[mythtv-users] Digital Devices Duoflex finally working

Nicolas Krzywinski myth at site7even.de
Mon Apr 13 20:57:04 UTC 2015


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> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:35:04 +0100
> From: Andre Newman <mythtv-list at dinkum.org.uk>
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Digital Devices Duoflex finally working
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> On 13 Apr 2015, at 14:09, Ian Oliver <lists at foxhill.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> OK, that was a long haul, and I'm afraid that this hardware really
>> doesn't feel like production quality.
>>
>> Issues
>> 1) Connectors on mini-PCIe card not boxed and keyed. This coupled 
>> with
>> the manual not showing the C/T/T2 version of the card at the other 
>> end
>> meant that I can to extract the cables a few times, which caused one
>> cable to come apart. I recrimped it, but still clearly had bad
>> connections as not all four transport streams were coming through. 
>> New
>> cables ordered.
>> 2) It didn't work even with the new cables! I examined the mini PCIe
>> card closely under high magnification and saw that A) there were 
>> hand-
>> mod wires on one connector due to the pinout being wrong (and this 
>> is I
>> guess why keyed connectors couldn't be used), B) the other connector
>> was very badly soldered with lots of joints not looking to have any
>> solder at all. Fortunately, I've got everything at home that I need 
>> for
>> surface mount rework, so I could fix it.
>>
>> It's now all working, but it was all very frustrating, and I had to
>> spend an extra ?20 on cables, which wouldn't have been needed if the
>> hardware was correctly designed and assembled. This isn't cheap gear 
>> so
>> I really can't say that I'm impressed.
>
> I feel I should apologise for pointing you in their direction!
>
> Sorry.
>
> The related card I have is excellent although the drivers took a
> while to be working properly.
>
> I had been considering getting a daughter card for mine (it has one
> expansion connection) but the comment about the mod wires makes me
> think a very early version of these cards doesn?t much chance of
> working with a recent one.
>
> Good job you?re able to re-work it although at their prices that?s
> the last thing you?d expect, it?s not a ?how cheap?? special from
> ebay!
>
> Andre
Uuuuh, sounds weird, did you contacted the manufacturer?

As Andre, I also had no hardware problems with my Duoflex, but great 
trouble with the drivers. Because of this, I complained at the 
manufacturer, but got no response.


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