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ENG

The World’s Largest FTA Satellite Magazine # 211

SATELLITE
TELE

06-07
6,95
& BROADBAND

2009
€

£ 4.95

$B8.95
9318 E B 9318 E

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Company Report
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The World’s Largest FTA Satellite Magazine # 211

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TELE

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2009
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Swedish Svenska
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Turkish Türkçe
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CONTENT

TOPFIELD TMS SRP-2100

Digital HDTV DVB-S2 Receiver Dear
Readers
with Various Multimedia
Features ...................................24

PASAT ANTENY P140

Prime Focus Dish
for Ku-Band ...................40

In this issue of TELE-satellite we Soon it will be a multimedia receiver;

MOTECK SG-2500 are introducing to you the ﬁrst, and a satellite receiver with an Internet
DiSEqC H-H Motor ..........48 nearly perfect, multimedia receiver. connection.
It’s a satellite receiver with a built-in
interface to Internet TV. It certainly Satellite and Internet are
looks like this is the future since the slowly becoming one; both of
viewer really doesn’t care from where these technologies offer unlimited
JIUZHOU SKYTRACK JSU33
he gets his TV shows. programming possibilities without any
LNBF for Multifeed
restrictions. Even more important: it
Systems ........................54 What’s interesting about all of this provides freedom from censorship that
is that this future came about because you might otherwise see with a cable
Beginner‘s section: of satellite receivers. Stand-alone company for example, or freedom from
Data Exchange Between PC and boxes that can only receive Internet government restrictions that might
Digital Satellite Receiver ..................... 16 TV will also be available; in fact, we come with terrestrial TV.
will present just such a box in the next
AWARD Winning: issue of TELE-satellite. The media’s future has always
Satellite Products of 21st Century ........ 60 existed in the unlimited world of
But in general, the trend will be for freedom and both satellite reception
Company Report: Dish Antenna satellite receivers to handle most of and the Internet are part of this; now
Manufacturer INFOSAT, Thailand .......... 74 the Internet TV reception. If you take they’re coming together in the form of
the idea of satellite reception and put multimedia receivers.
DXer report: it aside for a moment and take a closer
HDTV Satellite Reception in Beijing ...... 82 look at the basic function of a receiver, By the way, two years ago TELE-
it is nothing more than a box that can satellite was given a new name: “TELE-
DXer report: receive TV channels. For a “normal” satellite & Broadband”. Now you know
US-TV in Europe ................................ 86 TV viewer, a receiver is just a way to why.
magically display all of these wonderful
Satellite information: channels on a TV monitor. Alexander Wiese
New Satellites ................................... 88
“Magically” is actually quite
Media: News ................................... 92 appropriate; decades ago when TV
was just getting started, a TV was P.S.: My favorite radio station of
SatcoDX Chart ................................ 99 referred to as a “magic box”. Today, a the month, as in the previous issue
TV in most cases is nothing more than of TELE-satellite, is from Bulgaria:
History: 20 Years Ago ......................124 a monitor with the satellite receiver “Veronika” on 12.169H (THOR 359°
having become the “magic box”. east) with endless Balkan pop.
History: 10 Years Ago ......................126

ADVERTISERS

ABCBIZNIS .................................11 INFOSAT.....................................51 SPACELINK .................................91

ABCOM .......................................19 JIUZHOU .................................. 132 SPAUN .................................. 35, 93
ACCESS-NET ...............................96 KOMSIS ......................................87
SUBUR SEMESTA ........................57
ALUOSAT ....................................94 MFC ............................................53
SUN CREATE ...............................53
ARION ........................................13 MOTECK .....................................77
AZURE SHINE .............................59 NANOXX .....................................79 TEHNICB ....................................59
COMMUNICASIA-2009 ...............37 PASAT ANTENY ...........................87 TECHNOMATE .............................10
DISHPOINTER ............................99 PROMAX .....................................47 TELE-SATELLITE ..................... 3, 38
DIZIPIA ................................... 131 ROGETECH..................................95 TELEFRONTIER ...........................17
DOEBIS ................................. 14-15 SATCATCHER ..............................83
TEVII .........................................83
DVB-STREAM ..............................77 SEATEL .......................................31
TOPFIELD .................................... 2
EEBC-2009 .................................73 SG LAB .......................................99
HORIZON ...................................21 SMARTWI ...................................27 TRIMAX ......................................79
IBC-2009 ....................................45 SONICVIEW ...............................23 VIEWSAT ....................................43

12 TELE-satellite & Broadband — 06-07/2009 — www.TELE-satellite.com

BEGINNER’S SECTION Receiver Connections

Data Exchange Between

PC and Digital
Satellite Receiver
Thomas Haring

■ Pin conﬁguration of a 3-strand null modem

Strictly speaking, a digital receiver is nothing else cable to the PC

than a PC in miniature. While it does, of course, as no surprise that the data transfer rate
prioritise different tasks and serves an entirely of serial interfaces is very low and does
hardly exceed 0.8 Mb/s.
different purpose using different components and
So as far as speed is concerned, this
user interfaces, it nonetheless comes equipped with interface is a thing of the past, even
a central processing unit, various types of memory though most PCs boast at least one serial
interface even up to this day. Receiver
and a connection for signal output to a connected manufactures had joined this bandwagon
and began to equip their receivers with a
device. So what makes more sense than establishing
serial interface as well.
a digital connection between a satellite receiver and
Another reason for this development
a PC for exchanging data, putting out signals on was that the chipsets available at the
additional devices and controlling the receiver via time when digital satellite television was
introduced were hardly capable of sup-
remote access? To achieve just this, three connection porting other connection types. And if
we take into account that PVRs at that
types have been established in the course of time, time were in experimental stages only,
and this report will introduce you to all of them. to say the least, and that data exchange
only involved channel lists and software,
then the transfer speed to be reached
with a serial connection was sufﬁcient at
the time.

So-called null modem cables are

required for a serial connection, and
they consist of either 3 or 9 strands. The
3-strand type is not capable of perform-
ing handshakes, while the 9-strand type
supports this.

Null modem cable for A handshake in this case means that

■ connecting a receiver hardware controls the data flow and
to the PC
thus makes sure data can flow uninter-
ruptedly. For simply reading and writing
channel lists or for updating the receiv-
Serial Interface er’s software a 3-strand null modem
Right from the beginning of personal cable will do, as the software will emu-
computers – and that is to say a long late flow control in these applications.
time before the advent of the digital sat-
ellite age – PCs started to feature serial Null modem cables are available in
interfaces which allowed users to con- PC stores or can even be DIY-ed using
nect and control peripherals such as a rather simple tools (see plugging dia-
computer mouse, or to establish a con- gram). Please do make sure, however,
nection to the outside world with the that the terminal plug always has nine
help of a modem. Given the fact that this pins, even if only three of them are wired.
was introduced many years ago it comes Any major electronics shop should have
■ Serial interface of a digital receiver

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■ Standard USB plugs (from left to right):
Type A female, Type A male, Type Mini A
male, Type B male.
■ PIN conﬁguration of USB plug

the necessary cables and plugs in their nection that allowed transferring large look for dedicated extension cables, or
range. amounts of data in a reasonably short you may want to connect several stan-
period of time. dard 5-metre USB cables by means of
USB Interface active USB hubs. These hubs amplify the
There is a difference between USB transmitted signal and at the same time
A universal serial bus interface is a bit-
host connections and USB client connec- allow connecting several additional USB
serial bus, which means that individual
tions. USB host means that the receiver devices to the PC.
bits of a data packet are transmitted one
becomes the master device which can
after the other. Data is transmitted sym-
metrically via two twisted wires, one of access data on an external hard disk or Please note, however, that only PCs
which transmits the data signal and the a memory card of a digital camera, for are capable of addressing more than one
other the corresponding inverted signal. example. USB client, on the other hand, external USB hard disk at the same time.
The signal receiver creates the differen- means that connection is established Satellite receivers are not designed to
tial voltage of both signals, which means between a PC and the digital receiver support this.
that the voltage level difference between and the receiver’s internal hard disk pops
the 0 and 1 levels is twice the usual value up on the PC as a removable storage These days a USB connection has
so that outside interference is largely medium. This in turn allows exchanging, become the most popular data exchange
eliminated. This in turn improves trans- moving or copying data between both set-up in the digital satellite field both
mission reliability, suppresses common devices in an easy way. for connecting a PVR receiver to the PC
mode interference and at the same time as well as for giving users the option of
increases electromagnetic compatibility. You can easily spot the difference using external storage media instead of
Two additional wires provide power to between these two types by looking at or in addition to integrated hard disks.
connected devices. the USB plugs. A USB host plug (type A) This allows working with several differ-
is flat, while a USB client plug (type B) is ent hard disks (not at the same time,
A USB connection can achieve signifi- rectangular. In most cases, devices with though!) so that whenever a hard disk is
cantly higher transfer rates than a serial a built-in hard disk feature a client con- filled to the brim with recordings you can
connection. USB 1.0 and USB 1.1 are nection so that data can easily be trans- simply connect another disk rather than
rated at a maximum of 12 Mbit/s, and ferred to the PC, while receivers without having to delete data.
USB 2.0 supports up to 480 Mbit/s. While hard disk generally sport a host connec-
this figure looks impressive on paper, we tion so that the receiver is able to access Add to that the fact that modern 2.5-
do have to take into account that the lim- external hard disks. inch external disks do not require a
ited processing capability of most receiv- separate power supply and are hardly
ers means that this transfer rate will not As far as cable lengths are concerned, bigger than a pack of cigarettes and it
be used to the fullest. a USB 2.0 connection can reach up to becomes clear why USB storage media
five metres without requiring signal have gained so much popularity in recent
Yet, even if 480 Mbit/s are out of reach, amplification. If your individual situation times. So next time you’re out and about
USB 2.0 nonetheless was the first con- requires still longer cables you have to camping, simply bring along your movie

■ USB host interface of the TF7700HSCI for connecting external storage media

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■ USB client interface of the Sonicview SV-360 Elite PVR

archive and you’re all set to save any devices, an Ethernet network allows Let’s look at manual IP address assign-
rainy day. several devices access all other devices ment as well, for a moment. You need to
in the network at the same time. For bear in mind that IP addresses are used
Network Connection digital satellite receivers this implies both in your local network at home as well
By far the most versatile connection that you can actually access your digi- as on the Internet, which is the reason
type between a PC and a digital satel- tal PVR in the living room while sitting why certain blocks of IP addresses are
lite receiver is an Ethernet connection. in front of your PC in the study, while reserved for different purposes.
What has been the norm in the PC world at the very same time your kid’s PC is
virtually for decades has also entered also connected to the satellite receiver. Generally, the address range from
the digital PVR realm some years back. There’s no way a USB or serial connec- 192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.255 is used
tion would ever be able to provide these for private home networks, with most DSL
network capabilities. modems and routers already being pre-
An Ethernet connection can either be
set to use this range. For your receiver
wired or wireless and can bridge large
With many different devices being you may then use 192.168.0.1 and for
distances. While serial and USB connec-
connected to a single network it is obvi- the PC 192.168.0.2, for example.
tions are limited to a few metres, Eth-
ously necessary to be able to differen-
ernet networks can easily extend over
tiate between each client. To this end, Some of you may be wondering now
hundreds of metres. On the other hand,
each device in the network is allocated a how several devices can be connected
the significant advantages of a network
dedicated designation, the so-called IP to each other, even though each device
connection come at a price – in other
address. An IP address always consists only features a single Ethernet inter-
words: a considerable amount of plan-
of four number blocks, with each block face. Well, that’s when routers or DSL
ning and configuration is required to
being a number from 0 to 255. This way, modems with integrated router come
make an Ethernet connection work.
each device has a unique identification, into play. They are equipped with 4, 8,
and in order to become a fully functional 16 or even more connection interfaces
So-called twisted pair cables are
network client, your for different devices and distribute the
required for Ethernet networks, with
digital satellite signal to correct addressee.
eight individual strands being twisted
receiver also has
into four pairs, hence the name. Using
to be assigned Next to a wired Ethernet connection,
pairs of two strands each minimises out-
an individual recent times have also seen more and
side interference. This type of cable can
IP address. If more wireless (so-called WLAN) net-
easily by laid out by everybody, fitted
you are using a works being set-up at home. South
with RJ45 plugs or connected from one
DSL modem or a Korean manufacturer Topfield was one
plug socket to the next. Using plug sock-
router in your net- of the first companies in the satellite
ets may turn out to be a wise decision,
work, IP addresses receiver industry to make some of their
particularly if you need to cover larger
will be assigned products WLAN ready. The single big-
distances, as the cables can be hidden in
automatically and gest advantage of using WLAN is the fact
cable conduits and the devices that are
you don’t have to that no cabling whatsoever is required
connected to the network only require
worry about a thing. between satellite receiver and PC.
short cables from the device’s Ether-
In all other cases,
net interface to the wall socket, which
chances are you’ll The single biggest drawback is the fact
makes for a very neat set-up. Special
have to manually that wireless signals can travel only so
tools are needed to attach an RJ45 plug
assign an IP address. far and in buildings made of reinforced
to a twisted pair cable and to wire a
Automatic assignment concrete, for example, signals have a
socket appropriately (see picture).
takes place via a pro- hard time penetrating walls. Brick or
cess called DHCP, which wooden buildings, on the other hand,
Your local PC or electronics store
stands for Dynamic Host are very WLAN friendly and in many
should be able to provide you with such
Configuration Protocol. All cases allow using a WLAN network even
a tool. Thanks to colour-coding, cor-
digital receivers with an across several floors.
rect wiring doesn’t require a degree in
Ethernet interface support
electronics, and if you’re going about
DHCP and therefore fully In a WLAN network, the assignment
it carefully there is hardly any risk that
support genuine Plug&Play of IP addresses happens the same way
something might go wrong.
when connecting the receiver as in a wired network, with the added
to your LAN at home. step that in most cases an access key is
In contrast to USB or serial connec-
required to make sure the wireless net-
tions, which invariably require a direct
point-to-point connection between two ■ Special tool for wiring plug sockets

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■ Network interface of a digital receiver
work is protected means the signal can be picked up by
from unwanted neighbours, passing cars or pedestrians
guests. close to your place. This makes it all the
more important to encrypt the transmis-
As you can sion between PC and receiver so that no
see, a network connection offers the unauthorised person gets a chance of
most versatile features and options intercepting your personal data trafﬁc.
when it comes to hooking up satellite
receiver and PC. All WLAN capable satellite receivers we
know of support at least the WEP (Wired
We started out by saying that modern Equivalent Privacy) protocol that can be
satellite receivers basically are no-frills used to encrypt the entire communica-
PCs, and this is also why services and ■ Twisted pair cable for Ethernet connection tions process. So for a digital receiver
applications we have come to know and
appreciate from the PC and Internet To protect your privacy, any satellite
worlds may work just as well with your receiver with network capability has
digital satellite receiver – provided that mechanisms in place to protect access
the manufacturer decided to support with a user name and password. Make
these. For instance, from a technical sure you actually use these mechanisms
point of view it would be perfectly pos- and please also make sure your pass-
sible to access your receiver at home word meets certain security criteria.
via FTP (File Transfer Protocol) from the Some passwords can be hacked in min-
PC or the Internet in order to exchange utes by criminals who use tools to try
data, or to use a web server on any out different combinations of characters
internet browser to create a timer entry and numbers or who even use diction-
on the PVR, check its status or even aries for trying out an endless number
switch channels – no matter whether of different words. So there’s really no
you’re in the next room or on the other point in choosing “receiver” or “1234” as ■ Wall socket with clearly visible colour-coded
side of the world. your personal password. The best bet is markings

a variation of upper case and lower case even being able to establish a connection
In addition, an Ethernet connection characters, sprinkled with special char- to the WLAN base station it is manda-
provides sufficient bandwidth for carry- acters and numbers. A ten-digit pass- tory to define a password at the station
ing multimedia contents in real-time so word offers millions of combinations that (using either text or hexadecimal code)
that it is possible to watch the channel cannot easily be discovered, not even and also enter that very same password
that is set on the receiver in the living with state-of-the-art software. It’s your on the receiver or any other host want-
room also on the PC monitor in the receiver and your data, so you’d better ing to use the network. These days,
study. For the first time, this also allows make sure it stays that way as well. however, WEP has significant loopholes
contents that cannot be displayed on a and can be hacked quite easily if one
standard TV (such as MPEG 4:2:2 trans- To help you memorise your password uses the right tools, so we would urge
missions, for example) to be sent to a we recommend basing it on a feely receiver manufactures to also imple-
PC with corresponding software and to selected word, such as “TeleSatellite” ment the more recent WPA (WiFi Pro-
be watched on the PC monitor without and then add to it a number or date you tected Access) encryption in their WLAN
any loss of quality. can easily remember, such as your date receiver models. Market leader Topfield
of birth, for example. Add to that one or has pressed ahead and added WPA pro-
One thing that deserves special two special characters and you’ll arrive tection in a recent software update.
emphasis in any network configuration at a password that will give a headache
is security. In a wired setting there is to anyone trying to hack it. Your pass- As with other connection methods, the
virtually zero threat, as long as we’re word could be TeleSatellite(150370) transfer rates in Ethernet networks also
dealing with a closed network that has or – to make it even more complex – largely depend on the receiver’s process-
no access to the Internet or to external T(e1|5e0S3a7t0e)llite. ing power, so in a real world scenario
devices, because only your own devices you will soon find out that the theoreti-
in your own house or apartment will be To memorise this particular password cal maximum rate of 12.5 Mb/s is hardly
able to access the network. As soon it’s enough to remember the initial word ever reached.
as there is access to the Internet, any as well as the position of the birth date
person in the world with an Internet and of the special characters. In addition, No matter which connection type
connection will be able to gain access you should always activate the firewall you’re currently using, the future will
to your devices – at least in theory setting of your DSL modem or router so have more innovations in store, both for
and with no protection in place. Natu- that there is a check on external access USB and Ethernet set-ups. Transfer rates
rally, an intruder must know your IP to your network. After all, there is no will no doubt increase, and networks will
address which you are using to access such thing as too much security. be able to extend across ever increasing
the Internet, but even this can be found distances. USB 3.0 is virtually around the
out easily with corresponding software For WLAN networks there is also the corner and will definitely also be used for
– some even free of charge – which the issue of the wireless signal potentially digital satellite receivers. So let’s keep
more dubious Internet users are usually travelling way beyond the confinement our eyes open and let’s look forward to
quick to discover. of your house or apartment, which what manufacturers will offer next!

