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1. Stand J24 A WV G TEST REPORT Promax TV Explorer Small All in One Unit Large Heavy and Expensive these are words that most of you have up until now used whenever the subject signal analyzer comes up The fact that it doesn t always have to be this way was demon strated by the Spanish company Promax Not long ago we were told about their newest model Prodig 5 TV Explorer so naturally we wanted to have a test Lig oo IFAI As expected from Promax this unit s workmanship left us with a very good impression The chassis is surrounded by rubber to help protect it from damage while at the same time allowing it to be easily stood up Also included in the package was a plastic carrying case to help pro tect it from moisture and dirt a power supply a charger cable for a vehicle as well as a variety of adapter plugs and a user manual written in English French and Spanish Despite its light weight the built in Li battery can power the Prodig 5 for up to 3 5 hours This is an exceptionally long time compared to some of its larger brothers The front panel sports a 5 inch TFT color display four status LED s a set of up down left right arrow buttons plus a set of 12 pushbuttons to con trol the analyzers various func tions Naturally the buttons are designed so that moisture and dirt cannot get behind them An adjustment knob is used for varying the frequency and is also used as the o
2. promax promax es 34 93 260 20 02 34 93 338 11 26 Model Function Frequency Range Measurement Range Accuracy Monitor Prodig 5 TV Explorer Professional Digital Analog TV Satellite Cable Signal Analyzer Band 1 45 865 MHz Band 2 950 2150 MHz Terrestrial 10 120 dBuV Satellite 30 120 dBuV Terrestrial 1 5 dB Satellite 2 5 dB 5 TFT Color Screen Color Systems TV Standards QPSK Symbolrates PAL NTSC SECAM M N B G D K and L 2 45 Msps Power Supply Li lon 7 2V 11Ah 3 5 hours Operation without Recharge 3 0 hours Recharging Time Operating Temperature 5 40 C Measurement Temestria Satelite 200MHz 800 Sampling rates of the TV Explorer spectrum analyzer Thomas Haring TELE satellite Test Center Austria by Spacecom AMC dedicated to your market liver high definition DTH television Youcan count on the AMOS satellitest n rms Anytime A fo broadcasting in Central Eastern Europe Our co located satellites and tailor made services are a winning solution for your market HA i LP LA fret EA L 4 e L sp gt g y Le i KN UA RRA TIRAR MET a um Ai a KM US A Ee i a O E an 4 Ter c X NAO ch t bh a qa w n del 18 Y T MENU X ee pre mb
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9. and post Soviet countries to allow for the maximum reflection of the current situation in the telecommunications and broadcast B2B market in the area In today s conditions of globalization espe cially in B2B markets of goods and services where the quantity of suppliers and custom ers are limited separate national markets are too small to guarantee that the participants of the exhibitions will have satisfying return on their marketing investments At the same time the need in specialized exhibitions as the instruments of direct marketing commu nications still remains and even grows along with the products and technology develop ments and the reduction of their life cycle and the collapse of traditional advertising efficiency However what can t be built in the frameworks of one country becomes a reality within the region Comparatively small number of operators in every country of the region prevents the national exhibitions of operators solutions from becoming a really efficient marketing instrument However pan Eastern European exhibitions are going to be highly effective The core of such pan Eastern European exhi bition already exists It is EEBC Telecom amp Broadcasting exhibition and conference organized by Ukrainian exhibition company lechExpo which successfully were held for the past three years The partnership and support of the lead ing unions and associations of telecommuni cations services operat
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11. how about this open it up with a can opener spoon out the contents and have it for lunch clean out the empty can and then use it to build a combination feed Just get yourself a copper tube The C Ku Band feed used in real life at a 1 80 m dish receving PAS4 on 72East There are many satellites that transmit sig nals in both C band and Ku band If you already have a large antenna it won t take much to modify the existing system so that both fre quency ranges can be received It all starts with a vegetable can that is 65mm in diameter Remove the lids on both sides Drill a hole in the side of the can large enough so that a 20mm copper tube can slide into it A 90 copper elbow is then attached to the copper tube on the inside of the can The other end of the tube goes to the Ku band LNB Important the copper tube cannot be longer than 80mm while its diameter can be as small as 17mm and is determined by the reception frequency The higher the frequency the smaller the diameter Installing this piece of handiwork will take some feeling The C band LNB should first be aligned to a C Ku band satellite such as PAS4 at 72 east in South Africa The vegetable can is then placed over the C band feed and slowly turned until the C band signal is at its strongest Reception through the copper tube protrud ing out of the can will of course be somewhat diminished but by rotating the can the smallest level of attenuation can be found
12. s digital age it is much more than just 1 and O there is an incredible variety One TV signal is not necessarily the same as another digital technology provides us with quite a few variants As equipment users we may not notice this all that much but as viewers it becomes much more evident especially when the picture quality is something we may not have seen before In this issue of TELE satellite we will focus on picture resolution in the DVB S standard Instead of one defined norm like there was in the analog days DVB S offers a variety like that found in a supermarket But as equipment users we really don t experience the picture that we would be looking at for years is not explained in any way What the receiver does to present the picture to you is available in detail but what we see is kept a secret Programming providers are taking clear advantage of this To save on transponder costs or to transmit more channels for the same amount of money the picture resolution is simply reduced The normal viewer has no idea that the providers can manipulate picture resolution There is no hint of this given anywhere The normal viewer just takes it as it comes and doesn t realize that it could be different In our report on page 46 of this issue we highlight the different variants It is actually quite amazing all satellite receivers can easily decode many of the different picture resolution variations And in these same re
13. t EN e Ji 1 1 Y e b gt y L AN A E 1 d A ac ton s Pr s lag DAT y f 4 i d A X e u TAL LU EI gt T Ae en A Ab G t eh DO ON IRA oC SE ta 7 Mi 3 y M te y yA a 5 e l bi e icu WA e F y LA H a d 5 e Vier i hr N API Aa et giw ia o ola d en Ez 5 m a 23 C i wi Nes 3 TEL e Er Ka A ta Y poes Y So e e ars 1 A d y I dE E i Li Q E 55 id y Y Tale m m vi we E Fa Ll NISHHS SL YYSWIW Satellite Dish The Toroidal Dish in North America One Dish and Many Satellites If you ve been a regular reader of TELE satel lite magazine for the past years then you should be familiar with the Wave Frontier T90 Toroidal sat ellite antenna and what it is all about earlier discussions on the T90 had to do with instal The T90 Antenna For those of you who are not familiar with the T90 we would like to take a moment and acquaint you with it The WaveFrontier Toroidal T90 is a fixed Ku band satellite antenna What makes it different from other fixed dishes is that it is a multifeed antenna A multifeed antenna is one that can be fitted with more than one LNB Of course you could
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15. Displays Signal Strength R F level and Pre and Post BER together Fast and accurate Pre BER in real time for easy pointing of aerial via built in COFDM PASS and FAIL indication in real time 32 pre programmed transmitters via website or all channel step through Audible tune in with back light Automatic constellation RF input range 167 862 MHz Input dynamic range 72dBm 20dBm input connector BNC Input imp 75 ohms Loop through Built in universal charger 100 240 V Ac 12 W Intelligent charger CE approved with delta V delta T detection Fast charge then Trickle Run time with full charge Minimum 5 hours from 2 4 Ah NiMH battery Computer interface Serial port Com 1 4 for upgradeable software on transmitters Supplied with leather case mains lead programming lead car lead IEC to BNC adapter and 2 off 10db attenuators HDSM Signal Strength and BER displayed together 32 Transponders or 16 satellites horizontal amp vertical Audible tune in with back light DVB C amp Ku band Mpeg V Sat compatible Run time with full charge single LNB Minimum 3 hours from 2 4Ah NiMH battery Figure of 8 mains input connector 2 1 mm Female PSU plug l for external charge via supplied car charger LNB Short circuit p 500 mA automatic limiter input range 950 2150 MHz r interface Serial Port COM 1 2 3 or 4 for on satellite settings e w 5 H a d ss actual B4 LER can be
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18. Telemetry Once the first Indian satellites had begun to be built it became necessary to constantly monitor and control them 180 km away from Bangalore in a place called Hassan the ideal location was found it s in the midst of a valley otherwise known for its coffee farms and there is almost no electro magnetic inter ference on ground Another advantage is that it is close to the ISRO headquarters in Ban galore The first impression is indeed great since everything about this place is huge from the buildings to the rows of giant 11 meter and 7 meter white dish antennas set against the background of a beautiful green tropi Hassan Satellite Ground Station in India spaciously located in a tropical valley Note the high elevation angles of dishes Photos Courtesy ISRO A TELE satellite International www TELE salellie com cal valley Each satellite has a dedicated antenna pointed towards it Each satel lites sends approximately 1000 parameters every second these telemetry data include bus voltages heat temperatures and infor mations as distance between Earth and the satellite All these data are received and processed by sophisticated software built in house and its output is monitored by the technical personnel As we enter the monitoring center it is apparent looking at the computer screen how much detail this data has even voltages as small as 5 volts are monitored In most
19. Toroidal T90 antenna Once again our friends at Sadoun Satellite Sales in Hilliard Ohio came through for us They pro vided us with the T90 dish as well as a set of four Sadoun KUL1 standard single output Ku band LNBFs They have a 0 4 dB noise figure a 10 750 GHz local oscil lator frequency and come in a slim design that makes them per 24 www TELE satellite com fect for use with the T90 Fora receiver we used a Pansat 6000 HXC with twin tuners When setting up a Toroidal antenna it is always a good idea to decide ahead of time what sat ellites you want to receive with it In this way you can determine in advance which of those satellites would be your center satellite For our tests we chose AMC3 AMC5 SBS6 and AMC9 We used AMC5 as the center satellite and installed the first LNBF on the center of the T90 s rail 09 point on the rail The Pansat receiver was tuned to the New York Net mux on 12 182 GHz H SR 23000 We then aligned the T90 for maximum signal quality and at the same time made sure that to the east of AMC5 so it stands to reason that if a second LNBF were placed on the rail at a point 5 to the right of the first LNBF we should be able to lock onto SBS6 So we set up the Pansat box to a known active transponder on SBS6 12 006 GHz V SR 6890 installed the second LNBF on the rail and watched the signal qual ity display as we slid the LNBF along the rail Sure enough the signal magically
