Quote Originally Posted by sikkie View Post
I have installed the new Palmod.o for PAL-I, but the still get the same noises from time to time. The recordings also have patches of noise on it.
Not quite understanding the different PAL versions, I have the following questions:
1. How is it possible to even get sound with the sound band at 6 Mhz as to 5,5 Mhz for NZ or is the tuner good enough to pick it up?
2. Is the noise I am getting not the same as the other people were getting before the mod on the Oztivo forum and would it not disappear if I can get a compilation of both the PAL-I mod and the other mods done for the Oztivo?

Thanks a lot for all the work already done on this!
It's hard to figure out what the problem is without the PALMOD entries from the /var/log/kernel log file. Both the MSP3430G and MSP3410D will autodetect the NICAM offset correctly... the problem you might have is that if you are running a US TiVo in a NICAM country then you are likely to have trouble getting a NICAM stereo input (a simple explanation can be found here).

The MSP3430G found in the US units is not capable of NICAM, and while the MSP3410D chips (which are found in the UK units) can be transplanted into a US unit I have not been able to find a way of activating NICAM stereo due to what I am assuming is a master/slave conflict with the I2S bus.

In my US unit (which has a tuner) I have hardwired the left-channel output from the tuner into the left and right inputs of the sound processor (MSP chip) - thus giving me a clean mono signal.

It is possible (and quite easy) to get a NICAM signal working with the UK hardware (as the hardware was designed to run in PAL countries with NICAM).