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TEST REPORT Multimedia HD Receiver

Topﬁeld TMS SRP-2100

High-end All-rounder

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Each receiver box we buy prominently features a brand name on its front. In actual
fact, however, no manufacturer develops and produces all components in-house,
but rather sources individual parts from various suppliers and then assembles the
receiver. One of the decisive components always is the main chipset,
as it determines how well incoming audio and video data are
processed. A good quality receiver must feature a good
quality chipset to guarantee brilliant sound and
pictures, a wide range of applications
and operational stability.

06-07/2009
TOPFIELD TMS SRP-2100
Future-proof receiver combining
satellite television and Internet
in a single device

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Slightly over a year ago pation into their new TMS
we witnessed the large-scale receiver and therefore made
transition from SDTV to HDTV sure it does not only come
using DVB-S2/H.264. This of with two DVB-S2 compatible
course required a totally new tuners, but also with a fully
chipset to make sure high- functional network interface
definition signals can be pro- as one of its key features.
cessed next to conventional
standard definition offerings. Topfield decided that new
Main menu
technology on the inside also
We all know that new tech- requires a new appearance on
nology often brings with it new the outside. Forever gone are
problems and new bugs that more or less hidden buttons
take some time to be resolved. on the front panel – the future
The first DVB-S2/H.264 chip- lies in a touch-sensitive control
sets were no different and panel which does away with
more or less any manufac- obtrusive buttons altogether.
turer of HDTV receivers expe- The TMS (which, incidentally,
rienced some kind of teething stands for Total Media Solu-
problems. The more features a tions) is some three centime-
brand tried to pack into their tres higher than comparable
innovative HD boxes, the more satellite receivers, but thanks
prone to glitches they actually to its stylish front panel design
LNB settings were. this does not make it look bold
at all. After all, there is only
In the meantime, however, one single button positioned
chip manufacturers have had right above the perfectly read-
some time to look at the prob- able VFD display: the one to
lems and figure out how to turn the box on and off.
solve them, so that the Top-
field TMS SRP-2100 now is one All other control segments
of the first receivers using the are located next to it in a per-
latest and improved DVB-S2/ fect circle, and they are acti-
H.264 chipset. vated simply by touching the
front panel, which is a very
Topfield of South Korea calls smart concept. When the
itself the “Leader of Multime- receiver is switched on these
dia Home”, and it is exactly segments are surrounded by
Video Output Options
that claim which the company a shiny blue LED ring, which
wants to prove right with its we found a tick too bright in
new product. Many months a dark viewing environment.
ago, a team of Topfield engi- Being able to dim or de-acti-
neers went about design- vate this LED would be greatly
ing this next-generation HD appreciated.
receiver. What was clear right
from the very start was that A flap on the right side of the
the Internet would be playing front panel hides two CI slots
a significant role next to con- which can take in any standard
ventional satellite TV recep- conditional access module
tion. Speaking of which, it is for pay TV reception (such
no coincidence that TELE-sat- as Viaccess, Cryptoworks,
ellite opted to add “broad- Nagravision, Alphacrypt etc.),
SCPC Search band” to its title, because we as well as two USB ports for
too expect that in future it will connecting external hard disks
make no difference to con- or other storage media such as
sumers where TV and radio digital cameras and the like.
content comes from. Satel-
lite, cable, terrestrial and The back panel proves its
broadband Internet will all be worth as well, as it comes with
equally purposeful sources of the mandatory HDMI socket,
multimedia content and one two scart euroconnectors, six
day we will not even bother to RCA sockets for YUV, CVBS
think about where TV content and stereo audio, a USB port,
comes from. an E-SATA slot, a network
interface, a coax and a digi-
The engineers at Topfield tal audio output and of course
also streamlined this antici- the two DVB-S2 compatible
SCPC Reception

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tuners complete with loop- On a friendlier note, we loved manual – something we have date list of 150 European and
through outputs. To broaden the fact that you can also con- come to expect and appreci- Asian satellite positions for KU
our smile even further, Top- trol your TV, DVD player and ate from Topfield in the past. and C band transmissions. The
field also added a mechani- amplifier with the very same It provides detailed informa- transponder database turned
cal mains switch on the back remote. The user’s manual tion on all features of the out to be just as current.
panel. includes a comprehensive list receiver, has a brilliant layout
of codes for various manu- and included illustrations and As far as antenna settings
Contrary to most Topfield facturer so that the remote pictures where required. are concerned the TMS seems
receivers in the past the new can be configured to work to be happy with anything that
TMS comes with a small fan with your existing living room Everyday use is thrown at it. All DiSEqC pro-
to provide cooling for the hard equipment. When tested by tocols (1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3)
When Topfield advised us
disk and the power unit. In the us, this feature worked truly some weeks ago that the new are supported which means
pilot receiver we had available flawlessly. TMS would be sent to us for that a simple single antenna
for testing the fan produced testing, we could hardly wait is just as fine as a multi-focus
a rather disturbing high-pitch In addition, Topfield decided for the day it would arrive at antenna with up to 16 LNBs
noise. Topfield has assured us, to ship a fully-fledged wireless our test lab. When that day or an antenna with a DiSEqC
however, that a more silent fan keyboard with its TMS, even had finally come, we were motor. A number of generally
and an improved power unit though it currently can only even quicker than usual to set used LOFs are pre-set and in
will be used for serial produc- be used for the integrated up the receiver to our recep- case you own a more exotic
tion. The remote control that Battle Tank video game. Plans tion system and to connect it LNB you may even set the
is shipped with the TMS sits are in the pipeline, though, to to our plasma TV in the test required LOF manually.
nicely in your hand and sports add an Internet browser to the lab. When switched on for the
an easy-to-use layout design. receiver’s operating system in first time the receiver wants to In order to make full use of
All keys are clearly labelled future, for which the keyboard know the preferred language twin tuner PVR both tuners
and provide enough feedback will be extremely handy. for the OSD, with the following should be fed with a separate
when pressed. If the wireless keyboard is options being available: Eng- line from the antenna so that
used a small dongle has to be lish, French, German, Dutch, two recordings (even from
If only the quality of the TMS attached to one of the avail- Italian and Spanish. two different satellites) can
remote would equal that of the able USB ports of the receiver be made simultaneously while
TF7700HDPVR we’d feel like so that signals can actually Even though the receiver playing back a third event.
we were in heaven. As this, be transmitted from the key- came with a comprehensive
unfortunately, is not the case board to the box. channel list that was obviously In case there is only one
we have to say that while the geared towards the German- line available the loop-through
remote is good enough to use, This impressive list of fea- speaking market, the next output of tuner 1 can be con-
it does not equal the top-notch tures is rounded off with an step in the initial setup pro- nected to the input of tuner 2,
design and feel of the receiver included HDMI cable and cess was a channel search. which means that not all chan-
it is meant to control. an extremely useful user’s The TMS comes with an up-to- nels are available on tuner 2.

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case, far more than 2000 TV related personal lists, create pre-defined transponders or
For professionals among channels and countless radio a dedicated HDTV list or each channels, which may even be
you Topfield has even thought stations filled the overall list, member of your family can encrypted channels. This is a
of implementing manual PID but thankfully Topfield has a use a customised list all for very handsome feature that
input. The only feature genu- reputation of taking the horror him/herself. we have been waiting for for-
ine DXers will miss is blind out of channel list editing and ever and a day.
scan, which is not available the TMS is no exception. Before we exit the main
with the TMS. menu – which, incidentally, is Via HDMI the TMS can pro-
Its channel memory accepts conveniently divided into five vide either 576i, 576p, 720p,
The TMS’s tuner had a pleas- up to 7000 TV channels and up categories – it makes sense to or 1080i, or you may choose
ant surprise in store for us: to 3000 radio stations and can have a look at system settings the automatic mode which
Not only did he lock SCPC sig- be edited to your heart’s con- and to adjust same param- selects the most suitable res-
nals from TURKSAT 42° East tent. Apart from an automatic eters, if need be. Like other olution based on the received
effortlessly, it also left a great basic structuring it allows digital satellite receivers, the signal. We particularly liked
impression when we tried to manually moving, deleting, TMS can be set to automati- the Video Format key on the
receive signals from transpon- renaming or PIN-locking indi- cally sync local time via satel- remote control to quickly
ders that only come in very vidual entries. lite. What sounds like a great change resolutions.
weakly at our location (such idea also has its drawback,
as the ones from NILESAT Just as easily, you can move as some channels transmit The scart euroconnector
7° West or ASTRA2D 28.2° channels you watch on a regu- erroneous time signals and delivers CVBS, S-Video or RGB
East, for example). When we lar basis to a favourites list, cause a wrong time to be set signals, and users can pre-
repeated the test under lab which itself can be sub-divided in the receiver. To counter define how 4:3 material will
conditions the excellent recep- into up to 30 categories. This this problem, the TMS allows be presented on a 16:9 screen

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(Pan & Scan or original format also a fully-fledged network
with black bars to both sides). interface which can be set up
Even though hardly anyone in a dedicated menu area. It
will use it these days, it is even allows users to assign an IP
possible to set signal output at address manually or automati-
4:3 for older TV sets. cally by a DHCP server that is
integrated in the network. In
As the name suggests case automatic assignment is
the recording and playback available the TMS will receive
Manual channel search
settings allow defining the all required parameters auto-
receiver’s behaviour during matically and will be ready to
recording and playing back. go within seconds.
The time shift buffer has been
extended to cover up to 300 A web server and an FTP
minutes now, up from the 120 server are also integrated in
minutes that had been avail- the receiver and both of them
able in the past. In addition can be activated or deacti-
you can have the receiver add vated individually. Obviously,
a pre-set number of minutes the TMS offers access protec-
before and after each timer tion through user ID and pass-
recording to make sure not to word.
miss a thing in case a channel
does not stick precisely to its Once the initial configura-
EPG mode 1 schedule. tion is finished all you have to
do is press the Exit key on the
If external storage media are remote to prompt the receiver
connected through the USB to exit the main menu. It
or E-SATA ports they can be immediately switches to the
nominated as the default stor- first available channel on the
age medium. So if you would list and inserts a small info bar
like to use a USB disk rather on the bottom of the screen.
than the internal 500 GB hard It includes information on the
disk you can easily set up the currently showing event, a
box to address this external progress bar to show how far
disk. into the event you are, as well
as details regarding the active
Another first is that it is pos- tuner, satellite and transpon-
sible to continue playback from der.
Extended EPG information
where it was stopped before.
Up until now a separate TAP Additional icons provide
(in-house plug-in from Top- information on available ser-
field) had been required to use vices such as teletext, sub-
this feature. Also, various fast titles, additional audio tracks,
forward and rewind speeds are or whether you are currently
available and users can define watching an encrypted or mul-
how the receiver is to deal with tifeed channel.
encrypted recordings. Either
they are decrypted right away All this is rounded off with
by creating a copy or the user two bars indicating signal
activates this procedure man- strength and signal quality.
ually. Beware of these values, how-
ever, as we have found that
Various OSD settings The front display of the they might not be 100% accu-
TMS can be customised in a rate, especially when it comes
number of ways, for instance to weak signals.
using different display modes
or adjusting display brightness If you press the Info key the
for standby and on. We would receiver will display additional
be even happier if the same content information on the
was true for the blue LED ring current event, if provided by
on the front panel as well. the channel.

If you intend to connect the The EPG pops up by press-

receiver to the outside world ing the Guide key and Topﬁeld
the Topﬁeld TMS does not has yet again managed to
only have the USB and E-SATA develop a very user-friendly
ports at your disposal, but layout. Information for up to
150 pre-stored satellite positions are available

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seven days in advance can be It could not be easier to lect a lot of recorded events. avenues. TV and radio con-
accessed, provided this infor- create a timer entry – yet of To help you keep track of what tent will still be provided via
mation is transmitted by the course there is always the you have recorded it is possi- satellite, cable, or terrestrial
channel. option left to create a manual ble to freely create folders into broadcasting, but will be com-
entry as well if you do not want which you can move recorded plemented to a considerable
Two display modes are avail- to be restricted to scheduled- events. Each recording comes extent by the Internet.
able: The first shows a grid with defined begin and end times. complete with a preview pic-
seven channels at a time for a ture and detailed informa- This is why the network inter-
time period of approximately Set entries can be repeated tion on length and size of the face of the TMS has received
three hours, the second mode daily, weekly, each workday or recording. In case you’re won- special attention right from
also consists of a grid layout, each weekend, so you’re really dering: 500 GB of hard disk the start. Not only does it allow
but this time featuring five left with all imaginable auto- are good for roughly 250 hours controlling the receiver via the
channels with a time period of matic recording options. of viewing. Internet or a local network
approximately four hours. thanks to the integrated web
In our test the receiver also The files system used by server, you can also access
While you’re using the EPG reliably identified and advised Topfield is JFS, even though a the receiver’s hard disk from
the Info key brings up detailed of any timer conflicts involving number of other formats (such anywhere in the world with the
information on the selected overlapping recordings, even as FAT32, NTFS or EXT2/3, help of FTP.
event, which can be marked if they overlapped a couple of for example) can be read was
to create a timer entry for a minutes only. well. Only JFS and EXT2/3 can Data are transmitted in high
recording or reminder. be written, however, which speed so that nice theory can
In good Topfield tradition the you should keep in mind when be put into impressive prac-
OK button calls up the channel trying to edit recordings on tice, and a whole new world
list, which sports a convenient your PC. of using a satellite receiver is
design and offers a whole opened up. Just imagine – a
range of sorting options. If The perfect overall impres- new movie premieres on TV
desired the receiver can even sion of the TMS is rounded off while you’re on holiday and
display provider details for by flawless selection of audio with all the helter-skelter right
each channel, and the touch tracks, perfect insertion of before departure you forget to
of a button brings you right to subtitles, NVOD support and set the timer for a recording.
favourite list view. integrated teletext decoder.
If you belong to the impatient Not a problem: If you have
We particularly liked the kind and prefer to watch other access to the Internet at your
channel search feature which channels during commercial holiday destination you can
shows all channels whose breaks you will probably love remotely create a timer entry,
name starts with a given char- PiP (picture-in-picture), which check if all existing entries are
acter (press once: all channels even works with two HD chan- correct and verify whether
starting with A; press twice: nels! recordings have actually been
all channels starting with B; made. And as if that’s not
and so on). We should not forget to enough, you may even use FTP
mention a feature called auto- to transmit TV or radio content
With potentially thousands matic system restore which from your home right to your
of channels on the list this fea- works like that: With the touch holiday destination.
ture brings you to what you’re of a button you can save the
looking for really fast. current receiver status, which The ‘Entertainment’ menu
can be restored at any later item is a first step by Top-
Zapping is fun with the TMS, stage, if something goes ber- field towards blurring borders
it doesn’t take longer than serk with your settings. The between receiver, network
one second to switch between restore file can be saved both and Internet. For instance, you
SDTV channels, and approxi- in the internal memory and on may use the TMS to look for
mately two seconds before a external storage media, so you videos on YouTube and watch
HDTV channel appears on the are always on the safe side. them on your flat screen in
TV. the living room. Naturally we
Topfield never stops improv- gave this feature a try and as
When testing a receiver we ing its products, and that is it turned out it worked flaw-
often zap up and down the list why new software is made lessly.
like there is no tomorrow, yet available for download from
the TMS did never answer with time to time. Updates can be The TMS is just as versatile
any major video or audio faults. made via satellite, network or as the YouTube web portal and
In general, we truly loved the via a USB memory stick. even displays a list of most
video and audio quality pro- watched or top rated videos.
vided by this receiver, which Network Alternatively you may watch
was excellent for both SD and photos on Flickr or share them
HD signals. Interface with friends, and if you want to
As mentioned above Topfield find out the weather for the day
Thanks to the built-in 500 believes the future will see a the TMS features a dedicated
GB hard disk you will soon col- merging of different reception menu item for that as well,

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Network settings provided via DHCP Weather forecast

YouTube video search Battle Tank video game

providing a forecast for almost TMS the manufacturer has

any location worldwide. stated that the interface per
se hardly changed so that it
In addition, the TMS can
will be not too difficult to re-
of course be used as an MP3
jukebox or a picture viewer compile existing TAP applica-
with individual or slide show tions so that they will become
viewing. If you have down- compatible with the TMS
loaded DivX movies from the within a short period of time.
Internet you may even watch
these with the Topfield TMS.
With its TMS Topfield is
among the first receiver man-
The Battle Tank video game
Most watched YouTube videos ufacturers to enter uncharted
adds icing to the multimedia
cake and can be played alone territory by making the Inter-
at home, or with friends on the net an integral part of its
network. product. Naturally, the qual-
ity of many YouTube videos
TAPs is way below that of satellite
Topfield was the first man- transmissions, but change
ufacturer to create a plat-
happens and YouTube is
form for resourceful hobby
investing heavily in new com-
developers to implement new
features in the receiver’s pression technology so that a
software. The name of the number of videos are already
game is TAP and stands for available in high-definition.
Topfield Application Protocol.
DivX playback
Users may use TAP applica-
The impression we had
tions to customise their boxes
of these was very good and
even further and to add new
functions. sooner or later the end user
will no longer think about
Topfield began to integrate where TV content comes
TAP many years ago and so it from, as long as it arrives on
comes as no surprise that TAP the screen in good quality.
is a defining feature of the
TMS software as well. While
TAP applications written for One thing is for sure: Top-
older Topfield receivers cur- field will be at the forefront of
rently will not work on the this new development!