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21. any closer than 3 apart Unfortunately many of the Ku band satellites above the North American sky are spaced only 2 apart The design of the LNBF holder will not let you receive two adjacent satellites It is possible to modify the holder so that they Closeup of the rail the rail but this would only work if the LNBFs themselves did not have a wide diameter feedhorn The width of the feedhorn on the Sadoun KUL LNBFs that we used would prevent us from achieving 2 LNBF separation Currently it would seem that the Toroidal T90 antenna has a market with the DishNetwork and DirecTV PayTV services This is supported by the fact that there are LNBs especially designed for use with the T90 antenna LOF 11 250 GHZ circular polarization that can receive these services The standard DTH LNBFs that come with the minidish come in a differ ently shaped housing that will not allow it to be installed on the T90 rail The T90 will allow you receive a group of these PayTV satellites with just a single antenna while its larger size will give you extra pro tection against bad weather signal fade But the purpose of this test was to see how well it would stack up against standard Ku band sat ellites and we clearly showed that this versatile antenna can be used for much more than just PayTV signals SATCOS 111806 5 585 4 3 0 HOO 44360 8 Free MSNBC Feed on 5856 Eugen Weber Professor Universiti f Hi
22. appeared as the LNBF reached the 5 mark on the rail The position of the LNBF was adjusted for a maximum signal quality of 60 Two more LNBF s were installed and aligned to AMC3 and AMC9 In both cases it was just a matter of sliding the LNBF along the rail until it was at The LNBF holder can be moved left and right on the rail It can be fixed by a little screw One dish with very easy way to add several LNBFs The frequently used 2 spacing in North America can only be achieved by manipulating the LNBF hold ers Ron Roessel TELE satellite Test Center North America its designated position Strong can be placed closer together on signals were observed on both of these satellites Clearly the Wave Frontier T90 Toroidal antenna performs just as advertised A single fixed dish was used to lock onto four satel lites at the same time with excep tional signal quality from each of these satellites The Pansat receiver easily jumped between these satellites via a DiSEqC 4X1 switch However this antenna is not limited to just four LNBF s The rail has plenty of room for more LNBF s So if it S more than four satellites that you want to receive simply add more LNBF s and position them correctly on the rail One thing to keep in mind though The width of the LNBF holders limits how close two satellites can be As it turns out the satellites must be 3 or more apart the LNBF holders cannot be placed
23. brightness for optimum readability After looking over the hand book for a short time every user should become familiar with the elementary functions of the Digital Analog TV Satellite and Cable Signal Analyzer easy to read and self explana tory buttons If you want to take advantage of all of the TV Explor er s functions you will have to do plenty of learn by doing since the user manual won t be able to answer too many detailed ques tions Of course the first step would be to select the type of signal you would like to measure From there you go to the spectrum analyzer display With analog terrestrial signals as well as with DVB T and DVB C signals active channels would immediately be visible aS peaks on the display In satellite reception mode the correct switching voltage must first be selected as does the proper band and any DiSEqC parameters must also be chosen The TV Explorer can supply 5V 13V 15V 18V 24V as well as 13V and 18V in combination with a 22 kHz signal If necessary the analyzer can switch to an exter nal source of power The TV Explorer can display the actual power usage of the LNB or multiswitch an especially interesting feature The DiSEqC 1 0 protocol is included for mul tifeed systems as DiSEqC 1 2 for motorized antennas DiSEqC 1 1 and 1 3 USALS are unfortu nately not supported The spectrum display of the TV Explorer is available in two dif ferent modes In t
24. can easily find a signal of really poor resolution and thus poor video quality It can be as bad as the VHS tape So this is not always true that digital TV ensures better quality that analog one However this is always true when we talk about HDTV Only such signals when seen on proper TV set secure high quality RS oy ee jg mm e om Ms SAT IF Signals ed me ters i i turn path wi The resolution is not the only factor that influences the quality of video As you already know the mismatch of the aspect ratio between signal and TV set will also reduce it But there are also other factors We will write about them in the next issue of TELE satellite re Signal Panscan Letterbox E SECH le hs 8 p SPAUN electronic Fig 4 Converting the picture when there is a mismatch between its z aspect ration and the aspect ratio of a TV set Byk Gulden Str 22 D 78224 Singen Telefon 49 0 7731 86730 e Telefax 49 0 7731 64202 e mail info spaun de www spaun de T4 Signal Panscan Letterbox SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY Indian Satellites Satellites over India P SriVatsa In June 2006 the Master Control Facility in Hassan India celebrated 25 years of monitoring and controlling Indian satellites We at TELE satellite India took the chance and visited the place to get first hand impressions about this first class facility E A view into the control center for Tracking and
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26. resolution see table 1 Table 2 provides the resolutions for NTSC PAL SECAM 720 x 576 704 x 576 544 x 576 480 x 576 352 x 576 352 x 288 Table 1 Signal resolution for PAL SECAM NTSC 720 x 480 704 x 480 640 x 480 544 x 480 480 x 480 352 x 480 392 x 240 Table 2 Signal resolution for NTSC As you can see the difference can be really big Probably the inquisitive reader will have a few questions here Let s try to answer the most typical ones Why we have the two so close resolutions 720 and 704 pixels per line It is due to legacy reasons In analog TV the transmitted image was slightly greater than the picture shown on the TV set screen Also now our TV set can only show 704 pixels The additional 8 pixels at every end help our satellite receiver pro duce slightly better signal at the very edges of the screen However it can rather be meas ured than observed 704 x 576 is close to the 4 3 aspect ratio of a traditional TV set but what about other resolutions Figure 1 explains how the signal resolution influences the shape and size of a pixel For the 704 x 576 resolution the pixel is almost exactly a square For 372 x 576 it is a rectangle that is twice as wide as it is high For 352 x 288 it is again close to a square but of course it is 2 times wider and 2 times higher than that of the highest resolution How this influences the quality of picture you may see this in figure 2 It shows the same p
27. titude of connection options such as 2x HDMI and USB 2 0 as well as free of charge value added services for example the free program information service SiehFern INFO Autolnstall the ISIPRO programme list manager and the automatic software update turn the HD Vision 32 40 into a real all rounder 52 E ES TechniSat TechniSat DVB T S Combo Box Power DigiDish with Multi satellite LNB D1 potsy 4 sat positions with 1 LNB INFO BITSTREAM OUT Visit us at IBC Amsterdam gt A hall 5 booth 121 TechniSa it Digital S A Me shies 11 rue Pierre Werner L 3032 Betzdorf Luxembourg www technisat com Mail to international technisat cor Fax 352 710 707 959 Please do not hesitate to contact us TECHNISAT DIGIT 4S Digital FTA satellite receiver 14 MATRIX JAVA Blind Scan FTA receiver 18 PROMAX TV Explorer Professional Digital Analog TV Satellite Cable Signal Analhvzer 20 TOROIDAL T90 H H mount motor 28 MINI ACTUATOR from EDON DISEQC MOTO ergeet 36 Satellite Reception Feed Made From a Vegetable Can 30 Basic Functions Dear Readers Yes those were the days in the analog age you could either receive something or you couldnt And when there was something to receive then it was only one TV signal or it was nothing Either yes or no black or white 1 or 0 That was the analog age In today
28. was 12303 V SR 27500 FEC 3 The table and the chart present the readings of our receiver strength and quality indicators taken when we were turning the knob of the attenuator We used approximately of its full range what means 0 15 dB As you can see the signal quality actually improved when we added some attenuation Even at 15 dB the signal was still better than when fed directly This confirms that the satellite TV receivers are also not free of the intermodulation problem However we must emphasize here that it was the ONLY signal on Hotbird that behaved in this way All others which had initial qual ity reading gt 60 were simply maintaining its initial quality reading and were getting worse for bigger attenuation setting So adding an attenuator at the receiver input is not a universal solution However if you are or want to be a DX er you should have an attenuator in your drawer If you want to pick a weak signal surrounded by the strong ones and its quality is not good enough to produce a stable video before climbing to the roof to re align your dish insert an adjustable attenuator before your receiver input LNB IN Turn its knob and observe the quality reading you may be surprised ei Vi ln tlm S List a el E 2006 SO TIHIRT C www Thai D com TEST REPORT Technisat Digit 45 Satellite Receiver Small Jack of all trades It was always the main target of the German
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30. you can prevent some confusion because it happens very often that translated menu entries contain strange and misunderstanding text Also the manuals contain sometimes lots of translation errors which can make it quite difficult for the begin ner to understand their meaning After setting up the OSD language some other basic settings like time setup or video output have to be adjusted Some receivers prompt you to enter a pin code to access these menus which is normally 0000 or 1234 In the next step it s time for cleaning up If you bought a used receiver there might be hundreds of old channels but even a new receiver might contain some over aged data In this case it s very useful to perform a com plete factory reset The important factory reset is normally avallable in every recelver The factory reset can be found on nearly every receiver and normally it does only reset channel data and some user settings the so very important transponder and satellite data will not be deleted because the receiver would be useless without them However consider ing that the receiver was manufactured a few GE No 57 Bitan Road Shindian 23153 TAIPEI TAIWAN Website www edon com tw E mail service edon com tw Edon your RIGHT choice 1 UH DI PT 111 1 for moving no Screw OIB CaSsuna and pl satellite an tenna reel FILAJ H tiit Ar T DiSEqC 1 2 Positioner Edon Technology I
