Hardware - Pinnacle PCIe Tuners

PCTV 3010iX/7010iX

DVB-T Issues

• Driver does not enable wide locking range (automatic locking to +167kHz/+133kHz offset) by default.
• Second tuner sometimes loses signal when the card is splitting/sharing the signal from one input. It is better to split the signal externally and connect to both antenna inputs on the card.
• On some motherboards, the card disappears after resuming from S3 standby.

PCTV 7010iX

DVB-S Issues

• Doesn't seem to receive as many transponders as the Hauppauge Nova-S-Plus or Nova-S2-HD (particularly higher frequency transponders) but likely to be LNB compatibility - YMMV!

DVB-T Issues

• Driver does not enable wide locking range (automatic locking to +167kHz/+133kHz offset) by default.