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==Overview==
==Overview==


This device, vendor id 0x1415, product id 0x0003, is based around the [[DVB-T_USB_Devices#DiB0700_USB2.0_DVB-T_devices|DiBcom STK7070PD reference design]] and has a STK7070PD frontend and two DIB7070p tuners. An advantage it has over similar devices is the use of a single external antenna cable, which is used to drive both tuners, rather than requiring external splitters.
This device, vendor id <tt>0x1415</tt>, product id <tt>0x0003</tt>, is based around the [[DVB-T_USB_Devices#DiB0700_USB2.0_DVB-T_devices|DiBcom STK7070PD reference design]] and has a <tt>STK7070PD</tt> frontend and two <tt>DIB7070p</tt> tuners.

It has two distinct advantages over its sibling devices:
* the use of a single external antenna cable, which is used to drive both tuners, rather than requiring external splitters
* its packaging in a well designed and sufficiently shielded external casing that reduces any risk of [[Hauppauge_WinTV-NOVA-TD-Stick#A_Comment_on_Possible_Electromagnetic_Interference_.28jarb1_at_uk2_dot_net.29|electromagnetic interference]]


See Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayTV] for more info on the device itself.
See Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayTV] for more info on the device itself.

Revision as of 09:09, 25 March 2009

Sony PlayTV

Sony PlayTV is a USB 2.0 device containing dual DVB-T tuners. It is sold without a remote, as an accessory for the PS3.

It is supported under Linux.

Overview

This device, vendor id 0x1415, product id 0x0003, is based around the DiBcom STK7070PD reference design and has a STK7070PD frontend and two DIB7070p tuners.

It has two distinct advantages over its sibling devices:

  • the use of a single external antenna cable, which is used to drive both tuners, rather than requiring external splitters
  • its packaging in a well designed and sufficiently shielded external casing that reduces any risk of electromagnetic interference

See Wikipedia [1] for more info on the device itself.

Making it Work

Linux

Firmware

You will need the dvb-usb-dib0700-1.20.fw firmware file in /lib/firmware or the relevant place for your distribution.

Drivers

It requires the dib0700 driver, patched to include support for this variant of the reference design.

Support is available via a patch for the 2.6.28.4 kernel or from the v4l-dvb tree since changeset 10824.

Using Mercurial and following the How to Obtain, Build and Install V4L-DVB Device Drivers instructions is the recommended way to obtain the driver until it has been included in an official kernel release.

Windows

Support in Windows is available by patching the .inf file of either the 32-bit or 64-bit Pinnacle_PCTV_Dual_DVB-T_Diversity_Stick_(2001e) drivers, to add the additional 0x1415/0x0003 ids.

User Experiences

See the talk page

References

Useful information is available from the pages of these similar/identical devices: