[mythtvnz] Help with Skystar 2 PCI card

[Steven Ellis]

Simon Green wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm trying to get my Skystar 2 PCI card going, and have about as much
> success as I did with the USB device. I'm running Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
> (64 bit), and have a Sky dish that was installed three months ago. I
> have the satellite cable plugged straight into the pci card (i.e. no
> splitter yet)
>
> This is the output from dvbtune:
>
> simon@mythbox:~$ dvbtune -f 1733000 -s 22500 -p h -m
> Using DVB card "ST STV0299 DVB-S"
> tuning DVB-S to L-Band:0, Pol:H Srate=22500000, 22kHz=off
> ERROR setting tone
> : Invalid argument
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS:
> polling....
> Getting frontend event
> FE_STATUS: FE_HAS_SIGNAL FE_HAS_CARRIER
> polling....
> polling....
> polling....
> polling....
> polling....
> polling....
>
> I get the same error when I use the frequency of 1183000. Does anyone
> have any ideas of what I am doing wrong?
>   
Ok whats the LO of your LNB?

I'm assuming you are trying to tune to 12483H, and Sky LNBs are usually
11300 or 10750.

Have you tried

dvbtune -f 1733000 -s 22500 -p h -v

Also is this the only DVB card in the system. Have you got the USB
device attached?

Steve



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