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Dear Readers,
Once again we are introducing satellite signal analyzers in this but for me it doesn’t look like this will be the future considering the
issue of TELE-satellite. Each device is wonderfully designed and consistently increasing number of people who are watching TV via
full of features that we wouldn’t have thought possible just a few tablet and i-pad computers. I believe that at some point Internet
years ago. Nevertheless, they are compact and affordable. Why TV will be receivable via mobile frequencies and I don’t mean
is the signal analyzer market taking off like this all of a sudden? mobile TV like DVB-H, rather IPTV or WebTV via mobile Internet
Obviously there’s a demand for these analyzers otherwise so many links. That the technology to transmit TV channels is continuously
of them wouldn’t be available. expanding to include different paths, it’s becoming clear that a
universal TV signal analyzer that truly covers every possible range
Another reason is that today it’s possible to manufacture signal would be a new market segment. For those who sell and install
analyzers in smaller numbers for a niche market like satellite reception systems for customers, the signal analyzer is the tool
installers. And wouldn’t you know, this niche market mushroom used to identify what can and cannot be received at a customer
clouds into an exceptionally large market since today almost every site.
satellite TV viewer has their own signal analyzer. If you can provide
an attractive product at an attractive price to a niche segment, it The signal analyzer market is not by any means exhausted, rather,
will eventually transform into a market. it expands automatically whenever a new frequency range is used
to transmit TV channels. If you want to keep up to speed on what’s
Are there additional niches in the signal analyzer market or has it going on, you’ll need a corresponding signal analyzer.
gone as far as it can? I personally would like to use a signal analyzer
that in addition to showing me all the satellite channel frequencies,
terrestrial digital transponders and cable specific parameters would
also show me the WLAN frequencies. The latter is already available
and TELE-satellite has already reported on this. But what about Sincerely,
mobile telephone frequencies? When will a signal analyzer be able
to measure the receivable frequency range, what the field strength
is and how high the data transfer rate could be?

More and more people don’t even use a hard-wired telephone
anymore; they prefer instead to use their mobile telephones. Up
Alexander Wiese
until now, IPTV was meant to be used with fixed DSL connections, TELE-satellite Editor-in-Chief

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EDITORIAL on the Internet Opinion

Download editorial in German
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1107/deu/editorial.pdf
te zu einem attraktiven Preis
für eine Nische, dann wird da-
raus ein Markt.
Gibt es noch weitere Ni-
schen im Messgerätemarkt
oder ist das Thema langsam
ausgereizt? Was ich persön-
lich gerne benutzen würde, ist
ein Messgerät, das mir neben
all den Frequenzen für den
Empfang der Satellitenpro-
gramme, der terrestrischen
Liebe Leser, wieder stel- Digitaltransponder und der
len wir Ihnen in dieser TELE- kabelspezifischen Parameter
satellite Ausgabe Satelliten auch die WLAN-Frequenzen
Messgeräte vor. Jedes Ge- anzeigt - letzteres gibt es üb-
rät für sich eine wunderbare rigens schon und TELE-satel-
Entwicklung und voller Fea- lite hatte darüber bereits be-
tures, die noch vor ein paar richtet. Aber was ist mit den
Jahren undenkbar schienen, Mobilfunkfrequenzen? Wann
jedenfalls in dieser kompak- kann ich mit einem Messgerät
ten Fülle und das zu einem selbst messen, welche Fre-
erschwinglichen Preis. Wie quenzbereiche empfangbar
kommt es, dass es gerade auf sind, mit welcher Feldstärke
dem Messgerätemarkt regel- und wie hoch die mögliche
recht boomt? Eine Nachfrage Datenrate sein wird?
nach den Messgerät besteht Denn immer mehr Men- biles TV wie DVB-H, sondern weiligen Kunden möglich ist
ja, sonst würden nicht soviele schen verfügen gar nicht IPTV oder WebTV über mobile und was nicht.
Geräte entwickelt und ange- mehr über einen telefonischen Internet Datenverbindungen. Der Markt für Messgeräte ist
boten werden. Festanschluß, sondern benut- Da sich alle diese Techni- noch lange nicht ausgeschöpft
Ein anderer Grund ist, dass zen nur noch ihre Mobilfunk- ken, um TV-Programme aus- und erweitert sich schon
es heutzutage auch schon bei geräte. Bislang ist IPTV vor zusenden, immer mehr verwi- deshalb automatisch immer
relativ geringen Stückzahlen allem für feste DSL Anschlüs-
schen und über verschiedene weiter, weil immer mehr Fre-
möglich ist, sehr spezielle Pro- se ausgelegt, aber es sieht für
Wege verbreitet werden, ist quenzbreiche hinzukommen,
dukte wie Messgeräte für eine mich nicht danach aus, als ob
ein universelles TV-Messgerät die für die Ausstrahlung von
bestimmte Nische wie Satel- dies wirklich die Zukunft in ei-
ner Welt ist, in der die Men- für wirklich ALLE Bereiche TV-Programmen genutzt wer-
liteninstallateure herzustel-
schen anfangen, über Tablet eine neue Marktlücke. Für den. Wer hier den Überblick
len. Und siehe da, aus einem
ursprünglichen Nischenmarkt und Pad-Computer TV zu se- denjenigen, der den End- behalten will, braucht die pas-
entwickelt sich ein richtig gro- hen. Für mich sieht es eher kunden die Empfangsgeräte senden Messgeräte.
ßer Markt, denn heute hat ja danach aus, dass das Inter- verkauft und installiert, sind Das meint
schon fast jeder Satellitenzu- net-TV über die mobilen Fre- Messgeräte das Arbeitswerk- Ihr Alexander Wiese
schauer ein eigenes Messge- quenzen empfangen werden zeug, um überhaupt feststel- TELE-satellite
rät. Gibt es attraktive Produk- wird und ich meine nicht mo- len zu können, was beim je- Chefredakteur

