ADS Tech Instant TV Deluxe - PTV305

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ADS Tech Instant TV Deluxe - PTV305

Vendor's Website: http://www.adstech.com/products/PTV-305/intro/PTV-305_intro.asp?pid=PTV-305 ADS Tech

  • Driver: cx88, cx88-blackbird, v4l-dvb-20061209 or newer (ie Kernel 2.6.20rc2 or newer)
  • Firmware: Requires firmware for the MPEG encoder portion to function correctly. Use same

firmware from ivtv drivers series.

Support Status

Baseline support under said references

  • Hardware
    • Cx23880-19 Broadcast Decoder
    • Cx23416-12 MPEG2 Encoder
    • TDA8275 + TDA8290 Tuners

Issues and Problems

  • Kernel Modules
    • Note that if you use this card alongside another cx88 based DVB base HDTV tuner card you might have to manually insmod cx88-dvb to get your DVB based card working.
    • Note that if you use this card alongside another cx88 based card that is not blackbird based it may fail out upon initialization of cx88-blackbird module if this card is the last in the series to be initialized.
    • Note under certain circumstances you must insmod cx88-blackbird if it does not properly autodetect

Kernel Recommendations

You need kernel 2.6.20rc2 or newer to support this card. Alternatively you may patch your kernel with the newest v4l-dvb-20061209

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