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[media] em28xx-dvb: enable LNA for cxd2820r in DVB-T mode
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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>
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Gianluca Gennari authored and Mauro Carvalho Chehab committed May 15, 2012
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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-dvb.c
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Expand Up @@ -542,7 +542,8 @@ static struct cxd2820r_config em28xx_cxd2820r_config = {
.i2c_address = (0xd8 >> 1),
.ts_mode = CXD2820R_TS_SERIAL,

/* enable LNA for DVB-T2 and DVB-C */
/* enable LNA for DVB-T, DVB-T2 and DVB-C */
.gpio_dvbt[0] = CXD2820R_GPIO_E | CXD2820R_GPIO_O | CXD2820R_GPIO_L,
.gpio_dvbt2[0] = CXD2820R_GPIO_E | CXD2820R_GPIO_O | CXD2820R_GPIO_L,
.gpio_dvbc[0] = CXD2820R_GPIO_E | CXD2820R_GPIO_O | CXD2820R_GPIO_L,
};
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