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Software for
ception, the Windows Media
Center can also receive TV
and radio via DVB-T/T2 with

Tenow PC cards
the only difference compared
to satellite reception being
the scanning interface. A
test scan of the entire UHF/
VHF bands was completed in

Here’s how to get the best just about four minutes and
identified all of the currently
available DVB-T/T2 transpon-
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After all of the basic set-

Hardware is only as good as the software that goes LNB’s was integrated by Mi-
tings have been taken care
of, it just takes a few mouse
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with it. That’s why Tenow includes a CD with each of its crosoft. clicks to switch over to TV re- Direct Contact to Sales Manager
products on which can be found a variety of programs ception mode which appears
that we want to take a closer look at here. Based on the location, the to be quite good.
preprogrammed satellite list
in the next step contains an Thanks to the Internet con-
Windows Media Center assortment of entries that nection, the Windows Media
The Tenow engineers have For this purpose, Windows include relatively up-to-date Center not only integrated all
recognized for some time Media Center offers a step- transponder data. Before of the channels found during
that it isn’t always necessary by-step installation assistant the Windows Media Center is the scan into the channel list,
to reinvent the wheel and that that works with a sample col- ready to use, you need only to but it also sorted them based
it often makes sense to sim- lection of preprogrammed perform a scan in order to fill on location. It places all of
ply use an already available information. This includes the channel list with entries. the user’s local channels at 4 7
structure. And it’s exactly not only the satellite list al- For this task there’s an auto- the top of the list and there-
just such an already avail- ready in the software but matic channel scan for an en- fore makes them immediate-
able structure that has been also a prefabricated channel tire satellite entry as well as a ly accessible.
worked very closely with: the list that the Windows Media manual transponder scan.
Windows Media Center. Center can download auto- In our case it was the en-
matically from the Internet The automatic channel crypted Austrian ORF chan-
The Windows Media Center after entering in your local scan, for example, on HOT- nels that are transmitted via
operating system manufac- postal code and current loca- BIRD at 13° east required satellite. Well, this situation
turer Microsoft’s integrated tion. Before we can get down a total of 5 minutes and 30 gave us the perfect opportu-
components (starting with to business with setting up seconds after which nearly nity to test the CI slot in the
Windows Vista, depending on the hardware, the Windows every available channel made TBS5980 USB Box and see
the version) are what makes Media Center displays all its way to the channel list. if it works with the Windows
it possible to operate and the recognized devices and Media Center. No sooner did
control TV and radio PC ex- thereby makes it possible to In addition to satellite re- we insert the module in the
pansion cards. activate or deactivate indi-
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vidual components.
Of course, with this kind
of universal solution, it’s not In the case of Tenow’s
possible for the manufacturer TBS6984 Quad Tuner card
to incorporate special fea- this would be an especially
tures and customer requests; practical feature if not all
for this reason the Windows four of the tuners have sig-
Media Center is very easy to nals coming into them. The
use and integrated into the unused tuners can very eas-
operating system. ily be deactivated thus avoid-
ing any problems with the
Before you can use Tenow distribution of any recordings
products with the Windows over the receiver sections of
Media Center, it first has to the card.
be matched to the specific
requirements of the hard- For those owners of satel- 2 6 9
ware. In our case it means lite systems with more than
a channel scan in DVB-T/ one LNB, the Windows Media
T2 and DVB-S/S2 modes as Center offers only a rudimen-
well as the correct setup of tary support of the DiSEqC
reception parameters for use protocol: version 1.0 with
with our satellite antenna. up to four freely selectable

1. Windows Media Center setup 6. Manual Channel Scan
2. All four tuners in the TBS6984 7. Expanded EPG information can be
PCI-e card are correctly recognized displayed for every channel
in the Windows Media Center
3. HDTV channel with the Windows 8. The visually appealing list of
Media Center previously recorded programs
4. EPG is downloaded via the 9. The Info bar provides the user with
Internet detailed information on the current
5. Automatic Channel Scan status and channel

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1. Channel scan of TURKSAT 42°
2. Thanks to the sensitivity of the
tuner, SCPC reception is also possible
slot and we were able to en- displayed for multiple chan- so that the user never has to a good digital/PVR receiver without any problems
joy ORF in HD quality. nels in an easy to follow grid. worry about it. It was espe- such as timer recordings, 3. Timer function
cially enjoyable to play with language selection, subtitles 4. EPG display in the TBSViewer
When switching between For those Tenow products the TBS6984 Quad Tuner and a nicely organized dis- 5. The TBS6984’s four tuners are
channels, the software that have more than one tun- card; it was absolutely no play function for previously recognized by the TBSViewer
blends in an Info bar that er, the Windows Media Cen- problem recording three recorded programming. 6. Extensive satellite list
provides additional informa- ter is also the best software programs in the background 7. Thanks to the practical picture-in-
picture feature, two channels can be
tion on the current program. to use in these cases. If, for while watching a fourth live On the other hand it’s also displayed at the same time.
example, you’re using the TV channel all at the same possible to playback your en- 8. The TBS6280’s two tuners
At this point we have to TBS6984 card with four tun- time. And it didn’t matter tire collection of music and 9. DVB-T/T2 Scan
highlight another outstanding ers or the TBS6280 card with at all if it involved SD or HD pictures through the Win- 10. DVB-T2 support allows you to view
HD channels terrestrially
feature of the Windows Media two tuners, you don’t have channels. dows Media Center. Since
Center: for the important lo- to worry about selecting the the Windows Media Center
cal channels there’s not only proper tuner; this task is To round it all off, the can also be controlled by the 2 7
the EPG data available via handled by the software au- functionality of the Windows remote control that Tenow
satellite, the software con- tomatically for you. All you Media Center is further ex- includes in the package, you
nects automatically to the In- have to do is manually start panded two ways: on the one can sit back and enjoy watch-
ternet and downloads edito- one or more recordings or hand it has all of the func- ing TV from your favorite
rially prepared programming program them via the timer tions you’d expect to find in easy chair in the living room.
information. and then continue to watch

This has the huge advan-
live TV. Expert Opinion
tage of making all the EPG The distribution of record- + Perfect PC integration
data for various channels im-
mediately available. All of
ing and live TV playback is
handled automatically by the
+ + Automatic EPG update via the Internet
+ Very easy to program
this information can then be software in the background

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TBSViewer entire satellite, you sim-
ply enter the start and stop
available but they don’t have
to be used. A scan of the
each time, a detailed Info
bar appears with informa-
If for some reason you
frequency values based on DVB-T/T2 VHF/UHF bands in tion on the current program
can’t or don’t want to use
those already in the soft- Europe was completed in 4 within which can also be
the Windows Media Center,
ware. It’s also just as easy minutes and 50 seconds and found EPG data. But unlike
Tenow has a fully featured
to perform a scan across a found all of the available sig- the Windows Media Center,
free TBS Viewer that you
specific frequency range. nals at our test location. the TBSViewer has to rely on
can use as an alternative.
any EPG data that happens
The software was designed
Since most of Tenow’s Once all of the basic set- to be sent by the provider; 8 9
with ease-of-use in mind and
products don’t have a CI tings have been taken care you first have to switch to
comes with all of the neces- of, you are taken to the Re- the desired channel so that
slot, the channel scan can
sary features. Yet there’s no ception Tools main window. the TBSViewer can read and
naturally be limited to free-
feeling of the software be- At first glance it looks rather process the data. Once this
ly available channels and
ing overloaded and it’s very Spartan and only displays a is done, the information is
easy to use.
thanks to the practical up- 4
date function, the channel few PVR function symbols, displayed in a very orga-
list can be updated at any EPG controls as well as an nized fashion up to seven
Just like the Windows Me- time without having to worry overview of available record- days in advance.
dia Center, the TBSViewer about the software overwrit- ings near the bottom of the
can also be used for both ing any existing data. display. Thanks to the timer func-
DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T/T2 tion, you won’t miss the
reception. In satellite re- In satellite mode the At first you won’t find a conclusion of your favorite
ception mode the software TBSViewer was quite im- channel list but it does ap- program and since the re-
shines with its 199 prepro- pressive with its wide range pear if you move the mouse cordings are saved in tran-
grammed European, Asian of LOF (freely customizable) to the upper right corner of sponder stream format, you 10
and American satellites that and DiSEqC settings capa- the display. It’s actually a can easily create a DVD us-
for the most part come with bilities; many different pro- practical solution in that it ing any of the many free-
reasonably current tran- tocols are supported. You makes quite a bit of space ware or shareware tools that
sponder data. can therefore use a multi- available in the channel win- are readily available.
feed antenna or a motorized dow and yet is still easy to 5
The TBSViewer’s channel dish without any problems. use. The channel list itself Our overall positive im-
scan menu is highlighted by Our automatic channel scan is very well organized and pression of the TBSViewer
its practical and easy op- of HOTBIRD at 13° east was can be sorted a number of was further enhanced by the
eration. After selecting the completed by the TBSViewer ways such as by satellite or practical picture-in-picture
desired satellite from the in just a little over five min- by provider. Thanks to the function that let’s you pass
preprogrammed list, you utes; this is comparable to practical search function, the time during those long
can either mark a single the Windows Media Center. every channel is easy to find. commercial breaks as well
transponder to be scanned as by the functional teletext
or you can enter a start and In DVB-T/T2 mode there After changing channels decoder.
stop frequency after which are preprogrammed fre-
the software will search all
the preprogrammed tran-
quency lists for various re-
gions, in particular several
Expert Opinion
sponders that fall within the states in Germany, Hong + Comfortable channel scan
selected frequency range. Kong, the UK, France as well
as Hungary. These prepro-
+ + Extensive LOF settings capabilities
+ Channel list invisible during normal operation
If you want to scan an grammed frequencies are

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DVBDream other basic settings like se- not only for the beginner but as well as the amount of data 8 TBS-VHID various software tools. Be-
lecting the desired recording also for the professional. transmitted by the channel. cause of this clever method,
In addition to the TBSView- TBS-VHID is Tenow’s
format (MPEG or transponder In this way, for example, the this program is compatible
er, Tenow has also included own tool used to integrate
stream) as well as activating The foundation for all of channel scan speed can be in- with nearly every reception
a version of DVBDream on the included infrared re-
the support for a future CI this is a perfectly functioning fluenced in that the manufac- tool and if there are spe-
the CD that comes with its mote control. It contains
slot. Lastly comes the chan- core of basic features such turer-determined time to read cial settings that haven’t
new products. Unlike the pre-configured profiles for
nel scan. as EPG display, PVR, Timer the PIDs can be changed and been preprogrammed, this
Windows Media Center and the Windows Media Center,
recordings, language selec- the TimeShift and streaming can easily be taken care
the TBSViewer, this software TBSViewer, DVBDream as
A scan of ASTRA at 19.2° tion and subtitle display while parameters can be individu-
jumps right to the most im- well as ProgDVB and gives of. You can also modify the
east was finished in a little for the professional there’s a ally set up via a network.
portant settings when it’s you the ability to control ev- operation of individual but-
more than ten minutes; it’s wide assortment of additional
started for the first time. This ery function from the com- tons with just a few mouse
not the best scanning time in integrated features. For ex- Our overall positive impres-
includes selecting the correct fort of your easy chair. clicks.
the world but it did correctly ample, there’s the ability to sion of the DVBDream was
hardware that the DVBDream
identify and process every stream TV and radio channels further enhanced by the abil-
can automatically recognize The interface between the For the user this all means
available signal. directly via LAN as well as the ity to place the channel win-
thanks to the BDA compatible that the TBS-VHID Tool can
Tenow drivers. The next step
Internet making it possible to dow in full-screen mode or 9 remote control and the vari-
start your own streaming ser- keep it reduced to its own TV ous software tools works in not only control nearly ev-
involves adapting the soft- The DVBDream’s main win-
vice. There’s also a bit rate window. In this way you can such a way that the received ery reception program via
ware to the reception system dow is divided in such a way
viewer that provides precise continue to work on your PC remote control signals are remote control, it can also
to be used. that the channel list is on the
data on the usage rate and while keeping an eye on the converted into keyboard directly influence the opera-
left side with a control bar lo-
the data transmission volume TV window at the same time; shortcut commands which tion of the remote control’s
And this is where the cated at the top that provides
of a transponder. The Demul- an ideal solution if you want are then used to control the buttons.
DVBDream shines: not only access to various functions
tiplexer statistic displays the to watch, for example, a live
through its individual LOF as well as a large window for
PIDs of the current channel sporting event.
settings capabilities, but also the TV playback. In general, Expert Opinion
through its DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1,
1.2 and 1.3 (USALS) support
the DVBDream comes with a
multitude of settings capabili-
Expert Opinion + Preprogrammed for all of Tenow’s supported software
and its extensive 134 Euro- ties and features; you can tell + Full of features especially for the professional + + Additional settings can be entered manually
pean, American and Asian
satellite list. After that the
right away that this software
through its simple and logical
+ + Internet streaming possible
+ Can also record in transponder stream
+ Operation of remote control can be modified
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user can take care of a few operation is an excellent tool
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1. LOF Settings 6
2. DiSEqC Settings
3. In DVBDream the user can select for themselves
the desired codec for the supported video format

