TeVii S480 with 2 x DVB-S2 - TELE
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1. Twin Tuner PC Card TeVir S480 wi 2x DVB S2 e Two Separate HDTV Tuners e Includes perfectly matching software for TV and Data e Fits nicely with PC hardware e Upgrades PC to a fully functional HDTV PVR e Plug amp Play for Windows and drivers for Linux d 7 2 TELE satellite Magazine z a ECT raea j BUSINess Voucher ad L r Direct Contact to Sales Manager F p 44 TELE salelite Global Digital TV Magazine O6 07 2011 wwwTELE saltellite com www TELE solellitecom O6 07 20I1 TELE satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 45 Twin Tuner PC Card Twin Tuner HDTV PVR Card for a PC The S480 is a PCI Express PCI e expansion card for a PC The use of the PCI e Slot is absolutely necessary because the data transfer rate of a standard PCI slot might not be good enough for the reception of high resolution TV content Contrary the TeVii S470 model that we tested in the 08 09 2009 issue of TELE sat ellite the S480 operates with two fully functional DVB S S2 tuners that can both be used at the same time indepen dently from each oth er You could actually look at it as if there f i os H Mih l f a a a Abh e 4 to nA were two separate DVB S S2 cards installed in the PC except that the entire hardware for both cards is on one circuit board so that only one slot is occupied in the PC In addition2. V Delete Events older than Miscellaneous Display Interface Recording AutoGraph I R OSD EPG N ShortCuts Yolume Audio Subtitles Presets Expert Preferred Languages lt eng gt English days and lt eng gt English lt eng gt English External manager hours 0 days and 0 jours means delete whole EPG base V Compact EPG Channels every fo days 0 every start x Hardware Miscellaneous Display Interface Recording AutoGraph I R OSD JV Signal WatchDog Disable All Plugins J Nuke Zero Traffic filters Exit Windows when MyTheatre exits Allow non Section Tables in _SECTION_FILTER All Filters share common thread J Use only one CPU Delay for start play ms After Reposition After Channel Switch Use TimeShift Settings for Scheduled Recordings Timeshift EPG ShortCuts Yolume Audio Subtitles Presets Pare Delay for Scheduled Record B 3 s EPG Update Delay1 ms EPG Update Delay2 ms Wait Time while Scaning s Tune 2 pat 5 PMr 10 DiSEqC Options Addr HEX oe First Switch 2 E Positioner B a E Second Switch e E Expert options are normally not required to be modified quire very little energy and thereby radiate very little heat but they also operate on the so called LNB Off feature This feature turns off power to the LNB as long 52 TELE satellite Global Digital TV M
3. 42 11651 H 2222 New 1 Updated 0 Scan done 1 The TeViiData software can also work with DiSEqC 1 2 and 1 3 USALS 2 TeViiData automatically recognizes the available PIDs of the selected transponder 3 TeViiData for reception of Internet via Satellite 4 Data rate of the TeViiData identified PIDs 5 DiSEqC Settings 6 The matching codec can be selected for each incoming signal 7 EPG Settings 8 Expert MyTeVii software settings 9 Hardware selection and USALS settings 10 Recording settings 11 The extensive preprogrammed MyTeVii satellite and transponder list 12 SCPC reception with the TeVii S480 13 SCPC reception with the TeVii S480 BPSK in DVB S and QPSK and 8PSK in DVB S2 Once the channel list is filled with entries it would not be a bad idea to have a quick look again at the vast array of basic settings Every imaginable param eter can be set to the us er s requirements and this is where the S480 as a PC expansion card stands out compared to a set top box if older hardware is being used or if the processor isn t the fastest in the world the demand on the processor or graphics card can be turned back for example the Time Shift function can be turned off Keyboard short cuts can also be set up for every possible function Codecs for audio video and HD are individually se lectable One codec each is for the processing of audio and video content so that the c