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CONTENT

INPAx x-9100 LINux PVR
HDTV Satellite Receiver
with PVR .................................. 16

8DTEk DSM
GIfTED
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TEVII S480
PCI-e card for
TV & Radio
Reception with two
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SATCATCHER
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AWARD Winning:
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Company Report:
Signal Analyzer Manufacturer
DEVISER, China ............................ 112

Company Report:
Receiver Manufacturer Company Overview: Country Report:
AMIKO, Hungary............................ 128 Best Digital TV Companies Satellite TV in Iran ......................... 186
of the World.................................. 158
Company Report: News:
Dish and Receiver Manufacturer feature: HDTV & 3D Programmes ................. 194
BYA, Algeria .................................. 144 HDTV Copyright Management .......... 174
DTT of the World ........................ 204
Company Report: feature: Tuner Secrets .................. 180
The Smallest Satellite Dealer TELE-satellite Magazine
in Moscow, Russia.......................... 156 feature: Satellite Technology ......... 182 Worldwide .................................. 208

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8DTEK ........................................... China .................. 47 JAEGER ......................................... Germany ...........121
ABC-BIZNIS .................................. Slovakia ............. 75 JIUZHOU ....................................... China .................212
AB-COM......................................... Slovakia .........28-29 KARMACOM ................................... Hungary ............. 73
AB-COM......................................... Slovakia ........ 60-61 MFC ............................................... USA ...................187
ALUOSAT ....................................... China .................101 MICO ............................................. China .................. 83
AMIKO ........................................... Hungary ............. 73 MOTECK ........................................ Taiwan...............189
ANDREAWEB ................................. Germany ...........197
NABSHOW 2012 ............................ USA ...................177
AZBOX ........................................... Portugal ............211
OIPF .............................................. Sweden ............ 200
AZURE SHINE ................................ Taiwan...............183
BEIJING TOPREAL ......................... China .................117 OPENSAT ....................................... Portugal ............211
BOIINGSAT ................................... China .................. 55 OPENSAT ....................................... Slovakia ............. 75
BOMARE ........................................ Algeria ..............125 PANODIC ....................................... China .................. 83
BOXSAM ........................................ China .................. 33 PYCH ............................................. Poland ...............189
BYA ELECTRONIC .......................... Algeria ..............201 PREVAIL ........................................ China ..............42-43
CARDATTACK................................. Germany ...........183 QIAOHUA ...................................... China .................. 77
CAPER 2011 .................................. Argentina ..........155 ROGETECH .................................... China .................203
CATV ............................................. Croatia ..............185 SATBEAMS ..................................... Belgium .............202
CES 2012 ....................................... USA ...................147 SATCATCHER ................................. UK ...................... 23
CHINA BROADCASTING ................ China .................196 SATELLITE GUYS ........................... USA ...................198
CHINA SATELLITE 2011 ................ China .................141 SATFINDER ................................... Germany ...........197
CLONE+ ......................................... Poland ...............189 SBTVD ........................................... Brasil.................185
CMOS ............................................ Korea ................... 7
SCAT INDIA 2011 .......................... India .................145
CNBROADCASTING ....................... China .................196
COMMUNICASIA 2011 ................... Singapore ..........135 SCHOTT ......................................... Germany ...........199
CONVERGENCE INDIA 2012 .......... India .................110 SEN5 ............................................. China .................. 47
CYNEXTRA .................................... Germany ............ 21 SET 2011 ....................................... Brasil.................179
DEVISER ....................................... China .................. 57 SHENZHEN SKYWORTH ................. China .................... 9
DIGITAL TELEMEDIA ..................... China .................212 SICHUAN JIUZHOU........................ China .................212
DISHPOINTER ............................... UK .....................199 SICHUAN VIDEO ELECTRONIC ...... China .................. 89
DOEBIS ......................................... Germany ........ 14-15 SKYWORTH ................................... China .................... 9
DOEBIS-JAEGER ............................ Germany ...........121 SMARTWI ...................................... Denmark ...........111
FULAN ELECTRONICS .................... China .................... 5 SOWELL......................................... China .................. 39
GLOBALINVACOM .......................... UK ...................... 37 SPAUN ........................................... Germany ............ 67
GLOBALSAT ................................... China .................. 51 STREAM......................................... Algeria ..............125
GOLDENMEDIA .............................. Germany ............ 21 SVEC ............................................. China .................. 89
GOOSAT......................................... China .................. 51
TEHNICB ....................................... Romania ............195
HANGZHOU PREVAIL..................... China ..............42-43
TENOW .......................................... China .................. 69
HORIZON ...................................... UK .....................131
HUBER+SUHNER ........................... Switzerland .......... 2 TEVII ............................................ Taiwan...............187
IBC 2011 ....................................... UK ..............137, 153 TOPREAL ....................................... China .................117
ICECRYPT ...................................... UK ........................ 4 TOOWAY ........................................ Germany ...........199
ICLASS .......................................... Korea ................. 11 TRIMAX ......................................... China .................195
INFINITY ...................................... Croatia ..............185 TURBOSAT..................................... UK ....................... 4
INPAX ........................................... Turkey ...............115 ZHEJIANG BOXSAM ....................... China .................. 33

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TEST REPORT HDTV Linux Receiver
该独家报道由技术专家所作

Inpax X-9100
Linux PVR

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• impossible not to like this little box
• very fast boot time thanks to a smaller Linux
version
• runs very stable - we were not able to crash it
• includes large on-screen satellite meter
• sophisticated blindscan

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TEST REPORT HDTV Linux Receiver

Turkish Delight
A high-definition Linux-based
PVR promising a number of
interesting features, all housed in
a tiny case. can it be possible?
Hailing from Istanbul, Tur- display displays the cur- channels except those that Scart or composite video,
key, the X-9100 PVR from rent channel number, or the are tied to an individual whilst there are stereo au-
INPAX is quite a surprise. clock in standby. receiver. This was quite a dio outputs plus S/PDIF. For
The little black box meas- surprise. The card slot is connection to the outside
ures just 26cm across, A flap on the right-hand the only conditional access world there’s an Ethernet
19cm deep and 4cm high side conceals a USB port option: there is nowhere to LAN port and an RS232 port.
and comes in a stylish shiny and a single smart card slot add a CAM.
black case with a minimalist which seems to be able to A cold start of the re-
appearance. There are just read a variety of cards – it At the back, the anten- ceiver doesn’t take as long
three buttons on the front even accepted my Sky Digi- na input and loop-through as might be expected from
panel: Standby, channel up tal card and allowed me to serve the single tuner. Video a Linux-based receiver, tak-
and channel down. An LED view all my subscription options are limited to HDMI, ing around 45 seconds from

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flicking the switch for a pic- the planet are pre-pro- display everything. The red to toggle between RGB and
ture to appear on screen. grammed into the receiver button can be used to filter CVBS.
This is one of the surprises and these can be edited and the list further by limiting
that come from the X-9100 deleted as required. New the satellites shown in the There is one special fea-
utilising a much smaller, satellites can be added as list. An A-Z function is also ture in the menus where
embedded version of Linux required by simply specify- available, which filters the Inpax must however be con-
than the more complex ver- ing the orbital position. If list by the first letter of the gratulated. An option exists
sions we’ve seen in the past. you are setting your own channel name, but doesn’t to store the sound volume
dish up, you’ll be pleased to sort it further than this – so setting for each channel in-
Those who might be see the inclusion of a large Azerbaijan TV would still ap- dividually. This is the perfect
daunted at the prospect of on-screen signal meter pear ahead of Aastha TV if answer to that all-too-com-
setting up a Linux receiver function to help you find a this was their order in the mon situation of changing
need not worry too much. good signal. default list – this I found just channel from an overly quiet
The options and menu sys- a little confusing. Dedicated one to one of those that has
tem are no more complicat- Scanning satellites is fast page up and down buttons the sound cranked up so loud
ed than those of a standard compared to some other on the remote help to speed that your neighbours will be
receiver. USALS is support- Linux-based receivers. For navigation of this and other banging on the wall within
ed to enable easy setup of viewers of Canal Digitaal, TV lists around the menus. no time. Of course, if only
a DiSEqC motor, with the Vlaanderen or UPC Direct on audio levels could be regu-
added bonus of some ma- ASTRA 1, a special fast scan The remote itself is a lated to avoid this situation,
jor cities already being pro- function is available. For standard, generic feeling such a function wouldn’t be
grammed into the receiver’s the rest of us, a standard model, not helped by the needed. But that is unlikely
memory. scan zips across the satel- occasional occurrence of the to happen anytime soon and
lite spectrum in good time. pressed button repeating very likely never, so in the
A wide range of LNB set- A scan across Astra 2 took your previous action rather meantime: thank you Inpax
tings are included, and four minutes to scan the 90 than the one you were ex- for thinking of this.
as the receiver is of Turk- stored frequencies. pecting. Another rather
ish origin, special settings strange quirk is that the or- The channel editing func-
for DIGITURK are even in- A very welcome addition is der of the coloured function tions are limited to deletion,
cluded. If none of them suit a blind scan option, so that buttons is different from the moving, and renaming. The
your system the LNB’s fre- any frequencies not already normal red-green-yellow- sometimes important abil-
quencies can also be held in the transponder list blue sequence. I didn’t even ity to edit PIDs is missing,
specified manu- can be found. This works a know that this order has for example. There are eight
ally. DiSEqC is little differently than others been burned into my brain preset favourites lists. Their
supported from we’ve seen in the past. First, from the use and testing names are quite strange,
version 1.0 to the entire frequency spec- of so many receivers over with the first few letters
1.3 to ensure trum is scanned, adding any the years, but I proved that missing. But it’s easy to cor-
that just about newly-found frequencies to it is by pressing blue when rect this by simply adding
any motor or the stored transponder list. I thought I was pressing a new favorite and giving it
switching setup After this, the regular scan green several times. whatever name you want.
will be support- kicks in, scanning the new The yellow button in the FAV
ed. frequencies alongside those The remote is kept simple, menue will create a new fa-
previously stored. This adds and there are no buttons vorite list.
71 satellites some time to the scanning for selecting the correct as-
from around process, 2,5 minutes were pect ratio, or screen reso- There is no room inside the
taken to find and add an lution, but these options tiny case for a hard drive,
extra eight transponders to can be found inside the re- recordings have to be made
the list, then another 4:15 ceiver’s settings menus. onto a USB device plugged
to scan them all. The blind Most important options are into the front socket. Record-
scan isn’t ideal for feed- found here, including to se- ings can be started directly
hunting however, as there is lect between RGB or CVBS from the remote’s record
no ability to scan a portion from the Scart port. To ac- button or from a timer event
of the frequency band. cess the latter option select that can be set manually or
HDMI mode 5761 and push from the EPG. The 9100’s
Channels are accessed volume buttons up or down EPG is quite usable, and
from a channel list similar to
those on most other receiv-
ers. The left and right but-
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Inpax X-9100 Linux PVR between FTA-only, HD and
A competent good-looking black box with
full range of functions encrypted channels, plus of
course there is the option to


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4 can be switched between a channel at the desired time,
one and seven-day version. and there’s also a choice
It’s a bit strange though in to switch off after the re-
that the grid display only fills cording has finished. While
a quarter of the screen, so a recording is in progress,
it’s not the easiest to quickly the channel list is restrict-
see what is scheduled more ed only to channels on the
than an hour or two into the transponder being received
future. so there’s no chance of lost
The event timer is also of recordings or receiver melt-
a standard type, with some down.
repeating options including
Monday to Friday and week- It’s worth noting at this
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ends only. The receiver can point that the manual warns
be set to either record or that while the theoretical
just switch to the selected hard drive size limit is four
partitions totalling 2 tera-
1. Blind scan bytes (which I think even I
2. channel list may have trouble filling up),
3. EPG it is not recommended to
4. Favourites editing use partitions greater than
5. File browser
120 gigabytes.
6. FTP client
7. multi picture-in-picture
Recording and playback
8. Recorded programme
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problems noted – even 9
when recording HD channels
to a USB stick. My experi-
ence with Linux receivers
has been mixed in the past.
I remember too well some
important timer recordings
that never even started
because the receiver had
crashed hours earlier, still
displaying its equivalent of
the Windows hourglass and
a frozen picture of the last- 10
received channel. Despite
my best efforts to confuse
and confound the little box,
I wasn’t able to crash it at
all, even when recording.

