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TEST REPORT HDTV Combo PVR Receiver
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Jiuzhou
• Fast terrestrial channel scan in two minutes
• Displays satellite as well as terrestrial channels
in the channel list

DTS6696
• Adjustable video resolution with the push of a
button
• Exceptional picture quality

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TEST REPORT HDTV Combo PVR Receiver
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08-09/201
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Viva Receiver!
Jiuzhou DTS6696 does make it a lot of fun to M and N) and NTSC, the
Ideal living room HD Combo receiver
for South America slide your finger across the DTS6696 can also manu-
remote control. The over- ally switch between these

ISDB-T, DVB-S/S2 and
all workmanship of the re- to standards. We appreci-
ceiver left us with a very ated the ability to adjust
positive impression. the video resolution with

PVR Functions in One Box
the push of a single but-
The Jiuzhou DTS6696 ton on the remote control
does not utilize an in- making it very easy for the
stallation assistant; in- user to quickly adjust for
stead, when the receiver each individual channel.
is turned on for the first 2
As we have come to ex- 2.0 interface that can be output, an ISDB-T input/ external 12V power supply. time, you end up right in Although the internal
pect from Jiuzhou, the used to connect to exter- output, an RF modulator, a This makes the actual re- the main menu since at clock of the receiver can
DTS6696 comes in an el- nal storage media. There total of eight RCA jacks for ceiver quite light in weight this point the channel list be set manually, it’s not
egant black housing that are also three LEDs on the stereo audio, CVBS video (less than 1 Kg) and thus is still empty and waiting necessary since the time
blends in nicely in any TV front panel plus a seven- and YUV, an S-Video out- makes for an ideal camp- to be filled. information can be ob-
wall unit or cabinet. Six segment display that indi- put, a coaxial digital audio ing receiver. tained from the DVB-S/S2
buttons can be found on cate the current operation- output, an RJ45 network But first the on-screen or ISDB-T data stream. Af-
the front panel that can al status of the receiver. interface, an RS232 serial The included remote display should be person- ter working with the OSD
be used to control the re- interface plus, of course, control sits comfortably in alized the way you want for only a few minutes, it
ceiver. Behind a flap are The rear panel of the an HDMI output for opti- your hand although some it. Since the DTS6696 was was clear that it reacted
hidden a card reader for DTS6696 is fully loaded mal video and audio. The of the buttons are placed developed for the South very quickly to the com-
the reception of PayTV with connectors; there manufacturer decided to quite close to each other American market, the mands from the remote 3
channels as well as a USB you’ll find a satellite IF in- do without a main power making it sometimes dif- available menu languages control.
put with looped through switch since the power ficult to push the correct are English, Spanish and
supply is not located inside button with your finger. Portuguese. Video out- The excellent configura-
the receiver. Instead, the This minor drawback is put is available via HDMI tion with its STi7111 CPU,
DTS6696 is powered by an made up for by the pleas- in 576p, 720p as well as 16 MB of Flash and 128 MB
ant coating on the keys; it 1080i resolutions. In ad- DDR memory let you work
dition to switching manu- quickly with this receiver
ally between PAL (versions even if an HD channel is
being recorded or played
back in the background.

1. The DTS6696 Main Menu
2. The extensive satellite and 4
0.57 transponder lists
3. JPEG Playback
4. MP3 Playback
5. Antenna settings

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Once all of the basic set- already in the relatively
tings have been taken care up-to-date satellite/tran-
of, it was time to fill the sponder list in the receiv-
4000-entry channel list er. Even SCPC reception
with channels. Since this presented no trouble for
receiver is meant for the the DTS6696; it processed
South American region, our test transponder with
it comes with 58 prepro- a symbolrate of just 2.0
grammed satellites made Ms/sec without any dif-
up mostly of South Ameri- ficulties. It also had no
7 can satellites. The list can trouble with weaker sig-
be expanded to as many nals demonstrating that
as 64 satellites and 3500 the DVB-S/S2 tuners in
transponders so that each the receiver were actually
user can add their own fa- quite sensitive.
vorite entries.
A further scan of mul-
The DTS6696 can scan tiple DVB-S2 frequencies
for satellite channels auto- in 8PSK and QPSK modu-
matically or manually and lation also, as expected,
the scan can be limited to did not give the tuner any
free-to-air (FTA) channels problems.
only or TV-only channels.
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There are also prepro- In manual scan mode,
grammed LOF values for the user can set a variety
the C-band and Ku-band of parameters (frequency,
and if necessary, LOF val- polarization, FEC as well as
ues can also be entered modulation mode) them-
manually. selves. A signal strength
and signal quality display
Owners of multi-focus immediately indicates if
and motorized antennas a valid signal has been
will be very happy with found with the settings
the DTS6696; it supports entered by the user.
DiSEqC 1.0 for up to four
9 satellites, DiSEqC 1.1 for The ISDB-T scan is
up to 8 satellites as well somewhat easier to work
as the motor control pro- with. The user can opt for
tocols DiSEqC 1.2 and 1.3 an automatic channel scan
(USALS). The receiver can that covers the entire VHF
therefore be used with any and UHF frequency spec-
reception system. trum or a specific frequen-
cy can be selected from a
The Jiuzhou receiver preprogrammed list. The
needed a little more than receiver can also be set
seven minutes to scan an to supply power through
80-transponder satellite the coaxial cable to an an-
10 and thanks to a network tenna so that, if needed,
scan it was able to identify a signal amplifier could be
every available transpon- used. The channel scan, if
der even if these weren’t desired, can also be lim-
ited to look for just freely
6. USALS control for DiSEqC available channels.
motorized antennas is
supported
7. ISDB-T Scan For digital terrestrial re-
8. Extensive system settings of ception, the DTS6696 re-
the DTS6696
ceiver has everything you
9. A/V settings
could possibly want. When
10. A total of seven timer
entries can be set up tested in Santiago de

