Easylite DVB-T stick

Front side PCB

Back side PCB

A DVB-T USB stick from Easylite.

It works under Linux

Overview/Features

Available in Germany (end of 2007). It has a IR sensor and is delivered with a IR remote control.

The LifeView LR506 is similar but not identical.

Components Used

• NXP/Philips 8275AC1 (tuner)
• NXP/Philips TDA10046A (demodulator)
• ULi M9206 (USB bridge)

Identification

Recognised as 'MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0' in cold state. lsusb output:

 Bus 002 Device 005: ID 10fd:1513 Anubis Electronics, Ltd 

Making it Work

As this stick is recognized as MSI DigiVox mini II, i recommend you to see MSI_DigiVox_mini_II

Firmware

• Under Fedora Core (tested with FC 8 and 10), copy dvb-usb-digivox-02 to /lib/firmware/
• For Ubuntu, see MSI_DigiVox_mini_II

Sample kernel output

Relevant output from dmesg (without firmware):

usb 2-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 2-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dvb-usb: found a 'MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
firmware: requesting dvb-usb-digivox-02.fw
dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file. (dvb-usb-digivox-02.fw) Please see linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more details on firmware-problems. (-2)
usb 2-5: New USB device found, idVendor=10fd, idProduct=1513
usb 2-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 2-5: Product: DVBT    

Relevant output from dmesg (with firmware):

usb 2-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 2-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dvb-usb: found a 'MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
firmware: requesting dvb-usb-digivox-02.fw
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-digivox-02.fw'
usb 2-5: New USB device found, idVendor=10fd, idProduct=1513
usb 2-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 2-5: Product: DVBT    
usb 2-5: Manufacturer:         
usb 2-5: USB disconnect, address 6
usb 2-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 2-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dvb-usb: found a 'MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
DVB: registering new adapter (MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0)
DVB: registering frontend 0 (Philips TDA10046H DVB-T)...
dvb-usb: MSI DIGI VOX mini II DVB-T USB2.0 successfully initialized and connected.
usb 2-5: New USB device found, idVendor=10fd, idProduct=1513
usb 2-5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 2-5: Product: DVBT    
usb 2-5: Manufacturer: LifeView

Remote Control Support

Not tested

External Links

• Easylite website