On 05/20/2013 11:42 AM, Ted To wrote: > Hi, > > On 05/20/2013 02:55 AM, Hans de Goede wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 05/19/2013 10:18 PM, Ted To wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I purchased this device and while the device driver loads and I can set >>> up gnomeradio to access it, it picks up no radio stations, despite being >>> the model with an external antenna. The log output says "software >>> version 0, hardware version 7". I'm running Debian Wheezy and the >>> output from dmesg is: >>> >>> [66842.724036] usb 2-3: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd >>> [66842.936144] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=06e1, >>> idProduct=a155 >>> [66842.936150] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, >>> SerialNumber=0 >>> [66842.936154] usb 2-3: Product: ADS InstantFM Music >>> [66842.936156] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: ADS TECH >>> [66843.275730] Linux media interface: v0.10 >>> [66843.296811] Linux video capture interface: v2.00 >>> [66843.321815] USB radio driver for Si470x FM Radio Receivers, Version >>> 1.0.10 >>> [66843.323136] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: DeviceID=0xffff ChipID=0xffff >>> [66843.326127] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: software version 0, hardware >>> version 7 >>> [66843.326131] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: This driver is known to work with >>> software version 7, >>> [66843.326135] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: but the device has software >>> version 0. >>> [66843.326138] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: If you have some trouble using this >>> driver, >>> [66843.326141] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: please report to V4L ML at >>> linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> [66843.338247] usbcore: registered new interface driver radio-si470x >>> [66843.407477] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio >>> >>> Any help on what I need to do to get this working would be much >>> appreciated. >> >> Can you try with the (console-based) radio app from the latest xawtv >> release, >> xawtv-3.103 ? > >> gnomeradio is not being actively maintained, so it could be your just >> hitting >> a gnomeradio issue. >> >> Regards, >> >> Hans > > > I had tried "radio" from the debian repository (version 3.102) but sadly > it did not work. I also tried 3.103 from the sid repository and I get > the following error: > > Invalid freq '138650000'. Current freq out of range? > > I can get it to start if I use the "-s" option but still, nothing plays. > Moreover, if I give it a specific frequency, it does not start at that > frequency. > > Could the problem be that my device does not have version 7 of the > firmware? Google has not been helpful regarding how this can be upgraded. > > Thanks, > Ted Actually, playing around with it some more (the version in the stable repository), it appears to be picking something up. "radio -s" produces the following: $ radio -s baseline at 1.00 Station 0: 88.10 MHz - 4.00 Station 1: 88.90 MHz - 3.00 Station 2: 89.70 MHz - 2.00 Station 3: 91.50 MHz - 2.00 Station 4: 92.35 MHz - 3.00 Station 5: 93.10 MHz - 3.00 Station 6: 95.10 MHz - 3.00 Station 7: 95.90 MHz - 2.00 Station 8: 97.80 MHz - 4.00 Station 9: 99.10 MHz - 2.00 Station 10: 100.45 MHz - 2.00 Station 11: 101.90 MHz - 2.00 Station 12: 102.70 MHz - 2.00 Station 13: 104.25 MHz - 4.00 Station 14: 105.75 MHz - 3.00 Station 15: 106.50 MHz - 5.00 tuned 88.10 MHz I assume that the last number is a measure of signal strength? The problem is that no sound is produced. FYI, gnomeradio gives a 'Could not open "/dev/mixer"!' error. There seem to be some bugs reported regarding this problem. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-driver/+bug/613809 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
