[mythtv-users] Problem with Hauppauge WINTV Nova-T 500 PCI

[Bill Williamson]

On 9/1/07, Joacim J <jocke4news at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/31/07, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 8/31/07, Joacim J <jocke4news at gmail.com > wrote:
> > >
> > > What tool in Linux can I use with DVB-T tuners to test the signal
> > > quality so I can adjust the direction of the antenna (maybe it is possible
> > > to increase the signal by tweaking a bit).
> >
> >
> >
> > tzap
> >
> >
>
> I get SNR 00000
>
> root at frodo:~/.tzap# tzap -a 0 "Discovery"
> using '/dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0' and '/dev/dvb/adapter0/demux0'
> tuning to 594000000 Hz
> video pid 0x03ab, audio pid 0x03aa
> status 03 | signal 9910 | snr 0000 | ber 001fffff | unc 00003e9b |
> status 1b | signal 9971 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00000000 |
> FE_HAS_LOCK
> status 1b | signal 99ba | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 000039ef |
> FE_HAS_LOCK
> status 1b | signal 9971 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00003efe |
> FE_HAS_LOCK
> status 1b | signal 998c | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00003e40 |
> FE_HAS_LOCK
> status 1b | signal 9988 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00003f00 |
> FE_HAS_LOCK
> status 1b | signal 9871 | snr 0000 | ber 00000000 | unc 00003f00 |
> FE_HAS_LOCK



you are getting a HUGE unc, which is "uncorrectable errors".
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