DVB T T2 C hybrid cards

Changing between dvb systems on hybrid cards.

Installing

Debian 8 Jessie (2015) and higher; Ubuntu 16.04 and later (at least up to 20.04):

apt-get install dvb-tools

Arch:

$ sudo pacman -S v4l-utils

Usage

To choose European DVB-C (USA is Annex B)

dvb-fe-tool --set-delsys=DVBC/ANNEX_A

To see what delivery system you can choose from with your card

$ dvb-fe-tool
[..]
Supported delivery systems: 
     DVBT
     DVBT2
    [DVBC/ANNEX_A]
     ISDBT
     DVBC/ANNEX_B

To work with different adapter and frontend hardware (e.g. /dev/dvb/adapter{A}/frontend{F}):

$ dvb-fe-tool -a {A} -f {F}