Hi Barry, On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 01:41:41AM +0100, BOUWSMA Barry wrote: > Basically, this all means that your tuner sees something, > but it can't quite lock onto it. > > Right. > > Am I better getting a new card? I got this a couple of years ago when I > > was on windows, and never used it, so yeh I don't have the original > > aerial that came with it or the original disks... > > As Antti has suggested, you may have better luck with a > new different card. > Alright then. > As an offside, supposedly the linux-dvb mailing list has > been abandoned by every developer, and only a few DVB-freak > luddites remain, and in theory, by posting this to the > linux-media list I should magically reach thousands of > developers who can fix the support for your card. Riiiight. > > For these developers, seeing this for the first time, the > history behind this thread, including details about the > card being discussed, are safely archived on the linux-dvb > mailing list over the past three-or-so days. > ok > > I'm connecting it to a co-axle point in my home; I lost the original > > antenna. > > I'm reasonably sure that point should work fine. > > I will take your word for it; you are welcome to still > have doubts. However, if others in your home are able > to tune digital TV signals, then that pretty much > points to your device as having problems. > ok > In place of the original antenna, you can try a short > length of wire, say, 5cm long for the UHF frequency, to > about half a metre for the other frequencies. This will, What kind of wire? Ear phone? and how do I hook this up to the receiver since it has a co-axle input plug on it. > I have worried that what I write might not work when > converted to speech. Probably I should not worry, but > be certain that I do not attempt any ASCII graphics that > depend on sight, and of a whole screen. If, by mistake, > I have done this, please give me the slap I deserve... Nup, you've done a great job. When using mutt and brltty with my braille terminal, I've never come across anything I couldn't read (yet:-)) And that's been over a year. > Availability seems to depend a lot on geographic > region, so you are going to want to hear from someone > also in Australia who can offer suggestions. I'm probably going to buy off ebay. > this far, GET A LIFE!!1! I mean, sorry, here is some lol :-) thanks very much Barry, that information is very useful indeed. Have a good one Daniel. _______________________________________________ linux-dvb users mailing list For V4L/DVB development, please use instead linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
