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DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder
1. Overview:
TBS6508
is
standards including DVB-S2X/S2/S/T2/T/C2/C/ISDB-T, four RF
each other. With this multi-standard TV tuner card, it is much easier to switch
between different digital TV signals.
TBS6508 not only supports normal DVB-S2X/DVB-S2/S QPSK, 8PSK , supported by
normal satellite receivers, but also supports CCM, VCM, 16APSK, 32APSK Stream
Mode, which most satellite receiving devices can't support. With special TBS tools,
those special streams can be captured.
1.1.
Packing Contents:
1 x TBS6508
1 x DC line
1 x F-IEC adapter
www.tbsiptv.com
TBS6508 Multi-standard Octa Tuner PCI-E Card
an
Octa PCI express TV tuner card that supports multiple digital TV
User Manual
1
INs are
independent
of
support@tbsdtv.com

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  • Page 1 With this multi-standard TV tuner card, it is much easier to switch between different digital TV signals. TBS6508 not only supports normal DVB-S2X/DVB-S2/S QPSK, 8PSK , supported by normal satellite receivers, but also supports CCM, VCM, 16APSK, 32APSK Stream Mode, which most satellite receiving devices can't support.
  • Page 2  2. Hardware Installation 2.1. Install TBS6508 into PC Turn off the computer or server, remove the computer cover case and take out cover panel of PCI-E slot, where the card is to be installed. Insert the card into the PCI-E slot and fix the card bracket with screw, make sure the card is firmly and completely inserted into the PCI-E slot, then put back the computer cover.
  • Page 3 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Attention ： When turning off the computer, please do not touch the PC’s internal  components, especially the CPU and VGA chip, which has a high temperature with a risk of burns. Please be sure to see refer to the manual of PC and peripheral equipment.
  • Page 4 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder 3.1.1. Download TBS6508 windows driver from website www.tbsiptv.com www.tbsdtv.com download section , or from page of TBS6508 https://www.tbsiptv.com/tbs6508-multi-standard-octa-tuner-pci-e-card download section. 3.1.2. Install the Windows driver Open the windows driver which downloaded from website, unzip the file and click “TBS_6508_driver_setup”, a new window will pop up , click “Install”:...
  • Page 5 “System Properties” to pop up “System Properties” windows, click“Hardware” → “Device Manager”. Then click “+”in front of “Sound, video and game controllers”. If you can see “TBS6508 Octuple BDA Tuners” that means you do have the driver installed driver correctly. Just display as below: support@tbsdtv.com...
  • Page 6 TBS6508 Change Mode Tool Before using TBS6508 with DVB applications, you need to download TBS6508 change mode tool first, you can also download it from the page of TBS6508 “download”section: Open the TBS6504 Mode Change tool, choose the right Mode as needed, click “Set”...
  • Page 7 To enjoy satellite TV or record video on PC, you still need to install player software and right click to set the search parameters. TBS6508 is compatible with a lot of Players such as TBSViewer, DVBDream, ProgDVB etc. Here we take DVBDream as an example to illustrate.
  • Page 8 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Choose the tuner we need to use and click “OK”, a new window will pop up: 3.3.2.1. Setting the LNB parameters Choose "Options"==>"Diseqc" support@tbsdtv.com www.tbsiptv.com...
  • Page 9 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder If the signal does not pass the DISEQC, please choose "Option -- DISEQC Switch Type -- None " Click “Properties” to see the below window: support@tbsdtv.com www.tbsiptv.com...
  • Page 10 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Select the correct Satellite to which our signals belongs, click “LOF Settings”, select the correct “LNB type”and put the corresponding frequency parameters (You can get the corresponding frequency parameters from the instruction of the purchased LNB) .
  • Page 11 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Choose the correct port, click “Add satellite”， then choose “properties”, to make the same settings as before. 3.3.2.2. How to scan channels. After setting up the LNBs, we can scan channels. there are two methods to scan channels: auto scan and Manual scan.
  • Page 12 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Click “OK”, you will find the programs list appears on the left side of DVBDream and you can watch TV. If we know the specific frequency information, we can choose “Manual Scan ” Choose the correct transponder, Fill in the correct frequency and bandwidth, then click “scan”, after the scanning is complete, click “Save channels”, then the programs will appear on left side of DVBDream.