As recordings are stored
on a USB device, it’s easy to
access them on a PC. Anoth-
er “well done” goes to Inpax
here – the settings menu
gives a choice of recording 9. The embedded Linux’s web
format between .MPG and interface 11
.TS files, a welcome extra 10. Satellite scan
choice that could be very 11. Signal meter
12. Telnet into the receiver
useful to those who wish to
edit or archive their record- Also included is an inter-
ings onto DVD or convert net radio player. When it
them into other formats. works, it is really quite good
and kept a connection from
Despite the ease of con- my location in England to an
nection to the outside world Australian channel overnight
via Ethernet, it isn’t possi- without any problems. I did
ble to access recordings by get several “server busy”
FTP, so disconnecting the messages, but when I did
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USB device and walking it to get through I received some
a computer is the only way good quality audio, with
to access them. There is an some stations accompanied
FTP client available, but this by artist names and song
works in one direction only titles. Scrolling through the
to copy media to the USB huge station lists is a real
for playback. It is also pos- pain though as each page of
sible to connect to an SMB the list is retrieved from the
(Samba) share in the same internet when requested.
one-way manner.
After a long time in the
The variety of file for- alphabetical list I gave up
mats that can be replayed while still on the letter A,
is impressive, and most but at least there’s a favour- were being overheard on a player. This also works very
of the sample files I tried ites list here too. This will satellite receiver across the well, and where the video
played without any trouble. be invaluable when I want world via the internet? And quality is good enough, is
The list includes AVI, MPG, to return to the esoteric will I ever get to the end of perfectly watchable on a TV.
VOB, FLV, MP4, MKB, 3GP mix of stations I have al- the list, to find out if New A number of presets give
and ASF which covers most ready found, from 247 Polka York’s Z100 is available? access to the most popu-
bases. It’s nice to see that Heaven (“The World’s Polka lar videos of the moment
channel lists saved in the Network”) to Amateur Re- Dragging myself away plus comedy, music, news,
SatcoDX .SDX format may peater W6NUT. I wonder if from the hypnotic rhythm of sports and so on. A search
also be imported from the even the radio hams in Cali- the polka to the next menu is also available which opens
file menu. fornia would imagine they entry brings us a Youtube up the entire weird and wild

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world of Youtube onto your There’s not really anything appealing to those who want liability. My fear of losing
TV. It is a nice addition to of use there either, but Linux to watch TV with less has- recordings from previous
have and the video plays fans could find the informa- sle or the threat of things Linux receiver experiences
back a lot smoother than tion interesting. Whether not working as smoothly as is almost gone. Whilst test-
it does on my ageing over- or not it may be possible to they could. Connecting to ing the receiver for this re-
loaded PC. add to the software inside the internet is as easy as view it has not let me down
the machine to enable more plugging in an Ethernet ca- at all, and that is what most
The final menu entry in functionality is not clear and ble if you have DHCP avail- people want and need: a re-
the set of internet applica- there are no clues from the able on your router, and the ceiver that does all it says
tions is not mentioned in the receiver or its manual. bonus additions of the You- it will, and doesn’t crash
manual: “Extra Movies”. I’m tube and internet radio play- at the most important mo-
sure most of us would say The X-9100 is a different ers are genuinely useful. If ments. There are a few
“yes please” to some extra Linux-based receiver than the internet radio interface small quirks and criticisms
movies, but this menu is most we’ve seen in the past. could be made a little bet- as I have mentioned al-
password protected; here For some, this could be a ter it would on its own be a ready, most of which may
we explain to all of you how disappointment as it feels perfect, easy way to access be addressed in future soft-
to access it: more like a conventional thousands of stations in ware updates. It’s impos-
receiver in use than those good quality. sible not to like this little
Enter IP settings in setup running larger Linux distri- black box and be impressed
menue, press green button butions such as Enigma2. What is most pleasing by the full range of func-
which closes DHCP and in- This however makes it more though is the receiver’s re- tions it contains. Overall
stead asks for DNS1. Enter
208.67.222.222 and save by
pushing red button. Then
DNS2 pops up, enter same
IP 208.67.222.222 again and
save with red button. Now
the receiver needs to be re-
started by switching power
off and on. Go again to “Ex-
tra Movies” and now type in
9-8-7-6 for password. Voila,
it works.

It’s possible to use tel-
net to get into the receiver,
and this reveals a command
prompt from the BusyBox
system, as utilised by the
Amazon Kindle and many
other devices. BusyBox gives
access to some basic Linux
commands, which on their
own are probably of little or
no use to the everyday user
but we can at least be nosy
and see what is contained on
the internal memory. Simi-
larly, connecting with a web
browser gives an interface
to the embedded Linux op-
erating system with plenty
of debugging information.

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Expert Opinion TEcHNIcAL
DATA
+ Distributor İNPA ELEKTRONİK SAN. VE TİC.LTD.ŞTİ.
Audio settings can be stored for each channel
Kemeraltı Str. Şefkat Business No: 1-3 Floor:4
individuall.y Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Accepts very large harddrives via USB.
Tel. +90 212 293 63 12 | +90 212 293 63 13
Software runs extremely stable.
PVR allows storing in .TS format. Fax +90 212 293 63 18
Andy middleton
Impressive list of file formats for playback. TELE-satellite Website http://www.inpax.com
Test Center
UK Email info@inpax.com.tr / inpax@inpax.com.tr
- model X-9100 Linux HD PVR
Alphabetical channel listing only sorts by first letter.
Function HDTV Satellite Receiver with PVR
color coding of remote not to standard.
ScPc compatible Yes

USALS Yes
this is a competent, good- mals on Youtube, listen to
DiSEqc 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3
looking little machine that some more polka, and, oh!
Scart connectors 1
does its job very well. I almost forgot that I could
Symbol rates QPSK – 2000 to 45000
even find some time away
QPSK – 2000 to 45000
Now, you must excuse from these distractions to 8PSK – 2000 to 45000
me – it is time to wrap up watch some good old-fash- mPEG modes MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264, MP@ML
this report so that I can ioned HD TV on my new lit-
Audio outputs 2 (left & right)
watch some more funny ani- tle friend too!
Video outputs Composite, HDMI

Resolutions 480p, 480i, 576p, 576i. 720p, 1080i at 50Hz,
720p &1080i at 60Hz, 1080p at 30Hz

UHF output No

0/12 volt output No

Digital audio output S/PDIF

EPG Yes

c/Ku-band compatible Yes

Power supply 100-240V AC, 50/60Hz

common interface 2 None

card slots 1 universal

ENERGY
DIAGRAm

Apparent Power

Active Power

mode Apparent Active Factor
Active 19 W 10 W 0.52
StandBy 14 W 7 W 0.5


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Er stammt aus Istanbul in Man kann keinen CAM ein- wir in der Vergangenheit
der Türkei, der X-9100 PVR setzen. kennen lernten. Diejeni-
von INPAX, und ist eine gro- Auf der Rückseite dienen gen, die am Einsatz eines
ße Überraschung. Der klei- der Antennen- und Anten- Linux-Receivers zweifelten,
ne Kasten misst nur 26 cm nen-Loopthrough Ausgang müssen nicht viel fürchten.
in der Breite, ist 19 cm tief zum Anschluss des einzigen Options- und Menü-System
und 4 cm hoch und kommt Tuners. Video-Anschlüs- sind nicht komplizierter als
in einem stilvollen glänzen- se sind auf HDMI, SCART bei Standard-Receivern.
den schwarzen Behälter, oder Composite-Video be- USALS ist konzipiert, um bis 1.3 womit sichergestellt
der viel kleiner erscheint. schränkt, Audio hat Stereo- den Setup eines DiSEqC- ist, dass jeder Motor und
Am Frontpanel gibt es nur Ausgänge und optischen S/ Motors einfach zu gestal- jede Umschaltmatrix unter-
drei Bedienknöpfe: Stand- PDIF-Ausgang. Für exter- ten, wobei als Bonus schon stützt wird.
by, Channel up und Chan- nen Netzanschluss gibt es einige größere Städte im 71 Satelliten aus dem
nel down. Eine LED-Anzeige Ethernet LAN und einen Speicher des Receivers ge- Erdumlauf sind im Receiver
zeigt die Channel-Nummer, RS-232 Stecker. speichert sind. vorprogrammiert und diese
im Standby die Uhrzeit. Ein Kaltstart des Recei- Ein großer Bereich von können nach Bedarf editiert
Eine Klappe an der rechten vers braucht nicht so lan- LNB-Einstellungen sind oder gelöscht werden. Neue
Seite verbirgt einen USB- ge, wie man es von einem voreingestellt und da der Satelliten können nach Be-
Anschluss und einen einzi- Linux-basierten Receiver Receiver türkischen Ur- darf eingefügt werden, ein-
gen Smart Card Schlitz, der erwartet, nur 45 Sekunden sprungs ist, sind auch die fach indem man ihren Orbit-
anscheinend eine Vielzahl dauert es vom Einschalten, besonderen DIGITURK- Position einträgt. Wenn Sie
von Karten lesen kann - er bis ein Bild erschien. Dies Werte enthalten. Wenn da- ihre Schüssel selbst justie-
akzeptierte sogar meine ist eine der Überraschun- von keiner zu Ihrem Sys- ren, werden Sie sehen, wie
Sky Digital Karte. Das war gen, die der X-9100 bietet, tem passt, können Sie die hilfreich die Großanzeige
überraschend. Dieser Card weil er eine schlankere Li- LNB-Frequenzen manuell auf dem Bildschirm ist, um
Slot ist aber die einzige nux-Version benutzt als die spezifizieren. DiSEqC wird ein gutes Signal zu finden.
Weg für Conditional Access: komplexeren Versionen, die unterstützt von Version 1.0 Das Scannen von Satel-

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liten ist schnell, vergleicht Die Sender wählt man eingebrannt hat, weil ich an Inpax, dass daran ge-
man mit anderen Linux-ba- aus einer Liste ähnlich wie schon jahrelang Receiver dacht wurde.
sierten Receivern. Wer Ca- bei anderen Receivern. Mit benütze und teste, aber es Die Editierfunktion für
nal Digitaal, TV Vlaanderen dem linken und rechten zeigte sich mehrfach, dass Sender beschränkt sich auf
or UPC Direct auf ASTRA 1 Knopf wählt man den Fil- ich Blau drückte und dach- Löschen, Bewegen und Um-
nutzt, für den gibt es eine ter aus, um FTA-only, HD te, ich drücke Grün. benennen. Beispielsweise
spezielle schnelle Scan- und Encrypted festzulegen, Die Fernbedienung ist fehlt die manchmal wichti-
Funktion. Für uns restliche natürlich kann man auch einfach gehalten, es gibt ge Möglichkeit, die PID zu
läuft der Standard-Scan alles suchen lassen. Den keine Tasten, um das Bild- editieren. Es gibt acht vor-
durch das Satelliten-Spekt- roten Knopf kann man zur format oder die Bildschirm- gegebene Favoritenlisten.
rum in guter Zeit durch. Ein Auswahl des Satelliten aus Auflösung zu ändern, diese Ihre Bezeichnungen sind
Scan bei ASTRA 2 benötigte der erscheinenden Satelli- Einstellungen findet man ziemlich seltsam, denn ihre
vier Minuten, um 90 einge- tenliste verwenden. Es gibt im Einstellmenü des Re- Anfangsbuchstaben feh-
speicherte Frequenzen aus- auch eine A-Z Funktion, die ceivers. Man findet hier die len. Aber es ist leicht, das
zulesen. nach dem Anfangsbuchsta- wichtigsten Optionen, so zu korrigieren: man kreiert
Ein willkommener Zusatz ben des Senders sortiert, auch die Umstellung des einfach eine neue Favori-
ist die Blindscan-Option, aber nur nach diesem - Scart-Anschlusses von RGB tenliste durch Druck auf die
mit der jede Frequenz ge- Aserbaijan TV würde immer auf CVBS. Um diese zu er- gelbe Taste und benennt sie
funden wird, auch wenn noch vor Aastha TV stehen, reichen, drückt man die entsprechend.
sie noch nicht in der Trans- wenn sie in der Default- HDMI mode 5761 Taste und In dem kleinen Gehäuse
ponderliste steht. Sie un- Liste in dieser Reihenfolge drückt die Lautstärke Auf ist kein Platz für eine Fest-
terscheidet sich etwas von waren - das fand ich etwas oder Ab Taste, um zwischen platte, Aufnahmen muss
anderen, die wir in der Ver- verwirrend. Die auf der den Modi zu wechseln. man mit einem an der vor-
gangenheit fanden. Zuerst Fernbedienung zugeordne- Für eine Besonderheit des deren USB-Buchse ange-
wird das ganze Frequenz- ten Page up und Page down Einstell-Menüs muss man schlossenen Speichergerät
spektrum abgesucht und Tasten vereinfachen und Inpax beglückwünschen. machen. Die Aufnahmen
neu gefundene Frequenzen beschleunigen diese Navi- Es gibt die Möglichkeit, die können mit der Aufnahme-
der vorhandenen Transpon- gation und andere Menü- Lautstärke jedes einzelnen taste an der Fernbedienung
derliste angefügt. Danach punkt- Listen. Senders individuell festzu- direkt oder über einen ma-
startet erst der normale Die Fernbedienung selbst legen. Das ist die perfekte nuell oder über den EPG ge-
Scan, der die neuen Fre- ist Standard, ein gewöhn- Lösung der allzu oft vor- steuerten Timer gestartet
quenzen gemeinsam mit liches Modell, das nicht kommenden Situation, dass werden.
den früher gespeicherten die Funktion unterstützt, beim Senderwechsel der Der EPG des 9100 ist gut
absucht. Das verlängert durch eine versehentlich Ton so laut wird, dass der zu bedienen, kann zwischen
den Scanvorgang, wobei es gedrückte Taste mit wie- Nachbar sofort an die Wand der Tages- und Wochenan-
2,5 Minuten dauerte, um zu- derholtem Drücken wieder klopft. Wenn man diese Si- sicht umgeschaltet werden.
sätzliche acht Transponder rückgängig zu machen. tuationen nur mit der Rege- Es ist etwas unbequem,
zu finden und 4:15 Minuten, Eine andere seltsame Sa- lung der Lautstärke behe- weil die angezeigte Tabel-
um alle abzuscannen. Der che ist die Reihenfolge der ben könnte, so wäre diese le nur ein Drittel des Bild-
Blindscan ist jedoch nicht Farbtasten, die vom norma- Funktion natürlich unnötig. schirms füllt, weshalb es
geeignet für Eilige, denn es len Rot-Grün-Gelb-Blau ab- Aber es ist unwahrschein- nicht einfach ist, rasch zu
gibt keine Möglichkeit, die weicht. Ich hatte gar nicht lich, dass es häufig ge- erkennen, was in mehr als
Suche auf einen Teilbereich gewusst, wie sich diese Rei- schieht, es ist eher selten, ein oder zwei Stunden sein
zu beschränken. henfolge in meinem Kopf trotzdem zunächst: Dank wird.

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TEST REPORT Satellite Signal meter
该独家报道由技术专家所作

8dtek
DSm Gifted

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• measures all tv signals in DVB-S, DVB-S2
and even the old analog transmissions
• big surprise in such small meter: DiSEqC
is included and can even turn a motorized
dish
• an A/V output gives excellent pictures on
a laptop or monitor
• the meter can stay connected all times
because of a loopthrough to connect a
second receiver
• a basic spectrum analyzer and BER
readings are features mostly found with
high-end meters


TEST REPORT Satellite Signal meter

The Gifted meter
06-07/201
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8d tek DSm Gi
Very useful sm fted
all tv me
high-end featur ter with
es

Something more
Than a Simple Satellite Finder
Its interesting external de- will learn after reading this a car lighter charger – both faces have been embedded
sign attracts attention. Who report, this promise is really are included in the set. And, in such a tiny box. The on/off
said that meters must look fulfilled. LED indicators signal rather unexpectedly, there switch mounted on the top
dull? The bottom panel of meter status. Two F connec- is an A/V output with com- side of the box ends the list
DSM Gifted is slightly con- tors located on the opposite posite video and mono audio of meter controls.
vex what makes the box look sides are: the LNB input and output. It has an additional
intriguing. Two displays: a the looped-through output function – it can act as an DSM Gifted, right after
color graphic LCD and a clas- for a satellite receiver. Not RS-232 serial interface. switching it on, takes you to
sical 2-digit 7-segment LED many meters are equipped Quite unusual, but do not the Main menu. The menu
one - this is also something with such a looped output worry - suitable A/V and RS- consists of 6 items: Sat Find,
unusual. A quite practical and sometimes we really 232 cables are also included. DiSEqC, Local Sat, Spec-
protective bag with a Velcro missed this feature when trum, Angle and Settings.
strip that you can put around testing competitor products. There are provisions for There is only one menu level
your wrist, enables you to the other inputs/outputs so the navigation is pretty
carry the meter like a wrist Closer examination reveals (Ethernet and HDMI) under simple. Menu, OK and the ar-
watch. Definitely, 8D Tech- that on both sides of the me- the flap on the opposite side row buttons let you do all the
nology demonstrated with ter there are flaps covering of DSM Gifted. However, they main settings. Occasionally,
8dtek DSM Gifted that they additional connectors. We are not installed in this meter you use function buttons F1-
are innovative guys. have a USB port for backing model. We will soon publish F4. Their function depends
up meter‘s settings, as well a report covering another, on the selected menu items
What you can notice at as for loading the meter with more advanced, DSM model and is always described at
first sight is a simple mem- firmware updates. There is a which is equipped with the the bottom of the screen.
brane keyboard made up of power supply socket that ac- Ethernet port. Keep reading SPCM and SAT are the short-
just 12 buttons. It promises cepts either a cable from a TELE-satellite! Anyway, it is cut buttons that take you
simple operation and, as you wall socket power supply or impressive how many inter- directly to the frequency

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1 2 3

4 5 6

spectrum view and local sat-
ellites view

Sat Find is probably the
most important menu item
accessible from the main
menu. Here, you can set:
the satellite, LNB frequen-
cies, transponder, scan
type. In the same screen,
you get the measurement
results: signal level and
signal quality expressed
in percentages and bit er-
ror rate. The signal quality
percentage reading is re-
peated 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 sig-
nal 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 pre-
sent transponder. This is a
quite useful feature because
in different regions of the

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7 8 9

10 11 12

1. main menu
2. Finding satellite signal
3. DiSEqc settings
4. Editing localizations used in
Local Sat menu item
5. Visualization of the satellites
available in a selected location
(clarke Belt)
6. Frequency spectrum view
7. System settings
8. Antenna angles calculation
result
9. Selecting location for the
clarke Belt visualization
10. Transponders can be edited,
deleted or added
11. The firmware and all
settings can be dumped to USB
memory
12. Small part of the available
LOF's

world various transpond-
ers of the same satellite are
receivable. So, it is impos-
sible to create a common
list of transponders for, say,
Spain and Russia. If some
of the ten transponders as-
signed to every satellite in
the original list prepared by
8D Technology are not re-
ceivable in your area, sim-
ply delete them and add the
other ones. Alternatively,
edit them by changing their
frequency, symbol rate and
polarization.

Now let‘s start the fun:
how does DSM Gifted per-
form in real life? We started


with measuring signal qual- too, the BER readings are ured with an expensive pro- enable you to direct 60-90
ity. It turns out, that DSM unstable, which is how it is fessional meter. cm dishes for popular satel-
Gifted, like in a typical sat- with digital transmissions lites in a simple way and with
ellite receiver, the quality and their ever changing con- From the practical point of acceptable precision. We
result does not change in 1 tents. But DSM Gifted goes view of a satellite installer: would not recommend DSM
% steps but with 6 or 7 % one step further: you can the percentage readings, Gifted with the present firm-
step. If we take into account also measure MER. This is in the form they are imple- ware for dishes 120 cm or
that the results lower than the best measurement one mented now in DSM Gifted, larger. And if you are fight-
53% are practically below can have (modulation error
the reception threshold, we ratio). MER is stable and can
are left with 8 levels: 53%, be measured with 0.1 dB res-
60%, 66%, 73%, 80%, 86%, olution. Our test sample was
93% and 99%. So to find an not yet equipped with MER
ideal maximum when turning readings, but 8D Technol-
a dish or skewing an LNB in ogy are planning to enhance
its holder, you have to find DSM Gifted with MER meas-
the limits where the read- urements in one of their next
ing drops down by 6-7% and firmware upgrades.
then set the dish/LNB some-
where in between. See the chart in Figure 1
to see how the percentage
DSM Gifted allows you as reading of our test sample
well to check BER. However, was correlated with MER and Fig. 1. The trend lines “translate” DSm Gifted signal quality
readings to mER and Lm results. Actual results of 18 transponders
like with all other meters Loss Margin results meas- from different satellites are shown with blue and red markers.

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ing for a split decibel in order what satellites are located in available. You select the sat- nying this report, you prob-
to work a weak transponder which position on the Clarke ellite, enter your coordinates ably ask yourself how these
(like true satellite enthusi- belt as seen from your lo- and, except for the correct photos were made. Actually,
asts often do) this meter can cation. The test meter was elevation and azimuth, you these are not the screen-
only be used for the initial prepared for Germany and additionally get the proper shots of the LCD meter tak-
setup. in its memory had a number LNB tilt angle. The last one en with a photo camera but
of German towns. After se- is needed for the reception of the pictures captured on the
On the other hand, 8D lecting the closest town to transponders with linear po- meter‘s A/V output. There
Technology can really be your current location, you larization. The more the sat- is a cable with RCA connec-
proud of the number of fre- can jump from satellite to ellite is away from the south tor you can connect to the
quencies they offer in the satellite with left/right arrow direction in your location, the laptop with TV tuner and
Sat Find menu item. Here is buttons and see their eleva- more tilt you need to apply to get a large high quality me-
the impressive list of local tion and azimuth values. If the LNB in its holder. ter display. Perhaps this is
oscillator frequencies (LOF’s) necessary, you can edit lo- not a very practical feature
you can select in DSM Gift- cations and change them to The very last menu is in field measurements but if
ed: 5150, 5750, 5950, 9750, be more suitable to your own called the System. Here you you take the measurements
10000, 10050, 10450, 10600, needs. set several meter parame- indoors, it is quite an inter-
10700, 10750, 11250, 11300, ters as well as start the soft- esting option.
5150-5750, 5750-5150, Uni- Another menu items - the ware upgrade and backup
versal (9750-10600) and spectrum analyzer - is some- on a USB memory stick. We DSM Gifted is an easy-to-
SCR (9750-10600). thing one does not expect in actually did one software up- use and cleverly designed
such a small meter like DSM grade and it went very fast. satellite finder with several
The second menu item is Gifted. However, this is not a This is a very convenient way unexpected features usually
DiSEqC. We were impressed fully fledged analyzer. First of of upgrading the device. found in more expensive me-
that 8D Technology equipped all, it is rather slow. Evident- ters. With the present firm-
DSM Gifted with DiSEqC 1.0, ly the processor is not pow- If you have taken a look at ware, it is good for medium
1.1 as well as 1.2 and US- erful enough for that func- the screen-shots accompa- size dish installations.
ALS. There is even DiSEqC tion. As a result, you cannot
auto detection function! use it when coarsely adjust-
During our whole test, US- ing your dish to monitor if
Expert Opinion
ALS was operating without your antenna starts picking +
measures DVB-S, DVB-S2 and analog signals.
any problems. We turned our up a signal. Secondly, there
Support for DiSEqc 1.0/1.1 and ScR.
dish quite a number of times is only full span. Zooming in Suitable for turning motorized dishes (DiSEqc
during this test powering the to a specific frequency is not 1.2 and USALS).
motor from this tiny meter. possible. You can not click Quality readings duplicated on an easy to
Jacek Pawlowski
That’s what every installer on a transponder selected read LED display. TELE-satellite
Test Center
will really appreciate. on the spectrum to identify Very good picture quality on A/V output. Poland
its parameters. The real use Signal output to connect a receiver.
However, when the bat- of this spectrum view is a
tery finally got discharged, quick recognition which sat-
-
Signal quality readings not precise enough for larger dishes
the meter went off without ellite you are currently tuned and DX setups.
any warning. There is no in - for professional install- No battery status indicator (available in future firmware)
battery charge status in the ers who do installations fre- No MER measurement (available in future firmware)
settings menu or elsewhere. quently, do remember how
The manufacturer promised each satellite‘s spectrum
to add this feature in one of should look like. TEcHNIcAL
DATA
the next firmware upgrades.
manufacturer 8D Technology Ltd., Hong Kong
The Angle menu item is
Webpage www.8dtek.com
Local Sat menu items pre- somewhat similar to the
Email 8dtek@8dtek.com
sents a picture showing you Local Sat but more data is
Fax +852 3965 3222
model DSM Gifted
Description Satellite Meter for Antenna Alignment
c/Ku Band Yes
ScR Yes
DiSEqc 1.0 – 1.3 (USALS)
Quantities measured Signal Level [%], Signal Quality [%], BER
Inputs L-Band (950-2150 MHz), DVB-S/S2 and analog signal
Outputs L-Band (looped through), A/V (composite + mono)
Data ports USB, RS-232
Power Supply 100-240 V 50/60Hz
Dimensions 140 x 100 x 40 mm (ca. 5.5 x 4 x 1.5”)

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Sein interessantes Er- Berichts erkennen werden, retten-Anzünder im Auto -
scheinungsbild ist bemer- wird dies auch voll erfüllt. beide sind im Lieferumfang
kenswert. Wer sagt, dass Das LED zeigt den Status enthalten.
Messgeräte primitiv ausse- der Messung. Zwei F-An- Und, ziemlich unerwartet,
hen müssen? Die Untersei- schlüsse, die sich auf der gibt es einen A/V-Ausgang
te des DSM Gifted ist leicht Gegenseite befinden sind: mit Composite Video und
gebogen und macht es in- LNB-Anschluss und ein Audio-Anschluss (mono). Er
teressant anzusehen. Zwei Loopthrough-Ausgang für besitzt zudem eine weitere Jedenfalls ist es jetzt schon
Anzeigen, ein farbiges Gra- einen Receiver-Anschluss. Funktion - sie funktioniert beeindruckend, wie viele
fik-LCD und ein klassisches Letzteren gibt es nicht bei wie eine serielle RS-232 Funktionen ein solch klei-
zweistelliges 7-Segment vielen Geräten, wir ver- Schnittstelle. Ziemlich un- nes Gerät enthält. Der Ein-
LED - dies ist auch etwas missten ihn manchmal bei gewohnt, aber keine Sor- Aus-Schalter auf der Ober-
ungewöhnlich. Die prakti- Konkurrenz-Produkten. ge, die dafür erforderlichen seite der Box beendet die
sche Schutztasche hat ei- Die genauere Untersu- A/V- und RS-232 Kabel Auflistung der Kontrollen.
nen Tragriemen, den man chung verriet, dass auf bei- werden mitgeliefert. Nach dem Einschalten
ums Handgelenk nehmen den Seiten des Meters noch Unter der Klappe auf der zeigt DSM Gifted das Haupt-
kann und ermöglicht, das weitere Anschlüsse unter Gegenseite sind weitere Menü. Das Menü besteht
Meter wie eine Taschenuhr Klappen verborgen sind. Ein- und Ausgänge (Ether- aus 6 Funktionen: SatFind,
zu tragen. 8D Technology Hier ist ein USB-Anschluss, net und HDMI). Leider sind DiSEqC, LocalSat, Spect-
zeigt damit, dass sie inno- um Meter-Einstellungen sie in dem gegenwärtigen rum, Angle und Settings. Es
vative Burschen sind. zu speichern, aber auch Muster noch funktionslos. gibt nur eine Menü-Ebene,
Was man zuerst sieht, um Firmware-Updates des Wir werden jedoch in Kür- so dass die Einstellungen
ist ein einfaches Membran- Meters einzuladen. Eine ze über ein ergänztes DSM recht einfach werden. Die
Keyboard mit nur 12 Tas- Buchse dient zur Strom- Gifted Modell berichten, das hauptsächlichen Einstel-
ten. Das verspricht eine versorgung entweder vom mit einem Ethernet -An- lungen sind mit Menu, OK,
einfache Bedienung und wie externen Netzteil oder über schluss arbeitet. Lesen Sie und den Pfeil-Tasten getan.
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