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Image:LR506_pcbfront.jpg|Front of the PCB
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Image:LR506 i2c.jpg|Monitoring the i2c Bus
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Revision as of 18:28, 3 July 2007

This is a hybrid DVB-T USB Reciver from LifeView and is sold in Europe for about 25€ and has only the type-name "LR506". According to the press release (PDF) from the LifeView Website, the LR506 belongs to the "Q-Series".

Pictures

Some pictures of the LR506 and its inside:

  • Stick

    Stick

  • Open, top

    Open, top

  • Open, bottom

    Open, bottom

  • CY7C68013A

    CY7C68013A

  • 8275AC1

    8275AC1

  • TDA10046HT

    TDA10046HT

  • Parts of the LR506

    Parts of the LR506

  • Front of the PCB

    Front of the PCB

  • Back of the PCB

    Back of the PCB

  • Monitoring the i2c Bus

    Monitoring the i2c Bus

(Some more pictures)

Hardware Components

  • a Cypress FX2 Chip (CY7C68013A) ... used by the stick to connect to the USB bus
  • a Philips TDA10046HT digital demodulator
  • a Philips 8275AC1 tuner
  • likely a Philips saa7131 A/V decoder & analog IF demodulator


USB ID

USB id: 10fd:0506 (cold - before firmware download)
USB id: 10fd:0500 (warm - after firmware download)

Firmware

Sofar there has only been little progress to get this Stick supported. At the time of writing it is possible to get the Stick into "warm-state" with a modified m920x.c-driver and a special firmware:

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