  • Page 13 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Attention: We can see an icon in front of each program, means encrypted channels means free channels means only have sound , no pictures. 3.3.3. Setting of DVB-T2/T mode. Please open Change mode tool and set the tuner mode as “DVB-T2/T”. Wait for device initialization to complete, about 1.5 minutes Open DVBDream , choose “Tuners”, the following windows below will pop up: support@tbsdtv.com...
  • Page 14 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Click “OK”to enter DVBDream There are two methods for scan channels: auto scan and Manual scan. When we don’t know the specific frequency information, we choose auto scan, do as follow: Click “Option—channels – scan – auto scan” support@tbsdtv.com www.tbsiptv.com...
  • Page 15 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Once the scanning is complete, a new window will pop up, from which we can get the information about how many audio channels, videos channels or data channels have been scanned. Click “OK”, you will find the program list appears on the left side of DVBDream and you can watch TV.
  • Page 16 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Attention: We can see an icon in front of each program, means encrypted channels means free channels means only have sound , no pictures. support@tbsdtv.com www.tbsiptv.com...
  • Page 17 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder 3.3.4. Setting for DVB-C2/C mode. Please open Change mode tool and make the tuner mode as “DVB-C2/C”. Wait for device initialization to complete, about 1.5 minutes Open DVBDream , choose “Tuners”the windows below will pop up: Click “OK”to enter DVBDream There are two methods for scan channels: auto scan and Manual scan.
  • Page 18 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder When we don’t know the specific symbol rate information, we choose auto scan, do like this: Click “Option—channels – scan – auto scan” Once the scanning finished, a new window will pop up, from which we can get the information about how many audio channels, videos channels or data channels have been scanned.
  • Page 19 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder If we know the specific symbol rate information, we can choose “Manual Scan”. Choose the correct transponder, fill in the correct parameters, then click “scan”, after the scanning finished, click “Save channels”, then the programs will appear on the left side of DVBDream.
  • Page 20 4.1. Install TBS6508 into PC Install your TBS6508 into a PCI-E slot , turn on the PC , run the command “6508 # lspci - VVV | grep” to see whether the card has been detected by the motherboard. If the card is recognized, it will show like this : Attention ：Please install the tuner card when the computer turned off.
  • Page 21 Rebuilding 4.3. Check whether TBS6508 is well loaded Run command: # ls /dev/dvb If you can see adapter (adapter0-adpater 7. If there are multiple tuner cards are installed in one device, there will be more adapters), it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed.
  • Page 22 If there is no “/dev/dvb” option , then it means that the driver installation was unsuccessful or the adapter could not be loaded for some reason. TBS6508 adapter may need to be soft-linked under DVB-S2/S mode, otherwise, some streaming software may fail to use when searching for programs. Run command: # cd /dev/dvb/adapter0 # ln –s demux0 demux1...
  • Page 23 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder 4.4.1. DISEQC command for locking satellite signals. TBS6508 DVB-S2/S mode, one input is used for 2 tuners , which are divided into four groups for better understanding. group 1 (tuner 0 & 1) group 2 (tuner 2 &...
  • Page 24 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder 4.4.2. DVBLast Installation DVBlast , run command “# su yum install dvblast”or “# sudo apt-get install dvblast”, installation will have difference with different Linux OS. For more detailed installation steps, please check this link: https://github.com/gfto/dvblast/blob/master/INSTALL Scan signals from DVB-S2/S: dvblast scan dvbs:...
  • Page 25 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder Scan signals from DVB-C2/C # Dvblast –f 712000000 –s 6900000 -5 DVBC_ANNEX_A –a 4 -5 DVBC_ANNEX_A：Specify DVB mode Scan signals from ISDBT： # dvblast –f 473143000 –b 6 –a xx Scan signals from QAM_B: # dvblast –f 476143000 –s 5360000 –m qam_256 –a 5 For more details of using DVBLast , please check from this link :...
  • Page 26 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder 4.4.4. Astra cesbo: There are detailed installation steps and interface settings on the Astra website, please check for reference: https://cesbo.com/en/astra/quick-start https://cesbo.com/en/5.64/astra/web-interface Commands for settings : Installation : choose the correct astra version you need to download , run ➢...
  • Page 27 DVB Hardware | IPTV System | Video IP Encoder/Transcoder For other modes like DVBT/T2, DVBC, QAM_B, ISDBT, etc., choose "frontend0" (the first one of each ADPater). support@tbsdtv.com www.tbsiptv.com...