[linux-dvb] Re: Cinergy 1200 DVB-T TDA10046H / auto mode causes problems

[Andrew de Quincey <adq_dvb@lidskialf.net>]

On Thursday 18 Nov 2004 22:33, Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> On Thursday 18 Nov 2004 20:31, Christian Cier-Zniewski wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using the latest CVS HEAD source with Kernel 2.6.8.
> > The tda1004x driver seems to have problems with quickly tuning to
> > another frequency. Sometimes it did not tune at all. I tried this with
> > vdr-1.3.16. Switching channels was very slow.
> >
> > After studying the code a little bit, I found the following comment:
> >
> > // Hardcoded to use auto as much as possible
> > // The TDA10045 is very unreliable if AUTO mode is _not_ used. I
> > // have not
> > // yet tested the TDA10046 to see if this issue has been fixed
> > //fe_params->u.ofdm.code_rate_HP = FEC_AUTO;
> > //fe_params->u.ofdm.guard_interval = GUARD_INTERVAL_AUTO;
> > //fe_params->u.ofdm.transmission_mode = TRANSMISSION_MODE_AUTO;
> >
> > After commenting out the above three lines, everything worked pretty
> > fine and quick. My frontend uses a TDA10046H.
>
> Oho right, so it doesn't have that problem then does it? :) I'll sort that
> out.

Confirmed - this makes tuning a lot better for me. In CVS now, ta

BTW: no firmware problems with this card here.