MP3 jukebox

www.TELE-satellite.com — 06-07/2009 — TELE-satellite & Broadband 33

Life’s really hard for a TELE-
satellite test lab editor:
Thomas in Vienna playing
the Battle Tank network
video game included with
the TMS for this test report
with TELE-satellite‘s Graphic
Editor Barna in Budapest (big
picture)

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Expert opinion
+
The Topﬁeld TMS SRP-2100 is truly a next-
generation receiver. For the ﬁrst time it merges
satellite television and Internet access and thus
creates a totally new viewing experience with hith-
Thomas Haring
erto unknown features. The operating concept is TELE-satellite
Test Center
smart and the OSD sports a very user-friendly Austria

interface. Two simultaneous recordings can be

made while watching a recorded event. All this makes the TMS
the ideal companion for the whole family as well as newbies or
Topﬁeld TMS channel list
even experienced DXers.

-
The cooling fan of our pilot receiver was rather noisy, but
the manufacturer meanwhile assured that a more silent fan
and an improved power unit will be used for serial produc-
tion. The quality of the remote control could be higher.

TECHNIC
DATA
Manufacturer Topﬁeld, Seongnam/Korea
Fax +82-31-7082607
E-Mail inquiry@topﬁeld.co.kr
Channel list editing
Model TMS SRP-2100
Function Digital HDTV DVB-S2 Receiver with Various
Multimedia Features
Channel Memory 10000
Symbolrate 1-45 Ms/sec.
SCPC Compatible yes (> 2000 Ms/s)
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3
USALS yes
HDMI Output yes
Scart Connector 2
Audio/Video Outputs 6x RCA
Component Video Output yes
S-Video Output yes
UHF Modulator no
0/12 Volt Connector no
Digital Audio Output yes Channel list options
EPG yes
C/Ku-Band compatible yes
PVR-Function yes
USB 2.0 Connector yes
Ethernet yes
E-SATA yes
Max. hdd size 1TB
Dimensions 340/82/258mm
Weight 3.8kg

ENERGY
DIAGRAM
Mode Apparent Active Factor
Apparent Power StandBy 16 W 8W 0.50
Reception 58 W 33 W 0.56 Info bar
PVR 60 W 35 W 0.58

Active Power

First 15 minutes: In the ﬁrst minute the receiver is powered up, followed
by 14 minutes of active operation with channel switching, recording,
playing back, etc. Second 15 minutes: Standby Extended info bar

36 TELE-satellite & Broadband — 06-07/2009 — www.TELE-satellite.com

TEST REPORT Big Dish for Ku-Band

P140 of
Pasat Anteny
Prime Focus Dish
for Ku-Band
When it was delivered, I did not know what
it was. A huge wooden box weighting 96
kg that occupied half of my garage. After
checking the papers it came out that indeed
it was a parcel for the TELE-satellite test
center. Only then, I recalled that a while
before Alex had notiﬁed me about an
antenna for test from the Bulgarian company
Pasat Anteny. I asked myself: if the package
was so massive and solid, would the antenna
be equally strong and robust? This was one P140 OF PASA
06 -0 7/ 20 09
T ANTENY
of the questions the test was supposed to Very solid an
d robust dish
stable rec eptio for highly
n
answer!

■ The feedhorn is included in the antenna kit

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I needed a hammer and The time came to install
a crowbar to open the box an LNB. The antenna is
and take the antenna com- equipped with a feedhorn
ponents out of it. Every part for Ku-Band. The feedhorn
of the kit was very carefully is optimized for this type
wrapped up with protective of PFA antenna, a regu-
foil. There was no chance lar LNBF for Offset dishes
for the smallest scratch due would not give good results
to transportation. I really when mounted on a Prime
■ Antenna has been delivered in a very solid wooden box liked that. Only profes- Focus Dish.
sional equipment is packed
with such attention. When The feedhorn is meant for
everything was unpacked, I LNBs with a flange, which
noticed that there are only unfortunately was not avail-
few components. Good - it able in my shack at time
should be simple to assem- of test. What I had in my
ble it. drawer was an LNBF for Ku-
Band already equipped with
And indeed. Despite the a PFA feedhorn (NF=0.3dB).
fact that there was no It was too thick and did not
detailed instruction but fit to the original holder. I
only one drawing showing had to put aside the origi-
an assembled antenna, the nal feedhorn and its holder
assembly was so straight- and use another holder
forward that everybody matching the LNBF. Finally,
could do that in no time. I was ready to take meas-
■ Antenna consists of not too many parts... Everything fitted perfectly urements.
so it was nothing but fun.
I aimed the antenna at
I was slightly surprised more or less proper direc-
when I discovered that the tion and immediately I saw
antenna had been designed the signal on my signal ana-
for a mast of 70 mm diam- lyzer. The signal analyzer
eter. More common dimen- identified satellite position
sion is 60 mm (and of course as 28.2 ° East (Astra sat-
40 mm for small dishes). ellite). I played for a while
After checking that the and every time I got a very
bolts fixing the antenna to good quality signal. For
the mast are long enough, example, MER = 17.4 dB
I decided not to build the and even more!
new test mast but use my
existing test setup with a But how about receiving
60 mm mast. However, for weak satellites? I studied
a permanent installation, I carefully the footprints of
recommend using a mast different satellites on Sat-
of the proper diameter - 70 coDX webpage and realized
mm. that living in Poland is a
very good thing for a sat-
When the dish was put on ellite fan but not necessar-
the mast and all the nuts ily when you have to test a
and bolts were tightened, big dish. Most of the beams
I noticed with satisfaction aimed at this or that part
that the antenna is really of Europe also cover the
solid and robust. That’s center of the continent with
very important especially very strong power. 90 cm
for an antenna of this size. is quite enough to receive
Its viewing angle is so small most of the satellites and
that even a small backlash beams. There are only a
can severely affect the few regional beams that do
■ ... so assembling it is really simple
reception. not cover my location but

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■ Last bolts to be tighten are those ﬁxing the antenna to the mast ■ We used an LNBF we had in the drawer, so the original feedhorn
and its support were not needed

■ Only with a really big dish you can get such high
■ This is the feedhorn holder readout of MER and NM

■ Aimed at HOTBIRD 13E

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Fig.1

in such cases, 140 cm is far As I expected, the qual-

too small to receive them. ity of the signal was sig-
niﬁcantly better. Its MER
The only practical candi- value was better by 1-2 dB
date for the reception sen- for 0.9 meter dish and 3-4
sitivity test was the beam dB for 0.6 meter dish. Per-
EXPA22K2 of EXPRESS haps some of our readers
AM22 satellite (53° East). will be surprised but the
Its footprint looked as if I signal level I got from P140
should be able to receive it and prime focus LNBF was
with a 150-190 cm antenna not higher than that from
(signal strength >40 dBW), smaller dishes. In digital
yet I hoped I could get TV, it is much more impor-
something with the P140. tant to have a big signal to
Should it be 42-43 dBW, the noise ratio rather than the
antenna could even be able absolute signal level. To
to lock to the signal. achieve this, one must have
a big antenna. (Fig.1)
When I was trying to aim
PASAT 140 at this satellite, Based on these compari-
I realized that its elevation
son measurements, I can
adjustment bolt is too short
state that P140 is indeed
for that bird. I needed to
an antenna of high gain. It
set the elevation 21.4 ° but
means that the curvature of
it was out of range of the
the surface is correct and
dish. The antenna eleva-
the signal is focused in the
tion with our test dish could
point where the feedhorn is
be set from approximately
mounted. The dish is very ■ This footprint hardly reaches our test center, but Pasat dish was able to
25° to 70°. The simplest get some signals.
solid so if you only put it on
thing I could do was set-
ting antenna elevation to
a strong enough mast, it will Expert Opinion
the lowest possible position
last for years and years.
+
and additionally tilting the Very solid and robust dish. Everything ﬁts per-
Its elevation setting range fectly. It is packed very carefully. Workmanship
mast by a few degrees.
(25-70°) is more suitable leaves nothing to be desired.
for the countries located
After I did it, I noticed
the spectrum of EXPRESS
closer to the equator then - Jacek Pawlowski
TELE-satellite
for my location in Poland none Test Center
AM22 signal on my signal Poland
(52° North) but of course
analyzer. C/N readout was
it depends on the satellite
at the level 8 dB. Unfortu-
nately, it was slightly below you want to receive. Pasat TECHNIC
the reception threshold. will deliver dishes with DATA
One decibel more or so and other settings ranges, if Manufacturer Pasat Anteny, Bulgaria

I could enjoy seeing some- you specify your needs. Telephone +359 350 6 3911, +359 350 6 6311

Fax +359 350 6 4011

thing.
If you decide to pur- Website www.sat.bg

Bad luck. I was wonder- chase one of these robust Email sales@pasat.bg

ing how should I asses and easy to install dishes, Function Prime focus aluminum dish for Ku-Band

the performance of this remember about the mast Model P 140

dish? Finally, I decided to of 70 mm diameter and a Diameter 140 cm

use much stronger satel- suitable ﬂange LNB for Ku- Focus 50 cm

lite (HOTBIRD at 13° East), Band that can be attached F/D 0.375

measure signal quality and to the feedhorn with 4 Gain @ 11.350 GHz 42.2 dB

compare it to signal qual- screws. Gain @ 12.125 GHz 42.8 dB

Gain @ 12.626 GHz 43.5 dB
ity from a 0.6 m dish and
a 0.9 m dish. The dishes The Pasat dish is per- Noise temperature (at elevation 42°) 47 K

were equipped with differ- fectly suitable for profes- Opening angle (-3dB) <1.25°

ent LNBF’s but all of them sional installations, and for Thickness 1.2 mm

were of quite good quality private users when they Reﬂector mass 6 kg

(NF = 0.3~0.4 dB). want a real stable signal. Supporting hardware mass 5.2 kg

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TEST REPORT Polarmount Motor

MOTECK SG-2500
State-of-the-art Technology for
New H-H Polar Mount Motor
H-H motors for rotating antennas with a diameter of up to 120 cm from horizon to
horizon – as the name implies – have been on the market for roughly ten years now.
They allow reception of all satellites that are available at the respective location. The
basic design of these motors has remained largely unchanged in these ten years,
which can be taken as an indication that
it is pretty perfect already. MOTECK’s TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
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demonstrate, Bulgarian
Czech
Български
Česky
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however, that German
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there is always Farsi
French
‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬
Français
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room for Greek
Croatian
Ελληνικά
Hrvatski
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/hel/moteck.pdf
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improvement. Hungarian
Mandarin
Magyar
中文
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Available online starting from 29 May 2009

The differences to its predecessor are

06-07/2009 hard to spot when unpacking the unit,
MOTECK MOTOR SG-2500 but as soon as you start assembling
Very silent motor with
tolerance-free drive the motor it’s evident that SG-2500 is
for exact antenna positioning. made of high-grade materials: Rust-
proof mounting elements and a stainless
die-cast case guarantee a high degree
of weatherproofness. An easy to read
adjustment scale and exact markings
for aligning the antenna in a southerly
(northerly) direction allow easy and
at the same time precise alignment of
motor and antenna.

The SG-2500 works

ﬂawlessly under
all DiSEqC protocols.
To operate the antenna under DiSEQc
1.0 to 1.1 MOTECK supplies either the
V-Box II or the DIGIBOX, which requires

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the rotation angle as Goto-X values. The Once the mast is mounted in a pre- and roughly aligned. The manual comes
exact rotation angle can be calculated cisely horizontal position, we have to ﬁnd in English and provides useful directions
using the GAAPS routine which is avail- the exact southern (northern) direction for assembly and alignment. It also lists
able from MOTECK for download at www. and mark it on the mast with a felt pen. the corresponding scaling value of the
moteck.com, or from www.gaaps.com. The motor – which by default comes in antenna elevation for the local latitude.
tw. Alternatively, you may also choose to the zero position – can then be attached Alternatively, this calculation can easily
use our own USPOS software, which is
also very easy to use (www.TELE-satel-
lite.com/Uspos.exe).

Under DiSEqC 1.2, automatic posi-

tioning does not require any additional
device. However, operating the motor
under 1.2 reveals a weakness of the
DiSEqC protocol if the internal memory
of the motor is used. The memory used
by MOTECK – and other manufacturers
are no different – has capacity for up to
60 satellite positions but is unreliable
since all entries are deleted whenever
the motor is reset. This means all stored
satellite positions are lost.

But this is not the only problem with

the memory. Its ﬁrst 26 positions con-
sist of pre-set parameters which – unfor-
tunately – cannot be used in practice.
Apart from the fact that these values
are calculated for the zero meridian they Individual components before assembly
can also not be used because receivers
do not take into account a motor’s posi-
tion number, but invariably write satellite
data in ascending order.

For a safe and stable storage of posi-

tion data you should therefore rely on
the receiver rather than the motor. This
is the only way to reliably control the
motor with the direct DiSEqC 1.2 con-
trol command, Goto-X. Some DiSEqC
1.2 receivers even feature a dedicated
Goto-X menu. Still, receivers with inte-
grated DiSEqC 1.3 or USALS work best.
They automatically calculate the azimuth
Rotation angle scale of the motor Latitude adjustment on the motor
rotation angle, store it and transmit it
together with the Goto-X command. Of
course the SG-2500 is perfectly capable
of understanding the Goto-X command
and therefore is a brilliant match for
these receivers.

Attaching the motor to the

antenna system is easy
The MOTECK SG-2500 can be assem-
bled quickly with the help of a 13 mm
wrench. Just as easily it can be adjusted
to the local latitude. The SG-2500 can
be attached to masts with a diameter
between 35 and 65 mm. To guarantee a
stable setup, however, it should not be
less than 50 mm. This is also the diam-
eter selected by MOTECK for the rotor.

Motor attached to the mast

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be performed with any trigonometric
calculator:

Scaling value = latitude - 60° +

arctan((cos (BG)-0.151)/sin(BG))

As soon as the antenna (up to 120 cm

in diameter or a ﬂat antenna) is aligned
to this value it can then be attached to
the rotor. Using the guidance groove on
the rotor it is next aligned towards the
South (North).

In most cases, you will not have imme-

diate reception with the antenna. First of Mark for aligning the motor on the mast Elevation value that is set
all the motor has to be rotated to the set- to the South on the antenna
ting angle of a satellite, either manually
or using the receiver’s menu. For that you
need an indication of the incoming signal,
which is displayed by the receiver. Gener-
ally, however, the receiver is located at a
completely different place and thus cannot
be used to interpret the signal. A low cost
satellite finder can do the trick, when
hooked to the cable right at the antenna.
Such a device may also come handy at a
later stage, after a storm has moved the
antenna position, for example. Satellite
finders are equipped with an indicator that
makes it quite easy to maximise reception:
for vertical adjustments you change the Guidance groove on the rotor for aligning Antenna aligned on the
the antenna to the South guidance groove
elevation scale, for horizontal adjustments
you move the antenna on the rotor. tions in store. Our test clearly revealed also use a very inconspicuous flat antenna
that the new drive considerably reduces there is no reason for complaints based
The metal drive works the noise level across the full arc between on visible or audible annoyances.
75° East and 75° West, without consum-
silently and very precisely ing more power than other drives used The test also showed that a weak-
The innovative metal drive used for the before. This makes the rotation antenna ness of the drives that have been used
MOTECK SG-2500 has excellent innova- virtually inaudible for neighbours. If you up to now is now eliminated. Thanks to
a patented innovation the adjustment
tolerance of the drive shaft is practi-
cally reduced to zero. This means that
the dish is aligned to each satellite with
absolute precision, no matter where the
antenna movement starts. Even satel-
lite positions that are only spread three
degrees from each other can now be
separated reliably. Our test was able to
confirm that with this new drive a blind
scan does not receive transponders from
a neighbouring position any longer. At

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Antenna system after
ﬁnished assembly

the same time the signal strength of weak transponders close

to the reception threshold could be improved.
What does USALS mean,
The new MOTECK SG-2500 motor works reliably and silently.
Its new tolerance-free drive systems allows precise separation and what is GAAPS?
of satellite positions and consequently maximises reception
quality. Using a DiSEqC 1.3 receiver the system can be oper- Both terms designate calculation methods for auto-
ated fully automatically. matic positioning of satellite antennas. The position of
each satellite is given as the angle between the zero
meridian and the orbital position. This angle value is
geocentric, however, meaning that it is calculated with
the centre of the earth as pivot point.
For the horizon system of the actual location – which
differs for each location – this angle value has to be
re-calculated in order to receive the actual alignment
direction for a given satellite.
Italian actuator manufacturer Stab was the ﬁrst to
suggest integrating this complex re-calculation of geo-
graphic coordinates in receivers and coined the term
USALS, which stands for Universal Satellite Automatic
Location System.
MOTECK chose the abbreviation GAAPS for its re-cal-
Connection panel culation formula, which stands for Global Automatic
on the motor Antenna Positioning System.
The re-calculation of coordinates is not, however, an

Expert opinion additional feature implemented at motor level, as the

motor receives its control data with the regular Goto-X
+ commands of the DiSEqC 1.2 protocol. Therefore, the
Optimum corrosion protection, Extremely low- re-calculation is performed by the receiver.
Yet, even if the routine for automatic positioning is
noise operation, Precise positioning without align-
implemented in receivers, they may not always carry
ment tolerance, Suitable for both the northern and the registered USALS logo. Very often it is necessary
southern hemispheres Heinz Koppitz to consult the manual to ﬁnd out whether or not they
TELE-satellite
provide this feature.
- Test Center
Germany Some receivers – and motors, for that matter –
Manual only available in English simply state “compatible with DiSEqC 1.3” or “com-
Built-in position memory out of date
patible with Goto-X”.

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TEST REPORT Ku-Band LNB

Jiuzhou
Skytrack JSU33
LNBF for multifeed
systems
If you ask a satellite fan what is most important
when choosing the right LNBF for the Ku-Band
reception system, you will most probably hear that
this is the conversion gain and the noise ﬁgure. The
ﬁrst should be as high as possible and the second on
the contrary: the lower the better. Most likely, all our
readers know that high conversion gain means that
the LNBF output signal level is high and thanks to
that long coaxial cables and signal splitters/switches
may be used without a fear that the signal will get
too weak for reception.

06-07/2009
JIUZHOU SKYTRACK JSU33
Lightweight LNBF very suitable for
multifeed installations.

TELE-satellite Test Editor Jacek Pawlowski ■

mounts the new Skytrack LNB from
Jiuzhou to a regular offset dish pointing
to HOTBIRD at 13°E. The JSU33 LNB is
surprisingly small and lightweight

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formance for both LOF’s: 9750 Available online starting from 29 May 2009
and 10600 MHz, both polariza-
tions: vertical and horizontal devices, for the four remain- ers, the output power was
and for the beginning, middle ing ones, it beat at least one bigger than the competitors.
Table 1. Transponders used and end of a sub-band. competitor and once even It is especially true for the
as test signals.
both (Tr-11). And yes, you are 0.3 dB which was the winner
The low noise figure should Figure 1 shows the noise per- right – the 0.2 dB device did in noise performance.
ensure good signal to noise formance of the devices. MER not seem to be better than
ratio at the output of LNBF, is a modulation error ratio – a 0.3 dB LNBF! That’s why we What conclusions you can
or more properly for digital
transmissions: carrier-to-
noise ratio. Low C/N is needed
to ensure the reception of
weaker transponders. It also
provides high margin for bad
weather conditions. Unfortu-
nately, the noise performance
of the real device is not that
easy to predict. Except for the
noise figure, there are other
parameters that influence the
carrier-to-noise ratio.

These parameters are:

Fig. 1. MER for twelve different transponders of HOTBIRD satellite (13° East).
the phase noise of the local
oscillator of an LNBF and its parameter strongly related to explained earlier that the draw out of those results?
spurious content, reverse C/N and telling us how many noise figure itself is not the Skytrack JSU33’s strong point
polarization isolation, level bit errors are detected in the only parameter one must is its high output power. So it
of intermodulation, image incoming signal. Do we need take into account and only can be a preferred choice for
rejection. So, the only practi- to add that those errors are the real life test can reveal multi-satellite reception when
cal way to asses the LNBF is caused by noise? The better everything! we use multiswitches and
to apply it on a real antenna noise performance of an LNBF, long cable to distribute the
and make it receive real the higher MER values. And what about the other signal to many receivers. The
world signals. The presence parameter? It is presented in other advantage of this LNBF
of neighboring transponders While for 8 lower frequency figure 2. And here the situ- for multifeed system is its
makes life harder for an LNBF transponders, the noise per- ation is the opposite: it is lower profile and weight (ca.
and degrades carrier-to-noise formance of the JSU33 was JSU33 that beat all the rest. 100 g) when compared with
performance. worse that the reference For 11 out of 12 transpond- other typical devices.

In a test like that, we com-

pare the actual perform-
ance of LNBF under test with
other LNBF’s available on the
market. That’s what we did
also when testing the LNBF
of Jiuzhou: Skytrack JSU33.
Its noise figure is specified
as 0.6 dB. We compared it
with 2 other contemporary
LNBF’s: one with NF specified
as 0.3 dB and the other with
NF=0.2 dB. Figure 2. Output power of the LNBF’s.

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Expert Opinion
+
Lightweight, low proﬁle LNBF very suitable
for multifeed installations. High output power is
another advantage in this application. Good work-
manship.
Jacek Pawlowski

-
TELE-satellite
Test Center
Poland
It will not be a choice for a DX- er.

TECHNIC
DATA
Manufacturer Shenzhen Xiangcheng Electric Technology Co., Ltd.
Internet www.skytrack.cn/www.jiuzhou.com.cn

E-mail jerrychu@skytrack.cn / hxymar@jiuzhou.com.cn

Telephone +86 755 26715445/26947236
Fax +86 755 26947266/26715408

Model JSU33
Function Universal Ku-Band Single LNB
Input Frequency 10.7 GHz – 12 GHz

Output Frequency 950 MHz – 2150 MHz

LOF Initial Accuracy 1 MHz @ 25°C

LOF Thermal Drift 2 MHz (-30 ~ +60°C)

Noise Figure 0.6 dB max. @ 25°C

Conversion gain 60 dB min.

DC Current consumption 120 mA max.

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Manufacturer Topfield
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Multimedia Features Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/bul/topfield.pdf
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DVB-S2/LAN ●/● German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/deu/topfield.pdf
English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/eng/topfield.pdf
Channel Memory 10000
Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/esp/topfield.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/far/topfield.pdf
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Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/tur/topfield.pdf
SRP-2100
TOPFIELD TMS combining
eiver
Future -proof rec and Internet
satellite television
in a single device

Manufacturer AB-COM

Website www.abipbox.com
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Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/por/abipbox.pdf
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0HD
AB IPBOX 91 ne with its Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/tur/abipbox.pdf
ost ever yo
Satisﬁes alm and universality
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Manufacturer ABC BIZNIS

Website www.opensat.info
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Receiver Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/bid/opensat.pdf
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Channel Memory 4000 German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/deu/opensat.pdf
English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/eng/opensat.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/esp/opensat.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/far/opensat.pdf
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Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/por/opensat.pdf
04-05/2009 Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/rom/opensat.pdf
Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/rus/opensat.pdf
00CRCI PVR
OPENSAT 30 eiver with excel- Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0905/sve/opensat.pdf
PV R rec Türkçe
Fully-ﬂedged ty that is easy
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lent build quali

Manufacturer Topfield
Website www.topfield.co.kr TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
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Function
HDTV PVR Satellite Receiver Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/ara/topfield.pdf
with Scaler Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/bid/topfield.pdf
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German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/deu/topfield.pdf
Channel Memory 5000 English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/topfield.pdf
Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/esp/topfield.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/far/topfield.pdf
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Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/por/topfield.pdf
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0PVR ES Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/tur/topfield.pdf
TOPFIELD TF600 Turkish
oriented receiver
Easy to use family – ideal for use
er
with built-in upscal sma TVs
on LCD or pla

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Manufacturer Dizipia
Website www.dizipia.com
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
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Function
HDTV Satellite Receiver Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/ara/dizipia.pdf
with Scaler Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/bid/dizipia.pdf
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German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/deu/dizipia.pdf
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Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/esp/dizipia.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.2 / 1.3 Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/far/dizipia.pdf
French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0903/fra/dizipia.pdf
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-9160
DI ZIPIA DS 4H with lots of
rec eiver
A competent op tio ns and
connection bilities
powerful capa

Manufacturer Jiuzhou
Website www.jiuzhou.com.cn TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
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Function
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English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/jiuzhou.pdf
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and great fun

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Manufacturer ABC BIZNIS

Website www.opensat.info
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
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Function
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Channel Memory ! German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/deu/opensat.pdf
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DiSEqC 1.2 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/esp/opensat.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/far/opensat.pdf
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tance in a sin
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pa ck

Manufacturer AB-COM

Website www.abipbox.com
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
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Function PVR Receiver for DVB-S, Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/bid/abcom.pdf
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Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/ces/abcom.pdf
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English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/eng/abcom.pdf
Channel Memory 10000 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/esp/abcom.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/far/abcom.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/fra/abcom.pdf
Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/hel/abcom.pdf
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Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/por/abcom.pdf
Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0901/rom/abcom.pdf
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0HD
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eiver both for
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Manufacturer Topfield
Website www.topfield.co.kr
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
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Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ces/topfield.pdf
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DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/esp/topfield.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/far/topfield.pdf
S-Video/HDMI —/● French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/fra/topfield.pdf
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Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/man/topfield.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ned/topfield.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/pol/topfield.pdf
Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/por/topfield.pdf
Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/rom/topfield.pdf
10 -11/ 20 08 Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/rus/topfield.pdf
Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/sve/topfield.pdf
7700 HSCI
TOPFIELD TF d HDTV rec eiver Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/tur/topfield.pdf
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Manufacturer Sonicview
Website www.sonicviewusa.com TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
Digital Satellite PVR Receiver Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ara/sonicview.pdf
Function
With Two Tuners Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/bid/sonicview.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN —/— Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/bul/sonicview.pdf
Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ces/sonicview.pdf
Channel Memory 6000 German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/deu/sonicview.pdf
English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/sonicview.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/esp/sonicview.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/far/sonicview.pdf
S-Video/HDMI ●/— French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/fra/sonicview.pdf
Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/hel/sonicview.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio —/● Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/hrv/sonicview.pdf
Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ita/sonicview.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/mag/sonicview.pdf
Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/man/sonicview.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ned/sonicview.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/pol/sonicview.pdf
10 -11/ 20 08 Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/por/sonicview.pdf
Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/rom/sonicview.pdf
PVR Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/rus/sonicview.pdf
SV-360 ELITE Russian
SONI CV IE W eiv er an d easiest to Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/sve/sonicview.pdf
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Manufacturer PT. Subur Semesta

Website www.subursmt.com
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
Function
Digital Satellite Receiver for Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ara/venus.pdf
Motorized Dishes Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/bid/venus.pdf
Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/bul/venus.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN —/— Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ces/venus.pdf
German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/deu/venus.pdf
Channel Memory 4000
English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/venus.pdf
DiSEqC 1.2 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/esp/venus.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/far/venus.pdf
S-Video/HDMI —/— French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/fra/venus.pdf
Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/hel/venus.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio —/— Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/hrv/venus.pdf
Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ita/venus.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/mag/venus.pdf
Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/man/venus.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/ned/venus.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/pol/venus.pdf
10 -11/ 20 08 Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/por/venus.pdf
Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/rom/venus.pdf
II- EP Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/rus/venus.pdf
MI LLENNIUM Russian
VENUS NE W tor ized Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0811/sve/venus.pdf
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Manufacturer AB-COM
Website www.abipbox.com
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
Function
HDTV PVR for DVB-S, Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/ara/abcom.pdf
DVB-S2, DVB-C and DVB-T Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/bid/abcom.pdf
Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/bul/abcom.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN ●/● Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/ces/abcom.pdf
German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/deu/abcom.pdf
Channel Memory 10000 English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/eng/abcom.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/esp/abcom.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/far/abcom.pdf
S-Video/HDMI ●/● French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/fra/abcom.pdf
Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/hel/abcom.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio ●/● Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/hrv/abcom.pdf
Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/ita/abcom.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/mag/abcom.pdf
Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/man/abcom.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/ned/abcom.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/pol/abcom.pdf
Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/por/abcom.pdf
08-09/2008 Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/rom/abcom.pdf
US Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/rus/abcom.pdf
X 90 00 HD PL
ABCOM IPBO connection options Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0809/sve/abcom.pdf
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Manufacturer Arion
Website www.arion.co.kr
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
Function
Digital Satellite PVR Receiver Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/ara/arion.pdf
with Built-in Scaler Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/bid/arion.pdf
Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/bul/arion.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN ●/— Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/ces/arion.pdf
German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/deu/arion.pdf
Channel Memory 8000 English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/eng/arion.pdf
Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/esp/arion.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 /1.2 / 1.3 Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/far/arion.pdf
French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/fra/arion.pdf
S-Video/HDMI ●/● Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/hel/arion.pdf
Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/hrv/arion.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio ●/●
Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/ita/arion.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/mag/arion.pdf
Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/man/arion.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/ned/arion.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/pol/arion.pdf
Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/por/arion.pdf
06-07/2008 Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/rom/arion.pdf
Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/rus/arion.pdf
00 PVR HDMI
AR ION AF94 use rec eiver that Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/sve/arion.pdf
sy to Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0807/tur/arion.pdf
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Manufacturer NanoXX
Website www.nanoxx.info
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
Function Digital HDTV PVR Receiver Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ara/nanoxx.pdf
Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/bid/nanoxx.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN ●/● Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/bul/nanoxx.pdf
Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ces/nanoxx.pdf
Channel Memory 10000 German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/deu/nanoxx.pdf
English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/nanoxx.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/esp/nanoxx.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/far/nanoxx.pdf
S-Video/HDMI ●/● French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/fra/nanoxx.pdf
Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/hel/nanoxx.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio ●/● Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/hrv/nanoxx.pdf
Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ita/nanoxx.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/mag/nanoxx.pdf
Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/man/nanoxx.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ned/nanoxx.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/pol/nanoxx.pdf
04-05/2008 Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/por/nanoxx.pdf
Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/rom/nanoxx.pdf
00 HD
NANOXX 95 sp picture, Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/rus/nanoxx.pdf
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Manufacturer Topfield
Website www.topfield.co.kr
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
Function
DVB-S, DVB-S2 HDTV Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ara/topfield.pdf
Receiver with Irdeto CA Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/bid/topfield.pdf
Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/bul/topfield.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN ●/—
Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ces/topfield.pdf
Channel Memory 5000 German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/deu/topfield.pdf
English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/topfield.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/esp/topfield.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/far/topfield.pdf
S-Video/HDMI ●/● French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/fra/topfield.pdf
Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/hel/topfield.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio ●/● Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/hrv/topfield.pdf
Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ita/topfield.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/mag/topfield.pdf
Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/man/topfield.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ned/topfield.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/pol/topfield.pdf
04-05/2008 Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/por/topfield.pdf
Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/rom/topfield.pdf
7720HSIR Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/rus/topfield.pdf
TOPFIELD TF r for FTA and Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/sve/topfield.pdf
ceive
Ideal HDTV Re pted channels Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/tur/topfield.pdf
Irdeto encry

Manufacturer ABC Biznis

Website www.opensat.info TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
DVB-S/S2 MPEG2/4 HD Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ara/opensat.pdf
Function
Receiver with Single Tuner Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/bid/opensat.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN ●/— Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/bul/opensat.pdf
Czech Česky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ces/opensat.pdf
Channel Memory 4000 German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/deu/opensat.pdf
English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/opensat.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.2 Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/esp/opensat.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/far/opensat.pdf
S-Video/HDMI —/● French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/fra/opensat.pdf
Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/hel/opensat.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio ●/● Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/hrv/opensat.pdf
Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ita/opensat.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/mag/opensat.pdf
Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/man/opensat.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/ned/opensat.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/pol/opensat.pdf
Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/por/opensat.pdf
04-05/2008 Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/rom/opensat.pdf
000HDCI Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/rus/opensat.pdf
OPENSAT X9 : super fast Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/sve/opensat.pdf
atbelt
Fasten your se mbined with superb Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0805/tur/opensat.pdf
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channel zapp SD and HD
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audio and vid

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Manufacturer Topfield
Website www.topfield.co.kr
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
Digital DVB-S, DVB-S2 HD- Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/ara/topfield.pdf
Function PVR Receiver with Ethernet Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/bid/topfield.pdf
Connection Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/bul/topfield.pdf
German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/deu/topfield.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN ●/● English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/topfield.pdf
Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/esp/topfield.pdf
Channel Memory 5000 Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/far/topfield.pdf
French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/fra/topfield.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/hel/topfield.pdf
Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/hrv/topfield.pdf
S-Video/HDMI ●/● Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/ita/topfield.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/mag/topfield.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio ●/● Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/man/topfield.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/ned/topfield.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/pol/topfield.pdf
Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/por/topfield.pdf
Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/rus/topfield.pdf
Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/sve/topfield.pdf
02-03/2008 Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/tur/topfield.pdf

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TOPFIELD TF in rec eiver with
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Manufacturer AB-COM
Website www.abcom.sk
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
Linux-based Receiver for Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/ara/abcom.pdf
Function Terrestrial, Cable and Satellite Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/bid/abcom.pdf
DVB Reception Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/bul/abcom.pdf
German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/deu/abcom.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN —/● English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/abcom.pdf
Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/esp/abcom.pdf
Channel Memory 4000 Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/far/abcom.pdf
French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/fra/abcom.pdf
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/hel/abcom.pdf
Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/hrv/abcom.pdf
S-Video/HDMI —/— Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/ita/abcom.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/mag/abcom.pdf
Scart/Digital Audio ●/● Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/man/abcom.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/ned/abcom.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/pol/abcom.pdf
Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/por/abcom.pdf
Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/rus/abcom.pdf
Swedish Svenska www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/sve/abcom.pdf
02-03/2008 Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0803/tur/abcom.pdf

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Manufacturer Arion
Website www.arion.co.kr
TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Read Indepth Review of This Product Directly on the Internet:
HDTV Satellite Receiver with Arabic ‫ﺍﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/ara/arionHDCI.pdf
Function
CI Slot Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/bid/arionHDCI.pdf
Bulgarian Български www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/bul/arionHDCI.pdf
DVB-S2/LAN ●/—
German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/deu/arionHDCI.pdf
Channel Memory 4000 English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/arionHDCI.pdf
Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0801/esp/arionHDCI.pdf
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COMPANY REPORT Dish Antenna Manufacturer INFOSAT, Thailand

Innovation
Out of Thailand

, INFOSAT’s Chie f, and

■ Niran Tangpiroontham (left)-sate llite’s Editor-in- Chief,
Alexander Wiese (right), TELE
e in Nontaburi, a suburb
in front of INFOSAT’s head ofﬁc
nort hwes t of Bang kok.

