Hi all,
I've been using the Nova-T 500 PCI card and I'm using the Ubuntu 2.6.20
kernel. I and others in Melbourne, Australia have been having
reception problems on a couple of channels. The problem is not related
to signal strength/quality, but region specific. The Windows Media
Center community in Australia were also having the same reception
problems (see very long thread
<http://www.xpmediacentre.com.au/community/tuners-mce/12244-hauppage-nova-t-500-driver-bug-20.html#post120121>).
This community worked with the Australian distributer (New Magic), who
worked closely with Hauppauge to debug/fix the problem. After a couple
of months they got a fix.
Apparently the problem was with the dib0700 chipset. So this might
affect more than just this card. Here's the quote:
"For those interested the issue actually had nothing to do with
Hauppauge, but rather was a chipset issue which we have identified
in other tuner and set-top products. Because the issue is unique to
only small parts of Australia, many users and manufacturers write
the symptoms off as a reception problem."
The update hasn't been released publicly yet, but is available upon
request from New Magic (see note on this page
<http://www.newmagic.com.au/support/Hauppauge_Vista_Drivers.html>). Any
one interested can also email me off list, and I'd be happy to send it
through. The Windows instructions for installing the fix are:
* Install the latest drivers from here:
http://www.newmagic.com.au/support/Hauppauge_Vista_Drivers.html
* Copy the updated file "hcw99bda.sys" into the
C:\windows\system32\drivers into the driver directory.
* Restart the system.
Hopefully this is just a firmware fix, or something easy to reverse
engineer. ;)
Anyone know if "hcw99bda.sys" contains firmware? And how to extract it?
Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
Regards,
Matt Doran
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