Re: InstantFM

From: Ted To <rainexpected@theo.to>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-media@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: InstantFM
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 11:42:28 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <519A4464.7060006@theo.to> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5199C8FA.9060704@redhat.com>

Hi,

On 05/20/2013 02:55 AM, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 05/19/2013 10:18 PM, Ted To wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I purchased this device and while the device driver loads and I can set
>> up gnomeradio to access it, it picks up no radio stations, despite being
>> the model with an external antenna.  The log output says "software
>> version 0, hardware version 7".  I'm running Debian Wheezy and the
>> output from dmesg is:
>>
>> [66842.724036] usb 2-3: new full-speed USB device number 3 using ohci_hcd
>> [66842.936144] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=06e1,
>> idProduct=a155
>> [66842.936150] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2,
>> SerialNumber=0
>> [66842.936154] usb 2-3: Product: ADS InstantFM Music
>> [66842.936156] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: ADS TECH
>> [66843.275730] Linux media interface: v0.10
>> [66843.296811] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
>> [66843.321815] USB radio driver for Si470x FM Radio Receivers, Version
>> 1.0.10
>> [66843.323136] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: DeviceID=0xffff ChipID=0xffff
>> [66843.326127] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: software version 0, hardware
>> version 7
>> [66843.326131] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: This driver is known to work with
>> software version 7,
>> [66843.326135] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: but the device has software
>> version 0.
>> [66843.326138] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: If you have some trouble using this
>> driver,
>> [66843.326141] radio-si470x 2-3:1.2: please report to V4L ML at
>> linux-media@vger.kernel.org
>> [66843.338247] usbcore: registered new interface driver radio-si470x
>> [66843.407477] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
>>
>> Any help on what I need to do to get this working would be much
>> appreciated.
> 
> Can you try with the (console-based) radio app from the latest xawtv
> release,
> xawtv-3.103 ?

> gnomeradio is not being actively maintained, so it could be your just
> hitting
> a gnomeradio issue.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hans

I had tried "radio" from the debian repository (version 3.102) but sadly
it did not work.  I also tried 3.103 from the sid repository and I get
the following error:

	Invalid freq '138650000'. Current freq out of range?

I can get it to start if I use the "-s" option but still, nothing plays.
 Moreover, if I give it a specific frequency, it does not start at that
frequency.

Could the problem be that my device does not have version 7 of the
firmware?  Google has not been helpful regarding how this can be upgraded.

Thanks,
Ted