Even a long-standing product

such as a C-band antenna still
has room for improvements.
A few months ago, INFOSAT
in Thailand introduced a 1.5-
meter single-segment antenna
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Niran Tangpiroontham, founder French
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Available online starting from 29 May 2009
his new ideas in TELE-satellite
issues 02-03/2007 and 02-
03/2008.

74 TELE-satellite & Broadband — 06-07/2009 — www.TELE-satellite.com

■ This picture appeared in the
02-03/2008 issue of TELE-satellite…

…and this picture is from ■

the same spot in March 2009;
where an open ﬁeld was only
a few months ago, today
stands a new factory.

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■ Don’t climb on
the antennas! This
warning is not meant
for the new single-
segment dish.
Niran demonstrates
that the new antennas
are actually quite
sturdy. “Installers
love this new dish”,
he proudly comments
about his newest
product, “They
no longer have to
spend time screwing
multiple segmented
antennas together, the
installation work is
finished quicker and
the new antennas are
quite robust.”
■ Another INFOSAT innovation: Niran shows us a prototype
C/Ku-band multi-room LNBF to be fed into multiswitches. The
C-band LNB is fitted with an output for horizontal and vertical
polarizations while the Ku-band LNB only has a vertically
polarized output. It would be used in the domestic market in
Thailand for reception of THAICOM at 87.5° east in C-band
and NSS 6 at 95° east in Ku-band. “The engineers are working
on fitting the Ku-band LNB with both polarizations but the
technical requirements are quite high”, explains Niran as to
why these Combi LNBs can only receive one polarization in
the
Ku-band.

The most recent TELE-satellite INFO-

SAT article in early 2008 included among
other things a picture of a vacant field.
That was then. Today there’s a new man-
ufacturing facility in this field: “That is
the INFOSAT Factory Number 2” explains
Niran proudly. He gestures to the con-
struction workers who are putting in the
finishing touches: “By the time this issue
is printed, the factory will be fully opera-
tional.” Factory Number 1 is at its limits:
just a few weeks ago the manufacture
of the previously mentioned single-seg-
ment dishes had begun.

“Factory Number 1 is 2400 Sq-m in

size; factory number 2 is 2500 Sq-m”,
explains Niran. While the first factory
is owned by INFOSAT, the second one
was rented. “This saves on costs which
I have used to invest in new machines”,
reveals Niran regarding his plans. He was
able to acquire two additional punch-
ing machines for a total of five that are
used to punch the required holes in the
0.5mm thick aluminum rolls for the mesh
antenna segments.
■ The first assembly
step for the INFOSAT
single-segment dish: By far the largest investment would
the antenna framework
is welded together on a have to be the spray painting system: he
ring table. The worker uses this to spray paint the antenna struts
in the foreground is
mounting the support and segments exactly the way he wants.
plate in the center. “All of these new machines required an
investment of over US$ 400,000”, com-
ments Niran. Factory number 1 focuses

76 TELE-satellite & Broadband — 06-07/2009 — www.TELE-satellite.com

on production and assembly of the dish
antennas while factory number 2 is used
for painting the ﬁnished antennas, pack-
ing them and preparing them for ship-
ping.

All of this ﬁnancial investment makes

you stop for a moment and think: did
Thailand somehow escape the current
worldwide economic crisis? “No, not all”,
replies Niran, “it began last September
with a steady decrease in the number of
purchase contracts.” At first Niran didn’t
have any answers. His employees began
to get nervous. Then Niran came up with
■ The mesh segments the solution: “The prices for aluminum
are screwed into the
antenna frame – the
and steel, the two most important raw
INFOSAT 1.5-meter materials used in manufacturing dishes,
single-segment dish is
finished.
had fallen, and starting January 1, 2009
I reduced the INFOSAT antenna prices by
10%.” No sooner were these new prices
made public, the orders started coming
in. “Now we very often find ourselves
working seven days a week in order
to handle all of these orders”, explains
Niran with a smile on his face. He is quite
satisfied with his price-reduction action.
The available stock of unsold antennas
that up until the end of 2008 filled the
factory floor has since been completely
depleted. “Today, an antenna is sold as
soon as it is produced; dealers have to
wait for their orders to be shipped!” The
first factory was capable of producing
a maximum of 10,000 dishes a month.
With the start up of the second factory,
capacity has increased to 15,000.

Niran concedes that the economic crisis

also has its advantages. Prices for raw
materials aren’t the only thing that have
come down, payroll demands have also
fell silent. “70% of our employees are
loyal; 30% however wouldn’t hesitate to
move to another company even if they
were offered only a 1% increase in pay.”
Employee loyalty is an important aspect
for a company with 60 factory workers
and 30 in administrative positions.

At lunch in the Chao Praya River Res-

taurant, directly next to the new factory
and only 20 km from downtown Bangkok,
Niran explained his plans for the future:
“The most popular receiver sold in Thai-
land is the ZIMPLE Box 4 at over 30,000
■ Off to shipping: three antennas
are packaged together. Niran is seen receivers per month.” Up until now, he
here holding one of these packages. A has been acquiring these receivers,
maximum of 20 of these packages ﬁt on a
pallet which in most cases is the minimum manufactured to his speciﬁcations, from
quantity for an international order. China. But he pays 20% import duty and

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■ Pink antennas?
Who would buy
something like
that? Jiraporn
Tangpiroontham,
Niran’s better half and
antenna production
manager explains,
“5% of our antennas
are sold in pink. The
buyers are women
who seem to prefer
that color.” Most of
the dishes that are
sold however, roughly
60%, are not colored
primarily because it
is the least expensive
version. 35% are
ordered in black.
Other colors offered
by INFOSAT are only
available by special
order.

■ Currently, the ZIMPLE 4 Box receiver

is still produced in China according to
INFOSAT’s speciﬁcations. Before delivery
to customers, INFOSAT’s own H20
software along with updated transponder
data is uploaded into the receivers.

■ INFOSAT’s new,
second factory, that
will have been put
in service with the
publication of this
issue of TELE-satellite.

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the receivers are marked ‘Made in China’.
If he were to import the individual pieces
SKD (Semi Knocked Down), import duty
would be only 10% and the receivers
could then be stamped ‘Made in Thai-
land’. “Some countries prefer ‘Made in
Thailand’”, ponders Niran regarding the
inviting idea of making receivers himself.
At the same time he is thinking about
the additional expenses that would be
directly connected with this idea. Niran
is wrestling with the prospect of whether
or not he should jump on board the
receiver manufacturing bandwagon or
remain on the more comfortable path
of importing completed receiver boxes.
Ofﬁcially, Niran has not yet made up his
mind. But wait…if you take a look inside
the new factory you’ll see that a spot has
been reserved for a receiver assembly
line…

Somehow, Niran would like to reach his

ambitious goal. Even though 2009 has
■ The shipping been ofﬁcially categorized as a recession
department: here the year, he has set quite a goal for himself:
daily dealer deliveries
are prepared. “In 2008, INFOSAT realized US$ 10 mil-
lion in sales, for 2009 I am expecting a
20% increase!” His chances for reaching
this goal are actually quite good!

■ Workers are seen

here busy with the
installation of a
new spray painting
system that will be
fully operational by
the time this issue of
TELE-satellite hits
the newsstands.

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DXer REPORT HDTV Satellite Reception in Beijing

The New DXer: TELE-satellite regularly reports on

satellite DXer’s. Up until now, this

■ Purchased only two days

ago: the new 2.4-meter
antenna that Applesat plans
to set up in the next couple of
days. The 1.0-meter dish is
ﬁxed in place and is pointed
to ASIASAT.

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This HDTV DXer adopted the nick-
name “Applesat”. He explained why: “At
15 I started getting interested in sat-
ellite reception. Back then China was
still quite isolated and the reception of
foreign programming opened up a new
world for me. Back then I thought that
the Earth was like an apple with satel-
lites ﬂying around it.”

His parents didn’t really like his new

hobby, but Applesat didn’t worry about
it too much and started with a 1.5-meter
dish for ASIASAT 1 reception. That was
1992. Three years later he expanded
his system with a 2.1-meter dish for
APSTAR 1.
■ Applesat’s 60cm antenna
with three LNBs receives In January 2009 he moved into his own
TELSTAR 18 at 138° east,
AGILA at 146° east and apartment in a new building in northern
APSTAR 6 at 134° east. Beijing. He chose this particular apart-

■ Applesat has hidden his antennas very

nicely in this modern apartment building:
invisible from the ground, they are located
on the balcony of his apartment on the ninth
ﬂoor.

■ This feedhorn is specially designed for offset

antennas and is recognizable by its conical
feedhorn. “Normal prime focus antenna (PFA)
feeds would have too much signal loss”,
explains Applesat.

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Greek Ελληνικά www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/hel/dxer.pdf
Croatian Hrvatski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/hrv/dxer.pdf
Italian Italiano www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ita/dxer.pdf
Hungarian Magyar www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/mag/dxer.pdf
Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/man/dxer.pdf
Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/ned/dxer.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/pol/dxer.pdf
Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/por/dxer.pdf
Romanian Românesc www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/rom/dxer.pdf
Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/rus/dxer.pdf
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ment for a reason: it is on the ninth
ﬂoor directly under the roof. For the
most part this protected him from any
curious glances. “You can only install
dishes legally out in open land areas for
CHINASTAR reception with channels in
ABS-S”, explains Applesat, “but private
reception in the city is not allowed.”

There are exceptions though for those

apartment buildings in which foreigners
are allowed to reside and then only in
those apartments in which these for-
eigners live. The Beijing-born Apple-
sat cannot use this as an excuse, so for
this reason he doesn’t want to draw any
attention to himself. “I love HDTV”, says
Applesat, “and that’s why I am willing to
■ By the south-facing window in take some risks.” His dream is to one
the living room Applesat set up
a small offset antenna that he is
day have his own piece of land near the
aligning with a Trimax meter. “I Great Wall of China so that he can erect
do this mostly in the evenings”,
says Applesat, “this is my manual
a real satellite antenna farm. “But cur-
motorized antenna.” rent laws don’t allow city residents like
me to own any land outside of the city.”

Until that day comes, he keeps in touch

with like-minded people. He exchanges
new HDTV channel information through
his own Internet forum www.hdtvstar.
cn; he acquires new transponder fre-
quencies from www.cnsat.net.

How does someone like Applesat get

ahold of satellite products in Beijing?
While you can find shops with satellite
equipment in provincial cities, you won’t
find anything in Beijing. “I buy much
of my equipment through Internet auc-
tion sites”, reveals Applesat, “Using the
word ‘satellite’ is really not allowed so
you have to use other similar terms to
find products like that.”

Applesat knows how to get around

all the obstacles to expand his hobby.
His rack already contains ﬁve satellite
receivers plus he also has a 32” HDTV
ﬂat-screen TV. “I’d really like to turn
my hobby into my job”, explains Apple-
sat, “and eventually that will happen.”
The energy that Applesat puts into his
hobby makes that a certainty.

■ Applesat in front of his shack with ﬁve

receivers, one for terrestrial HDTV signals
in DMB-TH, a DVB-S2 receiver, two DVB-S
receivers with modules and a DVB-S FTA
receiver. “My favorite channels are Luxe.TV
on ASIASAT 2, Fashion TV, Voom, National
Geographic, History Channel, AXN and ASN
from MEASAT”, explains Applesat, “The new
HD channels from Korean provider Skylife
recently started on KOREASAT 3 on 11.900L and
11.938L.”

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DXer REPORT US-TV in Europe

ECHOSTAR
DIRECTV 1R - ECHOSTAR 6 at 72,5º WEST
(DIRECTV USA - DISH NETWORK USA)
12.224, R, 20000, 5/6

in Tenerife
12.239, L, 20000, 5/6
12.282, R, 20000, 5/6 ■ Receiving a free-to-air US channel in Europe:
CBS-21 is transmitted in the clear from
12.340, L, 20000, 5/6 ECHOSTAR 6A and received in Tenerife/Spain
ECHOSTAR 4 - ECHOSTAR 8 at 77,0º WEST by Diego’s 1.8 m antenna.
(DISH NETWORK MEXICO)
12.239, L, 20000, 5/6

In TELE-satellite issue Apart from these two satellites Diego

12-01/2009 we reported also receives signals from ECHOSTAR at
61.5° West and AMAZONAS at 61° West,
on how Diego Fernando but with a lower signal strength that is
Sanchez Rosende is trying insufficient for producing a clear image on
screen.
to receive out of footprint
Once again, Diego’s example clearly shows
satellite signals. He that satellite signals can also be received ■ Diego’s satellite meter shows the NIT table of
manages to catch several way out of footprint. It’s always worth giving one of the transponders of ECHOSTAR 6A he
is receiving
it a try, much more so if an appropriately
North American satellites sized antenna is available together with
with only a 1.8 m offset unrestricted view and – ideally – a location
at high altitude: the higher the location, the
dish. lower signal interference from terrestrial
transmissions. Diego lives up on a mountain,
whose backside blocks all signals travelling
from the north. In addition, the almost com-
However, there is no cause for delight plete lack of environmental pollution makes
in receiving these signals, as almost all for a clear view to North American satellites
of them are encrypted. But then Diego and thus creates a situation that might be
discovered CBS-21 on ECHOSTAR 6A at quite unique in Europe. ■ Spectrum display of ECHOSTAR 6A in
72.5° West, on the vertical polarisation of Tenerife.
12.224 GHz and found out that it is being TELE-satellite is always
transmitted in the clear. “I can receive happy to find out about
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Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-0907/rus/tenerifedxer.pdf
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■ The low elevation required for receiving american satellites ■ Diego ﬁne-tunes his 1.8 m ■ The footprint is far from reaching Europe – or
strikes right away. As Diego’s location is high up in the offset dish which he uses to so the theory goes. In the real world, reception
mountains he is able to maintain reception even with such low receive american satellites in is very well possible in the western fringes of
elevation. Tenerife. Europe.

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SATELLITE INFORMATION New Satellites

New Satellites

Ariane 5 ECA lifts off from the ELA-3 launch zone at Europe’s Spaceport
in French Guiana
(Photo: ESA)

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services for telecommunications providers,
broadcasters, corporations and governments in
Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India and other
Edited by parts of Asia.

Aleksandar Medic

NSS 12
July-September 2009

This state-of-the-art satellite is manufactured by

Space Systems/Loral and will be located on 57°
East over the Indian Ocean Region and will have
48 DTH Ku-band and 40 C-band (36 MHz equiva-
lent) transponders with a lifespan of more than
15 years. NSS 12 will feature elaborate beam
interconnectivity and C-/Ku-band cross-strap-
ping. It will replace the NSS-703 satellite and
will be used to enable communications serv-
ices including VSAT Internet and GSM backhaul

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SATELLITE INFORMATION New Satellites

AMAZONAS 2 EUTELSAT W7
September 2009 July-September 2009

Amazonas 2 satellite, ordered by HISPASAT in EUTELSAT W7 will occupy EUTELSAT’s 36° East
2007 and constructed by EADS-ASTRIUM, has 54 location, replacing EUTELSAT SESAT. This 70
Ku- and 10 C-band transponders and an opera- Ku-band transponder satellite, built by Alca-
tional life of 15 years. After the launch from the tel Alenia Space, will be launched by Zenit sea
Kourou space center in French Guiana by Ariane launch vehicle. 24 transponders will be assigned
5 rocket, it will be co-positioned with Amazonas to DTH services on the ﬁxed Russian/Ukrain-
1 satellite on 299°East (61° West) and it will cover ian beam, 12 transponders will operate on the
both North and South America since it has dedi- steerable beam focused on the Ukraine, while
cated Ku-band beams for both continents and 27 transponders will be available for broadband
an-American C band beam. This Eurostar-3000 services. The introduction of EUTELSAT W7 will
based communication satellite will double HIS- almost triple EUTELSAT’s capacity over Russia,
PASAT’s capacity in the Americas and provide a the Ukraine and the CIS, making 36° East one of
wide range of services including direct-to-home the hottest orbital positions. A widebeam cov-
television. HISPASAT’s new satellite will weigh erage over Eurasia will be particularly suited to
5.5 tons and use a solar panel of 39 meters pro- TV feeds, public/corporate telephony and data
viding over 14 kW of power. Total investment for services, while the Central Asian beam will be
this satellite is over 200 million euros. targeted at the oil and gas sector for voice and
data services using DVB-RCS applications with
90/120cm antennas. W7 weighs 5.6 tons, it has 12
kW payload power and a lifespan of 15 years.

INTELSAT 14
August-September 2009

This satellite has been manufactured by Space

Systems/Loral. It will be carried into space by
Atlas V rocket and positioned on 315° East (45°
West). With its 40 C- and 22 Ku-band transpond-
ers it will cover Europe, Africa and the Americas.
INTELSAT 14 has a lifetime of 15 years and will
replace INTELSAT 1R satellite. Defense’s Internet
Router In Space (IRIS) payload, which represents
the next generation of space-based communica-
tions, since it will be able to merge communica-
tions received on various frequency bands and
transmit them to multiple users based on data
instructions embedded in the uplink, thus ena-
bling U.S. and allied military forces with diverse
satellite equipment to seamlessly communicate
over the Internet from the most remote regions of
the world. IP networking software for the router
is provided by Cisco Systems.

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MEDIA Satellite & Broadband News

the orbital position at 23.5 degrees East will be Geographic Channel HD, Eurosport HD, History
further strengthened by the launch of Astra 3B. HD, Voom HD, Luxe TV HD, Melody Zen HD and
German music channel Anixe HD. Subscriptions to
Edited by THALES ALENIA SPACE COMMISSIONED the HD service are available for HRK 49 (EUR 6.60)
FOR W3C SATELLITE per month to users who sign up for 12 months.
Branislav Pekic Eutelsat Communications has announced that
Thales Alenia Space has been commissioned to CZECH REPUBLIC
build the W3C satellite. Eutelsat will select the
EUROPE launcher for the satellite separately at a later stage. TELEFONICA O2 ENDS 2008 WITH
The rapid order of W3C follows Eutelsat’s decision 115.000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS
EUROPE taken in January 2009 not to integrate the W2M Telefónica O2 ended 2008 with 115.000 sub-
satellite into its fleet following a major anomaly scribers for its IPTV service O2 TV, compared to
EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 9 which occurred during its transfer from the location 108.061 at the end of last September. O2 TV offers
ENTERS INTO SERVICE used for in-orbit tests to its operating position at up to 80 linear channels, with premium offer-
Eutelsat Communications has announced the full 16 degrees East where its mission was to replace ings provided by HBO and Cinemax, as well as
entry into commercial service of its Hot Bird 9 satel- well in advance Eutelsat’s W2 satellite. Scheduled delivering a VOD service, which has on-demand
lite at 13 degrees East. Built by EADS Astrium and for launch in third quarter 2011 and equipped with content deals with a number of Hollywood studios.
launched on 20 December 2008 by Arianespace, 56 transponders, W3C will be co-positioning with
Eutelsat’s new high-capacity broadcast satellite has Eutelsat’s W3A satellite will expand capacity at FRANCE
a projected in-orbit life of more than 15 years. With 7 degrees East from 44 to 70 transponders.
the entry into service of Hot Bird 9, co-positioned ORANGE WITH 1.7 MILLION
with Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 6 and Hot Bird 8 satellites, EUTELSAT W2A IN ORBIT IPTV SUBSCRIBERS
Hot Bird 7A can now be redeployed to 9 degrees The W2A satellite of Eutelsat Communications Orange reported a 66% growth in pay-TV custom-
East. Rebranded Eurobird 9A, the satellite will was successfully lofted into orbit on April 3 by a ers across its IPTV and satellite platforms in Europe
assume all broadcasts currently carried by the 20 Proton Breeze M rocket supplied by ILS. Designed last year, rising from 1.2 million at the end of 2007
transponders on Eurobird 9 and introduce 18 addi- to replace Eutelsat’s W1 satellite, W2A’s payload of to 2.1 million by the end of 2008. The France Tel-
tional transponders at the 9 degrees East neigh- up to 46 Ku-band and 10 C-band transponders will ecom-backed company had 1.9 million subscribers
bourhood, which has seen the number of channels almost triple capacity at one of the Group’s most in France, out of which with 201.000 subscribing to
more than double in one year to almost 150. established neighbourhoods. Up to 46 Ku-band the DTH service and around 1.7 million to the IPTV
Released from this position, Eurobird 9 will continue transponders, depending on operations, will be con- service. Domstic VOD downloads more than dou-
its useful life in orbit at another location. Hot Bird 9 nected to a wide footprint of Europe, the Middle East bled, rising from 5.1 million in 2007 to 12.1 million in
has a payload of up to 64 Ku-band transponders. and North Africa, and a second beam over southern 2008. Furthermore, the recently-launched Orange
Africa and Indian Ocean islands. Ten C-band trans- sport channel and Orange cinema series channels
EUTELSAT HOT BIRD 10 ponders will provide coverage of Africa, extending had 130.000 subscribers by the end of 2008.
SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED east to central Asia and west to Latin America.
Eutelsat Communications’ Hot Bird 10 satellite Services in the S-band will enable Solaris Mobile GERMANY
was successfully launched on February 12 by an to deploy mobile video broadcasting applications
Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the European spaceport across Europe for a host of mobile devices including FIVE MILLION IPTV SUBSCRIBERS
in Kourou, French Guiana. The EADS-Astrium phones, PDAs, iPods, games consoles and laptops. EXPECTED BY 2013
built satellite will be deployed at the 13 degrees The S-band will also be able to support the deploy- Consulting company Detecon International expects
East orbital position, providing coverage of Europe, ment of mobile interactive applications of particular that Germany will cross the threshold of 5 million
North Africa and the Middle East. It will have a benefit for the transport and automotive sectors. IPTV subscribers by 2013. The prediction is based
lifetime in orbit of 15 years and is equipped with on current analyses of subscriber figures for
64 Ku-band transponders in the frequency band SATELLITE OPERATORS TO GET the largest German and foreign IPTV providers.
10.7-12.75 GHz. Prior to joining 13 degrees East S-BAND RADIO RIGHTS One reason given for the predicted growth is that
HOT BIRD 10 will consequently be deployed to Two European satellite companies are expected German IPTV providers have readjusted their busi-
7 degrees West to expand capacity at this key to be awarded in April the rights to part of the ness models by adding integrated and flexible prod-
neighbourhood for broadcasting in the Middle East. radiofrequency spectrum that could be used to ucts and emphasising more strongly the features
create new Europe-wide mobile phone services. of IPTV which set the service apart from traditional
SES MOVES ASTRA 2C TEMPORARILY Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile, a joint venture broadcasting and Web-to-peer or peer-to-peer
TO 31.5 DEGREES EAST between SES Astra and Eutelsat, are expected to TV programming, which is also Internet-based.
SES Astra has moved the Astra 2C satellite from be given 18-year rights to S-band radio spectrum in
28.2 degrees East to the orbital position 31.5 27 countries across Europe, according to a report DT REDUCES IPTV PRICES BY 10 PER CENT
degrees East to take over the mission of Astra 5A in the Financial Times. Two others companies - ICO Deutsche Telekom has cut the subscription fees
which is no longer in service. It will remain approxi- Global Communications and TerreStar – were for its IPTV service T-Home Entertain by up to
mately there for one year. Meanwhile, the services also in the running. The European Commission 10%, as part of an initiative to reach 1 million
transmitted via 28.2 degrees East will continue to has opted to pool the S-band licences from all its triple-play subscribers by the end of this year.
be broadcast from the other satellites co-located at member states, and award them in one block. The Comfort, Comfort Plus and Premium pack-
this orbital position. Astra 2C will be able to operate ages have each seen their monthly rates cut by
24 BSS transponders at 31.5 degrees East, thereby BULGARIA around €5 per month, with the cheapest package
continuing the commercialization of this orbital posi- now starting at €44.95 per month, and the new
tion. After the launch of Astra 3B in the fourth quar- VESTITEL SELECTS ORCA IPTV SOLUTION prices will apply to all new contracts. The price cut
ter of 2009 and its subsequent deployment, another Bulgarian triple-play operator, Vestitel BG, has comes as DT revealed that it is aiming to pass 1
in-orbit satellite will be moved to 31.5 degrees East, selected Orca Interactive to supply their RiGHTv million IPTV customers by the end of this year.
permitting the return of Astra 2C to 28.2 degrees IPTV middleware platform to underpin their new
East and to enhance capacity at this orbital position. model based IPTV service. The IPTV middleware GREECE
will be deployed to replace the existing solution
SES BOOSTS 23.5 DEGREES that is powering Vestitel’s current IPTV service and OTE LAUNCHES IPTV SERVICE
EAST ORBITAL POSITION will be the basis for their Partnership model – to OTE has commercially launched its IPTV
SES Astra has moved its Astra 1G satellite from which multiple Bulgarian operators have signed service, conn-x TV, which is initially available
19.2 degrees East to 23.5 degrees East, where up - that will go live at the end of April 2009. to customers in the major urban areas of Attica
it joined Astra 3A and Astra 1E to serve Cen- (including Athens), Thessaloniki, Patras, Lar-
tral Europe, the Benelux countries and German CROATIA issa and Iraklion (on the island of Crete).
cable networks, as well as offering the high-
speed broadband service Astra2Connect. The T-HT TOPS 150.000 SUBSCRIBERS IRELAND
move follows the successful deployment of SES FOR IPTV SERVICE
Astra’s new satellite Astra 1M which replaces T-Hrvatski Telekom (T-HT), owned by Deutsche MAGNET SELECTS IPTV MIDDLEWARE
Astra 1G at 19.2 degrees East. Astra 1G adds Telekom, has passed 150.000 subscribers for FROM DREAMPARK
19 transponders to 23.5 degrees East increas- its IPTV service MAXtv, as well as commercially Dreampark, one of the leading IPTV middleware
ing the number of available transponders on launching HD services on the platform in April. The providers on the European market, announced
this orbital position to 56. By the end of the year, basic HD service comprises the channels National its first customer in Ireland as Irish IPTV and

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ISP provider Magnet Networks has upgraded their existing middle-
ware solution to Dreampark’s Dreamgallery, further strengthening the
company’s position as the leading IPTV middleware provider in Europe.

ITALY

TELECOM ITALIA ADDS MEDIASET PREMIUM CONTENT

Telecom Italia has reached an agreement with Italian private broadcaster
Mediaset to bring Mediaset Premium content to Alice Home TV. Telecom
Italia’s IPTV platform will feature new cinema and TV movies, TV serials,
cartoons and TV premieres, as well as more Italian football content.
Alice Home TV subscribers can now access Premium Bouquet package
channels such as Joi, Mya, Steel, Cartoon Network, Hiro, and a 24-hour
channel with live coverage of the current Italian Big Brother series. In
addition, the Premium Calcio package offers live football coverage of all
Serie A TIM matches, as well as top UEFA Champions League matches.

LATVIA

IPTV SUBSCRIBERS QUADRUPLE IN 2008

Lattelecom reported a fourfold increase in subscribers to its IPTV
service Lattelecom TV during 2008 and also recently secured the rights
to operate an MPEG4-based DTT service in the country. Although
it has not revealed subscriber ﬁgures for its IPTV service, launched
in April 2007, the company also reports that income from interactive
TV services increased by 517% in 2008. Lattelecom recently started
expanding its new FTTx-based “Future Network”, which will deliver
Internet speeds of up to 100 Mbps, with customers in Zolitūde (a
suburb of Riga, the capital of Latvia) already receiving these speeds.
In the future, Internet speeds will be increased to 10 Gbps, and the
new network is to be expanded to the neighbourhood of Ķengarags
(another suburb of Riga), and then to other parts of the capital and
across other major cities in Latvia. The operator aims to offers DTT
services on a commercial basis and throughout Latvia from this autumn.

POLAND

DIALOG TELECOM SELECTS SCOPUS VIDEO SOLUTION

Dialog Telecom has launched its new IPTV service using a video
distribution network based on a video networking solutions from
Scopus Video Networks. At the core of Dialog’s new IPTV video
distribution network is the Scopus Eldorado NMS (Network Man-
agement System), which offers redundancy and a centralised view
of the network to simplify troubleshooting and help the operator’s
engineers maintain consistent, high-quality transmissions for 24
channels. Scopus IRD-2900 series integrated receiver decoders
receive satellite video feeds carrying Polish and international con-
tent, while the company’s UE-9000 encoders provide local content
encoding for distribution of the video to viewers’ homes over IP.

PORTUGAL

PORTUGAL TELECOM WITH 312.000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS

Portugal Telecom added 110.000 new customers to its IPTV service
Meo in the fourth quarter of 2008 to reach 312.000 by year-end. The
success of its TV offer can be seen in the decelerating loss of its ﬁxed-
line subscribers and in the growth of customers for its ﬂat fee broadband
services, with around 50% of new IPTV subscribers in 2008 being
entirely new customers for Portugal Telecom. Furthermore, the operator
reports a 42.9% penetration rate for its IPTV service within its ADSL
customer base as a whole. Portugal Telecom also reports that VOD has
proved to be a key asset, with 45% of Meo customers paying to access
the VOD library in 2008, watching an average of 2.8 movies per month.

RUSSIA

COMSTAR UTS LAUNCHES IPTV IN MOSCOW

Comstar UTS has launched IPTV services in Moscow via its sub-
sidiary Moscow City Telephone System (MGTS). The new dual-
play broadband internet and IPTV service is being offered under
the name Internet+TV and offers up to 80 channels plus VOD,
radio and interactive services such as karaoke-on-demand.

SCANDINAVIA

TELIASONERA WITH 477.000 IPTV

SUBSCRIBERS IN NORDIC REGION
TeliaSonera arrived to 477.000 IPTV subscribers across all markets at
the end of 2008, having added 99.000 customers during the year. The
operator reached 324.000 IPTV subscribers in Sweden at year-end
2008, adding 20.000 during the 12 month period, with an estimated
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70% of its Swedish IPTV subscribers being paid way that 3D TV is broadcast though the satel- expected at the beginning of 2010 at the latest.
customers. Lithuanian subsidiary TEO adding lite network, and the problems associated with Swisscom has seen the number of subscribers to
49.000 subscribers last year to reach 67.000 by the transmission and compression of 3D images its IPTV service Bluewin TV double in 2008, rising
December 2008, while its Estonian subsidiary by different formats, such as IPTV and satellite. from 59.000 to 118.000 during the 12-month period.
Elion finished 2008 with 75.000 IPTV customers. The Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and
Commerce is co-financing the 3D TV project. TURKEY
SLOVENIA
SWEDEN TURK TELECOM SELECTS
TELEKOM SLOVENIJE SELECTS ENVIVIO FOR IPTV PROJECT
VERIMATRIX SOLUTION TELIA TEAMS UP WITH CANAL+ Turk Telekom is to use Envivio’s 4Caster C4 SD
Telekom Slovenije has selected the Verimatrix FOR LIVE FOOTBALL and 4Caster HD30 HD MPEG-4 AVC encoders
Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for Telia has partnered with Canal + to offer its IPTV and the 4Manager NMS, to deliver standard and
IPTV to protect VOD and live broadcast premium subscribers the possibility to watch all matches of high definition channels for its new IPTV service.
content. The operator’s IPTV service, known the highest Swedish football league Allsvenska. Envivio’s 4Caster HD30 delivers high quality, high
as SiOL TV with 80.000 subscribers, currently Telia Digital TV customers can watch all matches definition encoded content at less than half the bit
maintains the majority market share in Slovenia live or access the match library with their remote rates required by MPEG-2. The company’s Conver-
according to the Agency for Post and Electronic control if they subscribe to the Canal + Season gence Series architecture allows MPEG-2 content
Communications (APEK). Telekom Slovenije’s Ticket service. The service costs SEK 199 a month downlinked from satellite to be delivered to the com-
subsidiary, Planet9, is responsible for the creation and offers access to five live football channels. pression system directly over a local IP network..
and support of new platforms for mobile, Web and
IPTV media, as well as the production of content. SWITZERLAND UNITED KINGDOM

SPAIN SWISSCOM LAUNCH FIBRE- BT VISION SURPASSES

OPTIC OFFER IN ZURICH 398.000 SUBSCRIBERS
TELEFONICA TOPS 2.2 In April, Swisscom launched a trial offering for BT passed 398.000 subscribers for its IPTV service
MILLION SUBSCRIBERS the new high-speed access to the fibre-optic BT Vision in the fourth quarter of 2008, up from
Telefónica ended 2008 with 2.2 million pay-TV network. The bundled offerings allow simultane- 340.000 subscribers at the end of the previous quar-
subscribers across all platforms and markets, ous use of up to three HDTV channels, high speed ter, and saw an increasing number of its new cus-
adding 519.000 customers during the year. The internet with transmission speeds of up to 50 tomers subscribing to one or more of its on-demand
subscriber base of the IPTV service Imagenio Mbps (downstream) and 10 Mbps (upstream) and programming packages, according to the company.
increased 19.8% year-on-year to reach 612.494. telephone services. The trial offerings will initially
be available to customers in Zurich whose homes CHANNEL 4, FIVE BID FOR HD DTT CAPACITY
HISPASAT TESTING 3D TV have already been connected to the fibre-optic Channel 4 and Five have both submitted proposals
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat has launched network. The offerings will also be available in to UK regulator Ofcom for the UK’s final DTT ter-
3D TV trials, through a project known as “3D other cities in 2009, including in French-speak- restrial high-definition slot of the Freeview platform.
Live”. The project allows companies to study the ing Switzerland. An initial commercial offering is Channel 4 is proposing using the slot for an HD ver-
sion of its Film4 channel, which would broadcast 17 hours a day, ceding
four hours a day to S4C, which would broadcast a children’s TV block
in English and Welsh. Five, meanwhile, is proposing simulcasting of its
existing terrestrial channel between 18:00 and 23:00, while from 05.00
to 17.00 it would offer an HD service “supplied by another broadcaster.”

