AfaTech AF9005 BDA Device

[LeeUK]

Hello I bought an AfaTech AF9005 BDA Device off eBay UK (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...%3AIT&rd=1) I was wondering how I get this to work with the GB-PVR because it is not in any of the drop down device lists.

Any help please?

Thanks.

[sub]

If its got BDA drivers you should be able to get it to work, but you'll need to add section to the bda.ini file with the appropriate settings for your device. You can check for the appropriate names with GraphEdit.exe (google for it).

[daza67]

This is my no fail means of establising bda pin names for a unknown bda compliant card.

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Unzip this application and run the exe, select the desired tuner and capture devices from the popups. Note the BDACapture and BDATuner names created in the settings.ini file. Create a new card defination on GBPVR's bda.ini file.

Thanks to digitalwatch's author Nat and company and forums.dvbowners.com.

[{Your customer Card definition}]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T {or ATSC I guess it would work as well !}
FILTER_TUNER={tuner pin name from settings.ini}
FILTER_CAPTURE={capture pin name from settings.ini}
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

Daza

[LeeUK]

I will give that ago, thanks!

[strelly]

i am having the same problem with my tuner, i only got it a few days ago and im new to the whole dvb-t and gb-pvr world!

ihave tried adding a new device to the bda.ini, but it doesnt come up on the drop down menu. it also seems that the devices in the bda.ini do not match up with the ones in the menu.

many thanks

strelly

[sub]

it also seems that the devices in the bda.ini do not match up with the ones in the menu.

Thats incorrect. The names shown in the config app are extracted from the bda.ini file, so will match.

[strelly]

do i select my tuner through the config app (if so where?) or from the tuning assistant?

im sure im just being an idiot!

cheers again

strelly

[sub]

The tuning assistant is only for analog cards, so not relevent for your digital card.

You need to add a capture source, configure it to use the BDA Recording Plugin, then select your card.

[grooverider]

[SIZE="1"][SIZE="2"][I][I] This is my no fail means of establising bda pin names for a unknown bda compliant card.

Unzip this application and run the exe, select the desired tuner and capture devices from the popups. Note the BDACapture and BDATuner names created in the settings.ini file. Create a new card defination on GBPVR's bda.ini file.

Thanks to digitalwatch's author Nat and company and forums.dvbowners.com.

[{Your customer Card definition}]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T {or ATSC I guess it would work as well !}
FILTER_TUNER={tuner pin name from settings.ini}
FILTER_CAPTURE={capture pin name from settings.ini}
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport

Daza[/I][/I][/SIZE][/SIZE]

[SIZE="2"]I tried this app and all it does is give me a black screen, what am I doing wrong?[/SIZE]

[SWK]

Hi Lee

I've got the same USB tuner. The settings you need to add to the end of BDA.INI are at the end of this message.

Although the AF9005 finds channels when scanning with the supplied BlazeDTV software, it seems to have trouble identifying them and sometimes a found channel appears to have no signal. I have three other freeview devices which do not have this problem and I added an aerial amp. to improve the system without success. This could be a driver problem (I going to look for updated drivers this week).

Warning : Use the 'All Region' for country and 'All Channels' for region/transmitter. Using 'Southern England' and 'Crystal Palace' caused my system to Blue screen! This seems to be because the channels frequencies are -166Khz I believe it should by +166Khz for UK.

On GBPVR it does not seem to find any channels on my system - It once found one channel, but that was it!.

Please let me know how you get on

Sean

--- Append to BDA.INI ---
[AF9005 BDA Device DVB-T USB]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T
FILTER_TUNER=AF9005 BDA Tuner Filter
FILTER_CAPTURE=AF9005 BDA Capture Filter
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport