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Address TELE-satellite Magazine, PO Box 1234, 85766 Munich-Ufg, GERMANY/EUROPE Editor-in-Chief Alexander Wiese, alex@TELE-satellite.com Published by TELE-satellite Medien GmbH, Aschheimer Weg 19, 85774 Unterfoehring, GERMANY/EUROPE Design Nmeti Barna Attila Advertising www.TELE-satellite.com/ads/ Printer Blackprint Nyomdaipari Kft, Tenkefrd utca 3, 1044 Budapest, HUNGARY/EUROPE Copyright 2011 by TELE-satellite ISSN 1435-7003 TELE-satellite was established in 1981 and today is the oldest, largest and most-read digital tv trade magazine in the world. TELE-satellite is seen by more than 350,000 digital tv professionals around the world and is available both in printed form and online. www.TELE-satellite.com Redaktion TELE-satellite, Postfach 1234, D-85766 Mnchen-Ufg Chefredakteur Alexander Wiese (verantwortlich) Anschrift wie Verlag, Verlag TELE-satellite Medien GmbH, Aschheimer Weg 19, D-85774 Unterfhring, Inhaber: Alexander Wiese, Verleger, Unterfhring Anzeigen Alexander Wiese (verantwortlich), Anschrift wie Verlag
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Dear Readers, once again we are introducing satellite signal analyzers in this issue of TELE-satellite. Each device is wonderfully designed and full of features that we wouldnt have thought possible just a few years ago. Nevertheless, they are compact and affordable. Why is the signal analyzer market taking off like this all of a sudden? Obviously theres a demand for these analyzers otherwise so many of them wouldnt be available. Another reason is that today its possible to manufacture signal analyzers in smaller numbers for a niche market like satellite installers. And wouldnt you know, this niche market mushroom clouds into an exceptionally large market since today almost every satellite TV viewer has their own signal analyzer. If you can provide an attractive product at an at-
cies and I dont mean mobile TV like DVB-H, rather IPTV or WebTV via mobile Internet links. That the technology to transmit TV channels is continuously expanding to include different paths, its becoming clear that a universal TV signal analyzer that truly covers every possible range would be a new market segment. For those who sell and install reception systems for customers, the signal analyzer is the tool used to identify what can and cannot be
received at a customer site. The signal analyzer market is not by any means exhausted, rather, it expands automatically whenever a new frequency range is used to transmit TV channels. If you want to keep up to speed on whats going on, youll need a corresponding signal analyzer. Sincerely, Alexander Wiese TELE-satellite Editor-in-Chief
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Company overview: Best Digital TV Companies of the World.................................. 158 Feature: HDTV Copyright Management .......... 174 Feature: Tuner Secrets .................. 180 Feature: Satellite Technology ......... 182
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ADVERTISERS INDEx 8DTEk ........................................... China .................. 47 ABC-BIZNIS .................................. Slovakia ............. 75 AB-CoM......................................... Slovakia .........28-29 AB-CoM......................................... Slovakia ........ 60-61 ALuoSAT ....................................... China .................101 AMIko ........................................... Hungary ............. 73 ANDREAWEB ................................. Germany ...........197 AZBox ........................................... Portugal ............211 AZuRE SHINE ................................ Taiwan...............183 BEIJING ToPREAL ......................... China .................117 BoIINGSAT ................................... China .................. 55 BoMARE ........................................ Algeria ..............125 BoxSAM ........................................ China .................. 33 BYA ELECTRoNIC .......................... Algeria ..............201 CARDATTACk................................. Germany ...........183 CAPER 2011 .................................. Argentina ..........155 CATV ............................................. Croatia ..............185 CES 2012 ....................................... uSA ...................147 CHINA BRoADCASTING ................ China .................196 CHINA SATELLITE 2011 ................ China .................141 CLoNE+ ......................................... Poland ...............189 CMoS ............................................ korea ................... 7 CoMMuNICASIA 2011 ................... Singapore ..........135 CNBRoADCASTING ....................... China .................196 CYNExTRA .................................... Germany ............ 21 DEVISER ....................................... China .................. 57 DIGITAL TELEMEDIA ..................... China .................212 DISHPoINTER ............................... uk .....................199 DoEBIS ......................................... Germany ........ 14-15 DoEBIS-JAEGER ............................ Germany ...........121 FuLAN ELECTRoNICS .................... China .................... 5 GLoBALINVACoM .......................... uk ...................... 37 GLoBALSAT ................................... China .................. 51 GoLDENMEDIA .............................. Germany ............ 21 GooSAT......................................... China .................. 51 HANGZHou PREVAIL..................... China ..............42-43 HoRIZoN ...................................... uk .....................131 HuBER+SuHNER ........................... Switzerland .......... 2 IBC 2011 ....................................... uk ..............137, 153 ICECRYPT ...................................... uk ........................ 4 ICLASS .......................................... korea ................. 11 INFINITY ...................................... Croatia ..............185 INPAx ........................................... Turkey ...............115 JAEGER ......................................... Germany ...........121 JIANGSu YINHE ............................ China .................110 JIuZHou ....................................... China .................212 kARMACoM ................................... Hungary ............. 73 MFC ............................................... uSA ...................187 MICo ............................................. China .................. 83 MoTECk ........................................ 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China .................. 89 TEHNICB ....................................... Romania ............195 TENoW .......................................... China .................. 69 TEVII ............................................ Taiwan...............187 ToPREAL ....................................... China .................117 TooWAY ........................................ Germany ...........199 TRIMAx ......................................... China .................195 TuRBoSAT..................................... uk ....................... 4 QIAoHuA ...................................... China .................. 77 YINHE ........................................... China .................110 ZHEJIANG BoxSAM ....................... China .................. 33
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waktu boot yang sangat cepat karena Linux versi lebih kecil sangat stabil kami tidak sanggup membuatnya terhenti terdapat meter satelit di layar blindscan yang handal
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PVR Definisi Tinggi berbasisLinux menjanjikan sejumlah fitur menarik, dalam wujud kotak yang kecil. Apakah mungkin?
LED menunjukkan nomor saluran atau jam pada saat standby. Sebuah flap di sisi kanan menutupi terminal USB dan satu rongga kartu smart yang bisa membaca berbagai jenis kartu bahkan bisa menerima kartu Sky Digital dan mengizinkan saya menonton seluruh saluran langganan kecuali yang berkaitan dengan receiver tertentu. Ini cukup mengejutkan. Rongga kartu adalah satu-satunya pilihan untuk akses: tidak bisa menambah CAM. Di bagian belakang, masukan antena dan loopthrough melayani tuner tunggal. Pilihan Video terbatas pada HDMI, Scart atau video komposit, terdapat juga keluaran audio stereo serta S/PDIF. Untuk koneksi dengan dunia luar terdapat terminal LAN Ethernet dan terminal RS232. Memulai receiver tidak memerlukan waktu yang lama seperti pada receiver
Datang dari Istanbul, Turki, X-9100 PVR dari INPAX agak mengejutkan. Ukuran kotak hitam kecil ini hanya 26cm menyilang, 19cm kedalaman dan tinggi 4cm serta berwarna hitam mengkilap dengan tampilan minimalis. Hanya terdapat tiga tombol di panel depan: Standby, saluran ke atas dan saluran ke bawah. Tampilan
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berbasis-Linux lainnya, sekira 45 detik dari menekan saklar hingga gambar muncul di layar. Ini adalah salah satu kejutan yang datang dari X-9100 dengan menggunakan versi Linux yang lebih kecil daripada versi komplek yang kami lihat sebelumnya. Bagi yang tidak biasa menangani receiver Linux tidak perlu terlalu khawatir. Pilihan dan menu sistemnya tidak lagi rumit dibandingkan receiver biasa. USALS didukung untuk memudahkan pengaturan motor DiSEqC, dengan bonus tambahan beberapa kota utama telah terprogram ke dalam memori receiver. Sejumlah besar pengaturan LNB juga disertakan, dan karena receiver ini berasal dari Turki, pengaturan khusus untuk DIGITURK juga tersedia. Jika tidak ada pengaturan yang sesuai untuk sistem Anda maka frekuensi LNB juga bisa ditentukan secara manual. DiSEqC didukung dari versi 1.0 hingga 1.3 untuk memastikan bahwa semua motor atau switch akan didukung. 71 satelit dari seluruh dunia telah terprogram d a l a m
receiver dan ini bisa diubah dan dihapus sesuai kebutuhan. Satelit baru bisa ditambahkan jika diperlukan dengan hanya menentukan posisi orbitnya. Jika Anda memasang antena Anda sendiri, maka Anda akan senang melihat tambahan fungsi meter sinyal di layar untuk membantu Anda menemukan sinyal yang bagus. Pemindaian satelit cukup cepat dibandingkan dengan receiver berbasis Linux lainnya. Bagi pemirsa Canal Digitaal, TV Vlaanderen atau UPC Direct di ASTRA 1, juga tersedia fungsi pemindaian cepat. Bagi lainnya, pemindaian standar terhadap keseluruhan spektrum satelit dengan waktu yang bagus. Pemindaian menyeluruh pada Astra 2 memerlukan waktu empat menit untuk memindai 90 frekuensi yang telah tersimpan. Tambahan yang sangat diharapkan adalah pilihan blind scan, sehingga frekuensi yang belum ada dalam daftar transponder bisa ditemukan. Kerja ini agak berbeda dengan yang pernah kami lihat sebelumnya. Pertama, keseluruhan spektrum frekuensi dipindai, penambahan frekuensi yang baru ditemukan disimpan dalam daftar transponder. Setelah itu, dilakukan pemindaian biasa, pemindaian frekuensi baru beserta yang telah tersimpan sebelumnya. Hal ini menambah waktu proses pemindaian, diperlukan 2,5 menit untuk menemukan dan menambahkan delapan transponder ke dalam daftar, kemudian sekira 4:15 untuk memindai seluruhnya. Blind scan ini tidak ideal bagi pemburu-feed, karena tidak ada kemampuan untuk memindai sebagian dari band frekuensi. Saluran bisa diakses dari daftar saluran serupa dengan yang ada di kebanyakan receiver lainnya. Tombol kiri dan kanan digunakan untuk
menyaring daftar antara saluran hanya-FTA, HD dan diacak, serta terdapat pula pilihan untuk menampilkan semuanya. Tombol merah bisa digunakan untuk menyaring daftar lebih lanjut dengan membatasi satelit yang muncul di daftar. Fungsi A-Z juga tersedia, yang akan menyaring daftar dengan huruf pertama dari nama saluran, namun tidak diurutkan lebih lanjut lagi sehingga Azerbaijan TV akan muncul sebelum Aastha TV, jika ini urutannya dalam daftar asal ini membuat saya agak bingung. Tombol khusus untuk ke atas dan ke bawah pada kendali jarak jauh membantu untuk mempercepat navigasi dan daftar lain di menu. Kendali jarak jauhnya cukup standar, model pada umumnya. Yang agak asing adalah bahwa urutan tombol fungsi berwarna berbeda dengan urutan pada umumnya merah-hijaukuning-biru. Saya bahkan tidak menyadari bahwa urutan ini telah membekas dalam otak saya sejak penggunaan dan pengujian begitu banyak receiver selama bertahun-tahun, tetapi saya membuktikan bahwa saya beberapa kali menekan tombol biru ketika saya menginginkan menekan tombol hijau. Kendali jarak jauhnya sederhana, dan tidak ada tombol untuk memilih aspek rasio yang tepat, atau resolusi layar, namun fungsi ini bisa ditemukan di dalam menu pengaturan receiver. Pilihan yang paling penting ditemukan di sini, termasuk pemilihan antara RGB atau CVBS dari terminal Scart. Untuk mengakses pilihan terakhir tersebut pilih HDMI mode 5761 dan tekan tombol volume ke atas atau
ke bawah untuk berpindah antara RGB dan CVBS. Terdapat satu fitur khusus dalam menu, yang kami perlu memberikan ucapan selamat kepada Inpax. Satu pilihan untuk menyimpan pengaturan volume suara untuk setiap saluran masing-masing. Ini adalah jawaban yang sempurna terhadap segala situasi pengalihan antar saluran dari yang terlalu kecil suaranya ke yang terlalu nyaring suaranya sehingga bisa mengganggu tetangga. Tentu saja, jika hanya tingkatan audio yang bisa diatur untuk menghindari situasi ini, maka fungsi ini tidak diperlukan. Namun ini tidak akan terjadi dalam waktu dekat, dan sangat pasti tidak akan pernah, sehingga untuk saat ini: terima kasih kepada Inpax yang telah memikirkan hal ini. Fungsi edit saluran dibatasi pada penghapusan, pemindahan dan penggantian nama. Kemampuan yang penting seperti edit PID tidak tersedia. Terdapat delapan daftar favorit. Nama-namanya cukup asing, dengan beberapa huruf yang hilang. Namun ini bisa diperbaiki dengan menambahkan favorit baru dan memberikan nama yang diinginkan. Tombol kuning dalam menu FAV akan membuat daftar favorit baru. Tidak terdapat ruang untuk hard disk dalam kotak kecil ini, perekaman harus dibuat pada peranti USB yang dicolok pada soket depan. Perekaman bisa dimulai langsung dari tombol rekam di kendali jarak jauh atau dari pengatur waktu yang bisa diatur secara manual atau dari EPG. EPG pada 9100 cukup stabil, dan bisa beralih antara versi
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satu hari dan versi tujuhhari. Agak asing terlihat bahwa tampilan kotak hanya mengisi seperempat layar, sehingga tidak mudah untuk melihat apa yang telah dijadualkan untuk lebih dari satu atau dua jam ke depan. Pengatur waktu kejadian juga dengan tipe yang standar, dengan beberapa pilihan yang berulang meliputi Senin hingga Jumat dan hanya akhir pekan. Receiver ini bisa diatur untuk merekam atau hanya berpindah ke saluran pada
1. Blind scan 2. Daftar Saluran 3. EPG 4. Edit Favorit 5. Penjelajah File 6. Klien FTP 7. multi gambar-dalam-gambar 8. Pemutaran acara yang telah direkam
waktu yang ditetapkan, dan terdapat juga pilihan untuk mematikan setelah perekaman selesai. Ketika perekaman sedang berlangsung, daftar saluran dibatasi hanya pada saluran dari transponder yang sedang diterima sehingga tidak ada kesempatan untuk kehilangan rekaman atau mengganggu receiver. Buku panduan menginformasikan bahwa secara teori ukuran hard disk dibatasi pada empat partisi dengan total 2 terabytes (saya pikir bahwa saya akan kesulitan untuk mengisinya), tidak direkomendasikan untuk menggunakan partisi lebih dari 120 gigabytes. Perekaman dan pemutaran bekerja dengan sangat baik, tidak ditemukan masalah
bahkan ketika merekan saluran HD ke memori USB. Pengalaman saya dengan receiver Linux telah bercampur di masa lalu. Saya ingat dengan baik bahwa beberapa pengatur rekaman yang penting tidak pernah dimulai karena receiver telah terhenti sebelumnya, masih menampilkan jam pasir seperti pada Windows dan gambar beku dari saluran yang ditonton sebelumnya. Meskipun saya berusaha keras untuk membingungkan receiver kecil ini, namun saya tidak berhasil membuatnya berhenti bekerja, bahkan pada saat perekaman. Karena hasil rekaman disimpan dalam memori USB, sehingga memudahkan akses di komputer. Kehebatan lain pada Inpax di sini menu pengaturan memberikan pilihan format rekaman antara file .MPG dan .TS, tambahan pilihan yang bisa sangat berguna bagi yang ingin mengedit atau mengarsip hasil rekaman ke dalam DVD atau mengkonversinya menjadi format lain. Meskipun koneksi yang mudah terhadap dunia luar via Ethernet, tidak bisa akses hasil rekaman melalui FTP, maka diperlukan untuk melepas peranti USB dan membawanya ke komputer adalah satu-satunya cara untuk mengaksesnya. Tersedia klien FTP, namun ini hanya bekerja dalam satu arah untuk menyalin media ke USB untuk pemutaran. Juga dimungkinkan untuk menghubungkan SMB (Samba) dengan cara yang sama. Jenis format file format yang bisa diputar-ulang cukup banyak, dan semua file contoh yang saya putar tidak mengalami masalah. Daftar ini mencakup AVI, MPG, VOB, FLV, MP4, MKB, 3GP dan ASF. Menarik untuk melihat bahwa daftar saluran disimpan dalam format SDX milik SatcoDX yang juga bisa diimpor dari menu file.
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Juga ada pemutar radio internet. Jika dinyalakan, sangat bagus dan menjaga koneksi dari lokasi saya di Inggris dengan saluran dari Australia sepanjang malam tanpa masalah. Saya mendapat beberapa pesan server sibuk, namun ketika saya berhasil 12 menembusnya maka saya bisa menerima audio yang berkualitas bagus, dengan beberapa stasiun dilengkapi dengan nama artis dan judul lagu. Menjelajahi daftar stasiun yang banyak adalah menyulitkan karena setiap halaman daftar tersebut diambil dari internet jika diminta. Setelah cukup lama dengan daftar abjad, saya menyerah ketika masih di huruf A, tetapi terdapat daftar favorit di sini. Ini semua menjadi tidak bernilai ketika saya ingin kembali ke stasiun campuran esoteric yang telah saya temukan, dari 247 Polka Heaven (The Worlds Polka Network) ke Amateur Repeater W6NUT. Saya ingin tahu jika radio
hams di California akan membayangkan mereka menjadi didengarkan terus di receiver satelit ke seluruh dunia via internet? Apakah saya akan mancapai ujung dari daftar ini, untuk menemukan jika New Yorks Z100 juga tersedia? Saya beralih dari irama
hipnotis ke menu isian berikutnya yaitu pemutar Youtube. Yang ini juga berfungsi dengan sangat baik, dan kualitas video juga cukup bagus, dapat ditonton dengan sempurna di TV. Sejumlah preset memberikan akses ke video paling populer termasuk komedi, musik, berita,
olahraga dan sebagainya. Pencarian juga tersedia yang akan membuka dunia Youtube di TV Anda. Ini adalah tambahan menarik yang dimiliki dan memutar video lebih lancar daripada komputer yang telah tua. Isian menu yang terakhir dalam aplikasi internet tidak tercantum dalam buku panduan: Extra Movies. Saya yakin semua dari kita akan berkata ya terhadap beberapa film tambahan, namun menu ini dilindungi oleh kata-kunci; di sini kami ingin menjelaskan kepada Anda bagaimana cara mengaksesnya: Isi IP di menu pengaturan, tekan tombol hijau yang akan menutup DHCP dan daripada menanyakan DNS1. Isi dengan 208.67.222.222 dan simpan dengan menekan tombol merah. Maka akan muncul DNS2, isi IP 208.67.222.222 yang sama lagi dan simpan dengan tombol merah. Sekarang receiver tersebut perlu dimatikan dan dinyalakan kembali dengan saklar catudaya. Masuk lagi ke Extra Movies dan sekarang isilah 9-8-7-6 untuk katakunci. Voila, berfungsi. Dimungkinkan untuk menggunakan telnet untuk masuk ke receiver, dan ini akan memunculkan perintah prompt dari sistem BusyBox, seperti yang dipakai oleh Amazon Kindle dan banyak perangkat lainnya. BusyBox memberikan akses terhadap beberapa perintah dasar Linux, yang sendirinya mungkin sedikit atau tidak digunakan untuk pengguna setiap hari, tetapi paling tidak kami bisa melihat apa yang ada dalam memori internal.
Serupa, hubungan dengan penjelajah web memberikan antarmuka terhadap sistem operasi Linux dengan banyak informasi debug. Tidak banyak yang bisa digunakan di sana, tetapi penggemar Linux bisa menemukan informasi yang menarik. Apakah mungkin untuk menambahkan peranti lunak ke dalam mesin tersebut untuk memungkinkan lebih banyak fungsi masih belum jelas dan tidak ada petunjuk dari receiver maupun buku panduannya. Receiver X-9100 merupakan receiver berbasis-Linux yang berbeda daripada yang pernah kami lihat sebelumnya.
Di antaranya, ini bisa mengecewakan karena terasa seperti receiver konvensional dibandingkan dengan distribusi Linux yang menggunakan Enigma2. Yang ini lebih sesuai untuk mereka yang ingin menonton TV dengan sedikit kendala atau ada hal yang tidak bekerja sebagaimana mestinya. Koneksi ke internet semudah mencolokkan kabel Ethernet jika Anda memiliki DHCP pada router Anda, dan bonus tambahan dengan Youtube dan pemutar radio internet juga bermanfaat. Jika antarmuka radio internet bisa dibuat lebih baik, maka akan menjadi cara paling udah untuk mengakses ribuan stasiun
dalam kualitas yang bagus. Apa yang paling menyenangkan adalah kemampuan receiver ini. Ketakutan saya tentang kehilangan hasil rekaman seperti pengalaman pada receiver Linux sebelumnya menjadi hampir sirna. Ketika melakukan pengujian untuk laporan ini, masih belum mengecewakan saya, dan itulah yang diinginkan oleh banyak orang: receiver yang melakukan apa yang dikatakannya bisa, dan tidak terhenti pada saat momen penting. Terdapat sedikit kritikan yang telah saya kemukakan sebelumnya, sebagian besar akan diperbaiki dalam
Pengaturan Audio bisa disimpan untuk setiap saluran menerima hard disk yang sangat besar via USB. Peranti lunak berjalan sangat stabil. PVR bisa disimpan dalam format .TS Mendukung banyak format file untuk diputar.
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NPA ELEKTRONK SAN. VE TC.LTD.T. Kemeralt Str. efkat Business No: 1-3 Floor:4 Karaky, Istanbul, Turkey +90 212 293 63 12 | +90 212 293 63 13 +90 212 293 63 18 http://www.inpax.com info@inpax.com.tr / inpax@inpax.com.tr X-9100 Linux HD PVR HDTV Satellite Receiver with PVR Yes Yes 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3 1 QPSK 2000 to 45000 QPSK 2000 to 45000 8PSK 2000 to 45000 MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MP@ML 2 (left & right) Composite, HDMI 480p, 480i, 576p, 576i. 720p, 1080i at 50Hz, 720p &1080i at 60Hz, 1080p at 30Hz No No S/PDIF Yes Yes 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz 2 None 1 universal
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Daftar saluran menurut abjad hanya untuk huruf pertama. Kode warna pada kendali jarak jauh tidak ikut standar.
pembaruan peranti lunak di masa mendatang. Secara keseluruhan ini adalah receiver yang handal, mesin kecil yang menarik dan melakukan kerjanya dengan sangat baik. Sekarang, saya mohon
pamit saatnya untuk menyelesaikan laporan ini sehingga saya bisa menonton beberapa hewan lucu di Youtube, mendengarkan polka, dan, oh! hampir lupa bahwa saya bisa menonton siaran HD TV pada teman kecil ini!
mPEG modes Audio outputs Video outputs Resolutions UHF output 0/12 volt output Digital audio output EPG c/Ku-band compatible Power supply common interface card slots
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is supported from version 1.0 to 1.3 to ensure that just about any motor or switching setup will be supported. 71 satellites from around the planet are pre-programmed into the receiver and these can be edited and deleted as required. New satellites can be added as required by simply specifying the orbital position. If you are setting your own dish up, youll be pleased to see the inclusion of a large on-screen signal meter function to help you find a good signal.
Scanning satellites is fast compared to some other Linux-based receivers. For viewers of Canal Digitaal, TV Vlaanderen or UPC Direct on ASTRA 1, a special fast scan function is available. For the rest of us, a standard scan zips across the satellite spectrum in good time. A scan across Astra 2 took four minutes to scan the 90 stored frequencies. A very welcome addition is a blind scan option, so that any frequencies not already held in the transponder list can be found. This works a little differently than others weve seen in the past. First, the entire frequency spectrum is scanned, adding any newly-found frequencies to the stored transponder list. After this, the regular scan kicks in, scanning the new frequencies alongside those previously stored. This adds some time to the scanning process, 2,5 minutes were taken to find and add an extra eight transponders to the list, then another 4:15 to scan them all. The blind scan isnt ideal for feedhunting however, as there is no ability to scan a portion of the frequency band. Channels are accessed from a channel list similar to those on most other receiv-
ers. The left and right buttons are used to filter the list between FTA-only, HD and encrypted channels, plus of course there is the option to display everything. The red button can be used to filter the list further by limiting the satellites shown in the list. An A-Z function is also available, which filters the list by the first letter of the channel name, but doesnt sort it further than this so Azerbaijan TV would still appear ahead of Aastha TV if this was their order in the default list this I found just a little confusing. Dedicated page up and down buttons on the remote help to speed navigation of this and other lists around the menus. The remote itself is a standard, generic feeling model, not helped by the occasional occurrence of the pressed button repeating your previous action rather than the one you were expecting. Another rather strange quirk is that the order of the coloured function buttons is different from the normal red-green-yellowblue sequence. I didnt even know that this order has been burned into my brain from the use and testing of so many receivers over the years, but I proved that it
is by pressing blue when I thought I was pressing green several times. The remote is kept simple, and there are no buttons for selecting the correct aspect ratio, or screen resolution, but these options can be found inside the receivers settings menus. Most important options are found here, with just a few omissions for example I could not find anywhere to select between RGB or CVBS from the Scart port, even though both options are listed in the receiver manuals specifications list. There is one special feature in the menus where Inpax must however be congratulated. An option exists to store the sound volume setting for each channel individually. This is the perfect answer to that all-too-common situation of changing channel from an overly quiet one to one of those that has the sound cranked up so loud that your neighbours will be banging on the wall within no time. Of course, if only audio levels could be regulated to avoid this situation, such a function wouldnt be needed. But that is unlikely to happen anytime soon and very likely never, so in the
meantime: thank you Inpax for thinking of this. The channel editing functions are limited to deletion, moving, and renaming. The sometimes important ability to edit PIDs is missing, for example. There are eight preset favourites lists, whose names dont appear to be editable. Their names are quite strange, with the first few letters missing. At first it looked like this was an oversight in the menu design, with the icons that match the colour buttons obscuring the first part of the name. But no, even when the FAV button is used to give a channel list of just the individual favourites lists, they are the same! So, as they are not editable, get used to choosing between the lists with names such as ies, ws, ildrens, ucation, lture, and cial (thats supposed to be Social, if you didnt guess). There is no room inside the tiny case for a hard drive, recordings have to be made onto a USB device plugged into the front socket. Recordings can be started directly from the remotes record button or from a timer event that can be set manually or from the EPG.
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mengukur seluruh sinyal tv dalam DVB-S, DVB-S2 dan bahkan transmisi analog lama kejutan besar dalam meter kecil: DiSEqC disertakan dan bahkan bisa memutar antena bermotor keluaran A/V memberikan gambar cemerlang pada laptop atau monitor meter bisa tetap terhubung setiap saat sebab ada loopthrough ke receiver kedua alat analisa spektrum dasar dan pembacaan BER adalah fitur yang terdapat pada meter high-end
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Desain eksternal yang menarik perhatian. Siapa bilang bahwa alat meter harus terlihat monoton? Panel bawah DSM Gifted agak melengkung yang membuatnya terlihat menarik. Dua tampilan: LCD grafis berwarna dan satu LED 2-digit 7-segmen yang klasik ini juga sesuatu yang tidak biasa. Tas pelindung yang praktis dengan tali Velcro yang bisa dilekatkan di lengan Anda, memungkinkan Anda membawa meter ini seperti jam tangan. Kenyataannya, 8D Technology mendemonstrasikan dengan 8dtek DSM Gifted bahwa mereka adalah orang yang inovatif. Apa yang bisa terlihat untuk pertama kalinya adalah keyobard membran yang terdiri dari 12 tombol. Yang
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tombol pintas yang akan membawa Anda langsung ke tampilan spektrum frekuensi dan satelit lokal. Sat Find mungkin adalah menu paling penting yang bisa diakses dari menu utama. Di sini, Anda bisa mengatur: satelit, frekuensi LNB, transponder, tipe pemindaian. Di layar yang sama, Anda bisa mendapatkan hasil pengukurannya: level sinyal dan kualitas sinyal ditunjukkan dalam persentase dan bit error rate. Pembacaan persentase kualitas sinyal diulangi pada tampilan LED dua-digit. Ini adalah ide yang cemerlang karena angka pada layar LCD agak kecil dan sulit untuk dibaca dari jauh. Ketika mengarahkan antena, Anda juga bisa mengacu ke grafik batang yang menunjukkan kekuatan dan kualitas sinyal. Pada bagian bawah layar, terdapat 3 bantuan tentang apa yang bisa dilakukan oleh tombol Fungsi ketika berada dalam menu ini. Tombol merah F1 digunakan untuk mengubah transponder, tombol hijau F2 untuk menambah transponder baru dan tombol kuning F3 untuk menghapus transponder yang ada. Ini adalah fitur yang membantu karena di
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1. menu utama 2. Sinyal pencarian satelit 3. Pengaturan DiSEqc 4. Pengubahan lokasi yang digunakan dalam menu Local Sat 5. Visualisasi satelit yang tersedia pada lokasi terpilih (sabuk clarke) 6. Tampilan spektrum frekuensi 7. Pengaturan Sistem 8. Hasil pengukuran Sudut Antena 9. Pemilihan lokasi untuk visualisasi sabuk clarke 10. Transponder bisa diedit, dihapus atau ditambah 11. Peranti lunak dan seluruh pengaturan bisa disimpan dalam memori USB 12. Bagian kecil yang tersedia
bagian wilayah yang berbeda ada beberapa transponder dari satelit yang sama bisa diterima. Sehingga, tidak mungkin untuk membuat daftar transponder yang umum, misalnya, Spanyol dan Rusia. Jika dari sepuluh transponder yang dipasang untuk setiap satelit dalam daftar asli yang dibuat oleh 8D Technology tidak bisa diterima di wilayah Anda, maka hapus saja dan tambahkan dengan yang lain. Alternatif lainnya, ubah frekuensi, simbol rate dan polarisasinya. Sekarang mari kita mulai bermain: bagaimana kinerja DSM Gifted di dunia nyata? Kami mulai dengan
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mengukur kualitas sinyal. Terlihat bahwa DSM Gifted, seperti pada receiver satelit biasa, hasil kualitasnya tidak berganti dalam tahapan 1% tetapi dengan tahapan 6 atau 7%. Jika kita mengikutkan bahwa hasil yang lebih kecil dari 53% adalah di bawah ambang batas penerimaan, kita hanya mendapatkan 8 tingkatan: 53%, 60%, 66%, 73%, 80%, 86%, 93% dan 99%. Sehingga untuk menemukan posisi maksimum ketika memutar antena atau memasang LNB pada penjepitnya, Anda harus menemukan batas di mana pembacaan turun 6-7% dan memasang antena/LNB di antara jarak tersebut. DSM Gifted juga memungkinkan Anda untuk memeriksa BER. Akan
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tetapi, seperti pada meter lainnya juga, pembacaan BER tidak stabil, karena transmisi digital dan selalu berubah isinya. Namun DSM Gifted selangkah lebih maju: Anda juga bisa mengukur MER. Ini adalah salah satu pengukuran terbaik (modulation error ratio). MER stabil dan bisa mengukur dengan resolusi 0.1 dB. Sample uji kami belum dilengkapi dengan pembacaan MER, tetapi 8D Technology sedang merencanakan untuk meningkatkan DSM Gifted dengan pengukuran MER dalam pembaruan peranti lunaknya. Lihat grafik pada Gambar 1 untuk melihat bagaimana pembacaan persentase pada sampel uji berkorelasi dengan MER dan hasil Loss
Margin diukur dengan meter profesional yang mahal. Dari sudut pandang praktis seorang instalatir satelit: pembacaan persentase, dalam bentuk yang telah diimplementasikan dalam DSM Gifted, memungkinkan
Anda untuk mengarahkan antena 60-90 cm pada satelit yang populer dengan cara yang sederhana dan presisi yang tepat. Kami tidak akan merekomendasikan DSM Gifted dengan peranti lunak yang ada sekarang untuk antena 120 cm atau lebih
Gambar 1. Garis tren menerjemahkan pembacaan kualitas sinyal DSm Gifted menjadi hasil mER dan Lm. Hasil aktual 18 transponder dari satelit berbeda ditampilkan dalam warna biru dan merah.
besar. Jika Anda berjuang untuk pemisah decibel agar bisa bekerja pada sinyal lemah (seperti yang sering dilakukan oleh pehobi satelit sejati) meter ini hanya bisa digunakan untuk pengaturan awal. Di lain pihak, 8D Technology bisa berbangga dengan jumlah frekuensi yang mereka tawarkan dalam menu Sat Find. Di sini terdaftar banyak local oscillator frequencies (LOF) yang bisa Anda pilih dalam DSM Gifted: 5150, 5750, 5950, 9750, 10000, 10050, 10450, 10600, 10700, 10750, 11250, 11300, 51505750, 5750-5150, Universal (9750-10600) dan SCR (9750-10600). Menu kedua adalah DiSEqC. Kami terkesan bahwa 8D Technology membekali DSM Gifted dengan DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1 serta 1.2 dan USALS. Bahkan terdapat fungsi deteksi otomatis DiSEqC! Selama pengujian kami, USALS dapat berfungsi tanpa masalah. Kami memutar antena kami beberapa kali selama pengujian dengan memberikan daya pada motor dari meter kecil ini. Hal ini akan dihargai oleh setiap instalatir. Akan tetapi, jika bateri telah habis, meter akan padam tanpa peringatan. Tidak ada status pengisian bateri dalam menu pengaturan atau di tempat lain. Pabrikan menjanjikan akan menambahkan fitur ini dalam pembaruan peranti lunak berikutnya. Menu Local Sat menampilkan gambar lokasi satelit dalam posisi di sabuk
Clarke yang bisa terlihat di lokasi Anda. Meter uji ini disiapkan untuk Jerman dan dalam memorinya terdapat sejumlah kota di Jerman. Setelah memilih kota terdekat dengan lokasi Anda, Anda bisa berpindah dari satelit ke satelit lainnya dengan tombol panah kiri/ kanan dan melihat nilai elevasi dan azimuth-nya. Jika diperlukan, Anda bisa mengubah lokasi dengan yang lebih sesuai dengan keperluan Anda. Menu lainnya analisa spektrum adalah sesuatu yang tidak disangka akan ada pada meter kecil seperti DSM Gifted. Akan tetapi, ini bukanlah alat analisa yang lengkap. Terutama, alat ini agak lambat. Kenyataannya pada prosesor yang tidak begitu bertenaga untuk fungsi tersebut. Sebagai hasilnya, Anda tidak bisa menggunakannya ketika sedang mengatur antena Anda dan memonitor apakah telah mendapatkan sinyal. Kedua, hanya terdapat rentang penuh. Zoom pada frekuensi tertentu tidak bisa dilakukan. Anda tidak bisa meng-klik pada transponder yang dipilih pada spektrum untuk mengidentifikasi parameternya. Kegunaan dari tampilan spektrum ini adalah untuk pengenalan cepat terhadap satelit yang sedang diarahkan bagi instalatir profesional yang sering melakukan instalasi, akan mengingat tampilan spektrum pada setiap satelit. Menu Sudut agak mirip dengan menu Local Sat, tetapi dengan lebih banyak data. Anda pilih satelit, isi koordinat Anda, dan selain
elevasi dan azimuth yang tepat, tambahannya Anda akan mendapatkan sudut kemiringan LNB yang tepat. Yang terakhir ini diperlukan untuk penerimaan dari transponder dengan polarisasi linear. Semakin jauh satelit dari arah selatan di lokasi Anda, akan semakin miring LNB tersebut pada penjepitnya. Menu paling terakhir adalah Sistem. Di sini Anda bisa mengubah beberapa parameter meter serta memulai pembaruan peranti lunak dan membuat cadangan di memori USB. Kami melakukan pembaruan peranti lunak dan berlangsung sangat cepat. Ini adalah cara yang leluasa untuk meningkatkan perangkat tersebut. Jika Anda melihat ke gambar-gambar yang ada di laporan ini, mungkin Anda akan bertanya-tanya
bagaimana caranya foto ini dibuat. Sebenarnya, ini bukanlah gambar LCD meter yang diambil dengan kamera foto, tetapi gambar yang diambil dari keluaran A/V meter tersebut. Terdapat kabel dengan konektor RCA yang bisa dihubungkan ke laptop dengan tuner TV dan akan didapatkan tampilan meter berkualitas tinggi. Mungkin ini bukan merupakan fitur yang paling praktis dalam bidang pengukuran, tetapi jika Anda mengambil pengukuran di dalam ruangan, ini adalah pilihan yang menarik. DSM Gifted adalah pencari satelit yang mudah digunakan dan dilengkapi dengan beberapa fitur yang tidak diduga yang biasanya hanya terdapat di meter mahal. Dengan peranti lunak yang ada, alat ini berfungsi baik untuk instalasi antena ukuran menengah.
mengukur sinyal analog DVB-S, DVB-S2. mendukung DiSEqc 1.0/1.1 dan Unicable. Sesuai untuk memutar antena bermotor (DiSEqc 1.2 dan USALS). Pembacaan Kualitas diduplikasi ke tampilan LED yang mudah dibaca. Kualitas gambar yang sangat bagus pada keluaran A/V. Keluaran sinyal untuk dihubungkan ke receiver.
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Pembacaan kualitas sinyal tidak begitu tepat untuk antena besar dan pengaturan DX. Tidak ada indikator status bateri (tersedia dalam peranti lunak yang akan datang) Tidak ada pengukuran mER (tersedia dalam peranti lunak yang akan datang)
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manufacturer Webpage Email Fax model Description c/Ku Band ScR DiSEqc Quantities measured Inputs Outputs Data ports Power Supply Dimensions 8D Technology Ltd., Hong Kong www.8dtek.com 8dtek@8dtek.com +852 3965 3222 DSM Gifted Satellite Meter for Antenna Alignment Yes Yes 1.0 1.3 (USALS) Signal Level [%], Signal Quality [%], BER L-Band (950-2150 MHz), DVB-S/S2 and analog signal L-Band (looped through), A/V (composite + mono) USB, RS-232 100-240 V 50/60Hz 140 x 100 x 40 mm (ca. 5.5 x 4 x 1.5)
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TELE-satellite! Anyway, it is impressive how many interfaces have been embedded in such a tiny box. The on/ off switch mounted on the top side of the box ends the list of meter controls. DSM Gifted, right after switching it on, takes you to the Main menu. The menu consists of 6 items: Sat Find, DiSEqC, Local Sat, Spectrum, Angle and Settings. There is only one menu level so the navigation is pretty simple. Menu, OK and the arrow buttons let you do all the main set-
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tings. Occasionally, you use function buttons F1-F4. Their function depends on the selected menu items and is always described at the bottom of the screen. SPCM and SAT are the shortcut buttons that take you directly to the frequency spectrum view and local satellites view Sat Find is probably the most important menu item accessible from the main menu. Here, you can set: the satellite, LNB frequencies, transponder, scan type. In the same screen, you get the measurement results: signal level and signal quality expressed in percentages and bit error rate. The signal quality percentage reading is repeated on the two digit LED display. This is a great idea because the figures on the LCD screen are rather small and hard to read from a distance. When turning the dish, you can also refer to the bar graphs showing signal strength and quality. At the bottom of the screen, there are 3 help tips on what the function buttons can do when in this menu item. The red F1 button is used to edit a transponder, the green F2 button to add new transponder
and the yellow F3 to delete the present transponder. This is a quite useful feature because in different regions of the world various transponders of the same satellite are receivable. So, it is impossible to create a common list of transponders for, say, Spain and Russia. If some of the ten transponders assigned to every satellite in the original list prepared by 8D Technology are not receivable in your area, simply delete them and add the other ones. Alternatively, edit them by changing their frequency, symbol rate and polarization. Now lets start the fun: how does DSM Gifted perform in real life? We started with measuring signal quality. It turns out, that DSM Gifted, like in a typical satellite receiver, the quality result does not change in 1 % steps but with 6 or 7 % step. If we take into account that the results lower than 53% are practically below the reception threshold, we are left with 8 levels: 53%, 60%, 66%, 73%, 80%, 86%, 93% and 99%. So to find an ideal maximum when turning a dish or skewing an LNB in its holder, you have to find the limits where the reading drops
down by 6-7% and then set the dish/LNB somewhere in between. DSM Gifted allows you as well to check BER. However, like with all other meters too, the BER readings are unstable, which is how it is with digital transmissions and their ever changing contents. But DSM Gifted goes one step further: you can also measure MER. This is the best measurement one can have (modulation error ratio). MER is stable and can be measured with 0.1 dB resolution. Our test sample was not yet equipped with MER readings, but 8D Technology are planning to enhance DSM Gifted with MER measurements in one of their next firmware upgrades. See the chart in Figure 1 to see how the percentage reading of our test sample was correlated with MER and Loss Margin results measured with an expensive professional meter. From the practical point of view of a satellite installer: the percentage readings, in the form they are implemented now in DSM Gifted, enable you to direct 60-90 cm dishes for popular satellites in a simple way and with acceptable preci-
sion. We would not recommend DSM Gifted with the present firmware for dishes 120 cm or larger. And if you are fighting for a split decibel in order to work a weak transponder (like true satellite enthusiasts often do) this meter can only be used for the initial setup. On the other hand, 8D Technology can really be proud of the number of frequencies they offer in the Sat Find menu item. Here is the impressive list of local oscillator frequencies (LOFs) you can select in DSM Gifted: 5150, 5750, 5950, 9750, 10000, 10050, 10450, 10600, 10700, 10750, 11250, 11300, 51505750, 5750-5150, Universal (9750-10600) and SCR (9750-10600). The second menu item is DiSEqC. We were impressed that 8D Technology equipped DSM Gifted with DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1 as well as 1.2 and USALS. There is even DiSEqC auto detection function! During our whole test, USALS was operating without any problems. We turned our dish quite a number of times during this test powering the motor from this tiny meter. Thats what every installer will really appreciate.
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1. Daftar saluran diurutkan berdasarkan transponder 2. menu pengaturan 3. Edit saluran 4. Tampilan EPG di bagian bawah jendela saluran 5. Daftar saluran diurutkan berdasarkan ID jaringan 6. Berbagai kemampuan kendali pada peranti lunak myTeVii. catatan: tautan Plug-Ins tidak aktif karena dalam pengujian kami tidak meng-instal plug-ins 7. Berbagai mode tampilan pada peranti lunak myTeVii 8. Pemindaian Transponder dalam Windows media center 9. Pemindaian saluran 10. Saluran baru ditemukan
11. menu pengaturan 12. Daftar satelit yang telah diprogram 13. Pengaturan LNB 14. Windows media center siap diterima via TeVii S480 15. + 16. TRT HD di TURKSAT 42 BT
Anda hanya menonton siaran SDTV, Anda bisa menggunakan komputer dengan prosesor 2 GHz dan hanya 256MB RAM. Untuk kedua kasus ini, kartu grafis yang digunakan harus mendukung DirectX versi 9.0C atau lebih tinggi. Tentu saja, ketika berada di perangkat keras, Anda akan menggunakan perangkat keras yang terbaru dan lebih mampu, akan lebih baik. Pabrikan menyertakan driver 32-bit dan 64-bit untuk semua versi MS Windows (Windows XP, Vista dan Windows 7) di
dalam CD; terdapat juga driver untuk Linux. Pada CD juga terdapat peranti lunak MyTeVii yang merupakan pusat kendali untuk seluruh fungsi kartu, serta peranti lunak TeViiData untuk penerimaan Internet via Satelit. Keseluruhan paket dilengkapi dengan ProgDVB versi Demo. Instalasi driver dan peranti lunak MyTeVii tidak memunculkan masalah dan berjalan secara otomatis sepenuhnya. Inilah yang dimaksud dengan Plug&Play; Anda bahkan tidak perlu mematikan dan menyalakan kembali
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Setelah memulai peranti lunak MyTeVii untuk pertama kalinya, sebuah daftar saluran kosong ditampilkan. Tentu saja,
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dan Amerika beserta data transpondernya. Sangat menarik untuk dilihat bahwa datanya cukup terkini sehingga saluran HDTV yang baru saja dimulai juga bisa ditemukan dengan mudah. Terdapat juga banyak frekuensi LOF yang telah terprogram tersedia untuk mencakup C-band dan Ku-band, tetapi juga bisa diisi secara manual (termasuk titik peralihan untuk band frekuensi atas dan bawah) sesuai dengan kebutuhan spesifikasi Anda. Peranti lunak MyTeVii juga berfungsi sangat bagus dengan seluruh perintah protokol DiSEqC yang umum sehingga Anda bisa menggunakan kartu ini untuk LNB tunggal, dengan sistem DiSEqC 1.0 hingga empat LNB serta yang lebih rumit yaitu sistem
DiSEqC1.1 hingga 16 LNB. Jika Anda menggunakan motor DiSEqC, posisi yang tersimpan di dalam memori bisa diakses tersendiri dan diatur dengan isian satelit yang sesuai. Kesan positif kami diperkuat dengan kemampuan untuk menggunakan kartu ini dengan aplikasi SCR. Kemampuan mengedit data satelit dan transponder secara langsung dalam menu Pemindaian Saluran cukup praktis. Anda bisa menambah transponder baru atau satelit atau modifikasi data yang ada. Fungsi pemindaian saluran juga logis, mudah dalam penggunaannya. Misalnya, Anda bisa memindai transponder tunggal dari satu satelit, multiple transponder atau seluruh isian transponder. FEC dikenali oleh kedua tuner secara otomatis. Kami sangat terkesan
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bagaimana kinerja tuner pada sinyal yang lebih lemah. Untuk ini kami mengarahkan antena kami ke EXPRESS AM1 di 40 BT yang tidak saja transponder tunggal pada satelit ini yang telah sulit untuk diterima dengan antena 120cm, tetapi satelit ini juga berorbit inklinasi membuat penerimaan yang stabil dalam jangka lama menjadi lebih sulit. TeVii S480 cukup handal dalam tugas ini dan memberikan penerimaan yang bagus bagi kami. Karena kartu S480 kompatibel dengan DVB-S/ S2, maka kartu ini bisa mendemodulasi QPSK dan BPSK dalam DVB-S serta
Setelah daftar saluran diisi maka bukan ide yang jelek jika melihatnya sekali lagi dalam pengaturan dasarnya. Setiap parameter bisa diatur terhadap keperluan pengguna dan di sinilah S480 sebagai kartu penerimaan komputer mengungguli receiver biasa: jika peranti lunak yang lebih tua digunakan atau jika prosesor bukan yang tercepat di dunia, permintaan ke prosesor atau kartu grafis bisa dikembalikan misalnya, fungsi Time Shift bisa dimatikan. Jalan-pintas Keyboard juga bisa diatur untuk setiap fungsi yang ada. Codec untuk audio, video dan HD dapat dipilih tersendiri. Setiap codec untuk memroses kandungan audio dan video
sehingga pemilihan codec mempunyai pengaruh langsung terhadap gambar yang ditayangkan oleh kartu. Jika, misalnya, Anda menggunakan kartu grafis dengan perangkat keras yang mendukung penerimaan HDTV, Anda bisa mencapai permintaan yang lebih rendah pada prosesor dengan menggunakan codec yang direkomendasikan oleh pabrikan kartu grafis daripada menggunakan codec standar dalam peranti lunak MyTeVii. S480 memiliki semua kemampuan pengaturan yang diperlukan kegunaan ini. Jendela utama dari peranti lunak MyTeVii ditata dengan bagus. Sedangkan jendela di sebelah kanan adalah untuk daftar saluran, keseluruhan jendela sebelah kiri adalah untuk menampilkan sinyal TV. Di sisi bawah jendela terdapat informasi saluran
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yang sedang dipilih (tentu saja , sepanjang data ini tersedia). Daftar salurannya sendiri bisa diurutkan dan dikelompokkan dengan berbagai cara sehingga, misalnya, saluran bisa dikelompokkan berdasarkan paket, transponder atau satelit. Biasanya daftar favorit bisa diiisi dengan semua saluran favorit Anda. Saluran yang tidak diinginkan bisa dilenyapkan dengan hanya satu klik pada mouse, sedangkan saluran dewasa bisa dikunci dengan kode PIN agar tidak ditonton oleh anak-anak. Yang praktis adalah bahwa semua kerja ini dilaksanakan dalam jendela utama peranti lunak MyTeVii; semua perubahan segera tampak. EPG pada TeVii juga dirancang dengan jelas; acara untuk tujuh hari ke depan termasuk informasi acara ditampilkan dengan tertata rapi, tentu saja jika data ini disediakan oleh provider. Isian pengatur waktu bisa dibuat secara langsung dari EPG dan Anda bisa mengharapkan dari produk berkualitas seperti ini, peranti lunak bisa membuat komputer tidak berada
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dalam mode standby agar bisa merekam acara. Sebaliknya juga begitu: ketika mengisi pengatur waktu, pengguna bisa memilih apakah menjaga komputer tetap berjalan atau masuk ke mode standby setelah perekaman berakhir. Dengan cara ini, komputer tidak perlu memakai catudaya sepanjang hari untuk merekam satu acara. Perpindahan saluran pada S480 antara dua saluran yang berbeda transponder adalah 2-3 detik; untuk solusi komputer hal ini cukup cepat. Dengan adanya dua tuner, saluran kedua bisa ditonton dalam jendela kedua ketika hasil rekaman diputar di jendela pertama. Penerimaan Internet via satelit juga dimungkinkan pada satu tuner sedangkan tuner satunya untuk penerimaan TV. Selama pemutaran Anda bisa berpindah antara trek audio yang berbeda serta mengakses teks terjemahan yang tersedia hanya dengan satu klik pada mouse. HDTV bisa ditampilkan dengan resolusi hingga 1080i; rekaman bisa dibuat dalam format MPEG serta TS (transponder stream) dan bisa diposes
1. Dubai Sports HD via ProgDVB 2. Pemindaian Transponder dari BADR 26 BT dengan ProgDVB
lebih lanjut oleh semua program pengolahan seperti DVR Studio dan dikonversi menjadi DVD. OSD pada peranti lunak MyTeVii bisa berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Inggris, Perancis, Jerman, Arab, China, Finlandia, Italia, Polandia, Rusia, Spanyol dan Swedia. Fitur Skin juga terbukti menarik. Bisa digunakan untuk mengatur tampilan peranti lunak hanya dengan beberapa klik pada mouse untuk disesuaikan dengan selera pengguna. Paket ini hadir dengan dua jenis skin tetapi masih bisa diunduh lebih banyak dari Internet. Dengan adanya kendali jarak jauh yang disertakan, peranti lunak MyTeVii bisa dikendalikan dari kursi Anda; informasi seperti EPG menyatu dengan tampilan OSD dalam format layar-
penuh di atas acara yang ditayangkan. Dengan cara ini kartu TeVii beserta komputer dengan mudah menggantikan TV dan juga receiver biasa. TeVii S480 cukup bagus dalam hal perangkat keras, tetapi satu hal yang jelas: jika kedua tuner diaktifkan terutama pada mode HDTV, permintaan ke prosesor akan meningkat. Maka untuk pengujian kami menggunakan komputer Intel Core 2 Duo dengan memori 2GB dan kartu grafis ATI yang relatif baru agar bisa mengukur beban prosesor. Nilai yang kami ukur lebih rendah daripada yang kami harapkan terlihat pada kartu komputer tuner-kembar dalam mode HDTV. Hanya ketika kami mengakses dua saluran HDTV pada saat bersamaan
maka sistem kami ditekan sampai batas. Menjadi tidak mungkin untuk melakukan pekerjaan lain pada komputer tersebut. Kami perlu menyampaikan bahwa tampilan saluran HDTV adalah mengalir bebas tanpa adanya interferensi. Pelajarannya di sini jelas: kinerja TeVii S480 (sebenarnya setiap kartu PC) sangat bergantung pada apakah kartu video komputer mendukung decoding video akselerasi perangkat dan tentu saja, jika akselerasi dinyalakan. Selanjutnya adalah resolusi saluran HDTV harus dipertimbangkan (sebenarnya hanya sedikit saluran yang dipancarkan dalam 1920x1080p penuh) dan yang terakhir adalah kompresi video dan rasionya. Dalam pengujian lain pada Intel Core 2 dengan 2.6 GHz, kartu video akselerasi perangkat keras dan dekoder pendukung, bebannya adalah 2-5% pada level maksimum sinyal HDTV dengan 1920x1080p. Pada akhirnya semua bergantung pada perangkat keras yang digunakan dalam komputer Anda. TeVii S480 tidak memiliki rongga CI atau pembaca kartu terpadu. Anda berpikir ini membuatnya tidak bisa menerima saluran yang diacak. Namun terdapat solusi Emulasi dan berbagikartu. Melalui antarmuka plug-in terpadu, peranti lunak yang diperlukan untuk penerimaan TVberbayar bisa diaktifkan. Dalam pengujian kami TeVii S480 bekerja sangat baik meskipun tuner kedua menyebabkan beberapa isu dan tidak bisa diakses pada saat bersamaan. Semua terlihat lebih baik dengan Windows Media Center. Yang hadir bersama sistem operasi Windows Vista dan kartu TeVii kompatibel sepenuhnya.
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Windows Media Center dapat berkomunikasi dengan TeVii S480 namun tidak hadir dengan banyak kemampuan pengaturan seperti pada peranti lunak MyTeVii. Selama pengujian, program ini berfungsi sesuai harapan. Menangani pemindaian saluran selama 11 menit dan hanya menemukan sebagian saluran dibandingkan dengan peranti linuak MyTeVii. Nyatanya ini adalah solusi universal dan tidak seperti MyTeVii, yang tidak dirancang hanya untuk S480. Kami gembira melihat bahwa Windows Media Center dapat menangani perekaman simultan dan memutar dua saluran (bahkan HD) via kedua tunernya. Tidak seperti pada MyTeVii, kami tidak bisa menampilkan dua saluran HD pada saat bersamaan tetapi, tuner tersedia untuk perekaman. Tambahannya, kendali jarak jauh TeVii kompatibel dengan Windows Media Center yang tentu saja berarti Anda bisa mengendalikan segalanya dari kursi Anda. Sebagai tambahan pada ProgDVB dan Windows Media Center, terdapat juga program lain yang bisa digunakan dengan S480 untuk penerimaan TV. Tabel kami menunjukkan tautan ke program-program tersebut. Setelah penerimaan TV, kami juga ingin memeriksa penerimaan Internet. TeVii menyertakan peranti lunak ynag diperlukan untuk S480: TeViiData. Seperti pada MyTeVii, TeViiData juga hadir dengan daftar terkini provider Internet-viaSatelit. Dalam kebanyakan kasus yang perlu Anda lakukan hanya memilih isian dari daftar, dengan asumsi Anda telah memiliki layanan dari provider tersebut, maka Anda bisa segera memulainya.
Dalam pengujian kami peranti lunak TeViiData berfungsi tanpa masalah dan menyediakan akses Internet via EUTELSAT W3A di 7 BT. Kartu PCI-e TeVii S480 telah membuktikan dirinya selama pengujian kami: ini adalah salah satu kartu PB pertama yang beroperasi dengan dua tuner yang berfungsi penuh dan bisa digunakan secara simultan dengan peranti lunak dari TeVii. Dengan konstruksi kartu yang modern, hanya menghasilkan sangat sedikit panas; ini akan membuat pengguna berbahagia sehingga sistem pendingin
komputer tidak perlu berjalan dengan kapasitas penuh dan tidak akan menimbulkan suara berisik. Peranti lunak MyTeVii secara sukses berhasil mendemonstrasikan kemampuannya selama pengujian kami melalui peranti lunak alternatif seperti ProgDVB atau Windows Media Center bisa juga digunakan jika diperlukan. Kualitas audio dan video sangat bagus. Kami juga ingin menyampaikan bahwa bagi pemburu siaran MPEG 4:2:2 juga bisa ditampilkan dengan codec yang sesuai dari Elecard.
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manufacturer Email sales Email support model Function channel memory Satellites Symbol rates ScPc compatible USALS DiSEqc EPG c/KU band compatible HDTV support Input frequency Input terminal modulations TeVii Technology Ltd. Taiwan patricia@tevii.com peterson@tevii.com S480 PCI-e card for TV & Radio reception on the PC in SDTV and HDTV with two separate Tuners unlimied 178 preprogrammed - added by user: unlimited 2-45 Ms/s yes (tested >2 Ms/s) yes 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 yes yes 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 www.progdvb.com www.dvbviewer.com www.dvbdream.org www.watchtvpro-experience.de
card is best suited for HDTV reception, it doesnt 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 youll only be watching SDTV, 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
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more capable the hardware, the better. The manufacturer included 32-bit and 64-bit drivers for all MS Windows versions (Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7) on the CD; there are also drivers for Linux. The CD also contains the MyTeVii software which is the control central for all of the cards functions 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 MyTeVii software occurred problem-free and ran fully automatically. Thats what Plug&Play is all about; you dont even have to restart the PC after installing the drivers. The installation assistant presents two separate MyTeVii icons on the PCs desktop with one labeled LNB1 and the other LNB2. Nope, its not a software 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 reason that numerous settings and reception parameters 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 displayed. Of course, this list should be filled as quickly as possible, wouldnt you say? The manufacturer included a preprogrammed list of 178 European, Asian and American satellites along with corresponding transponder data. It was nice to see that the data was actually 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 (including the switching point for the upper and lower frequency bands) to your specific requirements. The MyTeVii software also plays very nicely with all of the common DiSEqC protocols thus letting you use the card with just a single LNB, with a DiSEqC 1.0 system with up to four LNBs as well as a more complicated DiSEqC1.1 system with up to 16 LNBs. If youre using a DiSEqC motor, the positions stored in memory can be individually accessed and set up with appropriate satellite entries. Our overall positive impression was strengthened by the ability to also use this card with SCR ap-
plications. The ability to edit satellite and transponder data directly in the Channel Scan menu is especially practical. You can add new transponders or satellites or modify existing data. The channel scan functions are also logical, well thought out and easy to use. For example, you can scan a single transponder 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 tuners; not only do they require very little energy and thereby radiate very little heat, but they also operate on the socalled LNB Off feature. This feature turns off power to the LNB as long as the tuner on the card is not accessed. In the end the two tuners handled all of the tasks effortlessly including SCPC reception and automatic channel scans. In our SCPC test the card was able to process a 2.0 Ms/sec transponder on TURKSAT at 42 east without any problems. The TeVii S480 card also showed its capabilities during an automatic channel scan of the HOTBIRD satellites at 13 east; this job was completed in just a little over six minutes whereby, thanks to the up-to-date transponders, nearly eve-
ry receivable channel was identified. To complete the tuner test, we naturally had to check how well the tuners performed with weaker signals. For this we turned our antenna to EXPRESS AM1 at 40 east where not only are the individual transponders on this satellite already difficult to receive with a 120cm dish but this satellite finds itself in an inclined orbit making stable reception over longer time periods even more difficult. The TeVii S480 mastered this task and provided us with good reception. Since the S480 card is DVB-S/S2 compatible, it can demodulate QPSK and 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 parameter can be set to the users 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 isnt 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.
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Satcatcher Digipro ST combo Alat Analisa Sinyal Kombo dengan Memori Besar untuk Saluran Satelit dan Terestrial
Alat analisa sinyal pertama dengan memori 1GB untuk 300.000 isian data satelit dan transponder!
dalam pasaran saat ini, Anda harus mampu untuk segera beraksi terhadap permintaan konsumen Anda. Termasuk di dalamnya adalah keperluan untuk mengarahkan posisi setiap satelit yang bisa diterima dengan efisien di lokasi instalasi. Agar para instalatir bisa melakukannya, maka mereka harus dilengkapi dengan perangkat dasar dan inilah titik krusialnya: Apa yang digunakan oleh instalatir adalah alat analisa sinyal terbaik dan mahal jika konsumen ingin menambah satelit lain ke dalam sistem penerimaannya, tetapi alat analisa sinyal tidak memiliki data transponder terbaru yang tersimpan dalam memori akan menghambat instalatir untuk mengarahkan antena tersebut? Perusahaan dari Inggris, SatCatcher telah menunjukkan lebih dari sekali bahwa produknya berteknologi terkini dan penuh ide inovatif. Dengan Digipro ST Combo, semuanya tidak berubah. Jika dibandingkan dengan model terdahulu, tidak banyak yang berubah di bagian luar. Dengan ukuran 240 x 105 x 75mm dan berat hanya 1.4kg termasuk beteri dan lapis pelindung, Digipro ST Combo enak digenggam. Bobotnya terdistribusi merata sehingga tidak akan miring ke satu sisi. Tampilan 3.5 inch dengan resolusi 128x64 sangat mudah dibaca dan cukup luas untuk menampilkan informasi yang diperlukan. Bateri 4000mAh yang bisa dicas ulang dari VARTA memberikan daya pada Digipro ST Combo hingga empat jam. Siklus pengecasan penuh juga memerlukan waktu begitu. Pabrikan menambahkan berbagai asesoris mencakup catu daya 9.6V serta alat cas di mobil sehingga instalatir bisa mengecas ketika sedang dalam perjalanan ke konsumen berikutnya. Pelindung anti-lembab juga disediakan untuk membantu melindungi alat analisa ini dari kotoran. Tas pembawa yang disertakan bisa membebaskan Anda untuk bekerja dengan dua tangan. Flip pelindung cahaya matahari juga memudahkan untuk membaca tampilan LCD di bawah cahaya matahari. Digipro ST Combo juga dilengkapi dengan kabel USB untuk koneksi ke komputer PC dan kabel A/V untuk koneksi masukan/ keluaran video. Buku panduan tidak dalam bentuk tercetak; tetapi dalam format PDF dan bisa ditemukan dalam CD yang disertakan. Digipro ST Combo beserta semua asesorisnya dapat dimasukkan ke dalam koper aluminium yang kokoh untuk memudahkan transportasi. Yang juga berfungsi untuk melindungi isinya jika koper ini jatuh. Anda bisa menemukan layar LCD warna 3.5-inch yang mudah dibaca di panel depan. Empat tombol fungsi bisa ditemukan di bawah tampilan ini; label untuk tombol-tombol ini ditampilkan di dekat bagian bawah layar. Di sebelah kanan terdapat empat tombol lain dan bentuk menyilang yang digunakan untuk bekerja pada menu. Di bawahnya adalah 12 tombol angka serta tambahan lima tombol fungsi di sebelah kanannya. Keseluruhan tombol ini diberi label membuatnya mudah untuk mengoperasikan Digipro ST Combo. Di sisi atas alat analisa ini, pabrikan menempatkan kombinasi masukan tuner untuk penerimaan satelit dan terestrial serta tambahan koneksi tuner untuk pengujian. Colokan masukan/ keluaran untuk sinyal audio/ video bisa ditemukan di sana. SatCatcher Digipro yang dikirim kepada kami untuk pengujian adalah tipe ST (sinyal satelit dan terestrial). Terdapat juga versi SC tersedia untuk sinyal satelit dan kabel. Antarmuka USB dam masukan catudaya bisa ditemukan di bagian bawah alat analisa ini. Produk terbaru dari SatCatcher ini dipabrikasi dengan kualitas terjaga, dan sejujurnya kami tidak meremehkan perusahaan ini. Bahkan bateri cas, yang di versi sebelumnya terpasang tetap dalam unit dan tidak bisa dipindahkan oleh pengguna akhir, sekarang terpasang dalam tempatnya dan bisa diganti oleh pengguna akhir. Seluruh unit yang dikirim setelah tanggal 1 April 2011 mencakup fitur ini. SatCatcher telah membuat unit ini menjadi lebih fleksibel bagi para instalatir sibuk, yang tidak saja berfokus pada instalasi TV, tetapi juga instalasi video survei atau keamaman: SatCatcher terbaru tidak saja menangkap DVB-S dan DVB-T, tetapi juga hadir dengan masukan video untuk digunakan pada kamera standar. SatCatcher juga menambahkan keluaran 12V aktif dari terminal masukan IF, sehingga instalatir juga bisa memberi daya pada kamera. Hingga tahap ini, unit terbaru yang dikirim sekarang memiliki kabel tipe F untuk colokan daya (sampel uji kami belum dilengkapi dengan fitur ini). Sebagaimana telah disebutkan sebelumnya, sangat penting bagi instalatir profesional untuk memiliki data satelit dan transponder terkini yang siap digunakan. Bahkan pengguna akhir akan merasa senang mendapatkan data ini telah tersedia dalam alat analisa sinyalnya. Sebelum kami memeriksa rincian pengukuran sinyal secara teknis pada Digipro ST Combo, kami ingin memperkenalkan dua fitur penting dari alat analisa sinyal ini. Yang pertama adalah memori cache-nya 1GB diikuti fungsi untuk
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memroses dan menampilkan data NIT (tabel informasi jaringan). Memori cache 1Gb adalah hasil langsung dari SatCatcher yang berpikir bersama untuk memutuskan cara termudah untuk menempatkan data seluruh satelit dan transponder ke dalam alat analisa sinyal ini. Hal ini diperlukan untuk memadukan dua tipe memori yang berbeda: memori kerja dan memori utama. Memori utamanya berukuran 1GB dan bisa diisi dengan data langsung dari komputer. Dengan ruang untuk sekira 300.000 isian satelit dan transponder. Segera setelah koneksi USB terhubung antara alat analisa dan komputer, maka alat analisa akan dikenali oleh MS Windows sebagai perangkat media penyimpan eksternal dan tidak diperlukan driver atau peranti lunak khusus. Biasanya, pengguna akan memerlukan file yang
terkini dalam format ASD yang disediakan secara langsung oleh pabrikan atau dari penyalur resmi. Untuk memperbarui data satelit dan transponder, Anda harus mengunduh file ASD terbaru dari Internet dan menyalinnya ke media penyimpan eksternal. Insinyur SatCatcher secara cepat mengetahui bahwa akan menjadi kesalahan besar jika mengganti keseluruhan database dalam alat analisa; tidak diragukan terdapat beberapa pengguna akhir yang menyimpan data mereka sendiri dalam alat analisa data ini akan hilang jika keseluruhan database diganti. Untuk mencegah hal ini, insinyur hadir dengan solusi sederhana yang cerdas: Menu utama pada alat analisa terdapat bagian yang mengizinkan Anda untuk memindahkan data pribadi (satelit, transponder
atau provider) dari memori utama ke memori kerja sehingga tersedia untuk digunakan oleh alat analisa sinyal. Jika memori utama mengandung seluruh data satelit dan transponder tidak peduli apakah pengguna akhir memerlukannya atau tidak, memori kerja hanya mengandung isian yang diperlukan oleh pengguna akhir. Hal ini tidak hanya membuat lebih mudah untuk mengakses data yang diperlukan, tetapi juga mengizinkan pembaruan database yang lengkap kapan saja tanpa harus khawatir untuk menindih isian yang telah ada. Juga dimungkinkan untuk memindahkan isian dalam memori kerja ke memori utama sehingga bisa dipindahkan kembali ke komputer untuk dicetak atau dipindahkan ke alat analisa SatCatcher yang lain.
Setelah menyalakan alat analisa, layar di Digipro ST Combo menampilkan menu utama dengan empat pilihan. Keempat pilihan ini mengidentifikasi empat fungsi dasar alat analisa ini: pengukuran sinyal dalam mode terestrial, pengukuran sinyal dalam mode satelit, berbagai DiSEqC, catu daya dan pengujian kabel serta pilihan menu untuk masukan/keluaran AV. Pada bagian bawah layar juga bisa ditemukan tombol Menu merah yang diaktifkan menggunakan tombol F3. Menekan tombol ini membawa pengguna ke pembaruan daftar saluran via file ASD yang telah dikemukakan sebelumnya. Pada mode terestrial alat analisa ini bisa memroses sinyal analog dan digital dalam rentang frekuensi 46 hingga 870 MHz dalam berbagai cara yang berbeda: satu frekuensi tunggal bisa dipilih sehingga parameternya bisa ditampilkan. Parameter ini mencakup level sinyal dalam dBV, frekuensi pembawa video, frekuensi pembawa audio serta C/N dalam dB. Dengan sinyal digital MER (Modulation Error Ratio), CBER (Channel Bit Error Rate) dan VBER (Viterbi Bit Error Rate) juga akan ditampilkan. Sebagai tambahan terhadap seluruh nilai angka ini, alat analisa juga bisa menampilkan secara grafis level sinyal audio dan video dalam kolom terpisah. Mode ini bisa digunakan untuk menala-halus antena yang telah terarah secara kasar. Untuk kegunaan ini terdapat tampilan analisa spektrum. Yang bisa digunakan untuk melihat sinyal yang masuk dalam berbagai lebar yang mencakup layar-penuh, 500, 200, 100, 50, 32, 16
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dan 8 MHz. Ketika kami menguji ini dengan antena UHF, Digipro ST Combo bereaksi sangat cepat terhadap perubahan posisi antena dan menampilkannya secara grafis. Dengan bantuan tampilan analisa spektrum, sangat mudah untuk mengidentifikasi posisi awal antena setelah itu bisa ditala-halus. Jika Anda ingin melihat lebih dekat pada puncak sinyal, Anda hanya perlu menekan tombol fungsi Test untuk memberitahu Digipro ST Combo agar memulai mencari pembawa DVB-T yang sah atau sinyal analog. Jika Anda mengisi frekuensi secara langsung atau ingin mengisi nomor saluran, menekan tombol Enter akan mengeluarkan tampilan yang rinci dari parameter frekuensi. Dengan sinyal DVB-T maka Anda bisa membaca NIT dan
menampilkan semua saluran yang ditemukan di monitor alat analisa. Karena alat analisa tidak datang dengan rongga CI atau pembaca kartu terpasang, fitur ini hanya bisa bekerja dengan sinyal FTA (tidak diacak). Berbagai mode pencarian dilengkapi dengan pemindaian saluran otomatis yang akan memeriksa seluruh frekuensi untuk sinyal yang bisa digunakan dan kemudian menampilkan hasilnya secara grafis. Ini adalah perluasan dari mode analisa spektrum. Alat analisa sinyal SatCatcher tidak hanya bisa menangani sinyal TV, tetapi juga bisa bekerja dengan sinyal radio FM dan radio DAB; tersedia pilihan menu yang bersesuaian untuk mode ini. Dengan adanya berbagai jenis pengaturan yang berbeda ini, pengguna bisa
menyesuaikan Digipro ST Combo terhadap kebutuhan pribadinya. Dia bisa, misalnya, menampilkan sinyal yang terukur dalam dBV, dBmV atau dBm serta level minimum untuk sinyal yang diproses atau memrogram alat analisa untuk dimatikan setelah waktu tertentu. Kami khususnya menyukai bahwa SatCatcher mengambil fitur ASD database yang telah dikonfigurasi dengan satelit dan transponder seluruh dunia dan juga diadopsi untuk mode terestrial. Tentu saja, dalam mode ini segala sesuatu yang seputaran frekuensi dalam band UHF dan VHF dan tidak dengan satelit dan transponder yang bersesuaian. Tetapi, tidak diragukan, alat ini juga bisa secara praktis mendapat akses ke daftar seluruh frekuensi yang
telah terprogram. Rencana saluran yang tersedia bisa ditampilkan, diaktifkan dan diubah dalam menu utama. Pengaturan dasar mencakup daftar yang telah dikonfigurasi untuk negara Inggris serta keseluruhan koleksi frekuensi yang digunakan di Eropa. Jika alat analisa ini akan digunakan di wilayah lain, fitur ASD memungkinkan Anda mengunduh daftar saluran dari situs pabrikan atau dari distributor yang selanjutnya bisa dipindahkan dari komputer ke alat analisa. Mode satelit pada alat analisa ini pada dasarnya berstruktur sama dengan mode terestrial. Operasi yang serupa ini membuat pekerjaan pengguna menjadi lebih mudah dan untuk itu perlu diberi penghargaan yang tinggi. Untuk bisa menggunakan seluruh fitur pada alat analisa ini, lihat menu Pengaturan dan atur beberapa parameter dasar. Termasuk di dalamnya tentu saja posisi geografisnya. Dengan informasi tersebut, Digipro ST Combo secara otomatis bisa menghitung azimuth dan elevasi untuk setiap satelit yang diinginkan beserta sudut polarisasi dan posisi satelit untuk DiSEqC 1.3 (USALS). Hasil ini ditampilkan tidak saja dalam angka, tetapi juga secara grafis. Dalam pengujian kami, dapat berfungsi dengan baik dan bisa digunakan untuk mendapatkan ide yang cukup bagus untuk posisi satelit. Dari situ Anda bisa mengakses mode analisa spektrum untuk pengarahan antena lebih lanjut. Tampilan alat analisa sinyal bereaksi cepat terhadap perubahan sinyal. Hal ini membuat sangat mudah untuk mengarahkan antena dan mengidentifikasi puncak
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1. Dalam mode satelit dimungkinkan untuk mengukur masing-masing transponder, menampilkan diagram bintangnya dan menghitung nilai azimuth dan elevasi untuk setiap isian satelit yang ada. 2. Segera setelah transponder aktif terdeteksi oleh Digipro ST combo maka segera akan ditampilkan seluruh parameter yang relevan. 3. Pembacaan NIT dari transponder dan informasi pada saluran yang ada. 4. menampilkan saluran TV. 5. Edit isian transponder. 6. Diagram bintang. 7. menu utama pada mode satelit. 8. Seluruh isian satelit yang telah disimpan. 9. Berbagai pengaturan dasar. 10. Tampilan spektrum dalam mode satelit. 11. Tampilan spektrum dengan penambahan 100 mHz. 12. Satcatcher Digipro ST combo menawarkan empat mode operasi. 13. Tampilan spektrum dalam mode terestrial. 14. mencari frekuensi DVB-T yang aktif. 15. Segera setelah sinyal DVB-T terdeteksi maka Digipro ST combo segera mengukur seluruh parameter yang relevan. 16. Pembacaan NIT dari frekuensi DVB-T. 17. Pencarian saluran secara otomatis di seluruh rentang frekuensi terestrial. 18. Radio Fm. 19. Dengan adanya fitur log yang handal maka pengukuran bisa disimpan dalam memori internal Digipro ST combo. 20. Rencana frekuensi Terestrial. 21. menambahkan satelit baru ke memori menggunakan database ASD. 22. Database ASD tidak saja mencakup isian transponder tetapi juga informasi provider yang berkaitan. 23. Menu untuk menggunakan fitur ASD. 24. Menu untuk menggunakan fitur ASD
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sinyal. Jika Anda ingin melihat lebih dekat terhadap frekuensi tertentu dalam spektrum, adalah ide yang bagus jika span frekuensinya dikurangi dengan nilai yang telah terprogram 50, 100, 200 dan 500 MHz tersedia selain keseluruhan span frekuensi. Tombol kursor digunakan untuk memilih frekuensi yang ingin dipilih dalam tampilan. Menekan tombol Enter memunculkan level sinyal yang tepat dan C/N (rasio carrierto-noise). Seperti pada mode terestrial, berbagai pengaturan seperti analisa spektrum span frekuensi dan voltase yang diinginkan pada koneksi tuner bisa ditangani via tombol angka. Dengan adanya label yang jelas dan mudah dibaca, maka tidak akan lama bagi Anda untuk menguasai fitur ini. Bagi instalatir profesional sering kali diperlukan untuk membuktikan hasil kerjanya. Untuk kegunaan ini terdapat fungsi Log yang bisa digunakan untuk menyimpan hasil pengukuran selama pengarahan antena, yang selanjutnya bisa dibuat tersedia di komputer. Anda juga bisa membuat screenshot atas tampilan analisa spektrum tersebut dan menyimpannya dalam alat analisa. Setelah antena diarahkan posisinya menggunakan tampilan analisa spektrum atau perhitungan sudut, satelit sedang diterima, hanya diperlukan untuk menekan satu tombol pada puncak sinyal untuk mengubah alat analisa masuk ke mode transponder sehingga Anda bisa melihat kekuatan dan kualitas sinyal secara grafis serta Anda bisa melihat level sinyal, CBER, VBER dan C/N secara angka. Pada tahap ini antena bisa dioptimalkan arahnya
terhadap satelit yang diinginkan menggunakan secara persis berkat reaksi yang cepat terhadap perubahan level sinyal. Jika alat analisa mengenali frekuensi yang sah, maka NIT pada transponder bisa dibaca dan sinyal TV atau radio bisa dilihat pada layar. Tentu saja, ini hanya bisa untuk sinyal digital. Menggunakan NIT, alat analisa bisa menghitung posisi satelit tersebut; dalam pengujian kami fitur ini berfungsi dengan baik dan benar. Masalah hanya muncul jika provider tidak menggunakan informasi NIT yang akurat seperti pada pengujian kami terhadap sinyal feed di 7BB yang menghasilkan data posisi satelit yang tidak tepat. Seluruh kemampuan pengukuran sinyal ini disempurnakan dengan diagram bintang baik dalam mode DVB-S maupun DVB-T. Jika ada detil frekuensi yang berubah, Anda hanya perlu menekan tombol Edit sehingga berbagai parameter bisa diubah dengan cepat. Selain pengaturan klasik seperti LOF, voltase polarisasi dan sinyal 22 kHz, Anda juga bisa menentukan DiSEqC 1.0 untuk hingga empat satelit, 1.1 untuk hingga delapan satelit serta DiSEqC 1.3 (USALS) untuk sistem bermotor. Bahkan solusi SCR Unicable juga didukung dan bisa diaktifkan secara langsung dalam menu Pengaturan. Secara keseluruhan, Digipro ST Combo dipasarkan dengan data satelit dan transponder untuk satelit Eropa dari 42 BT hingga 30 BB. Pengguna bisa mengubahnya atau memperluasnya pada tampilan alat analisa. Namun apa yang perlu dilakukan jika Anda ingin
1. calculating aztimuth and elevation 2. The ASD database on the Pc: satellite and transponder data can be added and changed
bekerja dengan ABS1 di 75 BT? Tidak masalah; di sinilah daftar ASD kembali berperan. Anda hanya perlu mengakses ASD manager dalam menu. Digipro ST Combo selanjutnya akan menanyakan satelit apa yang ingin Anda aktifkan. Tidak ada daftar yang ditampilkan; jika keseluruhan daftar satelit seluruh dunia ditampilkan, maka sepertinya belum ditata. Selain itu, Anda bisa mengisi posisi geografis satelit dan memilih Timur atau barat dengan menekan tombol +/-. Jika Anda menekan tombol OK, alat analisa akan segera mengenali bahwa Anda tertarik dengan posisi 75 BT dan melibatkan satelit ABS1. Maka alat analisa akan menampilkan frekuensi transponder yang tersedia beserta
frekuensi yang digunakan oleh provider. Sekarang yang perlu Anda lakukan hanyalah mencari isian yang diinginkan dalam daftar dan memindahkannya ke memori kerja menggunakan tombol F3. Selanjutnya Anda akan mendapatkan tampilan yang rinci dari data dan jika diperlukan Anda bisa menambah perintah DiSEqC atau memilih LOF yang sesuai untuk C-band, Ku-band, dsb., setelah itu Anda bisa menekan tombol Simpan untuk menyimpannya ke dalam memori alat analisa sehingga bisa dengan mudah dipanggil kembali nanti. Karena kami telah memiliki satelit ABS1 di 75 BT tersimpan dalam memori alat analisa tersebut, maka segera untuk mengarahkan salah satu antena kami ke satelit tersebut. ABS1
Satcatcher Digipro ST combo koper aluminium yang kokoh hadir dengan banyak perlengkapan: Penahan cahaya matahari lipat, cD peranti lunak, buku panduan, alat pengecas bateri utama, kabel koneksi USB, pengecas di mobil dan kabel A/V.
biasanya agak sulit diterima di Eropa barat. Dengan bantuan penghitung azimuth dan elevasi di Digipro ST Combo, kami segera menentukan sudut yang diperlukan untuk antena dan mulai mengaturnya ke arah tersebut. Dengan adanya
mode analisa spektrum, kami segera bisa mengidentifikasi beberapa puncak sinyal dan dengan bantuan mode transponder maka dengan mudah mengoptimalkan arah antenanya. Pertanyaan $64.000:
apakah ada ruang untuk pengembangan dalam pengarahan antena? Tidak, bahkan jika Anda menggunakan alat analisa dari pabrikan lain yang berharga beberapa ribu dollar, tidak akan membantu untuk meningkatkan level
sinyal pada antena tersebut! SatCatcher Digipro ST Combo secara jelas melakukan tugasnya! Selama pengujian ini kami bisa mendapatkan bahwa tuner pada alat analisa ini benar-benar peka; yaitu bisa memroses sinyal dimulai dengan dari
C/N 3,5dB. Membaca transponder dengan benar adalah satu hal; gambar TV di monitor adalah hal lain. Digipro ST Combo tidak saja menggunakan data NIT dari transponder untuk mengidentifikasi posisi satelit, tetapi juga digunakan untuk menampilkan berbagai saluran TV dan radio yang bisa diterima dengan bebas. Meskipun monitor hanya berdiameter 3,5 inci, gambar TV mudah dilihat dan sehingga bisa digunakan untuk mengkonfirmasi kepada konsumen bahwa mereka menerima saluran yang diinginkan. Dengan adanya keluaran A/V pada alat analisa, maka dengan mudah bisa dihubungkan secara langsung ke TV dan dikonversi menjadi penerima satelit atau DVB-T. Colokan A/V ini juga bisa digunakan untuk menampilkan sinyal video eksternal pada monitor alat analisa, misalnya, antena bermotor dengan actuator 36V bisa diatur. Sinyal video dari positioner/ receiver dengan cara ini bisa ditampilkan pada monitor alat analisa. Dengan adanya masukan sinyal kedua di bagian atas alat analisa, Anda tidak saja bisa memeriksa sinyal dari LNB, tetapi juga voltase kendali polarisasi dari receiver ke LNB, serta sinyal kendali 22 KHz untuk band tinggi/rendah dan juga perintah DiSEqC yang dikirim. Hal ini merupakan cara yang praktis untuk menemukan dan memperbaiki masalah yang mungkin bisa muncul pada kabel yang panjang dan lebih rumit. Yang berguna adalah analisa perintah DiSEqC yang dikirim oleh receiver; sehingga memudahkan untuk mengidentifikasi dan memperbaiki masalah dengan multiswitch atau memperbaiki masalah kabel.
Digipro ST Combo bisa dihubungkan ke komputer sebagai media penyimpan tanpa perlu driver khusus. Dengan adanya peranti lunak komputer yang disertakan, tidak saja bisa menghitung sudut yang diperlukan untuk setiap satelit menggunakan tabel yang lengkap dari lokasi yang berbeda di komputer (tentu saja koordinat garis lintang dan garis bujur juga bisa langsung diisi), tetapi data ASD untuk mode terestrial dan satelit juga bisa diperluas dan diganti. Setelah seluruh perubahan telah dilengkapi, pengguna bisa menyimpan data dan selanjutnya memindahkannya ke alat analisa dengan drag dan drop data tersebut ke alat analisa. Kami sangat terkesan dengan SatCatcher Digipro ST Combo selama pengujian berlangsung. Dengan adanya konstruksi yang logis pada peranti lunak, instalasi sangat mudah dilakukan. Alat ini hadir dengan sejumlah besar fitur dan dilengkapi dengan databse ASD. Kualitasnya yang tinggi memenuhi harapan.
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manufacturer Tel Email Website model Function Frequency range satellite Input Level Frequency range terrestrial Input Level Input resistance DiSEqc ScR Unicable Power supply Display Supplied items SatCatcher, Unit 7 Salvesen Way, Hull, East Yorkshire, UK HU3 4UQ, United Kingdom +44 - 148 222 15 77 sales@satcatcher.com www.satcatcher.com Digipro ST Combo Signal meter for digital signals in DVB-S, DVB-T and DAB. Analogue signals in FM radio. 950~2150 MHz -65 dBm to -25 dBm 46~870 MHz 40 dBV to 110 dBV 75 Ohm Yes (1.0, 1.1, 1.3) Yes Up to 4 hours without recharge 120 x 64 3.5 LCD color display Fold away sun visor, Software CD, User guide, Mains charging Unit, A/V cable, Car charger, USB Connection cable 240 x 105 x 75mm 1.4kg 10.5V 8.4V 0 to 40C -10 to 40C
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MER: Modulation Error Ratio adalah penghitungan bit error untuk sinyal digital. Semakin tinggi nilainya, semakin banyak bebas-kesalahan pada sinyal yang diterima. Nilai lebih dari 25dB dapat diterima meskipun CBER yang bagus, VBER dan berkaitan dengan C/N yang tinggi juga penting. VBER: Viterbi Bit Error Rate adalah jumlah kegagalan bit dalam sinyal digital setelah koreksi kesalahan Viterbi secara matematis. Semakin tinggi angka setelah E, semakin bagus sinyal tersebut. CBER: Channel Bit Error Rate adalah jumlah kesalahan bits dalam sinyal digital sebelum koreksi kesalahan Viterbi secara matematis. Semakin tinggi nilai setelah E, semakin bagus sinyal. CBER memberikan informasi apakah sinyal yang diterima di LNB benar-benar bagus atau jelek.
one side. The 3.5 inch display with its 128x64 resolution is very easy to read and is large enough to optimally display all the necessary information. The integrated 4000mAh rechargeable battery by VARTA provides the Digipro ST Combo with four hours of energy. A complete charging cycle takes just about as long. The manufacturer added an assortment of accessories that include the 9.6V power supply as well as a car charging station so that the installer can recharge the analyzer while
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on the way to the next customer. A moisture resistant jacket is also provided to help protect the analyzer from dirt and the elements. The included carrying case lets you work with two free hands. A flip-open sun shade also makes it easier to read the LCD display in bright sunshine. To top it all off, the Digipro ST Combo comes with a USB cable for connection to a PC and an A/V cable for the video input/ output connection. The user manual is not in printed form; instead its in PDF format and can be found on the included CD. The Digipro ST Combo along with all of its accessories can be packed in a sturdy aluminum case for easy transport. It would also serve to protect the contents should the case be dropped. You cant help but notice the easy-to-read 3.5-inch LCD color display on the front panel. Four function buttons can be found underneath the display; the labeling for these buttons is displayed near the bottom of the screen. Just to the right are four more buttons in the shape of a cross that are used to work through the menus. Underneath that is a numerical keypad made up of 12 buttons as well as an ad-
ditional five function buttons off to the right. All of the buttons are legibly labeled making it very easy to operate the Digipro ST Combo. On the top of the analyzer the manufacturer placed a combination tuner input for satellite and terrestrial reception as well as an additional tuner connection for testing. The input/output jack for audio/video signals can also be found there. The SatCatcher Digipro that was sent to us for testing is for satellite and terrestrial signals (ST). There is also an SC version available for satellite and cable signals. The USB interface and the power supply input can be found on the bottom of the analyzer. This newest product from SatCatcher was manufactured with quality in mind and to be honest we didnt expect any less from this company. Even the rechargable battery, which in previous versions was permanently installed in the unit and could not be removed by the end user, is now inside its own battery compartment and can be replaced by end user. All units shipped after 1st April 2011 include this feature. SatCatcher have made the unit even more versatile for those busy installers, who are not only focussing
on tv installations, but also on video surveillance aka security installations: the newest SatCatcher not only captures DVB-S and DVB-T but also comes with an video input to use with standard cameras. SatCatcher has even added an active 12V output from the IF input port, so installers can also power a camera while making an install. To this end, the newest units shipped do now also include a F type to power jack cables (Our test sample was not yet equipped with this feature). As mentioned before, it is absolutely essential for the professional installer to have up-to-date satellite and transponder data always at his fingertips. Even an end-user would be thrilled to have this data readily available on his signal analyzer. Before we check out the technical signal measurement details of the Digipro ST Combo, we want to introduce you to two of the most important features of this analyzer. The first would be its 1GB of cache memory followed by a function to process and display NIT (network information table) data. The 1GB cache memory is the direct result of SatCatcher putting their heads together to decide the easiest way to port all of the
worldwide available satellite and transponder data to the signal analyzer. For this it was necessary to incorporate two different types of memory: work memory and main memory. The main memory is 1GB in size and can be loaded with data directly from a PC. It has room for roughly 300,000 satellite and transponder entries. As soon as a USB connection is established between the analyzer and a PC, the analyzer is recognized by MS Windows as a removable external storage device and therefore doesnt need any drivers or special software. Naturally, the user would need an up-to-date file in ASD format which is provided either directly from the manufacturer or from an authorized distributor. To update the satellite and transponder data, you simply would need to download the latest ASD file from the Internet and copy it to the removable external storage device. The SatCatcher engineers quickly recognized that it would be a big mistake to simply replace the entire database in the analyzer; undoubtedly there are quite a few end users that saved their own data in the analyzer - this data would be lost if the entire database were replaced.
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TEST REPORT
DVB-c Headend
Build your DVB-c cable headend converting DVB-S to DVB-c with Topreal
Jacek Pawlowski
DVB-C is a worldwide standard that describes digital cable TV. In most cases, the DVB-C signal that arrives at the wall outlet of cable subscribers homes is of satellite or terrestrial origin that is DVB-S or DVB-T respectively. Lets focus on DVB-S. Is the signal what is transmitted as DVB-C on the cable the same signal that is received at the headends satellite dish?
Well, if we take into account the digital content: video bit stream, audio bit stream and data stream the signals are almost identical. There are small changes in the data transmitted along with video and audio (for example there are no longer transponder frequencies but rather carrier frequencies) but the real difference lies in the frequency and modulation used. To convert DVB-S to DVB-C one needs a professional DVB-S receiver and a DVB-C QAM modulator. If you want to manipulate the content of the multiplex, you additionally need a re-multiplexer. One of the manufacturers of such professional units is Topreal from China; they provided us with the basicss for a cable headend: a satellite receiver, a modulator and a re-mulitplexer. All three Topreal units are designed to fit standard 19 racks or cabinets. As you can see on the pictures, these units are not fitted with neither RCA nor SCART connectors. Such professional devices use either F or BNC connectors because these have well defined 50 Ohm impedance matching the characteristic impedance of coax cables. ited this is typical for professional units which are set once and left unattended for long periods of time. But even this was not present, rather just a mere 4-digit 7 segment LED display, not even alphanumeric one. How is the user supposed to set the unit? A look at the rear panel revealed the way. Except for the LNB input and looped output (RF-IN, RF-OUT), doubled transport stream outputs (ASI_OUT), there were video and audio outputs resembling the ones we know from regular consumer receivers. The difference was only the connector type BNC sockets were used in TP-1010. But thats not all, there was even a S-Video output. So, maybe The receiver was not especially fast in accepting our key presses but this is not a very important mentioned The feature you for this kind of unit. As we already do configure it once and then nothing. funniest thing we discovered was the game menu. It seems that the firmware for this receiver was not designed from scratch but rather adopted from the consumer receiver. Nothing wrong with this if the unit performs well. one can just connect a regular TV-set to see the menu and set the unit? Yes, that was the way. The On-Screen Display we saw on our portable tv was very similar to the OSD which is used with regular satellite receivers. The significant difference was that all the receiver settings (including the numerical ones like frequency) were possible with just 6 buttons: four arrows, MENU and OK.
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1. main menu of TP-1010 DVB-S Receiver 2. TP-1010 Language menu 3. TP-1010 System Setup 4. Setting up the reception of a THOR 5/6 transponder 5. Info bar after switching the channel in TP-1010 6. TP-1010 channel list
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We set the TP-1010 to receive a transponder from THOR 5/6 satellite at 0.8 West (11325H, 24500). Everything worked perfectly and within a second or so the video was on. We checked what happens when we switch the power off and on again. Video and audio were back after 2-3 seconds. Thats what one expects from a professional receiver in case of a power blackout the receiver recovers quickly and gracefully as soon as the power is back on. Then, we decided to test the reception of low bit rate weak signals. TP-1010 could not lock to the very weak signals from EUTELSAT W6 on 21.6 East nor EUTELSAT W7 on 36 East. Their bit rate was from approximately 1.5 through 2.5 Ms/s. But to be fair, we must mention that our satellite analyzer was equally unable to lock to those weak signals either. Only the very modern high class receiver that we use for satellite DX-ing could lock and process these signals. In regular applications, TP-1010 will be used rather to process high bit rate strong signals from the popular satellites. After all, this is not a product aimed at the DX-er market. The TP-1010 can cooperate with any type of LNB because you enter the LOF manually. You enter only one value as this receiver is supposed to lock to only one selected transponder. For example it can be 9750 MHz (the lower LOF of a universal LNB). Also the voltage corresponding to the polarization and the presence of 22 kHz that switches oscillators in the universal LNB must be set manually by the user. We subjected the receiver to another tough test. We attenuated the input signal down to the receivers sensitivity threshold and left it for 2 hours. In this way we simulated prolonged bad weather conditions. In such circumstances, the receiver must process a lot of erroneous data. This is extremely important for the professional receiver to be able to survive such situations without software crash. And TP-1010 did survive! As soon as we increased the level, it would produce crisply clear video and audio. Our general impression of TP-1010 is that it has all the basic functions a professional receiver must have. Lack
of alphanumeric display is a small hindrance as you need a TV-set to configure the unit. Yet you should take into account that normally you configure this unit once and it stays unchanged for months or even years.
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1. carrier frequency set to 474 mHz in TP-1600 QAm modulator 2. TP-1600 output was set to 120 dBV; our meter measures almost exactly the same 3. TP-1600 output signal has very high modulation Error Ratio and noise margin as high as 11 dB for 64 QAm 4. constellation diagram of DVB-c 64 QAm signal also shows its splendid signal-tonoise performance 5. TP-1600 set to the most demanding 256 QAm modulation mode; as expected, noise margin is lower than for 64 QAm but mER is as good as it was before 6. constellation diagram for the 256 QAm mode is even more picturesque than the one for 64 QAm
QAM and 256 QAM. Lower QAM modes are rather not used due to low bandwidth efficiency and 256 QAM is the highest possible mode according to the standard. Both measurements showed absolutely to noise course the perfect noise carrier Of margin performance.
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photos, such channel name is displayed when the DVB-C signal is processed by our signal analyzer. The menu structure of
transponder. In most cases, you would prefer to compose your ent multiplex with or chaneven nels originating from differtransponders different sources (satellite, terrestrial, A/V players and alike). For that purpose you need a multiplexer. By the way, the correct name would be re-multiplexer rather than multiplexer. In fact, Topreal uses the word re-multiplexer in their user manual, only on the unit itself one can read multiplexer. In the course of this report, we will stick to its proper name: TP-1200 Remultiplexer. TP-1200 accepts up to 8 transport stream inputs and lets the users select whatever they want from the input data and compose one output transport stream. For example, we can connect eight TP-1010 receivers to the remultiplexer, each tuned to a different transponder/satellite. Then, we can pick one or more programs (TV or radio
TP-1200 is much more complex as compared to TP-1010 or TP-1600 but this is obvious. Moreover, you need to know quite something about the transport streams, tables and the process of multiplexing. We did not have the software to do the settings from a PC via LAN connection. Definitely, this would be a much more convenient way of setting up 8 inputs and 1 output of TP-1200. A little annoying feature Of course, we can also change the PIDs for example the video or audio PID of a channel. Such PID re-mapping may be necessary if we have a conflict the same PIDs are used by channels in different input transport streams. TP-1200 allows you to that we would suggest to change is the keyboard lock. Upon powering up, the keyboard is locked and you need to press left arrow, right arrow and left arrow again to unlock it. Thats still OK but if you hesitate a few seconds when doing a setting in the menu, the firmware will lock the keyboard again. You tent from different transport streams, we also need to update the data tables that are included in the transport stream. These tables describe the content of the stream. TP-1600 can produce or update the following tables: Program Association Table (PAT), Program Map Table (PMT), Service Description Table (SDT) and Network Information Table (NIT).
was lower for 256 QAM but this is simply physics and with every modulator we would get exactly the same outcome. The constellation diagrams confirmed what our MER and C/N measurements told us before about the signal. It was extremely clean almost no noise at all. We observed for a longer period the BBC World channel received with TP-1010 from THOR 5/6 on 0.8 West and remodulated to QAM with TP-1600. We did not notice any single glitch. Everything was working flawlessly. Also the bad weather test (see the receiver chapter) lasting for 2 hours did not make the modulator software crash. It
TP-1200 Re-multiplexer
If you use only a professional receiver and a QAM modulator, the only possibility you have is to retransmit either all or some of the
channels) from every transponder and compose our own transport stream. This transport stream will be available on the TP-1600s output. All transport stream interfaces: input and output ones comply to ASI format. ASI is Asynchronous Serial Interface which means that
rename the channels too. You probably wont do that very often as the channel names are also trade marks, but such possibility exists. To test it, we changed the name of the 4funTV channel transmitted via HOTBIRD on 13 East at 10719V, 27500 to TSI1 channel. As you may see on one of the included
have to repeat everything from the very beginning. If you are very familiar with the re-multiplexer you can do all the settings fast enough but for the first-time user this is somewhat irritating. Similarly to the two previous units, TP-1200 remembered all the settings after power failure and restored everything without any human interaction.
ease of use are probably not the most important parameters. The performance and the price must be right. All units passed the tests we ran without any single problem. The trio was handling power failures gracefully and did not hang up even when the incoming signal was full of errors. Thats something that really counts in the head end equipment. Performance of the QAM modulator was very good indeed. Perhaps, the sensitivity of the receiver could be improved a little.
conclusion
Although one can imagine more functions for the cable head end (like scrambling the content or VOD), the three components described above are the most fundamental devices you will consider when collecting the equipment for a cable head end. It is evident that they were designed as separate units rather than as a family, as they do not match in external design nor menu structure. However, for the professional user, the uniform style and
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1. BBc World channel originally transmitted via the THOR 5/6 satellite on 0.8 West received by TP-1010 and re-modulated to DVB-c 64 QAm by TP-1600 2. 4funTV from HOTBIRD 13East received by TP-1010 Receiver, renamed to TSI1 channel with TP-1200 multiplexer and modulated with TP-1600 QAm modulator
Input Digital output Analog outputs Power supply TP-1200 Re-multiplexer Inputs Input bit rate (every stream) Input packet length Output Output bit rate Output packet length Power supply TP-1600 QAm modulator Input Output frequecy modulation Symbol rate Power channel Power supply
DVB-S, 950-2150 MHz looped through 2 x DVB transport stream (same signal on 2 connectors in ASI format) CVBS, Left/Right audio, S-Video 90-250 VAC 50/60 Hz
8 x DVB transport stream (ASI) 50 Mbps max. 188/204 bytes recognized automatically 2 x DVB transport stream (same signal on 2 connectors in ASI format) 2~108 Mbps 188 or 204 bytes (dummy Reed Solomon) 90-250 VAC, 50 Hz, 25 W
DVB transport stream (ASI) 48~862 MHz 16/32/64/128/256 QAM 2~7 Msps 107~120 dBV 90-260 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 30 W
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8dtek Technology www.8dtek.com DVB Signal Meter with tv monitor for DVB-S and DVB-T 950~2150 MHz (satellite) and UHF/VHF (terrestrial) RCA/RCA 3.5 LCD color display
Trimax Technology www.trimaxtec.com Satellite Meter with TV and Spectrum 930~2150 MHz RCA Composite 3.5 LCD color display
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Horizon Global Electronics www.horizonhge.com Handheld Satellite Meter for fast and easy Dish Alignment 950~2150 MHz 128x64 Pixel LCD
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Global Invacom www.globalinvacom.com Signal Analyzer with an Optical Input 950(160)~2150 MHz +10 to -25 dBm Eight-digit LCD display
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HORIZON NANOSAT Ideal for the speedy alignment of satellite antennas
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SATcATcHER DIGIPRO EXcEL-TV mK3 Easy and self-explanatory a device for laymen and pros alike
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adalah Zhong changgan. Dia memulai perusahaan ini sejak tahun 1990.
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DEVISER melengkapi kabel, telekomunikasi dan program alat analisa sinyal serat optik dengan teknologi satelit
Pada bulan Oktober 2010, DEVISER mulai mengembangkan alat analisa sinyal satelit pertamanya. Hasil dari usaha ini telah bisa ditemukan di toko: model S20 untuk pengukuran sinyal satelit DVB-S. Pada bulan Juli 2011 model berikutnya dengan tuner DVB-S2 akan hadir dan pada bulan Oktober 2011 DEVISER sedang merencanakan model high-end S7000. Bagaimana perusahaan seperti DEVISER bisa berhubungan dengan alat analisa sinyal satelit? TELE-satelit mengunjungi perusahaan ini di Tianjin, terminal laut besar yang berlokasi di pantai timur China. Kereta api cepat dengan kecepatan 330 km/jam membawa kami dari stasiun kereta api baru di selatan Beijing ke stasiun yang sama barunya di Tianjin. Tianjin adalah kota dengan lebih dari 10 juta jiwa dan menjadi lokasi untuk banyak industri yang berbeda. Mengejutkan, DEVISER merupakan salah satu perusahaan tertua di Tianjin. Pertama kali didirikan dengan nama DELY pada tahun 1990 oleh Zhong Changgan, seorang insinyur pesawat terbang. Dia menjelaskan kepada kami: Pada saat itu jaringan TV kabel pertama dibangun namun belum tersedia alat analisa sinyal. Zhong Changgan mengetahui kesempatan
Tianjin
ini dan mendirikan pabrikan alat analisa TV kabel pertama di China. Kelompok produk ini masih menjadi bagian besar dalam penjualan mereka hingga kini. 80% dari alat analisa sinyal kami adalah untuk TV kabel, pendiri dan President Zhong Changgan menjelaskan, sedangkan 10% adalah kabel serat optik dan 5% adalah untuk telekomunikasi. Sisa 5% diharapkan dari alat analisa sinyal satelit yang baru dimulai. Direktur Penjualan Luar Negeri Jason Wu menjelaskan kepada kami ke mana DEVISER mengirim produknya: 50% dikirim ke Amerika, 15% masingmasing ke Eropa dan India dengan
DEVISER
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Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
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Signal Analyzers for Cable, Terrestrial, Telecommunications, Fiber Optic and Satellite, Spektrum Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, Broadcasting Measurement Instruments, QAM Meters
Sambutan yang ramah menunggu Anda di pintu masuk DEVISER. Perusahaan ini
dioperasikan secara domestik dengan nama DELY Electronics Instruments. Nama merk DEVISER digunakan hanya untuk ekspor. Sebagian dari sertifikat yang dikumpulkan oleh DEVISER selama bertahun-tahun terpajang di dinding. Termasuk beberapa sertifikasi internasional untuk ISO 90001 (Quality management) dan ISO 10012 (Quality measurement Standards). Tambahannya, DEVISER juga bersertifikat CE, ROHS dan UL serta yang lainnya
sisa 20% direncanakan untuk Korea Selatan dan negara Asia Tenggara lainnya. Menurut Jason Wu, Kami hanya menggunakan nama DEVISER untuk ekspor. Siapa sebenarnya yang menggunakan produk DEVISER? Jason Wu menginformasikan konsumennya: Yaitu terutama operator kabel profesional yang perlu memasang dan memelihara jaringan kabel yang luas. Anda memerlukan alat analisa sinyal profesional untuk itu. Tentu saja ini menimbulkan pertanyaan kenapa DEVISER mulai memroduksi alat analisa sinyal satelit. Belum begitu lama kami memperluas ke kabel serat optik, komentar Jason Wu, satusatunya yang masih belum ada yaitu penerimaan satelit. Mempertimbangkan bahwa DEVISER memiliki lebih dari 20 tahun pengalaman dalam pasar ini, tidak mengejutkan bahwa dari 260 karyawannya, 85 di antaranya adalah insinyur. Terbagi menjadi empat tim
R&D, para insinyur ini secara konstan bekerja untuk peningkatan alat analisa dan fitur produk baru serta pengembangan produk baru seperti alat analisa sinyal satelit yang terbaru ini. Keberhasilan dari para insinyur ini bisa terlihat dari jumlah produksi dan jumlah penjualan. Pada tahun 1990 kami menghasilkan sekira 100 unit, kenang Zhong Changgan pendiri DEVISER, pada tahun 2010 kami mencapai penjualan 30.000 unit. Menghasilkan penjualan sekira US$ 20 juta untuk tahun 2010. Untuk tahun 2011 kami mengharapkan peningkatan penjualan sebesar 20%, kata Direktur Penjualan Luar Negeri Jason Wu. Dasarnya adalah sektor alat analisa sinyal satelit baru: Kami mengharapkan, misalnya, bahwa alat analisa sinyal satelit baru S20 akan terjual sekira 15.000 unit untuk tiga tahun mendatang dan dari model highend S7000 sekira 500 unit per tahun. Jason Wu telah mengetahui siapa
yang akan membeli alat analisa ini: Kami telah mendapatkan beberapa pra-pesanan. Satu konsumen di Amerika Selatan telah memesan untuk seribu unit dan distributor kami di Eropa dan India akan mengajukan pesanan kepada kami. Keyakinan dalam pengalaman dan keahlian pada insinyur DEVISER begitu tinggi sehingga unit telah terjual sebelum dipabrikasi. Maka, DEVISER juga terbuka bagi pembeli tambahan. Distributor yang memiliki kontrak dengan instalatir satelit dan operator kabel lokal bisa mengirimkan e-mail kepada saya, saran Jason Wu yang bertanggung jawab pada ekspor produk. Jika Anda ingin bertemu Jason Wu secara pribadi, Anda bisa menemuinya dan kepala insinyur DEVISER Cao Yuliang di sejumlah pameran dagang berbeda seperti CABSAT (Dubai), CCBN (Beijing), SCaT (Mumbai), Cable Tec (Atlanta), KCTA (Daegu) dan banyak lagi lainnya. Jika Anda ingin mengetahui lebih lanjut tentang bagaimana alat analisa sinyal satelit mereka bekerja, Anda harus menunggu untuk TELE-satelit edisi mendatang: kami akan menampilkan laporan uji alat analisa DEVISER yang baru di edisi mendatang.
Direktur Penjualan pasar Ekspor Jason Wu menunjukkan beberapa pengembangan produk DEVISER yang menarik. Pada tahun 2007
perusahaan ini memperkenalkan alat analisa sinyal untuk pabrikan receiver. Produk ini akan digunakan selama produksi receiver dan menyediakan berbagai sinyal yang bisa digunakan untuk menguji receiver pada tahapan produksi yang berbeda.t
R&D Team
1. Kepala Insinyur adalah cao Yuliang. Dia mengkoordinir empat tim R&D dan dia adalah penghubung bagi konsumen di pameran dagang. Dia bisa memberikan jawaban jika konsumen mempunyai permintaan khusus atau jika mereka ingin fitur baru dipadukan dalam alat analisa. Dia berkata, DEVISER telah menginvestasikan lebih dari US$ 1,5 juta ke dalam teknologi termodern untuk mengembangkan alat analisa. Keberhasilan dari strategi ini bisa dilihat dalam 30 paten yang telah dicapai oleh tim DEVISER. 2. manager Divisi untuk satelit dan kabel adalah Kong Xiangsen. Dia berdiri di dekat lemari modulator yang digunakan untuk menyediakan sinyal untuk pengujian alat analisa. 3. Para insinyur dengan bangga mempersembahkan salah satu sampel dari alat analisa satelit terbaru S7000. Paling kiri adalah Kepala Insinyur Wang Zhiying dan paling kanan adalah Kepala Insinyur Peranti Lunak Wang Renping. 4. Sebuah alat analisa sinyal juga memerlukan pembungkus. Anjinhao adalah perancang pembungkus di DEVISER dan mengembangkan pembungkus tersebut untuk alat analisa sinyal S7000 yang baru; di atas mejanya adalah sampel alat analisa sinyal DEVISER tipe lainnya.
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1. Jason Wu menyukai membaca majalah TELE-satelit. Dia bertanggung jawab untuk Tim Penjualan Luar-negeri yang terdiri dari empat karyawan. Dia sering bepergian dan bisa ditemukan di banyak pameran dagang di stan DEVISER. 2. Konsumen di Asia menghubungi Aaron. 3. Vicky Han adalah penghubung untuk konsumen di Amerika Utara.t
Produksi
4. manager Produksi adalah Li Hong Xiao. Dia mengawasi 100 karyawan bagian produksi dan membagi bobot kerja di antara pekerjanya. Di sini terlihat dia sedang berdiri di sebelah pembangkit sinyal yang digunakan ketika produksi telah lengkap untuk dikalibrasi dan diuji untuk fungsi yang sesuai pada unit tersebut. 5. Pemandangan di pintu masuk ruang gudang. Karyawan di sini melihat banyak komponen yang diperlukan untuk produksi dari berbagai model alat analisa sinyal yang berbeda. 6. Salah satu bagian areal produksi. Alat analisa sinyal diproduksi di jalur perakitan kecil dan stasiun pengujian
Produksi
7. mesin SmT. Komponen diletakkan di sini secara otomatis. 8. Pengujian dilakukan setelah produksi. AOI (Automatic Optical Inspector) melakukan inspeksi visual secara otomatis. 9. Banyak tugas harus ditangani secara manual. Tuner dirakit di sini. 10. Penutup alat analisa sinyal diselesaikan di sini. 11. Seorang karyawan sedang menguji alat analisa sinyal. 12. Salah satu dari stasiun penguji, alat analisa sinyal yang lengkap diuji untuk operasi yang sesuai. 13. Sebelum bagian kotak dipasang, seorang karyawan melakukan pengujian lengkap terhadap alat analisa sinyal. 14. Alat analisa sinyal telah lengkap tetapi apakah telah bekerja dengan baik? Dalam pengujian akhir, berbagai parameter diperiksa dengan pembangkit sinyal berkualitas tinggi untuk mengkalibrasi alat analisa. 15. Unit yang telah lengkap dipasangi bateri dan dicas di sini selama 36 jam.
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16. Satu unit ditarik keluar dari setiap jalur produksi dan dilakukan sejumlah pengujian khusus. Setiap parameter diperiksa dan dibandingkan dengan nilai yang diinginkan. Hal ini untuk menjamin kualitas yang konsisten pada alat analisa sinyal DEVISER. 17. Alat analisa sinyal kabel profesional yang berharga beberapa ribu dollar juga dibuat oleh DEVISER dan, seperti pada unit lainnya, dilakukan pengujian aging. Alat analisa harus bertahan dalam batas toleransi selama pengujian aging dengan dilakukannya berbagai pengujian untuk memverifikasi bahwa batas toleransi tidak terlewati. Seluruh alat analisa DEVISER memiliki masa pakai lebih dari 10.000 jam.
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18. Alat analisa DEVISER dalam pengujian age dengan monitor broadband. Berbagai sinyal diterapkan secara periodik untuk menguji pengukuran sinyal ini pada alat analisa. 19. Alat analisa DEVISER tidak saja digunakan pada suhu ruangan. Untuk alasan ini, setiap unit harus melalui pengujian lingkungan. Alat analisa harus berkinerja secara benar pada suhu di atas 50c. Karyawan ini sedang melakukan pengujian lingkungan dengan menggunakan pembangkit sinyal multiple. 20. Karena banyak model alat analisa sinyal yang dibuat oleh DEVISER, sejumlah besar pembangkit sinyal juga diperlukan. Pemilihan terhadap pembangkit ini tersedia dalam ruangan ini tempat pengujian sampel produksi. 21. Alat analisa spektrum diuji di ruangan lain. Berbagai spektrum dihasilkan sehingga alat anaisa sinyal DEVISER harus menampilkan secara benar. 22. Jika alat analisa DEVISER terjadi kegagalan setelah beberapa tahun dipakai, manager Purna-Jual Yue Tianhong adalah orang yang tepat untuk ditanya. Dengan enam teknisi perbaikan, dia bisa membawa setiap alat analisa sinyal DEVISER kembali bekerja.
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TV analyzers. This product group still makes up most of their sales today. 80% of our signal analyzers are for cable TV, lists founder and
ucts: 50% are shipped to the USA, 15% each goes to Europe and India with the remaining 20% finding their way to South Korea and other Southeast Asian countries. According to Jason Wu, We only use the name DEVISER for our exports. Who actually uses DEVISERs products? Jason Wu gives an overview of their customers: It is primarily professional cable operators that need to set up and maintain large cable networks. You need professional signal analyzers for that. Of course this brings up the question as to why DEVISER began producing satellite signal analyzers. Not too long ago we expanded into fiber optic cable, comments Jason Wu, the only thing missing was satellite reception. Considering that DE-
VISER has more than 20 years experience in this market, it should come as no surprise that of their 260 employees, 85 of them are engineers. Divided into four different R&D teams, these highly neers working qualified are on engiconstantly improve-
in sales of 20%, says Sales Director Overseas Markets Jason Wu. He bases this in part due to the new satellite signal analyzer sector: Were expecting, for example, that the new S20 satellite signal analyzer will net us sales of about 15,000 units for the next three years and from the high-end S7000 model about 500 units per year. Jason Wu already knows who wants to buy these analyzers: We already have quite a few preorders. One customer in South America has placed an order for one thousand units and our distributors in Europe and India are in the process of forwarding orders to us. The confidence in the experience and expertise of the DEVISER engineers is so high that units are being sold before they
are even manufactured. Even so, DEVISER is naturally open to additional buyers. Distributors who have contact with satellite installers and local cable operators should send me an e-mail, suggests Jason Wu who is responsible for product exports. If you want to meet Jason Wu in person, you can find him and DEVISERs Chief Engineer Cao Yuliang at a number of different trade shows such as CABSAT (Dubai), CCBN (Beijing), Cable SCaT Tec (Mumbai),
ments to their analyzers and on new product features as well as new product satellite ers. The success of these engineers can be seen in the production and sales numbers. In our first year 1990 we produced roughly 100 units, remembers DEVISER founder Zhong Changgan, in 2010 we reached sales of 30,000 units. This resulted is sales of about US$ 20 million for 2010. For 2011 we are expecting in increase development signal analyzsuch as the brand new
(Atlanta), KCTA (Daegu) and many others. And if you want to know more about how their satellite signal analyzers work, you merely have to wait for the next issues of TELE-satellite: we will be presenting test reports of DEVISERs new analyzers issues. in upcoming
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Permulaan AmIKO
produksi milik sendiri di Hungaria kantor penjualan langsung di seluruh negara Eropa tengah kerjasama yang erat dengan penyalur komponen FULAN pembaruan peranti lunak receiver secara otomatis dan pengembangan yang berkelanjutan tim R&D dan layanan teknis
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Budapest
Saat ini terdapat 14 karyawan di kantor Budapest. Penjualan mereka telah berkembang mencakup konsumen di negara-negara tetangga, Anda bisa menemukan karyawan AMIKO yang lainnya: 17 di kantor penjualan Czech, delapan di Romania, empat di Serbia serta enam di kantor penjualan lokal di Hungaria. Jangan lupa dengan karyawan di bagian jalur produksi receiver. Karena produksinya tidak terus-menerus, maka jumlah karyawan bervariasi antara 20 dan 40. Ketika bisnisnya pertama kali dimulai, kedua rekanan ini berfokus pada menjadi penyalur besar satelit. Mereka mendistribusikan receiver digital dari berbagai pabrikan serta segala sesuatu yang diperlukan oleh
untuk penjualan, administrasi, R&D dan layanan. Produk mereka dikirim dari gudang ini. Perusahaan ini bersertifikasi ISO oleh TV
instalatir: LNB, antena, multiswitch dan kabel. Bisnis ini masih menjadi bagian dari penjualan mereka saat ini. Pada tahun 2010 sebesar 50% dari penjualan kami adalah penyaluran-besar dengan 50% lainnya untuk receiver merk kami sendiri, Manager Keuangan Zsolt Harangi menjelaskan. Untuk tahun 2011 meskipun gambaran tampak berbeda: Kami mengharapkan pada tahun ini bahwa
merk receiver kami akan memberikan 70% dari penjualan kami, sedangkan bisnis penyaluran-besar kami akan turun menjadi 30%, komentar Zsolt Harangi. Nama merk AMIKO sangat baru. Jzsef Zsimn menjelaskan, Pada tahun 2010 kami mendapatkan dua nama baru: AMIKO untuk ritel dan SYNAPS untuk operator. SYNAPS menawarkan receiver DVB-C dan DVB-T
untuk kabel dan penyedia program lainnya. AMIKO adalah nama merk untuk pasaran ritel. Kami bekerja sangat erat bersama dengan FULAN di China. Mereka menyediakan sebagian besar komponen receiver kepada kami, Manager Pemasaran Jzsef Zsimn menjelaskan. Receiver dirakit di jalur produksi di kota Budapest. Kami telah mencapai kualitas yang cemerlang dalam produksi kami, dia melanjutkan, Komponen dari FULAN
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telah berkualitas tertinggi dan tim jaminan-mutu kami memeriksanya sekali lagi. Bahkan yang lebih penting daripada memiliki jalur produksi sendiri dan merk receiver sendiri adalah mendapatkan kepercayaan konsumen kepada Anda. Dalam beberapa tahun pengalaman mereka, kedua pemilik ini sebelumnya telah melihat semuanya: penyalur memindahkan produknya ke tempat lain dan konsumen akan menghubungi penyalur dan mengeluh kenapa mereka tidak bisa mendapatkan suku cadang atau layanan lagi. Hal ini tidak akan terjadi pada produk kami, komentar Jzsef Zsimn, Kami memiliki suku cadang yang penuh di gudang dan kami bisa mengirim komponen apa saja untuk setiap receiver kepada konsumen kami. Kami akan bisa melakukan ini untuk beberapa tahun mendatang. Jika Anda mengendalikan jalur produksi Anda sendiri, Anda bisa membuat pernyataan seperti itu. Namun ini hanya salah satu alasan kenapa AMIKO memutuskan untuk membuat produksi sendiri. Tanpa disengaja, Jzsef Zsimn menerima panggilan telepon pada saat wawancara dengan kami: teknisi AMIKO menemukan bug peranti lunak dalam versi terbaru dan segera menyampaikan informasi ini ke
1. manager Pemasaran di AmIKO adalah Jszef Zsimn. 2. Zsolt Harangi gembira dengan angka penjualan. Dia adalah manager Keuangan di AmIKO.
penyedia komponen FULAN di China. Yaitu jam 2 siang di Budapest dan dalam beberapa menit jawaban datang dari China: Kami sedang memperbaikinya. Jzsef Zsimn melihat ke telepon genggamnya: Hal inilah yang membuat kerjasama kami dengan FULAN begitu sempurna: tindakan yang segera untuk masalah meskipun terdapat perbedaan waktu 6 jam dengan China! AMIKO dan FULAN adalah dua perusahaan yang sempurna; produksi yang energik dan distribusi di sini dengan komponen yang dibuat di sana. Jzsef Zsimn melihat semuanya secara realistik: Kami menemukan kompetisi dengan provider lain namun sukses jangka panjang hanya akan ada pada yang menyediakan produk terbaik dan menawarkan layanan terbaik. Menurut Jzsef Zsimn, keputusan terhadap receiver apa yang digunakan oleh konsumen tidak bergantung pada konsumen tersebut, tetapi pada instalatir dan penyalur: hanya dari menggunakan receiver itu sendiri, instalatir dan penyalur bisa merekomendasikan merk tertentu yang menyediakan layanan terbaik. Tidak akan membantu situasi jika konsumen datang kembali dengan komplain setiap saat dalam waktu singkat. Jzsef Zsimn mengatakan bahwa keakuratan pernyatannya itu dibuktikan dengan konsisten, pertumbuhan jangka pendek pada perusahaan barunya AMIKO. Peningkatan ini adalah di atas segala hasil perkembangan yang cepat pada penjualan receiver AMIKO. Distribusi secara geografis dari penjualan ini sangat menarik. Pasaran domestik di Hungaria bukan yang paling besar; kenyataannya, sekira 20%, The Czech Republic, Slovakia dan Romania adalah yang teratas dengan Hungaria di tempat keempat sekira 15%. Kenyataan bahwa AMIKO begitu lumayan di negara-negara ini adalah karena bagian dari kebijakan bisnis mereka yang aktif: Kami memiliki kantor penjualan di The Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia dan bahkan di sini di Hungaria, Jzsef Zsimn menjelaskan kenapa penjualan begitu bagus di negara-negara tersebut.
3. mrton Lengyel adalah manager Penjualan dan memimpin tim 6 Perwakilan Penjualan. 4. Beata Karsai bertanggung jawab terhadap penjualan dan logistik.
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Di negara-negara Eropa tengah lainnya AMIKO memiliki hubungan yang sangat erat dengan penyalur-besar. Jzsef Zsimn merincinya: Yaitu mencakup Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia serta tiga negara bagian di Baltic. Ini belum semuanya: Pada tahun 2011 kami akan mulai mendistribusikan di Ukraine dengan agen setempat dan pada tahun 2012 kami merencanakan untuk ke Albania. AMIKO selalu dalam mode perluasan secara berkelanjutan. Tetapi kami tidak hanya tertarik pada bagaimana AMIKO tersebar secara geofgrafis; kami juga ingin mengetahui apa yang telah mereka rencanakan untuk receiver mereka. Ini adalah pertanyaan yang hanya dijawab dengan gembira oleh Jzsef Zsimn: Pada kuartal ketiga AMIKO ALIEN.2 akan hadir dengan chipset yang lebih handal. Selain itu, kami selalu memperluas
1. Tim R&D dalam ruangan yang dipenuhi stok. 2. Teknisi AmIKO sedang memeriksa masalah. Setelah masalah bisa diatasi, produksi disesuaikan untuk mencegah masalah tersebut muncul lagi.
gedung administrasi AmIKO. Tidak hanya receiver AmIKO yang dikirim dari sini, tetapi Anda juga akan menemukan komponen satelit tersimpan di sini (LNB, antena, multiswitch, kabel) yaitu AmIKO sebagai penyalur besar mengirimnya ke instalatir dan toko.
peranti lunak receiver kami dengan fitur baru. Jzsef Zsimn menunjukkan fiturfitur yang akan muncul di akhir tahun ini kepada kami: Penjelajah situs, WiFi, Dukungan Flash, NTFS, USB Hub dan Messaging. Pemilik receiver AMIKO ALIEN akan gembira; fitur baru ini akan muncul pada receiver mereka dengan adanya fitur pembaruan peranti lunak secara otomatis.
Apakah kami bisa mengharapkan untuk melihat kejutan lain dari AMIKO? Jzsef Zsimn menunjukkan sedikit dari jalur receiver kedua mereka, SYNAPS, yang digunakan oleh provider kabel: Pada akhir tahun 2011 kami juga akan menawarkan receiver dengan pasangan chipset. Dengan cara ini AMIKO bisa melayani provider acara yang juga menggunakan teknologi ini. Apakah kedua manager AMIKO
telah dipasang dan tertata sangat baik. Zsolt Bornemissza adalah pimpinan R&D dan menjelaskan kepada kami apa yang terlihat di sini: Di sini Anda bisa menemukan lima antena 85cm, masing-masing terpasang dengan motor DiSEqc. Terdapat dua antena 1,25-meter, satu dengan motor actuator dan yang lainnya dipasang tetap dan diarahkan ke 36BT dan dilengkapi dengan LNB sirkular Ku-band.
memerhatikan bahwa pabrikan TV suatu saat akan memadukan receiver pada produk mereka? Segera setelah semakin banyak fungsi yang diperlukan atau rentang frekuensi diperluas yang harus diterima, misalnya, TV satelit, maka satu-satunya solusi adalah memiliki receiver terpisah. komentar Jzsef Zsimn.
Dia membuktikan bahwa AMIKO dengan receivernya dan dengan receiver ALIEN yang baru akan memotong bagian yang akan memungkinkan perluasan secara berkelanjutan dan membawa pertumbuhan yang potensial. Kami hanya bisa setuju dengan hal itu!
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1. Antena Toroidal dengan 9 LNB Quattro dalam pengaturan antena satelit impian. 2. Seluruh kabel antena satelit menuju ke lemari switching. Koneksi antena menempati setengah bagian atas lemari dengan seluruh jalur keluaran melalui ke setengah bagian bawah lemari menuju ke setiap stasiun kerja dan monitor peraga. Dengan cara ini setiap stasiun kerja dan setiap monitor bisa disalurkan dengan sinyal satelit tersendiri: Anda hanya perlu mencolok kabel yang sesuai. Label yang mudah dibaca pada setiap koneks membuatnya mudah untuk digunakan.
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1. Pemandangan di areal produksi: karyawan AmIKO merakit receiver di sini. 2. Receiver yang telah lengkap diuji di sini sebelum dimasukkan ke dalam kotak.
riety of manufacturers as well as everything else an installer needs: LNBs, dishes, multiswitches and cable. This business still makes up a part of their sales today. In 2010 50% of our sales were wholesale with the other 50% consisting of our own receiver brands, explains Financial Manager Zsolt Harangi. For 2011 though the picture looks quite different: We expect for the current year that our receiver brands will make up 70% of our sales while our wholesale business will drop to
30%, comments Zsolt Harangi. The AMIKO brand name is very new. Jzsef Zsimn explains, In 2010 we founded two brand names: AMIKO for retail and SYNAPS for operators. SYNAPS offers DVB-C and DVB-T receivers for cable and other programming providers. AMIKO is a brand name for the retail market. We are working very close together with FULAN in China. They provide us with most of our receiver components, explains Marketing Manager Jzsef Zsimn. The receivers are assembled on a production line in Budapest. We have achieved excellent quality in our production, he continues, The components from FULAN are already of the highest quality and our own quality assurance team checks it all once again. Even more important with having your own production line and your own receiver brand is having the customer rely on you. In their many years of experience the two owners have seen it all before: suppliers shifted their production elsewhere and customers would contact the dealer and complain why they cant get any spare parts or service anymore. This cant happen with our products, comments Jzsef Zsimn, We have a fully
stocked spare parts warehouse from which we can deliver any possible component for every receiver to our customers. Well be able to do this for years to come. If you control your own production line, you can make statements like that. But this was only one of the reasons why AMIKO decided to produce their own products. By sheer coincidence, Jzsef Zsimn received a telephone call at that very moment in our interview: the AMIKO technicians found a software bug in the newest version and immediately forwarded this information to the component provider FULAN in China. Its 2PM in Budapest and within minutes an answer came from China: Were working on it. Jzsef Zsimn looks up from his mobile telephone: This is exactly what makes our cooperation with FULAN so perfect: immediate reaction to a problem despite the six-hour time difference with China! AMIKO and FULAN are two companies that are perfect for each other; energetic production and distribution here with component manufacturing there. Jzsef Zsimn sees it all realistically: We find ourselves in stiff competition with other providers but over the long term success will only be for those who
provide the best products and offer the best service. According to Jzsef Zsimn, the decision on what receiver the customer uses doesnt rest with the customer but rather with the installer or dealer: just from using the receivers themselves, installers and dealers can recommend a specific brand that provides the best service. It doesnt help the situation if a customer comes back with complaints after only a short time. Jzsef Zsimn says that the accuracy of his statements is proven simply by the consistent, short-term growth of his young company AMIKO. This increase is above all the result of the speedy development of AMIKO receiver sales. The geographical distribution of these sales is especially interesting. Oddly enough the home market in Hungary is not the biggest; in fact, at about 20%, The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania are at the top with Hungary in fourth place at about 15%. The fact that AMIKO is so well placed in these countries is due in large part to their active business policy: We have sales offices in The Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia and even here in Hungary, explains Jzsef Zsimn why sales
are so good in these countries. In other central European countries AMIKO has very tight relationships with wholesalers. Jzsef Zsimn lists them: This includes Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovakia, Greece, Slovenia as well as the three Baltic states. And thats not all: In 2011 well be begin distribution in the Ukraine with a local dealer there and in 2012 we plan to go into Albania. AMIKO is continuously in expansion mode. But we werent only interested in how AMIKO is spread out geographically; we also wanted to know what they have planned for their receivers. This was a question that Jzsef Zsimn was only too happy to answer: In the third quarter the AMIKO ALIEN.2 will appear with an even more powerful chipset. Aside from that, we are always expanding our receiver software with new features. Jzsef Zsimn highlights these features for us that should appear later this year: Web browser, WiFi, Flash Support, NTFS, USB Hub and Messaging. Owners of AMIKO ALIEN receivers should be happy; these new features will appear on their own in their receivers thanks to the automatic software update feature.
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Antena satelit dengan model baru yang terbuat dari lempengan berlubang, BYA Electronic pabrikan dari Algeria ingin memulai ekspor. Apakah ada alasan untuk mengharapkan sukses dalam pasar antena satelit yang bersaing ketat? Tidak begitu mudah bagi BYA, namun terdapat sejumlah alasan yang akan membuat satu optimis. Slimane Ait Yala, pendiri BYA, memberikan alasan untuk optimisme ini.
BYA
www.bya-electronic.com
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RoHS, DVB
Production Categories
OEM, ODM
Main Products
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domestik. Kesemua alasan ini merupakan argumen bahwa ekspor antenanya adalah gerakan yang bagus untuk dibuat. Slimane Ait Yala: Saya berada di pameran dagang Canton di China selatan dan menemukan bahwa harga kami cukup bersaing. Masih ada alasan lain: BYA bukanlah perusahaan kecil; mereka juga membuat produk lainnya dan memiliki pengalaman sebagai pabrikan. BYA didirikan pada tahun 1993. Pada
saat itu Thomson masih ada di Perancis dan BYA memulai jalur perakitan untuk pesawat TV Thomson. Tidak lama setelah itu, mereka mulai merakit receiver satelit analog diikuti dengan receiver digital. Saat itu kami memiliki 90 karyawan, kenang Slimane Ait Yala, dan penjualan kami mencapai delapan
Pabrik produksi seluas 16.000 meterpersegi bisa ditemukan di kota Ain El Bia. Kota ini, dengan penduduk 20.000 jiwa, terletak sekira 35km sebelah timur dari kota terbesar kedua di Algeria: Oran dengan sekira 1,6 juta penduduk. Pelabuhan Port Arzew terletak di sebelah Ain El Bia; di sinilah perusahaan minyak nasional Algeria, Sonatrach, mengisi tanker minyaknya. Ini adalah alasan pertama kenapa Slimane Ait Yala percaya diri bahwa antena yang dia buat akan sukses di pasaran ekspor: Algeria adalah negara penghasil minyak, dia menjelaskan, dan itu berarti bahwa biaya energi di Algeria sangat rendah. Dia melanjutkan dengan alasan kedua: Upah di Algeria juga sangat rendah; upah minimum resmi adalah sekira Euro 100. Selain daripada itu, lempengan logam yang diperlukan untuk produksi antena mereka juga diproduksi secara
Slimane Ait Yala adalah General manager (PDG: Prsident Directeur Gnral) dan
pendiri BYA. BYA sebenarnya mendapatkan namanya dari nama lokasi: Ain El Bia. Bia dikonversi menjadi BYA.
juta Euro. BYA berada paling atas pada tahun 2003 ketika penjualan mereka mencapai 10 juta Euro dengan 120 karyawan. Tahun 2003 adalah tahun ketika dia bersama saudaranya Kasim mendirikan AKS (Ait-Yala Kasim Slimane). Dia juga mengambil alih perusahaan tersebut dan nama dari merk Continental Edison. In Metz di Perancis, perusahaan ini masih memroduksi pesawat TV dan alat rumah tangga lainnya. BYA menggunakan nama merk Continental Edison untuk jajaran antena dan receiver, selain TV. Manager Produksi BYA Azzedine Maouche menyediakan rinciannya kepada kami: Kami memroduksi TV LCD 32cm dan 40cm serta TV plasma berukuran 42cm, 50cm dan 60cm. Dia melanjutkan, Semua TV ini memiliki tuner DVB-T terpadu. Target pasar saat ini bagi BYA untuk merk Continental Edison adalah dalam negeri Algeria. 10% dari produksi tersebut dikirim keluar Algeria, kami belajar dari Manager Komersil Mahi Bouras, sebagian besar ke Tunisia dan Libya. Namun semua itu akan berubah. Pada kuartal pertama tahun 2011 kami akan meluncurkan receiver HD baru untuk ekspor dan dipasarkan dengan merk Continental Edison. Mahi Bouras menjelaskan, dia sekolah di New York, sehingga bisa berbahasa Inggris dengan lancar. Pemerintah Algeria juga memegang peranan dalam mendukung usaha ekspor bagi industri lokal. General Manager Slimane Ait Yala, yang sangat aktif
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dalam sejumlah komite juga di Algerian Chamber of Commerce, mengharapkan peningkatan ekspor yang besar pada tahun 2011, katanya penuh optimis. Dengan produk baru seperti antena satelit berlubang dan receiver HD, dia percaya ada kesempatan baik bagi BYA untuk menjadi nama yang besar di luar Algeria dengan tulisan Buatan Algeria mendapatkan pengenalan secara internasional.
1. BYA ingin memasuki pasaran ekspor dengan antena berlubang ini. Biaya produksi BYA sangat rendah sehingga mereka tidak khawatir tentang persaingan.
2. Receiver HD ini akan tersedia pada tahun 2011. model ini adalah sampel pra-produksi. Akan hadir dengan HDmI, LAN dan antar-muka USB dan akan dirakit oleh BYA saat ini dengan komponen yang didatangkan dan nanti akan diproduksi secara lengkap oleh BYA jika penjualannya berhasil. 3. Azzedine maouche adalah manager Produksi BYA 4. Soraya Dahmane menangani penagihan. 5. mahi Bouras adalah Direktur Komersil BYA dan bertanggung jawab untuk bagian pemasaran dan penjualan. 6. Tidak ada yang berfungsi tanpa pembukuan. Laoudjane Hadher (kiri) dan Yacoubi Sanaa (kanan) mengisi setiap tagihan. 7. Ait Ali Said Belkacem adalah salah seorang dari empat teknisi di BYA yang menangani layanan purna-jual dan perbaikan. 8. Pemandangan di bengkel. Komponen sampel dibuat di sini sebagai cetakan produksi.
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minently on his websites, he rarely sells more than one unit a week. We believe this will change shortly, as we expect a new delivery any day. Right now Sergeys business is one of the smallest distributors: Satellite products only account for 2% of our turnover, Sergey states. But thanks to continuing advertising campaigns this is set to change. And who knows, one day the smallest satellite distributor might be right up there with the largest.
Satellite receivers have been part of our range for some time now, Sergey Kazimirovich continues. So far, however, we have only sold small numbers of them. Even though Sergey Kazimirovich features satellite receivers pro-
Leaving Prazhskaya metro station through its southern exist you will find yourself right in
the parking lot of the Electronics Paradise shopping centre. Hundreds of specialised shops have all sorts of products in store for electronics and Hi-Fi enthusiasts. The centre is open every day of the week from 10 am to 8 pm.
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DISHPOINTER H EESHOP HORIZON H H WORLDWIDE SATELLITE GLOBAL INVAcOm H H SmARTINNOVATIONS H SATSHOP24 H cLARK SEATEL H H SATBEAmS
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SATBEAMS
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SMARTINNOVATIONS
Satellite Distributor, Netherlands
GLOBALINVACOM
Fibre Optic Products, UK
www.globalinvacom.com
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EESHOP
DISHPOINTER
Software Programming, UK
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WORLDWIDE SATELLITE
Satellite Shop, Netherlands
SEATEL
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CLARK
Distributor, Netherlands
HORIZON
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SmARTWI
H TEcHNISAT DOEBIS H H NANOXX H H mEDIA BROADcAST GOLDEN mEDIA SmART H H SPAUN POWER GT SAT H H SPAUN
DOEBIS
www.doebis.de
SMARTWI
www.smartwi.net
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SPAUN POWER
www.spaun.com
GOLDEN MEDIA
www.cynextra.com
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MEDIA BROADCAST
Broadcasting Services, Germany
SPAUN
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TV Manufacturer, Germany
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AZBOX H
PROmAX
ANTEcH
AMIKO
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Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/MPEG-4, DVB-C, award winning product Dual Boot Linux receiver for DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T
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ANTECH
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STAB
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YAHYA
H H H
ECHOLINK
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Satellite Wholesaler, UAE
YAHYA
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BYA
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RoHS, DVB
Production Categories
OEM, ODM
Main Products
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/bya.pdf
Satellite Dishes with Full and Perforated Metal (60, 105 and 120cm), TV-Sets with CRT, LCD (32 and 40 inch) or Plasma (42 and 50 inch), Satellite Receiver for DVB-S/S2
BOMARE
www.bomarecompany.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
0................................ 75 .................................150
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)
RoHS, DVB
Production Categories
OEM, ODM
Main Products
LCD and Plasma TV-Sets with integrated DVB-Tuner, Satellite Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, Home Theatre Systems
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/bomare.pdf
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TEVII
www.tevii.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
0................................ 25 ...................................50
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)
RoHS
Production Categories
OEM, ODM
Main Products
PC Cards for DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/MPEG-4, Boxes for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/MPEG-4, PC Sticks for DVB-S/S2
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/tevii.pdf
AZURESHINE
www.azureshine.com.tw
MOTECK
www.moteck.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/azureshine.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/moteck.pdf
TOPFIELD
YONGSAN
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/topfield.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/topfield.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/eng/koreasatshop.pdf
ARION
NASA CNS
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/nasacns.pdf
SEKISAT
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DEVISER
YINHE H BOXSAm
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SVEc
PREVAIL
H H H
H H H H H
www.devisertek.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/deviser.pdf
Signal Analyzers for Cable, Terrestrial, Telecommunications, Fiber Optic and Satellite, Spektrum Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, Broadcasting Measurement Instruments, QAM Meters
PREVAIL
www.prevail-catv.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
RoHS
Production Categories
OEM
Main Products
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1105/eng/prevail.pdf
Fiber Optic Nodes and Systems, Optical Receivers and Transmitters, CATV Equipment, Bi-directional Network Transmission Equipment, Head-Ends, Splitters, Taps
JIUZHOU
www.jiuzhou.com.cn
SVEC
www.svec.com.cn
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/svec.pdf
BOXSAM
www.boxsam.com
ALUOSAT
www.aluosat.com
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/boxsam.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/aluosat.pdf
YINHE
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BOIINGSAT
www.boiingsat.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
RoHS in preparation
Main Products
LNBs for Ku and C bands, Ka band in preparation. Variants in Single, Twin, Quad, Quattro and Octo.
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1105/eng/boiingsat.pdf
TENOW
www.tenower.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
0................................ 12 ...................................25
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)
RoHS, DVB
Main Products
PC-Cards for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C with single, dual and quad tuner, CAM Box for DVB-S2, USB-Stick for DVB-S/S2, DVBC and ISDB-T
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/tenow.pdf
SKYWORTH
www.skyworth.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, ISDB-T with single, twin and combo tuner, Receiver Sticks for USB, SCART in DVB-S and HDMI in DVB-S2
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/skyworth.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/skyworth.pdf
GLOBALSAT
www.globalsatdvb.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
Receiver for HDTV and SDTV in DVB-S/S2, DVB-T, DVB-C, ISDBT, HD+, CI+ and HbbTV, Multimedia Receiver, IPTV Boxes, Media Player
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/globalsat.pdf
TRIMAX
www.trimaxtec.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
0................................ 25 ...................................50
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)
Signal Analyzer with built-in Monitor for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T and DVB-C
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/trimax.pdf
SOWELL
www.sowell-tech.com
Company Details
Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
0................................ 50 .................................100
Average Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates)
DVB
Main Products
Receiver for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C and ISDB-T, Receivers with 3D graphics
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/sowell.pdf
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SATmAN
SEATEL
H H
COWMIX
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/globalsatellite.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1003/eng/cowmix.pdf
QUALITY SATELLITE
Satellite Dealer, USA
SEATEL
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1005/eng/qualitysatellite.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0911/eng/seatel.pdf www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/seatel.pdf
WORLDWIDE SATELLITES
Satellite Wholesaler, Canada
SADOUN
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/worldwidesatellites.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/sadoun.pdf
SONICVIEW
SATMAN
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/sonicview.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0705/eng/satman.pdf
MFC
www.microwavefilter.com
FORTECSTAR
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/mfc.pdf
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0705/eng/fortecstar.pdf
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FEATURE
HDTV
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Encryption
prevents unauthorised distribution of HDTV content gives TV providers full control over content blocks many popular features such as time-shift viewing and PVR functions for customers
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FEATURE
cI+ / HD+
Whats the big deal? Is there a hidden agenda? Whats the difference between the two?
Thomas Haring
It goes without saying that many end users actually use those features, burn their own DVDs and pass them on to others a fact that truly annoys copyright owners who in turn exert pressure on content providers. Content providers are also faced with pressure from their advertising clients who argue that owners of PVR receivers have become a virtually irrelevant target group. So all players on the providing end of the chain agreed on one thing: Something had to change! The introduction of HDTV channels presented the perfect occasion to act. sure paid for content is decrypted at the customers end. A so-called CI module (a PCMCIA module as we know it from the PC world) is used in combination with a valid smartcard to decrypt the digital stream received via satellite, cable or antenna. The CI module needs to be inserted into the receivers CI slot and together with a smartcard issued by the content provider becomes the access point for pay TV reception. With a valid smartcard and a CI module that is compatible with the encryption system implemented by the provider, pay TV content is encrypted and appears on the screen of authorised subscribers. If one of these conditions is not met, however, all you see is a blank screen. There are no further control mechanisms in place for pay TV providers with the conventional CI standard. The DVB Consortium has been working on a revised CI version for years to offer new and more restrictive control mechanisms for pay TV providers the name they chose was CI 2.0, but the project got stuck on a treadmill and some providers as well as industry representatives finally took a decision to develop their own system: This is how the CI+ standard came about with CAM manufacturers Neotion and SmarDTV as well as electronics giants Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony being the driving forces behind that move. Whats new with CI+? What are the benefits and drawbacks for end users? Lets begin with a positive note: CI+ is fully based on the CI standard, which means it does not establish a new standard but rather adds features to an existing one. Those extra features, on the
Is CI+ a must have for new receivers? This is a question that bothers end users and manufacturers alike, even though for different reasons. Users want to know whether or not it makes sense to go out and purchase one of the new CI+ models on shelves everywhere, while for manufacturers it all boils down to simple maths: Can I make money with CI+ receivers? The CI+ initiative is driven by content providers. Film studios and TV channels have been faced with illegal content distribution (unauthorised DVD copying, illegal pay TV reception, etc.) for some time, as well as with gradually eroding advertising revenue. The advent of PVR receivers further accelerated that trend as these devices allow lossless storing of content on internal or external storage media. Content can then easily be burnt on DVD, for example. Whats more, PVR receivers usually come with a time-shift viewing feature which in turn means commercial breaks can be conveniently skipped.
When digital television via satellite, cable and antenna (DVB-S, DVB-C and DVB-T) was launched the DVB Consortium (an association of more than 270 channels, manufacturers, pay TV providers and representatives from industry) at the same time introduced the CI standard. It takes care of copyright protection (rights management) and makes
cI+
other hand, include numerous restrictions for users. The whole sphere of encryption was left untouched, but with CI+ so-called usage rule information (URI) can be added to the DVB-S, DVB-C or DVB-T datastream. CI+ receivers are able (more precisely: must be able) to recognise URI and follow its rules accordingly. The following restrictions can be imposed with CI+: digital recording of received content can be totally restricted digital recording of received content can be partially restricted (restrictions for certain events, channels, etc.) rewinding and fast forwarding of recorded content can by restricted during playback time-shift viewing can be restricted the Macrovision copy protection signal can be activated at the euroscart output of the receiver recorded content can be paired to a receiver so that it can only be played back on that particular device content providers are able to put receivers out of operation after unauthorised changes to the operating system have been made be a user CI+ invariably decrypts only one event at a time it is not possible to decrypt two events simultaneously HD content can only be put out to HDCP compatible devices as well as the following most significant modifications: the datastream as received from the provider is decrypted by the CI+ module, but encrypted again immediately so that the data transmitted through a USB, Firewire or any other data interface is encrypted and therefore cannot be saved on DVD, for example. How should end users react to CI+? First and foremost the question is one of personal necessity. You dont receive pay TV or HDTV and have no intention of subscribing in future? In that case
you couldnt care less about CI+. Content that is currently free-to-air will most probably stay that way. Hardly a channel could afford changing completely from FTA to CI+ without causing uproar. It can be assumed that SD offerings will stay unencrypted, while new HD channels will happily implement the CI+ standard. So even if you are perfectly satisfied with your personal status quo, you may want to upgrade your equipment to HD standard in future, which is when you might be faced with CI+. Subscribers of pay TV need not waste too many thoughts on CI+, since they use provider-supplied set-top boxes in most cases anyway. Is an old CI receiver compatible with CI+? Is there any point in buying a non-CI+ receiver anymore? As mentioned above, CI+ is based on the conventional CI standard, which is why chances are many CI receivers can be upgraded to CI+ compatibility with new software. Some manufacturers even provide firmware updates to add CI+ to their receivers. We should not fail to emphasise that CI+ has absolutely nothing to with the encryption of the DVB datastream. Providers may select an encryption system of their choosing irrespective of whether or not they implement CI+. The same is true for DVB-S2, SVB-C2 or DVB-T2, all of which are independent of any CI+ features. This means that a CI+ receiver can handle all DVB formats depending on the built-in tuner(s). So whats the connection with HD+? HD+ is a subsidiary of European satellite operator SES Astra and focuses on marketing high-definition TV. The company is currently active only in Germany and is the legal successor of the
Provider HD+ Kabel Deutschland Caiway Delta Kabel Noord Ziggo UPC Nederland Boxer Com Hem Telednya Cablecom Top Up TV country Germany Germany Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Netherlands Sweden Sweden Turkey Switzerland Great Britain X X X X X X X
failed Entavio project, which had been launched initially by SES Astra as a new TV platform. At the moment, the HD+ platform carries the HD channels of major German commercial networks (RTL HD, RTL II HD, VOX HD, Pro7 HD, Sat.1 HD, Kabel1 HD) as well as special interest channels six HD and Sport1 HD. Austria and Switzerland are next on the expansion map of HD+ and will be covered shortly, while in future SES Astra hopes to offer HD+ in other countries as well. From a technical perspective, HD+ is mainly based on dedicated HD+ receivers with built-in smartcard reader. HD receivers that are compatible with CI+, may also be used for receiving HD+ channels. CI+ and HD+ are frequently mentioned in the same breath, even though all they really share is the + symbol in their names. What is true, however, is the fact that HD+ was one of the first major platforms to use CI+. However, features such as automatic channel list management and channel list updates (see Jaeger HD+ 2011 test report in TELE-satellite 12-01/2011) are HD+ features that have nothing to do with CI+.
In many cases, HDTV channels will select an encryption standard that blocks the distribution of received content. As CI+ is one such technology it will gain further ground in the HDTV segment. European viewers in particular will be forced to look at this topic one way or the other.
CI+ specifications: www.ci-plus.com/data/ ci-plus_specification_v1.2.pdf
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FEATURE
Tuner Secrets
a silicon tuner is a significant technological improvement that finds its way into nearly every new product in digital TV equipment
It is not only cheaper and much smaller but guarantees better performance if applied correctly - see our Feature Story in TELE-satellite 02-03/2011. Does this integrated circuit (which a silicon tuner in fact is) have innovative internal architecture that makes all this possible? Well, from the top level perspective, a silicon tuner has a rather typical front end architecture similar to a modern radio circuit. It is called the direct conversion or zero IF architecture and is quite popular especially in digital communication circuits. But, as usually, the devil is in the details. Lets take as an example the simplified architecture of the AT810 chip of company Abilis Systems - see Figure 1. AT810 is a terrestrial TV tuner compatible with DVB-T/T2, ISDB-T, CMMB and DTMB/GB 20600-2006 standards. The first stage of AT810 is a relatively low gain radio frequency (RF) amplifier followed by a tracking bandpass filter. The filter attenuates the interfering signals originating for example from GSM, or WiFi devices by about 60 dB. Thats a lot. The filter is automatically programmed by the on-board microprocessor depending on the currently selected TV channel. The RF amplifier, except for amplifying the signal by approximately 20 dB, provides additionally a loopthrough output what is very desirable in double tuner TV receivers. For the best performance of the TV tuner, this amplifier not only must have a very low noise coefficient but it must be able to handle large signals without entering into the non-linear region of its characteristics. Technical people say that such amplifier has a large dynamic range.
After the RF amplifier and the bandpass filter we have the essence of a direct conversion circuit: two balanced mixers fed with local oscillator signals of the same frequency but shifted by 90. It is sometimes said that those mixers are fed with sine and cosine signals because the cosine waveform is identical to the sine shifted by 90. The frequency of the local oscillator (LO) should be equal to the frequency of the received TV channel. In this way, at the outputs of the mixers, we get the modulating signal shifted in phase by 90. Such signals are called the I and Q vectors. The letters come from the In-phase and Quadrature terms. I and Q signals are then amplified and unwanted products of the signal conversion are removed in the low pass filters located in both signal paths. The filters need to be very sharp because otherwise we would get interference from the adjacent signals. After the filters, there are the amplifiers of variable gain that enable automatic gain control (AGC). Thanks to the AGC, both weak and strong input signals produce similar signal level at the output of AT810. If the signal is weak, the gain of the amplifiers is set high, and if the signal is strong, the gain is set low. Once we have I and Q signals, the next step is to convert them to digital form in analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). However, the ADCs are part of a digital signal processor not the part of a silicon tuner. Having digital-
ized I and Q vectors, we can do all the magic reserved for digital signal processing like: very good filtering, demodulation, moving from time domain to frequency domain (with the help of Fast Fourier Transform) and much more. Perhaps it will be a surprise for some of the readers to learn that with the digitalized I and Q signals, we can quite simply demodulate also analog TV signals (classical AM modulation). However, the very first step must be to achieve good quality I and Q signals. And this good quality was until recently posing real problems for the chip manufacturers. Except for having very good initial RF amplifier, we also need very good mixers. By very good, we again mean sub-circuits of high dynamic range. But thats not all. Both mixers and all the sub-circuits after them: amplifiers, low pass filters and AGC amplifiers must be identical in I and Q path. Even a small difference in gains or a small phase shift between them would ruin the performance of the direct conversion circuit. Such symmetry requires a very well controlled chip manufacturing process and is not so easy to achieve. Fortunately, the engineers from Abilis like their colleagues from a couple of other competitive companies succeeded in that. Thanks to them, the digital TV receiver designers got a new building blocks silicon tuners - that enable them to develop better, smaller and cheaper settop-boxes.
FEATURE
Satellite Technology
Jacek Pawlowski
Everybody who ever studied satellite charts with transponder data knows that the symbol rate of a transponder is one of its most important parameters. And thats not only because you need to know it to set the data in manual channel search in your receiver. Symbol rate directly affects the amount of useful data that can be transmitted via a transponder. The higher it is, the more data can be sent. More data means more TV and radio channels.
But can you exactly tell how many TV channels one can send through a transponder having a given symbol rate? Well, the exact answer is: no, we can not tell it with absolute exactness, but we can estimate the number of channels with reasonable accuracy. Why is that so? The main reason is: we can not say precisely how many bits per second will be needed for a given channel. Channel bit rate changes depending on how dynamic its content is. Moreover, the DVB standard allows the service providers to choose between different video resolutions and different MPEG compression levels. If you have a good satellite signal analyzer, you can check for yourself that SDTV channel have average bit rates ranging from 1.5 Mb/sec to 6 Mb/sec (peaking even to 7 Mb/sec). Of course, the quality of a channel transmitted with 1.5 or 2 Mb/sec is very poor the picture is foggy and sometimes you can notice compression artifacts. On the other hand, high quality SD channels like for example ZDF channel on ASTRA 19.2 E, have so good picture quality that when received with a set-top-box with an upscaler, you have the impression it is an HD channel. To achieve this, you need about 6 Mb/sec video bit rate. The majority of the channels with acceptable quality have 3.5-4 Mb/sec video bit rate. Because audio occupies usually 0.256 Mb/sec, one can assume that on the average 4 Mb/sec is need for a good (but not the best) quality SDTV channel. This is true for MPEG-2 compression which is still in use for the vast majority of SD channels. But what about HDTV channels? Well, they need much more bits per seconds. One can assume about 15-20 Mb/sec for a HD channel compressed with classical MPEG-2 but only 10 Mb/sec if more modern H.264 (MPEG-4) is used. More and more HD channels move from MPEG-2 compression to MPEG-4. You know, the bandwidth is costly... Once that we did the assumption on the required bit rate for an MPEG-2 SD channel and MPEH-4 HD channel (4 and 10 Mb/sec respectively), we can calculate how many channels one can send through a transponder of a given symbol rate. Except for the symbol rate, we need to take into account if it is DVB-S or DVB-S2 and what is the FEC value. The higher the FEC, the more efficient transmission, i.e. the higher usable bit rate for a given symbol rate. In the three graphs, you can see the relationship between transponder symbol rate, FEC
above, you will find that 4 HD channels are possible with this transponder. But what about DVB-S2? It becomes more and more popular. We prepared the third graph, this time only for the HD channels (but you can multiply the result by 2.5 to get the number of MPEG-2 SD channels). We have chosen only the most popular combinations of modulation type (QPSK/8PSK) and FEC values. Drawing all possible combinations would make the graphs completely unreadable. For the same exemplary symbol 30,0 rate 27.5 Ms/sec, we can use 8PSK modulation and FEC=3/4 in DVB-S2 to get the usable bit rate over 60 Mb/ sec what would enable us to transmit even 6 HD channels. However you should be aware that the 8PSK and high FEC values require higher power to guarantee the same noise margin at the end user reception system. So, only the transponder on a satellite capable of providing enough power from its solar panels can be used in 8PSK mode with high FEC value. Thats the physical limitation. In the old days of analog TV, one could precisely tell how many channels you can transmit in a given bandwidth, but not today. In a real world, you can see quite often a combination of HD/SD channels and TV/radio channels transmitted through the same transponder. Channels differ in bit rates (and in this way in quality), so there is no way to say precisely how many channels we can expect assuming given bandwidth.
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cOUNTRY REPORT
Satellite TV in Iran
Dishes in Iran
by A.G.
For preparing this report Ive interviewed more than 20 persons, who are dish installers, website and weblog owners, receiver and dish sellers and finally receiver servicemen. They all face many problems and we go this in a minute. In accordance to a decision by the Iranian government, selling, buying, installing, repairing and even the possession of satellite dishes are forbidden and against the law, but obviously there are many people in Iran, who watch satellite tv. In fact, the number of Iranians, who decide to use a satellite systems, has even rapidly increased.
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This is the 190cm mesh dish of Daryoush in Tehran/ Iran. He has pointed his dish to YAmAL at 90E and receives that satellites 47 tv channels. Daryoush uses a satellite receiver by Starsat, model X95. He uses a STRONG L972 LNB.
People in Iran use, sell, buy and even install dishes discreetly. They mostly set up dishes on roofs and balconies and hide the system, if its visible from the street. Legislators defined, that only Iranian telecommunication companies, the state-owned braodcaster IRIB, newspapers, banks, scientific and governmental associations are eligible to officially use satellite systems. But for common people, any type of transaction or possession of satellite reception equipment is forbidden and illegal. This is somehow even contradicting,
because Iran has a very active history of space activities: Oct 2005: a Russian rocket launches Irans first satellite SINA-1 Feb 2007: Iran announced it launched a rocket capable of reaching space Feb 2008: Iran launched a research rocket as part for satellite launch preparations Aug 2008: Iran launched a rocket capable of carrying satellite Feb 2009: Iran declares launch of its first home-built satellite So although the regime in Iran has
started some activities in the satellite world, it is still blocking channels and tries hard to prevent people from watching satellite tv. The Iranian government even so far and sat up large transmitters on high positions in various cities to disturb the transmission frequencies of Persian speaking satellite channels, mostly coming from Europe via HOTBIRD. All of the people I interviewed were 20 to 30 years old and only one of them was 45 year old. As they themselves said, they had entered the satel-
Dishes in Iran blend in with the color of the buildings and roofs
lite world in average between 2 to 12 years ago. Mohsen from Tehran said: I started with satellite installation, when I was only 10 years old. All my family members were interested in my work and were sitting, watching me working. Although satellite receivers are illegal in the country, they are still widely available. There are even a lot of satellite fans in Iran. Its an interesting point, that almost all of the interviewees have studied or are studying in courses which are not related to electronics or communication, for example some took courses such as accounting, agronomy and fishing, chemistry, English translation and so on. They simply got involved in satellite reception because of their strong interest in satellite channels. One of my interview partners was Milad, who was the youngest, 20 years old, and he said: I really love satellite. Another one, Mokhtar: I do it as an entertainment and have the love of doing this. As mentioned before, the government blocks Iranians access to foreign news and political networks such as the BBC Persian Service and the Voice of America (VOA). According to my survey, the least jamming takes place in the Markazi Province, whilst in Shiraz and Tehran the signal distortion is highest. Mehdi, an installer and a serviceman from Shiraz: These parasite signals are really annoying and they disable the receivers. Now a closer look at dish installers in Iran. On average, an installer does 5-6 dish installations or adjustments in a week. Mohsen from Lorestan, who is working in this field for 9 years since he turned 16 years old, said: I have 10 to 15 installations in a day. Almost all of the installers do their work and the dish adjusting as a hobby or fun. All of them said, they are crazy about satellite tv and also because in most Iranian families, the younger members have learned to setup their own satellite systems. Among those almost 20 persons I interviewed, only Davood from Arak and Mehdi from Shiraz do it as their first job - although it cannot be named as a formal job in Iran. According to Mehdis affirms: My life expenses can hardly be provided with this job. Davood claimed: Im married and our cost of living is not provided at all. After 12 years I cannot change my job. Only these two persons also were selling receivers, dishes and LNB. Milad from Khozestan said: My cousin works in a Oil Company, but he does installations as a second job. Its interesting that although he is an employee in a state-owned company, he does something against the governmental law and secretly installs dishes. The most favorite satellites in Iran, which the installers have been asked to install, are HOTBIRD (at 13.0 degrees East), EUTELSAT W3 (for BBC Persian), ARABSAT (at 26.0 E), TURKSAT (at 42.0 E), NILESAT (at 7.0 W), SIRISU and recently provincial channels on INTELSAT 902 (62.0 E) gained some friends. The brand of receivers people are using depends on each city, because there are different sources that distribute receivers, dishes and LNBs, so each city takes it from the nearest source. For example
in Markazi Province (Arak) most of the receivers are of the STARSAT brand. Esmail from Tehran: In capital cities like Tehran you can find many different brands of receivers such as ICLASS and HIGHVISION. Morteza from Lorestan: Before all the receivers were by STARSAT, but now more brands appear. About gaining new clients Amir said: Customers themselves find us. For example when they are satisfied with my work, they recommend me to their friends, families or neighbors. Milad from Khozestan: We dont need any kind of advertisement and even dont try for it. Yasin from Yazd: Im a student and install dishes for students for free. Ahmad said: I do it only for those who I know, like my families and close friends. In Tehran you can find both offset and prime dishes and some of them even mounted on a motor, but in smaller cities or far from a source to provide a receiver, dish or other equipment, people only use prime fixed dishes
(mostly 95cm in diameter) and hardly ever one finds an offset dish. In general, most dishes used in Iran are very simple and cheap metallic models, which are self-made in small workshops. The risk for the equipment to be confiscated or destroyed is too big, this is the reason why most people prefer not to spend too much money for their satellite system. The cost of installation in Iran, like the brand of receivers, is different in each city and even in each region of a city, but generally its from 5 U.S. Dollars up to 20 for setting up a satellite dish. So how does the equipment arrive in Iran? Alireza said: My cousin imports receivers and all whats needed from Dubai to the free zone in Kish Island and then brings them to Tehran to sell to others or use for his own installations. I heard this statement from several others too. Mokhtar from Kermanshah said: Here is a border region and we get all our equipment from the Baneh Border. Receivers are smuggled from Dubai and the Emirates to Kish
Island in Iran and even via the Soleimanieh Border in Iraq to Genaveh Port in Iran and then the equipment is brought to capital cities like Tehran, Esfahan and Shiraz and from there again spread to other cities. So you can only find wholesaler in these big cities, especially in Tehran. But all of them work in privacy and you never would find any LNB or any receivers brand in shop windows. Dishes in Iran are made in underground workshops or places, which manufacture pans especially in big cities such as Tehran, Shiraz, Esfahan. In recent years after Tehran, Shiraz has became one of the biggest sources where could find anything related to satellite in the Electronic Bazaar. The interesting point in this report is that almost all the interviewees have learned adjusting and installing satellite dishes from the Internet, including reading the Persian edition of TELE-satellite magazine. Besides the Internet, some of them had the help of a friend or family member skillful in this field.
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Milad: I have a cousin who is very professional in satellites. Alongside the Internet Ive learned what I know by the help of him. Mehdi from Shiraz who started this job when he was only 18, said about his competitors: In Shiraz you can find more than 10 wholesalers. There are a lot of installers in Shiraz maybe more than thousand, but I cant rank them. There isnt competition between us to gain clients, we all work together friendly. Milad from Khozestan: I can say that people who work in this state are the best, number one in Iran. When I asked Davood from Arak how many installers are in his city, he only laughed! I asked the installers, sellers and website owners, if they are under pressure or limitations by their families and what was thinkable here is that most of their parents are not aware or disagree with their activities in satellite tv. Alireza from Tehran is a young boy from a religious and famous family. His parents are not aware their son is a satellite installer. X from Esfahan said: I dont care what my parents say, in my view its an art. Amir from Kerman: My parents are well-known in my city and Ive not let them know that, although Im a student Im an installer too. Maybe it would be bad for their name in my city. There are a lot of sites and weblogs and even electronic magazines about satellite in Iran. Saeed from Esfahan who is editor of one of the best electronic magazines and weblog in Iran said: We are an eight-person group. I myself spend half of my day working and another half working on the satellite group completely for free. He continued: A strong feeling of love guides us through this way. When I asked his thoughts or ideas about the future of satellite tv in Iran he answered: The government should accept the reality and its better to leave them alone, who are active and interested in this field. Other interviewees said the same and most of them had a hopefull view about the future of satellite reception in Iran. Sadegh from Kerman: They will be forced to accept this situation which is out of control for lawmakers. It is obvious that police raids and fines have not stopped dishes
mehdi in Shiraz just installed this dish on a balcony, invisible from the street
springing up like mushrooms on the roofs of homes especially in the big cities. All of the website owners were complaining about filtering on the Iinternet. One of them said (for his security he asked me not to mention his name and website address): We were repeatedly threatened but still continue this way. Now we are a big group because after 4 years we have 140000 users. Another site owner said: The government has to accept our activities. To prevent backgtracking I always enter my website by a London IP so Ill never be arrested by the police. Davood from Arak said: At least once a year Im arrested by the police guard and have to pay different amounts of fines from 200 thousand Toman to 3 Million Toman. The amount of the fine is different in each city. Alireza from Esfahan: I was several times arrested, the police confiscated all my equipment and fined me more than the amount of all my materials. Saeed from Esfahan: They rushed into my house, seized and confiscated all my works equipments then penalized me. Recently a satellite TV station, Farsi 1, is pulling in Iranian viewers by showing soaps and sitcoms but has incensed the dissatisfaction of the clergymen and state television executives. Farsi 1 broadcasts popular Korean, Colombian and U.S. shows and also dubs them in our national language, Farsi, rather than using subtitles. Its popularity has increased since its launch in August last year. The stateowned Iran TV has reacted and started to produce more attractive TV programs, popular homegrown comedies and soaps to catch the viewers and avoid them watching Farsi 1. Officials acknowledge that they jam many foreign channels, but Farsi 1, which operates out of the Hong Kong-based headquarters of Star TV, is still receivable in Tehran. According to this research, unofficial reports and statistics, the number of satellite dishes in Iran is more than 8 millions. It can be estimated that around 85% of the population have access to satellite channels. This percentage is up to 95% in the southern and border regions. The increasing number of users has lowered the sensitivity of the officials and it seems that they unofficially decided to be more tolerant and patient against satellite reception in Iran.
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PENTHOUSE, HUSTLER LAUNCH 3D CHANNELS
Moldtelecom has selected Entones Amulet HD IPTV Receiver as part of preparations for the launch of HD content on its IPTV service. Entones Amulet IPTV Receivers offer modular DVR storage options via USB and eSATA ports, and support a range of content formats including MPEG-4 (AVC/H.264), MPEG-2, VC-1, DivX, Dolby Digital, Windows Media, and MP3.
Adult programmers Penthouse and Hustler have launched 3D TV channels in Europe. Penthouse 3D is available on Astra satellite platform, airing from 23.00 to 05.00, and has already signed its first carriage deal with French IPTV platform Free. For its part, Hustler uses the Hotbird satellite and discussions are underway for carriage agreements.
Eredivisie Live has migrated to HD for the 2010/2011 season and the broadcasters new play-out center uses Grass Valley K2 Summit media servers. Alongside the Dutch Premier League domestic games it also has rights to key matches from international competitions such as the UEFA Europa League and English FA Cup.
Sony and the All England Lawn Tennis Club announced a multiyear partnership to bring Wimbledon to 3D-ready digital cinemas around the world. The live 3D production, in partnership with Wimbledon host broadcaster BBC, also will be offered to broadcasters. Sony will work with SuperVision Media, its theatrical distribution partner.
BBC CAUTIOUS ON 3D TV
YLE, MTV3 and Nelonen will start national HD broadcasts, after the Finnish Government granted licences in three new multiplexes. Multiplex VHF C will carry two HD channels: Canal+Series HD and 4 Pro 2 HD, Multiplex F will host Discovery HD Showcase, Eurosport HD, MTV3 HD, Nelonen HD, while Yleisradio Oy has reserved capacity for HD broadcasts on one channel. All of the operating licences are valid until 31 December 2016.
The BBC is playing it cautiously over the implementation of stereoscopic 3D technology according to a recent report. The March version of the BBCs technology plan has shown that while trials are set to continue with the new format, it will not be investing in programme making for the time being. However the report does not rule out a more comprehensive strategy next year.
From their rollout in April 2010 until the end of that year, some 200,000 3-D TV sets were sold in Germany and GfK predicts that sales will rise by 500 percent to one million sets in 2011. It expects the national market to approach 10 million TV sets in the long term. However, only 200,000 pairs of the special glasses needed to watch films in 3-D were sold along with the 200,000 TV sets.
n is boosting its channel line-up as the platform is aiming to reach more than 30 HD channels before the end of the year. The latest addition to the HD line-up was National Geographic Channel HD, bringing the total to 26 HD channels.
Sky has launched a new midrange set top box aimed at customers wanting to watch HDTV in more than one room. When taken with Skys HD pack, the new Sky HD box gives customers access to the same line-up of more than 50 HD channels, including Sky Atlantic HD, BBC One HD and Sky Sports 1 HD. The receiver completes Skys HD product line-up, alongside the standard Sky+ HD box and the 1 TB receiver.
SES ASTRA has teamed up with Deutsche Telekom to combine the satellite TV and IPTV service Entertain. The offer will include all FTA channels in SD and HD, including HD+ as well as the typical Entertain services like VOD, a TV archive and an EPG. Entertain Sat also comprises time shift functions and HD recording with 500 GB memory.
Sony Entertainment Television has launched on Meo in the HD version. The channel is available in the Basic package for IPTV (ADSL and Fibre Optic) customers. With the arrival of Sony TV HD, Meo will have a total of 17 HD channels.
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CANADA VIDEOTRON BOOSTS HD LINE-UP WITH OWN, CNN
The Walt Disney Company Germany has signed an agreement with Vodafone for the countrys first ABC TV On Demand. This is one of the first ABC TV On Demand services available outside the U.S. The VOD offering includes a selection of ABC series, kids and family channels Disney XD and Playhouse Disney, as well as access to Disney film classics.
Starmax HD is using content management and transmission services from GlobeCast for aggregation, encryption and delivery of its full channel line-up. The service includes fibre contribution from several countries, reception of SD and HD channels at the companys Sainte Assise Teleport in France, and signal compression in MPEG-4. Starmax HD offers a prepaid package without requiring a subscription or minimum sign-up period and uses STBs from Ferguson and access cards from Conax.
Videotron has added two more HD channels Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) and CNN to its digital TV service. With these additions, illico TV now boasts a selection of programming on nearly 400 channels, and the largest selection of HD content. The new HD channels are available everywhere in Videotrons service area except Gatineau/Rockland.
About 15 million 3DTVs will be in homes across the United States by the end of 2012, a study released today by Futuresource Consulting claims. The growth of 3DTV adoption will rely upon the availabil-
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ity of 3D content, Futuresource says, adding that 11 3D services, 2 3D channels, and 6 VOD offerings were available to customers at the end of 2010.
Paul Bunyan Communications has added six more networks in HD to Paul Bunyan Television HD service. The networks added to PBTV HD service include MTV, Comedy Central, VH1, Spike, Nickelodeon and CMT. There is no change in the cost to receive PBTV HD service, which now has more than 30 channels available.
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IPTV TO ACCOUNT FOR 12.1% OF HD SUBSCRIBERS IN 2015
According to consultancy Dataxis NexTV, in 2010 IPTV accounted for 4% of the total volume of HDTV subscribers in Latin America and this figure should grow to 12.1% by 2015. Driving growth in IPTV is going to the large operators like Telmex Mexico, Telefnica Chile and GVT Brazil. Dataxis NexTV forecasts that HDTV subscribers could reach 16.5 million in 2015, representing 22.7% of the total pay-TV subscriber base compared with 5.4% in 2005. Brazil, Mexico and Argentina will account for 79% of those HD subscribers. However, Brazil, Chile and Colombia are seeing the highest HDTV penetration rates.
AT&T has added FOX Soccer Plus HD to the U-verse TV channel line-up for $15 per month. AT&T U-verse TV includes access to more than 155 HD channels and growing.
EchoStar Europe has supplied a HD set-top box to support Telefonica Movistar HD service that allows users to watch up to 1000 channels including HD services. The twin-tuner HDS-600 ships with software that enables the consumer to upgrade to DVR using an external USB hard disk drive.
RFD HD is now available at no additional cost to all DISH Network customers who subscribe to the Americas Top 200 programming package or above. RFD-TV serves rural America with a 24-hour schedule of original and family-oriented programs that cover the rural way of life, including agriculture, equine, music and entertainment.
Verizon has added BET HD for its FiOS TV customers, providing hit music, entertainment and news programming geared toward the African-
Via Embratel has expanded its offering of HD channels. ESPN HD and Telecine Action HD were incorporated into the operators HD package free of charge. The new channels com-
Videocon d2h has launched Indias first HD DVR with 3D. The main features include recording up to 200 hours, 16:9 aspect ratio, 5x digital picture quality and HD Digital sound. The newly added HD channels are Discovery HD, NGC HD, Movies Now HD, Travel XP, HD Active Music, HD d2h Movies, Baby TV, Spacetoon, FX, Fox Crime, Big CBS Prime, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo, NGC Wild, NGC Adventure and NGC Music.
the total number of HD channels on DStv to six: three SuperSport HD channels, M-Net HD, M-Net Movies 1 HD and Discovery HD Showcase.
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GLOBAL HDTV SUBSCRIBERS TO TOTAL 225 MILLION IN 2011
The number of pay-TV customers worldwide with subscriptions to HDTV services is expected to reach 225 million this year, according to ABI Research. There were 704 million pay-TV subscribers globally as of the end of 2010, an increase of 56 million from the previous year.
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AUSTRALIA TEN NETWORK LAUNCHES ONE HD
The Ten Network launched its HD sports channel One, with general entertainment programming set to take over its schedule from May. One HD is targeted to a male audience, with a mixture of drama, HD movies and documentaries, as well as premium sport.
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SOUTH AFRICA DSTV LAUNCHES THIRD SUPERSPORT HD CHANNEL
DSTV has launched its third HD sports channel, in addition to the two existing SuperSport HD channels. SS HD3 airs 24-hour English Premier League channel, with a limited amount of programming in SD. The addition of SS HD3 brings
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T-Hrvatski Telekom had reached 297,496 subscribers for its IPTV service MAXtv by the end of 2010, up 26.1% from one year previously. Growth was driven by continuing promotions and attractive content packages, including new films and HBO programming, and the launch of a Sports package.
the companys Vodafone TV Center box. The service allows customers to receive analogue cable and digital satellite channels alongside Vodafone TVs IPTV offering, Videothek, available over its DSL network. The starter package offers 50 TV channels plus 12 HD channels.
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AUSTRIA TELEKOM AUSTRIA IPTV SUBSCRIBERS UP 50%
Telekom Austria had reached over 151,000 subscribers for its IPTV service aonTV by the end of 2010, up more than 50% from one year previously. Thanks to agreement with On Demand Deutschland, aonTV subscribers will be able to watch 3D versions of blockbusters whenever they want and with complete time-shifting capabilities.
SFR has enhanced its app for iOS and Android smart phones and tablets by enabling its IPTV subscribers to watch over 120 live TV channels on their mobile devices. The app also allows users to consult their full EPG, schedule recordings remotely, set reminders, and browse the VOD library. SFR has also boosted its on-demand library of 3D content.
Deutsche Telekom reports that it had sold 1.6 million subscriptions to its IPTV service T-Home Entertain by the end of 2010. Total active IPTV subscriptions in Germany had reached 1.156 million by the end of last year, up from 1.042 million one year previously. The operator had also reached 654,000 active IPTV subscribers in other European markets by the end of 2010.
France Telecom reached 3.505 million customers for its pay-TV services (delivered by IPTV and satellite) at the end of 2010, up 27% year-onyear. The Orange IPTV service recently added a new top-tier channel package, new information services, and launched a new application which can stream content from Orange cinma series to a variety of screens including Android devices.
CTC Media has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute the CTC-International channel via the Kartina TV IPTV network, with a one-year right to sublicense it to other IPTV networks across European territories.
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access to social networks. Since 2010, Crnogorski Telekom is the pay-TV market leader, with a 38 percent market share (42,8000 subscribers).
Vodafone Iceland has selected Amino Communications HD set-top boxes for the next phase of its IPTV service rollout. The operator will deploy a number of Amino A140 SD/ HD STBs as part of a service upgrade of its IPTV service which offers TVoD, Catch-up and 100 TV channels to over 25,000 customers.
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MOLDTELECOM SELECTS MIDDLEWARE FROM MINERVA Moldtelecom has started scaling up its IPTV service using middleware from Minerva Networks, delivering the service to tens of thousands of subscribers. The operator offers two basic packages and one thematic package for adults. It also recently added an HD package to its content line-up.
KPN more than doubled the customer base for its IPTV service Interactieve TV last year to reach 302,000 subscribers by December 2010, compared to 106,000 one year previously. An estimated 80% of Dutch households are now covered, while around 69% of Dutch households are capable of receiving its HD IPTV service.
Accenture is providing a solution for Mediaset, enabling the broadcaster to provide Over-theTop services for TV, PC and other devices as part of the Mediaset Premium offer. Customers will be able to access linear content and nonlinear services such as Catch-up TV, VOD and Virtual Linear Channels on the TV set. Premium Net TV will offer over 1,000 different types of
Crnogorski Telekom introduced a new software solution for its IPTV platform Extra TV. The solution is based on one of the newest version of the Microsoft Mediaroom software, with new features including the addition of favourite channels in real time, the scheduling of recordings, as well as
Portugal Telecom has enabled subscribers of its IPTV service Meo to pay for VOD with pre-pay cards. The cards have a value of EUR 5 or EUR 10, valid for a three-month period. Portugal Telecom had reached 830,000 Meo
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subscribers by the end of 2010, having added 249,000 customers in the 12-month period.
ABC TV On Demand has launched in Portugal through subscription VoD operator Zon. Some 500 ABC shows, including Greys Anatomy, Desperate Housewives and Lost, will be available with new content added each month. Zon customers with subscriptions to its Filmes e Sries Ilimitado on Videoclube package can now access the ABC service for EUR 10 per month.
one 3D channel, as well as a range of ondemand content in SD, HD and 3D. In the near future, Uralsvyazinform is expected to introduce over-the-top (OTT) access to Utel.TV from PCs, iPhones, iPads and Android-based devices.
Imagenio will offer both the SD and HD versions of Sundance Channel on demand.
TV3 has chosen to deploy Anevias IPTV gateways for use within its broadcasting facilities. Anevia IPTV gateways receive live TV broadcasts in DVB and analogue formats and streams them over an IP network.
NTV-Plus has partnered with SmartLabs to jointly deliver a new IPTV service aimed at Russian broadband operators. SmartLabs will provide customers with client applications and a centralised management system for IPTV services and resources, while NTV-Plus will provide them with access to premium TV content.
Dreampark is providing its TV middleware solution to Faroese Telecom in the Faroe Islands as well as to Finlands Alcom. The Finnish operator is swapping out a competitors middleware solution and replacing it with the Dreampark Dreamgallery middleware. Meanwhile, Motorola Mobility has signed an agreement to acquire Dreampark and the acquisition should be closed before the 2Q 2011.
Swisscom had reached 421,000 subscribers for its IPTV service Swisscom TV by the end of 2010, up 81.5% from one year previously, having added 63,000 new customers in the last quarter alone.
Outdoor Channel has launched on TeliaSoneras IPTV platform in Sweden and Finland, with upcoming launches planned for Norway and Denmark. The deal is part of a joint venture between Chello Zone and the Outdoor Channel announced last year.
TTNET has launched its IPTV service, Tivibu Ev, following the launch of the Web TV service one year ago. A mobile version, Tivibu Cep, will be available in the 2Q 2011. On Demand Group is TTNETs international VOD content management partner.
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CANADA TELUS ADDS 48,000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS IN 4Q 2010
Uralsvyazinform has upgraded its IPTV platform using an end-to-end solution from Moscow firm SmartLabs. The Utel.TV IPTV service currently offers 96 SD channels, five HD channels and
Telefonica has reached a total of 788,000 IPTV customers by the end of 2010, giving it a 19% market share of the Spanish pay-TV market. The Movistar Imagenio service is adding Sundance Channel Global to its channel line-up on June 1. Additionally, Movistar
Telus had reached 314,000 IPTV subscribers by the end of 2010, up 85% from one year previously.
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The strong gains are attributed to the launch of its Optik TV brand in June, the introduction of OVR Anywhere, and expanded broadband coverage. At the end of 2010, there were an estimated 2.1 million homes within its IPTV-capable footprint.
The IP&TV World Forum has honoured AT&T with an Industry Award for AT&T U-verse TV. The award was for the Best Multiscreen TV Service and the operator was also nominated as a finalist in the Best IPTV, Hybrid or Connected TV Service Growth Achievement category.
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BONAIRE TELBO SELECTS AMINO IPTV SET-TOP-BOXES
Colba.Net will proceed to launch in 2011 its new IPTV service, following a recent decision by the CRTC approving the application by Colba.Net for a broadcasting license. Colba.net footprint currently covers approximately 400,000 households over the Island of Montreal. At launch, the new IPTV service will offer several HD channels.
Telefonia Bonairiano (Telbo) has selected Aminos A140 HD next generation IPTV set-top boxes for the deployment of HDTV services. Aminos A140, an MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 HD set-top box, is based on the latest STi7105 System on Chip solutions and was launched in mid-2010.
Minerva Networks has scored a deal with Salisbury (North Carolina) to deliver broadcast TV, VOD and Internet TV to 10,000 subscribers in conjunction with the city-owned Fibrant FTTH service provider. The new TV services include HDTV, whole-home digital video recording (WHDVR), VOD and Internet TV.
Univision has signed a multi-year agreement with Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific under which some of the latters premium channels will be added to its IPTV service. The channels include CNN International, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and truTV. Univisions IPTV service offers a core package of 70 linear channels for USD 9 per month, as well as VOD.
AFRICA
EGYPT EAMS CHOOSES LATENS, DREAMPARK CAS FOR IPTV PLATORM
EAMS has chosen Latens software-only Conditional Access System (CAS) to protect its Satellite IPTV delivery system. The EAMS Ecosystem will consist of Latens CAS, plus other system components. EAMS plans to offer HD/SD linear TV, PPV, and VOD services using satellite delivery of content via Nilesat to 50 regional head ends. The IPTV operator has also chosen the Dreampark Dreamgallery Middleware.
WORLD
GLOBAL IPTV SUBSCRIBERS TO REACH 70 MILLION IN 2015
Subscriber growth in China, Latin America and Eastern Europe will help double the number of IPTV subscribers worldwide to 70 million by 2015, according to a report from IMS Research. The market, which currently stands at 36.5 million, will see a slowing of growth in Western Europe as that market reaches the saturation point. Only China is expected to see continued strong growth.
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