BSKYB AIRS KEANE CONCERT IN HD

BSkyB became the ﬁrst UK broadcaster to air a live concert in 3D
during April. The live performance by rock act Keane was transmitted
using BSkyB’s satellite network and existing Sky Plus HD set-top boxes.
A specially invited audience watched the transmission on a 46-inch
HD screen at London’s Abbey Road studios next door to the live gig.

NORTH AMERICA
LATENS AND MINERVA EXTENDS IPTV PARTNERSHIP
Latens and Minerva Networks have renewed and extended their
partnership to provide IPTV solutions in the Americas. To date, both
companies have been highly successful in offering their joint solution
combining Latens conditional access and Minerva’s middleware to oper-
ators in North and South America. The renewal of this agreement pro-
vides continued and new business growth for both companies. Under
the terms of the partnership, Latens and Minerva will also collaborate on
further integrations with market leading set-top box and VOD vendors
to ensure operators have the best options for their IPTV network.

CANADA

MTS LAUNCHES HDTV SERVICE IN WINNIPEG

MTS Allstream has launched MTS HDTV, the next generation of
HDTV, PVR, improved guide features and other TV advancements
to residents in Winnipeg. MTS is the ﬁrst company in Canada to
launch a digital TV service that includes combined technology from
Alcatel-Lucent and the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV software plat-
form. Along with an extensive line-up of over 250 digital TV and
music channels and features like VOD, the new services include
30 HDTV channels, with more channels to come in 2009.

UNITED STATES

UNIVISION AND AT&T REACH IPTV DEAL

Univision Communications and AT&T have signed a multi-year
content agreement as part of the AT&T U-verseSM TV chan-
nel line-up. The agreement includes continued carriage of Univi-
sion’s owned and operated broadcast stations; afﬁliated stations
owned and operated by Entravision Communications Corporation,
Equity Media Holdings Corporation, Calipatria Broadcasting Com-
pany, and JKB Associates; and distribution of the cable network,
Galavisiуn, and the network feeds for Univision and TeleFutura.

AT&T OFFERS 100 HD CHANNELS

AT&T is now offering at least 100 HDTV channels in every market
it offers its IPTV service U-verse, having recently expanded its
line-up with HD channels from Disney-ABC-ESPN Television,
including ABC Family HD, Disney Channel HD, Disney XD HD,
ESPNews HD and ESPNU HD. AT&T U-verse has two HD sub-
scription options - the U450 programming package costs US$ 10
per month, while the HD Premium Package offers even more HD
channels for an extra US$ 5 per month. Most packages include
the HD-ready Total Home DVR, which enables users to record HD
programmes on a single DVR and stream them to any connected TV.

VERIZON OFFERS 110 HD CHANNELS IN CALIFORNIA

Verizon has added 18 new channels to market areas in California
including several new HD channels, bringing the total to 110 HD
channels. In comparison, DirecTV provides 104 HD channels. The
channel counts do not take into consideration HD VOD, of which both
companies offer a substantial amount of HD titles in their libraries.

TIME WARNER REACHES 100 HD CHANNELS IN NYC

Time Warner Cable has arrived to 100 HD channels in
their New York City market areas. The company now
offers 65 HD channels in its standard high-deﬁnition pack-
age, and 35 HD channels in its premium HD line-up.

NRTC AND NTCA OFFER MORE THAN 80 HDTV CHANNELS

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) and
the National Telecommunications Cooperative Association (NTCA)
have announced that telecom operators now have the opportunity to
deliver more than 80 HD channels. Recently, NRTC has more than
MEDIA Satellite & Broadband News

doubled its HD offering and has created pro- SATELLITE EXPORT RULES in picture, karaoke entertainment and digital video
gramming packages that enable rural operators DAMAGING INDUSTRY recording. The new IPTV service is supported by
to derive incremental revenue. The HD offering Satellite export control rules are hampering Alcatel-Lucent’s end-to-end IPTV solution, including
includes premium services like HBO and Starz; U.S. national security and economic interests, the Microsoft Mediaroom IPTV and multimedia
the entire ESPN HD line-up; and services from and must be updated to protect the U.S. space software platform. The service complements Code-
Disney, Discovery Communications, Lifetime industrial base, AIA President and CEO Marion tel’s existing voice and broadband Internet access
Networks, Smithsonian and the Tennis Channel. Blakey said in April in written testimony before the service, enabling the operator to offer one of the
House Foreign Affairs Terrorism, Nonproliferation first complete triple-play packages in the Caribbean.
LIBERTY TO INVEST US$ 530 and Trade Subcommittee. U.S. market share for
MILLION IN SIRIUS XM RADIO commercial satellites dropped from 73 per cent
Liberty Media Corp has announced it will invest to 27 per cent after legislation passed in 1998 to ASIA
US$ 530 million in Sirius XM Radio, fending off control commercial satellites as military items.
a rival bid from EchoStar. Liberty Media, owner AZERBAIJAN
of DirecTV, will receive a 40 percent stake in
Sirius XM and seats on its board of directors in
exchange for helping the satellite radio firm avoid
LATIN AMERICA AZERBAIJAN TENDERS SATELLITE SYSTEM
The Ministry of Communications & Information
bankruptcy. Liberty Media and EchoStar had BRAZIL Technologies of Azerbaijan is holding a closed
been locked in a battle for Sirius XM. Sirius XM tender procedure for development of a national
offers hundreds of channels of music, sports, TELEFONICA LAUNCHES NEW IPTV SERVICE satellite. According to Communications Minister, Ali
news, talk, entertainment, traffic and weather. Telefonica Brasil has launched an IPTV serv- Abbasov, the tender already involves five compa-
ice dubbed xTreme which is initially available in nies from Russia, USA and France. Azerbaijan
ECHOSTAR LAUNCHES CONVERSION the 26 districts of Sao Paulo. A basic package plans to put into operation its first satellite in 2010
PROGRAM FOR IPTV SERVICES costing BRL 240 (USD 105) includes an 8 Mbps and the second one in 2011. The satellite project
EchoStar Satellite Services has announced internet connection and 80 TV channels, while is said to be worth some US100-170 million.
the company’s IP-Prime Conversion Program, the most expensive service costs BRL 337 for
designed to provide continued delivery of video a 30 Mbps connection and 120 TV channels. CHINA
transport services for operator IP head end facilities
across the United States. Commercial transport DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHENZHEN TO BUILD 4-5
provider IP-Prime has previously announced SATELLITES A YEAR
it will discontinue its video transport service to CODETEL, ALCATEL-LUCENT Shenzhen Aerospace Spacesat is building a new
head end facilities by July 31. EchoStar’s ViP- TO LAUNCH IPTV SERVICE establishment in Shenzhen which, once completed,
TV transport service delivers a secure, MPEG-4 Compania Dominicana de Telefonos (Codetel) has will develop six to eight types of satellites and pro-
encoded IP stream of approximately 250 chan- launched a nationwide IPTV offering, providing duce four to five satellites every year. The satellites
nels of popular, broadcast quality TV channels subscribers with TV, VOD and other multimedia will be used for global navigation, telecommunica-
from a satellite located at 85 degrees West. content services. Enhanced features include picture tions, remote sensing and space exploration. The
enterprise was jointly founded by China Spacesat, SINGAPORE ment of the 7 degrees West orbital position which
Harbin Institute of Technology and Shenzhen Aero- is used by both companies for satellite broadcast-
space Science and Technology Research Institute. SINGAPORE WITH 12 HD CHANNELS ing across the Middle East; the Gulf countries
Singapore has adopted high-definition tel- and North Africa. This new phase of collaboration
INDIA evision within a short span of three years, with between Nilesat and Eutelsat follows the recent
viewers already having a choice of 12 chan- successful launch of Eutelsat’s Hot Bird 10 satellite
ACT LAUNCHES IPTV SERVICE nels featuring content ranging from sports to that will first be commercialised at 7 degrees West
IN BANGALORE documentaries to movies. This HD fare is offered under the name Atlantic Bird 4A. The collabora-
ACT Television has launched its IPTV services across three platforms: free-to-air broad- tion between both operators will move into a third
in Bangalore making it the first service provider caster MediaCorp, cable TV operator StarHub phase with the deployment in mid-2010 of the Nile-
to offer such services in the state. The company and the IPTV service of SingTel’s mioTV. sat 201 satellite procured by Nilesat. This will be
technology partners for the initiative include Cisco, followed in 2011 by the arrival of Atlantic Bird 4R.
Verismo, Vermatrix, MRO-Tek, Scopus, Oracle
SOUTH KOREA
and E&Y. The company is targeting a subscriber NIGERIA
base of around 1 lakh for its IPTV services in Ban-
SK BROADBAND SELECTS ALCATEL-
galore in the next 18-24 months. Its VOD service CHINA TO REPLACE FAILED SATELLITE
LUCENT FOR IPTV SERVICE
has a movie library of around 4,500 movies. China Great Wall Industries Corporation, the
SK broadband (formerly known as Hanaro
Telecom) has selected Alcatel-Lucent to supply firm that constructed Nigeria’s first communica-
SUN DIRECT LAUNCHES HDTV SERVICE and maintain its IP service routing solution to tion satellite, Nigcomsat1, plans to replace the
DTH provider Sun Direct has launched a
support the operator’s real time IPTVservice. failed satellite built at the cost of US$ 200 million,
HD service in India. Sun Direct, an 80:20 JV
Alcatel-Lucent’s IP/MPLS technology will enable according to local daily “The Day”. According to
between the Maran family and Malaysia’s Astro
SKbroadband to deliver advanced broadband the managing director of Nigerian Communica-
Group, has signed up over 3 million subscrib-
services including real time IPTV services, tions Satellite (NigComsat), Ahmed Rufai, the
ers in March 2009 to reach the 3.1 million mark.
HDTV, VOD, VoIP and high-speed Internet replacement will be at no cost to the Nigerian
The service launched with two channels, one
access, all with superior service quality. government. He added that the Chinese firm was
each for Tamil movies and Telugu movies - at
responsible for management of the failed satel-
a cost of Rs 10,000 per subscription, before
TAIWAN lite when it crashed out of its orbit in November
expanding to an 8-channel service. Korea’s
2008, it was obliged to replace the facility. The
Samsung is providing the HD set-top boxes.
CHUNGHWA TELECOM WITH replacement Nigcomstar-1R will be launched from
676.000 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS Sichuan province in south-western China in the
INDONESIA Chunghwa Telecom had 676.000 subscrib- fourth quarter of 2011, according to Yin Liming,
ers to its IPTV service Multimedia-on-Demand president of China Great Wall Industry Corp.
TELKOM PREPARES NETWORK FOR IPTV (MOD) by the end of 2008, up 71.4% from one
Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) is setting
year previously. Chunghwa Telecom has recently
aside IDR 1.5 trillion (US$ 127.94 million) to
develop its fixed-line network in preparation for
indicated that it is preparing to launch a new
version of its Multimedia-on-Demand service,
WORLD
the launch of IPTV services this year, accord-
for which it has selected content management
ing to local media reports. According to Tel-
solutions from Harmonic, a new user interface
HDTV IN 66 MILLION HOMES
ekom CEO, Rinaldi Firmansyah, the allocated
from UK firm ANT, and optical network com- BY END OF 2009
funds do not include the development of content A new research from Informa Media and Telecoms
ponents from Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent.
for the new IPTV service, which will cost an forecasts 214 million HD homes, 17% of TV
estimated US$ 10-15 million. The service will households globally, by 2013. At the end of 2008,
be initially launched in six big Indonesian cities,
THAILAND
about 4% of global TV homes actively watched
including Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya.
THAICOM TO RENT SPACE ON HD, but this is predicted to increase to 5.5%, or

IRAQ FOREIGN SATELLITE 66 million homes, by year’s end. About 157 mil-
Thaicom has permission to lease a foreign satel- lion households worldwide are expected to have
lite’s transponder capacity, provided it pays the HD-enabled sets by the end of 2009, bringing
KALIMAT TELECOM TEAMS UP global penetration to 10% of TV households. Asia
same concession fees, Thai Information and
WITH PCCW FOR IPTV Pacific territories are currently the biggest market,
Communications Technology Minister Ranongruk
Kalimat Telecom has signed a US$ 25 mil- with 7.4 million active HD homes, due to grow to
Suwanchawee decided. Thaicom has been operat-
lion agreement with Hong Kong-based opera- 54 million by 2013. Europe, the Middle East and
ing the Thaicom 1, 2 and 5 broadcasting satellites
tor PCCW to form a 50/50 joint venture for the
as well as the iPSTAR broadband satellite. With Africa are forecast to grow from 200.000 homes
launch of IPTV and mobile TV services in Iraq
the lifespan for Thaicom 1 ending in several in 2008 to 11.6 million homes by 2013. In North
and Kuwait, according to local media reports.
months, the company has been gradually moving America, growth is set to more than treble from
Under the agreement, Kalimat will provide the
its customers to Thaicom 5. And with Thaicom 30 million in 2008 to 96 million in five years.
network and carrier services, while PCCW will
2 due to expire next year, the company plans to
run the operations and provide the content. The
service is expected to offer a wide choice of
charter a foreign satellite’s transponder capacity. TELSTAR 11N BEGINS
channels, VOD and music-on-demand to Kalimat
COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Telecom subscribers, and will go live in the fourth
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Telesat has begun commercial service on its
state-of-the-art Telstar 11N satellite. Telstar 11N
quarter of this year or early 2010, according to
Wilson Varghese, CEO of Kalimat Telecom.
E-VISION LAUNCHES HDTV SERVICE is located at 37.5 degrees West and utilizes 39
Etisalat pay TV division E-Vision has launched the high powered Ku-band transponders to support
UAE’s first full HDTV service. The service initially a wide range of video and data applications in
MALAYSIA
broadcasts UAE premier league football matches North America, Europe and Africa and across
TELEKOM MALAYSIA TO produced in conjunction with Abu Dhabi Media the Atlantic Ocean. Telstar 11N is the first satel-
LAUNCH IPTV IN Q4 2009 Company’s Live outside broadcast production lite to provide Ku-band coverage of the Atlantic
Telekom Malaysia is planning to launch com- division. E-Vision also announced the launch of Ocean from the Arctic Circle to the equator.
mercial IPTV services in the fourth quarter of a PVR functionality for its new HD set top box.
this year under the name Hypp.TV, following The STB will enable viewers to record up to 200 IPTV SUBSCRIBERS REACH
successful trials delivered to 10.000 homes in hours of content to be viewed on-demand. 21.7 MILLION IN 2008
the country, according to daily “The Star”. Under There were 21.7 million subscribers to IPTV
the trials, Hypp.TV is available in some parts of services worldwide at the end of 2008, an
the country for MYR 10 (US$ 2.81) per month. AFRICA increase of 63% compared with the end of 2007,
Telekom Malaysiais is currently in the proc- according to research conducted by analysts
ess of building itself a High-Speed Broadband, EGYPT Point Topic. Western Europe remains the largest
which will receive investments of MYR 11.3 single region for IPTV, and France is by far the
billion. According to Jeremy Kung, Vice Presi- NILESAT AND EUTELSAT TO largest market, representing over half of Western
dent of Telekom Malaysia, 30 channels will be DEVELOP 7 DEGREES WEST Europe’s 10.2 million subscribers. For its part,
offered on the Hypp.TV platform and the plan Nilesat and Eutelsat Communications have signed Informa Telecoms & Media claims that the number
is to increase that to about 50 by year-end. a new strategic agreement to pursue the develop- of IPTV subscribers reached 19.9 million.

