GNU/Linux Desktop Survival Guide by Graham Williams
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Setup of USB DVB-R Receiver

This Requires a USB2 connection for the appropriate power.

To get it working simply download the required firmware:

$ cd /lib/firmware
$ sudo wget http://www.linuxtv.org/downloads/firmware/dvb-usb-vp7045-01.fw

Then plug in the USB device and look that dmesg reports that it is noticed:

usb 5-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dvb-usb: found a 'DigitalNow TinyUSB 2 DVB-t Receiver' in cold state, will try to load a firmware
dvb-usb: downloading firmware from file 'dvb-usb-vp7045-01.fw'
usb 5-2: USB disconnect, address 8
dvb-usb: generic DVB-USB module successfully deinitialized and disconnected.
usb 5-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 5-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
dvb-usb: found a 'Twinhan USB2.0 DVB-T receiver (TwinhanDTV Alpha/MagicBox II)' in warm state.
dvb-usb: will pass the complete MPEG2 transport stream to the software demuxer.
DVB: registering new adapter (Twinhan USB2.0 DVB-T receiver (TwinhanDTV Alpha/MagicBox II)).
dvb-usb: MAC address: 08:ca:1a:c5:a9:ff
DVB: registering frontend 0 (Twinhan VP7045/46 USB DVB-T)...
input: IR-receiver inside an USB DVB receiver as /class/input/input3
dvb-usb: schedule remote query interval to 400 msecs.
dvb-usb: Twinhan USB2.0 DVB-T receiver (TwinhanDTV Alpha/MagicBox II) successfully initialized and connected.