diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml index 282f0a50433a1fe546162e877a795f9fe6e79dca..8c62ead889e42e53722d2a2eb70615b072d1c101 100644 --- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml +++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/controls.xml @@ -5013,8 +5013,27 @@ defines possible values for de-emphasis. Here they are:
RF Tuner Control Reference - The RF Tuner (RF_TUNER) class includes controls for common features -of devices having RF tuner. + +The RF Tuner (RF_TUNER) class includes controls for common features of devices +having RF tuner. + + +In this context, RF tuner is radio receiver circuit between antenna and +demodulator. It receives radio frequency (RF) from the antenna and converts that +received signal to lower intermediate frequency (IF) or baseband frequency (BB). +Tuners that could do baseband output are often called Zero-IF tuners. Older +tuners were typically simple PLL tuners inside a metal box, whilst newer ones +are highly integrated chips without a metal box "silicon tuners". These controls +are mostly applicable for new feature rich silicon tuners, just because older +tuners does not have much adjustable features. + + +For more information about RF tuners see +Tuner (radio) +and +RF front end +from Wikipedia. + RF_TUNER Control IDs