4. Auto Auto O 0 Vert 12073000 Horz vert 112111000 Horz 27500000 Auto Auto 0 12130000 Vert 27500000 Auto 0 12149000 orz 27500000 Auto Auto O 000 Auto 7 000 orz 0 Auto O Suto Auto 0 Auto 0 vert Auto Auto 0O 12512000 Auto Auto 0 12518000 vert Auto Auto 0 12523000 27500000 Auto Auto 0 12169000 vert_ 2 auto reception and automatic channel scans In our SCPC test the card was able to process a 2 0 Ms sec tran Sponder on TURKSAT at 42 east without any prob lems The TeVii S480 card also showed its capabilities dur ing an automatic channel scan of the HOTBIRD sat ellites at 13 east this job was completed in just a lit tle over six minutes where by thanks to the up to date transponders nearly ev ery receivable channel was identified To complete the tuner test we naturally had to check how well the tuners performed with weaker sig nals For this we turned our antenna to EXPRESS AMi at 40 east where not only are the individual transpon ders on this satellite already difficult to receive with a 120cm dish but this satellite finds itself in an inclined or bit making stable reception over longer time periods even more difficult The Te Vii S480 mastered this task and provided us with good reception Since the S480 card is DVB S S2 compatible it can demodulate QPSK and Sort Tranponders by Polarization and Band DiSEqC Setup Done itp
5. Manufacturer Read TELE satellite s Company Report TEVII PC Card amp Receiver Manufacturer Taiwan TAONA PC Card amp Receiver Manufacturer Tevii Taiwan Tevii Tapping Into New Markets Tevi wile being young of age hes already worked up solid reputation for its PC cards and USA boxes CEEI www tevil com www TELE satellite com TELE satellite 1101 eng tevii pdf 50 TELE satellite Global Digital TV Magazine O6 07 20II sponder data It was nice to see that the data was actu ally quite up to date so that the most recently started HDTV channels could easily be found There were also plenty of preprogrammed LOF frequencies available to cover the C band and Ku band but they could also be individually customized in cluding the switching point for the upper and lower fre quency bands to your spe cific requirements The MyTeVii software also plays very nicely with all of the common DiSEqC pro tocols thus letting you use the card with just a single LNB with a DiSEqC 1 0 sys tem with up to four LNBs as well as a more complicated DiSEgC1 1 system with up to 16 LNBs If you re using a www IELE soatellite com DiSEqC motor the positions stored in memory can be in dividually accessed and set up with appropriate satellite entries Our overall positive impression was strength ened by the ability to also use this card with SCR ap plications The ability to edi
6. TeVii remote control is compatible with the Windows Media Center which of course means you can still control everything from your comfy couch In addition to ProgDVB and the Windows Media Center there are other programs that can be used with the S480 for TV reception Our table shows the links to these programs Following TV reception we also wanted to check out Internet reception Te Vii included the necessary software for the S480 Te ViiData Just like with MyTe Vii TeViiData also comes with a very up to date list of Internet via Satellite providers In most cases all you have to do is select an entry from the list and assuming you already have service with that provider you can quickly get started In our tests the TeViiData software functioned without any problems and provided us Internet access via EU TELSAT W3A at 7 east The TeVii S480 PCI e card has proved itself in many ways during our tests it is one of the first PC cards to operate with two fully func tional tuners that can be si multaneously used with Te Viis own software Thanks to the cards modern con struction it radiates very little heat this will make Expert Opini Two independent tuners Limited hardware requirements Low heat output Compatible with alternative software No Cl interface users happy in that the PC s cooling system doesn t need to run at high capac ity and thus won t make as much noise The M
7. on top of the current program In this way the Te Vii card in conjunction with a PC easily takes the place of the TV and also the set top box The TeVii S480 is quite good in terms of its hard ware but one thing is clear if both tuners are active par ticularly in HDTV mode the demand on the processor increases So for our tests we used an Intel Core 2 Duo PC with 2GB of memory and a relatively new ATI graph ics card in order to measure the processor load The val ues we measured were for the most part lower than we expected to see with a twin tuner PC card in HDTV mode Only when we ac cessed two HDTV channels at the same time did our system get pushed to the limits It became impossible to do any other worthwhile work with