[mythtv-users] Maplin twin tuner DVB-T USB Stick?

[Ian Barton]

>>>>>> Has anybody tried using the twin tuner DVB-T USB stick that is currently 
>>>>>> on offer from Maplin?
>>>>>> It appears to be a Twinhan device.
>>>>>>
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>>>>> No, but I would be interested in buying one if it worked. As a side 
>>>>> issue are the aerials that are included with this sort of tuner any use 
>>>>> at all? I would quite like to use something like this with my notebook, 
>>>>> but my experience with Freeview suggests that anything less than a roof 
>>>>> mounted aerial is useless.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ian.
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>>>> Well I bit the bullet and bought one today. The device is a "TwinHan 
>>>> AzureWave AD-TU700(704J)" and, so far I haven't been able to get it to 
>>>> work. I'm away for the next few days, so won't be able to do any more 
>>>> with it, but if anyone has any idea how to make it work, I would be very 
>>>> pleased to hear.
>>>>
>>>> Dave.
>>>>
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>>>>       
>>> Looks like this device needs the af9015 driver which is only available 
>>> in the V4L/DVB kernel development branches at the moment as far as I can 
>>> see.
>>>
>>> Paul H.
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>> There is quite a bit of information on the Ubuntu forums at: 
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=606487 It doesn't look as 
>> though it's straightforward!
>>
>> Ian.
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> Well I've managed to get it to work (I'm using kubuntu intrepid) - this 
> is how:
> 
>    1. I Downloaded and extracted the source code for the af9015 driver
>       from http://linuxtv.org/hg/~anttip/af9015/archive/tip.tar.bz2
>    2. I Downloaded the firmware from
>       http://www.otit.fi/~crope/v4l-dvb/af9015/af9015_firmware_cutter/firmware_files/4.95.0/dvb-usb-af9015.fw
>    3. I copied the firmware file to /lib/firmware/ and
>       /lib/firmware/`uname -r`/ (I'm not sure which is actually used and
>       the various instructions I found pointed to both locations).
>    4. I changed into the af9015-93501ba684e4 directory and ran make then
>       sudo make install
>    5. I added dvb-usb-af9015 to /etc/modules
>    6. I added options dvb-usb-af9015 dual_mode=1 to /etc/modprobe.d/options
>    7. I rebooted and 2 new DVB devices were detected
> 
> I was then able to run mythtv-setup and add the new tuners n the usual way.
> 
Thanks for doing all the hard work:) I use Kubuntu too. I'll wander over 
to my local Maplins and get a tuner.

Ian.