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Exhibition Preview
25 - 27 May 2009: MECOM 2009 6 - 11 October 2009: CeBIT Eurasia
Middle East Communications Exhibition, Forum, TV ICT Trade Show
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi, UAE Tüyap Fuar ve Kongre Merkezi
www.mecomexpo.com E5 Karayolu, Gürpınar Kavşağı, 34522 Büyükçekmece
İstanbul, Turkey
www.cebitbilisim.com

26 - 28 May 2009: ANGACABLE 2009

Tradefair for Cable, Broadband and Satellite
Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany
www.angacable.com

7 - 9 October 2009: SCaT India

Tradeshow Of The Indian Cable & Satellite Television Industry
16 - 19 June 2009: CommunicAsia 2009 World Trade Center, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, India
20th International Communications and Information www.scatmag.com/scatindia/
Technology Exhibition & Conference
Singapore Expo, 1 Expo Drive, Singapore 486150
www.communicasia.com

26 - 28 August 2009: SET 2009

18th Broadcast & Cable International Fair
Centro de Exposições, Rod. dos Imigrantes
04329-900 São Paulo (SP), Brasil 21 - 23 October 2009: EEBC 2009
www.broadcastcable.com.br 7th Eastern Europe Exhibition and Conference in
Telecommunications and Broadcasting
Exhibition Centre “KyivExpoPlaza”, Kiev, Ukraine
www.eebc.net.ua

11 - 15 September 2009: IBC 2009

Latest technology and foremost business ideas in
broadcasting and media
RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
www.ibc.org

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10 SATELLITE
TELE INTERNATIONAL

Years
Edited by Exclusive:
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Praxis PalmSat 9500

Ago
Around the world there are still countries where
it is not allowed to operate a satellite receiver
and/or dish. And it is not unthinkable that in
such countries you can expect a visit from the
authorities to have a look at your living room. The
usual satellite receivers are then easily found.
But also in our modernised world, landlords or local
authorities often don’t accept satellite dishes for
several reasons. In our next issue we will report
on the CubSat dish, a small and almost invis- Travel into the Past
ible dish that could be used in all these cases. TELE-satellite Magazine
Another market for smaller equipment is the
group of people who own a recreational vehi- Issue 05-06/1999 http://www.TELE-satellite.com B 9318 E ISSN 0931-4733 05-06
cle. The smaller the receiver, the better.

For whatever reason you might want a small

satellite receiver, the new PalmSat 9500 from
Praxis will do a perfect job. It comes in the
size only only four cigarette packs. Small,
but with a lot of analogue power inside.
With these small dimensions we may call it a mira-
cle how Praxis managed to put so many connec-
tions on such a small area. A small display on the
front shows the current channel ID. And although it
is small, it is still very good readable. This PalmSat
9500 can store up to 400 analogue channels. Praxis
even found some place for the three emergency
operation buttons. A foil on the front has a print on received with older TV sets on any channel in the AMSTRAD SRD 4101
what the box is. So if you remove it, nobody can UHF band alongside the existing terrestrial signals.
Recent new products from Amstrad included
tell immediately what the box is and what is does. With so much universal power, it should also be
The small dimensions made it impossible to use analogue receivers only. Still, the need for a digital
able to operate all around the world. Therefore,
Scart connectors, so there are only phono connec- box in their product range was very high. However,
Praxis designed it to do its job with any cur-
tors for video and audio (still in stereo, of course.) the big issue for Amstrad was whether it should be
rent between 60 and 260 VAC (50/60Hz).
Two LNB inputs are present; one for C-band and A ﬁrst look at the remote control may give the an free-to-air receiver or whether it should feature
the other for Ku-band. For use with the C-band impression it is very big. But with so much function- Common Access slots as well? With the introduc-
even a servo-polariser terminal can be found at the ality it is impossible to make it smaller. Special but- tion of the new SRD4101, they have decided for
back of this box. Another terminal supplies 0/12 Volt tons are available for a wide variety of menus, but FTA. The result is a box offering unlimited access to
for an external switch. Of course, universal LNBs also for the Low-threshold extension (no kidding, all free channels on the digital television highway.
are supplied with the usual 14/18-Volt to switch this tiny box has got one, and even in 32 steps), The Amstrad SRD 4101 comes in a sturdy metal
polarity. Even an RF-output is built in. It is software help and setting the on-screen display language. housing; a box to which you can connect and
adjustable and converts the satellite signal to be de-connect without the box moving all around. It

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doesn’t develop much heat and can easily be placed programming but also in daily use this receiver is The software never crashed and appeared to
under an existing heap of equipment. The metal a really speedy. Switching channels is performed be very stable even under heavy-use condi-
housing also protects it from any interference from almost immediately, and the channel information is tions. Another nice feature is called Skip.
the outside. On the front, we found the emergency displayed at the bottom of the screen almost right It will omit all encrypted channels. This will
operation buttons, which not only allow changing away. EPG programming information is immediately save you time (otherwise needed for brows-
channels but also switching between radio to TV. available, if supplied by the programme provider. ing through unwanted scrambled channels,)
At the back, two Scart connectors, phono audio We tested both MCPC and SCPC signals, but and besides the receiver’s memory will have
out jacks and an additional phono video output couldn’t find any problem with either. PowerVu more room for the channels you really want.
take care of the connections to the outside world. was a little bit more difficult for the SRD 4101. But To us, the Amstrad SRD 4101 appeared as a true
An ‘older’ analogue receiver can be connected to then again, PowerVu is not DVB compliant. Signal and dedicated FTA receiver, operating very fast and
the LNB output, so there is no need to install a 12V rates from 2.5Mb/s and above are of no problem reliably. Although Amstrad specifies 1,000 channels
switch. Of course, you can also connect an ADR to this Amstrad box. So we tested the C-band—no as maximum capacity, in practice we found that this
receiver to this output. A terrestrial antenna signal problem at all, and digital feeds on various satellites figure was somewhat less. This is not too important
can be connected as well, which indicates there’s could be received as well. The receiver found all because of the Skip option for scrambled channels.
also a built-in RF modulator. It is software-controlled the channels on the Astra satellite system in about The manual can be easily put away, since operating
and can be set to any channel on the UHF band. Of 5 minutes, which is remarkably fast, compared this box is really child’s play. Using the televisions’
course, the SRD 4101 features a 12V-control signal, to the 23 minutes some other boxes need. teletext decoder instead of building one in the
which can supply a current of up to 50mA, which is Amstrad is a very clever solution since this means a
a little poor. The RS232 serial interface can be used much better and clearer teletext display. A thorough
to connect the box to a PC for uploading settings and sturdy box, not only physical, but in operation
and new firmware. It supports up to 19.2kBd. as well.FSM 204 SAT-TV Spektrum-Analyzer
The remote control features 22 buttons and a A level meter and a spectrum analyzer are two of
numeric keypad. It is a somewhat universal version, the costlier pieces of equipment that can easily
since there are buttons without any functional- drain an installer’s budget. Therefore it is a logical
ity such as the TXT button. Of course, the SRD consequence that only instruments are accepted
4101 features teletext, but this is sent to the TV that both serve well in the lab and up on the roof.
set, so have to use your TV’s remote for access. These units must not only feature a built-in
In daily use, you will only use about six buttons monitor and a rechargeable battery pack, but
of the remote control.Most important for users also a robust chassis that protects the sensi-
that are new to digital satellite TV reception is the tive electronic equipment. After all, the condi-
receiver’s initial installation. What do you have to tions up on a customer’s roof can hardly be
do? Well, this receiver gives you a wide variety of described as ideal for expensive equipment.
options when you first start it up, like the language Installers looking for a one-4-all unit also expect
for on-screen display. Here you can choose from the analyzer to handle the whole frequency
French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, English band which ranges from 40 to 850 MHz for ter-
and German. This also goes for the subtitles and restrial signals and from 950 to 2150 MHz for
audio carriers. After that, you have to set the Scart the satellite signals. Only if these demands are
connectors and select the screen format (4:3/16:9). satisfied an installer will be able to set-up and
Up to eight dishes can be programmed. The SRD check a client’s antenna system which is used
4101 also supports DiSEqC so you can control a for FM, terrestrial TV and satellite signals.
DiSEqC-capable motorised dish. All common LOFs German company Doebis has recently introduced
are supported, including 5.150 GHz for C-band its JAEGER FSM204 portable level meter and
reception. Aligning your dish is made easier with the spectrum analyzer which is offered at a competitive
built-in measuring tools. They not only indicate the price and may even be bought by individual satellite
signal strength but the bit error rate (BER) as well. enthusiasts and not only by professional installers.
Finding new channels and storing them is a doddle. With a weight of 8.5 kg the FSM204 is not exactly
You can perform a network search for which a light-weight, but if one takes into account that
you only have to enter a start frequency. But you the unit comes with a built-in monitor and a battery
can also search for a single signal, even SCPC. back that guarantees two hours of uninterrupted
Whenever you feel like entering the PIDs, you can power supply the weight is somewhat acceptable.
do so in the advanced mode, although the box is The terrestrial frequency range extends from 45 to
perfectly capable of finding the right PID codes 862 MHz and the IF range for satellite signals goes
itself. Finally you can also have an auto install per- from 950 to 2150 MHz. The FSM204 is primarily
formed. This may overwrite existing date in the box, used for the evaluation of analog satellite signals.
but on the other hand there is nothing you need to We did some preliminary tests on a purely digital
do.Although it may seem like a lot to do before you satellite (like the two DFS of Deutsche Telekom)
can enjoy the show, in fact it is only a few minutes’ and were able to meter the signal strength of digital
work. Even without the manual it only took us no bouquets, if the peaks on the spectrum analyzer are
longer to catch the first signals in both Ku-band and metered. However, it is not possible to determine
C-band and on different satellites. It was remark- the quality of digital signals. After all, comparable
able how fast this box reacts to every command. In units for digital signals are twice as expensive.

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RO.VE.R. SDA-5 Digisky

Although it comes with a very long name, this new
measuring tool is one of the smallest profes-
sional analyzers we have seen so far. It has been
designed for measuring analogue and digital
signals. It is light-weighted, only 1.3kg, and is very
small. It comes in a yellow carrying case, which
also has room for adapters and other accesso-
ries. A shoulder strap makes it easy to carry. A
first look at this device will show you that is must
be easy to operate. It doesn’t feature many but-
tons, which most of the times are hard to reach.
No just a few buttons, seven to be precise, will
do the trick. And that is just what you need when
you are high up on the roof, in combination with
a two-line LC display (16 characters each.)
The SDA-5 from Digisky is designed for meas-
uring satellite signals only, and can there-
fore only handle signals between 950 and
2150MHz. This way you won’t pay for things
you don’t need. For terrestrial signals, RO.VE.
R offers the TDA-4, which looks the same.
For analogue signals, the measuring takes place
in dBµV or dBm together with a C/N figure.
Additionally, you can test external devices
like LNBs and multiswitches. If problems with
cross-polarisation occur, in most cases this
is caused by miss-configuration caused by
not using proper measuring equipment.
Use the SDA-5 to reach a perfect offset
for your LNB. For analogue channels, a
quick glimpse of the screen will do a lot.
But for digital signals this is impossible.
There is only one way to measure the quality of
digital signals: facts and numbers. Good measur-
ing with good measuring equipment is the answer.
A simple signal strength measuring tool won’t
help. It is the very strength that doesn’t say much
about the digital quality of it. For digital signals,
the quality is measured in BER (Bit Error Rate),
before and after Viterbi. You will need a tool like the
SDA-5 from Digisky for real professional instal-
lations and measuring. A perfect BER depends
on the size of the dish, LNB and cable lengths
and quality of the multiswitches in between. This
Digisky will continuously show this figure.

DVBeam IP Card
Teleworking has been some kind of utopia for
many years. Geographically separated offices
only could communicate using expensive
data lines, using low data rates and being
only suitable for slow traffic. For larger files
good old snail mail was just the answer. And
although video conferences has been around
for many years now, most of the time it is based
on ISDN lines, with a maximum of 128Kb (at
double rate.) For data-intensive requirements,
such as for instance an advertising agency
wanting to show their latest commercial, it
is far too slow. And another problem is the
absolute lack of compatibility between the
different platforms around. The introduction
of MPEG2 meant a full globally compatible
digital platform for transferring satellite televi- Nowadays, Internet connections are a must At TSI, we recently received a pre-production
sion and radio. But the DVB standard can also for every company. Transferring data between sample. Although we expected a lot of trouble
integrate packages of business information. two branch offices using an ISDN connec- installing this test board, we were really sur-
This way it created a cost-effective way to tion to the Internet, will take a lot of time prised by the ease of installation. As long as
have permanent on-line connections to when larger files are involved. For instance, you use Windows NT4, Windows 95 or Windows
all branch offices. Not only data, but with a 120Mb file will take up to several hours to 98 there is no real problem. For Windows NT4
video and audio as well. Now it is pos- transfer. Using a satellite connection this can you need to do the installation yourself, on Win-
sible to show that new commercial with- be reduced to 36 minutes. Almost all satel- dows 95 and 98 the system will recognise the
out visible or audible quality loss. lite operators offer the same platform, but card and install all drivers and software needed.
For training purposes, you can think of the there is still a big need on PC hard/software. The minimum system requirement is a PC with
possibilities regarding remote education. You Enter the DVBeam IP-Card from Sican. It at least 90MHz. But Sican suggest a better
can cut the cost for travelling and hotels, and integrates all we have discussed so far: performance with at least a 166MHz, and
organising training by satellite is done much Business-TV, Internet on satellite, satellite this is true. The same goes for the minimum
faster and easier. Back channels are of course radio and TV (MPEG2, European DVB). You memory requirements: 16Mb, but in practice
possible although they still use landlines. In can use it as a simple MPEG-2 receiver, but it just ensure that your system has at least 32Mb
future, this will be also done via satellite; offer- can do much more than just that: it can turn of RAM installed. The VGA card should be
ing higher speeds and a full interactive solution. your PC into a real multimedia terminal. of the SVGA type and should use DirectX.

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(e.g. Western Europe), so that the card knows
which TV systems to use (in our case PAL B,
D, G, H and I). That’s about all the setting up
that’s needed. No matter if you use the card for
your big screen home cinema or your 14-inch
PC monitor (while working with other applica-
tion), the video quality is very good and there are
no distortions, not even in full-screen mode.
Up to 64 channels can be previewed in small
windows, so it’s the ideal tool for the notorious
zapper. Thanks to the composite and Y/C input
jacks external signals can be displayed, a freeze
frame can be created or screen shots can be stored
on the hard disk. Furthermore, the Ulead Video
Studio 3.0 software is included, which allows you
to professionally work with your images, cut your
own movies and create whole video sequences with
text or graphics. So in essence, you get a profes-
sional video machine in addition to the TV card.
Dubbing and a range of 100 digital video effects are
also included. The software alone is worth every
cent of the retail price of approximately EUR115.
Terra TV+ PCI Stereo TV Card
The PC card for TV reception introduced here
supports only terrestrial signals. However, we
were so delighted with both the features and the !
right place
quality of the card that the most urgent ques- This is the
tion was “why is there no similar card for satellite
reception?” The answer is that a satellite receiver
card is in the making, but the exact schedule of
introduction is not available yet. So this report can
also be seen as preview of good things to come.
With the Terra TV+ card usability is no empty
promise: even the system requirements are
extremely consumer friendly. With a 90-MHz PC
all features can be used and expensive upgrad-
ing is unnecessary. Windows 95 or 98 are a
must, plus—of course—a PCI 2.2 card slot. A
free interrupt should also be available, but unless
your PC is really crammed with extras, this should
pose no problem. (While PCI cards in theory are
able to share interrupts, this may not always be
the case with up-to-date graphics cards, so it’s
advisable to have a spare interrupt available.)
The software comes on CD ROM, so a CD ROM
drive is also necessary for installation, and in
order to enjoy stereo sound active loudspeak-
ers should be connected to the sound card.
For the graphics display a standard PCI or AGP
VGA video card will do as long it supports Direct
Draw and video overlay. As a matter of fact most
What a great
video cards will work with the Terra TV+ card, and movie about
the user’s manual includes a comprehensive list
of compatible cards. From ATI (Mach3/Rage) and mountaineering!
Hercules to Dynamite 128 and Voodoo Rush, all
major video cards will operate flawlessly with the
Terra TV+ card. After the card is installed your
Windows PC will automatically detect the new
hardware and start the installation procedure
from the included CD ROM. In case the automatic
installation does not work owing to system conflicts,
the user’s manual features a detailed step-by-step
guide to manual installation. In case DirectX is not
installed, the CD ROM has all the necessary drivers.
The card is connecting to the outside world through
quite a few sockets. A standard antenna plug is
used for the signal input from a terrestrial antenna
or cable network. In case the input comes from a
VCR or camera, there’s a phono jack which serves
as video input. An additional jack for Y/C signals is
included so that the excellent quality of this signal
can actually make it right onto the screen. External
audio signals can be fed in; the sound can either
be output to a pair of active loudspeakers or to the
PC’s sound card (a connection cable is included.) Want More? Free Time Travel 10 Years Back:
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TOPFIELD TMS SRP-2100

PASAT ANTENY P140

In this issue of TELE-satellite we Soon it will be a multimedia receiver;

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Data Exchange Between

■ Pin conﬁguration of a 3-strand null modem

So-called null modem cables are

Null modem cable for A handshake in this case means that

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Topﬁeld TMS SRP-2100

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If you intend to connect the The EPG pops up by press-

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YouTube video search Battle Tank video game

providing a forecast for almost TMS the manufacturer has

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interface. Two simultaneous recordings can be

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■ The feedhorn is included in the antenna kit

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■ Aimed at HOTBIRD 13E

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in such cases, 140 cm is far As I expected, the qual-

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the performance of this remember about the mast Model P 140

dish? Finally, I decided to of 70 mm diameter and a Diameter 140 cm

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The differences to its predecessor are

The SG-2500 works

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