the PC We do have to say though that the presentation of the HDTV channels was free flowing without any interference The lesson here is clear performance of the TeVii S480 actually of every PC card highly depends weth er the PC s video card sup ports hardware accelera tion of video decoding and of course if acceleration is turned on Further the ac tual resolution of a HDTV channel has to be consid ered actually only a few channels transmit with the full 1920x1080p and lastly the video compression and its ratio In another test with a Intel Core 2 with 2 6 GHz hardware accelerated video card and supporting decod er the loading was 2 5 on a maximum level HDTV sign
8. Scan Set Up TV Signal you can use a PC with a 2 GHz PC and only 256MB RAM In either case though the graphics card that is used must support DirectX version 9 0C or higher Of course when it comes to the hardware you end up using the newer and more capable the hardware the better The manufacturer in cluded 32 bit and 64 bit drivers for all MS Windows versions Windows XP Vis ta and Windows 7 on the CD there are also drivers for Linux The CD also con 0Q06 07 720Il www TELe satellite com tains the MyTeVii software which is the control central for all of the cards func tions as well as TeViiData software for reception of Internet via Satellite The entire package is rounded off with a demo version of the well known ProgDVB The installation of the drivers and the MytTeVii software occurred prob lem free and ran fully au tomatically That s what Plug amp Play is all about you don t even have to re start the PC after installing the drivers The installa TV Setup Windows Media Select Satellite 1 Select the satellite that is being received by the LNB connected to position ABS T 75 0E AMAZONAS 299 0E 61 0W AMC 6 288 0E 72 0W AMOS 1 2 356 0E 4 0W ARABSAT 2B 30 5E ASIASAT 2 100 5E TV Setup Windows Media Select LNB Type for Position 1 Confirm the following LNB parameters for position 1 The correct settings can be found in the documentation for your sate
9. agazine O6 07 20I1 www TELE satellite com as the tuner on the card is not accessed In the end the two tun ers handled all of the tasks effortlessly including SCPC x TimeShift EPG ShortCuts olume Audio Subtitles Presets Expert Miscellaneous Display Interface Recording AutoGraph I R OSD Hardware DYB Card USALS D B S only Use USALS if supported Latitude Longitude GN Ww k ae _ a __ x TimeShift EPG ShortCuts Yolume Audio Subtitles Presets Expert Hardware Miscellaneous Display Interface lcs AutoGraph I R OSD Record fest Name Format yymmdd_hhnnss channel event i Add gap for recording time e mins before and eo mins after JV Save as Transport Stream Save Radio as MPEGI C MPEGZ MV Optimize For DYD Keep in mind Not all DYD incompatibilities can be fixed on the fly This option can t fix non DYD GOP lengths and non DVD resolutions of frames To fix these incompatibilities you need re encode file DiSEqC Const Hotbird 2 6 74 8 Eutelsat W2 Astra 1 1F 1G 1H 1KR 2C Afristar Eutelsat W6 st B 2D Arabsat 2B Turksat 18 54 Eurobird 3 amp Intels Eutelsat Sesat W4 Paksat 1 Hellas Sat 2 26 Badr C 2 3 UoFs 750000 Sw 11700000 LoF2i 10500000 E apply ada Joette ear auto Fa Terrestrials ATSC TP 99 82 Vert Auto Auto 0 12034000 Horz 27500000
10. al with 1920x1080p In the end it all comes down to the hardware you use in your PC The TeVii S480 does not have any CI slots or inte grated card reader You might think this makes it impossible to receive any encrypted channels But there is a fall back onto Emus and Cardsharing Through the integrated plug in interface the nec essary software for PayTV reception can be activated In our tests the TeVii S480 worked very well although the second tuner caused a few issues and could not be accessed at the same time Things looked better with the Windows Media Center It comes included starting with the Windows Vista op erating system and the Te Vii card is fully compatible with it The Windows Media Cen ter can fully communicate with the TeVii S480 but it doesn t come with as many settings capabilities as the MyTeVii software Dur ing our tests it performed as expected It handled a channel scan in over 11 minutes and found only a fraction of the channels compared to the MytTeVii software Obviously this is a uni versal solution and unlike MyTeVii it was not designed just for the S480 We were happy to see that the Win dows Media Center was able to handle the simultaneous recording and playback of two channels even HD via the two tuners Unlike MyTe Vii though we were not able to display two HD channels at the same time but even so the second tuner was available for recording Ad ditionally the
