DVBSKy S952 Dual DVB-S/S2 PCIe

[jamesdisco]

Just to let people know i'm using one of these tuners at the moment and its working very well. I got mine for around £70 so they are pretty reasonable too.
http://www.dvbsky.net/Products_S952.html

The only thing to bear in mind is that you need 3 spare 4 pin molex connectors to power it. Its not like the TBS where you don't need them.

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by jamesdisco

Just to let people know i'm using one of these tuners at the moment and its working very well. I got mine for around £70 so they are pretty reasonable too.
http://www.dvbsky.net/Products_S952.html

This is a great news! How would you rate the tuning performance of this card compared with the TBS?

Originally Posted by jamesdisco

The only thing to bear in mind is that you need 3 spare 4 pin molex connectors to power it. Its not like the TBS where you don't need them.

I've thought that the external power is required when driving DiSeqC motors only and not for normal operation. I'm surprised that this card draws more than 10W which is normally what provided by most PCIe interfaces.

Cheers
Eddy

[jamesdisco]

Tuning speeds seam to be similar to the TBS, tuning is now definitely slower on the TBS though i think its after you gave me the correct tuning parameters (I dont get any picture breakups now;-) ). You were always surprised how quick it tuned.

Definitely need the power leads connected, i tried initially without even though it said they were needed and it wouldn't tune.

[paulie]

I bought dvbsky s952 to replace my technotrend s3600. I can only get one tuner to work at any one time. Both tuners work separately but when I add the other tuner from the card I lose all the channels on the first tuner (Some times one or two channels remain working). I have tried them on the same lineup and on separate lineups. I have up dated to the latest drivers. If I restart my pc and check the tuners they both appear to work but when I return to the tuner I checked first the problem starts again ( the channels will not work). Even on the not working channels the signal shows 90-100%. Any ideas ?

[garystein]

I ordered a DVBSky S952 and same issue. One channel would work but when you record from two at the same time one tuner then fails on the next channel tuned and service needs to be restarted. Thought it was a faulty TV card so ordered a replacement.. same issue. Don't think this card will fully work in native mode. If anyone can get it fully working would be interested to hear how!

[routerunner]

Originally Posted by garystein

I ordered a DVBSky S952 and same issue. One channel would work but when you record from two at the same time one tuner then fails on the next channel tuned and service needs to be restarted. Thought it was a faulty TV card so ordered a replacement.. same issue. Don't think this card will fully work in native mode. If anyone can get it fully working would be interested to hear how!

I know for sure that jamesdisco uses the "Tuner Preroll" plugin (to make the TBS6984 tuner working properly without errors) which will apply the same mechanism to the DVBSky as well, so you might want to give it a go.

Eddy

[starfire]

Did anyone find out if both channels at the same time worked with this card?