TBS 6904 Plex

[Jamauk]

After leaving Sky I'm looking at Freesat options, I have a TBS 6904 4 channel tuner, I used this years ago with Plex and it worked well, however I'm now trying to get it setup again and I cannot find the power cable, it's either been binned or it's hidden in one of the many boxes of wires.

Who knows what connector is used on this card? I've not used it for years and I would like to start using it for TV instead of going down the Freesat route. One end to the cable uses the traditional Molex connector, the connector on this end I have no idea, if only I knew what happened to the old power cable.

 

[freddie64]

Does it need the power cable?

Don't know nothing about these tuner cards but found this guide that does not mention connecting power cable.

https://www.tbsdtv.com/download/doc...-TV-Tuner-PCI-E-Card-Univesal-User-Guider.pdf

Also found this that may confirm the above (TBS6905 though).

https://www.tbsdtv.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=168&t=10123

 

[Jamauk]

I remember from my previous setup, the Dell T20 it detected it but couldn't power it through PCIe alone.

 

[Jamauk]

I'm just wondering now if I can get it to detect channels without power. There isn't much information about it, it could have been a case at the time of me just plugging in the cable because it was there. It does seem strange that the card and 4 tuners are detected but it cannot tune into any channels. I'm looking to tune into the Astra 28.2 satellite, the next two drop downs I cannot remember what I used for, Diseqc and Ku-Linear. Information seems to be very limited.

I'm now wondering if it is the LNB settings, this would be the next most obvious failing point:

 

[Armageus]

You will need the power cable otherwise the card will be unable to power up the dish's LNB

 

[Jamauk]

You will need the power cable otherwise the card will be unable to power up the dish's LNB

I've been looking for most of the day to find anything remotely like this...

 

[Avalon]

Pretty sure it was just a molex to ground and 12v, but i'll dig one out and check later if it helps.

 

[Jamauk]

A quick update to this, the TBS 6904 is now working on Plex. I'm not using it as a DVR, it is just so that TV can be watched in different areas of the house, and a bit of a fun project. Main TV watching is through Sky Stream, I already have 3 Sky Pucks, and this puts the redundant Sky dish back into action.

I'm still figuring it out and changing settings, so I don't expect it to be fully functional for a while, but here's a few pics:

Cables are a mess, I'll get it working before I tidy everything up!