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32. 122 955716 Fax 49 8122 955718 E Mail hundt dvbshop net Web www dvbshop net A EH 8 eB C Band in Europe C Band Reception in Europe With a 120cm Antenna Thomas Haring In the last issue of TELE satellite maga zine Sylvain Oscul from the TELE satellite test center in France had a look to see what kind of C band reception was possible with a 180cm dish The results were impressive Hc PPP 511088 desa of PARE A Not to be outdone I decided to take this a step further and see what could be done with a slightly smaller antenna If you don t have your own backyard and have no choice but to mount your dishes on a steep rooftop or on a balcony installing large diameter satellite dishes may not be the most practical thing to do Thanks to modern Ku band satellites with their high output power a large dish is not really necessary since you should have no trouble getting several thousand channels from a variety of countries Despite all the variety available on Ku band the more exotic programming like North Korean State TV or other foreign language programming is usu ally only available in C band So the ques tion then is what can we do in C band with a 120cm dish y A p Thomas Haring adjusts a C band feed on a 1 2 meter offset antenna while checking his progress with the help of the Prodig 5 signal analyzer also introduced in this issue we later found
33. 766H 27500 6163 Ukrainian soft hit parade with a few news breaks and hardly any commercials Satellite Reception C Band Reception in Europe with a 120cm Antenna eee 42 Satellite Technology Video Quality in digital TV 46 Satellites over India 123 x xn ia 48 Satellite Exhibition EEBC 2006 Feature The stronger the better it that always true cee Henn nnns 12 l Telecom amp Broadcasting will build TELE satellite Receiver Guide 22 94 yey Or Ne GE 49 R te EEN 7 JAEGER WEISS eee 21 SPAUN 47 Z eee ene 26 idos 49 STAB 51 6 08 6 15 MOTECK v eee 31 STARSAT 4 TELEMEDIA BEE Gelee EE STATE MICRO TECHNOLOGY 19 NEUTER EUER UE E EE AN DYB SHOP oer A M 41 PANA e ase 43 E gt 3 EDON 11 1 060 6 64 64 4 4 4 45 TELEcsatellite ub EMP UO 38 SADOUN EE 35 08 15 0 2 FORTECSTAR EE 39 SMART WE EE 29 E KEE ONE 19 HORIZON DON 33 SPACECOM a a a 23 VANTAGE EE 31 Thank You ARION do not care about their arguments on TV channel any more
34. B T COFDM CBER 7 8E4 5 4 lt E FREC 794 00MHz C N 18 8 de 15 kHz 73 1 dBuV CAN MER 26 5 dB Lef I FEST 4 VBER lt 1 0E 7 Shows all measurements simultaneously promax es 100 FREQ CANAL EH sl CCIR FR2 DVB T 794 00 MHI ANTENA 3 RED TW Met Component Shows picture service list PID S gt f T m E AL 3199 794 00 MHz l s STARTING TESTING FOR ANALOG TESTING DVB C POWER OK CALCULATING CHANNEL BW TRYING CURRENT DVB C CONFIG TRYING 64QAM SP_INV ON SR 2168887 d3d0930 DIAN Direct adjusting of spectrum without menus 34 93 260 20 02 SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY Video Quality in digital TV f Peter Miller Video Quality Set top box manufacturers when advertising their products often refer to the excellent video quality ensured by the nature of digital TV However when we zap channels we can see great difference in quality between channels Is it only imperfection of our senses Unfortu nately not Actually there is a great difference between channels Why One of the most impor tant factors is the video resolution used by service providers Video resolution DVB standard for digital TV allows the pro viders to use a number of resolutions The maximum resolution when digitizing PAL signal is 720x576 pixels However the service provider may decide to use lower
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36. KAN Common Interface AAA CAS Embedded iN PVR N Combo e IPTV BEA ANS RAN BSN Ver SR Digital Satel fe e SESS Twin Tuner PVRM mon interi macel LA WS y AN che SH ee bes ER Dis tz 1 Jarraatri E RN T lt gt AN FR ONG om ER pl IO NETS TE peta AA acces EB eg gt T i LS done lem PO a IS Tren eo JUZHSU DIGITAL TELEMEDIA CO LTD Under Jiuzhou Group ADD 17F China YouSe Building 6013 Shennan Avenue Futian District Shenzhen China dion E MAIL overseas d telemedia com TEL 86 755 83474088 FAX 86 755 83474725 Website www d telemedia com TEST REPORT Satellite Receiver Matrix Java A Slim Blind Scan FTA Receiver The company PT Stella Satindo based in Jakarta Indonesia offers a wide range of satellite equipment under the brand name of Matrix The Indonesian The receiver has a very elegant design with silver casing and black front panel It offers a signal indicator LED next to its channel display A mains switch is located at left side of front panel and six small buttons on the right allow for full operation control channel up down volume up down Menu and OK The receiver comes included with RF and AV RCA cables Only three different menu lan guages are available English Chi nese and Indonesian The user manual that came with the test
37. Next attach the Ku band LNB to the exposed end of the copper tube and rotate it until the best signal strength is achieved Finally simply attach a DiSEqC switch so that you only have one cable going to the receiver and there you have it the number of channels you can receive has greatly increased without any large invest ment a C band LNB for 45 Euros 17K a Ku band LNB for 20 Euros 0 4 dB and some accessories for 5 Euros much of which the do it yourselfer will probably already have in his stash of spare parts Note Naturally this combination does tend to reduce the signal level in only one frequency range compared to an individual feed But this loss seems to be limited to roughly 10 30 TELE satellite International www TELE satellite com from a hardware store like the ones used in heating systems and off you go its ME Sporn 4 amm my S A peek at the inside of what used to be a vegetable can The clamp is later used to secure it to the C band feed This was a vegetable can The Ku band LNB is mounted to a copper tube that has a 90 elbow Completed C Ku band assembly C Ku band satellites transmit in these areas with a minimum of 42 dBW n the center of these zones as many as 261 digital FTA channels can be received In the outer regions this number drops back to 33 2 Common Interface 7 Days EPG High Quality Tuner 2 Conax Cardreader gt gt gt gt
38. RYPT TWIN FULL X PREMIERE Motors Aktuatoren Actuators Mini Actuotors 6 8 10 12 Regular Actuators 12 18 24 Heavy Actuators 24 36 H H Mounts SG 99 upto 1 00 m SG 107 upto 1 10 m SG 2100 DiSEqC 1 2 upto 1 00m Stab HH100 DiSEqC 1 2 up to 1 00 m Stab HH120 DiSEqC 1 2 upto 1 20 m Montage Accessoires Multifeedholder for 2 3 or 4 LNB Wallmounts 15 cm distance Aluminium 25 cm distance Aluminium 35 cm distance Aluminium 45 cm distance Aluminium 50 cm distance Steel 35 cm distance Steel La 55 F Connector 7 mm F Connector 7 mm waterresistant F Connector 4 mm and more Remotesystems AV Linker Videosender for remote control Remote Blaster Zapline 2 and more Koaxialcable High Qualitiy coax cable Ki Minicable Coax Mini Twincable Coax 17 dB plus controlline www doebis de BEGINNER SECTION Basic functions Basic manual for satellite receivers Heinz Koppitz It happens very often that you buy a cheap receiver without a manual or that you simply loose the one that was attached and now you don t know how to operate your receiver The dozens of emails we receive every day in our office speak a clear language and many users have problems to find out how to look for new programs sort or delete them without the manual This article will try to help you finding and using the basic functions of your receiv
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40. ail Info iev weiss de Homepage www iev weiss de German Distributor Specially designed for receiver with DiSEqC1 2 Drive dish up to 1 2M SER INDUSTRIAL CO LTD Specially designed for receiver with DISEqC1 2 Manual East West buttons for easy installation Drive dish up to 1 2M gt p fl A R No G Pao Kao Rd Hsin Tien City Taiwan R O C TEL 886 2 291 84228 FAX 886 2 29 78362 http www Jaeger Com tw e mail salesOjaeger com tw of the Scan button is enough for the TV Explorer to attempt to find more information on the selected transponder frequency If it s an analog signal the unit will recognize this and indicate this by lighting the correspond ing status LED Since there is no integrated analog satellite tuner picture and sound can only be displayed in terrestrial mode In satellite mode only measurement data is displayed If it s a digital trans ponder the automatic scan func tion of the TV Explorer comes into play In just a short time the symbolrate FEC and other critical data of the transponder is identified With a push of the TV button the PMT s are read the channel list is displayed and the first receivable channel is pre sented The TV Explorer uses an easy to read Info bar to dis play not only information such as PID s and resolution but also the actual measured datarate the service provider as well as any encryption used by the channel This mak
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42. cases this monitoring is a matter of routine how ever in case of an emergency for example a satellite becomes too cold or abnormal volt ages are noticed the software automatically sets of alerts in which case the technical personnel starts the recovery process We also got a chance to see the weather photos taken by Indian Weather satellites this is exciting as in most cases satellite DXers do not have the required equipment to receive these specialized signals Our tour ended with a visit to the new library where every possible book on satellites are available One of the most notable vistors to this center was in 1984 the then late Prime Minis ter of India Mrs Indira Gandhi who was well known for showing interest in making India a modern scientific country A tree planted by Mrs Indira Gandhi is still growing strong per haps reflecting the healthy growth of ISRO We at TELE satellite wish MCF all the best on its well deserved 25th anniversary Satellite Exhibition EEBC 2006 Telecom amp Broadcasting will build City of the Future Elena Pryadko The 4th Eastern European exhibition and conference in telecommunications and broadcast ing which will be held between 18 20 October 2006 in Kiev Ukraine in the exhibition centre KievExpoPlaza will have a new format One event One location All converged To get the telecommunications and broad casting market participants involved into the unif
43. ceivers there is no need to change a setting for this to work they all produce a single video signal from these variants that every TV can correctly display It doesn t matter if the pixels are doubled or even quadrupled everything is handled automatically Yes the developers of these DVB norms know all the tricks on hiding the important data Picture resolution is Multifeed dish 24 any of this While most of the receivers on certainly the most important when it comes the market today can provide us the PIDs of to a TV signal a signal there are up until now none that can display the picture resolution Recently the SatcoDX channel lists have started including the picture resolution of Picture resolution is what we as viewers a Satellite channel And as time goes by actually see on the TV screen the PIDs just more and more SatcoDX scanning stations make reception possible Once the PIDs are will switch over so that eventually anyone DG 120 PLUS entered reception functions properly But who wants to know it will be able to find out what the picture resolution is of every channel This now gives you a new sorting capability you can now search for programs that transmit in higher quality You might then also be able to see that higher picture quality may go hand in hand with higher programming quality Enjoy your high quality TV Alexander Wiese P S My favorite radio station of the month is Love Radio SIRIUS 5E 11
44. channel and press the EPG button the EPG data are avail able in the blink of an eye Also in every day use the receiver leaves a very good impression Pressing the OK button opens the channel list which is very nicely designed and shows you the current EPG data if they are transmitted by content provider for every and a small channel preview window Of course you can reduce the channel list to your favourite channels or you can sort it by content providers A highlight of this receiver is The Technisat Digit 4S is a very easy to use but powerful receiver and even for absolute beginners it s no big deal to use it Because of his solid func tion and thoughtful features it s the ideal receiver for every day use in your living room Considering its small size the Digit 4S can also be used for camping trips or for your weekend house None also the channel change speed between two programs on dif ferent transponders which is far below one second After every channel change the receiver shows an info bar which is a little bit oversized but it con tains besides the EPG data a lot of important information on current channel Teletext AC3 sound subtitles etc In comparison to other receiv ers the Technisat Digit 4S is one of the few FTA receivers whose EPG functions are really working perfectly while a lot of other receivers sometimes dis appointed us with this feature The tuner used b
45. company Technisat to provide their costumers with easy to use but powerful receivers A few At the first look you notice immediately the receiver s small size it s just 205x130x35mm which let it appear quite dainty and so it will certainly find its place in every living room shelf Objectively the new Technisat receiver does not offer as much connectors as some rival prod ucts might do but considering the small size the manufac turer did his very best to offer as much connectors as possi ble and all important ones are available Because the Digit 4S is a FTA receiver there are no CI slots or card readers The attached remote control is very handy it s labelling is very clear and the buttons offer a comfort able pressure point In general workmanship of this receiver leaves a very good impression The attached user manual is available in many different lan guages always fitting for the country of delivery Everyday use What is more annoying than a new device whose handling is so very complicated that you despair and what s less funny than installing a new satellite receiver and having to read a huge manual For years Tech nisat is successfully trying to prevent their costumers from days ago parcel service delivered the new Digit 4S to our testcenter and so we tried to verify if this claim is really true Techni Sat these experiences and the new Digit 4S is no exception After turning on the
46. could do on the Kathrein antenna such as the Precision PMJ LNB C Gold We obtained this feed from a UK seller through an Ebay auction The LNB was contributed by Olbort Satellite Technologies Unfor tunately this feed proved to be totally incompatible and should never work with an offset antenna despite what the seller had said On the strongest C band satellite position Express AiR at 40 east the signal that was identified on the ana lyzer 3675R was far too weak to be received The result was the same with all the other sat ellites no reception And last but not least a Ku band LNB was added alongside the C band LNB Of course the C band LNB had to be moved out of the antenna s focal point to make room for the Ku band LNB Though you had to squint a little reception alongside the Ku band LNB was still possible In general it is safe to say that C band reception using a 120cm dish is also pos sible in Europe just don t expect any mira cles The North Korean state TV channel was still not receivable Nevertheless this setup would make for an interesting toy for the sat ellite hobbyist and at the very least will let you somewhat expand the limits of your sat ellite system Eme er Een en Dus 8 j ads 720x576i 4 3 25Hz component SID NID EXPLORADOR 2 ANALIZANDO CANALIZACION PROMAX 25 50 75 ANALOG DVB T OK ANALOG PAL BG DVB T OK __TESTING FOR ANALOG DV
47. d the PC via a RS232 cable cross over cable and use a PC program like SetEdit or some other www TELE satellite com TELE satellite International program offered by the manufacturer to do the job Sometimes these programs are capable of directly importing new channel lists from e g SatcoDX Nearly every manufacturer offers a homepage on the internet and normally they are really worth a click If you can t find the one of your receiver s manufacturer try some internet search engines and encyclopaedias like Google or Wikipedia but normally you ll find the correct site by entering the manufac turers name with com or with the local coun try extension Be careful when upgrading the receivers software Finally I have a very important warning for you Manufacturers offer from time to time new software updates to fix newly discovered bugs orto enhance the receiver s functionality If you are lucky your receiver can update its software automatically via satellite but most of the older models don t offer that option You have to visit the manufacturer s website download the software there and install it to your receiver via the RS232 connector and your PC In this case please read all the infor mation provided by the manufacturer on the website and check if you are really using the exactly fitting software for your receiver If you install the wrong software your receiver might get destroyed 11 FEATURE Intermodu
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49. ders list but this weakness is replaced by a blind scan feature This blind scan proc ess has two steps First is to scan the active transponders and then to scan the channels In our test the channel scan with blind scan feature was quite fast The values of the found symbol rates are somehow higher than expected plus 7 accoridng to what is listed in SatcoDX Satel lite Chart We test the Matrix Java on PalapaC2 113 0E and found that it could not get all the active transponders some weaker sig nals were passed Vincent Witjhun TELE satellite Test Center Indonesia 18 TELE satellite International www TELE satellite com LNB OUT office of TELE satellite had the opportunity to test one of their digital satellite receivers a model called Conclusion With the ability to blind scan this receiver could very quickly update the channel lists with out having to manually add any channels This Matrix Java is a cost effective choice for begin ners and a very good choice as a slave receiver for feed hunting DXer s SATANT IN 5232 Manufacturer Website VIDEO R AUDIO L PT Stella Satindo Komplek Daan Mogot Prima Blok B3 No 7 Jl Daan Mogot Raya km 12 8 Jakarta 11740 Indonesia www stella co id Phone 62 21 54373829 62 21 54373833 sales stella co id Function Channel Memory Matrix Java Blind Scan FTA receiver Satellites Symbolrate
50. designed N for a PFA can be the correct position used on an Offset antenna too After some improvising using a The entire assembly including motor was 42 TELE satellite nlernational www TELE sslellile com www pansatusa com The Best is Best Technology Quality Service Es Oe tu PSN dei bod Real Time Clock 4 d Universa Long Pansat 2700 e Smart Search e UHF Ready e 2Mb Flash Memory e Universal Remote amp Pansat Leading Satellite Technology Since 1983 Panarex Electronics 11672 Tuxford St Sun Valley CA 91352 USA Tel 818 768 5161 Fax 818 768 5191 www pansatusa com E Mail pansatusa cs com initially aligned to Ku band satellites so that the less sensitive C band should not present a problem Just like my colleague in France I also used a good old D box1 with DVB2000 software as well as the Prodig 5 signal ana lyzer from Promax With full expectations and anticipation the antenna was turned to the relatively powerful Express A1R C band satellite at 40 east The first look at the analyzer display revealed that there was a very strong signal at 3675R After entering this DVB2000 Russian SC frequency in the software channels with plenty of signal strength were found numerous According to the frequency list at www satcodx com there were also a number of South American transponders on NSS 806 at 40 5 west with relatively high power outputs I was ab
51. ep by Step Guide to Get SatcoDX Soft the Internet and is allowed to access FTP ware Running on Your Computer Note SatcoDX Software also runs without 1 Download SatcoDX Software Version 3 10 Activation Code or with an outdated Activi 1 SATE LLITE from the above URL or install from CD ROM ation Code However the satellite data on INTERNATIONAL Note if you have already installed Version World of Satelite 11 Registration ee Ste page 3 10 you do not need to do it again Check SALCE ernati PO Box 1234 m x your currently nstalled ver ion by click ing the HELP button then ABOUT The third line tells you the version installed on your computer 85766 Munich Ufg GERMANY EUROPA UNION Editor in Chief Alexander Wiese alex TELE satellite com display will be either from last time you per formed an update or from the time when 2 Enter the Activation Code by clickin original software has been compiled By LICENSE and then REGISTRATION Ge default each SatcoDX software contains the entering Activation Code click VALIDATE KEY set of satellite data as current as when it was and EXIT Now you are ready to download the complec and put together newest satellite transponder data anytime you want provided your computer is connected to Published by TELE satellite Medien GmbH Germany Design Production TELE satellite Hungary Kft Nemeti Barna Attila International Advertising Alexander Wiese alex TELE s
52. er After that you should be able to even use the more specific feature by simple try and error Satellite receivers are designed for tel evision signal reception which means that they have to be connected to a TV set which they can use as OSD on screen display As a matter of fact the front sides are mainly very poorly equipped and just contain a few buttons and a segment display only very few receivers can show channel names and other information via an alphanumeric display sometimes a display is missing at all So if you are a radio freak you ll have to turn on your TV for most receivers to know which channel you are currently listening to The front sides are mainly very poorly equipped Some receivers offer a few buttons to operate the unit without remote control but these buttons are just duplicates of the ones available on the remote with one exception Some of them contain a manual power on off button which sometimes can also be found on the back side The other buttons are normally just channel up down and maybe sometimes volume up down If a special button to enter the main menu is available it s in most cases not very useful because there are no numeric keys available on the receiver s front and so you can t use most of the menu entries at all All available connectors are on the back side Luckily there s one point where all receiv ers are similar they offer the available con nectors which are al
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54. ery close to its promise of horizon to horizon and almost covers the complete orbital arc from 80 East to 80 West The individual components of Jaeger s DG 120 Plus motor Antenna alignment With a polar mount system there are more aspects to con sider than for a fixed antenna However the basic steps are similar even though we have to take into account the tilted pivot The pivot of a polar mount is aligned in parallel to the axis of the Earth and consequently is tilted by an angle which cor DG 120 Plus Made by Jaeger responds to the local degree of latitude This angle has already been considered when assem bling the motor The elevation on the other hand is displaced by this angle to an extent which leads for the complete construc tion to be out of its adjustment range In order to adjust this displacement the rotating arm of H H mounts is always bent by 30 or 40 degrees depending on the manufacturer The DG 120 Plus comes with a 40 degree offset bent which is perfect for use in Central Europe as it allows convenient elevation angles of 32 to 34 degrees on the antenna s scaling Everybody is still waiting for a quick fix for aligning the antenna to its zero position and there is no two dimensional water level to check the upright position of the antenna pole Pointing towards the South can still only be achieved using a compass or a GPS system and moving the antenna pole Adjusting the system in
55. es it easy to iden tify what satellite you happened to land on while adjusting the antenna Otherwise it would also help to have a quick look at a fre quency list such as can be found at www satcodx com The TV Explorer supports the measurements of VBER C N signal strength MER and CBER to help with any fine tuning adjust ments The VBER measurement indicates the number of error bits after Viterbi error correction while the C N carrier to noise ratio indicates the noise figure MER is the modulation error rate and CBER is the number of error bits after error correction All of this data can be displayed in an easy to read graphic while the other values are minimized and placed near the bottom of the display To help make things even easier the user can set up a number of different satellite pro files several are already pre programmed into the unit This takes some of the guesswork out of setting up a multifeed system on multiple connectors since the TV Explorer by using the stored profiles will automatically adjust for the correct DiSEqC polariza tion and band settings In addition to this box being used as an analyzer the TV Explorer would also make an interesting tool for the diehard feedhunter Thanks to the spec TELE satellite International trum display new signals can be found as soon as they appear and with the help of the Auto scan function can be recognized and identified Aside from pic ture a
56. he first mode the display acts at a reduced speed with an overall picture generated at a slower measure ment speed that may not show every weak signal In the Align Mode the spectrum display is initially generated and then kept up to date at a much faster pace thereby making it ideal for pre cise adjustments Additionally in this mode the signal strength can also be presented audibly The arrow buttons can be used to zoom in on individual frequency ranges or reposition the y axis of the signal strength display Once the initial settings have been taken care of the first fre quency can be selected that can later be looked at much more closely Frequency selection is handled either by the control knob or by direct entry using the integrated 10 button keypad The frequency entered can be either the downlink frequency or the transponder IF With terres trial signals it can be as simple as entering in the correct channel number In digital mode a push THE SIMPLEST WAY FOR INSTALLATION AND UPGRADE Ga i k DiSEqC1 2 Actuator DISE lount DG1 En AAA Star d Alone Positioner EZ6000 Positioner DiSEqCt 2 061 2 DG120 gt Design for D DISEQCA 2 receiver filie dish up to 3 6M I 5 w any actuators or mE H H Mount m Satellitentechnik Y y An Glash ttenweg 42 93437 Furth i Tel 09973 8417 0 Fax 09973 8417 17 Em
57. icture in the highest and reduced resolution An interesting fact is that the number of lines and the number of pixels in a line is always a multiple of 16 That s because digital TV is based on 16 x 16 block structure And what does happen in the real world Which resolutions do the providers use The quick check of one of the Hotbird transpond ers 11 727 MHz V revealed that all of them use different resolutions See table 3 Channel Video resolution Zagros TV 720 x 576 TRSP 352 x 288 La Locale 480 x 576 ATN Bangla 544 x 576 Telefortune 480 x 576 N Test 352 x 576 Table 3 Video resolution for different channels on the same transponder Aspect ratio And what happens if the SDTV signal is trans mitted in a widescreen mode Aspect ratio is no longer 4 3 but 16 9 Do we get extra pixels at each side of the screen Unfortunately not The pixels are stretched Although we can see additional details at both sides of the screen the actor s face that took 40 pixels now takes only 30 pixels in horizontal axis So can we say that widescreen mode is better than the regular 4 3 mode Rather not Fig 1 A comparison of the pixel size and shape for the images 704 x 576 352 x 576 and 352 x 288 46 TELE satellite International www TELE satellite com Fig 2 The same picture when its resolution is decreased from 720x576 to 352x288 The actual resolution is what really counts not the aspect ratio Another
58. ied infrastructure of information space EEBC 2006 will build City of the Future What does it mean The new format of the exhibition places each participant company to its own place according to its sphere of activity and market positioning How does it work The City of the Future will consist of the respectively designed Broadcasting Avenues Telecom streams Internet streets Cable and Satellite Boulevards Content Lanes Wireless Squares etc What s the aim To let everybody involved participate in the process of creation of the telecommunication infrastructure of the modern city Why This idea is concordant with the mission of each specialist and each company in the info communication market who every day make enormous contributions into the technologies development while implementing the idea of City of the Future Ihe participants will be involved into this process and participate in the city construc tion arranging their booths according to the general idea of the exhibition It will create the i Era Telecom amp Broadcasting cozy and convenient atmosphere which will allow to work effectively for both the partici pants of the exhibition and the visitors says Inna Burgela Director of TECHEXPO company the Organizer of EEBC 2006 Telecom amp Broad casting The idea is to gather the operators and providers of the information and telecom munication services from all Eastern Europe
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60. l www TELE satellite com 20 05 RTV Podmoskove on 40 East TV5 Afrique on 22 West Kultura Telekanal on 40 East 3830R and 4048R Intelsat 801 at 31 5 west and Intelsat 903 at 34 5 west each yielded just one transponder that was strong enough For all the other transponders the antenna was simply too small Deutsche Welle TV on Intelsat 10 02 3912R could also be received without any problems Express A3 at 11 west is considered a fairly strong C band sat ellite yet the 120cm antenna could not pull in CeropHa any signals the peaks shown on the analyzer display were simply too weak The next step involved taking a closer look at the eastern sky and here I stumbled across a number of surprises On Intelsat 906 at 64 east the unfortunately encrypted AFN package on 4080L was more than strong enough The Hope Channel on Pas7 3516V at 67 5 east was visible while Bangla Vision was receivable on Telstar 10 at 76 5 east VE E Bangla Vision on 76 5 East 4049H Express AM1 at 40 east delivered a number of Russian channels with sufficient bad weather reserve Even a feed channel 3786V and four radio channels 4026V on BADRC at 26 east were receivable despite a missing polarizer Most of the analog chan nels on these satellites were viewable after some threshold adjustments Compared to the previously used grooved feed we wanted to see what a funnel type feed
61. laci n The stronger the better it that always true Probably all our readers are aware that in order to have a reli able satellite reception we need to have strong enough signal at the receiver input Generally the stronger the signal the better its quality Always The quality of signal is related to the so called signal to noise ratio S N For digital signals we more often use the carrier to noise ratio C N but its meaning is practically the same Every satellite signal except for the useful data has some amount of noise We would like to have as much useful signal and as little noise as possible Probably you know that to improve the signal to noise ratio you may e increase the size of your dish e replace your current LNB with a better one of lower noise figure However there is yet another trick that may sometimes be used It is relatively easy to try and we will not have to spend a fortune on that Those of our respected readers who have some experience with the amateur radio have probably already guessed what I aiming at This is about reducing the sensitivity of a receiver Ham radio receivers and transceiv ers quite often have buttons to either switch off their front end RF amplifier or switch on the input signal attenuator Sometimes both functions are available We are speak ing here about reducing the input amplifier sensitivity by 10 20 dB How that can be When a number of strong signals a
62. le to lock onto several MCPC and SCPC transponders with suf ficient signal strength Espe cially strong was Rede Gospel on 4108R and RCN TV on 4016R although these channels were unfortunately encrypted Even the ImpSat package from Ven ezuela on 3879R was receivable albeit without any bad weather signal reserve The tests on NSS7 at 22 west were not as successful Here the only luck was with 3650R The other transponders did not provide a strong enough signal even though the receiver was able to lock onto some of them on occasion The transponder at 4158R on Atlantic Bird 3 at 5 west was handled without any problems The remaining transponders just scratched the surface of the receiver s threshold level and despite clearly recognizable peaks on the analyzer display the signals were simply not strong enough The situation was somewhat better on Intelsat 907 at 27 5 west Here three transponders could be received 3715R This table displays an overview of all European satellite positions that would be worth taking a shot at with a small offset antenna It also shows the number of channels that we were able to identify with our system The graphic gives an overall representation of the footprints of all the named satel lites and also provides the number of FTA channels transmitted from these satellites The number of channels that you will be able to receive will depend on your location 44 TELE salellile Internationa
63. line with the correct elevation can be simi larly troublesome But then again this deficiency can hardly be blamed on the motor drive as the adjustment is made on the antenna mount sup port and the accuracy of its scales is frequently insufficient In such a case even the alignment chart of the very concise user s manual isn t of much use although it goes out of its way to show the alignment values for any latitude with three decimal places The connection sockets of the Jaeger motor Since the control pulses are sent to the motor through the antenna cable the motor has to be installed between the LNB cables Next to the F sockets there are buttons for manually moving the antenna to the left or to the right ma less rtwi net mar Cardsplitter SmartWi is a wireless card splitter solution witch SmartWi split your subscription card can be used in household with more than one and make is possible to watch set top box differed programs on each set top box with only Wireless SmartWi works on most common set top box for Satellite Cable and Terrestrial systems Motor operation From zero position any desired satellite can be addressed using the manual controls or the DiSEqC 1 2 control of the receiver Left and right movement can be selected manually thanks to two buttons which are located next to the F sockets and thus can be reached easily The alignment scale can be viewed from above so that the cur
64. me cases the driving rod might create a spatial problem because the cylinder which holds the rod points away from the antenna and is rather long With a full East to West rotation of the antenna it performs an arc which needs up to 45 cm of space This is why we recommend a rooftop installation with enough free space to all sides Searching for satellites Our test model was not yet equipped with a fully functional DiSEqC 1 2 control a later test will be performed with this fea ture and so we were not able to check the accuracy using receiver commands However with the buttons for manual control we were able to align the antenna to any desired position within the positioning range We particularly appreciated the fact the individual buttons for left and right move ment are available The align ment scale on the pivot axis of The drive joint is designed as a press bearing Rotation angle scale to determine the position manually 38 TELE salellite International www TELE satellite com the antenna support is difficult to read and should be made larger The positioning speed is about average and the motor does a quiet and reliable job The driv ing rod construction is currently Test results Power supply 220 to 320 mA limited to an arc from 50 East to 50 West which is sufficient for the reception of most satellites Only die hard DXers will miss the possibility to receive birds that are close to the ho
65. modify a standard fixed antenna so that it can accept more than one LNB but only one of the LNBs would be in the antenna s focal point The others would be offset to one side or the other and would not receive as much signal as the central LNB While this method might work you usually could not have more than one LNB to either side of the cen tral LNB because of excess signal loss The reflector of a standard dish focuses the incoming satel lite signal to a single point The reflector of the Toroidal dish on the other hand focuses the signals to a focal line and not to a single focal point Any LNB placed in this focal line would be considered in focus with the sat ellite it was pointed to And that s the beauty of the T90 antenna it comes with a rail on which can be mounted multiple LNBs The rail is long enough to allow satellites within a 40 arc to be received As long as the antenna is installed on a perfectly vertical mast and the skew is properly adjusted on the antenna mount you simply need to align the dish to one sat ellite and all the other satellites you want to receive will easily fall into place The rail is imprinted with gradients so that the LNBFs can easily be placed For exam ple if the first satellite is at 91 west and the next satellite you want is at 97 west align the dish to 91 west first and then simply slide the second LNBF along the rail to a point six degrees to the right of the fir
66. n off switch The antenna connector can be found on the top of the unit and can be used not only for satellite signals but also for terrestrial and cable signals The manufacturer even thought to include a Scart con nector on the left side of the box through which the output of the actual display signal is available and also external signals can be connected An RS 232 port on the rear panel for sending meas urement results to a PC and for uploading new software is also included Unfortunately the included user manual seemed somewhat lean and only gave 20 TELE satellite International www TELE satellite com sample sent to us right away The package we were waiting for arrived just a few days ago We quickly unpacked everything and placed the 23x16x7 6 cm analyzer on the table We were used to seeing ana lyzers that were twice the size and at a weight of only 1 9 kg it was a true featherweight a brief description of the unit s more important features Everyday Use Promax wanted to take advan tage of the increasing digitali zation and thus paid very close attention to the receiver s digital DVB S DVB C and DVB T com patibility An analog terrestrial tuner is also included that hap pens to support the PAL NTSC and SECAM TV standards The OSD on screen display is avail able in English German Span ish French and Italian while an integrated light sensor automati cally controls the displays con trast and
67. na sizes of up to 120 cm 36 TELE satellite International Mounting the EDON actuator on the top of the pole Www TELE satellite com The rotation is controlled by a driving rod The centrepiece of the con struction principle is the trapezoid antenna support which is freely movable around the polar axis As is controlled by a laterally fixed drive motor and there is no more multiphase motor on the axis An intelligent control system moves This drive motor moves the antenna support usual the antenna is fixed to a 38 mm pole with 30 offset incline to make sure its elevation scale is within the standard range The movement of the antenna the antenna support with the driving rod and aligns the dish to the selected satellite position The simplicity of this approach is amazing but how well does it really work Driving rod control in press bearings For the positioning of the antenna the thrust forces are led through two joints which are unfortunately designed as press bearings We would have pre The latitude scale is used to align the dish according ferred frictionless bearings to minimise wear and tear which might eventually reduce the accu racy of the positioning process Apart from all other aspects fric to the geographic latitude of the location www pansatusa com Er g S 4 a Ta ee aj e lt E i e 1 card bors 1
68. nc Agent FACTORY Golden Interstar GmbH 3 TA No 11 Zone 1 Qiaotou Park Eastern Stuttgarter Strabe 36 D 73635 Rudersberg Germany Industrial Park Dongguan Guangdong CHINA TEL 49 0 7183 3 05 94 0 TEL 86 769 356 0852 FAX 49 0 7183 3 05 94 20 Ko FAX 86 769 356 1395 E mail infog golden interstar com Sess ren Skype EdonTaipe Website www golden interstar com AS months or even a few years ago these trans ponder data might not be very up to date and you will probably have to add new transpond ers which can be found in the SatcoDX lists at www satcodx com Enable the FTA only option during channel search If you own a FTA only receiver which has no CI slots or card readers it s very useful to reduce the channel search to free programs only Normally this can be done in the search menu by selecting the option FTA only This helps you to keep control of your channel list and if you scan a few different satellites you might fill up the receivers channel memory with hundreds of unwanted and encrypted channels and loose space for other free to air programs because most receivers channel memory is limited to 3000 TV and 1000 radio channels Right now the most important functions are setup and you can start fine tuning your receiver Update your recelver via PC and the Internet It s much more comfortable to setup the receivers channel list on the PC than on the unit itself Just connect your receiver an
69. nd audio all of the signal s critical data such as PID s FEC symbolrate resolution datarate TV standard etc are displayed on the screen Unfortunately the display of MPEG 4 2 2 signals is not possible The handling of DVB T and DVB C signals as well as analog terrestrial signals is just as simple and profession ally done The capabilities of the small TV Explorer seem to be unlimited here as well To properly test the TV Explorer we hooked it up to a USALS antenna and were very much amazed Through its light weight and small size and also its handy carrying case this unit contrary to its larger cousins is perfect for antenna alignment in hard to reach localities Since the analyzer is not DiSEqC 1 3 com patible we simply used an FTA receiver with integrated USALS and routed the video signal to the analyzer through the built in Scart connector With a push of a button we were able to switch back and forth between our measurement results and the FTA receiver It doesn t get any easier than this We also have to give praise to the manufacturer s competent and quick to respond technical support team After posing a technical question anonymously we are happy to say that we got the desired and above all cor rect answer within 24 hours There s no doubt the TV Explorer will be the tool of choice in the TELE satellite test center in the future The TV Explorer is an exceptionally handy lightweight and com
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73. nna positioning is a prime example for this assumption With its Mini Actuator EDON is now introducing a new construction principle which has the potential of replacing the H H mount TELE satel lite has tested the mechanical aspects of one of the first antenna motors of this innovative series The EDON actuator comes as a kit with different components The Mini Actuator consists of various components that need to be assembled Thanks to the included manual the assembly of the individual components should be a hassle free affair for everyone with some experience of putting together furniture bought at you know which Swedish furniture stores The user s manual is printed on an A4 page and with the help of a set of flat spanners which are not included in the package assem bly should not take longer than 30 minutes Assembling the components teaches how the system works Of coursethe antenna is mounted parallactically in such a set up which means it rotates around its own axis which is aligned towards the polar star hence the name polar mount The motor how ever does not sit on this axis any longer Contrary to the H H mount the pivot axis is not fixed to the motor which avoids unilateral wear and tear of the motor bearings due to the weight of the antenna This new principle therefore allows moving larger and thus heavier antennas as well The Mini Actua tor we tested is currently limited to anten
74. offer a picture and if you are very lucky your receiver was pre programmed with a channel list and you can immediately start zapping However if there s just some strange mes sage on the TV don t panic some receivers need a few seconds before they show the first channel LNB OUT VIDEO AUDIO In general we recommend that you perform a complete new system setup this helps you to setup the receiver correctly and get all the new available channels but please be aware that you need your original remote control to use all the special features of your device To open the main menu try to find a button labelled with Menu or Setup on your remote Sometimes the main menu also pops up if you press the OK button The installation the same with all receivers but the necessary menu entries are some times labelled in a different way procedure is basically 1 Search adjust satellites select entertransponders channel search 2 Edit antenna transponders group sort delete programs 3 Basic settings language video output time setup PIN 4 Information status factory reset software upgrade games First of all you EDON We make it better OFFICE TEL 886 2 2211 11 FAX 886 2 2211 5218 m 30 should setup the OSD language to English This helps you to find the correct buttons on the remote control which are normally labelled in English Furthermore
