[mythtv-users] UK: Problems tuning Hauppauge NOVA-T500 (DSO related?)

[Tony Sauri]

On Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:15, John Pilkington wrote:
> > I'm in the process of building my first MythTV box and I am currently
> > testing my tuner cards.  I'm having trouble getting my Hauppauge WinTV
> > NOVA-T-500 to tune to the DVT-B channels (Sandy Heath transmitter in the
> > UK).

In addition to ensuring you always do a cold reboot power into your Myth 
Backend  also make sure the Low Noise Amplifier is turned on.

Put these lines into a file in /etc/modprobe.d
#>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
#
#  Turn on the Hauppauge-T-500 DVB CARD  LNA (Low Noise Amplifier)
#
options dvb_usb_dib0700 force_lna_activation=1
#>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Tony Sauri