TerraTec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C

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A Philips SAA7146 based DVB-C PCI Card produced and sold by TerraTec. Uses the Philips CU1216 tuner module, well-supported by the Linux driver. CI-Interface is assembled on some cards, but not yet supported.

This card is able to deliver the full MPEG-2 Transport Stream to the host.

Some versions have A/V inputs as well.

NOTE: If you purchased a new TerraTec Cinergy 1200 DVB-C recently, you may need to read #Version 1176 was not supported.

Overview

(tda10021/Philips CU1216L(tua6034))

 card driver: budget-av
 interface: PCI
 PCI device id: 1131:7146
 PCI subsystem id: 153b:1156 
 Bridge: Philips SAA7146A
 frontend 1
   tin box: Philips CU1216L
   frontend driver: tda10021
   demodulator location: tin box
   demodulator: Philips TDA10021 @0x0C
   PLL: Philips tua6034 @0x60
 Notes:


Past problems

These problems have been fixed in the current versions of the driver. Use the command uname -sr to see what your kernel is.

Version 1176 was not supported

The new version of this card (device code 1176) was not supported before kernel 2.6.22 (released 8 Jul 2007).[1] If the command lspci -vn | grep 153b:1176 says "Subsystem: 153b:1176" instead of nothing, you have one of the these cards. Users of earlier kernels (2.6.10 or later) can gain support by installing the latest DVB kernel modules by following these instuctions: [2]

  1. Make sure you have kernel-headers, make and gcc installed. (Contact your distribution for details.)
  2. Install Mercurial. (Check if it is provided by your distribution.)
  3. Run these commands:
    1. hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb
    2. cd v4l-dvb
    3. make
    4. as root: make install
  4. Reboot.

If (when) your kernel gets upgraded, you will need to perform these steps to regain support (unless the new kernel comes with support for the device):

  1. Run these commands:
    1. cd v4l-dvb
    2. make distclean
    3. optional: hg pull -u http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb (updates the modules)
    4. make
    5. as root: make install
  2. Reboot.

More information

Problems in the Berlin cable network with kernel 2.6.11.10

The Linux driver in Kernel 2.6.11.10 (dated 16-May-2005 at kernel.org) does not lock on all multiplexes of the Berlin cable network (Telecolumbus frequency allocation), e.g. this one locks immediately:

 10 Das Erste:410000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6900000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:101:102:28106
 10 Das Erste: f 410000000, s 6900000, i 2, fec 0, qam 3, v 0x65, a 0x66
status 00 | signal a1a1 | snr b9b9 | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | 
status 1f | signal dede | snr e1e1 | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | FE_HAS_LOCK
status 1f | signal dfdf | snr dddd | ber 000af3d4 | unc 00000000 | FE_HAS_LOCK

and this one not at all:

 2 ZDF:394000000:INVERSION_AUTO:6900000:FEC_NONE:QAM_64:110:120:28006
 2 ZDF: f 394000000, s 6900000, i 2, fec 0, qam 3, v 0x6e, a 0x78
status 00 | signal a5a5 | snr b8b8 | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | 
status 03 | signal a5a5 | snr b9b9 | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | 
status 03 | signal a5a5 | snr baba | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | 
status 00 | signal a5a5 | snr b7b7 | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | 
status 03 | signal a5a5 | snr b8b8 | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | 
status 00 | signal a5a5 | snr b7b7 | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | 
status 00 | signal a5a5 | snr baba | ber 000af3d4 | unc ffffffff | 

Presumed fixed by now. Might not be.

Distorted transmission

The driver had problems (distorded transmission) with some multiplexes, but they were fixed 2005-03-08, confirmed by at least two users.