1) Tuner Programming====================There are some flavors of Tuner programming APIs.These differ mainly by the bandswitch byte.    L= LG_API       (VHF_LO=0x01, VHF_HI=0x02, UHF=0x08, radio=0x04)    P= PHILIPS_API  (VHF_LO=0xA0, VHF_HI=0x90, UHF=0x30, radio=0x04)    T= TEMIC_API    (VHF_LO=0x02, VHF_HI=0x04, UHF=0x01)    A= ALPS_API     (VHF_LO=0x14, VHF_HI=0x12, UHF=0x11)    M= PHILIPS_MK3  (VHF_LO=0x01, VHF_HI=0x02, UHF=0x04, radio=0x19)2) Tuner Manufacturers======================SAMSUNG Tuner identification: (e.g. TCPM9091PD27)  TCP [ABCJLMNQ] 90[89][125] [DP] [ACD] 27 [ABCD] [ABCJLMNQ]:   A= BG+DK   B= BG   C= I+DK   J= NTSC-Japan   L= Secam LL   M= BG+I+DK   N= NTSC    Q= BG+I+DK+LL [89]: ? [125]:   2: No FM   5: With FM [DP]:   D= NTSC   P= PAL [ACD]:   A= F-connector   C= Phono connector   D= Din Jack [ABCD]:   3-wire/I2C tuning, 2-band/3-band These Tuners are PHILIPS_API compatible.Philips Tuner identification: (e.g. FM1216MF)  F[IRMQ]12[1345]6{MF|ME|MP}  F[IRMQ]:   FI12x6: Tuner Series   FR12x6: Tuner + Radio IF   FM12x6: Tuner + FM   FQ12x6: special   FMR12x6: special   TD15xx: Digital Tuner ATSC  12[1345]6:   1216: PAL BG   1236: NTSC   1246: PAL I   1256: Pal DK  {MF|ME|MP}   MF: BG LL w/ Secam (Multi France)   ME: BG DK I LL   (Multi Europe)   MP: BG DK I      (Multi PAL)   MR: BG DK M (?)   MG: BG DKI M (?)  MK2 series PHILIPS_API, most tuners are compatible to this one !  MK3 series introduced in 2002 w/ PHILIPS_MK3_APITemic Tuner identification: (.e.g 4006FH5)   4[01][0136][269]F[HYNR]5    40x2: Tuner (5V/33V), TEMIC_API.    40x6: Tuner 5V    41xx: Tuner compact    40x9: Tuner+FM compact   [0136]    xx0x: PAL BG    xx1x: Pal DK, Secam LL    xx3x: NTSC    xx6x: PAL I   F[HYNR]5    FH5: Pal BG    FY5: others    FN5: multistandard    FR5: w/ FM radio   3X xxxx: order number with specific connector  Note: Only 40x2 series has TEMIC_API, all newer tuners have PHILIPS_API.LG Innotek Tuner:  TPI8NSR11 : NTSC J/M    (TPI8NSR01 w/FM)  (P,210/497)  TPI8PSB11 : PAL B/G     (TPI8PSB01 w/FM)  (P,170/450)  TAPC-I701 : PAL I       (TAPC-I001 w/FM)  (P,170/450)  TPI8PSB12 : PAL D/K+B/G (TPI8PSB02 w/FM)  (P,170/450)  TAPC-H701P: NTSC_JP     (TAPC-H001P w/FM) (L,170/450)  TAPC-G701P: PAL B/G     (TAPC-G001P w/FM) (L,170/450)  TAPC-W701P: PAL I       (TAPC-W001P w/FM) (L,170/450)  TAPC-Q703P: PAL D/K     (TAPC-Q001P w/FM) (L,170/450)  TAPC-Q704P: PAL D/K+I   (L,170/450)  TAPC-G702P: PAL D/K+B/G (L,170/450)  TADC-H002F: NTSC (L,175/410?; 2-B, C-W+11, W+12-69)  TADC-M201D: PAL D/K+B/G+I (L,143/425)  (sound control at I2C address 0xc8)  TADC-T003F: NTSC Taiwan  (L,175/410?; 2-B, C-W+11, W+12-69)  Suffix:     P= Standard phono female socket    D= IEC female socket    F= F-connectorOther Tuners:TCL2002MB-1 : PAL BG + DK       =TUNER_LG_PAL_NEW_TAPCTCL2002MB-1F: PAL BG + DK w/FM  =PHILIPS_PALTCL2002MI-2 : PAL I		= ??ALPS Tuners:   Most are LG_API compatible   TSCH6 has ALPS_API (TSCH5 ?)   TSBE1 has extra API 05,02,08 Control_byte=0xCB Source:(1)Lit.(1) conexant100029b-PCI-Decoder-ApplicationNote.pdf