EVGA inDtube

A hybrid ATSC USB 2.0 device by Evga.

Overview/Features

This device supports ATSC (i.e. OTA Digital TV) and analog NTSC. The package includes a small telescoping monopole antenna and a short USB extension cable, a remote control, and a connector to svideo or composite video inputs.

Components used:

• (tuner & analog demodulator)
• (digital demodulator)
• (video decoder)
• Empiatech em2883 (USB bridge and analog audio)

Identification

The device identifies itself as a "eMPIA Technology, Inc" and the subsystem information provided by lsusb -v is ebla:2883.

Making it Work

This tuner is very difficult to get to find channels when scanning OTA ATSC. There is a thread about getting it to work which assuming you are familiar with the concept of frequency lists, as defined in /usr/share/dvb/atsc is very helpful at http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=134023

Making it work is pretty simple, below is a simple modification to the standard ATSC frequency list which has the wrong center frequencies for this tuner. Copy the below test to a text file and save it in /usr/share/dvb/atsc as indicated below. From then on be sure to specify this file when scanning for channels with scan:

scan -a 1 /usr/share/dvb/atsc/my-ATSC -o zap mychannels.conf

/usr/share/dvb/atsc$ cat my-ATSC

1. MY ATSC center frequencies, use for inDtube ATSC Tuner

A 56625000 8VSB A 62625000 8VSB A 68625000 8VSB A 78625000 8VSB A 84625000 8VSB A 176625000 8VSB A 182625000 8VSB A 188625000 8VSB A 194625000 8VSB A 200625000 8VSB A 206625000 8VSB A 212625000 8VSB A 472625000 8VSB A 478625000 8VSB A 484625000 8VSB A 490625000 8VSB A 496625000 8VSB A 502625000 8VSB A 508625000 8VSB A 514625000 8VSB A 520625000 8VSB A 526625000 8VSB A 532625000 8VSB A 538625000 8VSB A 544625000 8VSB A 550625000 8VSB A 556625000 8VSB A 562625000 8VSB A 568625000 8VSB A 574625000 8VSB A 580625000 8VSB A 586625000 8VSB A 592625000 8VSB A 598625000 8VSB A 604625000 8VSB A 610625000 8VSB A 616625000 8VSB A 622625000 8VSB A 628625000 8VSB A 634625000 8VSB A 640625000 8VSB A 646625000 8VSB A 652625000 8VSB A 658625000 8VSB A 664625000 8VSB A 670625000 8VSB A 676625000 8VSB A 682625000 8VSB A 688625000 8VSB A 694625000 8VSB A 700625000 8VSB A 706625000 8VSB A 712625000 8VSB A 718625000 8VSB A 724625000 8VSB A 730625000 8VSB A 736625000 8VSB A 742625000 8VSB A 748625000 8VSB A 754625000 8VSB A 760625000 8VSB A 766625000 8VSB A 772625000 8VSB A 778625000 8VSB A 784625000 8VSB A 790625000 8VSB A 796625000 8VSB A 802625000 8VSB

External Links

ATSC USB Devices