3 4. Automatic channel scan modified
5. DVBDream comes with a 8. EPG
wide variety of settings capa- 9. Bitrate Viewer
bilities
10. Multitude of settings capa- 1. The TBS-VHID Tool for the reception of remote control commands is
6. LAN Streaming bilities within the channel list compatible with a large number of different programs
7. Each channel entry can are available
be individually adapted and 2. The buttons can be individually programmed

7 TBS6925 After entering in the required
parameters (frequency, po-
data of about 30MB/sec, it We also liked the fact that
might not be a bad idea to Tenow included a complete
TS Recorder larization, LOF, symbol rate use the manufacturer deter- motor control in the TBS Re-
Tenow has another delicacy and DiSEqC), it tries to read mined limits (time duration
for the professional TBS6925 the desired transponder. corder; it’s a tool that pro-
or maximum data recording
card: the TS Recorder is also fessionals undoubtedly will
size) otherwise the remain-
included on the CD. If it’s successful, the user use to receive satellites oth-
ing free space on the hard
will be able to see additional er than those all-too-popular
drive could drop to zero in a
The TBS6925 is the only technical parameters such
heartbeat. DTH positions
card in our tests that can as modulation and stream
store the entire transponder type. Now all you need to
stream, including all of the
available data, on a PC’s hard
do is push the Record button
and the TBS Recorder begins
Expert Opinion
drive. storing all of the received + Ability to record the originally transmitted signal

This is exactly where the
data on the hard drive.
Since we are dealing with
+ + Integrated motor control
+ Ideal for professional applications
TS Recorder comes into play. a relatively large amount of

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TBS-IPdata nually entered. We were also It took us just a few mouse TBS6984 Quad Tuner card; in
If you’re not fortunate happy to see that the DiSE- clicks to set up an Internet just a few short steps we had
enough to live in an area qC protocols 1.0, 1.2 and 1.3 connection and put it to use. Internet via satellite set up
that has DSL or fiber-optics (USALS) are supported. on one tuner while the other
available, you’ll almost cer- We were especially sur- three tuners were used for
tainly have Internet access The necessary drivers for prised at how well Internet TV reception.
via satellite by subscribing to the network interface are via satellite worked with the
an ISP, as this would often be installed during the normal
the only high-speed solution. installation process for the
specific card or USB box and
Expert Opinion
The included TBS-IPdata pro-
are therefore immediate- + Preprogrammed ISP data
gram is the perfect tool for
this situation. ly available to the operating
system.
+ + Extensive preprogrammed satellite list
+ Also compatible with multiple tuner cards
It comes with an elaborate
list of preprogrammed satel- 2 3
lites and transponders from
providers that offer these
services from around the
world. Of course, these pa-
rameters can be also be ma-
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1. One of the recognized tuners on the
reception cards has to be selected for
use with the TBS IP Tools
2. The TBS IP Tools’ extensive
satellite list
3. A valid transponder was found;
Internet via satellite can now begin!

TBS BlindScan Scan function the user has to
enter the desired frequency
regardless whether it was
DVB-S or DVB-S2. Even
processed. The results can
be stored in a data file which
One of the more interes-
ting features that Tenow has range and the polarization as those with unusual symbol- makes it available for further
integrated only in its sin- well as whether the 22 kHz rates (like 5778 or 8680 ks/ processing or for import into
gle tuner DVB-S/S2 cards signal should be activated or sec) were recognized and other programs.
(TBS6925, TBS6921 and not.
TBS5980) is an exceptional Expert Opinion
Blind Scan function. Our test scan of ASTRA
4A at 4.8° east was comple- + Compatible with every LOF value
The manufacturer did not ted in just over seven mi-
nutes and found every ver-
+ + Also recognized unusual symbolrates
+ Ideal for finding new channels
build it into the TBSViewer
software; instead it is availa- tical high-band transponder
ble in the form of the TBS 1 2
Blind Scan tool. This little
program provides a total of
three preprogrammed LOF
values (for the Ku-band line-
ar and circular and also for
the C-band) and if desired
let’s you enter LOFs manu-
ally. DiSEqC 1.0 is suppor-
ted but unfortunately not
the 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 (USALS)
protocols.

When starting the Blind

1. The TBS5980 supports Blind Scan
and can even recognize unusual
DVB-S2 symbol rates without any
problems.
2. The TBS6925 professional card is
in the process of performing a Blind
Scan on ASTAR 4A at 4.8° east

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