Media-Tech USB RTL dongle installed, recognized, no signal at all

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GlobalInnovator
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Media-Tech USB RTL dongle installed, recognized, no signal at all

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Media-Tech USB RTL dongle installed, recognized, no signal at all

any idea ?

small indoor antenna installed by default
no signal at all

RTL usb dongle donated by my friend
since another Media Tech usb dongle purchased a week ago was to short to feature RTL chip inside, since it as a single Taiwan chip DVB-T dongle.

thank you
darius

jdow
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Re: Media-Tech USB RTL dongle installed, recognized, no signal at all

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If it is not a genuine RTL dongle I am afraid you are on your own. Normally there are two (significant) chips inside, the A/D converter/USB chip and the tuner chip.

The trick for you will be to figure out how to set the rtlsdr dongle's gain. Search the ribbon bar diligently. And, yes, I do get snarky when somebody posts expecting an instant answer in a small group. I know you want to get your new toy working. I've been there before. But, patience is a serious winning strategy.

{^_^} Just a dumb engineer who contributed to several modules on the Phase IIB GPS satellites.

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