11. ck HDTV can be dis played at a resolution up to 1080i recordings can be made in MPEG as well as TS transponder stream for aes z E MTV ARABIA E Nickelodeon I PEACE TV A NOOR DUBAI C DUBAI SPORTS HD C TRT ETTURKIYYE C iFilm a a 22 amp amp a 1 Dubai Sports HD via ProgDVB Level PADAAAANACDANCNOCANOOLESANDODN Quality BAAAAAANAAOONNODNNN Dat Freguency Polarisation Symbol rate Modulation IZISO pe Metal r 27500 rs ge F DVB S2 Roll Off Transponder 12169 V 27500 Z 2 Transponder scan of BADR 26 east in ProgDVB mat and can therefore by further processed by all the different editing programs such as DVR Studio and converted into a DVD The MyTeVii software OSD can communicate with the user in English French Ger man Arabic Chinese Finn ish Italian Polish Russian Spanish and Swedish The Skin feature also proved to be quite interesting It can be used to adjust the ap pearance of the software with just a few mouse clicks to match the taste of the user The package comes with two skins but more can be downloaded from the In ternet Thanks to the included remote control the MyTeVii software can be controlled 54 TELE satelite Global Digital TV Magazine 06 07 2011 wwwiIELE satellite com from the comfort of your couch information such as the EPG is blended into the OSD display in full screen format
12. hoice of codec has a direct influence on the dis played picture from the card If for example you re using a graphics card with hardware support for HDTV reception you can achieve a lower demand on the processor by using the co dec recommended by the graphics card manufacturer instead of the standard co dec in the MyTeVii software The S480 has all the nec essary settings capabilities for this purpose The main window of the MyTeVii software is nicely set up and organized While the right side of the window is reserved for the channel list the entire left side of the window is for the dis play of the TV signal At the lower edge of the window Www TEL satellite com O6 07 20I1 TELE satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 53 ProgDVB Unregiste oe a a a 6B SamaCom Harmonic MUX a DUBAI SPORTS HD G iFilm G MTV ARABIA Gl Nickelodeon GI NOOR DUBAI fl PEACE TV Gl TRT ETTURKIYYE DUBAI SPORTS AD the software blends in all of the information on the cur rently selected channel of course as long as this data is made available The channel list itself can be sorted and grouped a variety of ways so that for example channels can be grouped by package tran sponder or satellite Natu rally Favorites lists can be loaded with all of your fa vorite channels Unwanted channels in the list can be made to disappear with just one mouse click while adult oriented chan
13. llite hardware Universal Recommended Custom Single Oscillator Custom Dual Oscillator TV Setup TV Signal Configuration Windows Media Cent The following TV signals will be configured for Windows Media Center Digital Satellite DVB S 3 satellites 1 tuner Select Next to confirm Satellite Transponder Scan Windows Media Transponder Information Enter the following details for the transponder you want to sc Carrier Frequency 11042 MHz Symbol Rate 6400 Polarization Vertical Signal Quality ajalu tion assistant presents two separate MyTeVii icons on the PC s desktop with one labeled LNB1 and the other LNB2 Nope it s not a soft ware bug Instead TeVii has made it possible to open two MyTeVii windows at the same time and fully independent of each other And of course it stands to www TEL satellitecom O6 07 20II kSymbols s reason that numerous set tings and reception param eters can be set up for each tuner input separate and independent of each other including all the necessary settings steps for LNB1 and LNB2 After starting the MyTeVii software for the first time an empty channel list is dis 49 LJ ay kd played Of course this list should be filled as quickly as possible wouldn t you say The manufacturer included et a preprogrammed list of 178 European Asian and American satellites along with corresponding tran More on This
