[mythtvnz] Nova T-500 cards

[Stephen Worthington]

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:48:37 +1300, you wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:00:43 +1300, you wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:50, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>> I ordered a Hauppauge Nova T-500 card from Ascent:
>>>
>>>   http://www.ascent.co.nz/productspecification.aspx?ItemID=373800
>>>
>>> What has just arrived is not the model I ordered - it is a Nova TD-500
>>> Model 298.
>>> 
>>> So, has anyone out there used one of these Nova TD-500 Model 298
>>> cards?  Do they work?  Does the remote work?  The FM radio?
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>Well to heap further confusion on the pile 
>>
>>I ordered a NOVA-T-500 fromm Ascent about 12 months ago.
>>
>>The package that arrived pictured a card with a single ariel input but the box 
>>was labeled "Dual Tuner"
>>
>>The box was originally printed with the model Designation WinTV-NOVA-T-500 
>>model 289and a barcode number of 7 85428 00289 7
>>
>>This printing was covered up by a label with that said WinTV-Nova_T-500-HD 
>>with the barcode now stating 7 85428 00298 9.
>>
>>I just wacked it in my PC and it worked first go. The remote works fine but 
>>there is no reference to FM radio.
>>
>>Two other labels on the box were 
>>
>>1 Assembled in Indonesia (Instead of Assembled in Malaysia)
>>
>>2 HD High Definition MPEG-2/-4 HDTV Ready.
>>
>>So I got a HD card in a modified SD box is how I read all this.
>>
>>In your case I wonder what the D stands for after the T  I can see that you 
>>might be concerned that at stands for Diversity.
>>
>>Would not know how to advise you further.
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>TOny Sauri
>
>Thank you - that label and barcode number exactly matches mine.  I had
>not noticed that the barcode had also had a new sticker put on top of
>it.  So mine should work just like yours.

And I have now installed it and the dmesg log shows that it should be
working correctly.  I have not actually got a TV program to play yet
though - I still have something wrong in my setup.  I will have
another go tomorrow.