Hauppauge Nova/HVR CX88x
The Conexant CX23880/1/2 chipset can only handle a single concurrent digital signal (hardware limitation), therefore it is not possible to tune DVB-S and DVB-T simultaneously (e.g. HVR-3000, HVR-4000). This limitation does not affect the PCI-Express Conexant CX23885 that is used on the new HVR-3300 and HVR-4400.
This page is broken down into each tuner type (DVB-T, DVB-S and DVB-S2). For combo cards such as the HVR-3000 and HVR-4000, you should look at both the DVB-T and DVB-S/S2 sections of this page.
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DVB-T Tuners[edit]
Nova-T-PCI, HVR-1100, HVR-1300, HVR-3000 and HVR-4000. The chipset is the Conexant CX23882 combined with a Conexant CX22702 demodulator. Tuner is either a Thomson DVB-T tuner or a Philips Hybrid tuner.
Driver Issues[edit]
- HVR-1300: IR remote causes system freeze with HyperThreading or Dual-Core CPU. Install the latest driver to fix this.
- HVR-1100/1300: BDA Signal Strength is calibrated on-the-fly. BDA Signal Quality appears to be accurate. You can install the [Hauppauge Digital Signal Monitor] which gives proper readings. The Hauppauge signal monitor can be installed without installing the WinTV software and should be run with DVBViewer running.
Hardware Issues[edit]
- NOVA-T PCI (90002): RF-passthrough is very noisy (not present on current 90003 model)
- HVR-1100/1300: Earlier revisions (2004/2005) appear to have issues locking weak digital muxes adjacent to a strong analogue signal
DVB-S Tuners[edit]
HVR-3000, NOVA-SE2 and NOVA-S-Plus.
Driver Issues[edit]
- None known yet
Hardware Issues[edit]
- None known yet
DVB-S2 Tuners[edit]
HVR-4000 and NOVA-S2-HD.
Driver Issues[edit]
- Nova-S2/HVR-4000: DVB-S/S2 Signal Quality reading is hard-coded to 94%
- HVR-4000: DVB-S tuner won't work after sleep on Windows Vista and Windows 7 unless unless the DVB-T tuner is used first
Hardware Issues[edit]
- None known yet