14. nels can be blocked from view by the kids with a PIN code Espe cially practical is that all of this work takes place in the MyTeVii software main win dow all of the changes are thereby immediately visible The TeVii EPG was also designed with clarity in mind the programs for the next seven days including detailed programming in formation are presented in an organized fashion again as long as this data is made available by the provider Of course timer entries can be made directly from the EPG and as you would rae SS expect from a top product like this the software can take a PC out of standby mode in order to record a program The same is true in reverse while setting up the timer entries the user can select whether to keep the PC running or place it in standby mode after record ings are finished In this way the PC doesn t need to stay powered up all day just to record a single program The S480 s channel Switching time between two channels on different tran sponders is 2 3 seconds for a PC solution this is actually quite fast Thanks to the two tuners a second channel can be viewed in a second window while a recording is playing in the first window Internet via satellite recep tion is also possible on one tuner while the other is used for TV reception During playback you can switch between different audio tracks as well as ac cess any available subtitles with just a single mouse cli
15. onitor About Profile List v New Edit Remove OpensSky 7 0 E Eutelsat W34 Europe 4 MHz Polarity Horizontal KSps DiSEqC NONE LNB Low 9750 MHz 22K Tone OFF v LNB High MHz LNB Switch Motor Pos Num Lock Transponder teh M f 1 LOCKED qty gt i oo Tune amp Hide Fr Autostart R Sort by Stream Rate PID 1 FFF 4544 79KB OOFF 1373 51KB s 0103 49 30KB s 0012 5 90KB s 0000 3 76KB s 0060 3 76KB s 0010 0 38KB s 0 12KB s 0 12KB s 0 10KB s TimeShift EPG ShortCuts Yolume Audio Subtitles Presets Expert Hardware Miscellaneous Display Interface Recording PEET I R OSD JV Use this filter set for playback MPEG2 files MPEG2 Video Decoder E tag ad ela rasa Oca ai x h 264 A C ideo Decoder CyberLink H 264 A C Decoder Jactek ideo Renderer ideo Mixing Renderer 7 Prefer this ideo Renderer for any Media Type Prefer this Audio Renderer for any Media Type Note Although you may see many filters in list not every filter can be used Audio Decoder CyberLink Audio Decoder Jactek Audio Renderer Default DirectSound Device x Hardware TimeShift ptteeneeeenereesasenenseecesseereanasenerennsnnneeaeanny JV Serve only Favorites External EPG grabber J Parse 7 9 Day DishNET EPG and BEY EPG Internal manager
16. t satel lite and transponder data directly in the Channel Scan menu is especially practical You can add new transpon ders or satellites or modify existing data The chan nel scan functions are also logical well thought out and easy to use For example you can scan a single tran sponder from a satellite multiple transponders or all of the transponder entries The FEC is recognized by both tuners automatically We were very impressed with the two TeVii tun ers not only do they re Tuner Setting MotorjRositioner Network Settings Monitor About Version 1 2 pex Manual Control Live Drive West Drive East Stop Set Pos Step West Step East Reset GotoO Go To Version 1 3 m Dish Position Latitude fo Deg J South Longitude fo Deg J West Strength es a F Quality 95 EK Tune amp Hide Autostart TeViiData PID value l Hex Available 401 Available 1327 Available Received kB 1328 Available Insert PID 0 1331 Available 1332 Available Rate kbps 1333 Available Remove PID 0 MAC Address MV Show available PIDs Strength os a E LOCKED Quality 9 A 7 Tune amp Hide Autostart TeViiData Tuner Setting Motor Positioner Network Settings M
17. to the card itself the package also comes with an instal ylation guide in Eng lish and German a CD with drivers and software as well as a remote control and an infrared re ceiver A detailed user manual is avail able on the CD in PDF format The in Stallation guide unfor tunately doesn t go into any details on the S480 On the other hand 46 TELE satellite Global Digital 1V Wee we liked the remote control it helps to convert the PC into a fully functional DVB S S2 TV receiver It sits comfortably in your hand is properly labeled and comes with buttons that are easy to reach and easy on your fingers Installing the TeVii S480 card was handled without any problems The card already has a slot cover installed on it although a smaller version is provided for use with narrower PC housings and can easily be Swapped out if necessary Since the TeVii card with its two tuners must also Supply power for two LNBs and the integrated chips on the card will be putting a demand on energy needs it would make sense to tts TITT tag t4 te ts fa ftg TeVii S480 Twi l in Tune oo Suited to T x HDTV reception plus PVR di connect a matching output from the PC power supply to the TeVii card This will guarantee that the card will have enough power avail able to it to do its job the PCI e bus alone is not able to handle these power de mands After installing the card the two tuner inpu
