[vdr] Re: vdr crashes several times a day.

[Teemu Mantymaki <teme@teme.net>]

Thanks Both of you for the fix idea and translation.. if you can still get
the picture, it would be nice. I would try this one.

	Teemu


On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, Patrick Cernko wrote:

> Also sprach Andreas Share zu "01.12.2003 23:11" Anno Domini:
> > .....
> >
> >>The signal-strange should be good enough, because i have no problems
> >
> > during
> >
> >>live-view (1. card) or with recordings (2. card).
> >>The second card runs Astra-only, so this could not be an diseqc problem.
> >>I have tested with different channel.confs, so i could shure there were no
> >>faulty channel in it.
> >
> > .....
> >
> >>Note: I have an ci-interface on every card, and if i remember correctly,
> >
> > the
> >
> >>icam firmware have had the same behavior.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Hi again,
> >
> > i have found the following in some Board, maybe this could solve the outcome
> > errors with Rev. 1.3 Boards. Sorry, german only, maybe someone can translate
> > it. I have "patched" my both cards i used with vdr, and now i haven´t any
> > signal strange jumps in vdr with tech-patch. Befor the "jumps" go up to 15%
> > in signal strange with ci interface, and up to 10% without ci interface
> > connected.
> >
> > The only thing i could not understand (if the hardware-patch solve the
> > problem): Why my older Api2/vdr 1.1.x installation runs flawlessy for month
> > without outcom errors....
> >
> > greetings
> >
> > A.Share
> > -----
>
> Here the translation:
>
> > Zitat: TechnoTrend Kundendienst
> >
> > Problem:
> > Bestimmte Frequenzbereiche sind gestört
> > ( Starke Schwankungen in der Signalqualität )
> >
> > Ursache:
> > Störungen auf der 5 Volt Leitung am PCI- Bus
> >
> > Durch folgende Änderungen kann man das Problem minimieren:
> > - Spule unter Pin 14 des Tuners entfernen.
> > - Pin 13 mit Pin 4 oder Pin 6 am Tuner verbinden (s.Bild).
> >
> > [Hagen Feuerpfeil] ---
> >
>
> Quote: TechnoTrend Customer Support
>
> Problem: specific frequency ranges are noisy (huge variation in signal
> quality)
>
> Cause: interference on the 5 Volt conductor at the PCI-Bus
>
> You can minimize the problem with the following patch:
> - remove coil below pin 14 of the tuner
> - conduct pin 13 with pin 4 or pin 6 of the tuner (see figure)
> (appendix of translator: WHERE IS THE PICTURE?)
>
>
> [Hagen Feuerpfeil] ---
>
>
> > Hallo xxx,
> > mir ist noch zum Thema etwas fast vergessenes wieder eingefallen.
> >
> > Haben Sie die Möglichkeit, eine Änderung mit dem Lötkolben auf Ihre Karte
> > vorzunehmen (vornehmen zu lassen)?
> > Die Probleme traten mit dem Aufkommen schnellerer Rechner in Erscheinung vor
> > einigen Jahren.
> > In allen nachfolgenden Revisionen (1.5, 1.6, 2.1, 2.2) ist die Änderung
> > bereits enthalten.
> > Nicht nur das einige Transponder im Signalverhalten sehr instabil waren - es
> > traten auch "Empfangslöcher" auf -
> > abhängig vom Netzteil, Mainboard und Betriebssystem.
> > Das hat wirklich bisher bei allen ähnlichen Problemen geholfen.
> >
> > Wir nehmen den Umbau (s.u.) auch gern für Sie vor.
> > Wenn Sie den Umbau selbst vornehmen wollen -
> > nehmen Sie bitte einen, nicht ganz so dünnen Draht (min 1mm im Durchmesser).
> >
> > [Hagen Feuerpfeil] ---
> >
>
> Hello xxx,
>
> I now remember something nearly forgotten to this theme.
>
> Do you have the possibility to make changes to your card with a
> soldering iron (or do you know someone who can do it for you)?
> The problems apeared with the upcoming od faster Computers some years ago.
> In newer revisions (1.5, ..., 2.2), the patch is already included.
> There was not only transponders with instable signal, but also
> "reception holes" -- depending on AC-Adaptor, main board and operating
> system.
> This has really helped with all similar problems.
>
> We can do the modification (see below, appendix translator: WHERE?) for
> you, of course.
> If you want to make the modifiation byself, please take an quiet thickly
> wire, at least 1mm diameter (appendix translator: The original text was
> not in good german for a technical description, translated it said: "...
> please take a not so thin wire.")
>
>
> I hope this help!
> --
> Patrick Cernko | mailto:errror@errror.de | http://www.errror.de
> Quote of the Week: "/vmlinuz does not exist.
>                     Installing from scratch, eh?"
>                    (Debian Kernel Installation)
>


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