[mythtv-users] New PVR 500MCE, dead tuner?

[Kevin Kuphal]

On 7/28/07, Ted Anderson <tja at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> I'm working on a fresh install of Knoppmyth R5F1. I previously had been
> using a PVR 250 and added a PVR 500MCE when I decided to perform a clean
> install. After auto-install finished and I tried to setup the tuners, I
> saw that only one of the PVR 500's tuners was detected. I tried
> upgrading to ivtv 0.10.5 and got the same results. Here's my dmesg output:
>
> ivtv:  ==================== START INIT IVTV ====================
> ivtv:  version 0.10.5 (tagged release) loading
> ivtv:  Linux version: 2.6.18-chw-13 SMP preempt mod_unload 586 gcc-4.1
> ivtv:  In case of problems please include the debug info between
> ivtv:  the START INIT IVTV and END INIT IVTV lines, along with
> ivtv:  any module options, when mailing the ivtv-users mailinglist.
> ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
> ivtv0: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> ivtv0: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> ivtv0: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> tveeprom 1-0050: Hauppauge model 32062, rev C199, serial# 8552317
> tveeprom 1-0050: tuner model is TCL 2002N 5H (idx 99, type 50)
> tveeprom 1-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 1-0050: audio processor is MSP3445 (idx 12)
> tveeprom 1-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
> tveeprom 1-0050: has no radio, has IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
> ivtv0: Autodetected Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250
> tuner 1-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> saa7115 1-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 (ivtv i2c driver
> #0)
> msp3400 1-0040: MSP3445G-B8 found @ 0x80 (ivtv i2c driver #0)
> ivtv0: Registered device video0 for encoder MPEG (4 MB)
> ivtv0: Registered device video32 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
> ivtv0: Registered device vbi0 for encoder VBI (1 MB)
> ivtv0: Registered device video24 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
> tuner 1-0061: type set to 50 (TCL 2002N)
> ivtv0: Initialized Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250, card #0
> ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
> ivtv1: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
> ivtv1: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> ivtv1: Retry loading firmware
> ivtv1: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> ivtv1: Error initializing firmware
> ivtv1: Error -19 on initialization
> ivtv:  ======================  NEXT CARD  ======================
> ivtv2: Autodetected Hauppauge card (cx23416 based)
> ivtv2: Unreasonably low latency timer, setting to 64 (was 32)
> ivtv2: loaded v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw firmware (376836 bytes)
> ivtv2: Encoder revision: 0x02060039
> tuner 2-0043: chip found @ 0x86 (ivtv i2c driver #2)
> tda9887 2-0043: tda988[5/6/7] found @ 0x43 (tuner)
> tuner 2-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (ivtv i2c driver #2)
> tveeprom 2-0050: Hauppauge model 23552, rev E692, serial# 10303535
> tveeprom 2-0050: tuner model is Philips FQ1236A MK4 (idx 92, type 57)
> tveeprom 2-0050: TV standards NTSC(M) (eeprom 0x08)
> tveeprom 2-0050: second tuner model is Philips TEA5768HL FM Radio (idx
> 101, type 62)
> tveeprom 2-0050: audio processor is CX25843 (idx 37)
> tveeprom 2-0050: decoder processor is CX25843 (idx 30)
> tveeprom 2-0050: has radio, has no IR receiver, has no IR transmitter
> ivtv2: Correcting tveeprom data: no radio present on second unit
> ivtv2: Autodetected WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2)
> cx25840 2-0044: cx25843-24 found @ 0x88 (ivtv i2c driver #2)
> wm8775 2-001b: chip found @ 0x36 (ivtv i2c driver #2)
> ivtv2: Registered device video2 for encoder MPEG (4 MB)
> ivtv2: Registered device video34 for encoder YUV (2 MB)
> ivtv2: Registered device vbi2 for encoder VBI (1 MB)
> ivtv2: Registered device video26 for encoder PCM audio (1 MB)
> tuner 2-0061: type set to 57 (Philips FQ1236A MK4)
> ivtv2: Initialized WinTV PVR 500 (unit #2), card #2
> ivtv:  ====================  END INIT IVTV  ====================
> ir-kbd-i2c: i2c IR (Hauppauge) detected at i2c-1/1-0018/ir0 [ivtv i2c
> driver #0]
>
> I've done a lot of searching, and most solutions point to problems with
> the firmware revision, etc. However, since one tuner is detected I'm
> thinking the other tuner is plain bad. Is there any possibility there's
> a software fix to this problem or do I need a new PVR 500? I'm hoping I
> don't have to get another one because returning things to newegg from an
> APO address is a pain.
>

Suggestion

Put it in a windows box and see if it works.  Probably alot easier to
troubleshoot.

Kevin
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