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

[Gavin Whitehead]

On 16/01/2012 06:22, Tony Sauri wrote:
> 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
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Thanks Tony.  I'll do that.

By the way, having Googled around this config change I can see lots of 
pages saying you should do this - but none explaining why.  Any ideas?

Gav