • su -c "make install"
   • install firmware
     • wget http://stgcsource.de/dvb-usb-digivox-02.fw
     • su -c "mv dvb-usb-digivox-02.fw /lib/firmware/`uname -r`"
   • Plug in MSI DIGI VOX mini-II
   • start your favourite tv player
2. tested applications:
   • vlc -> use channellist as playlist
   • kaffeine -> builtin channel scan
3. if driver and firmware installed well dmesg or /var/log/messages should show something like this:

Jun 23 11:47:41 nbdsc kernel: [ 1024.272000] usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
Jun 23 11:47:41 nbdsc kernel: [ 1024.408000] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jun 23 11:47:41 nbdsc kernel: [ 1024.408000] dvb-usb: found a 'MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
Jun 23 11:47:41 nbdsc kernel: [ 1024.424000] dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-digivox-02.fw'
Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.040000] usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 6
Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.280000] usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.416000] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.416000] dvb-usb: found a 'MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0' in warm state.
Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.416000] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.416000] DVB: registering new adapter (MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0)
Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.456000] DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)...
Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.488000] dvb-usb: MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected.

If the stick isn't connected into a USB 2.0 port, instead of:

Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.416000] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.

You will probably get something like this:

Jun 23 11:47:42 nbdsc kernel: [ 1025.416000] dvb-usb: will use the device's hardware PID filter (table count: 8).

People who own such a device

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

Name	Email
Friedrich	friedrich at polizisten-duzer dot de
Lasse	Lasse.Ristig bei gmx punkt de
Mowik	mowik at no-log org
Dirk	info auf dischneider de
Caius	caiusgrr : gmail (noticed USB1.1 didn't work fully)

External Links

• MSI product page