Gunther Mayer wrote:
>
> Peter Kaczowka wrote:
> >
> > Type 2 seems to be it. This is strange, since type 2 should be for Philips NTSC
> > tuners, and the PCTV card supposedly uses a Temic NTSC tuner, which should be
> > type 6.
> >
> > I found this out (before receiving Zot's mail) by accident; I set type=2
> > explicitly for my WinTV card, started video with the Pinnacle card without
> > changing settings, and was surprised that the card then tuned. I then wasted an
> > hour or too before figuring out how it was now working.
>
> Your finding is reasonable.
> TEMIC has 2 different tuner series:
> - Tuner=8: Temic NTSC (4036 FY5) is Philips compatible (i.e. compatible to type=2)
> - Tuner=6: Temic NTSC (4032 FY5) is not
>
> The difference between 2 vs. 8 are (band) switch over frequencies: 451 vs. 463 MHz,
> this should only matter if you tune these frequencies. I don't know how strict the
> specifications from datasheets must be taken, I think it won't harm much in this
>case.
>
> Still open:
> Why does autodetect pick tuner=5 (i.e. PAL) as Zot wrote, perhaps he has another
> card. Zot do you live in PAL area?
>
Nope. US Att cable.
I am running Mandrake 7.2 with 2.2.17, mostly stock modules (do not have
the numbers in front of me).
I have tested newer modules and got the same results.
type 5 worked, sorta, and gave me a bad picture. Type 2 rocked. I will
try type 8.
I can test if you need me to.
> PAL (tuner=5) and NTSC (tuner=2) would both tune fine, only difference would be the
> IF (intermediate frequency) delta: your channels would be 6.85 MHz offset !
>
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