18. ts are quickly connected to the satellite system and the in frared receiver is plugged into the appropriate jack on the card The S480 is ready to go Although the TeVii S480 card is best suited for HDTV reception it doesn t place any special demands on the PC itself The requirements for interference free HDTV reception according to the manufacturer a 2 4 GHz CPU a graphics card with 128MB RAM as well as 1GB of memory If you ll only be watching SDTV f Why ne oO Ox Sat Prov__ _ NetID q Transp n Fav il All R IB PLU NIYAITASA RIM Actions Skins Display General Settings Tuner Settings and Scan Graphs DirectShow Filters Priority Positioner Console re OT Ox NetID All vf w A R Number amp favorite P kaci Delete M Add Task to Scheduler is Mono A B DUNYA TASARIM E n Astra 1E 1F 1G 1H 1KR 2C 53 rex a eo eo AY v ENIUS UMBERONE Sas SP US TAA gt LIP WS I Za Record 9 Skins gt Record Timer f Display gt Open File to Play SR l Switch To File Playback gt i 4 Se Show Program Guide Hugans Y Open Scheduler PID Grabber Sleep Timer Lock Channels t A Switch To Background State Actions gt Skins gt y List of Channels Files On Off v Video On Off i b Tane FullScreen On Off Pl
19. ug ins _ Bestfit Help gt Stay On Top Exit List of PID Filters PID Statistic Make Visible on Primary Monitor 1 Channel list sorted by transponder 2 Settings menu 3 Editing channel characteristics 4 EPG display at the bottom edge of the channel window 5 Channel list sorted by network ID 6 The various control capabilities of the MyTeVii software Note the Plug Ins link is not activae because in our test setup we hadn t installed any plug ins 7 The various display modes of the MyTeVii software 8 Transponder scan in Windows Media Center 9 Channel scan 10 New channels were found 11 Settings menu 12 The preprogrammed satellite list 13 LNB Settings 14 The Windows Media Center is ready to receive via the TeVii 480 15 16 TRT HD on TURKSAT 42 east Satellite Transponder Scan Windows Media Center Transponder Information Enter the following details for the transponder you Carrier Frequency 11042 MHz Symbol Rate 6400 kSymbols s Polarization Vertical Signal Quality AEA Satellite Transponder Scan Windows Media Scanning for Services Windows Media Center is scanning TURKSAT 1C 2A 42 0E for new TV channels This may take several minutes Scanning 45 done 1 new channel s found Satellite Transponder Scan Windows Media New Channels Found Windows Media Center found the following new TV channels on TURKSAT 1C 2A 42 0 TRTHD IAVRSICINTANE Satellite Transponder
20. yTeVii software successfully demonstrated its capabilities during our tests although alternative software such as ProgDVB or Windows Media Center can be used instead if nec essary The quality of the audio and video playback was exceptional We should also mention that for DX ers MPEG 4 2 2 content can also be displayed with the matching codec from Ele card Thomas Haring TELE satellite Test Center Austria TECHNICAL DATA Manufacturer Email sales Email support Model S480 Function TeVii Technology Ltd Taiwan patricia tevii com peterson tevii com PCl e card for TV amp Radio reception on the PC in SDTV and HDTV with two separate Tuners Channel memory unlimied Satellites Symbol rates SCPC compatible USALS yes DiSEqC EPG yes C KU band compatible yes HDTV support Input frequency Input terminal Modulations 178 preprogrammed added by user unlimited 2 45 Ms s yes tested gt 2 Ms s 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 yes up to 1080i in MPEG 4 AVC H 264 950 2150 MHz F type 75 Ohm DVB S QPSK BPSK DVB S2 QPSK 8PSK Table Alternative Software for the TeVii S480 ProgDVB DVBViewer DVBDream WatchTVPro 56 TELE satellite Global Digital TV Magazine O6 07 20I1 wwwiIELE satellite com www progdvb com www dvbviewer com www dvbdream org www watchtvpro experience de
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