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zoryfl

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Registered: 2007-10-27

Posts: 32

[SOLVED] TV Card Tevion MD 9717 TVtime no signal

Hi there,

the topic says it all..

After dozens of hours using google and trying out several configs and commands, I am still not where I want to be: Being able to watch TV.

When I start TVtime and scan for progams or start the tvtime-scanner he can't find a signal on any frequency. The settings are alright so far -it is set to PAL and Europe. (which is correct because I am from Germany)

In my modprobe.conf there is the following entry: http://pastebin.org/6122
card=6 is said to be correct if you believe the lists for supported saa7134 cards.

The card is running fine with windows by the way. The input is set to PAL_B there and it works without any problems.

It would be great if you could help me to solve this problem.
Some outputs that might help following:

dmesg | grep saa output:
http://pastebin.org/5681

lspci:
1:09.0 Multimedia controller: Philips Semiconductors SAA7134/SAA7135HL Video Broadcast Decoder (rev 01)

xvinfo output:
http://pastebin.org/5682

Thank you very much in advance..

Last edited by zoryfl (2007-10-29 10:50:40)

crouse

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From: Iowa - USA

Registered: 2006-08-19

Posts: 907

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Re: [SOLVED] TV Card Tevion MD 9717 TVtime no signal

I think your just missing the correct tuner..........  trial and error at this point may be the easiest way to find it.
The available tuners that might match are as follows:

tuner=1 - Philips PAL_I (FI1246 and compatibles)
tuner=2 - Philips NTSC (FI1236,FM1236 and compatibles)
tuner=3 - Philips (SECAM+PAL_BG) (FI1216MF, FM1216MF, FR1216MF)
tuner=5 - Philips PAL_BG (FI1216 and compatibles)
tuner=17 - Philips NTSC_M (MK2)
tuner=23 - Philips PAL_DK (FI1256 and compatibles)
tuner=24 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FQ1216ME)
tuner=38 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3)
tuner=41 - Philips PAL_MK (FI1216 MK)
tuner=42 - Philips 1236D ATSC/NTSC daul in
tuner=43 - Philips NTSC MK3 (FM1236MK3 or FM1236/F)
tuner=44 - Philips 4 in 1 (ATI TV Wonder Pro/Conexant)
tuner=51 - Philips PAL/SECAM_D (FM 1256 I-H3)
tuner=53 - Philips FQ1286
tuner=56 - Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FQ1216AME MK4)
tuner=57 - Philips FQ1236A MK4
tuner=62 - Philips TEA5767HN FM Radio
tuner=63 - Philips FMD1216ME MK3 Hybrid Tuner
tuner=67 - Philips TD1316 Hybrid Tuner
tuner=68 - Philips TUV1236D ATSC/NTSC dual in

#
# /etc/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
#

alias char-major-81-0 saa7134
options card=6
options tuner=

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You could also modprobe each option until you get the right one........

as root

modprobe saa7134 card=6 tuner=1
tvtime
rmmod saa7134

Then changing to the next one...... until you hit the right one......

modprobe saa7134 card=6 tuner=2
tvtime
rmmod saa7134

zoryfl

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Registered: 2007-10-27

Posts: 32

Re: [SOLVED] TV Card Tevion MD 9717 TVtime no signal

good morning,

thanks for the answer crouse but unfortunately I had the tuner-option in the modprobe.conf before, with tuner=38. And I am sure it is tuner 38 because any of the outputs I gathered trying it ( I don't remember which one :\ ) told me it is Philips PAL/SECAM multi (FM1216ME MK3).
And it didn't change anything.. so that's not the point I guess.

Still- I don't know what could be wrong then

edit:
http://cassy.dfmk.hu/~cassy/drivers/TV/ … allery.de/ This link says it is Tuner FM1216 which is number 63 in the list..
And I tried it but it didn't have any effect- still no signal on any frequency.

last edit:

incredible.. it worked now because I removed the card=6 option from my modprobe.conf and just did modprobe saa7134 i2c_scan=1 in the console.
great.. that was some wasted time searching for the failure-source..

Last edited by zoryfl (2007-10-29 10:52:08)