[linux-dvb] Re: Correction & Experimental patch against ves1x93

[Hermann Gausterer <mrq1@gmx.net>]

On Friday 30 July 2004 20:51, Andreas Share wrote:
> Maybe the lock will get lost for a moment, this could caused by the afc
> funktion from the ves1893. So we must give it the nessasary time to get a
> reliable lock.

the problem is that it happens long after a tuning, so a additional timeout
does not help here ... :-(

> Btw: Rev 1.3 cards have some problem with one of the 5V line in newer,
> faster pc´s. this cause unrealiable lock an "jumping" str & snr values.
> There exist an hardware mod to around this problem, using down regulated 5V
> from the 12V line. This eliminates this problems.

that sounds very interesting .. can you point me to more information about
this ?? where did you hear about this?

hermann