[media] em28xx-dvb: enable LNA for cxd2820r in DVB-T mode
authorGianluca Gennari <gennarone@gmail.com>
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:33:48 +0000 (13:33 -0300)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:26:53 +0000 (09:26 -0300)
commit38f0fe23dc3d3de08d2e187c42569356ba6b72bc
tree846543bc7627100c4914206c4833bc89cb0219b7
parent626f95a3e1ee1a227bf447d60f98166b87ea7f8b
[media] em28xx-dvb: enable LNA for cxd2820r in DVB-T mode

Enable the LNA amplifier also for DVB-T (like for DVB-T2 and DVB-C);
this greatly improves reception of weak signals without affecting the reception
of the strong ones.

Experimental data (collected with the mipsel STB) on the weakest frequencies
available in my area:

LNA OFF:

MUX          level   BER     picture

RAI mux 4    72%     32000   corrupted
TIMB 2       75%     14      OK
TVA Vicenza  68%     32000   corrupted
RAI mux 2    78%     14      OK

LNA ON:

MUX          level   BER     picture

RAI mux 4    73%     1500    OK
TIMB 2       76%     0       OK
TVA Vicenza  69%     0       OK
RAI mux 2    79%     0       OK

Moreover, with LNA enabled, the PCTV 290e was able to pick up 2 new frequencies
matching the integrated tuner of my Panasonic G20 TV, which is really good.

Signed-off-by: Gianluca Gennari <gennarone@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>
drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c