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A DVB-S/S2 PCI card from [[TeVii]].
A DVB-S/S2 PCI card from [[TeVii]].


[[File:Tevii_s464.jpg|200px|thumb|right|TeVii S464]]
[[File:Tevii_s464.jpg|200px|thumb|right|TeVii S464]]


==Overview/Features==
==Hardware/Features==
* PCI low profile


Retail packaging includes full-height and low profile brackets, an IR receiver cable and an IR handset.
Low profile DVB-S/S2 PCI card.


===Components Used===
===Components Used===
* RF Tuner: [[Montage]] [[Montage M88TS2020|M88TS2020]]
* Demodulator (twice): [[Montage]] [[Montage M88DS3000|M88DS3000]]
* PCI bridge: [[Conexant]] CX23880


===Identification===
===Identification===


<pre>
===Other Images===
lspci -wn


01:06.0 0400: 14f1:8800 (rev 05)
==Making it Work==
Subsystem: d464:9022
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data <?>
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: cx8800
Kernel modules: cx8800

01:06.2 0480: 14f1:8802 (rev 05)
Subsystem: d464:9022
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: cx88-mpeg driver manager
Kernel modules: cx8802
</pre>

== Linux support ==


===Firmware===
===Firmware===

Firmware is required for this card and can be extracted from the TeVii driver package;

wget http://www.tevii.com/tevii_ds3000.tar.gz

tar xfvz tevii_ds3000.tar.gz

cp dvb-fe-ds3000.fw /lib/firmware


===Drivers===
===Drivers===

As of March 2011, this card is supported by the V4L-DVB media_build tree and the driver has been merged into the 2.6.39 kernel.


===Sample kernel output===
===Sample kernel output===
===Remote Control Support===
===Remote Control Support===

===Usage with MythTV===

This card works great for recieving DVB-S and DVB-S2 channels from Astra/Eurobird 28.2E.

===Problems===

There seems to be a problem with symbolrate.
Using i.e. 21999999 instead of 22000000 solves this

There seem to be different revisions - newer models get frequent reports of tuning-problems using in-kernel module. The vendors module seems to work but may not be available for current kernels


==External Links==
==External Links==


http://www.tevii.com/product_s464.html Manufacturers Website.
[http://www.tevii.com/Products_S464_1.asp Manufacturers Website]

[http://www.dvbshop.net/product_info.php/info/p2317_TeVii-S464-DVB-S2-HDTV-PCI-Diseqc-1-2-2-0-Low-profile.html Product Page at DVBshop.net (A European Retailer)]
[[Category:DVB-S PCI Cards]]
[[Category:DVB-S PCI Cards]]
[[Category:DVB-S2 PCI Cards]]
[[Category:DVB-S2 PCI Cards]]

Latest revision as of 15:53, 8 April 2013

A DVB-S/S2 PCI card from TeVii.

TeVii S464

Hardware/Features

  • PCI low profile

Retail packaging includes full-height and low profile brackets, an IR receiver cable and an IR handset.

Components Used

Identification

lspci -wn

01:06.0 0400: 14f1:8800 (rev 05)
        Subsystem: d464:9022
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
        Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [44] Vital Product Data <?>
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: cx8800
        Kernel modules: cx8800

01:06.2 0480: 14f1:8802 (rev 05)
        Subsystem: d464:9022
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Capabilities: [4c] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: cx88-mpeg driver manager
        Kernel modules: cx8802

Linux support

Firmware

Firmware is required for this card and can be extracted from the TeVii driver package;

wget http://www.tevii.com/tevii_ds3000.tar.gz

tar xfvz tevii_ds3000.tar.gz

cp dvb-fe-ds3000.fw /lib/firmware

Drivers

As of March 2011, this card is supported by the V4L-DVB media_build tree and the driver has been merged into the 2.6.39 kernel.

Sample kernel output

Remote Control Support

Usage with MythTV

This card works great for recieving DVB-S and DVB-S2 channels from Astra/Eurobird 28.2E.

Problems

There seems to be a problem with symbolrate. Using i.e. 21999999 instead of 22000000 solves this

There seem to be different revisions - newer models get frequent reports of tuning-problems using in-kernel module. The vendors module seems to work but may not be available for current kernels

External Links

Manufacturers Website

Product Page at DVBshop.net (A European Retailer)