Medion MD95700 (DVB-T)

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A DVB-T USB device from Medion.

All devices below are fully supported by the LinuxTV driver. The following drivers are needed for these devices:

 - cx22702.ko
 - dvb-usb.ko
 - dvb-usb-cxusb.ko

The analogue part (handled by a Conexant CX25842) is not supported yet. The cx25840 driver from ivtv can be used to implement support.

Device / Model Type Hardware Firmware URL / Pictures
Comments & quirks
Medion MD 95700 4in1 USB2.0 Conexant CX22702
The box also has a X10 remote control. This is radio, not IR, and is supported by the atiremote driver. It also has a USB2.0 hub (Tetrahub) with one additional USB port. Both of them are working without mains power.


There is a new firmware, version 1.0.2.14, for the MD 95700 from Medion. You can download it directly: [1] (in German). Please read the Readme before you flash the box.

This update fixes some video problems, but it is incompatible with the old dvb-usb drivers (i.e. kernels from 2005). If you use your box under Windows, don't forget to ensure that the Windows drivers are up to date too.

Suse 10.1 users might also want to see the distro-specific notes in the Medion MD95700 (DVB-T) article.

Using the Medion MD95700 with Suse 10.1

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On a Suse 10.1 default smp kernel, the driver module dvb-usb-cxusb.ko is missing. The USB box can not be used without building this module. The sources of this driver are in the files drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/cxusb.*.

The driver for the Medion MD 95700 is referenced in newer kernel configuration as "Conexant USB2.0 hybrid reference design support". Yast uses the term "Conexant DVB-T reference design".

To build this driver:

  • Install kernel-source, gcc, ncurses and optional kernal-syms
  • cd /usr/src/linux
  • Optional copy the current kernel configuration: cp /proc/config.gz .config
  • Enable the build of the missing module:
    • su
    • make menuconfig
    • Device Drivers -> Multimedia Devices -> Digital Video Broadcasting Devices -> Conexant USB2.0 hybrid reference design support -> build as Module
  • Build either the the whole kernel inluding modules or this single module. The build process is described in /usr/src/linux/README.SUSE
  • Install the module(s)
  • Load the module using "modprobe dvb-usb-cxusb". On reboot, the module should be automaticallly loaded if the box is connected.
  • The devices /dev/dvb/adapter0/* should be created on module load
  • Configure the box using Yast -> Hardware -> Tv Card -> Add -> Other -> Conexant DVB-T reference design
  • Install and configure your favorite DVB Tv application


Note: The current Suse kernel source "2.6.16.21-0.13" has the new dvd-usb drivers included and therefore can handle boxes flashed to the firmware 1.0.2.14.


Todo: Configuration of the X10 RF remote control receiver and applications