[pvrusb2] Wintv PVR USB2 - no signal

[Daniel Pope]

Hi,

I picked up a second-hand Wintv unit and am trying to configure it for 
Mythbuntu. I'm running the Intrepid release - 2.6.27-7... This 
apparently has all drivers and relevent firmware for my 29xxx version 
device.

The output of dmesg | tail -n 50 gives me:
284.964028] usb 4-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[  285.099348] usb 4-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  285.229450] msp3400' 3-0040: MSP3415G-B8 found @ 0x80 (pvrusb2_a)
[  285.229456] msp3400' 3-0040: msp3400 supports nicam and radio, mode 
is autode
tect and autoselect
[  285.287828] saa7115' 3-0021: saa7115 found (1f7115d0e100000) @ 0x42 
(pvrusb2_
a)
[  285.445331] tuner' 3-0061: chip found @ 0xc2 (pvrusb2_a)
[  285.473581] tveeprom 3-0050: Hauppauge model 29035, rev C324, serial# 
6586214
[  285.473587] tveeprom 3-0050: tuner model is Philips FM1246 (idx 24, 
type 1)
[  285.473590] tveeprom 3-0050: TV standards PAL(I) (eeprom 0x10)
[  285.473592] tveeprom 3-0050: audio processor is MSP3415 (idx 6)
[  285.473595] tveeprom 3-0050: decoder processor is SAA7115 (idx 19)
[  285.473600] tveeprom 3-0050: has radio, has IR receiver, has no IR 
transmitte
r
[  285.473605] pvrusb2: Supported video standard(s) reported available 
in hardwa
re: PAL-I
[  285.473608] pvrusb2: Mapping standards mask=0x10 (PAL-I)
[  285.473611] pvrusb2: Setting up 1 unique standard(s)
[  285.473616] pvrusb2: Set up standard idx=0 name=PAL-I
[  285.473619] pvrusb2: Initial video standard guessed as PAL-I
[  285.473627] pvrusb2: Device initialization completed successfully.
[  285.473766] pvrusb2: registered device video0 [mpeg]
[  285.473797] pvrusb2: registered device radio0 [mpeg]
[  285.546330] tuner-simple 3-0061: creating new instance
[  285.546339] tuner-simple 3-0061: type set to 1 (Philips PAL_I (FI1246 
and com
patibles))
[  285.658711] msp3400' 3-0040: msp3400 rev1 = 0x0207 rev2 = 0x0f48
[  285.658717] msp3400' 3-0040: Audio:    volume 62000
[  285.658720] msp3400' 3-0040: Audio:    balance 0 bass 0 treble 0 
loudness off
[  285.658724] msp3400' 3-0040: Standard: autodetect start (mono)
[  285.658727] msp3400' 3-0040: Audmode:  0x0001
[  285.658731] msp3400' 3-0040: Routing:  0x00000000 (input) 0x00000044 
(output)
[  285.658733] msp3400' 3-0040: ACB:      0x0c00
[  285.658736] saa7115' 3-0021: Audio frequency: 48000 Hz
[  285.660453] saa7115' 3-0021: Input:           Composite 4
[  285.660455] saa7115' 3-0021: Video signal:    bad
[  285.660457] saa7115' 3-0021: Frequency:       50 Hz
[  285.660460] saa7115' 3-0021: Detected format: BW/No color
[  285.660464] saa7115' 3-0021: Width, Height:   720, 480
[  285.660467] tuner' 3-0061: Tuner mode:      analog TV
[  285.660469] tuner' 3-0061: Frequency:       175.25 MHz
[  285.660471] tuner' 3-0061: Standard:        0x00000010
[  285.660478] firmware: requesting v4l-cx2341x-enc.fw

...which as far as I can make out with my limited knowledge but from two 
days of googling is all good.

However, running mplayer /dev/video0 just gives me:
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2 (C) 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+ (Family: 15, Model: 
43, Stepping: 1)
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 1 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 1 SSE: 1 SSE2: 1
Compiled with runtime CPU detection.

Playing /dev/video0.

..though no mplayer window opens. When I hit ctrl+c I get:

MPlayer interrupted by signal 2 in module: demux_open

Running scantv just gives me a whole pile of 'no station' results, and a 
scan within Mythtv show 0% signal and no stations found.

(Just to cover the obvious - yes it is plugged into a working ariel)

I've also tried the device in Windows and the Hauppage software, when 
scanning, scans for a couple of seconds then tells me there's no signal.
Is this a firmware / driver issue, or have I bought a duff Wintv box..?

Many thanks in advance for your help (this forum has been invaluable in 
getting me this far) and apologies for the lengthy post.

Dan