75. ontrols can be reset using the DiSEqC 1 2 reset command Goto Reference or Goto Zero generated by the receiver There is no more need for a mechanical reset directly on the motor one subscriptions card JAEGER Industrial Co Ltd Taiwan ROC Manufacturer Internet www jaeger com tw Distributor Satellitentechnik Weif GmbH 93437 Furth im Wald Deutschland 49 9973 8417 17 Internet www iev weiss de E mail info iev weiss de Model DG120 Description H H mount motor Alignment range 80 East to 80 West Speed 0 3 sec 19V and 0 5 sec 13 V Motor noise quiet Mounting pole 38 to 65 mm diameter Mounting height variably on the pole Antenna offset 40 Rotating arm 56 mm diameter Power consumption 200 to 350 mA Switch on peak gt 1000 mA This is a sturdy and fast H H mount motor drive which fulfils high demands in terms of its mechani cal construction Its DiSEqC 1 2 functions fully conform to all specifications In order to make it suitable also for older receivers its power con sumption should be reduced in particular its very F z Heinz Koppitz high switch on peak E Test Center Germany www TELE satellite com atellite In 29 SNA le LND Praxis Tip gt BR A C Band and B Ku Band In Focus Feed Made From a Vegetable Can Ingo Salomon What good is a can of vegetables Well
76. ors and broadcasters from Russia Ukraine Belarus Poland Bul garia Slovakia Lithuania Hungary and other countries undoubtedly makes EEBC 2006 the best professional forum for Eastern European business to operators market Some facts about EEBC Held for 4th time in Kiev Ukraine Time 18 20 October 2006 Venue Exhbition Centre KievExpoPlaza More Information www eebc net ua Ihr Satelliten Receiver als SOUND amp VISION Center product design award Pay TV digitale TV Programme ven digitale Radio Programme ven MP3 Musik Wiedergabe und Archivierung ven digitale Aufnahme von TV und Radio Programmen vn digitale Fotobetrachtung und Archivierung mit Dia Show Der digitale Multifunktions Sat Receiver UFS 821 mit zwei Tunern und einer 160 GByte Festplatte berzeugt auch die Fachpresse 2006 B HIGHUYGHT TESTURTEIL SEHR GUT KATHREIN UFS 821 SATVISIFN m i DIG TA HiFi Kathrein urs 821 A f rhSehen Referenz TN TESTSIEGER klasse E 2 2006 lest E 12 sehr gut eh ET t www digitaiiernsehen de OMEVISION WERTUNG 2 06 KATHREIN UFS 621 TESTUATEILL UBERRAGEND KATHREIN Werke KG Postfach 10 04 44 Anton Kathrein Str 1 3 D 83004 Rosenheim Tel 08031 184 0 Fax 08031 184 306 http www kathrein de KATHREIN Antennen Electronic Exhibition Preview o 5 10 September 2006 CeBIT Eurasia 2006 International Trade Fair for I
77. orts CVBS RBB and S Video output it handles PAL and NTSC signals and The pre programmed satel lite list is not very up to date and contains just 20 European satellites but the user can add 13 manual entries The Digit 4S supports DiseqC 1 0 1 2 and 1 3 USALS Pleasantly it also sup ports the Technisat Multytenne which we already introduced in an earlier issue of TELE satel lite magazine and which ena receive ASTRA1 ASTRA3A 23 59 bles you to 19 2 east DIGIT 4 S ere ct T lo d A A east HOTBIRD 13 east and ASTRA2 28 2 east at the same time as well as the DisiCon LNB series unicable solution Fur thermore the corresponding LOF values for C band and for circular polarized LNBs are pre programmed and if you want to connect your S band antenna you can enter the correct LOF values manually Technisat equipped this receiver with channel memory capable of handling 5000 entries which should suffice for an FTA receiver even if it s con nected to a motorized antenna When we started the auto matic channels scan we felt a little bit disappointed because it s working very accurately but also very slow and it took the Digit 4S nearly 7 minutes to scan the ASTRA1 satellites and a channel scan on a 80 trans ponder satellite took nearly 8 5 minutes which is certainly no new speed record Anyway the channel scan feature is not so M P 1 E
78. ota Easy to assemble As soon as you open the pack aging you feel like you re holding a construction in hand which has a smart design and is well thought through Only a few individual components that cannot easily be mixed up need to be assembled Five minutes is all you should need for that Before beginning with the assembly you have to make sure to define the local latitude on the latitude scale not to be confused with the elevation scale on the opposite side Next the satel lite antenna has to be mounted on the rotating arm Unfortunately there are no markings for exactly adjusting the antenna mount ing support to the zero point of the motor casing The crank on the lower side of the rotating arm however is very handy as it provides a fixed blocker for the antenna The final step towards comple e tion is fixing the motor with the antenna to the pole luckily this can be achieved in a very simple and quick way We particular appreciated the fact that the unit can be mounted on the pole at any desired height The profile of the dual pole clip works like a crampon which means that the height and the angle of rotation can be slightly adjusted without risking for the whole unit to slide downwards An H H motor like this one can only work properly if the degree of latitude of the specific location is correct 28 TELE salellile International www TELE satellite com ble exceptions It comes v
79. out was totally incompatible Naturally the first step would be to put together the required antenna assembly I ran into my first little setback here I could not find any manufacturer or dealer that could scrape together a special feed for an offset antenna Ebay wasn t able to help either only a funnel type feed was available which This really left me with no choice but to use a feed meant for a parabolic dish and found the MTI AC21 C2B It is a C band LNB with standard grooved feed that switches between polarizations through 14 18V control signals The matching dielectric is already available Finally after all of the parts had been The installation looks quite normal from a distance above the 120cm offset antenna nor mally used for Ku band reception fitted with a feed and MTI C band LNB below a standard 90cm offset antenna for normal Ku band reception organized delivered and assembled a miss ing feed holder for the Kathrein CAS 120 antenna I was using threatened to put eve rything on hold I managed to find an old 60mm feed holder gathering dust in the basement but as expected it was not the right size 75mm cable conduit I was able to move to the next step It isn t exactly professional but it With a little is an effective and inexpensive alternative It improvisation required some skill to install but after several this scalar feed attempts the feed was ultimately installed in normally
80. pact analyzer that comes with everything you d expect in a modern piece of test It has no trouble handling any kind of digital signal and can also deal with analog terres trial signals as well It is easy and logical to operate and should there ever be a problem the manufac turer s first class technical support team is there to help The TV Explorer would not only be a tool for the professional it would also be an excellent addition to the test equipment rack of equipment any satellite hobbyist The user manual only provides a general overview of the TV The manufacturer should consider making some improvements here Explorer s basic functions wwWW TELE sslellite com A CHANNEL ASTRA HL_01 DVB 5 CCTVA NETW 13E NetMed VIDEO 2326 kbit s signal display in DVB S modes Manufacturer 1565 47 113184 4 Component KS DVB S QPSK POWER 53 5 dBuV n OMNI 30 50 70 90 110 130 dl 1568 47 Dt 4 kHz POWER DL CH Snapshot of Hotbird 13 east horizontal high band AUTO ID 1453 46 MHz DL FREQ 11703 4 DTV 11203 4 MHz VPID 516 Schapp 690 chi TZ 544x576i 4 3 LI STARTING TESTING DVB S LNB H Lo POWER OK 57 0 gt 25 0 dByV TRYING CURRENT DVB S CONFIG SID 355 NID E FREE cancer L Automatic recognition of symbolrate and FEC TECHNIC DATA Promax Electronica S A Barcelona Spain E mail Tel Fax
81. perhaps more important thing that you should keep in mind is that when there is a mismatch between the aspect ration of the incoming signal and your TV set the picture quality will suffer Figure 4 shows what you can get in such situation depending on the setting in your receiver menu HDTV and flat panel TV sets Fortunately we have much less problems with High Definition TV Both signal and TV Fig 3 Acomparison of the 4 3 and 16 9 formats for the same resolution SDTV signal Der Spezialist fur die SAI ZF Verteiltechnik sets have the 16 9 aspect ratio and there are only 2 resolutions in use 1280 x 720p and 1920 x 10801 Pixels are square Although the authors of the H 264 AVC standard made it very versatile e g they permitted many different aspect ratios in the digital satellite TV we should not encounter too many other variations than those mentioned above Program variety If now you go to the shop to find a suitable TV set for yourself you will probably be confused again The resolution of the currently avail able TV sets especially those cheaper ones is quite often different from the values mentioned above The popular values are 1366 x 768 and 1024 x 768 Where are they from They are taken from the PC monitors specifications See table 4 PC Monitor Resolutions 640 x 400 VGA 640 x 480 VGA 854 x 480 SVGA 800 x 600 SVGA 1024 x 768 XGA 1280 x 768 XGA 1280 x 1024 SXGA 1600
82. re present at the receiver input they interfere with one another and produce extra noise This phenomenon is called intermodulation Some receivers are more immune to intermodulation the others are less immune There are no electronic cir cuits that are absolutely protected against this Moreover the more sensitive we make the receiver the less protective against Strength 67 65 63 61 58 52 38 Quality 55 58 80 70 60 50 3 ie 5 O P a 61 61 61 61 58 Attenuation dB 12 TELE satellite International www TELE satellite com intermodulation it becomes Now if among the strong signals there is a weak one its quality is decreased by the noise generated by its stronger companions What we can do Optimally we would like to attenuate the strong bullies and preserve the strength of the weak guy Unfortunately this is very difficult to do What we can do very easily is to attenuate all signals by a few decibels in hope that this will reduce the intermodula tion but not make the weak signal too weak for reception Does it work that way in satellite recep tion too That s what we wanted to test for you We added a manually adjustable 20 dB attenuator at the receiver input We aimed the dish to Hotbird satellite which has a lot of strong transponders when received in Europe After traveling among transpond ers we found the weakest one In our case it
