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@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@
<entry>Connector for a RGB composite signal.</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_F_CONN_TEST</constant></entry>
- <entry>Connector for a test generator.</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_F_CAM_SENSOR</constant></entry>
<entry>Camera video sensor entity.</entry>
</row>
@@ -84,7 +80,34 @@
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_F_TUNER</constant></entry>
- <entry>Digital TV, analog TV, radio and/or software radio tuner.</entry>
+ <entry>Digital TV, analog TV, radio and/or software radio tuner,
+ with consists on a PLL tuning stage that converts radio
+ frequency (RF) signal into an Intermediate Frequency (IF).
+ Modern tuners have internally IF-PLL decoders for audio
+ and video, but older models have those stages implemented
+ on separate entities.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_F_IF_VID_DECODER</constant></entry>
+ <entry>IF-PLL video decoder. It receives the IF from a PLL
+ and decodes the analog TV video signal. This is commonly
+ found on some very old analog tuners, like Philips MK3
+ designs. They all contain a tda9887 (or some software
+ compatible similar chip, like tda9885). Those devices
+ use a different I2C address than the tuner PLL.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
+ <entry><constant>MEDIA_ENT_F_IF_AUD_DECODER</constant></entry>
+ <entry>IF-PLL sound decoder. It receives the IF from a PLL
+ and decodes the analog TV audio signal. This is commonly
+ found on some very old analog hardware, like Micronas
+ msp3400, Philips tda9840, tda985x, etc. Those devices
+ use a different I2C address than the tuner PLL and
+ should be controlled together with the IF-PLL video
+ decoder.
+ </entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>