Sebastian Schneider wrote: > I got a Technisat Airstar 2 DVB-T PCI Card running in my PII 400 MMX > with kernel 2.6.10 and vdr 1.3.17 together with the dxr3-plugin 0.2.3-pre2. > > Here's my problem: > I measured 5V DC on the antenna input of my Airstar 2, which makes me > believe that it is configured for the use with an active antenna. As I > read, active antennas can lead to worse quality if they are used in > regions where the signal strength is quite strong enough for passive > antennas. So I got a passive one, but now I have to turn the 5V DC off. > I'm studying computer science so i'm a bit experienced in programming. I > - of course - searched the internet and looked in/changed various kernel > modules (skystar2, mt315, mt352, stv0299) but didn't manage to turn it > off. I read parts of the DVB-API documentation as well, but all I found > were functions concerning the power of LNBs. > > Could someone tell me how to turn the 5V DC off? Is it even possible? I am not sure if it can be turned off, but I am quite sure that it isn't necessary to turn it off to use a passive antenna. Johannes
