AVerMedia AVerTV Hybrid+FM Cardbus (E506R)

Is a hybrid DVB-T Cardbus device from AVerMedia.

On kernel 2.6.32.21 analog and DVB-T work. DVB-T requires a firmware. DVB-T still shows random, relatively small, corruptions.

On a personal note, given the history this card had, I'm surprised to see 2.6.32 already had DVB-T working. I'll test later if it works even better on 2.6.38.

AVerMedia also provides beta Linux drivers, applicable to specific Linux distributions, for the device. Generally these are worthless as you need to installl some ancient distro to make them work.

Firmware

You need a firmware for the DVB part of this device. Xceive_XC3018#How_to_Obtain_the_Firmware How to obtain xc3028-v27.fw.

Overview/Features

Features:

• Antenna in (SMB) ... comes with a passive antenna
• Composite in
• S-Video in
• Audio L/R in
• FM Radio in ... comes with a radio antenna
• and comes with an IR remote

Components Used

It uses the following components:

• Philips SAA7134
• Zarlink MT352
• Xceive XC3018

External Links

• AVerTV E506R product page