TBS Card 6983

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6983 not have compatibility issues like another saa7160-based TBS PCI-E cards, because used Pericom PCI-E 1.x/2.0 compatible switch before SAA7160.
But anyway 6983 replaced with 6903 because SAA7160 not available now. All PCI-E TBs products now with FPGA-based PCI-E bridge (like Digital devices cards last 5-6 years)
 
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CrazyCat said:
...But anyway 6983 replaced with 6903 because SAA7160 not available now....
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Thanks for the clarification :)
 
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Have just acquired a TBS-6983. I realise the 6903 has replaced this but seems too good not to use....It's all boxed up ready to use. Anyone available to give me a simple version of how to install / what's needed to use this in a PC ?
Was really hoping to watch the channels on 5West.
Thank you in advance
 
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Laser said:
Have just acquired a TBS-6983. I realise the 6903 has replaced this but seems too good not to use....It's all boxed up ready to use. Anyone available to give me a simple version of how to install / what's needed to use this in a PC ?
Was really hoping to watch the channels on 5West.
Thank you in advance
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Plug the power cable in, inside the case, then Get the driver form the tbs site, install that,

Reboot,

Then you have quite a few option on how you want to watch.

Eg crazyscan and vlc, easy blind scan and vlc, dvb dream or your fave dvb prog.
 
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Thank you Chris. The download has been archived as it's been replaced. But found it OK. The board does it just plug in? There is a remote control in the box too?
Do you have a link to crazyscan and vlc? is that best for 5 west?
Still not sure about this remote control. where do you use that?
 
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Laser said:
Thank you Chris. The download has been archived as it's been replaced. But found it OK. The board does it just plug in? There is a remote control in the box too?
Do you have a link to crazyscan and vlc? is that best for 5 west?
Still not sure about this remote control. where do you use that?
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Give me about an hour and I can help you with some of the progs and files :)

Plug the card in to the pcie socket, then plugin the power cable from you PC power supply.
Yes there is a remote in the box, but I have never used that. The mouse worked just fine.
 
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Hi,

Can anyone please advise me what the difference is between a TBS 6983 and a TBS 6903 apart from the model number? The TBS 6903 is listed as the latest twin tuner "Pro" card from TBS but the TBS 6983 was also a twin tuner "Pro" card.

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See Crazycat's answer in post #241.
 
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Hi,

Can anyone please advise me what the difference is between a TBS 6983 and a TBS 6903 apart from the model number? The TBS 6903 is listed as the latest twin tuner "Pro" card from TBS but the TBS 6983 was also a twin tuner "Pro" card.
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Llew, Chris,

Thx for your replies.

If I understand correctly, there is no difference in practical operational functionality, its just that the TBS 6903 uses a different chip because the old chip is no longer available?
At the moment, there would seem to be no reason to upgrade my TBS 6983 to a TBS 6903 unless the new chip they are using offers some functionality previously unavailable with the old SAA7160 chip.

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Thinking of buying the tbs 6903, few questions. will the card support DVB-S2X in the future/now ?. any new cards in the pipeline ?.
 
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