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Chile, the Samsung tuner Thanks to sort and search
managed to scan the en- functions, you can quickly
tire frequency spectrum in find what you want; En-
just two minutes and found crypted channels are iden-
the first group of channels tified by a special symbol
in just 30 seconds. to distinguish them from
freely available channels.
If you should manage to With the help of a single
fill up the channel list with button on the remote con-
4000 channels, some or- trol, the satellite list can
12 ganization of the list might be displayed so that you
be a good idea. Ideally you can easily find a channel
want to be able to find your from a different satellite
favorite channels very position or from the ISDB-
quickly. And that’s where T tuner.
the Favorites lists come
in; a total of eight Favor- Every time you switch
ites lists are available that to a new channel, an Info
allow you to either sort bar appears momentarily
the channels based on its that identifies the current
genre or allocate a list to TV program as well as the
each member of the fam- next one. Of course, this
13 ily. is only true if the provider
sends that information.
The channel list itself A variety of symbols, for
also has a number of edit- example, for encryption,
ing functions. One or more subtitle, teletext or HD,
channels can be marked give more details about
after which they can be the channel. Naturally, the
moved, deleted or locked channel’s name as well as
out with a PIN code. You the date and time are also
can also mark channels displayed.
to be skipped over or to
be renamed. The list can In our tests, the PVR
even be sorted alphabeti- functioned without any
14 cally. All of these editing problems. While a DVB-
functions are available for S/S2 channel is being re-
DVB-S/S2 channels as well corded, you can watch
as for ISDB-T channels. another channel live from
the same transponder at
Once all the basic set- the same time. The same
tings have been taken is true for ISDB-T channels
care of and a channel scan although it was not pos-
has been completed, the sible to record an ISDB-T
user can leave the main channel while watching a
menu. This will take you DVB-S/S2 channel.
to the first channel in the
15 list. The channel list can Of course, all of the typi-
be displayed at any time cal functions that you’d
while in normal operation expect to find in a PVR re-
by pressing the OK button. ceiver can also be found
in the DTS6696, such as,
11. Even a calendar is included fast forward, rewind and
by the manufacturer
pause. The Time Shift fea-
12. Canal 13 HD in ISDB-T in
Santiago, Chile ture is also available.
13. Expanded channel
information
As with almost all PVR
14. Selecting the desired audio
signal receivers, the DTS6696
15. Recording list can playback content from

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TECHNICAL
DATA
Manufacturer Jiuzhou (Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group Co., Ltd.)
- 7F, Jiuzhou Electric Building, Southern No. 12 Road,
Hi-Tech Industrial Park, Nanshan District, Shenzhen,
Guangdong 518057, China
Tel. +86-755-2694 7128
Email sales8@d-telemedia.com
Model DTS6696
Input frequency 950-2150 MHz
/
Input frequency 54-88 MHz, 174-216 MHz, 470-806 MHz
Symbol rates 2-45 Ms/s (DVB-S) & 2-30 Ms/s ( / )
SCPC compatible yes (tested >2 Ms/s)
an external storage de- as control the receiver 16. ISDB-T Scan USALS yes
vice, but it can also dis- from another location. 17. Network settings ENERGY DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
18. The channel list contains both satellite and ISDB-T DIAGRAM
play JPEG pictures as well EPG yes
channels
as playback MP3 files. In In all, the DTS6696 re- C/KU band compatible yes
addition, external storage ceiver from Jiuzhou left
devices can also be used us with a very positive
Expert Opinion HDTV support
Input terminal
yes (up to 1080i in MPEG-4 AVC/ H.264)
F-type 75 Ohm
Apparent Power
to back up the channel list impression. It is a fully Living room compatible and fully featured Modulations QPSK, 8PSK, DQPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM
or to upload new software equipped Combo receiver PVR Combo receiver for DVB-S/S2 and ISDB-T HDMI yes
updates to the receiver. that can handle both DVB- reception. It is lightweight and compact Active Power YUV, CVBS, Stereo Audio yes
S/S2 satellite signals as + thanks to its external power supply making it S-Video yes
We were very pleased well as ISDB-T terrestrial also an ideal camping receiver. The software Juan Carlos Duarte RF-Modulator yes
TELE-satellite Mode Apparent Active Factor
with the video and audio signals. It functioned per- is stable and sophisticated and it also sports Test Center Active 21 W 12 W 0.57 Ethernet yes
Chile
quality of this new Jiu- fectly during our tests and a sensitive tuner.
StandBy 17 W 10 W 0.58
USB 2.0 yes
zhou receiver; its fresh, is highlighted by the fully- RS232 yes
contrast-rich colors were featured PVR. PVR Function yes
evident not only just with – none
Power cosumption According to manufacturer: Running: <20W, StandBy: <2W

HD channels, but with SD The first 15 minutes: Active operation with recording, channel Power supply 12V, 2.5A
switching, etc., The second 15 minutes: Standby
channels as well. Every
possible audio output was
also available.

Our overall positive im-
pression was further am-
plified by the ability to
display subtitles as well
as teletext signals. The
fact that this receiver can
work with a variety of au-
dio sources is exactly what
you’d expect in a quality
product from a well-known
manufacturer.

At the same time, we
didn’t run into any system
crashes or other software
problems during our tests.
The recordings stored on
an external storage device
can be transferred to a PC
where they can, for exam-
ple, be converted and then
burned to a DVD.

The DTS6696 receiver
also has an RJ45 network
interface port that can be
used to place recordings
on a PC via the network
per FTP connection as well

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