DVB-T Stuff

I purchased sometime ago a TERRATEC T-Stick to use with SDR software to
(mainly) receive aircraft broadcasts on 126MHz in my local area.

It also works nicely up around 1GHz to receive aircraft ADSB signals -
so the frequency coverage is not a problem & the PC otherwise works
nicely with the T-stick.

(I live in Queendland about 200 miles west of Brisbane, Queensland.

In a nutshell, the DVB-T works just fine - but recently tried to receive
& watch digital free-to-air TV using "DVBViewer TERRATEC Edition"
software, which is supposedly the ducks nuts for this particular receiver.

My PC is a Z5610 "All-in-one" running Win7 64 bit. 8Gb RAM

The DVBViewer program does not recognise the presence of the T-stick.

It seems to be mainly a software problem, in that the designed software
just doesn't recognise the DVB dongle is connected, where as the PC
definately knows its there.

A couple of SDR programs like SDR#,HDSRD,RTL1090 and ADSB-Scope are
perfectly ok.

I have tried the DVB stick & software with a laptop running Vista 32bit
with the same no-go as far as watching free to air TV is concerned.


So .. what gives? Would appreciate some help


Gavon

 

Have you downloaded and installed Terratec's proprietary drivers?

It sounds like you're using Microsoft-sourced drivers which will treat the
chipset appropriately for generic software, but when DVBViewer looks for the
proprietary driver (to confirm you have a Terratec product for licencing
purposes), it fails.

Try the following;
1. Download the proprietary drivers from Terratec's web site
(www.terratec.net)
2. Unpack them to a temporary directory
3. Open Device Manager
4. Right-click on the stick's entry and choose "Update Driver"
5. Choose "Have Disc" and point it to the temporary directory where you
unpacked the drivers in step 2
6. Re-start the computer and try DVBViewer again.

 

Hi

I had a similar problem - my stick worked fine with DVB viewer and terratec drivers initially. When I later installed SDR# and Zadig driver, this program worked but DVB viewer failed ( all devices busy... message) Updated drivers again (web search option) and the Terratec drivers were reinstalled. Stick again worked on DVB viewer but I had lost the device in SDR#.

looks like you have to choose!