83. receiver for first time a nicely designed installation wizard appears and helps the user with small and easy to understand steps through the entire setup pro cedure First of all it shows all available OSD languages which are English Italian Spanish Greek German French Turk ish Swedish Portuguese Per sian Polish Czech Hungarian and Dutch so every user should find a suitable one The offers by default the in Europe very common ASTRA and HOT BIRD reception If you want to antenna configuration receive additional satellites or if you use special DiSEqC param eters you can also set them up directly during installation Finally the receiver checks if there s a software update avail able via satellite and he asks the user to perform a channel search either for all available programs or just the free to air ones If you prefer you can also use the ISIPRO system which offers a predefined channel list with over 370 entries from ASTRA 19 2 east and HOTBIRD 13 east The clue is that this chan 14 TELE satellite International www TELE satellite com nel list can be updated directly via satellite and you ll never again have to worry about not active channels in your list any more Basically the receiver is now ready for use special options like the video output signal or special DiSEqC parameters can be setup via the main menu which is splitted in 6 big cat egories The Digit 4S supp
84. rent position can be determined quickly The motor runs quietly and very fast This speed results in a rather high power consumption how ever which together with the power supply of the LNBs might be too much for some receivers It is particularly the switch on peak supply of some 1 Ampere that is cause for concern as in some case the short circuit protection of the receiver shut down the system when trying to move the dish It is exactly because of this high power consumption that Jaeger offers an optional Interface Box which is installed between the receiver and the motor It is a fully operational DiSEqC 1 2 transmit ter and at the same time provides the power required by the motor With this Interface Box all receiv ers even those with only DiSEqC 1 0 can be used in connection with a polar mount antenna The angle of rotation is entered using a remote control and sent to the motor with a Goto X command This way angle values can be also stored and retrieved through one of 60 position num bers if required Satellite search in everyday use A DiSEqC 1 2 receiver sends the angle values required for a satel lite search as Goto X commands in most cases These commands can be processed flawlessly by the DG 120 Plus We experienced occasional system crashes of the motor logic control which are triggered by power failures or short circuit shutdowns caused by the receiver Fortunately the motor c
85. rizon Switch on pulse gt 500 mA Positioning range 50 East to 50 West 0 9 sec at 19V and 1 2 sec at 14 V Motor noise quiet Mounting pole 38 to 65 mm diameter Mounting type on pole top not height adjustable Distance from wall West 20 cm South 35 cm East 45 cm Antenna offset 30 Antenna feed 38 mm diameter An interesting concept which seems to be fit for the future We should definitely keep an eye on it Even though not all features were fully functional at the time of testing there should be no doubt that future upgrades will shortly be available Heinz Koppitz TELE satellite Test Center Germany VIVAWASTAVIVESIPIAIS E SYSBEMS A PEN an eer d Te AARE anr iging The World To Your Visior ee eS eS ee NES e ef C rit j channel Capacity 9 m Ed N A MON s ROSS A Y lt A 80cm FTA Dish STAB HH90 Motor eb pa C cuz ccce dw Fortec Communications inc 7 ark Ave Aississauga ON Canada cf W Tel 36 30 9336 277 Fax 36 1 788 1043 Bal zsn Szab Advertising Manager monika TELE satellite com Hungary MINI Saale HUMAX Hungary Budapest 1162 llona 59 61 Telelefon fax 36 1 405 4268 Export Import 36 20 360 2970 E mail minigaleriacco axelero hu www minigaleria hu Singapore WAVELENGTH Z No 60 Kal Ba Pace 04 14 Eunos Techpark
86. so standardized on the back side Normally the receiver is even ready for use if there are just the signal input and the video output connected The antenna cable has to be connected to the signal input which is normally labelled IF Input or LNB IN Your TV gets connected via the Scart plug in Europe For all other regions you can use the video output via the yellow RCA plug e g USA Some receivers also offer an RF output in the UHF range The audio signal e g for radio output can be taken from the white and red RCA plug Stereo 10 TELE satellite International www TELE satellite com Your PC can be connected via the 9 pin RS232 connector Sometimes a manual power switch is also available Connect your TV via the Scart output As soon as the receiver is connected via the IF input with your antenna and via the Scart output with your TV you can turn it on and you should immediately see some pictures If you use an older TV set which has no Scart or video input you have to connect it via your receiver s RF output In this case you have to setup the correct channel on your TV first in Europe it s normally UHF channel 38 Sometimes it happens that the receiver s modulator and the TV use different modula ton types and the TV has to be setup first In this case you ll need another TV to setup the receiver correctly before you can connect it with the other one The Scart and video input should always
87. st TEES ET ANC Stia ae TERT ur New York Net on AMC5 Dimensions Tu Y 7 of Califormmay List of Ku band satellites that should be receivable in most parts of North America with the T90 The T90 can cover any group of satellites within a 40 deg orbital arc Note satellites marked with a are DTH satellites 00 45348 8 Free NBC News Color Bars on AMC9 T90 Main Reflector 96 7cm 38 1 W x 108 6cm 42 8 H Sub Reflector 36 1cm 14 2 W x 83 6cm 32 9 H Net Weight 14 1 Kg 31 0 LBS Operating Frequency Polarization Reception Range Recommended Satellite Spacing Gain 10 7 12 75 GHz linear and circular 40 in orbital arc 3 deg 39 65 dB 0 45 dB at 12 5 GHz Mount Type Elevation over azimuth Wind Loading Acceptable Pole Diameter LNBF TECHNICAL DATA 80 km h 50 mph operational and 200 km h 125 mph survival 60mm Model KUL1 Input Frequency Output Frequency LOF Stability Noise Figure 11 7 12 2 GHz 950 1450 MHz 10 750 GHz 1 MHz 0 4 dB Conversion Gain 57 dB Cross Polarization Isolation Feedhorn Diameter 22 dB 40mm www TELE satellite com 3 al 25 per fe per f k s 1 free to air receivers amp acces Ariza 700 high quality video ARIZA 700 FEATURES MPEG 2 Digital amp Fully DVB
88. st LNBF when look ing at the antenna from the front The signal from the second satel Much of the lations in Europe Its capabilities were never really tested here in North America After some research we found that the T90 is readily available in this part of the world so we thought it might not be a bad idea to see what it can do here the skew was properly adjusted The LNBF holders themselves have several adjustments to help maximize the signal After some fine position adjustments we managed to get 60 signal qual ity A Smart Scan or Blind Scan of this satellite revealed quite a few additional active transpond ers Obviously the T90 was cor rectly aligned to AMC5 Next we wanted to align to other satellites And this is where the strength of this antenna should be shown If the T90 was properly installed in the first place thean we should be able to place additional LNBF s on the rail and simply slide them along the rail into the proper posi tion without any further alignment of the antenna SBS6 is located 5 TELE satellite editor Ron Roessel mounting LNBFs on the rail of a Wavefrontier Toroidal T90 multifeed dish at TELE satellite s Test Center in the outskirts of New York lite should pop right in The T90 In Action So obviously the next question to be answered is what can you do with it here in North America Well in order to answer this ques tion we first needed to get our hands on a
89. unit was written only in Indonesian language It has many pictures and is quite useful for beginners and explaining all the basics Everyday Use Matrix Java comes prepro grammed with the TV radio chan nels from 4 satellites and is ready to be used with 4 LNBFs ona 1 dish system as this is commonly used in Indonesia controlled by a DiSEqC 1 0 switch the satellites are PalapaC2 113 0E Telkom1 108 0E Asiasat3S 105 5E and Asiasat2 100 5E We were happy to note the fast channel switching speed It only needs 1 second to wait before the selected channel appears on the TV screen Pressing the Info button will show all the techni cal parameters for the selected channel including PID s for video Fast channel scan with blind scan feature No support for Universal Ku Band LNBF DiSEqC 1 2 and USALS Matrix Java Digital Satellite Recelver audio PCR and teletext if avail able All typical LOF are supported and less typical values can be entered manually which allows for any signals in the Ku C and S bands Universal LNBF DiSEqC 1 2 and USALS are not supported A test on a S band satellite Cakrawarta at 107 7E could be handled with no problem by the Matrix Java as well as a Ku band satellite Measat1 at 91 5E Despite that these two satellites contain encrypted pay TV chan nels and the Matrix Java is a FTA receiver only Blind Scan Unfortunately the Matrix Java has no transpon
90. x 1200 UXGA Table 4 Standardized resolutions for PC monitors WXGA 1366 x 768 is a derivation from XGA It means that when we receive the HDTV signal our TV set must converted it to the so called native resolution of the screen It means that the quality of ir D h Ame 3 T 1 ia n 1 m video will be reduced But will this be really perceivable It depends LL AC HL OIL HO HL IE 11 dH NS Ini on the TV set size and the distance you will be watching it Because gt o oo 5 GOES ENGL WES ON N of the imperfection of our eyesight for a 32 display we must come to the screen closer than 1 3 meter to see all details of the 1920 x 1080 pixel picture In other words it makes sense to produce the full resolution TV sets only if they are big enough For example the above mentioned distance increases to ca 2 meters for 50 screen It makes sense to watch the TV from 2 meter distance but rather not from 1 3 m So if you want to buy a really big flat panel screen search for the full HD resolution If your living room is not that big and a smaller TV set will do 1366 x 768 or even 1024 x 768 will be a good enough choice When making the decision think of other aspects influencing the video quality like contrast brightness reflections of light the weak point of plasma devices Just avoid the cheapest models that have resolution of 852 x 480 TO NEN vo A pen Conclusions Among the SDTV broadcasts we
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92. y the Digit 4S is very sensitive and can handle signals with a C N between 4 and 5 dB without any problems Furthermore SCPC signals with very low symbol rates are no problem at all our test trans ponder on the PAS12 45 east with a symbol rate of 1320 Ks s was handled successfully 30 different timer entries and a built in Teletext decoder round up the perfect picture of this new receiver Thomas Haring TELE satellit Test Center Osterreich TELE satellite International www TELE satellite com TECHNIC DATA Manufacturer TechniSat Digital GmbH Julius Saxler Stra 3e 3 TechniPark D 54550 Daun Germany Homepage www technisat com 352 710 707959 Function Channel memory international technisat com Digit 4S Digital FTA satellite receiver 5000 Satellites 33 Symbol rates SCPC compatible DiSEqC 1 45 Ms sec yes tested with 1 327 Ms s yes 1 01 1 27 13 Scart connectors 2 Audio connectors UHF Modulator 0 12 Volt output no Digital audio output yes optical and coaxial EPG yes C Ku Band compatible yes Power supply 180 250 VAC 50 Hz 8 7 O WoridMadeChannel CUTE em E Channel search Enjoy digital world Professional OEM ODM Manufacturer Mey PRODUCTS DVB S DVB T DVB S T C PVR HDTV DVB T C A de DVD DVB S T p Ws MODELS lt lt M Free To Air A EN

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