Hi, all,
I read in this forum that a number of people are experimenting with the Octagon SF8008 for DATV reception. I, too, can confirm that the SF8008 works reliably down to a symbol rate of 250kS/s. It goes down further, still, but not to one of the "default" rates, let's say 125kS/s. My question is: has anybody found a way to detect a lock to a signal or found a spot on the PCB to detect RSSI? The reason for my question is that the Octagon keeps the last image received which is undesirable in most circumstances. With a signal detection one could blank out the video before it travels further onto the monitor or the transmitter.
73, Jörg