Hauppauge WinTV-Aero-m

A hybrid mulitple frontend (MFE) Digital TV USB 2.0 device, by Hauppauge, featuring reception capabilities for ATSC, ATSC-M/H and DVB-T.

It is supported under Linux; since kernel 3.2 for ATSC & DVB-T and kernel 3.5 for ATSC-M/H support.

Overview/Features

Components Used

• MaxLinear MxL111SF SoC
  • tuner
  • DVB-T demodulator
  • USB 2.0 bridge
• LG DT3305 demodulator (D)
• LG LG2161 demodulator (D-m)

Identification

Output of lsusb -v:

Making it Work

Firmware

No firmware is required for this device

Sample Kernel Output

Relevant dmesg output:

[   12.857506] usb 1-2.1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci_hcd
[   12.944095] usb 1-2.1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=2040, idProduct=c61b
[   12.944105] usb 1-2.1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[   12.944112] usb 1-2.1.2: Product: WinTV Aero-M
[   12.944117] usb 1-2.1.2: Manufacturer: Hauppauge
[   12.944122] usb 1-2.1.2: SerialNumber: 4034349227
[   12.954361] dvb-usb: found a 'Hauppauge WinTV-Aero-M' in warm state.
[   12.954397] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[   12.954399] dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
[   12.954898] DVB: registering new adapter (Hauppauge WinTV-Aero-M)
[   13.213153] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 0 (LG Electronics LGDT3305 VSB/QAM Frontend)...
[   13.234624] DVB: registering adapter 1 frontend 1 (MaxLinear MxL111SF DVB-T demodulator)...
[   13.235245] dvb-usb: Hauppauge WinTV-Aero-M successfully initialized and connected.
[   13.236864] mxl111sf: MxL111SF detected, v8_200 (0x18)
[   13.258084] tveeprom 6-0050: Hauppauge model 126001, rev F1G4, serial# 7817387
[   13.258088] tveeprom 6-0050: MAC address is 00:0d:fe:77:48:ab
[   13.258090] tveeprom 6-0050: tuner model is MaxLinear 111 (idx 164, type 4)
[   13.258092] tveeprom 6-0050: TV standards ATSC/DVB Digital (eeprom 0x80)
[   13.258093] tveeprom 6-0050: audio processor is None (idx 0)
[   13.258095] tveeprom 6-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
[   13.258261] usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_mxl111sf

Note: the above output is with a kernel version 3.4, so the ATSC-M/H support is not included

Remote Control Support

The remote has been successfully tested under Linux during driver development, however, said support is currently disabled, but will likely will be re-introduced in the near future.

User Experience

See the article's discussion page

External Links

• Hauppauge WinTV-Aero-m product page