ASUS My Cinema-U3000 Mini

A USB 2.0 DVB-T device by ASUS.

It is supported under Linux.

Components used

• Microtune MT2266 tuner
• Dibcom DiB7000PC DVB-T demodulator

Identification

This device's USB ID is 0b05:171f.

ASUS My Cinema-U3000 Mini does not work with USB 1.1 due to lack of hardware PID filter.

Drivers

Driver is integrated to mainline Linux kernel version >= 2.6.25-rc1. Also integrated into >=2.6.24-19 of Ubuntu Hardy Heron. If you have issues with tuning in 2.6.24-19 Ubuntu kernel, this can be resolved by using the linuxtv source as listed below.

Available from v4l-dvb. Quick install:

$ hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb
$ cd v4l-dvb
$ make
# make install
# modprobe -v dvb-usb-dib0700

Firmware

If you are running Ubuntu see bug #179626 and use linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 version >= 2.6.24.8-7.18. Ubuntu 11.04 contains the firmware in the package named linux-firmware-nonfree.

If you prefer manual installation download file dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw to /lib/firmware/.

Problems

Kernel message when driver is not present or does not handle ASUS My-Cinema-U3000 Mini:

usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

Kernel message when firmware is not present:

usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dib0700: loaded with support for 6 different device-types
dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file. (dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw) Please see linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more details on firmware-problems. (-2)
usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700

Kernel message when connected to USB 1.1 port:

dib0700: loaded with support for 6 different device-types
dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw'
dib0700: firmware started successfully.
dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in warm state.
dvb-usb: This USB2.0 device cannot be run on a USB1.1 port. (it lacks a hardware PID filter)
dvb-usb: ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner error while loading driver (-19)
usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700

Successful initialization

usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw'
dib0700: firmware started successfully.
dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
DVB: registering new adapter (ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner)
DVB: registering frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)...
MT2266: successfully identified
dvb-usb: ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner successfully initialized and connected.

External links

• ASUS product page
• ASUS drivers for Linux based Eee PC
• Opis instalacji tunera My Cinema-U3000 Mini w języku polskim
• Faire fonctionner la clé USB2 ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini sur une Debian Etch (French)