ASUS My Cinema-U3000 Mini
A USB 2.0 DVB-T device by ASUS.
It is supported under Linux.
Components used
- Microtune MT2266 tuner
- Dibcom DiB7000PC DVB-T demodulator
Identification
This device's USB ID is 0b05:171f.
ASUS My Cinema-U3000 Mini does not work with USB 1.1 due to lack of hardware PID filter.
Drivers
Driver is integrated to mainline Linux kernel version >= 2.6.25-rc1. Also integrated into >=2.6.24-19 of Ubuntu Hardy Heron. If you have issues with tuning in 2.6.24-19 Ubuntu kernel, this can be resolved by using the linuxtv source as listed below.
Available from v4l-dvb. Quick install:
$ hg clone http://linuxtv.org/hg/v4l-dvb $ cd v4l-dvb $ make # make install # modprobe -v dvb-usb-dib0700
Firmware
If you are running Ubuntu see bug #179626 and use linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 version >= 2.6.24.8-7.18.
If you prefer manual installation download file dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw to /lib/firmware/.
Problems
Kernel message when driver is not present or does not handle ASUS My-Cinema-U3000 Mini:
usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Kernel message when firmware is not present:
usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7 usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice dib0700: loaded with support for 6 different device-types dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in cold state, will try to load a firmware dvb-usb: did not find the firmware file. (dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw) Please see linux/Documentation/dvb/ for more details on firmware-problems. (-2) usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700
Kernel message when connected to USB 1.1 port:
dib0700: loaded with support for 6 different device-types dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in cold state, will try to load a firmware dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw' dib0700: firmware started successfully. dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in warm state. dvb-usb: This USB2.0 device cannot be run on a USB1.1 port. (it lacks a hardware PID filter) dvb-usb: ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner error while loading driver (-19) usbcore: registered new interface driver dvb_usb_dib0700
Successful initialization
usb 5-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8 usb 5-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in cold state, will try to load a firmware dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-dib0700-1.10.fw' dib0700: firmware started successfully. dvb-usb: found a 'ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner' in warm state. dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer. DVB: registering new adapter (ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner) DVB: registering frontend 0 (DiBcom 7000PC)... MT2266: successfully identified dvb-usb: ASUS My Cinema U3000 Mini DVBT Tuner successfully initialized and connected.