Sony PlayTV dual tuner DVB-T
The Sony PlayTV is a USB 2.0 device containing dual DVB-T tuners. It is sold without a remote, as an accessory for the Playstation 3].
It is supported under Linux.
Overview
This device, vendor id 0x1415, product id 0x0003, is based around the DiBcom STK7070PD reference design and has a STK7070PD frontend and two DIB7070p tuners.
It has two distinct advantages over its sibling devices:
- the use of a single external antenna connected, which is internally used to drive both tuners, rather than requiring an external splitter
- its packaging in a well designed and sufficiently shielded external casing that reduces any risk of electromagnetic interference
See Wikipedia [1] for more info on the device itself.
Making it Work
Linux
Firmware
You will need the dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw firmware file in /lib/firmware or the relevant place for your distribution.
Drivers
It requires the dib0700 driver, updated to include support for this variant of the reference design.
Support is available via a patch for the 2.6.28.4 kernel or from the v4l-dvb tree since changeset 10824.
Using Mercurial and following the How to Obtain, Build and Install V4L-DVB Device Drivers instructions is the recommended way to obtain the driver until it has been included in an official kernel release.
Windows
Support in Windows is available by patching the .inf file of either the 32-bit or 64-bit Pinnacle_PCTV_Dual_DVB-T_Diversity_Stick_(2001e) drivers, to add the additional 0x1415/0x0003 ids.
User Experiences
See the talk page
References
Useful information is available from the pages of these similar/identical devices: