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Liebe Leser,
noch nie war zuvor war es so einfach, digitale Signale zu messen. Seit etwa 3 Jahren beobachten wir, wie das Angebot an Messgerten grer und grer wird. Zuerst waren es nur umgebaute Digital TV Receiver, die in ein Gehuse gesteckt wurden, das wie ein Messgert aussah. Heute nicht mehr! Die neuesten Messgerte sind echte Messgerte und sie zeigen echte Ergebnisse an. Auch die Bedienung ist immer einfacher geworden und was noch erstaunlicher ist: die Messgenauigkeit hat zugenommen whrend gleichzeitig die Preise fr Messgerte immer gnstiger werden. Gibt es noch eine Ausrede, digitale Signale nicht mehr zu messen? Die Antwort heit einfach: Nein. Gleichzeitig aber steigt die Anforderung an jeden, der Installationen fr Digital TV vornimmt. Da es nun keine Ausrede mehr gibt, die Installationen auch korrekt auszumessen und mit einem offizielle Messprotokoll zu versehen, mu sich jeder Installateur und Anlagenplaner strker als bislang um korrekte Werte bemhen. Was immer man installiert und plant, mu noch sorgfltiger gemacht werden. Ihr Alexander Wiese Chefredakteur TELE-audiovision International In jeder Ausgabe der TELE-audiovision verffentlichen wir eine aktuelle bersicht ber die aktuell angebotenen Messgerte; schauen Sie mal rein (in dieser Ausgabe ab Seite 128). Selbst wenn Sie bereits Messgerte haben: es gibt viel Neues zu entdecken und preislich sind die neuen Messgerte oft erschwinglich. Das ist eine schne Folge der Zunahme an Messgerten, die sich preislich immer mehr Profis im Digital TV Bereich leisten knnen: damit steigt die Qualitt ihrer Arbeit. Das ist auch notwendig, denn die Komplexitt der heutigen Technik erfordert genau dies. Das ist eine parallele technische Entwicklung: die vielfltigen heutigen Digital TV Techniken werden mit den heutzutage angebotenen Messgerten bestens ausgenutzt.
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Multi Norm Digital TV Signal Analyzer
Deviser TV Analyser S7000

sehr groer und hochauflsender Bilschirm geeignet fr MPEG2 und MPEG4 Echtzeit Spektrum zum schnellen Auffinden von aktiven Transpondern Gert kann ferngesteuert werden ber PC oder Handy sehr ergonomische und praxisgerechte Bedienung
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Meine Erwartungen waren gro, als Deviser sein neues Flaggschiff S7000 fr den TELE-audiovisions Test zusandte. Es handelt sich um ein Messgert, das praktisch alle Normen kombiniert und fr die Satellitennormen DVB-S/S2, fr die Kabelnorm DVB-C sowie fr alle gngigen terrestrischen Normen wie DVB-T/T2/H, ATSC, DTMB und schlielich auch noch fr die alten analogen Signale geeignet ist.
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Deviser S7000 Bestes professionelles Instrument zur Messung und Analyse aller weltweit verbreiteten TV Systeme
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Wie blich benutze ich das zu testenden Gert erst eine Zeit lang, ohne mich um den Testbericht zu kmmern, denn ich mchte einfach praktische Erfahrung mit dem Gert sammeln. Auerdem packe ich Gerte gerne sofort aus und probiere sie aus, ohne vorher das Handbuch zu lesen. Dies macht einfach Spa und auerdem gibt es gleich ein Gefhl, wie leicht man sich in die Benutzung eines Gertes einarbeiten kann. Gleich vorneweg: das S7000 hat mich fast sprachlos gemacht. Dieses unglaubliche Gert erlaubt nicht nur die blichen Messungen, wie wir es im oberen Marktsegment fr Profi-Messgerte finden, sondern es integriert auch einen kompletten Transportstream-Analysator, der Aufschluss ber den ge-
Zeitraum, wodurch zum Beispiel intermittierende Fehler aufgezeigt werden knnen. Weiterhin erleichtert diese Darstellung das Ausrichten von Antennen ungemein, besonders bei Drehanlagen. Und siehe da: es freut mich sehr, diese Funktion endlich im S7000 wieder zu finden. Dass Messungen wie Echo, Barscan, Schrglage, Konstellations-Diagramm, Echtzeit-Spektrum Analyse, usw. vorhanden sind wundert bei diesem Supergert schon gar nicht mehr. Die Bedienung des S7000 ist kinderleicht und das Handbuch musste ich nur deshalb nachtrglich noch lesen, um absolut sicher zu sein, nicht samten Inhalt des empfangenen Transponders gibt. Alle Parameter knnen angezeigt werden sowas kannte ich sonst nur auf dem Computer mit Hilfe von spezieller Software. Doch dies ist nicht alles. Erinnern Sie sich an die TELE-audiovisions Ausgaben 12-01/2012 und 02-03/2012? Dort beschrieb ich meine Idee zur Implementierung eines Wasserfall-Diagramms zur kontinuierlichen Darstellung des Spektrums fr Satelliten-Messgerte. Dies ermglicht die Darstellung des Spektrums ber einen irgendeine Funktion verpasst zu haben. Eine weitere berraschung im Test kam von der mitgelieferten CD. Die enthaltene Software erlaubt nicht nur die komfortable Verwaltung der Kanal- und Transponder-Listen, Logger-Dateien und Screenshots., sondern das komplette Messgert kann auch noch vollstndig ferngesteuert werden. Dies ermglicht Ferndiagnosen: man stellt das Messgert beim Kunden auf und greift ber das Internet auf dieses zu. Oder man kann sogar nur mit dem Handy aufs Dach steigen, whrend das Messgert im Wohnzimmer verbleibt. Insgesamt bin ich verblfft ber den Deviser
S7000. Noch nie habe ich ein so vollstndiges und funktionsreiches Messgert testen knnen. Weil ein umfangreicher Test von diesem unglaublich vielfltigen Messgert den Umfang eines normalen Testberichts sprengt haben wir den Test in zwei Artikel aufgeteilt. Lesen Sie in diesem ersten Bericht die detaillierte Vorstellung des Funktionsumfangs des Deviser S7000. In der nchsten Ausgabe der TELE-audiovision berichten wir ber unsere Praxis-Tests, in welchen der S7000 sich im harten Ein-
satz zu unserer vollsten Zufriedenheit bewhrt hat. Deviser wurde 1990 gegrndet und befindet sich in Tianjin im Nordosten von China, nicht weit von Beijing. Deviser entwickelt Messgerte fr TV und Radio und ist in China Marktfhrer in diesem Bereich und auf dem besten Wege, auch international gro zu werden. Deviser hat als erster chinesischer Hersteller von Messgerten die ISO9001 Zertifizierung erhalten. In TELE-audiovision hatten wir zuerst ber Deviser in Ausgabe 06-07/2011 berichtet
und erst krzlich wieder in Ausgabe 07-08/2013, nachdem Deviser seine brandneuen riesigen Produktionshallen und Geschftsrume bezogen hatte. Der Deviser TV Analyser S7000 erreichte unser Testzentrum in einer Kartonverpackung, in welcher der eigentliche Produktkarton verpackt war. In diesem fanden wir den ordentlich geschtzten S7000 in einer Soft-Tragetasche aus strapazierbarem Nylon. In einem herausziehbaren Kartonfach befand sich das weitere Zubehr: - Netzladegert (12V/5A) - 12V Kfz Ladegert - Ersatz-Trageschlaufe fr die Transporttasche Zwei F-Steckadapter (Male-Male) - GPS-Empfangsantenne mit USB Schnittstelle - Mini-CD mit Handbuch im PDF Format und der Steuersoftware - Garantiekarte Der Bildschirm des Gerts ist berraschend gro, handelt es sich doch immerhin um einen 7 TFT Monitor diese Bildschirmgre ist von den Android Tablets bekannt. Das Gert ist relativ leicht und dank der GummiUmmantelung sicher in den Hnden zu halten. Mit einem Gewicht von 3.4 Kg ist auch ein lngerer Arbeitstag mit dem S7000 mglich. Die Tragetasche ist hilfreich. Anders als bei so manch anderem Gert mchte man die Tasche nicht abziehen, denn sie bietet trotz gutem Schutz weiterhin Zugriff auf alle Buchsen des Gertes. Praktisch ist auch der Umstand, dass die Tasche nach oben in drei Segmenten geffnet wird. So kann man das Messgert auch leicht geneigt auf den Tisch stellen, in dem man die drei Segmente zu einem Dreieck faltet, was die Arbeit enorm erleichtet, besonders wenn man Gerte gewohnt ist, die entweder auf den Tisch gelegt werden mssen oder senkrecht gestellt werden: in beiden Fllen lassen
sich die Gerte schlecht bedienen und der Bildschirm lsst sich nicht gut ablesen. Ein Lob schon hier an Deviser fr die hervorragende Lsung, das Gert auch geneigt aufstellen zu knnen. Die Vorderseite des S7000 bezeugt die langjhrige Erfahrung von Deviser, wenn es um Messgerte fr Profis geht. Hier steht die Ergonomie im Vordergrund und tatschlich findet man sich sofort zurecht: der schon genannte TFT Bildschirm mit seiner groen Diagonale von 7 und einer Auflsung von 800x480 Pixel bietet gengend Flche, um alle Informationen bersichtlich darzustellen. Vorbei ist die Zeit in, welcher man zwischen unzhligen grob-aufgelsten Bildschirmen schalten musste, um die wichtigsten Parameter angezeigt zu bekommen. Links vom mittig platziertem Bildschirm ist die Taste, um das Gerte einund auszuschalten. Unter dieser Taste befinden sich 3 LEDs, die den Akku-Zustand anzeigen (Akku wird geladen, Gert ist ein/aus-geschaltet und Akku ist entladen). Rechts vom Bildschirm befinden sich 6 Funktionstasten. Deren Funktion wird im Bildschirm an entsprechender Stelle angezeigt und variiert, je nachdem welches Men gerade aktiv ist. Unter dem Bildschirm gibt es weitere drei Tastengruppen: die linke Tastengruppe enthlt 6 jederzeit zugngliche Funktionstasten (TV, HOME, EXPLORER, CH INFO, SETUP und SAVE), die mittige Tastengruppe besteht aus einem alphanumerischen Tastenfeld zur Frequenzund Texteingabe mittels 12 Tasten, und schlielich die rechte Tastengruppe mit den Pfeiltasten sowie einer OKTaste zur Besttigung und der ESC- und TAB-Taste. Die relativ groe Anzahl von Tasten erleichtert die Bedienung ungemein, denn smtliche Tasten sind nur einmalig belegt und erfordern keine umstndliche Umschaltung, wie es bei mehrfach belegten
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Tasten der Fall ist. Auerdem begren wir ausdrcklich die Mglichkeit, Frequenzen direkt eingeben zu knnen. Auf der Oberseite des S7000 befindet sich der HFEingang. Dieser ist als Buch-
se fr F-Stecker konzipiert; zwei solcher Male-Male Stecker werden mitgeliefert. Natrlich kann man auch andere Stecker-Typen benutzen, zum Beispiel um eine gewhnliche Antennenbuch-
se fr CATV zur Verfgung zu haben. Leider fehlt dem S7000 als Zubehr ein Stecker-Satz, doch jeder Praxis-Techniker wird die verschiedenen Stecker sowieso schon zur Verfgung haben. Auf der linken Seite befindet sich der Auslass des Lfters und die Tragetasche besitzt an entsprechender Stelle eine grobe Masche, damit das Gert ohne Bedenken auch in der Tragetasche betrieben und vor allem auch geladen werden kann. Diese Details zeugen von der Detailversessenheit des Herstellers. Rechts befinden sich die
weiteren Anschlsse: USB fr die GPS-Antenne und USB-Speicher, eine RJ-45 Buchse sowie der Eingang fr das Netzteil. Weiter oben befindet sich der HDMI-Ausgang, um den Bildschirm auch auf externen Bildschirmen darzustellen, was zum Beispiel fr Schulungen sehr ntzlich ist. Die Tragetasche hat entsprechende Klappen, um die Eingnge zu schtzen. Diese sind mit einem Klettverschluss versehen. Auf der Rckseite des Gertes befindet sich der Zugang zum Akku, der vom Benutzer austauschbar ist, sowie ein weiterer Hhe-
punkt dieses Profi-Messgertes: ein ASI Ein- und Ausgang; sehr auergewhnlich und ganz hervorragend zur Messung echter professioneller Anlagen. Selbst ein Common Interface (CI) ist vorhanden, um mittels geeignetem CAM verschlsselte Sender analysieren zu knnen.Der eingebaute
Lautsprecher ist ebenfalls an der Rckseite montiert. Das Gehuse besteht vorne aus hellem Plastik, das sich jedoch keineswegs billig anfhlt. Ganz im Gegenteil wirkt das Messgert uerst solide und fest. Das Gehuse verzieht sich nicht, wenn man es drckt, die Seitenteile und das Rckteil sind me-
tallisch. Ein hellblauer Gummischutz um das Gehuse herum schtzt das Gert weiterhin gegen Ste oder falls es mal auf den Boden fallen sollte. Whrend des Tests musste ich mir wirklich keine Sorgen um den S7000 machen und konnte mich so auf die Arbeit konzentrieren, statt stndig auf das Gert
aufpassen zu mssen. Der S7000 bentigt nach dem Einschalten nur 18 Sekunden, bis er betriebsbereit ist. Es erscheint das Hauptmen, in welchem mit Hilfe der seitlichen Mentasten zwischen dem SAT und CATV/terrestrischem TV Modus umgeschaltet werden kann. Als Option kann auch
expert
die IPTV Option hinzugekauft werden, wodurch auch IPTV im Netzwerk gemessen und analysiert werden kann. Diese Option war in unserem Testgert nicht vorhanden. Der S7000 wird mit Transponder-Listen smtlicher Satelliten ausgeliefert und auch fr CATV und terrestrisches Fernsehen sind die gngigen Frequenz-Tabellen vorgespeichert. Weiterhin erlaubt das Messgert die Verwaltung verschiedener Kanallisten, die durch einen automatischen Suchlauf erstellt werden, aber auch manuell editiert und verwaltet werden knnen. Es ist wichtig, an dieser Stelle darauf hinzuweisen, dass das S7000 ein Signal ungewhnlich schnell analysieren kann und die entsprechenden Empfangsparameter automatisch einstellt. Daher habe ich mir beim S7000 schnell angewhnt, im SAT-Modus einfach nur im Echtzeit-Spektrum den gewnschten Transponder anzufahren und diesen dann direkt zu messen. Innerhalb 1-3 Sekunden ist das Signal korrekt eingerastet, auch bei ungewhnlichen Symbol Raten. Ich kenne kein anderes Gert, dass dies so schnell bewerkstelligen kann und natrlich schlgt das DXer Herz hher, denn noch nie konnte ich so schnell Feeds entdecken Der S7000 trgt nicht aus Zufall die Bezeichnung TV Analyser im Namen. In der Tat enthlt dieses Messgert einen kompletten Transportstream Analysator, der es in sich hat. Es kann nicht nur MPEG2 und MPEG4 Video samt Audio dargestellt werden (analoges Video und Audio brigens auch), sondern man kann smtliche Parameter und PIDs einsehen. Hinzu kommen mchtige Funktionen zur vollstndigen Analyse und Messung des Transport Streams. Solche Funktionen habe ich bisher nicht in Messgerten dieser Preisklasse gefunden. Absolut genial auch die Mglichkeit, den empfangenen Transportstream gleich auf einen USB Speicher aufzunehmen, um diesen spter im Bro genauer zu analysieren oder der Dokumentation hinzuzufgen. Ich kann es mir nicht verkneifen an dieser Stelle auch meine Meinung als passionierter Satelliten DXer preiszugeben: Feedhunting ist mit diesem Gert ein Kinderspiel! Noch nie war es so einfach, im Echtzeit-Spektrum die fr Feeds typischen Transponder-Spitzen zu whlen (sie sind viel schmaler als normale Transponder und haben meist auch eine geringere Leistung) und auf die TV-Taste zu drcken. In Sekunden ermittelt der S7000 die Empfangsparameter automatisch und ermglicht gleichzeitig eine vollstndige Analyse des empfangenen Transportstreams an. Soweit die Vorstellung der Funktionen des Deviser S7000. Es wird deutlich, dass es sich beim S7000 nicht um ein normales kombiniertes Messgert fr Sat, CATV und terrestrisches TV handelt, sondern wirklich um einen umfassenden TV Analysator, der alle denkbaren Messungen und Signal-Analysen ermglicht und dabei trotzdem klein und leicht ist, einen groen hochauflsenden Bildschirm bietet und obendrein bis zu 5 Stunden Autonomie gewhrt.
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Im 2. Teil dieses Be richts in der folgenden Ausgabe der TELE-audiovision geht es um die Ergebnisse unseres Praxistest. Der S7000 mute gegen unsere TELE-audio visions Referenzgerte der Oberliga antreten, um die Messgenauigkeit zu prfen. Auerdem zeigen wir im 2. Teil, wie dieses auergewhnliche Messgert ber das Netzwerk vom PC gesteuert werden kann und welche Hacks uns dazu eingefallen sind. Um es vorwegzunehmen: der Praxistest wurde mit Bravour bestanden!
TELE-audiovisions erster Bericht ber den Messgertehersteller Deviser erschien in Ausgabe 06-07/2011. Nach dem Umzug des Unternehmens in ein komplett neues Fabrikations- und Verwaltungsgebude erschien in TELE-audiovision 07-08/2013 ein Folgebericht.
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Manufacturer E-mail Web page Function Display AC/DC Adapter Battery Charge Time Working Time Remote Feeding DiSEqC Dimension (WHL) Weight Working Temperature Storage Temperature Deviser Electronics Instrument Co., Ltd. overseasbiz@deviser.com.cn www.devisertek.com Professional TV Signal Anaylzer 7 TFT LCD, 800480 pixels AC 100-240V/50-60Hz - DC 12 V / 5 A Li-ion, 7.4 V/13Ah around 5 Hours >5 Hours 5/13/15/18/21 V, Max. 5 W DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and SaTCR 245mm 194mm 105 mm 2.8 kg -100C ~ +500C -200C ~ +700C Fax +86-22-27645002 DVB-T/H Measurement Modulation Type QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM Power Level Range 25 - 110 dBV Level Resolution 0.1 dB Power Level Accuracy 1.5 dB (C/N>20 dB ) MER Measurement > 30 dB MER Accuracy 2.0 dB CBER/VBER Yes Constellation Yes MER Versus Carriers Yes Echo Pattern Yes DVB-T2 Measurement Modulation Type QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, 256 QAM Power Level Range 25 - 110 dBV Level Resolution 0.1 dB Power Level Accuracy 2 dB (C/N>20dB ) MER Measurement > 30 dB MER Accuracy 2.0 dB CBER/LBER Yes Constellation Yes Echo Pattern Yes DVB-S/S2 Measurement Modulation Type QPSK,8PSK Symbol Rate 2 -45 MS/s (DVB-S ) 1 45MS/s (QPSK DVB-S2) 1 45MS/s (8PSK DVB-S2) Power Level Range 40-110 dBV Level Resolution 0.1 dB Power Level Accuracy 1.5 dB (C/N>20dB ) MER Measurement > 25 dB MER Accuracy 2.0 dB CBER/LBER (VBER for DVB-S) Yes Constellation Yes Video/Audio Decoder Video MPEG2/4, H.264 Video Resolution 1080i, 720p, 576i Audio MPEG1/2, AAC CAM Module EN50221 (DVB-CI) PCMCIA interface TS-ASI Input and Output Yes TS Record Yes TS Analyser Interface EN 50083-9 (DVB SPI, ASI) DVB-ASI Interface 75 BNC DVB-ASI Clock 270 MHz DVB-ASI Max Data Rate 0 to 72 Mbps DVB-ASI Output Signal Level 1.0 Vp-p nominal DVB-ASI Return Response >15 dB DVB-ASI Input Level 800 mV +/- 10 % Real-time Decoder Display the real television pictures (through CA system), including program numbers, program names, provider information, video & audio PIDs. TR101290 Monitor TR101 290 three levels real time monitor Base Information Count the PIDs percent according to the type of the streams: Video, Audio, PSI/SI, Null Packages PID List Display all the PIDs in current stream Program Information Detailed infos about a program (if it isnt be encrypted). Video resolution and audio compress rate. PCR Monitor Calculate PCR interval and PCR accuracy PSI/SI List Display the PSI/SI infos by tree view. Including PAT, PMT, CAT and, when available, NIT, SDT, RST, TDT, EIT. Program Info EPG PID Capture Capture a specified PID by its type: Video, Audio, PSI (PAT, PMT, NIT, TDT, RST, SDT, EIT) and display the data in HEX format. TS Record and Replay 8 GB disk for Transport Stream record Interface RF Input 75 F-Type HDMI Output 1x USB 1x USB 2.0 LAN 1x 10/100 MBit/s CAM 1x PCMCIA TS-ASI Input/Output 2x 75 BNC DC Supply Input 12 V / 5A GPS Input USB
Model S7000
22 kHz Control Yes
Spectrum Analyser Frequency Range Frequency Span Frequency Step Resolution Bandwidth (-3 dB) Level Measurement Range Accuracy of Measurements Measurement Detector Reference Level 5 - 1050 MHz(TV); 950-2150 MHz (Satellite ) 0 - 1045 MHz (TV); FULL/600/300/200/100/50/20/10 MHz(Satellite) 10 kHz (TV), 1 MHz (Satellite ) 30 kHz, 100 KHz, 300 kHz, 1 MHz, 3 MHz(TV ); 1 MHz, 3 MHz(Satellite ) 10-120 dBV (TV); 30-120 dBV (Satellite) 1.5 dB Peak, sample, AVG 30-120 dBV
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Analogue TV Measurement Standards Colour Standards Hum Measurement C/N Level Measurement Range Accuracy Of Measurements Level Resolution Digital CATV Measurement Modulation Type Symbol Rate Level Resolution Power Level Accuracy MER Measurement MER Accuracy BER Measurement 16/32/64/128/256QAM, ITU-T, J.83, ANNEX A/B/C 4.0-7.0 MS/s 0.1 dB 1.5 dB(C/N>20dB ) 40 dB 2.0 dB 1E-3~ 1E-9 B/G, I, D/K, L/L, M/N PAL, SECAM, NTSC > 50 dB > 50 dB 30 - 120 dBV 1.5 dB 0.1 dB
Power Level Range 30-110dBV
Constellation Yes ATSC Measurement Modulation Type Power Level Range Level Resolution Power Level Accuracy MER Measurement MER Accuracy 8 VSB 25-110 dBV 0.1 dB 1.5 dB (C/N>20dB ) > 35 dB 2.0 dB
BER Yes Constellation Yes DTMB Measurement Carriers Power Level Range Level Resolution Power Level Accuracy MER Measurement MER Accuracy C=1 - 3780 -83- +2 dBm 0.1 dB 1.5 dB (C/N>20dB ) > 28 dB 2.0 dB
BER Yes Constellation Yes Echo Pattern Yes
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Satelliten Modus
1. Das Hauptmen des S7000 wirkt aufgerumt. Rechts whlt man mittels der Funktionstasten den Modus: Kabel & Terrestrisch oder SAT (optional auch IPTV). Es kann an dieser Stelle auch der Dateimanager aufgerufen werden. Mit den Pfeil-Tasten wechselt man zwischen Messung, Konstellations-Diagramm, Spektrum Analysator, Sat-Finder und DiSEqC. 2. Ein Druck auf die SETUP-Taste ruft automatisch die korrekte LNB Konfigurations-Seite auf. 3, 4, 5, 6. In nur 2-3 Sekunden rastet das Signal ein und alle Empfangsparameter werden angezeigt. Der Bildschirm mit den Messungen zeigt bei digitalen Signalen erwartungsgem die Leistung, MER und BER an, wobei BER in diesem Fall getrennt als CBER und LBER angezeigt wird. BER (Bit Error Rate) zeigt das Bitfehlerverhltnis an, also die Anzahl der fehlerhaften Bits im Vergleich zu den im selben Zeitintervall insgesamt empfangenen Bits. Da die empfangenen Bits jedoch noch von einer Fehlerkorrektur aufgearbeitet werden zeigen professionelle Messgerte die Bitfehlerrate vor und nach der Fehlerkorrektur an. Bei den verschiedenen Modulationen kommen verschiedene Fehlerkorrektur-Algorithmen zum Einsatz - unsere Modulations-Tabelle fasst die wichtigsten Details zusammen.
Modulation Table
Modulation Algorithmus of Error Correction VITERBI LDPC+BCH Reed-Solomon LDPC+BCH VITERBI LDPC+BCH Recommended Threshold BEFORE Error Correction CBER = <1E-6 CBER = <1E-7 PRE-BER = <1E-6 CBER = <1E-7 CBER = <1E-6 CBER = <1E-7 Recommended Threshold AFTER Error Correction VBER = <1E-8 PER = <1E-8 POST-BER = <1E-8 LBER = <1E-8 VBER = <1E-8 LBER = <1E-8
DVB-S
DVB-S2 DVB-C DVB-C2 DVB-T/H DVB-T2
Entsprechend zeigt der S7000 daher die BER Messung von DVB-S Signalen in QPSK Modulation in CBER (Channel Bit Error Rate vor der Fehlerkorrektur) und VBER (Viterbi Bit Error Rate nach der Viterbi Fehlerkorrektur) an. Bei DVB-S2 Signalen mit 8PSK Modulation wird BER als CBER und als LBER angezeigt, da hier die LPDC+BCH Fehlerkorrektur angewendet wird. Es ist sehr hilfreich, dass die BER-Messung auf diese Weise dargestellt wird, denn zum einen mchte man natrlich ein mglichst fehlerfreies Signal empfangen, doch anderseits gilt es zu garantieren, dass eventuelle Fehler von der Fehlerkorrektur vollstndig korrigiert werden. Die erste Funktionstaste ist mit VIEW belegt. Hier zeigt Deviser, dass diese Gerte von Technikern fr Techniker entwickelt wurde, denn mit dieser Taste kann man zyklisch zwischen den Messungen schalten, wobei die jeweils gewhlte Messung im oberen Bildschirmbereich als Balkengrafik und Zahlenwert gro angezeigt wird. So kann man auch im Aueneinsatz an der Antenne die gewnschte Messung aus der Entfernung gut ablesen. Gut gefallen haben auch weitere kleine Details, wie zum Beispiel dass der S7000 die Transponder-Frequenz simultan als SAT Zwischenfrequenz (SAT-IF) und als Transponder-Frequenz anzeigt. So entfllt das mhsame Umrechnen der Frequenz (z.B. muss man im Ku-Band bei Universal-LNBs so umrechnen: bis 11700MHz ist die ZF = Transponder-Frequenz 9875 MHz, ab 11700MHz ist die ZF = Transponder-Frequenz 10600 MHz). Erwhnenswert ist auch die Anzeige der Transponder-Bandbreite.
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7. Ohne Umweg gelangt man in das Konstellations-Diagramm. Deviser nutzt hier souvern die hohe Auflsung des Bildschirms und bietet daher eine gute Hilfe Probleme zu diagnostizieren, die von fehlerhaften Komponenten hervorgerufen werden. 8. Weiter geht es in den Spektrum Analysator Modus. Zuerst fllt positiv auf, dass das Spektrum auch bei einer maximalen Spanne von 1200 MHz in Echtzeit angezeigt wird. Echtzeit bedeutet hier, dass sich das Spektrum wirklich mehrere Male pro Sekunde erneuert. Damit kann man sofort erkennen, wie man zum Beispiel eine Antenne justieren muss, um einen maximalen Empfang zu bekommen. Weiterhin gefllt das Spektrum dank seiner hohen Auflsung. Selbst eng benachbarte Transponder mit geringer Bandbreite werden klar und deutlich aufgelst. 9. Die Darstellung des Spektrums kann auf der zweiten Ebene der Funktionstasten mit Hilfe der DISPLAY Funktion umgeschaltet werden. Statt das Spektrum als Linie darzustellen, kann es auch als gefllte Flche angezeigt werden. 10. Ein weiterer Druck auf die DISPLAY Funktionstaste und das Spektrum wird als Wasserfall -Diagramm dargestellt. Deutlich lassen sich die Transponder ber einen Zeitraum verfolgen und weil es mglich ist, in diesem Darstellungs-Modus auch parallel DiSEqC-1.2 Steuerbefehle zu senden, ist das Einrichten von motorisierten Antennen pltzlich ein Kinderspiel. Wer mehr ber die Benutzung eines Wasserfall Diagramms erfahren mchte sei auf meine Berichte in den TELE-audiovision-Ausgaben 12-01/2012 und 02-03/2012 hingewiesen. 11. Dass Deviser sich wirklich Gedanken gemacht hat und
das Wasserfall-Diagramm nicht einfach lieblos implementiert hat macht sich durch erneuter Auswahl der DISPLAY Funktionstaste bemerkbar. Genau wie in meiner DemonstrationsSoftware wird das Spektrum nun parallel zum WasserfallDiagramm angezeigt. So kann man deutlich die Transponder im Spektrum erkennen und mit Hilfe des obligatorischen Markers (dieser steht natrlich in allen Anzeige-Modi zur Verfgung) den Pegel messen, whrend das Wasserfall-Diagramm gleichzeitig die Evolution des Signals dokumentiert. Die sonst bliche Spitzenhalte-Funktion (die selbst verstndlich weiterhin zur Verfgung steht) wird dank Wasserfall-Diagramm wohl nur noch selten benutzt werden. 12. Aktiviert man die Funktionstaste mit der Option DRIVE, dann kann mit den Auf/Ab-Tasten zwischen dem DiSEqC-1.2 Modus MOVE und STEP umgeschaltet werden, wobei die Links/RechtsTasten den Motor entsprechend bewegen. Das Spektrum wird dabei weiterhin in Echtzeit bewegt und dank des Wasserfall-Diagramms kann man so eindeutig die bestmgliche Ausrichtung ermitteln. Auerdem kann man so erkennen, welche und wie viele Satelliten man zwischen den Ost/West-Limits der Antenne empfangen kann. Dazu fhrt man die Antenne einfach von Osten nach Westen (oder umgekehrt) und anhand des Wasserfall-Diagramms kann man klar die einzelnen Satelliten erkennen und es ist durchaus mglich, diese mit etwas Erfahrung auch zu identifizieren. 13. Der S7000 untersttzt smtliche DiSEqC und Einkabel SCR Normen mit einem eigenen DiSEqC-Menu. Dieses kann im Hauptmen ausgewhlt werden oder jederzeit mit Hilfe der Funktionstasten.
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14. Es wird zwischen SaTCR (SCR Single Cable Routing) und DiSEqC umgeschaltet. Im SCR-Modus knnen die einzelnen Frequenz-Fenster der Antennendosen flexibel edi tiert werden, so dass der S7000 mit praktisch allen SCR-Schaltern harmoniert. 15. Im DiSEqC-Modus knnen DiSEqC 1.0 und 1.1 Multischalter (fr bis zu 4 oder 16 LNBEingange) angesteuert werden sowie DiSEqC 1.2 Positionierer. Auerdem knnen auch simple Tonburst-Schalter angesprochen werden. 16. Die Sat-Finder Funktion zeigt den Signalpegel ausgewhlter Transponder des aktiven Satelliten an. Wahlweise kann ein Signalton zugeschaltet werden, um die Antenne auch ohne Blick zum Messgert justieren zu knnen. Der Satellit kann mit den Pfeil-Tasten gewechselt werden, ohne dass dieser Bildschirm verlassen werden muss. Das Besondere dieser Funktion ist jedoch die automatische Berechnung des Azimut, der Elevation und des Skew des LNB. Diese Daten werden dank der GPS-Antenne ermittelt und die aktuelle Position wird natrlich auch angezeigt. Sollte es aus irgendeinem Grund nicht mglich sein, die geografische Position per GPS zu ermitteln, kann diese selbstverstndlich auch manuell eingegeben werden. Dies mag auf dem ersten Blick nicht besonders wichtig erscheinen, werden die Antennen doch stets im Freien montiert. Doch was ist, wenn der Installateure die Antenne schon in der eigenen Werkstatt vorjustieren mchte, damit diese nur noch schnell beim Kunden aufgebaut werden muss? Dann kann es sehr wohl praktisch sein, die Position des Kunden vorab manuell einzugeben. 17, 18, 19. Der S7000 ist in der Lage, Empfangsparameter wie Symbol Rate, FEC und Modulation automatisch zu erkennen. Viele Messgerte scheitern an dieser scheinbar einfachen Aufgabund bentigen daher stets aktuelle und speziell fr den Einsatz eingerichtete Kanallisten. Nicht so der Deviser S7000: das Gert erkennt diese Parameter selbststndig und in extrem kurzer Zeit. Tatschlich kann man mit dem Marker einen beliebigen Transponder anfahren (oder die Frequenz auch direkt eingeben) und im Messmodus ermittelt der S7000 sofort in 1-3 Sekunden smtliche Empfangsparameter und zeigt simultan auch gleich die Messwerte an. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. Der S7000 kann selbstverstndlich auch Audio und Video abspielen und enthlt entsprechende Decoder fr analoge und digitale Signale in MPEG2 und MPEG4. Jederzeit kann diese Betriebsart mit Hilfe der TV-Taste aufgerufen werden. Ist das Signal noch nicht eingerastet, weil man zum Beispiel gerade erst im Spektrum-Modus den Marker auf einen Transponder bewegt hat, ermittelt das Mess-
gert die entsprechenden Empfangsparameter selbststndig - genau wie im Mess-Modus. In nur wenigen Sekunden wird das Live-Bild unverschlsselter Sender angezeigt und man kann in der Service-Liste des Transponders schnell zwischen den verschiedenen Kanlen wechseln, denn der S7000 glnzt mit Umschaltzeiten von 1-3 Sekunden, je nach Signalart und Modulation. 25. Der Deviser S7000 stellt in diesem Modus sogar einen kompletten Transportstream Analyzer zur Verfgung.-Diese Funktionen zielen besonders auf Techniker, die fr Kopfstationen, Empfangsund Sendeanlagen verantwortlich sind. Alle Anaylzer Funktionen stehen brigens fr jeden empfangenen Transportstream zur Verfgung, egal ob dieser von den eingebauten DVB-S/ S2, DVB-C, DVB-T/H Tunern stammt, vom ASI-Eingang oder z.B. einer externen Transportstream-Datei. Das erste Bild zeigt die Hauptdaten des Transportstreams. Die Bandbreite wird angezeigt sowie NIT Informationen und grundlegende statistische Angaben zum Stream. 26. Im zweiten Bildschirm, EVENT INFO, werden weitere Informationen zur Qualitt des Transportstream angezeigt. 27. Der dritte Bildschirm, PID VIEW, zeigt die Belegung der verschiedenen PIDs an. Diese Daten sind auch fr Installateure wichtig, denn sie knnen bei der Einrichtung von kleineren Kopfstationen und IPTV-Servern wichtige Rckschlsse auf Fehler liefern, zum Beispiel wenn versehentlich falsche PIDs konfiguriert wurden. 28. Der vierte Bildschirm, Prog Graph, zeigt Details zum angewhlten Kanal innerhalb des Transportstreams an. Diese Parameter geben wichtige Aufschlsse auf die Auflsung und vor allem die genutzten CODECS. Beschwert sich ein Kunde zum Beispiel, dass ein bestimmter Kanal nicht vom Receiver wiedergegeben werden kann, dann kann der Grund darin liegen, dass dieser Kanal mit von ProfiEquipment genutzten 4:2:2 Chroma kodiert ist, statt mit dem fr handelsbliche Receiver verwendeten 4:2:0 Chroma.
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29. Der fnfte Bildschirm beinhaltet eine PCR Messung. PCR steht fr Program Clock References und dient dazu, die Laufzeitverschiebungen zwischen dem empfangenen Signal und dem Taktgeber des Empfngers (27MHz) zu ermitteln. Dazu wird im Transportstream periodisch ein PCR abgelegt. Der Deviser S7000 liest diesen PCR aus und zeigt an, wie genau der interne 27MHz Taktgeber mit dem PCRSignal synchronisiert ist. Die Abweichung sollte gem der ursprnglichen Norm unter +/500ns liegen. Da die PCR Bytes selbst mit einem 27MHz Taktgeber erzeugt werden und in den Transportstream eingebettet werden ist die Auflsung auf 37 ns beschrnkt. Die in der oberen Grafik angezeigte Genauigkeit zeigt die Taktfehler innerhalb des Multiplexers an, nicht jedoch eventuelle Laufzeitverschiebungen, die durch das Netzwerk erzeugt wurden. Wie man sehen kann wird ein perfekt synchronisierter Transportstream empfangen, was darauf hindeutet, dass in der Kopfstation keine Fehler in den Taktgebern der verschiedenen Multiplexer und Modulatoren vorlagen. Wenn die Verzgerungen grsser als 500 ns sind, dann kann es beim Empfnger zu Problemen kommen. In der unteren Grafik wird der zeitliche Abstand zwischen den PCR-Bytes dargestellt. Laufzeitverschiebungen die durch das Netzwerk erzeugt wurden knnen so abgeleitet werden. Auch hier ist alles im grnen Bereich. Obwohl kleine Verzgerungen sichtbar sind haben diese noch keinen Einfluss auf die Empfangsqualitt. Es handelt sich somit um eine fr die Wartung von Kopfstationen und Sendeanstalten enorm wichtige Messung. 30. Die PROG LIST zeigt die Kanle des Providers an. Diese Informationen, sofern sie denn vom Provider korrekt in die NIT eingegeben werd, ermglichen den Receivern einen schnelleren Kanalsuchlauf, da so bekannte Transponder nicht mehr extra gescannt werden mssen. Leider halten sich viele Broadcaster nicht an die Normen und schreiben zu oft keine korrekte NIT Information in den Stream. So kommt es, dass ein Transponder den falschen oder gar keinen Satellitennamen anzeigt. Oftmals sind die Namen des Satelliten, Bouquet, usw. auch mit Schreibfehler versehen oder benutzen eine nicht einheitliche Gro/Klein-Schreibung. Hier sollte man den verantwortlichen Technikern unbedingt einen S7000 zur Kontrolle empfehlen! 31, 32, 33, 34. Der siebte Menpunkt PSI/SI erlaubt das Navigieren innerhalb der kompletten TS Tabelle. Smtliche Daten knnen so bequem analysiert werden, PAT, PMT, CAT, NIT, SDT, TDT und MIP. Mit den Pfeil-Tasten navigiert man innerhalb der einzelnen Zweige der Tabelle und bekommt so Aufschluss zu jedem kleinsten Detail eine wertvolle Hilfe, wenn man mit Multiplexern arbeitet und sicher gehen will, ob alle Parameter auch korrekt konfiguriert wurden.
35, 36. Der achte Menpunkt des Transportstream Analysators ist ein kleiner Hhepunkt des S7000: hier knnen einzelne Pakete des Transportstreams gespeichert und dargestellt werden. Diese Datenpakete knnen nach der Aufzeichnung Byte-weise dargestellt werden 37. Im letzten Menpunkt knnen die Transportstream Empfangsparamater abgelesen und editiert werden. So knnen verschiedene Situationen simuliert werden, bzw der S7000 kann wie entsprechende Empfangsgerte konfiguriert werden. Mir ist kein anderes Messgert bekannt, dass diese Mglichkeiten bietet. 38, 39. Steckt man einen USBSpeicher an den S7000, ist es im Transportstream Analysator Modus mglich, den Transportstream aufzuzeichnen. Auf dem USB-Speicher werden gewhnliche *.TS Dateien erzeugt, die vielen Programmen auf dem PC verarbeitet werden knnen, zum Beispiel mit TS Reader, VLC oder TransEdit. Natrlich knnen aufgezeichnete Transportstreams auch am S7000 wiedergegeben werden. In diesem Fall stehen alle hier gelisteten Analyse-Tools zur Verfgung, man kann also auch am Receiver oder Computer einen Transport Stream aufzeichnen und diesen dann mit dem S7000 analysieren. 40. Mit der Speicher-Taste kann jeder gerade angezeigte Bildschirm des S7000 als JPG-Datei im internen Speicher aufgezeichnet werden. Befindet man sich in einem der verschiedenen Mess-Modi fragt das Messgert, ob man den Bildschirm oder die angezeigten Daten speichern will. Whlt man letzteres kann man die Daten offline am PC wieder aufrufen und nach Wunsch anzeigen und bearbeiten, zum Beispiel mit dem Marker. Die so im Messgert gespeicherten Daten lassen sich mit dem Dateimanager, der aus dem Hauptmen aufgerufen wird, darstellen, lschen, editieren oder auf einen USB-Speicher umkopieren. 41. Der jeweils aktive Transponder kann in einem speziellen Bildschirm zur Kanal-Konfiguration editiert und gespeichert werden. So kann die Kanalliste auch am S7000 gepflegt und aktualisiert werden. Dies erfolgt recht komfortabel, so dass man nicht unbedingt den auf mitgelieferten CD befindlichen Settings-Editor bentigt. 42. Zurck im KonfigurationsMen ffnet der Menpunkt TS INTERFACE die Mglichkeit, den ASI Eingang und ASI Ausgang zu aktivieren. So kann man den empfangenen Transponder an weitere Gerte streamen oder natrlich den ASI-Stream anderer Gerte mit dem S7000 und insbesondere seines Transportstream Analyzers untersuchen. 43. Das Konfigurations-Men ist in fnf Abschnitte geteilt: ABOUT, GENERAL, MEASURE, CHANNEL und INTF. Im Ersten Abschnitt werden verschiedene Informationen zum Messgert angezeigt, zum Beispiel die Versions-Nummern der verschiedenen Module.
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48. Das Datum und die Uhrzeit knnen gesetzt werden 49. Verschiedene Skins knnen gewhlt werden. 50. Natrlich knnen auch verschiedene Mensprachen gewhlt werden. 51. Interessant ist der Menpunkt OPERATOR, in welchem sich verschiedene Techniker anmelden knnen und auch der Firmenname hinterlegt wird. Dies ermglicht eine geteilte Nutzung des Messgertes, wobei sichergestellt wird, wer fr eine bestimmte Messung verantwortlich war. 52. Rckholung der Werkseinstellung des Messgertes
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buchse genutzt werden, die unterschiedliche Dmpfungen haben. Es ist so mglich, anhand einer Tabelle die Dmpfung der verschiedenen Kabel zu kompensieren. So wird auch der Sinn des ersten Feldes deutlich: hier kann man die Kompensation des Messgertes oder anderen passiven oder aktiven Elementen im Netzwerk (z.B. Multischalter, Verstrker oder Filter) eintragen, um sicherzustellen, dass verschiedene Gerte die exakt gleichen Messwerte darstellen. 56. Wahl der PID Zahlendarstellung im Transportstream Analysator. Oft wird die dezimale Darstellung gewhlt, aber ich bin die hexadezimale Schreibweise gewohnt, die den Vorteil hat, dass alle Bytes unabhngig von deren Wert immer genau zwei Stellen haben. 57. Da der S7000 sowohl ATSC als auch DVB untersttzt kann man im entsprechenden Untermen den gewnschten Modus whlen. Dies hat jedoch nur Einfluss auf den Transportstream Analysator, der den empfangenen Stream entsprechend anzeigt. Tatschlich kann man hier wenig falsch machen, denn der S7000 ermittelt die Empfangsparameter automatisch,
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Sinnvoll wre jedoch eine Erweiterung der Firmware zur kontinuierlichen Aufzeichnung der Mess-Parameter mitsamt geografischer Position. Eine solche Aufzeichnung der Empfangsparameter mit Geo-Position knnte man anschlieend zum Beispiel mit Google Maps nutzen, um etwa regionale Ausleuchtzonen von Single Frequency Netzwerken zu erstellen.
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und dies, obwohl ein einfaches Messgert sehr wohl eine hohe Signal-Leistung misst! Der S7000 beherrscht diese ECHO-Messung und zeigt die ermittelten Echos automatisch als Grafik und in einer Tabelle an. Zu jedem Echo werden die entsprechende Leistung, sowie die Verzgerung in Mikrosekunden/Kilometer angezeigt. Somit kann ein Installateur ermitteln, welche Funkzelle das strende Echo hervorruft und die Antenne entsprechend ausrichten, besonders wenn er ber Dokumentation zur regionalen Verteilung der Funkzellen verfgt. Ein Trick besteht brigens darin, das Dach des Hauses zur Blockierung der ungewnschten Signale einer entfernten Funkzelle zu missbrauchen! 76. Eine weitere Messung, die relativ neu ist und nur in wenigen Profi-Messgerten zu finden ist, ist die MER vs. Trger Messung. Hier wird derModulation/Fehler-Abstand (MER) nicht wie blich als Durchschnittswert aller Trger innerhalb des Transponders dargestellt, sondern fr jeden Trger einzeln. Diese Werte werden in einer Grafik dargestellt, die dem Spektrum hnelt und konsequenterweise auch parallel als Wasserfall-Diagramm. Der Marker erlaubt das Navigieren innerhalb der vielen Trger, die den Transponder bilden und das Messgert zeigt den jeweils passenden MER-Wert in dB. Diese Messung dient dazu, kleinste Strungen aufzudecken, wie sie zum Beispiel von analogen Audio/Video-Sendern im UHF/VHF Band erzeugt werden. Aber auch LTE und andere Dienste knnen durchaus einen DVB-T/H Transponder teilweise stren. Mit der einfachen MER-Messung lassen sich diese Strungen nicht feststellen, da ja der durchschnittliche Wert kaum beeintrchtigt wird. Trotzdem reicht es einige wenige Trger komplett zu stren, damit ein beachtlicher Teil des Transport Streams nicht mehr korrekt empfangen werden kann. Einzigartig ist hier die simultane Darstellung als Wasserfall-Diagramm, denn so knnen auch intermittierende oder kurzzeitige Strungen erfasst und dokumentiert werden. 77. Genau wie im SAT-Modus kann jeder Zeit der TS Analysator aufgerufen werden. In Sekunden wird das Signal eingerastet und die Empfangsparameter ausgelesen. Dank vollstndiger Implementierung smtlicher gngiger und auch weniger blichen CODECs kann zum Beispiel auch das portugiesische TDT (Televiso Digital Terestre digitales terrestrisches Fernsehen) dargestellt werden,obwohl hier trotz DVB-T Modulation das Bild in MPEG4 H-264 und Audio in MPEG4 AACkomprimiert werden, wie aus dem PROG GRAPH Bildschirm ablesbar ist.
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erkannt werden. 85. Der Spektrum-Modus verfgt im Modus fr CATV und terrestrischem TV ber die Mglichkeit zwei Marker zu positionieren, wobei automatisch der PegelAbstand angezeigt wird. 86. Auerdem ist natrlich auch eine Spitzenhalte-Funktion vorhanden. Diese ist zum Beispiel ntzlich, wenn es gilt einen Verstrker zu justieren. 87. Ein Vorverstrker ist im Deviser S7000 gleich mit eingebaut und kann, wenn notwendig, aktiviert werden. 88. Digitale CATV Kanle knnen selbstverstndlich auch gemessen werden und wieder ermittelt der S7000 in Rekordzeit die notwendigen Empfangsparameter. berhaupt berrascht es mich, dass ich whrend des gesamten Tests den Settings-Editor nicht benutzen musste, um vorab die Kanallisten fr den Empfang einzurichten. 89. Bei digitalen Signalen werden im Messbildschirm die Leistung und der Signal/Rausch-Abstand dargestellt. Dank dem groen Bildschirm sind gleichzeitig die weiteren wichtigsten Messwerte und Parameter wie MER, Preund Post-BER und Frequenz, Bandbreite, usw. ablesbar.
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dass die Linie, die den ersten Balken mit dem letzten Balken verbindet, die Schrglage anzeigt. Diese Linie sollte mglichst waagerecht sein. Eine groe Schrglage ist ein Anzeichen fr Dmpfung im oberen (oder unteren) Frequenzbereich und kann zum Beispiel durch geeignete Verstrker kompensiert werden. 93. Fr die Barscan-Messung knnen bis zu 16 Kanle ausgewhlt werden je nach Wunsch kann man nur analoge, nur digitale oder gleichzeitig analoge und digitale Kanle whlen. 94. Hier wurden nur die analogen Kanle in die Barscan-Messung einbezogen. 95. An der gleichen Dose wurden nun auch digitale Kanle (in blau) gemessen. Besonders bei den vier digitalen Kanlen auf der rechten Seite wird deutlich, dass das Signal abfllt, die Dmpfung ist zu gro. 96. Fast schon selbstverstndlich ist die so genannte Barscan-Messung, in welcher der Pegel, bzw. die Leistung ausgewhlter Kanle als Balkengrafik dargestellt wird. Bei analogen Kanlen wird der Video-Pegel in Grn, der entsprechende Audio-Pegel in Gelb dargestellt.
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97, 98. Der Deviser S7000 untersttzt alle fr CATV blichen Modulationen und kann deren Konstellations-Diagramm ohne Probleme darstellen, egal ob 64QAM oder 256QAM. 99, 100. Fr terrestrisches Fernsehen und CATV kann der S7000 einen Kanalsuchlauf durchfhren. Dabei kann der Anwender whlen ob nur analoge, digitale oder beides gefunden werden soll. Die Schwellwerte knnen vorab im Konfigurationsmen angegeben werden. 101. Fr den Satelliten-Modus muss man einfach nur den gewnschten Satelliten aus der Liste whlen und es ist sogar mglich am Gert neue Satelliten anzulegen. Die vordefinierte Satelliten-Liste enthlt praktisch alle Satelliten weltweit mit jeweils allen aktuellen Transpondern.
TELE-audiovision's Technical
Editor Vitor Martins Augusto using the Deviser S7000
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TEST REPORT
PVR Receiver fr Satellit und Terrestrik
MKTech IS1-19HD
& Receiver
sehr benutzerfreundliche Software sehr empfindlicher Tuner mit sehr schnellem Suchlauf sehr schnelle Programm Umschaltzeit clever: Wechselrahmen fr PVR Festplatte Lautstrke kann fr jeden Kanal einzeln eingestellt werden
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TEST REPORT
PVR Receiver fr Satellit und Terrestrik
Das Beste aus zwei Welten

09-10/2013
Beim IS1-19HD von MKTech handelt es sich um einen Hybrid Receiver: das Gert empfngt sowohl die Satelliten-Signale in DVB-S2 als auch die terrestrischen Programme. Fr den stark wachsenden Markt in Sdamerika hat MKTech den terrestrischen Empfangsteil des IS1-19HD daher fr ISDB-TB ausgelegt. An der Frontseite des dezenten Gehuses findet man ein sehr gut lesbares VFD Display vor, gleich daneben hat der Hersteller insgesamt 7 Tasten untergebracht, falls der Fernbedienung in Ermangelung frischer Batterien der Strom ausgehen sollte. Hinter einer Klappe befindet sich ein Kartenleser zum Empfang von verschlsselten Inhalten. Die Rckseite prsentiert sich gut bestckt mit dem
DVB-S2 und dem ISDB-TB Eingang sowie ihrem jeweiligen Loop-Ausgang, einem HDMI Ausgang, sechs Buchsen fr Stereo Audio, CVBS und YUV sowie einem Netzwerkanschluss, einem koaxialen S/PDIF Ausgang und einem USB 2.0 Port. Besonders pfiffig und fr uns in dieser Form neu ist ein Wechselrahmen fr eine interne 2.5 SATA Festplatte, die ohne Werkzeug mit nur einem Tastendruck ein- bzw. ausgebaut werden kann. Nicht zu vergessen ist auch das kostenlos im Lieferumfang enthaltene USB WiFi Dongle, mit dessen Hilfe der Endverbraucher auf Wunsch auch drahtlos eine Netzwerkverbindung mit dem IS1-19HD herstellen kann. Die mitgelieferte Fernbedienung gefiel uns im Test sehr gut, sie lag angenehm
MKTech IS1-19HD Bestens ausgestattet fr Satellit und Lokal-TV in Sdamerika
www.TELE-audiovision.com/13/09/mktech
in der Hand und vermittelte dank der rutschfesten Unterseite ein sicheres Gefhl. Die gut angeordneten und bersichtlich beschrifteten Tasten erleichterten die Bedienung des Receivers im Praxistest sehr. Insgesamt knnen wir die Verarbeitung des MKTech IS1-19HD nur loben und besonders der einfach zugngliche Festplattenwechselrahmen verdient besondere Beachtung. Der IS1-19HD verfgt ber keinen Installationsassistenten, der Anwender muss alle notwendigen Einstellungen manuell vornehmen und selbst in den verschiedenen Meneintrgen auswhlen. Insgesamt fllt das
aber nicht schwer, da die gesamte Menstruktur sehr bersichtlich ausgefallen ist und die einzelnen Eintrge selbsterklrend sind. Dank der Untersttzung aller DiSEqC Protokolle (also 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 und 1.3) kann der IS1-19HD mit jeder verfgbaren Antennenkombination verwendet werden, die vorprogrammierten und zudem auf Wunsch auch frei whlbaren LOF Werte sorgen zustzlich fr den problemlosen weltweiten Einsatz. Insgesamt 59 Satelliteneintrge hat MKTech vorprogrammiert, leider sind diese aber nicht alle aktuell. Hervorragend der Kanalsuchlauf: sowohl der Blindscan
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1. Hauptmen des IS1-19HD 2. Das Sprachen Menue enthlt auch die Lautstrkeanpassung fr jeden Kanal "Volume per Channel" 3. Anpassen des Videoausgangssignals 4. Jugendschutzeinstellungen 5. USB und Netzwerkeinstellungen 6. PVR Einstellungen 7. Mit Hilfe des USB Tools knnen Dateien und Verzeichnisse erstellt bzw. bearbeitet werden 8. Kabelgebundene Netzwerkverbindung 9. Das DHCP Protokoll wird natrlich untersttzt 10. Dank des im Lieferumfang enthaltenen WiFi Dongles kann der Receiver auch drahtlos mit einem Router kommunizieren 11. Anzeige der gefundenen Drahtlosnetzwerke 12. Manuelle IP Eingabe 13. Zusatzfeatures des IS1-19HD 14. Aktienkurse 15. RSS Reader
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tion fr Audiodateien, einen Bildbetrachter sowie einen Videoplayer. Folgende Dateiformate werden dabei untersttzt: AVI, ASF, MPEG, MKV, RM, TS, M2TS, FLV, SWF, DAT, VOB und RMVB fr den Videobereich, MP3, FLAC, WMA und AAC fr den Audiobereich sowie JPEG, BMP, PNG und GIF fr den Bildbetrachter. Schlussendlich dient der USB Anschluss des IS1-19HD auch zum Aktualisieren der Gertesoftware, regelmig stellt der Hersteller die dafr notwendigen Updates auf seiner Website zum Download bereit. Der MKTech IS1-19HD verfgt nicht nur ber eine kabelgebundene RJ45 Ethernetbuchse sondern kann mittels des im Lieferumfang enthaltenem WiFi Dongle auch drahtlos mit dem heimischen Router kommunizieren. Im Praxistest hat der Verbindungsaufbau problemlos geklappt, sofort
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nach Einstecken des Dongle am USB Anschluss erkannte der Receiver alle lokal vorhandenen WiFi Netze. Eine manuelle SSID Eingabe ist nicht mglich, so dass der Receiver nicht gezielt nach versteckten WiFi Netzen suchen kann. Steht erstmal die Verbindung zum Internet, so kann der Anwender auf eine Wettervorhersage, einen RSS Reader, Aktienkurse, Google Maps, YouTube sowie die Online Fotodienste Yupoo, Picasa und Flickr zugreifen. Auch eine reichhaltige Auswahl an
39. ISDB-T Kanalsuchlauf 40. Kanalliste des IS1-19HD 41. BAND HD aus Chile via ISDB-T 42. Sprachwahl
unterhaltsamen Videospielen steht zum Download zur Verfgung. Insgesamt haben uns die Netzwerkfeatures des MKTech IS1-19HD gut gefallen alle Dienste wurden vom Hersteller vorbildlich und voll funktionsfhig integriert. Besonders gefreut hat uns aber, dass sie auch wirklich alle sinnvoll via Receiver und Fernseher genutzt werden knnen, denn nur dann werden sie die Anwender auch hufig in Anspruch nehmen. Die Kombination DVB-S2 und ISDB-TB ist fr unsere TELE-audiovision Leser in Sdamerika sehr interessant und wir sind sicher, dass der IS1-19HD von MKTech dort viele Anhnger finden wird.
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OPINION
MKTech IS1-19HD RECOMMENDED DVB-S2 & ISDB-TB Receiver PRODUCT BY
Thomas Haring Test Center Austria
TECHNICAL
+ Durchdachte, bersichtliche und fehlerfreie Software.
Reichhaltige aber trotzdem einfach zu bedienender Funktionsumfang. Innovativ und sehr clever der Wechselrahmen fr 2.5 SATA Festplatten.
DATA
Manufacturer Adress Contact Internet Model Function Input frequency Input symbol rate DiSEqC Input frequency Digital Audio out
Gotech International Technology Co., Ltd. 66 Yongda Road, Hongqi, ZhuHai 519045, Jinwan, CHINA www.gotechcn.com/Enquiry.asp www.gotechcn.com IS1-19HD & 950 - 2150 MHz 2 - 45 Ms/s 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 177 - 213 MHz & 473 - 803 MHz yes (coaxial) Combo Receiver
Im WiFi Modus besteht keine Mglichkeit zur manuellen SSID

Eingabe.
HDMI yes USB 2.0 yes Internal 2.5 SATA HDD yes CI Slot no Card Reader yes Stereo Audio, CVBS, YUV yes (6x RCA) Scart no Ethernet yes WiFi yes RS232 yes 0/12V no EPG yes HDTV yes PVR yes WebTV no Power Supply Dimensions Weight 100 - 240V AC 50/60 Hz 28 x 23 x 5.5 cm 1.35 kg
ENERGY
DIAGRAM
Apparent Power Mode Active StandBy Apparent Active Factor 22 W 13 W 0.59 4W 1.5 W 0.37
Active Power
Energy: Die ersten 15 Minuten aktiver Betrieb, die zweiten 15 Minuten Standby.
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TEST REPORT
DVB-C Messgert
HORIZON HD-CM+ fr
sehr einfache Bedienung vollautomatische Messung mit Protokoll mglich sehr gute Lesbarkeit des Displays Leakage-Funktion zur Auffindung von Kabelstrungen integriert Frequenz-Vergleichsmessungen zur Kontrolle der Verkabelung
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TEST REPORT
DVB-C Messgert
Von Profis fr Profis

09-10/2013
Fr einen professionellen Monteur, der z.B. fr Hotels, Wohnblocks oder kleine Siedlungen ein eigenes DVBC Netz aufbaut bzw. dort fr die Verteilung bereits vorhandener DVB-C Signale zu sorgen hat ist ein zuverlssiges Messgert das wichtigste Werkzeug. Genau fr diese anspruchsvollen Monteure hat Horizon, seit vielen Jahren Hersteller bester Messgerte und den TELE-audiovisions Lesern durch viele Berichte bestens bekannt, mit dem HD-CM+ das passende Messgert fr DVB-C entwickelt. Die blaue Box mit einer Gre von 17 x 16 x 6.5 cm und einem Gewicht von rund 1 kg entspricht dem von Horizon gewohnten Design, das sich in verschiedensten Praxistests immer wieder bewhrt hat. An der Vorderseite findet der Besitzer eines HDCM+ den Signalanschluss in Form einer F-Buchse. Wie es fr professionelle Nutzer gewnscht wird ist die Buchse austauschbar, da durch das stndige Ein- und Ausstecken bei jedem Messvorgang diese Buchse einem extrem hohen Verschlei ausgesetzt ist. Gleich daneben befindet sich das perfekt lesbare LCD Display sowie insgesamt 5 Tasten zur Steuerung aller Funktionen. Dreht man das Messgert um so erhlt man Zugriff auf den Stromanschluss sowie seitlich auf eine USB Buchse und den Anschluss fr das 12V Netzteil. Den integrierten Ni-Mh Akku hat Horizon an der Unterseite, gut geschtzt durch eine Klappe, verstaut. Begeistert hat uns dabei vor allem, dass dieser leicht und ohne Werkzeug zugnglich ist und daher im Bedarfsfall rasch gewechselt werden kann. Schlielich
ist fr einen professionellen Anwender nichts rgerlicher als der Ausfall eines Arbeitswerkzeugs. Auch beim Zubehr hat Horizon nicht gespart und legt dem HDCM+ neben allen bentigten Kabeln (Stromversorgung, USB) auch ein Ladegert fr den 12V Zigarettenanznder im Auto bei. Weiters liegt dem Gert eine praktische Regenschutzabdeckung fr das Display, eine externe Antenne zum Aufspren beschdigter Kabel bzw. von Strsignalen sowie schlielich eine bestens verarbeitete Tragetasche aus Nylon bei. Dank ihrer Hilfe ist das wertvolle Messgert jederzeit griffbereit und trotzdem bestens vor Feuchtigkeit, Schmutz und Beschdigungen geschtzt. Das beigelegte Handbuch ist bersichtlich und beschreibt kurz und knapp alle Funktionen des HD-CM+. Vor der ersten Verwendung empfiehlt Horizon, den Akku des HD-CM+ fr ganze acht Stunden mit Spannung zu versorgen, damit dieser seine volle Leistungsfhigkeit entfalten kann. Diesem Rat sind wir im Praxistest natrlich gefolgt und haben das neue Horizon Messgert ber Nacht mit der Steckdose verbunden. Das interne Netzteil vertrgt brigens Spannungen im Bereich zwischen 90V und 250V AC und ist somit weltweit einsetzbar. Whrend des Ladevorgangs zeigt das Display stets den aktuellen Ladestatus an, so dass der Anwender einen Eindruck davon bekommt, wie lange der Vorgang noch in etwa dauern wird. Bei dieser Gelegenheit warfen wir auch gleich einen ersten Blick auf das monochrome LCD Display mit einer Auflsung von 128x64 Pixel, das dank
Horizon HD-CM+ fr DVB-C Extrem leichte Bedienung fr den professionellen Kabel-Monteur
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Hintergrundbeleuchtung bei schlechten Lichtverhltnissen sowie aufgrund der sehr guten Kontrastwerte auch bei direkter Sonneneinstrahlung ohne Einschrnkungen abgelesen werden kann. Der vom Hersteller verbaute NiMh Akku mit einer Kapazitt von 3300mAh ermglicht 7 Stunden durchgehenden Betrieb, ohne auf eine externe Spannungsversorgung angewiesen zu sein. Fr den professionellen Monteur bedeutet das also, dass ein ganzer Arbeitstag ohne Aufladen des Messgerts zu realisieren ist. Wie bei Horizon Messgerten blich wird auch das HDCM+ durch einen beherzten Druck auf die Pfeiltaste nach unten aktiviert und sogleich kann der Kabel-Monteur das Einstellungsmen zum Personalisieren des Messgerts aufrufen. Hier lassen sich die Hintergrundbeleuchtung, die Displayhelligkeit und der Displaykontrast anpassen ebenso wie die automatische Abschaltung aktiviert werden kann. Dank dieser praktischen Funktion wird verhindert, dass sich der Akku des HD-CM+ unntig entleert,
1. Horizon HD-CM+ Logo 2. Die drei ScanModi des HD-CM+ 3. Signalpegelmessung 4. MER Messung 5. BER Messung 6. Manueller Scan mit Spektrumanzeige 7. Auswahl eines der vorprogrammierten Kanalplne 8. Vergleichsmessung von 5 verschiedenen Frequenzen 9. Vergleichsmessung von 5 verschiedenen Frequenzen mit Anzeige der Unterschiede im Signalpegel 10. Spektrumanzeige 11.Einstellungsmen 12. Einstellungsmen 13. Leakage Test 14. Konstellationsdiagramm 15. Die einzelnen Sender fr die Vergleichsmessung knnen ganz bequem gewhlt werden
falls vergessen wurde das Messgert abzuschalten. Als Messeinheiten stehen dBV, dBmV und dBm zur Auswahl bereit, ebenso wie die Rauschsperre im Bereich von -75 dBm bis -55 dBm festgelegt werden kann. Zu guter Letzt steht dem Anwender natrlich auch ein Reset auf die Werkseinstellungen des Herstellers zur Verfgung. Direkt nach dem Einschalten des HD-CM+ landet der Kabel-Monteur im Scan Men
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und kann whlen, welche Art von Suchlauf durchgefhrt werden soll. Zur Auswahl stehen Full Scan, Short Scan und Manual Scan. Bevor wir hier eine Auswahl treffen und Ihnen die einzelnen Funktionen nher erklren mssen wir unbedingt noch erwhnen, dass das HD-CM+ bis zu 20 vorgefertigte Kanalplne im internen Speicher verwalten kann. Diese stehen fr mehrere Dutzend Anbieter weltweit zur Verfgung und erlauben es dem
Anwender, besonders rasch und einfach auf die jeweils genutzten Frequenzen eines DVB-C Providers zugreifen zu knnen. Steht kein spezieller Kanalplan fr den eigenen Anbieter zur Verfgung, greift man einfach auf den Standardkanalplan mit allen Frequenzen im UHF und VHF Band zurck. Dank der praktischen Downloadmglichkeit ber die Website des Herstellers www.horizonhge.com lassen sich unterschiedliche Kanalplne direkt auswh-
len bzw. zusammenstellen und dann als komprimiertes ZIP Archiv auf den PC laden. Um diese nun auf das Messgert zu bertragen gengt es, mittels des beigelegten USB Kabel eine Verbindung zwischen PC und Messgert herzustellen; alle dafr notwendigen Treiber stehen ebenfalls ber die Website von Horizon bereit. Die bertragung der Daten funktionierte im Test reibungslos und ohne weiteres Zutun unsererseits, da die Kanalplne die zum bertragen bentigte Software bereits enthalten. Es gibt keine Mglichkeit, selbst Kanalplne zu erstellen oder zu bearbeiten; man kann aber eigene Plne bei Horizon selbst anfragen. Da unser Testrechner mit Windows 8 ausgestattet war, knnen wir auch besttigen, dass die neueste Version von Microsofts Betriebssystem sowohl von Treiber als auch Software untersttzt wird. Mit Hilfe des vollstndigen Suchlaufs (Full Scan) wird der aktuell gewhlte Kanalplan von Anfang bis Ende abgearbeitet (oder umgekehrt durch Drcken der Links/ Rechts Tasten), whrend der Short Scan nur die zuvor explizit markierten Frequenzen des aktuellen Kanalplans einliest. Der manuelle Suchlauf erlaubt dem Anwender ber eine Frequenzauswahl mit Spektrumansicht, jede gewnschte Frequenz nach Belieben einzeln zu whlen. Im Full Scan und Short Scan Modus beginnt das HD-CM+ bei der niedrigsten Frequenz und arbeitet sich zur hchs-
ten Frequenz vor, wobei bei jeder aktiven Frequenz gestoppt und eine Messung durchgefhrt wird. Wurde eine aktive Frequenz gefunden so zeigt das Messgert je nach Art des bertragenen Signals (analog oder digital) folgende Messwerte: Bei digitalen Sendern: RF Signalpegel, MER und BER sowie bei analogen Sendern: RF Videosignalpegel, RF Audiosignalpegel sowie SNR. Und das praktischerweise nicht nurin Form einer absoluten Zahl sondern auch eines grafischen Infobalkens! Im Test hat uns dabei nicht nur die bersichtlichkeit der Anzeige, sondern auch die wirklich perfekte Lesbarkeit des Displays berzeugt. Wir konnten es daher gar nicht erwarten, das Signal eines lokalen Kabelanbieters mit
Signal Level Horizon 328 MHz 394 MHz 562 MHz 59.6 dBV 64.7 dBV 59.7 dBV
MER Horizon 32.1 dB 34.7 dB 36.6 dB
BER Horizon 2.05E-4 2.69E-4 3.20E-7
Signal Level Reference 61.2 dBV 62.1 dBV 58.4 dBV
MER Reference 31.3 dB 33.5 dB 34.8 dB
BER Reference 2.3E-4 2.3E-4 3.1E-6
dem HD-CM+ genauer unter die Lupe zu nehmen. Fr unseren Provider UPC Austria war kein vorgefertigter Kanalplan auf der Website des Herstellers zu finden, so dass wir auf den Standardkanalplan zurckgriffen. Rasch hatten wir die ersten Messergebnisse am Monitor, und waren hingerissen, wie einfach und intuitiv das HDCM+ zu bedienen ist. Natrlich stellte sich uns jetzt aber auch die Frage, wie genau die erhaltenen Messergebnisse denn sind? So verbanden wir ein Ver-
gleichsmessgert eines anderen Herstellers mit der Signalleitung unseres Kabelanbieters. Die dabei gemessenen Signalwerte waren nahezu identisch, so dass wir dem Horizon HD-CM+ mit Fug und Recht einen sehr guten Tuner bescheinigen knnen. In Tabelle 1 sehen Sie eine Aufstellung der von uns getesteten Frequenzen und die jeweils ermittelten
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Signalparameter. Hat das Messgert eine aktive Frequenz erkannt, so kann durch einen Druck auf die OK Taste bei digitalen Signalen das Konstellationsdiagramm aufgerufen werden, ebenso wie die ermittelten Signalparameter im Speicher des Messgerts hinterlegt werden knnen. Da gerade im DVB-C Bereich unterschiedlich hohe Signalpegel bzw. Schrglagen im Signalpegel ber das Frequenzband verteilt ein nicht zu unterschtzendes Problem darstellen knnen, das in den meisten Fllen durch schlechte Verkabelung, billig verarbeitete Signalsplitter oder nicht korrekt eingestellte Signaleinspeiseeinheiten verursacht wird, lassen sich bis zu 5 aktive Frequenzen fr eine Vergleichsmessung auswhlen.Deren Signalpegelwerte werden dann sehr bersichtlich nebeneinander angezeigt und erlauben so die optimale Anpassung. Besonders praktisch: wird eine der 5 gewhlten Frequenzen markiert, zeigt das Messgert auch sofort den Unterschied im Signalpegel zu den anderen 4 Frequenzen an. Gefreut hat uns auch, dass dem Kabel-Monteur eine Spektrumansicht zur Verfgung steht, deren Bandbreite mit den Steuertasten direkt am Messgert angepasst werden kann. Hierfr stehen die vordefinierten Werte 8, 16, 32, 64, 128,256, 512 und 840 MHz zur Auswahl bereit. Jede beliebige Frequenz kann dabei mit den links/rechts Tasten gewhlt werden und wird im oberen Bereich abwechselnd mit der aktuellen Bandbreite und dem aktuell gemessenen RF Signalpegel angezeigt. Ein Druck auf die OK Taste analysiert die Frequenz und liefert alle weiteren relevanten Parameter. Abgerundet wird der Funktionsumfang des HD-CM+ noch durch den LeakageTest, mit dem unerwnschte Signalverluste bzw. Strquellen leicht entdeckt
werden knnen. Dazu verbindet der Monteur die im Lieferumfang enthaltene Antenne mit dem Signaleingang des Messgerts und whlt eine der vorprogrammierten Testfrequenzen aus. Das Messgert aktiviert nun eine besonders intensive Rauschpegelmessung, deren Ergebnis im Display entweder als grauer Balken (in diesem Fall liegt das Messergebnis unter der Tresholdschwelle und deutet somit auf keine Fehler hin) oder als deutliche Signalspitzen mit einer entsprechenden Balkenanzeige fr den Fall, dass ein Fehler gefunden wurde, angezeigt wird. Im Praxistest hat diese Funktion einwandfrei funktioniert. Gerade fr den professionellen Monteur ist es natrlich uerst wichtig seinem zahlenden Kunden auch eine entsprechende Dokumentation der durchgefhrten Arbeiten zukommen zu lassen. Genau dafr verfgt das HDCM+ ber eine interne Logger Funktion, mit deren Hilfe die gemessenen Signalwerte im Speicher des Messgerts abgelegt werden knnen. Dank einer kostenlos ber die Website des Herstellers verfgbaren Software lassen sich diese am PC im Format CSV, das z.B. mit MS Excel verarbeitet werden kann, auslesen und anzeigen. In unserem Praxistest konnten wir so die Werte der Vergleichsmessung ganz einfach abspeichern und in die Tabelle integrieren. Zu guter Letzt mchten wir noch das integrierte Voltmeter mit einem Messbereich von 0 bis 110V erwhnen. Insgesamt hat uns das Horizon HD-CM+ im Test sehr viel Spa gemacht und vor allem durch seine einfache und logische Bedienerfhrung begeistern knnen. Das wunderbar lesbare Display tat sein briges dazu, um uns glcklich zu machen. Im Vergleichstest mit einem anderen Messgert konnten wir die ermittelten Signalwerte als authentisch belegen.
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OPINION
Horizon HD-CM+ DVB-C Meter RECOMMENDED PRODUCT BY
+ Die sehr einfache und bersichtliche Bedienung, das perfekt

lesbare Display, der vielfltige Funktionsumfang und die akkuraten Messergebnisse zeichnen das HD-CM+ besonders aus. Dank der ausreichend dimensionierten Akkukapazitt, des umfangreichen Zubehrs und der sehr soliden Verarbeitung ist es bestens fr den professionellen Einsatz geeignet.
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TEST REPORT
HDTV Satelliten Receiver
DragonSat DS-5500HD
verfgt ber EPG in zwei Modi sehr schnelle Programm-Umschaltzeiten rasche Reaktion auf alle Fernbedienungsbefehle hervorragender Tuner, geeignet sowohl fr schwache Signale wie kleine Symbolraten Player und Server fr Multimediainhalte integriert
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HDTV Satelliten Receiver
Ein Satellitenreceiver mit vielen tollen Features

Dass ein qualitativ hochwertiger Satellitenreceiver nicht gro sein muss will Dragonsat mit dem neuen DS5500HD unter Beweis stellen. Stimmt das auch? Das wollten wir genauer wissen und haben den Receiver einem Praxistest zu unterzogen. Nach dem Auspacken gibt es optisch nichts auszusetzen: mit 22 x 14.5 x 3.5 cm ist der DS-5500HD wirklich angenehm klein ausgefallen und sollte damit problemlos auf jedem TV-Rack oder im Wohnzimmerschrank seinen Platz finden. An der Vorderseite hat der Hersteller ein vierstelliges Segmentdisplay untergebracht und gleich daneben eine Status-LED sowie drei Tasten zur Steuerung ohne Fernbedienung. Dreht man den Dragonsat Receiver um so offenbart er seine dicht gedrngte Rckseite. Neben den erforderlichen Anschlssen hat der Hersteller hier auch den CI Slot und den internen Kartenleser hier integriert. Zur Signalversorgung sticht sofort der Sat-ZF Eingang ins Auge, gleich daneben befinden sich ein Loop Ausgang, eine HDMI Buchse, eine USB und RJ-45 Netzwerkbuchse, ein S/PDIF Ausgang, eine RS232 Buchse sowie eine Anschlussmglichkeit fr das im Lieferumfang enthaltene externe CVBS/Stereo Audio Adapterkabel. Mit Spannung versorgt wird der DS-5500HD ber ein externes 12V Netzteil, so konnte der Hersteller den fr das Netzteil notwendigen Platz innerhalb des Receivers einsparen. Die beigelegte Fernbedienung ist fr unsere Begriffe etwas zu schmal ausgefallen, auerdem sind die Tasten im unteren Bereich ziemlich klein geraten. Ansonsten aber ist sie sehr bersichtlich gestaltet sowie perfekt lesbar beschriftet. Insgesamt macht die Verarbeitung von Receiver und Fernbedienung einen sehr guten Eindruck, zu dem auch das beiliegende Handbuch seinen Anteil beisteuert. Wie mittlerweile bei nahezu allen Receivern blich wird auch der Besitzer eines DS-5500HD nach dem ersten Einschalten vom Installationsassistenten begrt, mit dessen Hilfe die wichtigsten Grundeinstellungen vorgenommen werden. Dazu zhlt neben OSD Sprache, Zeiteinstellung und Netzwerkeinstellung natrlich auch ein automatischer Kanalsuchlauf, der den ganzen Vorgang beschliet. Wer noch das eine oder andere Detail vermisst bzw. sich einen berblick aller Funktionen seines neu erworbenen Receivers verschaffen mchte dem sei ein Blick ins Hauptmen empfohlen. In den Systemeinstellungen kann der Anwender nahezu jede Funktion des DS-5500HD personalisieren, so z.B. die Videosignalausgabe in den Auflsungen 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p oder man berlsst im Automatikmodus dem Receiver die Wahl. Uns freut es auf jeden Fall zu sehen, dass immer mehr Receiver sowie der DS-5500HD auch Full HD kompatibel sind, wenngleich das Angebot an auflsungsseitig passenden Inhalten via Satellit derzeit je nach Region sehr eingeschrnkt bis nicht existent ist. Auf jeden Fall aber ist man so fr die Zukunft auf der sicheren Seite. Problemlos lassen sich externe Speichermedien, die via USB Anschluss mit dem
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Dragonsat DS-5500HD Sehr schneller Satellitenreceiver mit voll integriertem Internetzugang
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Receiver verbunden wurden, verwalten ebenso wie das Formatieren (erfreulicherweise auch im NTFS Dateisystem) mglich ist. Um wirklich alle Funktionen des DS-5500HD wie z.B. die verschiedenen OSD Anzeigemodi oder PVR Features wie Vor-/Nachlaufzeit etc. nutzen zu knnen empfiehlt sich ein kurzer Blick ins Handbuch, das sehr detailliert darber Auskunft gibt. Insgesamt ist die Menstruktur des neuen Dragonsat Receiver logisch aufgebaut und gut gelungen, lediglich eine Option zum Energiesparen im Standby, die der Hersteller bei den Anzeigeeinstellungen untergebracht hat, sorgte fr kurze Irritation in der Testredaktion. Damit der Anwender sofort mit dem Empfang von Satellitensignalen loslegen kann hat Dragonsat eine umfangreiche Liste europischer und asiatischer Satelliten mit deren Transponderdaten im C- und Ku-Band bereits vorprogrammiert. Diese Liste besticht zum Teil durch ihre Aktualitt, so ist z.B. der erst krzlich ins All gestartete und derzeit auf 28.2 Ost positionierte ASTRA 1N Satellit bereits korrekt verzeichnet, andererseits fehlen aber z.B. auf der Position ASTRA1 19.2 Ost wichtige Transponder wie z.B. 11494H oder 11671H. Damit der DS-5500HD mit nahezu jeder Empfangsanlage zurechtkommt hat ihm Dragonsat die Untersttzung aller DiSEqC Protokolle, also 1.0 fr bis zu 4 Satelliten, 1.1 fr bis zu 16 Satelliten sowie 1.2 und 1.3 fr die Motorsteuerung spendiert und auch an frei definierbare LOF Parameter gedacht. Hat man die Einstellungen in diesem Bereich erstmal an das Empfangsequipment vor Ort angepasst so wird im nchsten Schritt der bis zu 10.000 Eintrge fassende Kanalspeicher mit Eintrgen gefllt. Dafr stehen ein automatischer Suchlauf auf einem oder mehreren Satelliten, ein manueller Transpondersuchlauf, ein erweiterter Transpondersuchlauf mit PID Eingabe sowie ein Blindscansuchlauf zur Auswahl bereit. Wer keine verschlsselten Sender empfangen mchte kann den Suchlauf auf frei empfangbare Sender beschrnken, das spart spter beim Durchforsten der Kanalliste jede Menge Zeit und schafft Ordnung. Der Suchlauf selbst ging rasch von statten, gerade mal 5 Minuten bentigte der DS-5500HD auf dem HOTBIRD 13 Ost, um 1568 TV- und 373 Radiosender einzulesen. Wer etwas mehr Zeit, konkret 12 Minuten, investiert und einen Blindscansuchlauf startet der wird mit 1604 TV- und 374 Radiosendern auf dem HOTBIRD 13 Ost belohnt. Natrlich musste der Blindscan sein Knnen auch unter erschwerten Bedingungen, konkret auf dem TURKSAT 42 Ost mit etlichen schmalbandigen SCPC Transpondern, unter Beweis stellen. Diese Aufgabe meisterte er jedoch vorbildlich. So, und nicht anders, stellen wir uns eine Blindscansuche vor!
1. Hauptmen des DS-5500HD 2. Systemeinstellungen 3. Der DS-5500HD untersttzt auch das NTFS Dateisystem. Dadurch mssen Aufnahmedateien nicht mehr nach maximal 4GB gesplittet werden 4. Kanallisteneditor 5. Kanallisteneintrge knnen bis hin zu den PID Werten bearbeitet werden 6. Dank der praktischen Favoritenlisten sind die Lieblingssender jederzeit rasch aufrufbar 7. Die mhsam individualisierte Kanalliste kann auf einem externen USB Speichermedium gesichert werden 8. Aufnahmeeinstellungen 9. OSD Einstellungen 10. Der Installationsassistent beginnt mit der OSD Sprachwahl 11. Netzwerkeinstellungen 12. Auf Wunsch knnte man auch auf die vielfltigen Internetfeatures des DS-5500HD verzichten, aber wer will das schon? 13. Zeiteinstellungen 14. Die Sommerzeiteinstellung des DS-5500HD ist vorbildlich gelst 15. Spracheinstellungen
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voritenlisten erhlt. Die Kanalliste des neuen Dragonsat Receivers wird wie blich mit der OK Taste aufgerufen und prsentiert sich sehr bersichtlich und aufgerumt. Dank der zgigen Umschaltgeschwindigkeit von unter einer Sekunde macht das Zappen mit dem DS-5500HD so richtig Spa, und auch die elektronische Programmzeitschrift (EPG) wird wohl das Herz der Anwender hher schlagen lassen. Sie steht in zwei verschiedenen Modi zur Verfgung und zeigt sehr bersichtlich das Programm der nchsten Stunden von sechs Sendern gleichzeitig oder das gesamte Angebot eines Senders fr die nchsten Tage an. Da der neue Dragonsat Receiver selbstverstndlich auch PVR Fea-
tures an Board hat lassen sich Aufnahmen ganz mhelos direkt via EPG programmieren. Sehr gut hat uns dabei gefallen, dass der DS-5500HD nicht zur 2 Sendungen gleichzeitig aufnehmen kann whrend eine dritte live gesehen wird, sondern es steht auch (bis zu maximal einer gleichzeitigen Aufnahme) jederzeit die Timeshift Funktion automatisch zur Verfgung. Wer brigens Angst hat, die neueste Folge seiner Lieblingsserie zu verpassen, den wird die tgliche, wchentliche, werktgliche oder wochenendlicheTimerwiederholungsfunktion sicherlich sehr freuen. Insgesamt macht die Bedienung des DS-5500HD so richtig Spa und das liegt in
erster Linie an der zgigen Verarbeitung aller Fernbedienungsbefehle. Die Entscheidung des Herstellers auf einen Prozessor aus dem Hause STi mit 256 MB Flash und nochmal 256 MB SDRAM Speicher zu setzen war also goldrichtig. Auch bei der Auswahl des verbauten Tuners hat Dragonsat auf Qualitt geachtet, er konnte bei uns im Praxistest sowohl beim Empfang schwacher Signale wie z.B. ber den BADR 26 Ost als auch beim Empfang schmalbandiger SCPC Signale ber den TURKSAT 42 Ost punkten. Erwhnenswert scheint uns im Alltagsbetrieb auch noch die gerade in Werbepausen sehr praktische Picture in Picture (PIP) Funktion, mit der entweder ein Sender im Hintergrund und der andere im Vordergrund im verkleinerten Fenster oder zwei Sender in gleich groen Fenstern nebeneinander dargestellt werden knnen. Witzig, aber im Alltag nicht unbedingt ntzlich, fanden wir die Mosaikansicht von 9 oder 12 Sendern, die mittels eigener Taste an der Fernbedienung aufgerufen wird.
49. In der Internet TV+ Liste knnen neue Eintrge manuell hinzugefgt werden 50. Internet TV+ Wiedergabe 51. Die Internet Radio+ Liste ist leider leer und enthlt keine vorprogrammierten Sender 52. Die YouTube App im FreeTV+ Bereich funktionierte im Test problemlos 53. Der Web Browser mit einigen direkten Bookmarks zu interessanten Seiten 54. Die Zeicheneingabe via OSD Tastatur funktioniert wie vom Mobiltelefon gewohnt 55. Die Homepage der TELEaudiovision mit der Statusleiste des Browsers im unteren Bereich der Anzeige 56. Bookmarkfunktion 57. Das Web Browser Fenster kann sowohl in der Gre angepasst als auch an vorgegebene Positionen verschoben werden 58. Zwei Aufnahmen (auch von HD Sendern) knnen gleichzeitig durchgefhrt werden 59. bersichtlich zeigt der Receiver alle bereits aufgezeichneten Sendungen an 60. Via DLNA Media Player kann auf die Multimediainhalte anderer Gerte im lokalen Netzwerk zugegriffen werden 61. Hier sieht man verschiedene Videofiles, die auf einem Mac gespeichert sind und am DS-5500HD angezeigt und wiedergegeben werden knnen 62. Musikwiedergabe via DLNA im lokalen Netzwerk
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funktioniert, wenn alle anderen Apps ebenso zuverlssig sind, dann knnen die Anwender mehr als zufrieden sein. Abgerundet wird der Multimediabereich noch durch einen Client zum Empfang des russischen Pay-TV Anbieters Kartina TV und natrlich der Mglichkeit, lokale Videofiles in den Formaten WMV, TS, MP4 bzw. MP4 HD, MKV, Flash, DivX und AVI wiederzugeben. Im Audiobereich steht das MP3 Format und fr Bilder JPEG zur Verfgung. Besonders gefreut hat uns in diesem Zusammenhang auch der integrierte DLNA Media Player, mit dessen Hilfe Sie problemlos z.B. auf die Musiksammlung Ihres Windows PC via Netzwerk mit dem DS-5500HD zugreifen knnen, wobei selbiges natrlich auch fr Videos gilt. Damit aber nicht genug: Dragonsat hat mit Hilfe eines DLNA Media Server auch dafr gesorgt, dass Sie z.B. von einem Windows PC aus problemlos auf die am Receiver gespeicherten Inhalte, seien das jetzt Videos, Musik oder Bilder, zugreifen knnen. Im Praxistest hat das in beiden Richtungen hervorragend funktioniert und jede Menge Spa gemacht. Natrlich darf bei einem so auf das Internet ausgerichteten Receiver wie dem DS-5500HD auch ein Web
Browser nicht fehlen. Der ist allerdings noch verbesserungswrdig, was sich bereits bei einer Startdauer von rund 10 Sekunden bemerkbar gemacht hat. Auch der Webseitenaufbau lief trotz 100Mbit Internetzugang hier in der Redaktion nur sehr langsam ab; bis unsere Facebook Seite vollstndig geladen war vergingen fast 20 Sekunden. Erfreulich hingegen war fr uns zu sehen, dass Dragonsat bereits Bookmarks zu einigen wichtigen Seiten wie z.B. Facebook, CNN oder Google Maps vorprogrammiert hat und auch die Zeicheneingabe via OSD Tastatur klappte im Test ganz hervorragend. Zudem lsst sich der Browser individuell in Gre und Position anpassen, so dass z.B. eine Werbepause zum Surfen im Internet genutzt werden kann und man dabei trotzdem das TV-Bild stets im Blick hat, um nach Ende der Werbeunterbrechung das Surfen zu beenden. Abgerundet werden die Internetfeatures noch durch eine eigene Wetter App sowie einen RSS Reader, einen Kalender und einen Taschenrechner. Den Hauptmenpunkt PlugIn mchten wir an dieser Stelle nur der Vollstndigkeit halber erwhnen, er enthlt etliche Zusatztools, die tiefer in die Empfangstechnik gehen.
DragonSat DS-5500HD HDTV Satellite Receiver
RECOMMENDED PRODUCT BY
+ Handlicher und einfach zu bedienender Receiver, der durch ein

gut strukturiertes OSD und eine ausgereifte Software besticht. Dank vielfltiger Internetfeatures geht sein Funktionsumfang weit ber den eines regulren Satellitenreceivers hinaus. Durch das platzsparende Gehuse und das externe 12V Netzteil eignet er sich auch fr den mobilen Einsatz z.B. beim Camping.
Das Laden von Apps hat im Test nicht funktioniert, auch die
Internet TV+ und Internet Radio+ Listen sind noch sehr drftig und bedrfen einer Aktualisierung.
ENERGY
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Apparent Power Mode Apparent Active Factor Active 24 W 13 W 0.54 StandBy 12 W 5.5 W 0.45 Deep StandBy 0.5 W 0.5 W 1.00
Active Power
Die ersten 15 Minuten aktiver Betrieb, die zweiten 15 Minuten regulrer Standby, die dritten 15 Minuten erweiterter Standby mit Energiesparfunktion.
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TEST REPORT
SCR Multischalter
Kaskadierbare SCR Multischalter SPAUN SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY & SUS 5581 F
Teil 1
Erlaubt den Einsatz vorhandener Koaxialkabel Dank extrem guter Spezifikationen bleibt die Qualitt des ursprnglichen Signals erhalten Einfache Lsung, um terrestrische und Satellitensignale auf bis zu 16 SCR Receiver zu verteilen Zusatzfunktion: Die Kanalumschaltgeschwindigkeit ist im Vergleich schneller als bei den meisten Receivern
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SCR Multischalter
Die einfachste Lsung, um terrestrische und Satellitensignale einem bereits vorhandenen, kleinen Kabelnetzwerk hinzuzufgen
09-10/2013
SPAUN SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY & SUS 5581 F Excellent and most easy way to add direct satellite reception for up to 16 users without additoinal cables
www.TELE-audiovision.com/13/09/spaun
Vor einiger Zeit haben wir in einem Testbericht den SPAUN SUS 5581/33 F mit der berschrift Eine sehr einfach zu installierende Satellitensignalverteilung (siehe TELEsatellite 12-01/2012) vorgestellt. Damals war dieser Multischalter der erste seiner Art, nmlich ein Single Cable Router (SCR) Multischalter. In der Zwischenzeit hat SPAUN das Produktsortiment erweitert und nicht nur berarbeitete Modelle, sondern eine ganze Produktfamilie
rund um das Einkabelkonzept vorgestellt. Fr diesen Testbericht haben wir uns zwei der neuen Modelle ausgesucht, den SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY und den SUS 5581 F. Obwohl beide vllig unabhngig voneinander betrieben werden knnen spricht allerdings auch nichts dagegen, sie zu verbinden und so zu sehen, wie weit sich das Einkabelkonzept ausreizen lsst. Fr diejenigen unter Ihnen, die mit dem Begriff SCR und dem Einkabelkonzept nichts
anfangen knnen, mchten wir im Folgenden eine kurze Erklrung liefern: Ein Single Cable Router verwendet blicherweise das Signal eines Quad oder Quattro LNB, hnlich wie ein regulrer Multischalter. Im Gegensatz zu diesem verbindet man aber mit den einzelnen Ausgngen eines SCR nicht jeweils einen Receiver, sondern eine ganze Reihe von Receivern in Serie, einer nach dem anderen. Natrlich mssen dazu pas-
Abb 1: Anschlussdiagramm eines SCR mit 1x8 Ausgang
sende Anschlussdosen wie z.B. SPAUN UNiSocket 310, 314 und 318 verwendet werden, damit das Signal von einem Receiver zum nchsten Receiver weitergeleitet werden kann. Abbildung 1 zeigt ein Beispiel, bei dem der SCR acht modulierte Trger auf fest vorgegebenen Frequenzen ausgibt und jeder der acht angeschlossenen Receiver muss so konfiguriert werden, dass er nur den ihm zugewiesenen Trger ausliest und verwendet. Nun ,da die Grundlagen erklrt sind, knnen wir uns auf deren Einsatz und Test unter realen Bedingungen konzentrieren. Begonnen haben wir mit dem SPAUN SUS 5581 NF LEGACY. Dieser SCR Multischalter gehrt schon zu den eher
komplexen Modellen, er verfgt ber vier Satellitensignaleingnge zur Verbindung mit einem Quad oder Quattro LNB sowie ber einen fnften Eingang fr eine terrestrische Antenne. Anstatt nur eines Ausgangs verfgt er ber drei Ausgnge, die folgendermaen konfiguriert werden knnen: 3x3 Modus: Jeder der drei Ausgnge erzeugt drei unterschiedliche SCR Signale 1x8 Modus: Ausgang Nr. 2 erzeugt 8 SCR Signale, whrend Ausgang Nr. 1 und Nr. 3 wie bei einem klassischen Multischalter arbeiten und mit gewhnlichen Satellitenreceivern verbunden werden knnen. Auerdem verfgt der SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY ber 5 Stammausgnge (viermal Satellitensignal, einmal terrestrisches Signal), so dass hier eine Verbindung zu den Eingngen eines weiteren Multischalters hergestellt werden kann. Genau das haben wir in unserem Praxistest auch getan, mehr dazu aber spter. Die Verarbeitung beider SPAUN Multischalter war absolut hervorragend und es gab nichts worber wir uns htten beschweren knnen. Die Datenbltter, die beiden Produkten beiliegen, enthalten smtliche technische Spezifikationen und vor allem wichtige Hinweise fr eine optimale Installation. Sie werden also keine Sekunde Zeit verlieren darber nachzudenken was Sie womit verbinden sollen, alles ist eindeutig und fast selbsterklrend von Anfang an. Jeder der beiden Multischalter ist praktischerweise mit einem Steckernetzteilanschluss ausgerstet, fr das wiederum verschiedene, lnderspezifische Adapter bereitstehen. Das Steckernetzteil kann mit einer Spannung im Bereich zwischen 100~240V a.c. 50/60 Hz umgehen und gibt 18V d.c. fr den Multischalter aus. Unser Testaufbau beinhaltete eine Satellitenantenne, die auf den EUTELSAT16A auf 16 Ost ausgerichtet war und ber ein Quad LNB verfgte. Wir verbanden nun die LNB Ausgnge mit dem SUS
In der TELE-satellite Ausgabe 12-01/2012 haben wir SPAUNs UNiSEqC System mit
dem ersten Multischalter der Serie, dem SUS 5581/33 NF, vorgestellt.
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1201/eng/spaun.pdf
5581/33 NF LEGACY und stellten den an der Oberseite untergebrachten Schalter auf die fr ein Quad LNB vorgeschriebene 22 kHz Position. Htten wir ein Quattro LNB eingesetzt, so htten wir den Schalter auf die 12V Position stellen mssen. Bevor wir die Einkabelsignale unter die Lupe nahmen wollten wir noch sichergehen, dass mit den regulren Satellitenausgangssignalen alles in Ordnung ist. Somit war unser erster Test ein Signalvergleich zwischen einem der vier Ausgnge unseres Quad LNB und dem Signal von Ausgang Nr. 1 und Nr. 3, wenn der SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY im Legacy Modus (1x8) arbeitet. Wie Sie anhand von Diagramm 1 erkennen knnen werden beide Ausgnge auf ca. 73 dBV geregelt, das liegt exakt innerhalb der Spezifikationen von
SPAUN. Die Signalqualitt ist praktisch unverndert, die MER ist nahezu identisch zwischen den beiden Ausgngen des SCR und dem Signal unseres Quad LNB (siehe Diagramm 2). Und was ist mit den Stammausgngen? Auch hier fhrten wir Vergleichsmessungen zwischen dem Originalausgangssignal unseres LNB und den Stammausgngen des SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY durch und stellten dabei einen Signalverlust von 1.62 dB fest, das liegt genau innerhalb der von SPAUN vorgegebenen Spezifikationen von 1 bis 2.5 dB Signalverlust. Natrlich berprften wir auch, ob die Signalqualitt an den Stammausgngen leidet, doch keine Spur: Im Durchschnitt nahm die MER um 0.21 dB ab, das ist fast nichts. Zusammenfassend ist also das Signal an den Stammausgngen des
Diagramm 1.
Diagramm 2.
Multischalters nur marginal schlechter als das Originalausgangssignal unseres Quad LNB. Nachdem wir die konventionellen Satellitensignale getestet hatten ging es im nchsten Schritt weiter zu den SCR Signalen. Zu Beginn nahmen wir das 1x8 Signal auf Ausgang 2 unter die Lupe,
dessen Spektrum Abbildung 2 zeigt. Es ist sehr sauber und auch bei genauem Hinsehen sind keine Strsignale zu entdecken. Zudem verfgen die einzelnen Signale selbst ber ein hervorragendes Carrierto-Noise Verhltnis. Auch unsere MER Messungen besttigten, was schon aufgrund der Spektrumbilder zu erah-
Abb 4: Spektrumansicht von Ausgang 2 im 3x3 Modus
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nen war, die Signalqualitt war hervorragend (siehe Abbildung 4). Wie man anhand von Abbildung 3 erkennen kann wird die Ausgangssignalleistung auf 90-95 dBV reguliert, wobei der Pegel steigt, je hher die Frequenz wird. Das macht auch Sinn, denn die Dmpfung eines Koaxialkabels erhht sich mit ansteigender Frequenz. Im nchsten Schritt nderten wir den Modus auf 3x3, bei dem jeder der drei Ausgnge (1 bis 3) drei verschiedene Signaltrger erzeugt. Die Abbildungen 3 bis 5 zeigen Screenshots unseres Messgerts und die Diagram-
me 5 und 6 stellen die gemessenen Signalpegel und MER Werte dar. Ebenso wie schon beim 1x8 Modus war auch im 3x3 Modus das C/N der Ausgangssignale perfekt und bei der MER Messung gab es lediglich eine minimale Verschlechterung. Keinerlei Unterschied konnten wir in unserem Test auch in Puncto Transpondersymbolrate feststellen, egal ob diese sehr hoch (30 Ms/s) oder sehr niedrig (2.5 Ms/s) war, der SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY verarbeitete die Signale fehlerfrei. Absolutes Highlight unseres Test war unser nun folgender Versuch, den SUS 5581 F di-
rekt mit dem SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY zu verbinden, denn er lsst sich nicht nur mit einem Quattro LNB, sondern auch mit den Stammausgngen unseres ersten SCR betreiben. So erhalten Sie einen weiteren SCR, an den Sie wiederum bis zu 8 Receiver anschlieen knnen. Abbildung 6 zeigt die Spektrumansicht des SUS 5581 F Ausgangs, an dem insgesamt 8 Trger mit je einem Transponder anliegen, der jeweils von einem der acht verbundenen Receiver angefordert wurde. Wiederum sah das Spektrum absolut perfekt aus und der Ausgangssignalpegel lag
genau bei 95 dBV, so wie SPAUN es im technischen Datenblatt angibt, whrend die MER im Vergleich zum Originalsignal um 1.2 dB geringer war. Insgesamt also ein hervorragendes Ergebnis wenn man bedenkt, dass das Signal nicht nur einen sondern gleich zwei Multischalter passieren musste siehe Diagramm 7 und 8. Nachdem wir unsere Tests mit Satellitensignalen durchgefhrt hatten konnten wir natrlich nicht wiederstehen, diese auch mit terrestrischen Signalen zu wiederholen. Wie nicht anders zu erwarten war befanden sich auch hier alle Signalverluste exakt inner-
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halb der vorgegebenen Parameter gute Arbeit SPAUN! Zusammenfassend haben beide Multischalter eine hervorragende Leistung erbracht, und SPAUN hat genau das geliefert, was die technischen Datenbltter versprochen haben. Abschlieend haben wir noch einen regulren Receiver mit unserem Testaufbau verbunden um zu sehen, ob auch in einem Einkabelnetzwerk weiterhin alle Transpon-
der zur Verfgung stehen. Und natrlich, wie knnte es anders sein, genau so war es der Fall! Die Kanalumschaltgeschwindigkeit war sehr schnell und tatschlich ist es sogar so, dass falls Ihr Receiver darin nicht besonders gut ist der Einsatz von hochwertigen SCR Einkabellsungen wie z.B. denen von SPAUN hier eine deutliche Verbesserung erzeugen kann und so Ihre Freude am digitalen TVEmpfang weiter erhht.
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Manufacturer Web E-mail Phone Fax Model Inputs SAT/TERR Through loss 5...862 MHz Through loss 950...2200 MHz Tap Loss 5...862 MHz SAT Input Level SAT Output Level (Legacy Mode) Output Level 950...2200 MHz SCR carriers [MHz] Power consumption SPAUN electronic GmbH & Co. KG, Germany www.spaun.com contact@spaun.com +49-7731-8673-0 +49-7731-8673-17 SUS 5581/33 NF LEGACY < 4 dB 1 2.5 dB 13 15 dB 65 95 dBV 73 dBV 1x8: 95 dBV 3x3: 82 dBV SUS 5581 F < 4 dB 1 2 dB 4 6 dB 65 95 dBV N/A 95 dBV 04/01/13 04/01/13
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SOFTWARE REPORT
Tiviar App
Air Tivi+
komplette Bedienung ber das eigene Netzwerk zeigt das TV-Programm auf iPad oder iPhone geeignet sogar fr HDTV mit integrierter PVR-Funktion fr Drehanlagen derzeit nicht geeignet
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Tiviar App
Eine App zur Ergnzung des Tiviar

Thomas Haring
In der vorherigen Ausgabe 07-08/2013 der TELE-audiovision haben wir Ihnen den Tiviar Receiver vorgestellt. Jetzt gibt es passend zum Gert eine Smartphone/Tablet App namens Air Tivi+. ber Apples iTunes Store lsst sich Air Tivi+ kostenlos auf jedes beliebige iOS Device laden. Wichtig ist lediglich, dass sich der Tiviar Receiver und das iOS Device im selben Netzwerk befinden und eine WiFi Verbindung am Smartphone/Tablet vorhanden ist. Die App enthlt in der untersten Zeile die Auswahl der verschiedenen Funktionen. Dabei handelt es sich konkret um: Channel, Schedule, Remote und Settings. Hinter dem dem Punkt Remote verbirgt sich die vollstndige Steuerung des Receivers ber den Touchscreen des iPhone oder iPad. Aufgrund der unterschiedlich groen Displays bei iPhone und iPad unterscheidet sich die Anzeige der virtuellen Fernbedienung jeweils ein klein wenig. Im Test hat uns vor allem die verzgerungsfreie Reaktion des Receivers auf smtlich via App bermittelte Befehle begeistert, zudem ist die virtuelle Fernbedienung (zumindest am iPad) aufgrund ihrer Gre natrlich deutlich bersichtlicher und leichter zu bedienen als das reale Original.
Whlt man nun einen der Sender aus, so beginnt der Receiver mit der live bertragung des Programms. In einem kleinen Fenster zhlt er von 10 gegen 0 und vertreibt dem Anwender so die
Wartezeit, bis gengend Daten im Zwischenspeicher gelandet sind um das Videosignal flssig abspielen zu knnen. Ein Tastendruck gengt und das Videosignal kann auch im Vollbildmodus
In der vorherigen Ausgabe 07-08/2013 der TELE-audiovision

haben wir Ihnen den Tiviar Receiver vorgestellt.
http://www.tele-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1307/eng/tiviar.pdf
1. Die IP Adresse des Receivers musste im Test manuell eingegeben werden die automatische Erkennung hat nicht funktioniert 2. Die TV-Kanalliste der Air Tivi+ App am iPad 3. Die Kanalliste sortiert nach Gruppen 4. Einstellungsmglichkeiten der Air Tivi+ App 5. Die virtuelle Fernbedienung am iPad 6. Live Wiedergabe eines HD-Senders 7. Der vollstndige EPG aller Sender steht innerhalb der App zur Verfgung 8. Mit nur einem Tastendruck lassen sich Sendungen zur Aufnahme markieren 9. Vorhandene Timereintrge knnen bearbeitet werden 10. Vollbildwiedergabe eines HD-Senders
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bildschirmfllend angezeigt werden. Im Praxistest waren wir natrlich besonders neugierig, ob das auch bei HDSendern funktionieren wrde und in der Tat: bereits ein klein wenig vor Ablauf der 10 Sekunden zeigte uns die App das Videosignal eines HD-Senders. Im Verlauf unseres Praxistests stellten wir jedoch fest, dass die bertragung von HD-Sendern die WiFi Verbindung relativ stark beansprucht, so dass es bei nicht optimaler Verbindung (z.B. zu groe Entfernung zum WiFi Router) rasch zu Aussetzern in der Videowiedergabe kommt. Ein Problem, das bei SD-Sendern im Test nicht auftrat. Zur Versorgung der App mit Videosignalen kann jeweils einer der drei Tuner des Receivers herangezogen werden, whrend die beiden anderen weiterhin fr Aufnahmen oder live TV am Fernseher zur Verfgung stehen. Problemlos ist es sogar mglich, die App mit einem dritten Programm zu verwenden,
whrend bereits zwei Aufnahmen unterschiedlicher Sender am Tiviar durchgefhrt werden. Nicht nachvollziehen konnten wir beim Test, warum die Nummerierung der Kanalliste nicht mit der des Receivers berein. Das Streamen funktioniert brigens nur, wenn der gewnschte Sender sofort verfgbar ist, d.h. die Besitzer einer DiSEqC Drehanlage, die naturgem einige Zeit bentigt um den Motor in die richtige Posi12 tion zu fahren, knnen die App derzeit nur mit dem gerade empfangenen Satelliten verwenden. Das Konzept der neuen Air Tivi+ App hat uns auf jeden Fall begeistert und wenn die noch vorhandenen Bugs beseitigt sind ist sie eine echte Bereicherung des Tiviar.
11. Anzeige von Timereintrgen am iPhone 12. Die virtuelle Fernbedienung am iPhone - 1. Seite 13. Die virtuelle Fernbedienung am iPhone - 2. Seite 14. Die virtuelle Fernbedienung am iPhone - 3. Seite 15. Die Kanalliste mit live TV Bild am iPhone
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TEST REPORT
Hi-Fi Amplifier
Audolici A1/25
reproduces sound in amazing high quality produced only with outstanding materials and components adds a new dimension to experiencing music surround-sound is one thing, real Hi-Fi sounds is something else entirely available at affordable prices for home users
Integrated Amplifier
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TEST REPORT
Hi-Fi Amplifier
Hi-Fi Sound for the Home

Vitor Martins Augusto
When was the last time you heard music in really good quality? Not just good stereo, but in a concert hall with good acoustics or even from a high class audiophile system? Maybe thats a long time ago, because nowadays audiophile sound quality is completely neglected. Most people nowadays are used to portable music players and of course it is great to carry around a large collection of albums in a small mp3 player, mobile phone or iPod. But with such devices our hearing ability is pushed into the background, as the focus is about the quick consumption of music: anytime, anywhere. Home Hi-Fi systems were replaced by surround sound systems, which are basically optimized to reproduce sounds and noise coming from all directions, rather than trying to obtain the best music quality. And so it comes that most people no longer are aware of how incredibly perfect music reproduction sounds and which dimensions, depth and plasticity can be achieved. This happened to me when I was able to test the Audolici A1/25 Integrated Amplifier. From the very first song by Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust, the music flowed through me and gave me goose bumps; I closed my eyes and was formally conveyed to the 70s and before me she stood and sang for me. When did I listen the last time to music in this way? I do not know exactly, but certainly a good 20 years ago. Back in the late 80s a proper Hi-Fi sound system was to be found in almost every household, but somehow this has changed in the 90s and especially in this new century. One encounters surround systems, media centres and home cinema, but listening to music on these AV receivers is just not the same. And so I dove into the
This is Valeriy Kuchkovskyi, founder and owner of

Audolici. In his hands he is holding the incredible Hi-Fi amplifier A1/25. He has all reasons to smile: this is a truly exceptional amplifier.
world of music, spending hours listening to many amazing albums and discovering new details in the songs I already knew. All thanks to the A1/25, an audiophile class tube amplifier from Audolici. Very few will have ever heard of Audolici, so first a small introduction to this company. The history begins with Ukrainian Valeriy Kuchkovskyi who,back in the days of the Soviet Union, worked in the Ukraine as an engineer specialized in tubes. Do you still know what a tube is, also known as vacuum valve? These were used before transistors and transistors were used before the integrated chips IC became the norm and are used all over nowadays. Early on Valeriy started discovering the mysteries of audio circuits, especially the ones using tubes. Instead of just using well known schematics, he introduced his own ideas into the circuits. 15 years ago Valeriy moved to Portugal and in 2007 he founded his own company Audolici, in partnership with INESC Porto, the Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering of the city of Porto, located in the upper north of Portugal. During a period of five very productive years, Audolici not only developed a variety of tube amplifiers, phono pre-amplifiers and studio equipment, building up simultaneously a network of specialized companies to provide components of the highest possible quality. The best known Audolici product developed within this period is the classic AUDOLICI-50 Series, featuring the Jazz, Swing and
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Blues models. These are designed in the more typical appearance, in which we see the tubes and can guess the transformers at the rear. While this design is a delight to any audiophile, normal music lovers will struggle a little, because these amplifiers do not fit
in a normal rack, cannot be stacked with other audio components and therefore basically require a matching set of furniture. This will often cause some heavy discussion between the audiophile and his or her partner, even though the 50-AUDOLICI does look extremely
classy. The initial years of Audolici existence have been very important to get a better understanding of the very demanding audiophile market, too. Feedback came from all over the world and Audolici listened. And so it happened that Audolici has developed a
new approach to tube amplifiers and implemented it for the first time with the A1/25. It is a real tube amplifier, but in a classic amplifier housing. Indeed, it makes one immediately want to screw open the chassis cover to make sure that there really are tubes inside the receiver. And yes, 6 tubes reside inside, four tubes (type 6SL7) for the first stage and two tubes for the output power stage (the famous EL-34B). These are hand-picked, which may sound unbelievable, but it makes sense. Despite the utmost care in the production of the tubes, it is impossible to produce two tubes with absolutely identical properties. Valeriy therefore checks personally all the tubes used for each
amplifier and only uses tube pairs which sonically match. It is no secret that Russian tubes are considered the best and its no coincidence that Valeriy knows all the best tubes and where to get them from Russia. But hold on: Audolici amplifiers are not of the handmade category: yes, the components on the board are soldered manually and all components are screwed together manually as well. But much more amazing is the amount of real development that has been gone into the production of the key components. The transformers for example are produced by a Portuguese company specialized in this area. Still, Audolici worked with this company over years, re-
searching the best production methods and properties to build the finest transformers for audiophile amplifiers. It is not just about how to wrap the coil: even the right composition for the ferrite core has been investigated. Another example is the black finishing of the case. Yes it is black, but it is neither piano shiny black, which perfectly reproduces any fingerprints, nor is it the matte kind of black, which looks a bit cheap. It is of the perfect smooth black kind, which I honestly never encountered before. Again, the reason for this unusual finishing comes from the fact that Audolici researched the most advanced materials and surface finishing techniques available and established partnerships to
both develop and produce the finishing of the casing. The result is a work of art and I have witnessed myself this commitment to excellence, because Valeriy is not unknown to me, as he lives like me in Porto and our professional paths have crossed many times in the past.
1. The Audolici aplifier A1/25 in its full glory in the audiophile test room 2. This room not only has very good acoustic properties: it features the unbelievable JBL Olympus C 50 speaker. Yes, they are big but what great sound comes out of them. The small tweeters on top of the speakers complement them perfectly and despite their size they feature an amazing weight of around 3 Kg each. 3. The Audolici A1/25 was tested with the Sony CDP-X77ES, one of the best CD players ever built by Sony.
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The Audolici A1/25 is not only design wise different from other tube amplifiers. It has another unusual point: its price. While an audiophile tube amplifier like the AUDOLICI-50 Jazz has a price tag of around 7500 Euros for the end user, the Audolici A1/25 aims at approximately half that price. This represents an unbeatable bargain for an amplifier of this class, particularly because Valeriy did not manage to make this amplifier sound worse than more expensive models. I was able to test this amplifier twice: first at my home and then in a proper auditorium for audiophile music systems, owned by a private collector and audiophile addict. This dual test enabled me on one hand to get to know the A1/25 in a familiar acoustic environment. On the other hand, it was also important for me to hear
the amplifier with speakers evenly matched in a truly optimized space, along with high class components. The first contact with the A1/25 is marked by the weight of the amplifier. Being used to the keywords compact and light common marketing keywords nowadays - it is surprising how heavy a real amplifier can be. The A1/25 brings an impressive 11.5 kg to the scale. The casing is perfect. An elegant front panel with only two knobs and a switch and a characteristic minimalist design. The left knob allows selection of the input (CD, Tuner, AUX 1 and AUX 2), while the right knob controls the volume. Both knobs are solid and heavy and have a high quality finishing.The volume knob uses an Alps 100k log potentiometer, which again is a sign that only the best components have been used
to build this equipment. The centre lever indicates the ON state by means of a green LED, which is integrated in the switch. The colour of my test equipment was graphite black, but the receiver is also available in silver. On the rear side, the A1/25 presents itself again with a high quality finishing. All RCA sockets are gold plated and the output terminals for the speaker use a WBT type binding post, which will totally satisfy the most demanding user. Although the unit is assembled by hand, the A1/25 by no means looks like a do it yourself amplifier, as opposed to many of the tube amplifiers to be encountered in the market from other brands. The manufacturing of the device is very professional as you would expect from a premium Hi-Fi component. The arrangement of the
speaker output terminals indicates the internal architecture of the amplifier, for they are distributed symmetrically and allow the connection of only one pair of speakers, which may be of the 4-6 Ohm or 6-8 Ohm type. Having only output terminals for one pair of speakers cannot be regarded as a limitation, because the A1/25 is to be used with a matched high quality speaker pair and it would not make sense to connect more speakers, nor to spend money in the purchase of two speaker pairs. Instead, Audolici has been rather generous with the 4 inputs connector pairs. In this segment, it is not that usual to have this number of input connectors available, but it does make sense in the present days, since music lovers no longer want to swap cables to be able to alternate between different sources, like a CD
After setting up the
amplifier we were ready to enjoy a long afternoon listening to a huge amount of CDs.
Testing the Audolici with the Best Available CDs

player, a modern media player with a digital audio output connected through a DAC (Digital to Analogue Converter - more on that later on), a tuner or a turntable through a phono preamplifier. Overall, the appearance of the A1/25 is discreet, classy, yet elegant. Although it is in principle a black box, you can immediately see that it is a special device. Sometimes less really is more. The cover is secured by 6 screws. Inside the case the tubes reveal themselves, since they occupy a third of the available space. The trick to the small hight of the A1/25 comes from the fact that the tubes are arranged horizontally, rather than the usual vertical position. A total of 6 units are installed, 3 for the left and 3 for the right audio channel. Like the speaker jacks the interior of the A1/25 is totally symmetrical, as is common in audiophile amplifiers. The printed circuit boards are of excellent quality and all the cables are of industrial grade with professional connectors. The device is the result of a remarkable feat of engineering, combining Old School with the latest manufacturing techniques. Being located inPortugal offers unprecedented advantages, because when it comes to the production of very small series, many highly specialized companies are to be found in this region, offering sheet metal production, electrical cables, etc. The 11.5 kgweight of the amplifier is not only due to the robust and perfect body but mainly caused by the three transformers especially produced for this amplifier. These were prepared according to the specifications of Audolici in a specialized Portuguese company. This expertise has a tradition in Portugal, because major companies like Grundig were located in the vicinity, resulting in a network of suppliers.
- Dire Straits - Brother in Arms Your Latest Trick Fantastic, the saxophone at the beginning of the song, then the voice of Mark Knopfler. The drums precisely positioned. The A1/25 reproduced this quiet song with a fabulous visibility and at great ease. I discovered in this song many new details. - Sade - Promise The Sweetest Taboo A great album in which Sades voice remains in the foreground and yet accompanied by a plethora of instruments and compositions. Here, too, the A1/25 provides full pleasure. If you close your eyes, you have Sade singing for you - an indescribable experience surrounded by all the instruments and arrangements. - Pat Metheny Group - Travels Goodbye This album has grown on me and it is by far the album Ive heard the most times in my life. Therefore, this double CD is in each of my audio tests. The track called Goodbye especially evokes emotions in me. It is not easy for many amplifiers to reproduce the tender sounds at the beginning with the voice of Nan Vasconcelos drawing a fragility that does not require volume, but presence. The A1/25 mastered this. With the volume knob set to about half the quiet background composition had presence, while the voice was not too loud. Interestingly, the A1/25 requires the volume knob to be turned further than other amplifiers to get the same volume output.
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon Time This song begins with a prelude that is difficult for many amplifiers: the clocks ticking and ringing. I was thrilled by the Audolici amplifier being able to bring to life each clock individually. Only the best amplifiers in the world will be able to resolve the panoply of ticking and ringing sounds with such a brilliance. But the rest of the song captivates the listener as well with the guitar solo leading the listener through time and space. I have to confess that I never experienced Time by Pink Floyd like this before. Naturally, I kept on listening and The Great Gig In The Sky sounded just fabulous! - Arne Domnerus Group Jazz at the Pawnshop Audiophiles know Jazz at the Pawnshop, as most audiophile stereos will be tested with this CD to start with. The reason is not only because this CD was incredibly well produced, but also because the recording was done in a club full of people. This CD is simply considered the best jazz live recording ever. Although the conditions were just far away from the ideal: you can also hear clinking cups, chairs being pushed and people coughing. But this is exactly the reason for the fascination about this CD. The Audolici A1/25 mastered this CD with flying colours. For me this means: close your eyes and wait so see whether the amplifier just manages to transport me into The Pawn Shop. Yes it does, I am sitting at a table and Im in for a great Jazz experience.
To test the amplifier at home I connected it to my vintage speakers produced by the German manufacturer Pilot. The bulky speakers have a pure and solid sound, because they come from the Hi-Fi heyday, the early 80s. To play CDs I used my CD/ DVD Player DVP-S715 from Sony not the most expen-
sive device, but still fitted with a proper mechanism and individual CD and DVD heads. I have connected this player both through the internal DAC and an external DAC from Music Fidelity, the well-known V-DACII. To be able to fully take advantage of an amplifier in the 21st century there is no
way around using a modern media player. It is so much more comfortable to be able to browse in your own music library directly via a remote control, rather than having to constantly get up to change CDs. Therefore I connected a media player running the legendary Xbox Media Centre (XBMC), now available on
many platforms like the old Xbox, iPod, iPad, Android and even the Raspberry Pi. I used a Media-PC to run XBMC and connected it via the V-DACII to the A1/25. Interestingly, my media player gets the music over the network from a file server: analogue audio meets modern digital electronics.
What can I say about the amplifier? It is incredible! You experience music in a whole new context. It is as if one has seen his life through a matte glass, thinking that the sight was the normal one, when suddenly this glass is removed and you see the world in a sharpness and clarity like never before. This is how it felt to me. But just as you suddenly can see the image crystal clear you start to notice all faults as well. Suddenly you realize how bad mp3 actually sounds, due to the compression artefacts. Any mp3 file with a bitrate of less than 320MBPS simply makes no fun at all to listen to. Worse, one even discovers that some CDs do not sound so great either, because they have been badly produced. All this can not be noticed using a regular music player. To test the A1/25 I have therefore resorted to well-known recordings, which have been exceptionally well produced, meaning for example that you can locate all instruments in space: I have listened to these albums at home using CDs (with internal and external DAC) and using the media player (with the V-DACII). It was now time to repeat the listening in an audiophile environment. While the A1/25 was very tolerant with my speakers, CD player and theV-DACII, I wanted to see the hidden power of this valve amplifier when it had to feed proper audiophile speakers. I was lucky to be able to use a truly legendary classic audiophile speaker, the JBL Olympus C 50. As a CD player a Sony CDP-X77ES was used. Here the A1/25 could really show whats in it. I was already impressed with the sound quality in my home but now the A1/25 just produced a state of euphoria. Its so amazing to listen to well-
known CDs on this system. It is as if you were there, in the middle of the action - see my listening experience in the Testing the Audiolici with the Best Available CDs section. No question, the Audolici A1/25 reproduces a wellbalanced sound with a spectacular space. You close your eyes and can position the individual instruments around you. Especially acoustic instruments benefit from the valve amplifier. The Audolici A1/25 is a masterpiece in its category. Audolici has developed an amplifier that brings enthusiasm among audiophiles and yet at the same time this unit is affordable to a wider audience. The industry has neglected Hi-Fi sound in favour of the visual stimulation. Modern homes feature large TVs in HD resolution and surround sound, but with our ears we can achieve quicker and deeper relaxation and immersion in emotions. I wholeheartedly recommend to all ourTELE-audiovision readers to seek a demonstration of a real audiophile system, preferably of this
amazing amplifier. Even if you have no interest or possibility to buy it you should at least try it out and I am sure youll hear the difference it makes to listen to a real outstanding audio system.
Inside of the A1/25. The
tidiness is the result of yearlong research and development. As expected, the amplifier is mainly symmetrically build. Here, the tubes are installed vertically, a unique concept. The two transformers have been especially designed.
TECHNICAL
DATA
Model Function Manufacturer Website Contact Tel Channels Inputs Power output Loudspeaker impedance Total harmonic distortion Frequency response Input impedance Input sensitivity Output impedance Signal-to-noise ratio Damping factor Channel separation Overall Negative Feedback Power consumption Dimensions (W x H x D) Weight Input terminal Colours Audiolici A1/25 Hi-Fi audio amplifier Audiolici, Centro de Empresas NET, Edifcio PROMONET, Rua de Salazares 842, 4149-002 Porto, Portugal www.audolici.com vkuchkovskyy@audolici.com +351-91-2005308 2 4 (CD / TUNER / AUX 1 / AUX 2) A1 2 x 20W A1/25 2 x 25W 4-6 or 6-8 @ 1W, 1000Hz 0,4% @ 10W, 1000Hz 0,8% @ 20W, 1000Hz 2,5% 28Hz 20 KHz / 1,5dB @ 20W 47 k 1,57 V 0,4 -89dB 10 @ 1KHz 50dB @ 1KHz 0dB 200VA 435 x 96 x 345 mm 11.5Kg Gold plated RCA Black, white and grey
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IPTV/WebTV Receivers of 21st Century

WIFI /LAN
Netgear www.netgear.com Streaming Player / no yes (up to 1080p) / /
www.TELE-audiovision.com/13/05/netgear
Expert Opinion

WIFI /LAN
Roku www.roku.com Streaming Player / no yes (up to 1080p) / /
www.TELE-audiovision.com/13/03/roku
Expert Opinion

WIFI /LAN
LookeeTV www.lookeetv.com Multimedia Player for local media and Internet / yes, 1.14 GB yes (up to 720p) / /
www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/11/lookee
Expert Opinion
0.54
Manufacturer Website Function /LAN Channel Memory DiSEqC S-Video/HDMI Scart/Digital Audio
AZBox www.azbox.com HDTV / Miniature HDTV Linux Receiver with Multimedia Features / unlimited 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3 / USALS / /
www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/09/azbox-mini-me
Expert Opinion
09-10/2012
ME AZBox mini with Network receiver Excellent minime network ho a for features - ideal
0.57
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AWARD WINNING
IPTV/WebTV Receivers of 21st Century

Logitech
www.logitech.com IPTV Receiver
www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/03/googletv
Expert Opinion
Manufacturer Website Function Stream Protocol Menu Standards WLAN
Jiuzhou www.jiuzhou.com.cn IPTV Set-Top-Box UDP HTML4, Javascript 1.5, Java Virtual Machine (via USB stick)
1 12-01/201
P830 0 Jiuzhou DT uipped r Eq IPTV Receive Technology with Top- Notch
Expert Opinion
0.57
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The Best Headend Equipment of
www.TELE-audiovision.com/13/03/antiference
Expert Opinion
Antiference www.antiference.co.uk
Manufacturer Website Model

Function Input / Output frequency range
KLA-110 Launch Amplifier & KCC-110 Channel Convertor/Processor Filtering, amplifying and converting DTT channels to new frequencies 44 862 MHz / 44 862 MHz 65 95 dBV 60 80 dBV 14 45 dB
Input level range Output level adjustment (KCC-110) Gain adjustment (KLA-110)
03-04/2013
KLA-110 Launch Amplifier & KCC-110 Channel Convertor/Processor Professional handling of DTT signals
Manufacturer
Website Model
Dexin Digital Technology

www.dsdvb.com/english NDS3975 DVB-S2 HD IRD
Function
Tuner Input ASI Input ASI Input /LAN SDI/YPbPr/CVBS/HDMI
Professional Integrated Receiver Decorder QPSK,QPSK ( / / optional)
Maximum transmitting rate 90Mbps Maximum transmitting rate 90Mbps

/
/// /
Scart/Digital Audio
www.TELE-audiovision.com/13/01/dexin
Expert Opinion
01-02/2013
Dexing NDS3975 Most powerful and versatile IRD ever - its built-in monitor is a unique plus.
0.61
143
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Manufacturer
Website Model
The Best Headend Equipment of 21st Century

Sat & Sound
www.satson.eu HD-MOD-001T
Function
Output Frequency Video Input Format Video Encoding Format HDMI/LAN Modulator Standard
HDTV-compatible 50 - 860 MHz
Modulator
Component Video, YPbPr RCA, HDMI MPEG-2 Video (ISO/IEC 13818-2)

/
DVB-T (ETSI EN 300 744) 6, 7, 8 MHz QPSK, QAM16, QAM64
Expert Opinion
Bandwidth Constellation
www.TELE-audiovision.com/13/01/satson-modulator
01-02/2013
Satson HD-MOD-001T Smart solution for distributing HD signals via an existing coax cable network
0.84

Manufacturer
Website Model
www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/11/dektec
Expert Opinion
DekTec
www.dektec.com DTE-3137
Function
Frequency range Transmission Standards Modulations /LAN
Networked
Receiver
950 - 2150 MHz) DVB, DVB-RSC, ATSC QPSK, 8-PSK, 16-APSK and 32-APSK
/
0.56
1 1-12/2012
DekTec DTE-3137 Perfectly equipped professional satellite receiver for use in networks and for processing in cable networks.
www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/09/spaun-vam
Expert Opinion
Spaun www.spaun.com VAM 420 NG PAL VSB Twin Modulator 110 862 MHz B/G/D/K/I/L 90 dBV 0...-10 dB <-60 dB 50 dB 1 0.1 V p-p

Function Frequency range
TV standard Output level max Output level adjustment Spurious level C/N ratio Input level
09-10/2012
SPAUN VAM 420 NG PAL Easy way to create analogue tv channels
Manufacturer
Website Model
Global Invacom
www.gloablinvacom.com FibreIRS DTT Processor
Function
Frequency range Number of channels Broadcast standard Gain Channel flatness
Filtering and amplifying 470-862 MHz 6 (expandable to 9) 8 MHz

20 dB
signal
< 2.5 dB 217-230 MHz < 2 dB
Expert Opinion
DAB Frequency range Insertion loss
www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/07/globalinvacom
06-07-08/201 2
FibreIRS DTT Processor Delivery perfectly clean DTT signals for any distribution system
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The Best Headend Equipment of 21st Century
06-07-08/201 2
SPAUN BluBox 16 Great leap forward in headend technology

Function
Expert Opinion
Spaun www.spaun.com BluBox 16
to /
Head End
/LAN
Number of inputs Input frequency range
4 (cascadable) 950 ... 2150 MHz 64 ... 94 dBV 2 (cascadable) 47 ... 862 MHz / ITU-T J.83 Annex A (fixed)
Allowable input signal power Number of outputs Output frequency range QAM standard

Function
www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/01/netup
Expert Opinion
NetUP www.netup.tv Dual DVB-T/C-CI and
PCI-e adapter for professional applications under Linux
12-01/2012
DVB-T/C-CI Impressive professional card for IPTV servers and multimedia centers that is loaded with the latest technologies for long-term use
Manufacturer Website
Model
NetUP www.netup.tv
IPTV Combine 4x
Function
Tuners Max. simultaneous Transponders Max. bandwidth DISEqC Ethernet ports
IPTV Gateway for DVB Signals, Middleware,Billing, VoD, nVoD, DHCP-, Time- & DNS-Server 4 4 240 MB/s 1.0 6 x Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 MB/s 4
Expert Opinion
CI Slots
www.TELE-audiovision.com/11/03/netup
02-03/201 1
NetUP DVB-IP Gateway 4x Perfect ease of use, combined with reliable technology ideal for IPTV providers.
0.98
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FEATURE
Selfmade IPTV
Fernsehen aus dem Netzwerk
Teil 3
Grundlagen der Datenbertragung im Netzwerk was bedeutet TCP, UDP und RTP Auslatung des Netzwerks Netzwerkverkabelung macht alle brigen Kabel berflssig fr zuverlssigen Betrieb sind 1000MBPS Nezwerke vorzuziehen
This is how our test
centre looked like for this report.
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FEATURE
Selfmade IPTV
Vitor Martins Augusto
Zum Thema IPTV findet man im Internet sehr viel Lektre, doch diese ist oftmals nicht einfach zu verstehen, denn die Texte sind sehr langatmig und kompliziert und setzen einiges an Grundwissen voraus. Ein Grund fr den schweren Einstieg in die Materie ist darin zu finden, dass die meisten Texte nicht fr TVInstallateure gedacht sind, sondern fr Netzwerk-Spezialisten und ITAdministratoren: zwei Welten stoen hier zusammen! Unser Ziel ist es deshalb, Ihnen als TELE-audiovision Leser etwas Zeit zu sparen und direkt das wichtigste zu erklren. Der Einstieg in IPTV wird prinzipiell wegen diesen Schlagwrtern erschwert: TCP, UDP, RTP, Multicasting und Unicasting. Dabei handelt es sich aber gar nicht um weltbewegendes. TCP kennt praktisch jeder, der heutzutage einen Computer oder ein Tablet benutzt und damit in das Internet geht. Dieses Netzwerk-Protokoll reguliert die Kommunikation zwischen den verschiedenen Computern. Daten werden als kleine Pakete versendet, die vom Sender zum Empfnger von Computer zu Computer wandern. Damit ein Paket nicht verloren geht, enthlt es die Adresse des Senders und des Empfngers. Auerdem enthlt das Paket auch eine Checksumme, die sich aus den enthaltenen Daten errechnet und es so am Empfnger ermglicht, festzustellen, ob das Paket auch korrekt und unversehrt angekommen ist. Das besondere an TCP ist, dass der Sender die einzelnen Pakete versendet, diese jedoch im Speicher belsst, bis vom Empfnger eine Besttigung zum Empfang zurckkommt. Ist dies der Fall, kann der Sender die Daten des korrekt empfangenen Paketes vergessen, ansonsten wird dieses Paket erneut versendet und zwar solange, bis die Empfangsbesttigung zurckkommt. Die Reihenfolge in welcher die einzelnen Datenpakete empfangen werden ist nicht wichtig sie werden am Empfnger wieder richtig einsortiert. Als Analogie kann man sich TCP wie eine Amateurfunk-Verbindung zweier Funker vorstellen: der erste sendet einen greren Text und wartet nach jedem Satz, dass der zweite Funker den empfangenen Satz mit einem Roger besttigt. Hat er diesen nicht verstanden, wird er eben noch einmal gesendet. Fr Datenbertragung ist dieses Pro-
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1. Schematics of a MULTICAST transmission. The server sends one stream to the switch. The transmission is then forwarded to all connected devices. 2. Schematics of a UNICAST transmission. The server sends one stream to the switch, but this time the stream is only forwarded to one specific client. Notice how the remaining ports are fully available for other communications. 3. Analogy of UDP: one transmitter sends information, regardless of how many listeners there are. Also, there is no feedback to the transmitter. If a listener misses a part or if he cannot correctly receive the transmission, there is nothing to do about it the transmitter will never know! 4. Analogy of TCP: one transmitter sends information to one listener. The reception of every sentence has to be confirmed by the listener. If he missed the sentence or if he did not understand it clearly, the transmitter will send the sentence again.
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tokoll ideal, denn es garantiert, dass die Daten korrekt und unversehrt ankommen. Fr eine Live-bertragung von Audio und/oder Video ist dieses Protokoll allerdings weniger gut geeignet, denn es gibt zwei Probleme: - Die Bilder (oder der Ton) mssen in der richtigen Reihenfolge ankommen. Was ntzt es daher, wenn das dritte
Frame verloren gegangen ist und nach dem siebten erneut gesendet wird? - Die Checksumme ist berflssig, denn wenn die Bilddaten eines Frames nicht korrekt empfangen wurden, dann ist es trotzdem zu spt, dieses Frame erneut zu senden. Wegen dieser Grnde eignet sich fr Live-bertragungen von Audio und Vi-
deo das UDP Protokoll. Hier handelt es sich um ein stark vereinfachtes Protokoll, in dem die Datenpakete ohne Checksumme versendet werden. Auerdem erwartet der Sender keinerlei Rckmeldung vom Empfnger. Tatschlich ist es dem Sender im
Multicast-Modus sogar egal, wer berhaupt zuhrt. Analog zu UDP kann man sich eine Radiosendung vorstellen: der Moderator liest die Nachrichten vor, ohne zu wissen wer zuhrt und ohne zu wissen, wie gut der Empfang ist und ob der Zuhrer
alle Stze korrekt verstanden hat. Im Gegensatz zu TCP sollte man bei UDP ber eine zuverlssige Netzwerkanbindung zwischen Sender und Empfnger verfgen, denn sonst kommt keine zuverlssige Sendung zustande.
1. DekTec DTE-3137 in action. Amazing how much performance has been fitted in such a small device yet, it can inject a complete DVB-S/S2 transponder into the network. 2. In order to be able to work with IPTV, we had to get ourselves a gigabit switch. These are very cheap now, so there is no excuse to keep struggling with 100MBPS technology. 3. The Dexing NDS3975 in action: it is receiving three transponders (one from its internal tuner,
one from the Topreal TP-1011 through ASI and one from the DekTec DTE-3137 through IP). It then multiplexes a new transponder which is output through ASI and IP (on a different IP). Amazing! 4. This picture shows one clear advantage of using only IPTV within a studio or head-end station: notice the blue network cable this single cable is enough to transport all required information. Actually, all other cables could be removed (except for the LNB-cable, in case you want to use the internal tuner).
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Bei RTP handelt es sich nicht um ein grundlegendes Protokoll wie TCP oder UDP. Im Gegenteil: RTP ist eine auf UDP aufbauende ProtokollSchicht. Das bedeutet, dass fr RTP als Grundlage immer UDP benutzt wird. RTP bietet jedoch zustzlich einige Funktionen, die die Audiound Video-Livebertragungen enorm verbessern: - Identifikation der Daten - Zeitstempel zur Synchronisation zwischen Audio und Video - Einhaltung der Reihenfolge der MPEG Frames - Besonderer Umgang mit MPEG Key-Frames Es spricht alles dafr, RTP einzusetzen, wenn alle beteiligten Gerte dieses Protokoll untersttzen. Bei Multicasting wird ein Audio/Video-Stream einfach gesendet, ohne dass ein bestimmter Adressat angegeben wurde. Diese Sendung wird vom Netzwerk an alle Teilnehmer weitergereicht und diese knnen entscheiden, ob sie den Stream empfangen mchten, oder nicht. Dies ist natrlich immer dann sehr praktisch, wenn mehrere Benutzer denselben Stream empfangen mchten. Ohne dass weitere Netzwerk-Bandbreite zwischen dem Sender und dem Switch verbraucht wird, knnen so beliebig viele Benutzer zuschauen. Da der Switch allerdings
1. Wireshark capturing the network traffic. Beware that lots of data is captured during a IPTV broadcast. You should only capture data for some seconds, otherwise it will take ages to process all captured packets. 2. After capturing the network traffic for a short period, there are many analysis tools available within Wireshark. This picture shows where the traffic originated. It can be clearly seen that the devices with IP-address 192.168.1.149 and 192.168.1.210 generated a huge amount of traffic. Notice the destination IP: they are multicasting IPs 3. All captured packets can be analyzed individually and the contents can be viewed, while the header is shown in a more detailed way.
smtliche Datenpakete intern verwalten muss kommt es schnell vor, dass dieser berlastet wird, wenn es sich um ein billiges SOHOProdukt (Small Office, Home Office) handelt und parallel zwischen den verschiedenen Benutzern noch weitere Daten untereinander ausge-
tauscht werden. Wenn man dann zum Beispiel Benutzer 2 gar nicht am Multicast teilhaben will, sondern eine grere Datei zum Benutzer 3 senden mchte, kann es passieren, dass diese Datenbertragung nur zhflssig oder eben gar nicht mehr funktioniert. Um Multicasting
einzusetzen, reicht es, als IP-Zieladresse eine beliebige IP-Adresse von 224.0.0.0 bis 239.255.255.255 zu konfigurieren. Dieser Adressraum wird von allen beteiligten Gerten fr Multicast verwendet. Ganz nebenbei: Multicast wird nicht nur fr IPTV ge-
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4. This graph shows the bandwidth during the captured transmission. Interestingly, the bandwidth is not constant, when displayed in millisecond interval. 5. This graph shows the bandwidth of the same transmission, but as Bits/ second. With just two transponders fed into the network, a 100MBPS switch is working at its limit. In fact, we tried to use a 100MBPS switch and it froze after a few seconds. A regular operation was only possible using a 1000MBPS switch. 6. Using DekTecs StreamXpert software, which already has been tested in TELE-satellite 11-12/2012, together with the professional DekTec DTE-3137 receiver, one has much more feedback about the IPTV broadcast. Notice the lower left corner: a graph shows continuously the occupied network bandwidth. 7. StreamXpert can show all possible information about the streamed transponder, including the programme clock reference (PCR), required for correct synchronization of audio and video. This allows editing the timestamps in order to compensate for any detected errors.
nutzt, sondern immer dann, wenn die gleichen Daten an mehrere Computer gleichzeitig gesendet werden sollen, zum Beispiel wenn man ber das Netzwerk mehrere Computer auf einmal installieren mchte. So installieren IT-Profis zum Beispiel in Universitten oder in Grobetrieben auf hunderten von Computern deren Betriebssystem in einem Durchgang. Beim Unicasting wird der Stream im Gegensatz zum Multicasting vom Sender nur an einen gezielten Empfnger versendet. Dies hat
den Vorteil, dass das Netzwerk fr die restlichen Benutzer nicht belastet wird und deren Datenverkehr deshalb normal funktioniert. Im Switch werden die Daten zwischen den Eingngen des Servers und des Benutzers geleitet, die restlichen Ports des Switches bleiben jedoch frei. Nachteilig ist der Umstand, dass fr jeden weiteren Benutzer der gesamte Stream separat erneut versendet werden muss. Schnell ist somit die verfgbare Bandbreite des Netzwerkes berlastet und
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8. Despite having a perfect picture, StreamXpert indicates some errors in PAT and PMT. Interestingly; these were already present in the original DVB-S stream 9. Useful information provided by StreamXpert: the grid view, where all active services within the stream are mapped according to their PID. 10. Meanwhile, we monitor our Dexing NDS3975 with the SnmpNMS management software. This application gives us remote access to the internals of this integrated professional receiver. 11. On the Mux-tab, we can specify which channels of the three different incoming transponders (through the internal tuner, ASI-in and IPTV) we want to output.
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besonders die Verbindung vom Server zum Switch muss der enormen Datenmenge standhalten knnen. Schnell kommt die Frage, ob man IPTV mit 100MBPS oder doch lieber mit 1000MBPS (oft auch 1GBPS
oder 1GBit/s bezeichnet) betreiben soll. Die Antwort ist nicht leicht, denn es hngt ultimativ davon ab, wie man IPTV und das Netzwerk nutzen mchte. Wenn lediglich verschiedene Receiver einzelne Transponder ber Uni-
cast zu einem oder mehreren Multiplexer leiten sollen, dann kann durchaus ein 100MBPS Netzwerk ausreichen. Oftmals verfgen professionelle Receiver nur ber 100MBPS Netzwerkschnittstellen, was in Anbetracht der Bandbreite
gngiger DVB-S/S2 Transponder, die im Durchschnitt 50MBPS an Daten transportieren, auch ausreichen sollte. Auch alle uns bekannten IPTV-Receiver verfgen nur ber einen 100MBPS Netzwerkanschluss. Warum also auf eine 1000MBPS Infrastruktur aufrsten? Am Einfachsten lsst es sich so erklren: wenn Autos nur mit 90 km/h fahren knnen, dann reicht im Prinzip eine Landstrae. Wenn aber viele Autos gleichzeitig fahren, dann lohnt sich eine Autobahn trotzdem, obwohl die Autos nur mit maximal 90km/h fahren. Ein 100MBPS-Switch ist fr diese Geschwindigkeit ausgelegt und neigt dazu in die Knie zu gehen, wenn an allen Ports gleichzeitig hohe Transferraten anfallen. Ein 1000MBPS-Switch kann intern einfach viel mehr Daten verarbeiten. Mchte man eine Gemeinschaftsanalage, ein Hotel
oder ein Haus mit IPTV versorgen, bei dem das Netzwerk auch fr andere Dienste (Internet, File Sharing, VOIP, usw.) zustndig sein soll, dann empfehlen wir ausdrcklich ein 1000MBPS Netzwerk. Dies gilt in heutigen Tagen sowieso als Standard und ein Upgrade von einem existierenden 100MBPS Netzwerk auf ein 1000MBPS Netzwerk sollte keine greren Probleme bereiten, wenn es sich beim verlegten Kabel um Kabel der Kategorie CAT-5e oder CAT-6 handelt.
Ist dies nicht der Fall, sollte das Kabel durch aktuelles CAT-6 Kabel ersetzt werden. Weiterhin mssen die Switches gewechselt werden und bei lteren Computern sollte man darauf achten, ob der Netzwerkadapter auch fr 1000MBPS ausgelegt ist. Um sich einen berblick des Netzwerkes zu verschaffen, lohnt es sich sogenannte Netzwerk-Monitoring Programme, oft auch Netzwerk-Sniffer genannt, einzusetzen. Diese Programme protokollieren alle Datenpa-
kete, die im Netzwerk versendet werden. Damit dies technisch mglich ist, muss man eine besondere Software einsetzen, die sich WinPcap nennt. WinPcap versetzt die Netzwerkkarte des Computers in den promiscuos Modus, in welchem die Netzwerkkarte alle Datenpakete annimmt, also nicht nur die gezielt an den Rechner versendeten Pakete, sondern alle. Weiterhin bietet WinPcap eine Schnittstelle fr Applikationen an, die so Zugriff auf diese Datenpakete
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bekommen. Das bekannteste und beliebteste Programm zur Netzwerkberwachung ist Wireshark. Die Grundvoraussetzung ist WinPcap und schon kann der gesamte Datenverkehr protokolliert werden. So erkennt man schnell, welche IP-Adressen welche Pakete von welchen Computern anfordern, ob im Netzwerk Multicasting eingesetzt wird, welche Bandbreiten belegt werden, usw. Die gute Nachricht: WinPcap und Wireshark sind kostenlos. Sei es im Studio oder in der Kopfstation: IPTV etabliert sich zu einer omniprsenten Lsung, wenn es um die Verteilung von Audio- und VideoSignalen geht. Es ergeben sich viele Vorteile, egal ob IPTV fr die interne Verteilung innerhalb einer Kopfstation genutzt wird oder beim direkten Zuspielen zum Endkunden. Alleine der Umstand, dass smtliche Daten ber nur ein Kabel versendet werden knnen ist es wert, sich mit dieser Technik auseinander zu setzen.
12. To check our IPTV streams within the network, we use VLC. 13. TSReader Professional is an excellent tool when it comes to analyze transponder streams. Instead of just rendering the channel, TSReader shows all PIDs and their respective bandwidth.
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FEATURE
Ultra High Definition Television
can better display colors, mainly red and green shades suitable for 3D due to its higher frame rate requires an enormous bandwidth users will need brandnew equipment as UHDTV is not backward compatible
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FEATURE
Ultra High Definition Television
Whats behind the new standard? Is it even a standard?

Jacek Pawlowski
We all are familair with High Definition Television. HDTV uses picture resolutions of either 720p, 1080i or 1080p. The first two are used for broadcasting TV via satellites while the last one is mostly used with Blu-ray discs. A HDTV video signal has either 50 or 60 picture frames per second. If a complete picture is sent in every frame, the letter p is added after the resolution figure (720p or 1080p). If only half the horizontal lines are sent in one frame (only odd number lines, then only even number lines and so on), the letter i depicts such interlaced video. Most of the contemporary satellite TV receivers upscale any 720p or 1080i video signals to 1080p and then output the video to your living room TV. Now, if we focus on the best version of HDTV 1080p it has a picture resolution of 1920 x 1080. The new 4K UHDTV standard has doubled the resolution in both axes to 3840 2160 while the 8K UHDTV has even quadrupled it: 7680 4320. The best way to realize how big an improvement UHDTV introduces is to look at our simple picture showing TV screens for different standards but the same pixel size (see picture). Imagine this: 4K is like arranging 4 HD TV-sets in a 2x2 array, while for 8K UHDTV one would need 8 HD TVs arranged in a 4x4 array! Though resolution is the most obvious improvement over classical HDTV it is by no means the only parameter that has been changed. The other two related to video are: color space and frame rate. UHDTV has a wider color space than HDTV. In particular, UHDTV picture is able to reproduce more deeply red and more deeply green colors which can not be shown by our existing HDTV equipment. In this way, UHDTV is able to reproduce more natural colors. The standard extends the allowable frame rates up to 120 frames per second. In this way 3D video can be reproduced with up to 60 fps for each eye. 60 fps are typical for North American TV whilst 50
Comparison of the TV screens for different resolution standards.

fps is used in most other areas including Europe. Therefore European 3D TV will use 100 fps rather than 120 fps. Adding to these enormous improvements in video performance, UHDTV also expanded the audio quality. With the new UHDTV standard an astounding 22 audio channels plus 2 low frequency effects channels are possible. The 22 channels are divided into three groups: an upper layer of nine channels, a middle layer of ten channels and a lower layer of three channels. Such complex audio setups can be found at movie theatres and thus with UHDTV this also becomes available to the average viewer. Of course, the first thing in order to enjoy that big resolution is a UHDTV compliant TV monitor. The best TV manufacturers already offer 4K UHDTV TV-sets with large screen (70 or more). Monitors capable of showing 8K can be seen at the professional broadcasting exhibitions but sofar we know of no such monitor available at regular stores. Now, what about the sources of ultra HD video? Presently, the choice is extremely small. One model of UHDTV video player has been announced with a few pre-stored movies in 4K format on the internal HDD. Blu-ray Disc Association have just started their work on extending Blu-Ray Disc specification to include 4K Ultra HD video. Similarly, Sony announced that their PlayStation 4 will support 4K resolution but only for photos and videos not for the games themselves. And what is going on in the satellite industry? In Europe EUTELSAT has started 4K UHD test transmissions coded with the MPEG-4 codec on EUTELSAT 10A. Quite recently, SES has done one step further and started a 4K channel coded with the newest HEVC (H.265) codec that helped reducing the necessary bitrate down to 20 Mbit/sec. You do not have to be an expert to realize that 4K UHDTV requires 4 times more bits than HDTV and 8K UHDTVrequires 16 times more bits. This is really a problem because the communication networks have finite throughput rates. HEVC, known also as H.265, can help here as its efficiency is roughly 2 times better than MPEG 4. But even using the best available codec you still need about 20 Mbit/sec for 4K UHDTV and as much as 80 Mbits/sec to broadcast a single channel. And all this for 50/60 fps. If you liked to double the frame rate to 100/120 to transmit 3D UHDTV you would need twice the bandwidth. It is funny to think that if in the future 8K is introduced to satellite broadcast, one transponder will be carrying a maximum one channel like in the old days of analog TV. The list of devices and standards that still have to be developed or extended is long: UHDTV cameras and other studio equipment, HDMI interface, audio equipment, and, of course, all kinds of digital TV receivers: satellite, cable, IPTV and (maybe) terrestrial. New equipment will require new chip-sets and perhaps even new hardware architecture to do the job efficiently. UHDTV is not backward compatible with HDTV. In other words, your present HDTV receiver will not process a UHDTV channel. Naturally, in the beginning, there will be a scarcity of ultra high resolution programs and many UHDTV channels will be created by up-scaling regular HDTV. We can still remember the first years of HDTV or more recently 3D HDTV the same will happen with UHDTV. However, despite all the technology, communication and media problems linked with UHDTV, we strongly believe that the race has started for good and sooner or later we will all enjoy the wonderful ultra high definition pictures in our houses.
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Phase Shifts in Digital TV
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All About Fiber Optic Connectors
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DVB-S2: Hide the SD inside the HD
How a Silicon Tuner Works
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1207/eng/feature-h8psk.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/silicontuner.pdf
How a tuner for VCM operates
Channel Capacity of a Transponder
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1205/eng/dvb-S2-vcm.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/sdinhd.pdf
CI+ and HD+Encryption
How DVB-C2 Works
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/CI+HD+.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/dvb-c2.pdf
How MPEG Surround Works
Streaming TV via the Internet
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1105/eng/mpeg-surround.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1007/eng/streaming.pdf
How the SFN Modulation Works
Testing Horizon to Horizon Actuator
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/sfn.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1005/eng/h-h-actuator.pdf
How HbbTV Works
How SCR Works
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/hbbtv.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0911/eng/scr.pdf
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
How Decoding Works
New Developments
How to Solve Problems with DiSEqC
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0909/eng/decoding.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0807/eng/diseqc.pdf
How ABS-S Works
How the 3D Diffractive Antenna Works
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0903/eng/abs-s.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0805/eng/3ddiffractive.pdf
Matching LNB with Dish
Relation between Dish Size and EIRP
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0811/eng/lnb+dish.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0803/eng/dishsize.pdf
How to Calculate the Power Factor
Secrets of the Aspect Ratio
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0809/eng/powerfactor.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0801/eng/aspectratio.pdf
How the Network Connection Works
The Secrets of HDMI
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0711/eng/networkconnections.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0703/eng/hdmi.pdf
How the Ka Band Works
The Relation of Dish Size and EIRP
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0709/eng/kaband.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0701/eng/dishsize.pdf
How MPEG Works
The Secrets of Polarization
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0707/eng/mpeg.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0611/eng/polarization.pdf
Secrets of Antenne Alignment
The Secrets of Intermodulation
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0705/eng/performance.pdf
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-0609/eng/intermodulation.pdf
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OVERVIEW
Vitors Workshop
How to get the most out of technology

AZBox Ultra HD Recovery Satellite Reception in the Ka-Band
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1307/eng/vitorsworkshop.pdf www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1305/eng/vitorsworkshop.pdf
Oscilloscope for Basic Use
Chip Flashing
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1303/eng/vitorsworkshop.pdf
Two-axis Motor Control
Add-On for SPAUN Signal Analyzers
Selfmade Dish
Upgrade for 8dtek Satellite Meters
Digital Picture Frame
Receiver Firmware
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Firmen Report
Digital TV Grohndler, Island
25 Jahre reind
erfolgreich im Bereich Heimelektronik hat alle Antennen Installationsmaterialien auf Lager verstrkt IPTV Bereich fr die Zukunft groe Abteilung fr Reparaturen von Heimelektronikgerten
Im Gewerbegebiet von Kopavogur zeigen
die Satellitenspiegel schon von weitem das Geschft von reind an. Die beiden Partner sind dabei, die links liegende Halle zu einem regelrechten Laden umzursten, in dem die Installateure alle Bauteile fr den Satellitenempfang, terrestrischen Empfang und IPTV einkaufen knnen.
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Digital TV Grohndler, Island
Heimelektronik mit TV und Antennen

Im Oktober 2013 feierte das kleine Unternehmen Oreind (www.oreind.is) sein 25jhriges Bestehen. Wer so lange in der TV und Antennen Branche durchhlt mu etwas richtig machen. reind (das Wort bedeutet Partikel in islndisch) ist ein 2-Mann-Unternehmen in Kopavogur, einem Vorort von Reykjavik in Island. Dort im hohen Norden der Erde, in dem im Sommer die Sonne nicht untergeht und im Winter nicht aufgeht, haben die beiden in 1988 ihr Unternehmen gegrndet. Wir sind beides Reparaturtechniker fr TV-Gerte, erzhlt uns einer der Partner, Baldur Sveinsson. Beide arbeiteten fr andere Unternehmen, bevor sie sich entschieden, ihr eigenes Unternehmen aufzumachen. Wir reparieren alles, was mit Heimelektronik zu tun hat, listet Baldur Sveinsson auf, vom TV-Gert zu Audiogerten aller Art bis hin zu Videorekordern. Ja, letztere gibt es auch noch, denn viele Islnder haben noch alte Cassetten zuhause und bentigen die alten VCR um sie abzuspielen. Die beiden Partner installieren auch Antennen und Satellitenanlagen. In 1992 begannen wir, Satellitenbauteile aus Grobritannien und Deutschland zu importieren. In diesen Anfangsjahren konnten die beiden 50-100 Komplettanlagen pro Jahr verkaufen. Unser bestes Jahr war 2007. Damals konnten wir 300-400 Sa-
Reykjavik
Baldur Sveinsson ist
Grnder und Partner des Grohndlers reind in Kopavogur (bei Reykjavik) in Island
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tellitenanlagen im Jahr absetzen, erinnert sich Partner Sigurour Gunnarsson an diese Zeiten, als das kleine Unternehmen sogar zwei Angestellte tragen konnte. Heutzutage sind es etwa 150 Satellitenanlagen, die wir im Jahr verkaufen. Das Lager von reind ist gut gefllt mit Installationsmaterial, Satellitenspiegeln und terrestrischen Antennen. Etwa 40% unseres Umsatzes machen wir mit Satellitenbauteilen, 10% mit terrestrischen Antennen und 20% entfallen auf Reparaturarbeiten. Bleiben 30% brig und dies sehen die beiden
Partner als besonders wichtig fr die Zukunft ihres Unternehmens an: Wir bieten Installatonsmaterial und Bauteile fr IPTV an. Zwar erwarten die beiden auch durch die Umstellung des digitalen TVs auf DVB-T2 in wenigen Jahren einen kleinen Boom, aber langfristig sehen sie die Zukunft im Bereich IPTV. Aber der Satellitenempfang wird weiterhin wichtig im Angebot von reind bleiben. Hier in Island ist besonders der ASTRA auf 28.2E beliebt und schon mit kleinen Antennen von 85cm Durchmesser durchgehend gut zu empfan-
gen. Praktisch jeder Islnder ist zweisprachig, spricht englisch und kann daher die Programme aus Grobritannien vom ASTRA 28.2E geniessen. Wer freie Sicht hat, kann hier die Satelliten von 42E bis hin zu 30W emfangen, erlutert Sigurour Gunnarsson die lokale Situation. Die beiden Partner haben in den 25 Jahren ihres Unternehmens viele Auf- und Abs mitgemacht, aber alle berstanden. So werden sie mit der rechtzeitigen Hinwendung auf knftige Technologien wie IPTV auch die weiteren Jahre gut berstehen.
Sigurour Gunnarsson
ist ebenfalls Grnder und Partner von reind und kmmert sich vor allem um die Reparaturwerkstatt.
1. Die Drehanlage auf dem Dach von reind ist ein 1,5m Spiegel, der von 28E bis 30W alle Satelliten empfngt. 2. Blick ins Lager. Hier gibt es alles zur Montage von Antennen (linkes Regal) und Satellitenspiegel aller Gren zum Mitnehmen (rechtes Regal). 3. Welche Antenne darf's denn sein? Am beliebtesten bei reind sind die 14 Element UHF-Antennen, gleich gefolgt von den Runddipol Antennen fr FM. Aber auch alle anderen Varianten sind vorhanden und knnen von den Kunden sofort mitgenommen werden. 4. Hier liegen die Produkte der Zukunft: fr IPTV hlt reind die passenden Bauteile wie Ethernet Switches bereit.
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Firmen Report
Katastrophenhilfe
Changhong hilft Erdbebenopfer
mit Satelliten Empfangsanlagen

Vor der Changhong
Zentrale in Mianyang (Provinz Sichuan) versammeln sich die Mitarbeitern und bereiten die Hilfstransporte vor, die die Betroffenen des katastrophalen Erdbeben im April 2013 mit Hilfsgtern und kompletten Satelliten Empfangsanlagen versorgen werden.
spontante Hilfsmassnahmen von Changhong nach Erdbeben liefert Hilfsgter und komplette Satelliten Empfangsanlagen stellte Trainsingszentrum fr Schler zur Verfgung bei zerstrter Infrastruktur ist Satelliten-TV ideal zur Information der Betroffenen
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Katastrophenhilfe
Satelliten-TV hilft den Opfern, sich zu informieren

Wie kann man sich nach einm verheerenden Erdbeben informieren, wenn die Infrastruktur zu groen Teilen zerstrt ist? Kabelgebundene Kommunikationswege und auch die Stromversorgungsnetzwerke sind nicht mehr verfgbar und gerade dann wollen und mssen sich die betroffenen Menschen informieren, wie die Situation ist, wo Hilfe zu erwarten ist und wie sie sich verhalten sollen. Genau diese Situation eines verheerenden Erdbebens traf besonders die Region Sichuan bereits zweimal in den letzten Jahren mit katastrophalen Ausmassen. Das erst Mal war es am 12. Mai 2008, als ein Erdbeben der Strke 10 bei der Stadt Wen Chua mehr als 20000 Menschen sterben lie. Ein weiteres hnlich katastrophales Erdbeben erfolgte krzlich am 20. April 2013 in der Stadt Ya An, ebenfalls in der Provinz Sichuan. Beide Male reagierte die Firma Changhong sofort. Changhong ist einer der ganz groen Hersteller von TV-Gerten und Satelliten-Receivern und stellte den Betroffenen komplette Satelliten Empfangsanlagen zur Verfgung. Aber nicht nur diese wurde bereitgestellt. Ein Sprecher von Changhong erzhlt uns: Noch in derselben Nacht, als 2008 das groe Erdbeben stattfand, stellte Changhong eine Hilfsgruppe zusammen, die sich sofort in die am schlimmsten betroffene Stadt Bei Chuan aufmachte. Die Stadt war fast vllig zerstrt und Changhong stellte Essen, Wasser und Zelte zur Verfgung. Da praktisch alle Schulen vom Beben zerstrt waren funktionierte Changhong sein eigenes Trainingszentrum um und ermglichte es so den berlebenden Schlern, in den folgenden Wochen und Monaten weiterzulernen. Der Changhong Sprecher: Changhong stellte den Schlern und Studenten Kleidung und Essen zur Verfgung und organisierte
die Lehrer, bis die regulren Schulen wieder erffneten. Als 2013 ds zweite verheerende Erdbeben stattfand wiederholte Changhong die Hilfsmassnahmen. Auch diesmal stellte Changhong neben der humanitren Hilfe auch Satellitenprodukte zur Verfgung. Wir lieferten in die betroffenen Gebiete Satelliten Receiver mit Spiegeln, TV-Gerte, Batterien und auch Lichtquellen. So konnten die betroffenen Menschen sich ber die TV-Nachrichten der Satellitenprogramme ber das Geschehen informieren. Wie wichtig gerade in solchen Extremsituation die Satellitenkommunika-
tion ist hat sich in beiden Fllen gezeigt. Whrend fest installierte Kommunikationswege nicht mehr funktionsfhig waren gelang es, mit den Satelliten Empfangsanlagen die Betroffenen umfassend zu informieren und sie nicht nur ber das Geschehene zu unterrichten, sondern sie auch ber die Hilfsangebote aller Art informiert zu halten. So konnte die Not der betroffenen Menschen dank der Hilfe von Changhong zu einem guten Teil gelindert werden und es zeigte
sich wieder einmal, dass der Einsatzbereich gerade der Satellitentechnik Vorteile bringt, die man sonst nicht wahrnimmt.
Mianyang, Sichuan
Spontan hat sich
die Belegschaft von Changhong dazu entschlossen, den Betroffenen der Erdbebenkatastrophen in Sichuan zu helfen.
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1. Zwei der von Changhong zur Verfgung gestellten Satellitenempfangsanlagen, komplett mit Spiegel und TV-Empfnger 2. Die Satelliten Komplettkoffer werden fr den Transport ins Katastrophengebiet vorbereitet. 3. Einsatz im Katastrophengebiet: ein Mitarbeiter von Changhong schliet die mobile Satellitenempfangsanlage an. Gebannt warten Betroffene auf die Nachrichten, die ihnen die Satelliten TV-Programme liefern. 4. Eine der kompletten Satellitenempfangsanlagen wurde in diesem Dorf aufgestellt. Auch hier verfolgen die Menschen gespannt die Nachrichten der Satellitenprogramme, um sich ber die Situation zu informieren und zu erfahren, wie die Hilfe organisiert ist.
TELE-audiovision Global Company Directory
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persistent quality and durability with a longer service life than metal dishes thanks to fiberglass. This now brings us to the core of the matter: For many years price has been the deciding factor for or against a certain satellite dish. These days, however, its all about quality. Ideal conditions for the snowball effect as practiced by Hwadar: The more focus is placed on quality, the more customers will consider fiberglass dishes. Professional customers have done that for some time already, but now even private end users begin
1. Visitors are greeted by this very friendly receptionist. 2. Customers purchasing a DEVISER product will be served by one of the ambitious members of the Overseas Sales team. Each of them is in charge of a specific region. John Wu (upper row, left) is responsible for the Indian market, Jason Wu (centre) is the team leader and can be met at many international fairs and exhibitions. He is in charge of Europe. Aaron Liu (right) looks after Asian customers, Vicky Han (lower row, left) after the Americas and Africa and Simon Liu (right) serves customers in the CIS region as well as in the countries of Oceania. Sally Chen (centre) makes sure deliveries to all corners of the globe run smoothly and reliably.
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Hwadar, China - Fiberglass Dishes

COMPANY REPORT Signal Analyzer Manufacturer DEVISER, China
GM
Wang and DEVISER with new Dan modern company headquarters one step at a time can lead to lasting success
The Hwadar sales team. Monica Wang can
be seen with an issue of TELE-audiovision in her hands. She is the point of reference for all international inquiries.
General Engineer Zhong Zhi Ming

Tianjin
1. Liu Lian Jun is the Managing Director of DEVISER and is in charge of the entire production business. 2. The driveway leading to the main building of the DEVISER company headquarters. 3. View from the roof of the DEVISER company headquarters towards the production buildings. The houses of the city of Tianjin can be seen in the background.
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1309/eng/hwadar.pdf The Business Snowball Effect Manager Monica Wang

COMPANY REPORT Fiberglass Dish Manufacturer Hwadar, China
one step at a time can lead to lasting success
extraordinary quality thanks to the use of SMC fiberglass
offset, PDA and segment dishes in all sizes can be produced supplier of choice even for small purchasers guarantees very long service life of its dishes
The new company headquarters of Hwadar

in Dongguan. The joint venture with the Zheng Group is called Dong Shi and has allocated 50% of its production capacity to high-quality Hwadar fiberglass satellite dishes.
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In TELE-audiovision issue 06-07/2011 we introduced DEVISER
also includes dishes. Our designed for al customers, aterial we use ngineer Zhong s is the case: es, our SMC have a much ypically lies in Whats more, eir shape and nt. This way, Hwadar boast
extraordinary quality thanks to the use of SMC fiberglass systems. Together with his staff of eight, six of offset, PDA and which segment dishes in all sizes can be produced were software engineers at the
Deviser, China - Signal Analyzer

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to shift the focus of their attention to ful of snow, even a minor initial job quality. This in turn means demand for can lead to more substantial follow-up smaller dishes is on the rise as well, a orders at a later stage, says Monica more than welcome development for a Wang, Business Supervisor for international contacts. Monica will be happy company like Hwadar. to receive any requests at monicaw@ So how can you obtain a high-quality time, Do Forcetech CEO Mr. Arojoy Wei dehdsmc.cn. SMC satellite dish from Hwadar? you It isfor clearcommerto see that General Managneed to be a wholesale signed organisation or streaming software er Wang Dan does not only rely on the distributor ordering truckloads worth cial during snowball the initial effect phase when creating and exof dishes? Well, requests likeapplications that are panding his company, but also for selling certainly very welcome, but the sales of tohis State-run institutions his products. And it is a rewarding expedepartment will be happy deal company. with rience to see a small snowball becoming smaller inquiries as well. After all, such as just schools and universities as well a major force on the market. like a snowball starts with only a hand-
shown persistent interest in streaming
Zhong Zhi Ming is the
for the first time. Click on the following link to read the full story: www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1107/eng/deviser.pdf
Hwadar General Engineer and supervises the entire ing export success. Founded almost 25 production process. years ago to supply meters to the Chinese market, DEVISER has long since become a global player. By now most of our products are sold outside China, explains Jason Wu and also has some
export figures in store for us: 40% go to the USA, 25% stay in Southeast Asia, 20% are shipped to Europe and 15% are sold in India. For the US market DEVISER sells its products under the brand name of a local cooperation part-
supplier of choice even for small purchasers guarantees very long service life of its dishes www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1307/eng/deviser.pdf Production Sales DEVISER Success Triggers Manager Expansion Jason Li Hong Wu Xiao
COMPANY REPORT Signal Analyzer Manufacturer DEVISER, China
The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 07-08/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com
TV Head-end Changgan Jun Products for on so-called multicast technolProfessional new company based headquarters streamlines production and administraogy, which means every client received his or her stream TV directly Distribution from a central tion at a single site
content server. Things changed in 2008,
tablishing a repair and logistics centre ters in the industrial zone of Tianjin, a as industrial enterprises ranked among in Mechelen, close to Brussels (Belgium) port city in Eastern China not far from 2 his first customers. Forcetech software in cooperation with Technetix. This way Beijing. DEVISER has been a manufacwww.TELE-audiovision.com 07-08/2013 TELE-audiovision International 155 DEVISER customers will not only receive of signal meters since 1990 and was implementedCOMPANY on theREPORT websitesDigital of TV Head-end Manufacturer DEXIN, China turer new products considerably faster, they has worked up a substantial base of loyal Lan is the will Haidong also benefit from shorter turnaround customers. The reason is obvious: DEthose customers for streaming video Marketing Manager at times for repairs. VISER pays special attention to quality content. Lan Haidong gives the example Forcetech. The official Not that DEVISER expects any increase and reliability over a long service life for DEXIN moved into their new producin repair work! Au contraire: We recentall of its products. name of the company of lectures at schools and universities tion building at the end of 2012. BeDuring the first years of operation only is Force Innovation fore that the company was located for that could be accessed online for viewing Chinese customers were able to benefit Technology Co., Ltd. years in downtown Chengdu. But they from that strategy, as products manuoutgrew that site and General Manager at home. as can be seen in the factured and sold by DEVISER were only Sun Yu decided it was time to move to a background. available in China at first. Signal meters At the time, all streaming software was
President Zhong
In July of 2012 DEVISER moved into its new and spacious company headquar-
MD
ner, while the company has devised an entirely different strategy for Europe: We are currently in the process of es-
new company headquarters streamlines production and administration at a single site expansion of a dedicated repair and logistics centre in and for Europe strong growth in export markets
state-of-the-art test benches for EMS and overvoltage protection
Liu Lian
The new DEVISER company headquarters

in the Tianjin industrial zone. This is where both the administrative offices and the production premises of this manufacturer of professional meters are located.
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expansion of awhen dedicated repair and logistics centre in and for Europe Forcetech launched a P2P (peer-
Dexin, China - Digital TV Head-ends

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Zhong Changgan is founder and
sional tv head-ends. These What types of to-peer) version of its software. devices are often specially made acwas different fromcording then With P2P all to on? customer requirements and connected streaming clients at the same time function as active multipliers and forward the received signal to additional is DEXINs General Sun Yu clients. Lan Haidong: P2P improves the Manager. Just like all the other employees, he also quality of the received signal, wears a jacket with theabove all. company's logo. Signals need not be fed from a central server any longer, but can be received
DEXIN is a manufacturer of profes-
since each application would have to be optimally configured DEXIN employes a large number of engineers in their R&D department.
The Forcetech Sales team with TELE-audiovision editor-in-chief Alexander Wiese: (from
Qinghua, Dong Peng and Guo Tianwei. 150 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 07-08/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com
Sun Yu left to right) Sales Manager Ren Nan, Sun Wenya, Marketing Manager Lan Haidong, Wang
but lasting success called for bundling all departments under a single roof. The shiny new and huge headquarters are ready to tackle continued growth, and Jason Wu gives us some details about TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 07-08/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com President of152 DEVISER. He established the driving forces behind that goal: We the company in 1990. expect substantial increases in the meter segment for fibre-optic cables as well as for the telecommunications business. The satellite meter line of business can also look forward to healthy growth, Chengdu while DEVISER does not envisage significant potential for cable signal meters any longer. One of the reasons for new and large company headquarters was increas-
completely new building. Sun Yu is not for cable TV were the major sellers at only General Manger; hes also a part the time, and have stayed right on top owner of DEXIN. He explains to us: My up to this day. 65% of our signal meters two brothers are also part owners but are designed for cable TV, according to they dont take part in the companys Jason Wu, who heads the International daily activities. Sales team and whom we already met It wasnt always like that. The comtwo years ago during our fist visit to DEpany was founded in 1994 under the VISER. name DESAI. Back then analog moduAt that time DEVISERs production lators and transmitters were manufacpremises and offices were spread over a tured for the local market in China. In number of different premises in Tianjin, those days Sun Yus parents were part
strong growth in export markets state-of-the-art test benches for EMS and overvoltage protection www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1307/eng/dexin.pdf
COMPANY REPORT
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DEXINs new production
facility that the company moved in to at the end of 2012. Its located in the Wuhou high-tech zone of Chengdu.
Digital TV Head-end Equipment Manufacturer DEXIN

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Established in 1994 in Chengdu Specializes in professional tv head-end equipment 50% of their production is exported Intense quality controls Very large R&D team
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Established in 1994 in Chengdu Antenna Manufacturer Tianditong, China COMPANY REPORT Specializes in professional tv head-end equipment R Manu R Distr Whol Shop R Serv
50% of their production is exported Intense quality controls

Guan (Hebei)
Ultra-modern Forcetech, China - IPTV Solution Provider production equipment for conquering the world market
Sales Ren Nan
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COMPANY REPORT IPTV Solution Provider Forcetech, China
large segment and solutions panel dishes. Our longer service turn means for life than metal dishes quality. offering technically mature and fully-fledged IPTV small-scale IPTV systems canThis be in realised ondemand a tight budget 154 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 07-08/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com range of customer large dishes and is designed for thanks smaller dishes is on the rise as well, a to fiberglass. large Chinese movie provider as showcase shareholder excellent video quality thanks to P2P technology
Tianditong, China - Antennas
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Quality Production of Satellite Dishes Production of ELDTEC, Brasil -Quality Dish, Antennas and Cables Satellite Dishes R Manu Sales 2
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uses state-of-the-art production Satellite Dish Manufacturer LIANXING, China COMPANY REPORT fully automatic quality control during the production process environmentally-friendly production according to international standSatellite Dish Manufacturer volume production ofCOMPANY dishREPORT sizes from 45 toLIANXING, 180China cm ards 154 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 07-08/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com
The Forcetech Sales team with TELE-audiovision editor-in-chief Alexander Wiese: (from left to right) Sales Manager Ren Nan, Sun Wenya, Marketing Manager Lan Haidong, Wang Qinghua, Dong Peng and Guo Tianwei.
shown persistent interest in streaming systems. Together with his staff of eight, six of which were software engineers at the time, Forcetech CEO Mr. Arojoy Wei designed streaming software for commercial applications during the initial phase of his company. State-run institutions 182 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest TV Box Magazine 05-06/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com such as schools and universities as well as industrial enterprises ranked among There was a time when a huge numhis first customers. Forcetech software ber of hard-working employees manuwas implemented on the websites of factured large quantities of all sorts of those customers for streaming video products. For most successful companies, this has long become a thing of content. Lan Haidong gives the example the past, and Chinese satellite dish and of lectures at schools and universities antenna manufacturer Tianditong is a that could be accessed online for viewing perfect example of that development. Almost every step of the production is at home. 1 completed by highly efficient machines, At the time, all streaming software was and even the few components that still based on so-called multicast technolrequire manual work will be assembled ogy, which means every client received by automatic equipment in the foreseeable future. All this results in roughly his or her stream directly from a central three million antennas being manufaccontent server. Things changed in 2008, tured by less than 300 employees. Imwhen Forcetech launched a P2P (peerpressive numbers and reason enough for us to pay a visit to that company. to-peer) version of its software. What Our first port of call is a small office was different from then on? With P2P all right in Beijing. As little as 20 employconnected streaming clients at the same ees work at this site, with six members of staff making up the Sales team for time function as active multipliers and forward received to Trade additional TELE-audiovision International The the Worlds Largestsignal Digital TV Magazine 07-08/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com clients. Lan Haidong: P2P improves the quality of the received signal, above all. Signals need not be fed from a central server any longer, but can be received
IPTV Systems by Forcetech

Forcetech is based in the
ZhongGuanCun software park in northwestern Beijing. 40 software engineers and ten sales experts work at this site. An additional R&D office is located in Chengdu, where the local university offers a topnotch engineering degree program. Forcetech operates one more office in Shenzhen, since it sources OEM hardware such as encorders and settop boxes from there.
offering technically mature and fully-fledged IPTV solutions large Chinese movie provider as showcase customer and shareholder small-scale IPTV systems can be realised on a tight budget excellent video quality thanks to P2P technology
The Hwadar sales
be seen with an issu in her hands. She is for all international
ful of snow, eve can lead to more orders at a later professional and commercial customers, Wang, Business This now brings us to the core of the more than welcome development for a since the quality of the material we use matter: For many years price has been company like Hwadar. national contacts. is exceptional. General Engineer Zhong the deciding to receive any re So how can you obtain a high-quality factor for or against a cerwww.TELE-audiovision.com/ TELE-audiovision-1307 /eng/tianditong.pdf Zhi Ming tells us why this is the case: tain satellite dish. These days, however, SMC satellite dish from Hwadar? Do you hdsmc.cn. Quality Production its all about quality. Ideal conditions for need to be a wholesale Antennas Contrary GM to metal dishes, our SMC It is clear to see organisation or for the the snowball effect as practiced by Hwa- distributor ordering truckloads er Wang Dan doe fiberglass satellite dishes have a much worth Manager Global snowball effect w longer service life, which typically lies in dar: The more focus is placed on quality, of dishes? Well, requests like that are Market Bang Xing Xian the more customers will consider fiber- certainly very welcome, but the sales panding his compa the 10 to Bang 15 years range. Whats more, glass dishes. Professional customers department will be happy to deal with his products. And our dishes always keep their shape and Peng Peng rience to see a sm are very buckling resistant. This way, have done that for some time already, smaller inquiries as well. After all, just even private users begin of like a major force on t SMC dishes made by Hwadar boast but now a snowball starts with only a handmachinery ready forend production large quantities at short notice persistent quality and durability with a
Lan Haidong is the Marketing Manager at Forcetech. The official name of the company is Force Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. as can be seen in the background.
production facility, since it also includes
to shift the focus of their attention to
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Antenna Manufacturer Tianditong, China
uses state-of-the-art production machinery
fully automatic quality control during the production process volume production of dish sizes from 45 to 180 cm
ready for production of large quantities at short notice environmentally-friendly production according to international standards
Is this the command centre of a
large satellite dish manufacturer? Yes indeed, on the 5th floor of the Newton office building in Beijings south we can find the administration staff and the Sales team of the dish manufacturer Tianditong. The production premises, however, are located in Guan, in the Chinese province of Hebei. A total of 180 workers are employed at the Guan premises, with another 100 production workers based at an additional production site in the province of Hunan.
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COMPANY REPORT Dish, Antenna and Cable Manufacturer ELDTEC, Brazil
A look at ELDTECs production
facility in Aruja, in Brazils Sao Paulo province.
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1. Jefferson Cruz runs the Sales Team. He would ing success. Not only do they use top-grade materials, they also dilove to be able to export ELDTECs products. rect their attention to immaculate workmanship for every antenna Thumbs up cable for General 2. The Sales Team. Orders for dishes, and Manager Satellite dish manufacturer LIANXING has two owners, and both they manufacture. A total of ten buildings are located in the beautiful Bang Xian Peng. He and his brother antennas from Brazils wholesalers their areXing fullyfind aware ofthe the fact that only top quality will guarantee lastBang Peng are founders Xinganof county in Guilin city. way here. Tianditong. ing success. Not only do they use top-grade materials, they also di-
Satellite dish manufacturer LIANXING has two owners, and both are fully aware of the fact that only top quality will guarantee last-
Large market coverage within Brazil OEM production for other brand names R Manu R Distr Whol Shop Serv
Lio Wen Fei and Wen Lang Yuan are the founders of the company, rect their attention to immaculate workmanship for every antenna and still have a shareholding of 50% each. What started in 1993 with they manufacture. A total of ten buildings are located in the beautiful 150 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 07-08/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com a workforce of 50 employees has grown continuously and today comXingan county in Guilin city. prises a staff of 170. We started out with producing C band dishes Lio Wen Fei and Wen Lang Yuan are the founders of the company, and still have a shareholding of 50% each. What started in 1993 with a workforce of 50 employees has grown continuously and today comprises a staff of 170. We started out with producing C band dishes
Manager Jefferson 2 Guilin Cruz
Guilin
ELDTEC For Brazil Only

Large market coverage within Brazil OEM production for other brand names Concentration on just a few product series Also offers antennas for 2.4 and 5.8 GHz (WiFi)
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1. Brothers Bang Xian Peng (left) 152 TELE-audiovision International and Bang Xing Peng (right) are the founders of satellite dish manufacturer Tianditong. 2. Meet Bang Xing Peng. He is the Production Manager, while brother and co-founder Bang Xian Peng acts as General Manager and is in charge of overall company strategy, marketing and sales.
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Concentration on just a few product series Also offers antennas for 2.4 and 5.8 GHz (WiFi) www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1305/eng/lianxing.pdf
COMPANY REPORT Satellite Dish Manufacturer LIANXING, China
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Together with a staff of 30 he is responsible Product Sales for the production of satellite meter models S7000, DS6300 and DS2500. Four of my Manager Manager staff are exclusively in charge of quality assurance. Wen Liang Liao Wen 2. Who does what? The Production Manager Yuan Fei himself draws up the roster. This way, each
LIANXING: Professional Satellite Antennas
using only top-quality materials individually checking each single component offering antennas for the C and Ku bands very successful on the Japanese market
Bra Her The Pro
Jose Manuel
the backgroun
Entrance to the vast
production premises of LIANXING. The column to the right of the entrance displays the full company name in Chinese: Guangxi Lianxing Satellite Equipment Ltd. Company.
using only top-quality materials individually checking each single component
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The two co-owners of satellite dish manufacturer LIANXING: production manager Wen Liang Yuan (left) and sales of satellite dish manager Liao Wen manufacturer Fei (right). LIANXING: production manager Wen Liang Yuan TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 07-08/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com (left) and sales 150 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 05-06/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com manager Liao Wen Fei (right). The two co-owners
employee knows exactly what to do when. 3. A chipset is added to a DS2002 meter. 4. The tuner is next. 5. Its all in the details: A female production worker checks the calibration of an S7000 meter.
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offering antennas for the C and Ku bands very successful on the Japanese market
ers of large receiver manufacturers for satellite, terrestrial TV and cable reception. Quite a few different operating systems can be found in these receivers but theres one operating system that everyone has been talking about for the past several years: the Android system. Here at TELE-audiovision we also have been expecting that more and more receivers would appear on the market with this operating system, yet that hasnt really happened. We introduced one of the first boxes, a DVB-T receiver - the DTP2100 from Jiuzhou, back in our 11-12/2012 issue. So, is the expected Android receiver boom now going to get off the ground? Who better to answer this question than the Android receiver Product Manager 1 at Jiuzhou, Yongjun Zhang, who currently is developing Android prod-
In the 11-12/2012 issue we introduced the new Jiuzhou receiver
Jiuzhou, China - Android Receivers
Shenzhen
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DTP2100, one of the first receivers based on the Android operating system. www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/11/jiuzhou
Digital Meter Manufacturer SAT-LINK, Quanzhou, China
SAT-LINK has Develops receivers with complex features only one product Installation of Apps on a limited basis group: digital Android system requires higher quality components that results in signal analyzers
Yongjun Zhang is the Android
Product Manager. Hes familiar with all the advantages and disadvantages of this operating system.
If you do only one thing, you can fully focus on that one thing. This is QingZhang Lins philosophy. He is General Manager of the five-year young company SAT-LINK. We only produce digital signal analyzers, confirms QingZhang Lin, and are exclusively involved in the export market. The company was founded only five years ago in 2008 with 20 R&D employees and 200 production employees.
Product Manager Yongjun Zhang
1. Project Manager GuiHuang Huang presents SAT-LINKs high-end success model. This analyzer is available in various versions and will shortly also be available as a combo unit with DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 as well as a very fast spectrum display.
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COMPANY REPORT Android R&D
Develops receivers with complex features Installation of Apps on a limited basis Android system requires higher quality components that results in higher costs Android is well-suited for private users but only limited for cable network operators
Jiuzhous Android Department

Jiuzhous company headquarters in
Shenzhens High Tech Park. Here youll find 15 receiver developers that are working exclusively on the Android operating system.
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QingZhang Lin is
SAT-LINKs General Manager
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2. Nancy is Business Manager and is always on the telephone taking orders from customers from all over the world. When shes not at SAT-LINKs headquarters Quanzhou talking with customers on the phone, shes traveling all over the world visiting them. 1 3. R&D Manager Han Guang Rong is responsible for the function and development of the signal analyzers. He Professional Equipment REPORT 1. Project Manager GuiHuang Huang checks the function of SAT-LINKs devices presents SAT-LINKs high-end success with oscilloscopes and other professional model. This analyzer is available in various test equipment. versions and will shortly also be available
as a combo unit with DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 as well as a very fast spectrum display.
COMPANY REPORT
Digital Meter Manufacturer SAT-LINK, Quanzhou, China
Here in this building in Quanzhous High Tech Park youll
find SAT-LINKs headquarters and the signal analyzers final assembly area. The circuit boards and remaining components are assembled in another location in Quanzhou.
Manufacturer Tecsys, Brazil
1. Project Manager GuiHuang Huang presents SAT-LINKs high-end success model. This analyzer is available in various versions and will shortly also be available as a combo unit with DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 as well as a very fast spectrum display.
Tecsys, Brazil - Professional Equipment R Manu CEO

1. Ricardo still has his first analog receiver stored in his shack: its a model from DX Antenna that he used to receive his first TV channel back in 1985. 2. Ricardo even has a bending machine in his workshop that he uses to bend mounts and attachments for dishes. 3. Ricardos homemade device for the reception of circularly polarized C-band signals. 4. In Cosmosats warehouse: Ricardo is very happy with the AZURESHINE dishes that he resells and also uses at his cable operator installations. 5. Also homemade: a Ku-band feedhorn.
With a new SMD line that has been in operation since June 2012, the BraMarcos Jose 156 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 03-04/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com zilian manufacturer Tecsys can further increase their quality and improve their reaction time to incoming orders. Tecsys produces everything themselves. Tecsys was founded in 2000 by three partners who were all involved for many years in the TV reception industry. Today the three founders wear different hats at Tecsys: CEO is Jose Marcos Freire Martins, CCO is Jorge Alberto Ganuza and CTO is Rodolfo Vidal. CEO Jose Marcos Freire Martins explains to us how it all started: Tecsys began as that this analyzer series is very popular a manufacturer of SMATV products. We in Europe. had seven employees and produced, The next class of analyzers are those with smaller displays and non-illuminated keyboards. These analyzers are especially popular in the Middle East. There are also two brand new Satellite Finder product lines: one of these handy models even has a camera input. This is actually in high demand in the Middle East since many people there have installed security cameras. They So Jos dos can use this new signal analyzer to very Campos easily check the function of these cameras. This new satellite signal analyzer with camera input even comes with a 12V output to supply power to the se-
that this analyzer series is very popular in Europe. The next class of analyzers are those with smaller displays and non-illuminated keyboards. These analyzers are especially popular in the Middle East. There are also two brand new Satellite Finder product lines: one of these handy models even has a camera input. This is actually in high demand in the Middle East since many people there have installed security cameras. They can use this new signal analyzer to very devices to all the regions of the world. 3 easily check the function of these cam- All of the signal analyzers also come Professional Equipment Tecsys, Brazil COMPANY REPORT with Manufacturer DVB-S2 tuners and the terrestrial eras. This new satellite signal analyzer with camera input even comes with a versions and combo models come with 12V output to supply power to the se- not only DVB-T/T2 but will soon also be
With a new SMD line that has been in operation since June 2012, theFive Brayears later has Marcos grown to 30 R&D Jose it zilian manufacturer Tecsys can further engineers and Freire 250 production Martins employavailable with ATSC (for North Ameri curity camera. is one of the increase their quality and improveees. their founders of Tecsys and then in Tecthe following year And as if that werent enough, SATSAT-LINKs headquarters reaction time toca) incoming orders. and is CEO with ofare thelocated in Quanzhous High Tech Park company ISDB-TB for the South American mar - in the LINK also offers a simple Satellite Finder everything sys produces themselves. Fujian province in southeastern China Tecsys was founded in 2000in by three ket. Were the process of expanding with a display that only shows reception directly across from Taiwan. The propartners who all involved for Americas, reveals our activities in the parameters and therefore can be of - were duction facilities with the latest SMT many years in the TV reception indusmachines are in the Luojiang QingZhang Lin, and suburb fered very inexpensively. This instru- General Manager try. Today the three founders wear difnortheast of the seven-million-inhabitwe will also have a greater presence at ment is, for example, very ferent well-suited hats at Tecsys: CEO is Jose Marant city of Quanzhou. trade in that area. for South America, Business Manager cos Freire Martins, CCOshows is Jorge Alberto Since SAT-LINK only exports their products, we first wanted to was know where Ganuza and CTO is Rodolfo Vidal. CEO While SAT-LINK in their year Nancy tells us. they all go. General Manager QingZhang Marcos Martins to only able explains to sell about 10,000 pieces, And with that, SAT-LINK Jose covers the Freire Lin lists us how it all started: Tecsys began as for us all the different regions: those production numfour most important functions and pric- five years later60% a manufacturer of SMATV products. We of our production is shipped to quintupled. And its East, ing levels and can therefore offer these bers have nearly Europe, 20% travels to the Middle had seven employees and produced,
Only five years on the market
Focusing on the signal analyzer product group
Offers signal analyzers in four function classes and four price classes Optimizes signal analyzers for every region
Brand new: combo analyzers for DVB-S2 and T2 with fast spectrum display
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from customersManufacturer from all over the world. Brazil Professional Equipment Tecsys, COMPANY REPORT the largest display and an illuminated When shes not at SAT-LINKs headquarters Canal 7 and the just-started private TV keyboard. One of the analyzers in this talking with customers on the phone, shes traveling all over the world visiting them. series, the combo SAT-LINK model WS- 9. These four channels channel Canal 3 www.TELE-audiovision.com 03-04/2013 TELE-audiovision International 157 3. R&D Manager Han Guang Rong Freire Martins 6936 for DVB-S and DVB-T, was already is responsible for the function and Tecsys Production were on the INTELSAT V-F13 satellite. is one of the 2. Nancy is Business Manager and is Manager Adilson da Silva development of the signal analyzers. He introduced by us in the 11-12/2012 isholding a circuit board founders of Tecsys always on the telephone taking orders checks the function of SAT-LINKs devices produced by their new I could also and is CEO of the with oscilloscopes and other professional from customers from all over the world. sue. Business Manager Nancy tells us receive the channels on So Jos dos SMD machine. company test equipment. When shes not at SAT-LINKs headquarters BRASILSAT A1 and GORIZONT. talking Campos with customers on the phone, shes traveling all over the world visiting them. 154 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 03-04/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com It didnt take long for him to realize Jorge Alberto 3. R&D Manager Han Guang Rong Ganuza is also is responsible for the function and that his 2.5-meter dish was too small one available with ATSC (for North Americamera. that this analyzer series is very popular curity of the three development of the signal analyzers. He ca) andand then in the following year with And as if that werent enough, SAT-founders in Europe. checks the function of SAT-LINKs devices is for the C-band and in 1987 he was able with oscilloscopes and professional ISDB-TB for the South American marThe other next class of analyzers are those LINK also offers a simple Satellite FinderCCO test equipment. with smaller displays and non-illuminat- with a display that only shows reception ket. Were in the process of expanding
goes to North America and especially their10% brand new combo mod - the rest are shipped to the remaining regions. el for DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 that promSAT-LINK has expanded its product those first TV channels were: It was ises to be quiterange a success so that for four SAT-LINK. different classes are the cable The top-end and thus TV mostchannel VCC and its comSince many of covered. the countries in Europe expensive signal analyzer comes with petitor CV. It was also the state-run and Africa are quickly switching over to
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This work was previously outsourced to another company but by installing their own production line, Tecsys is now not only much more flexible when it comes to the customers requirements, but they can also react more quickly to changes in their own products. The entire production operation at Tecsys is
CCO moving into a much larger building.
available with ATSC (for North curity camera. lite Finder productAmeri lines:- one of these for South America, Business Manager trade shows in that area. ayear TV broadcaster. He soon realized that the following with And as if that werent enough, SAT- ca) and then in handy While SAT-LINK in their first year was models even has a camera input. Nancy tells us. And with and that, SAT-LINK covers the only able to sell about 10,000 pieces, This is actually in high demand in the South American mar LINK also offers a simple Satellite Finder ISDB-TB for the his fellow technicians engineers Middle Eastof since many people there four most important functions and pric- five years later those production numfor only example, ends. The company ket. Were in the process expanding with a display that shows head reception were quite familiar with the theory but installed security cameras. They ing levels and can therefore offer these bers have nearly quintupled. And its grew very quickly. Today have 97 activities in have the Americas, reveals parameters and therefore can be of - ourwe devices to all the regions of the world. especially their brand new combo modcan use this new signal analyzer verythat didnt havetoall much practical exGeneral Manager Lin, and fered very inexpensively. instru - of employeesThis of which 28 them are en- QingZhang easily check the function of these cam- All of the signal analyzers also come el for DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 that promat with reception. Ricardo on the ment is, for example, very well-suited we will also have a greater presence perience gineers. eras. This new satellite signal analyzer with DVB-S2 tuners and the terrestrial ises to be quite a success for SAT-LINK. trade shows in that for South America, Business Manager Tecsys produces everything that can andtesting combo models come with Since many of the countries in Europe with area. camera input even hand comes with a versions other was always dishes While SAT-LINK in output their first year was Nancy tells us. be found in head ends, from to supply power to the se- not only DVB-T/T2 but will soon also be and Africa are quickly switching over to IRDs (the 12V and LNBs and knew exactly what size pieces, And with that, SAT-LINK covers the only able to sell about 10,000 companys success product) to modulathose production num - Thewhat four most important functions and pric- five years later 156 dish and type LNB was needed TELE-audiovision International Worlds Largest Digital TV of Trade Magazine 03-04/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com tors and decoders. Tecsys ships primaring levels and can therefore offer these bers have nearly quintupled. And its to receive a particular satellite. ily to the domestic Brazilian market; devices to all the regions of the world. especially their brand new combo modmany of the larger organizations After for DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 that prom- installing satellite systems in All of the signal analyzers also comeTV el utilize Tecsys products. ises Business is soa success for SAT-LINK. to be quite with DVB-S2 tuners and the terrestrial his free time for years, he finally deAlberto Jorge good models that, according CCO Jorge Al-the countries in Europe Ganuza is also many of versions and combo come withto Since one of the three is planning on berto Tecsys not only DVB-T/T2 but Ganuza, will soon also be founders and is and Africa are quickly switching over to
ed keyboards. These analyzers are especially popular in the Middle East. There are also two brand new Satel-
to acquire a 3.4-meter antenna. The foland therefore can be oflowing year 1988parameters he began working for fered very inexpensively. This instrument is, for very well-suited a living and started as aexample, technician at
The New Tecsys Jorge Alberto Adilson da SMDGanuza Silva Line In-house development department
our activities in the Americas, reveals General Manager QingZhang Lin, and we will also have a greater presence at
COO
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COMPANY REPORT Professional Equipment Manufacturer Tecsys, Brazil
Tecsys Production
Manager Adilson da Silva holding a circuit board produced by their new SMD machine.
SMD Line
Very good operational organization Concentration on professional satellite reception products In-house development department IRD is their success product
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COMPANY REPORT Installer and Dish Manufacturer Cosmosat, Argentina
British Signal Analyzer Manufacturer with Ricardo Numerous New Learned everything about satellite reception on his own Products Installs head end stations for cable operators as well as community
systems
for example, head ends. The company grew very quickly. Today we have 97 employees of which 28 of them are engineers. Tecsys produces everything that can be found in head ends, from IRDs (the companys success product) to modulators and decoders. Tecsys ships primarily to the domestic Brazilian market; many of the larger TV organizations utilize Tecsys products. Business is so good that, according to CCO Jorge Alberto Ganuza, Tecsys is planning on moving into a much larger building. A highlight at Tecsys is their SMD line. This work was previously outsourced to another company but by installing their own production line, Tecsys is now not only much more flexible when it comes to the customers requirements, but they can also react more quickly to Paul Pickering founded the signal changes in their own products. The entire production operation at Tecsys is analyzer manufacturer Horizon back in
Owner
Very good operational organization Concentration on professional satellite reception products In-house development department IRD is their success product
El Loco Ricardo and His Company Cosmosat

El Loco Ricardo in front

of his 3.4-meter double reflector antenna.
Harlow
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Learned everything about satellite reception on his own Installs head end stations for cable operators as well as community systems Planning his own dish production Turned his hobby into his career
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Numerous new products for new DVB sectors s team. Monica Wang can Exports to every country as an OEM and under their own name ue of TELE-audiovision s the point of reference Focusing expansion to emerging countries such as South Africa and in inquiries.
Horizon in 2001 and with enormous foresight has expanded Horizons market niche: that would be very reliable and also easy-to-use signal analyzers for daily use by installers.
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2001. In 2011 the company celebrated its 10-year anniversary and could be proud of the 125,000 satellite signal analyzers that they had sold thus far see TELE-audiovision issue 10-11/2011.
For the end of 2012 he is able to add another surprising figure: By then well have sold 160,000 analyzers in every DVB sector. Horizon started as a manufacturer of satellite signal analyzers but over the past several years theyve expanded into other sectors
that now cover every other DVB frequency range.
Planning his own dish production Turned his hobby into his career www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-audiovision-1301/eng/horizon.pdf Technical Manager Rob Horizon on Sydee the Way Up
COMPANY REPORT Digital TV Meter Manufacturer, UK
Nine Horizon employees are
currently working in the Allen House in Harlows business district. Production is actually outsourced to another company in England.
Paul Hardcastle, who has been with Horizon for seven years and is now their Technical Director, explains to us more about their product palette. We
CEO Paul Pickering
Technical Director Paul Hardcastle
Numerous new products for new DVB sectors
Exports to every country as an OEM and under their own name Focusing expansion to emerging countries such as South Africa and in South America Specializes in easy to use analyzers for installers
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South America Specializes in easy to use analyzers for installers
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Conceives their Digital TV Retailer own USATel, HDMI Sao Paulo, products Brazil COMPANY REPORT any, but also for selling it is a rewarding expeEverything has a beginning; even TV mall snowball becoming reception, that for us today is a part of life, had a starting point. For England the market.
Over 70 Years e that General ManagConquers the new HDMI distribution niche with their specialized es not only relyproducts on the of TV Antenna Experience when creating and ex Stefaan Cornelis with
one of SATSONs super products: a splitter that distributes HDMI signals to up to eight Ethernet cables.
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HDMI Distributor SATSON, Belgium
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Stefaan Cornelis with
one of SATSONs super products: a splitter that distributes HDMI signals to up to eight Ethernet cables.
1. Paul Hardcastle is Technical Director and developer of many of Horizons new analyzers. Hes been the technical heart of Horizon for seven years now. 2. Trevor Salter is Horizons Service Manager and is primarily responsible for repairs and quality issues, as well as assisting customers with technical Stefaan Cornelis with Debey is happy: he Didier questions. one of SATSONs super conceived one of SATSONs products: a splitter that success products the Dual distributes HDMI signals to Viewer DSB-0200, a product 3. Technical Manager is Rob Sydee. up to eight Ethernet cables. for digital signage. Long-time readers will recognize TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 01-02/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com him: he made it to the front cover Didier Debey is happy: he of TELE-audiovision back in the conceived one of SATSONs success products the Dual 12-01/2007 issue. Hes holding here Viewer DSB-0200, a product for digital signage. one of Horizons success models the yellow color reveals that its a satellite signal analyzer. He says, All of our terrestrial DVB-T and DVB-T2 signal analyzers come in red housings, combo units come is green and DVB-C analyzers come in blue. The HD-TC8 (for tooway Turbo Internet-viasatelliteservices) is in a grey case. 4. Ivan Valbuena is the Senior Hardware Engineer. He checks the mechanical components of Horizons analyzers and does a lot of the new hardware design, working with Paul Hardcastle on new products.
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Manu azilians Come R Distr Managing Trevor Paintain is Antiferences So Paulo re to Buy R Whol Director. He is seen here holding the current 84-page product catalog in his right hand filled with all of their TV reception and Shop eir DigitalR TV TV distribution products. In his left hand hes holding one of Antiferences success stories: the Tribeam UHF antenna. Serv oducts Online
These first TV broadcasts were transmitted from Alexandra Palace in London (The site is still in operation today and is now used for DVB-T2 and DAB+). workshop can be sensaseen in Jose Manuel Pereira is USATels At the Manager. time, it The was an absolute the background tion and raised the curiosity levels of two electronics technicians: Norman Best and M. S. Beebe. They recognized the unbelievable potential of this new technology and thereby found their market niche that they never changed after they founded their company in Digital TV Retailer USATel, Sao Paulo, Brazil Y REPORT 1937. They named the company Antiference, and this name was based on the main problem that existed back then: the interference that was created
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1. Paul Hardcastle is Technical Director and developer of many of Horizons new analyzers. Hes been the technical heart of Horizon for seven years now. 2. Trevor Salter is Horizons Service Manager and is primarily responsible for repairs and quality issues, as well as assisting customers with technical questions. 3. Technical Manager is Rob Sydee. Long-time readers will recognize him: he made it to the front cover of TELE-audiovision back in the 12-01/2007 issue. Hes holding here one of Horizons success models the yellow color reveals that its a satellite signal analyzer. He says, All of our terrestrial DVB-T and DVB-T2 signal analyzers come in red housings, combo units come is green and DVB-C analyzers come in blue. The HD-TC8 (for tooway Turbo Internet-viasatelliteservices) is in a grey case. 4. Ivan Valbuena is the Senior Hardware Engineer. He checks the mechanical components of Horizons analyzers and does a lot of the new hardware design, working with Paul Hardcastle on new products.
Didier Debey is happy: he
conceived one of SATSONs success products the Dual Viewer DSB-0200, a product for digital signage.
The HDMI Professionals from SATSON

Conquers the new HDMI distribution niche with their specialized products Conceives their own HDMI products Distribution of HDTV signals in private homes with HDMI Extenders Compatible with coaxial cable as well as with Ethernet cables
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Distribution of HDTV signals in private homes with HDMI Extenders Compatible with coaxial cable as well as with Ethernet cables
Conceives their own HDMI products easy to use device for DVB-C, the Nano other the Asian countries. ada, India and other Asian countries. easy to use device for DVB-C, the Nano namely the HD-T2 series. But Horizon ada, India and namely HD-T2 series. But Horizon that was in 1936 when the first regular antenna systems. Not long after that rod manufacturing company was acCable, which DVB-C should is become available popular in the cable net- and very popular in the cable net- Cable, which should become available doesnt only have DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 DVB-C is very doesnt only have DVB-S2 DVB-T2 Distribution of HDTV signals in private homes with HDMI he expanded his activities include quired. This company was located in Extenders the first quarter of 2013. The Nano the first quarter of 2013. The Nano there products; and for the installers in in works there and for the installers in in to products; they are currently prepar- works they are currently preparTV transmissions began. Broadcasting Cable is Horizons solution for those Cable is busiHorizons solution for those regions ing Horizon now has the right thosean regions Horizon now has the right ing for the introduction of DVB-C signal those for introduction of DVB-C signal Compatible with coaxial cable as well as with Ethernet Conquers the new HDMI distribution niche with their antenna installation wholesale Lichfield, a the half hour train ride north took place on VHF channel 1 (50 MHz) cables So Paulo specialized products of Birmingham in Englands Midland. In ness. Today his company Bitek operand a system with 405 lines was used. 184 TELE-audiovision 184 International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine TELE-audiovision 01-02/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 01-02/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com www.TELE-audiovision.com 01-02/2013 TELE-audiovision International www.TELE-audiovision.com 185 01-02/2013 TELE-audiovision International 185 Conceives their own HDMI products www.TELE-audiovision.com 07-08/2013 TELE-audiovision International 1998 the entire company moved to this ates five branch offices all across AusToday SD uses 720 lines and HD 1080 Distribution of HDTV signals in private homes with HDMI location and it can still be found there tralia. In 2007 Kaz Bialecki started his Extenders lines. today. Antiferences Managing Director own manufacturing: In Guangzhou,
signal analyzer for them.That would be the HD-CM+ analyzers: would behave the HD-CM+ started DVB-T a few years ago started with DVB-T a few years ago analyzers: ownerwith of the company, also comes from That Syria. We sales of about Conquers the new HDMI distribution niche with their model for which we see the primary and since May 2012 weve also year, been he and since May 2012 weve also 100,000 US dollars every reveals to us after taking a look atbeen his model for which we see the primary specialized products Were also developing an in extremely in South America, Can- for DVB-T2 to be South America, Canoffering signal analyzers for DVB-T2 markets to be offering signal analyzers markets books.
The companys Financial Manager is Allam Almughrabi, who, just like the
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COMPANY REPORT Antenna and HDMI Manufacturer, UK
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75 Years of TV Antennas from Antiference

Antiferences administration
building in the Fradley Distribution Park in Lichfield near Birmingham, UK. Theres also a logistics center in Lichfield.
Compatible with coaxial cable as well as with Ethernet is cables
Arnold Boeijen
Manufacturing TV antennas since 1937 Provides all the components needed for TV reception Expanding into HDMI distribution, as well as wireless solutions 9
Trevor Paintain; hes been with Antiference for 15 years now. He tells us 191 who the current owners of Antiference are: Since May of 2011 Antiference has been owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bialecki from Australia. How did someone from Australia end up buying a British company? It turns out that this was a very logical development. In the 1990s Kaz Bialecki started a company in Australia that installed
China, 150 employees produce antennas and accessories, that is, things like LCD holders, antenna mounts, antenna outlets and other installation material. Now the connection is beginning to make sense. Bitek is one of the largest antenna distributors in Australia and an antenna manufacturer in China while Antiference is one of the largest antenna manufacturers and distributors in Great Britain. For Kaz Bialecki
Manufacturing TV antennas since 1937 Provides all the components needed for TV reception Expanding into HDMI distribution, as well as wireless solutions Expanding distribution network to the European market Offers their own products as OEM and private label
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USATel, Brazil - Distributor
Arnold Boeijen is Antiferences
distribute Antiferences products in the The companys Financial Manager is Allam Almughrabi, who, just like
Europe. He can be directly reached by owner of the company, also comes from Syria. We have sales of about 100,000 US dollars every year, he reveals to us after taking a look at his e-mail at Arnold@antiference.co.uk books.
l Pereira is USATels Manager. The workshop can be seen in nd
Imports all of its products from China Optimized assortment for digital TV needs
Lichfield (Birmingham)
6. A DS6300 is readied CFOfor quality assurance. by those antennas that were not perAdjustment fectly matched to the frequency.7. The antennas from Antiference were the of a DS2500 solution to that problem; they reduced Jose Manuel Allam meter. interference. Final inspecPereira In 1938 their young company8. Almughrabin betion came a limited liability company in the of an S7000 meter. London Company Register and the two Sells and ships young owners hired their first employDebugging ees. Back then TV antennas were9. considered real high-tech products meters and in Brazil of the Expanding into the number of customers they had was S30 series. This very small. It all really began to take production off in the 1950s when TVs became affordable and the demand for antennas worker checks skyrocketed. The company, that up unall functions til then had its headquarters in central of the device London, moved to the outskirts of the city and manufactured TV antennas before its final with nearly 250 employees. That initial release. boom slowly faded but then in 1964
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European Export Manager and the first contact for dealers that want to
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COMPANY REPORT Digital TV Retailer USATel, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Behind this unremarkable wall of a small
Villa can be found online shop USATels headquarters in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Administration can be found in the right side of the building; the warehouse can be seen in the background.
The spirit of the
Imports all of its products from China
company is secretary and receptionist Letica Lacender
USATel in Sao Paulo

Optimized assortment for digital TV needs in Brazil Sells and ships almost exclusively to end users Expanding into new business segments such as WLAN and IPTV
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almost exclusively to end users new business segments such as WLAN and IPTV
BBC started their second channel in the The spirit of the UHF band. That meant a renewed decompany is secretary mand, this time for UHF antennas. and receptionist
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Many of Antiferences success

products are on display in their showroom including HDMI components, TV amplifiers as well as cable head ends.
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Original Equipment Manufacturer Topsignal, China
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Enormous Numbers
With a yearly production of five million satellite dishes and even more LNBs, Topsignal is one of the largest manufactures of these products. The company actually started in a completely different product segment: actuators and motors for satellite dishes. Its an unusual development that we had a look at in the small city of Ninghai. Ninghai is located near Ningbo which itself is a three-hour train ride south of Shanghai. Zongbao King founded the company
Actively Involved in Satellite Business for 33 Years
DMS International, USA - Distributor

in then antenna motors for satellite dishes were in demand and Zongbao King built a production facility for these motors. Unfortunately, today theres not much demand for these motors anymore, explains Sales Manager James You to us. Order quantities have steadily decreased, but we can still handle any kind of order since our storeroom is still fully stocked. Two other product groups are todays sales giants at Topsignal: In 2008 we
There arent too many companies heed and Marietta northwest that have hung around for decades and of Atlanta, Georgia, USA, we at the same time are still in the same found Tim Heinrichs and his business segment. DMS International, wife Vicky, the President of which has been in existence since the the company. We wanted to very early days of TV reception via know how DMS International satellite, belongs to that group. Tim became what it is today. Heinrichs is Founder and CEO of satelTim Heinrichs has been a DXer lite wholesaler DMS International and if youve been in the same business for so for a long time: he was excited about long, theres absolutely no doubt that CB communications when it first started and all that could be done with it. you are a real enthusiast. In the small Ninghai back in the year 2003. Back town of Acworth, not too far from Lock- It allowed people for the first time to
Acworth, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ninghai (Ningbo)
CEO
monthly and even more LNBs. Tim duced Vicky The reason these production numbers are almost the same is simply that the Heinrichs Heinrichs dishes and LNBs are sold in sets. A
communicate wirelessly with each other without too much in the form of technical requirements. Oh really? In 1968 Tim erected a tower 25 meters high for his CB antenna. He used it to listen in when railroad employees talked to each other, when construction companies passed on work orders to their builders, when truck drivers warned others of radar traps on the highways and whenthe started manufacturing satellite dish police would coordinate road blocks with es and in 2011 we started But producing their headquarters. Tim was especially fascinated the phenomenon LNBs. The quantities are with huge: nearly of skip transmissions: under certain a half million satellite dishes proweather conditions CB are radio transmis-
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COMPANY REPORT Satellite Wholesaler and Meter Manufacturer DMS, USA
1. Chaofeng Ge is General Manager. He coordinates production and is always on the phone coordinating production with customer orders. 2. James You is Sales Manager and counts on the help of the Lion in front of the entrance to Topsignals building.
Always working enthusiastically on new products Special focus on signal analyzers for the semiprofessional
sions in the 27 MHz range would skip off the ionosphere or troposphere allowing for two-way communications over extremely long distances. Back then I collected QSL cards from my contacts and managed to collect nearly 1000 of those cards.
Always working enthusiastically on new products Special focus on signal analyzers for the semi-professional Enormous growth of the international market outside of North AmerR Manu Distr Whol Shop Serv
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COMPANY REPORT Digital TV Website DVBCN.com, China
2 Chairman
Topsignals Founder and 1 Chairman ofthe Board DMS Internationals Tim Heinrichs, CEO, in his office in Acworth, Zongbao King Georgia, northwest of Atlanta. Hes
testing an FS2 signal analyzer beta model.
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customer orders. outside of China to search for employ2.vice James You is Sales and counts ees and also, versa, to make it Manager eason the help of specialists the Lion into front of the ier for Chinese digital TV entrance to Topsignals building. find a job with a foreign company.
But that was still not enough for Anna - in 2011 she founded yet another business segment in her own company: Digital Technology Ltd. develops digital TV software. This segment immediately caught on; this is the company with the additional 13 employees we had mentioned earlier, although theyre not located in Shanghai. 10 engineers work in an office in Hangzhou plus one additional engineer each in Shenzhen, Chengdu and Beijing.
Tim also worked for the railroad in Nebraska and when word got around among his friends and coworkers that he liked to tinker with radios in his free time, they began bringing him defective radios, TVs and CBs. At first it was tedious, but later on it became routine for him to repair these devices. Even the police came to me to repair their radios. Tim was becoming more and more experienced in radio technology. In 1979 he read an article in a technical magazine about satellite reception. This new technology was irresistible to Tim; he simply had to have it. He spent a lot of money on his first three-meter dish. Back then the dish antennas were
1. Vicky Heinrichs is the President of DMS International and runs the administrative side of the company. 2. Ivy Bliss is the receptionist and takes www.51dtv.com care of DMS Internationals website (www.dmsiusa.com). If you call the company, Ivy is your first contact. 3. Tina Ryan handles the accounting
quite heavy; they were made of fiberglass with metal braces and weighed 400 pounds. Tim still remembers today what an experience it was to be able to receive a TV picture with his new dish. It was an absolute sensation to be able to receive a signal from space from so Americas Busiest Satellite Enthusiast far away.
Enormous growth of the international market outside of North America Innovative expansion of signal analyzer models for 2012
President of the company.

DMS International could be found here
in the Northpoint Business Park with its two buildings and attached warehouse.
Then came the turning point in Tim Heinrichs evening job: a farmer bought that dish from him. Thats when it all started, next I bought two new dishes. That was in 1980 and it was at this point that Tim Heinrichs recognized that there was a new business brewing. He sold and installed these dish antennas at a faster and faster rate. The breakthrough came in 1982: I invested $40,000 and bought my first truckload of dishes - it was 500 three-meter antennas. Tim Heinrichs young company became a satellite wholesaler.
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In 1991 another big decision had to be made: the market in Nebraska was covered so in order to better expand his business the decision was made to move his company to Atlanta, Georgia. DMS International can still be found there today. Transportation costs are cheaper here, rationalizes Tim regarding this decision and then grins as he adds, Besides, the weather is much better here. Sure enough, the company experienced quite a boom in business. Vicky provides us with a few sales figures: In 1991 DMS managed sales of roughly $2.0 million. The companys best year was 2008: Back then we had sales of $12 million. Sales have pulled back a little bit since then although in 2009 they were still at about $9.0 million.
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OEM delivering exclusively to Wholesalers Specializes in large production quantities Produces millions of satellite dishes and LNBs
Its not easy to find women in leading positions in the digital TV business and its even rarer for women to actually start a company in this business. But thats exactly what Anna Xie did: she started a website from nothing and in just 10 years built it up into Chinas largest site for digital TV. Its an exciting story that we wanted to hear about directly from her. DVBCNs offices can be found in Shanghais Minhang District. Anna rented expansive office space on the fifth floor of a modern office building. 10 employees work there although DVBCN has an additional 13 employees. But more on that later. First we wanted to know how Anna managed to turn her website into Chinas largest site for digital TV. Anna studied at the university in Shanghai. I studied TV and radio journalism. That was in 2001. And she was still a brand new student when she started her website DVBCN in 2002 (www. dvbcn.com). At first it was just a forum to discuss technical information. As you can tell by the websites name, her forum dealt back then primarily with the new DVB technology. We made available for download all documents, She explains to us: I come from Wenzhou in the Zhejiang Province. This province is located south of Shanghai;
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ed into Chinese by her fellow students. Anna had managed to find a powerful market gap; anyone in China who was involved with receiver production or development of digital receiver software could view and download all the necessary documents from Anna. By 2004 we already had 80,000 registered users, remembers Anna about the quickly growing popularity of her website. We also offered the source codes for DVB applications and DVB analyzer information. A natural development of her download forum website was the start of a discussion page and not long after that a news page was started. Today DVBCN is the most viewed website in China for anyone that in one form or another is connected with digital TV. Technicians can find not only valuable information for their work on the DVBCN site, but
even those employees in marketing use DVBCN for up to date information on digital TV trade shows and exhibitions. Today DVBCN has over 200,000 registered users.
1. Chaofeng Ge is General Manager. He coordinates production and is always on the phone coordinating production with
www.dvbcn.com
But Anna was not satisfied with one website. The main site is just a base website, she explains, but two other business segments are above all financially successful. Since so many professional digital technical users have come together on DVBCN, it was actually quite easy to provide them and digital TV firms a platform where workers could find new jobs and digital TV companies could find new employees: In 2005 Anna started her new website www.51dtv. com that resembles a recruiting company; the number 51 is Chinese for I need.
James You
At first I worked both jobs; my regular job at the railroad and at nights and weekends at my own company DMS International. That only worked for a few months: he had to make a decision and naturally he chose his own company. My wife Vicky worked along side me from the beginning; at first she took care of the books and now shes the
COMPANY REPORT Original Equipment Manufacturer Topsignal, China
OEM delivering exclusively to Wholesalers Specializes in large production quantities
Millions From Topsignal
Produces millions of satellite dishes and LNBs Majority of shipments go to South America
Expanding product palette to include high-quality LNBs and VSAT
For many years DMS International was a small company with very few employees: It was Vicky and Tim along with one or two warehouse and administrative employees. Today we have 10 employees with a warehouse that is 14,000 Sq-ft in size. Up until recently DMS International was mainly focused on the North American market, that is, the USA, Canada and Mexico, explains Tim. As recently as 2009/2010
Topsignals production plant in Ninghai, China.
The administration building is to the left and two of the four production buildings are to the right. Satellite dishes and LNBs are manufactured here in large quantities.
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COMPANY REPORT Digital TV Website DVBCN.com, China
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DVBCN, China - Internet News and Job Forum

Owner Anna Xie
2 Ho oversees the Victor
news and test reports on DVBCN. He is DVBCNs Chief Editor.
At the moment www.51dtv.com is only available in Chinese but Anna is in the process of creating an English version that would make it easier for companies
What are these engineers doing at these locations? We are primarily working on the DLNAOTT technology, that is, the integration of mobile telephone, laptop and TV under the term Multi Screen Interaction. This means that what you see on a display screen, for example, on a mobile telephone screen, can be
Anna Xie is founder and owner of DVBCN,

the largest website for digital TV in China (www.dvbcn.com). Recently DVBCN began cooperating with TELE-satellite. The first DVBCN ad appeared in the TELE-satellite issue that Anna is holding in her hand.
Chief Editor Victor Ho
Known by every digital TV company in China Provides all information regarding digital TV Expanding in the areas of recruitment and software development Focusing in future technologies such as OTT and IPTV Working on international expansion
Largest Digital TV Website in China: DVBCN.com

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In the office building
to the left in Shanghais Minhang district can be found DVBCNs leased offices on the fifth floor.
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Known by every digital TV company in China Provides all information regarding digital TV USA Expanding in the areas of recruitment and software development
COMPANY REPORT Professional Dish Manufacturer SVEC, China
Focusing in future technologies such as OTT and IPTV Working on international expansion
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SVEC, China - Satellite Dishes

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COMPANY REPORT
Professional Dish Manufacturer SVEC, China
COMPANY REPORT
Wholesaler Hypex, UK
Success with Large investment in Quality range of Assurance Expanding VSAT and Ka-Band production products
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Wang Duo
3. Some of the R&D engineers. A total of 10 engineers work here. 4. 4 View of the four production buildings as seen from the administration building
SVECs Quality 215 Offensive

A large dish highlights the location
of SVECs administration building in Chengdu in China's Sichuan province. The manufacturing facilities can be found directly behind the administration building.
Large investment in Quality Assurance Expanding VSAT and Ka-Band production Opening a new fully automatic satellite dish production line Focusing on top-of-the-line Quality dishes
Becky
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TSReader, USA - AnalyzerSVEC Software
Wrote one of the most successful stream reader programs Developed a technical solution to archive TV channels for Internet Archive Manu R Distr Whol Shop Serv
The Man Behind TSReader:
Rod Hewitt
Wrote one of the most successful stream reader programs Developed a technical solution to archive TV channels for Internet Archive Working on IPTV application programs
Software Programmierer Rod Hewitt, USA Not many digital TV product dealers among other things DX Sichuan SVEC CEO Wang Duo amateur can boast over 30 years success in the Communications 1. Kahlo, named herself after the painter Frieda Kahlo, handles the SVEC advertisement in TELE-satellite. Relatives business (in 2012 it will be 33 years). radio 2.receivers. Becky runs the SVEC sales team with 15 employees 3. Milton and his team take care of SVEC customers in South America his and family came later One of the few wholesalers that fall into from North 4. Betty Lee runs the sales team for India and Africa started working his this category is the company Hypex in on and 5. A look into the SVEC sales teamfor offices. To the left is Belinda, responsible for The Far East and to the right is and Nina, responsible for The Middle East. so Hypex became London. We paid a visit to them just company before they moved into their new ware- stronger and stronger over the years. Just a192 few years ago the company behouse. TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 06-07-08/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com already reported on SVEC back in SVEC (Sichuan Video Equipment dishes with diameters of 2.4 meters. Great Britain. Hypex customcame a limited liability corporation and outside ofWe Company) has been manufacturing sa- Lately SVEC is concentrating on expan- TELE-satellite 02-03/2010 issue. Even then we as already how ding name their professional antenna tellite now antennas of all sizes since 1993. the can back be found farmentioned away as Malayoperates under Hypex,VSATers Hypex was founded in 1979 by Shyv Production quantities are enormous: business. We also offer Ka-Band di- SVEC was becoming active in VSAT and sia. Neal explains how itSVEC came to that: Sood. He is an electrical engineer and the Ka-Band. Since then has inwe learn SVEC Ltd. manufactures several million shes for Internet-via satellite, dishes each month. The most popu- from Becky, Manager of the Internatio- vested enormously to not only guaranOver those many years our company recognized back then the need for comlar dish types are 60 and 75cm off- nal Sales Team. And, really, thats the tee production quality but also to raise to new levels; levels that areestabwe came to pay has a visit to the quality set antennas. Next in are 1.2 wholesaler and reason why become very well-known and Hypex is line a pure and does mercial receivers and other broadcast1.5-meter diameter dishes. But SVEC SVEC: professional products require unheard of for a manufacturer that proaside that many Asian not sell tolarge end segmented users. Managing Director lished and ing equipment. duces millions from of dishes every month. professional production. also manufactures Neal tells us more: We ship to roughly companies have their own branch office 186 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 06-07-08/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com As a one-man operation he sold 600 active dealers of which 15% are in Great Britain. For those its much sim-
Sales TeamOwner
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Software Programmierer Rod Hewitt, USA
High Investment Rod in Product Quality

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Wrote one of the most successful stream reader programs Developed a technical solution to archive TV channels for Internet Archive Working on IPTV application programs Planning on a program for OCR recognition of BBCs EPG data
Rod Hewitt enjoys reading TELE-
satellite magazine. The picture of the Eiffel Tower in his living room highlights the fact the he can speak French fluently and loves the French way of life.
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COMPANY REPORT Wholesaler Hypex, UK
Hypex, UK - Distributor
Planning on a program for OCR recognition of BBCs EPG data
Neal is Managing Director for Hypex and personally

Rod Hewitt enjoys reading TELEsatellite magazine. The picture of the Eiffel Tower in his living room highlights the fact the he can speak French fluently and loves the French way of life.
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Professional products from a professional dealer
Ships large dishes to Great Britain and Europe Offers successful product lines from ICECRYPT and GLOBALINVACOM Low prices thanks to minimal overhead costs Consistent sales despite pricing pressure
An image from the old
Neal
days: Hypex resided here up until recently. Now the company moved into a 6000 square foot warehouse only about a mile from here in Wembley in western London.
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Ships large dishes to Great Britain and Europe Offers successful product lines from ICECRYPT and GLOBALINVACOM
Low prices thanks to minimal overhead costs Consistent sales despite pricing pressure
Ricks Satellite, USA - Distributor
Owner Rick Caylor
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COMPANY REPORT Satellite Dealer Ricks Satellite, Kansas City, USA
celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012
Bobbie & Rick
distributes AZBox's receivers in North America is an enthusiastic satellite feedhunter
sees a good future for the FTA market in North America
Rick Caylor
A typical residential home in the USA. Looking from the street there
are no satellite dishes to be seen and theres also no company sign to suggest that theres a successful online satellite shop hidden inside. A knock on the door reveals Bobbie and Rick along with Ricks Satellite which can be found in the Internet at www.rickssatelliteusa.com.
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COMPANY REPORT Satellite Forum Operator Scott Greczkowski, USA
StelliteGuys, USA - Internet Forum
Owner Scott Greczkowski
Scott's SatelliteGuys
Provides assistance with technical satellite reception questions Founded by Scott as a non-profit forum All advertising income is reinvested in better technology New is the use of the forums through Customer Service employees of digital TV companies
Scott Gerczkowskis home in
Newington outside of Hartford, Connecticut in the USA. Scott operates his satellite forum SatelliteGuys.us from here. On the street side he has two motorized dishes installed; four smaller fixed dishes are mounted on the wall. To the left is a multifocus dish with five LNBs for DirecTV, in the middle is a dish for the DishNetwork eastern arc pointing to 61.5W, 72.7W and 77W plus another antenna for the DishNetwork western arc at 110W and 119W. All the way to the right is another antenna for 110W. This dish is used for automatic scanning that takes place every hour. It can instantly identify when a new channel appears on DishNetwork and posts this information in the forum thread Uplink Report.
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COMPANY REPORT Receiver Manufacturer Sowell, China
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USAs population. intuitively easy. Then one day coincidence came to hisfirst IPTV project Already operating the Integration of TV reception with transmitters dont have the same range explains to us what all the fuss is IPTV about The young company managed to sell day coincidence came to his transmitters dont have the same range explains to us of what the fuss is aboutare The young company managed to sell aid: his employer, the auto for parts com 3D planned the future 60% all all Sowell receivers already as the old analog transmitters. And so, with GALAXY 19: It is currently the HD 50 receivers in the first year. 10 years ployer, the auto parts comwith GALAXY 19: It is currently the as the old analog transmitters. And so, 50 receivers in the first year. 10 years pany, reorganized and offered Rick a pofor many people living in outlying regions most interesting of all satellites in North later sales have greatly increased: We anized and offered Rick a pofor many people living in outlying regions most interesting of all satellites in North later sales have greatly increased: We sition that didnt appeal to him. Instead, the only solution was to subscribe to a America in terms of FTA. The satellite sold over 1100 receivers in 2011 with didnt appeal to him. Instead, the only solution was to subscribe to a America in terms of FTA. The satellite sold over 1100 receivers in 2011 with he decided to go out on his own. His wife satellite PayTV service. Rick says: The TV market in North America is supplied the AZBox Receivers being the biggest 204 TELE-audiovision International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 09-10/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com to go out on his own. His wife satellite PayTV service. Rick says: The TV market in North America is supplied the AZBox Receivers being the biggest Bobbie supported him and said, You have by two large PayTV providers that each Satellite Pay Services normally require a seller. But receiver sales are only one orted him and said, You have by two large PayTV providers that each Satellite Pay Services normally require a seller. But receiver sales are only one
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Receiver Manufacturer Sowell, China
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A successful couple: Rick and Bobbie together run the satellite shop Ricks Satellite in Blue Springs, Missouri, USA. Its an area with 60,000 inhabitants located eastonline of Kansas City. Its an excellent location: Kansas City likes to be Eagle USA. Its an area withto 60,000 inhabitants locatedits east ofonly Kansas City. Its an excellent location: Kansas City likes to be referred as the heart of America; not the geographical center of the USA, its also the mathematical center of referred to as the heart of America; its not only the geographical center of the USA, its also the mathematical center of USAs population. Chain
Already operating the first IPTV project 3D planned for the future
General Manager
Eagle Chain in Sowells showroom with one of the companys success receivers.
A successful couple: Rick and Bobbie together run the satellite online shop Ricks Satellite in Blue Springs, Missouri,
IPTV
General Manager
Eagle Chain in Sowells showroom with one of the companys success receivers.
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son Wadt is originally from Germany. The company, that has been suc-
first. for It was already ob- a country reason us to pay them visit. at low prices. offering the first cable headends.

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So Paulo Wadt, Brazil - Headends
Neide is the daughter of the
So Paulo
The company founders grandson, Joao Alfredo Wadt Miranda, who today is the companys Technical Director, thinks back to the products that started it all: It was car radios for Ford vehicles that my Grandfather manufactured first. It was already obvious back then what path the company
vious back then what path the company
Wadt had to specialize and focused
Wadts best times were before 1994, remembers the company founders Grandson, Back then we had 200 employees. Those days are over; in 1994 the Brazilian government lifted the high import duties after which HF products came into the country at low prices. Wadt had to specialize and focused
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1205/wadt-brazil.pdf Owner Neide Wadt

Digital TV Manufacturer Jiuzhou, China
companys founder and takes care of Wadts finances. Joao, Neides son and the company founders grandson is headend manufacturer Wadts Technical Director in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Technical Director Joao Wadt

vinced that exports will also pick up: With our new DVB-T2 and DVB-S2 receivers we will increase our market share and the upcoming football world cup will increase ISDB-T sales in South America. Its becoming clear that Panodic is
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Headend Manufacturer Wadt, Brazil
The dish antennas on the roof provide a
clue to what goes on inside this building; it caught the interest of the TELE-satellite editorial staff: the company Eletronica Wadt, which has been involved with reception technology since 1945, resides here.
Distribution Technology from Wadt
Involved in HF for more than 60 years New allocation of cable licenses in Brazil opens up huge opportunities for the company Specialized products for cable headends Only ships domestically
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Involved in HF for more than 60 years Jiuzhous OTT opens up huge opportunities New allocation of cable licenses in Brazil Neide is the daughter Development of the Team for the company companys founder and takes care of
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Shenzhen
not a manufacturer that produces only when there are orders; they are continInternet services and terrestrial/satuously active in further development. ellite TV are constantly merging closer We are cooperating with many industogether. Many current digital receivers already have partners, an Internet connection trial such as, NDS, Conax, but most of the time this connection is SuperNovelTV as well as chip manufaconly used to load new software into the turers ST and Ali. Weve also received receiver or to connect the receiver to a local network. The from total integration of licenses Sisvel DivX and Inview. Internet video and audio content with is still a in provider digital Inview receivers is its infancy.of EPG informaOne of the companies that is inten- additional data tion and Internet-based sively working on this new technology such as IPTV. Thanks to the appearance is Jiuzhou. of more and more hybrid receivers, the Jimmy Zhang is Jiuzhous Marketing integration with the Internet is moving Vice Manager and tells us what its all and for more to the forefront. about: more OTT stands Over-The-Top. It means that viewers can not only see And thats how Panodic managed to their normal TV channels terrestrially, work themselves up into the group of via satellite or cable, they can now use the same device to enjoy video and autop five manufacturers in just a few dio content via the Internet. YouTube years. From the three-man and VUDU, a movie service, are original just a few founding examples according to Jimmy team the company has grown Zhang. The end user doesnt really care to over 1500 employees and theres no how the video and audio makes it to his endas inlong sight. Yu: We are constantTV screen, as heAlan can use one remote control to access everything ly working on designing and developing thats available. higher quality products. This includes, Unfortunately, a weak spot receivers. in the above all, hybrid These are OTT technology is the bandwidth of the receivers are mostly interesting to end users Internet that connection. Video transmissions require a large bandoperators. width. Therefore, right now these OTT The expansion of their product palcompatible digital receivers would really only have markets in that Europe and ette suggests Panodic will continue North America even though there are to climb higher in the ranks of top class many other regions that offer scattered companies. high-speed Internet access. Were focusing on these two markets, confirms Jimmy Zhang, Buying power is the highest there.
The Big Expansion of Panodic

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Jiuzhou, China - Receivers
Receiver Manufacturer Panodic, China
Wadts finances. Joao, Neides son and the company founders grandson is headend manufacturer Wadts Technical Director in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Developes Digital TV receivers optimized for OTT Dedicated OTT development team
Growth Through Quality

Jimmy Zhang is digital TV
Vice Vice GM Marketing Wholesaler and Installer SORTEC, Slovakia Jimmy Shenzhen Richard Zhang
developed in software form, reveals Marketing Vice Manager Jimmy Zhang to us, This means that end users merely have to upload a new software version in order to make their existing digital receivers OTT compatible.
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1203/jiuzhou-ott.pdf
though older digital receivers can be upgraded with OTT, they might not be good enough to truly take advantage of OTT. The chips get faster and faster every day and if you upgrade a digital receiver that has an older chipset with OTT, you might not be able to enjoy these OTT services interference-free.
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The OTT
Digital TV Manufacturer Jiuzhou, China
Over-The-Top by Jiuzhou
Richard is Vice General
Manager and runs the Jiuzhou R&D team with 200 engineers.
Even though it appears that this can all be easily accomplished technically, two things have to be kept in mind: the first has to do with a license since there are many Internet services that have to be paid for. The second is that even
The end result is that it would be far better to upgrade a new digital receiver with OTT services; only then would the menu operation and the speed and capabilities of the built-in chips be optimal for these OTT services. The Jiuzhou development team is working feverishly on the best possible solutions for OTT.
Development Team works on the sixth floor of the Jiuzhou Electric Building in Nanshans Hightech Park in Shenzhen, China.
Developes Digital TV receivers optimized for OTT Dedicated OTT development team Market for OTT in Europe and North America Upgrade of older digital receivers possible with a software upgrade
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Bratislava
Market for OTT in Europe and North America Upgrade of older digital receivers possible with a software upgrade
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The OTT technology is so important to Jiuzhou that they have put together a dedicated development team: There are 20 engineers working in the OTT Team, we learn from Vice General Manager Richard who is responsible for the R&D Team. Our entire R&D Team 1. Huang Wei is one of the founders consists of 200 engineers, clarifies of MICO/Panodic. He takes care of the Vice General Manager Richard, Were orientation working with strategic the Android as well as of production. with the Linux2. operating Xu Haisystems. Bin is Panodics CEO. Hes Department operations Manager Yongjun andZhang can reveal to us: In is in charge of the Application Team 2011 we achieved sales of 70 million consisting of ten engineers. This is USD and in 2012 were expecting an where the functioning of the software increase to 100 million USD. is tested and optimized so that end users wont have any trouble accessing all the different Internet services with their Jiuzhou receiver later on.
Always Active When it Has Multiple quality control points before, during and after production to Do with Concentrating on digital TV products Digital TV Sortec, Slovakia - Distributors
that the exports will proalso pick up: operate five retail stores to vinced becoming 166 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digitaleration TV Trade Magazine 04-05/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com sales figures largest are supported also by an device manufacturer Jiuzhous Marketing Vice Manager and is also responsible for the marketing of their OTT units.
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Satellite Information Website BSD, Brasil
Founder With our new DVB-T2 DVB-S2 Company founder: from which end users can buy fessional installer Slovakia and and at TURBOSAT other in important reason:
www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1203/panodic.pdf not a manufacturer that produces only 1 Founder CEO Marketing when there are orders; they are continOne of the You Zhen Yu. He the and receivers we will one increase our anything market uously active in further development. same time has become the Top Five: receivers are listed of with every large they need for television two other partners share andin the upcoming football worldreception. And if you cant We are cooperating with many indussignal largest wholesalers the country. We receivers Manager chain in Great Britain. Our Panodic founded MICO inwanted to cup will increase ISDB-T sales in South trial in partners, such as, NDS, more shops the east. SORTEC will Conax, visit the stores in person, you can buy know about canmore be found in SORTECs the superstores from 1999 and Panodic in America. SuperNovelTV as well as chip manufacthen have Slovakia nicely covered with from them online. ubo Bezk, Mansuccess story. Their headquarters and electronics TESCO, in the MAPLIN 2003. You Zhen Huang Its located becoming that Panodic is the E-shop, tells us more about turers ST and Ali. you Weve also their satellite stores where can findreceived ager of main shop are in clear the capital shops, in CPC, Dixons, John Lewis, at licenses from Sisvel DivX and Inview. in addition to all the necessary satellite city of Bratislava within sight of a large them: At the moment four of these Play.com and many others. 3 Slova- components, Inview is a provider of also everything forEPG ter-informashopping center in which among other Yu stores can be found in western Wei Xu Hai Bin Alan Yu tion and Internet-based additional data restrial reception. Slovakia is currently things can be found a TESCO hyper- kia with the fifth one in the east. But in
In 20 years a company went from starting off as a small installation opSORTEC is not only an installer and wholesaler; they
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Receiver Manufacturer Panodic, China
Panodics Marketing
Director is Alan Yu. He is a loyal reader of TELE-satellite.
The administration and
R&D teams of OEM/ODM manufacturer Panodic can be found in the futuristic Grentech Building in Shenzhens High Tech Park.
Receptionist Yan
in charge of the companys daily
Jing greets visitors in the lobby
by Luo Shigang
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Sure enough, three receiver modThe best part is that OTT is only being such as IPTV. Thanks to the appearance in the transition phase from analog to 2012 we are planning to open up two els make up nearly 75% of all receivof more and more hybrid receivers, the 1. Pavol Macko is SORTECs General Manager reception, explains erdigital sales: terrestrial For the national market in www.TELE-satellite.com 02-03/2012 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 157 integration with the Internet is moving 4 2. ubo Bezk SORTECs E-shop Manager. ubo Bezk. Great Britain its the T5000 for DVB-T more and more to the forefront. 3. Its always busy in SORTECs satellite store and its brother the T2400 with PVR for where end-users shop. Three sales personnel take And thats how Panodic managed to But these retail stores only make up care of the customers' needs. DVB-T2 as well as the ICECRYPT 3000 work themselves up into the group of about 15% of SORTECs business. The 4. Two of the four SORTEC Sales Managers: for the European market. The latter top five manufacturers in just a few largest portion of our sales comes from Alexander Zhonk (left) and Pavol Luk (right). 3 receiver we already introduced to instalyou years. From the original three-man our wholesale business and our in lation our TELE-satellite 08-09/2011 isfounding team the company has grown work, explains E-shop Manager sue withBezk, a detailed test report. The ubo From our wholesale acto over 1500 employees and theres no 1. Pavol Macko is SORTECs General Manager digital terrestrial reception, explains 4 sight. Alan Yu: We are constant2. ubo Bezk SORTECs E-shop Manager. 158 TELE-satellite International Bezk. The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 02-03/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com 02-03/2012 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine ubo T2400 with a 2.0from terabyte tivityeven 90%comes of sales comes instalend in 3. Its always busy in SORTECs satellite store hard drive! Paddy. Normally, lations and says the remaining 10% comes where end-users shop. Three sales personnel take ly working on designing and developing But these retail stores only make up care of the customers' needs. PANODIC Company Details from our cooperation with large store such high-capacity hard drives cant about 15% of SORTECs business. The higher quality products. This includes, 4. Two of the four SORTEC Sales Managers: largest portion of our sales comes from Alexander Zhonk (left) and Pavol Luk (right). For these hyperchip markets and bechains. connected. A special makes 0............................ 1000 .............................. 2000 above all, hybrid receivers. These are our wholesale business and our instal electronic chains SORTEC delivers it large possible. 0................................ 50 ................. 100 Mio US$ lation work, explains E-shop Manager receivers that are mostly interesting to ubo Bezk, From our wholesale accomplete satellite systems that include operators. tivity 90% of sales comes from instaldish, LNB and receiver. 1 Sales at TURBOSAT are divided into The expansion of their product pal-
Cooperating with many license providers Continuous product palette expansion
Receiver Manufacturer, China
Founder
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Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees
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Wholesaler and Installer SORTEC, Slovakia
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Anyone, whether its a manufacturer or a dealer, who has something to sell has the same problem: how do you win new customers? What good is the best product if no one knows about it? What use are all those sensational offers if no one is aware of them? How do you make your potential customers notice your products? Every successful manufacturer and every successful dealer managed to find their own solution. A wholesaler that came up with an especially interesting solution to this problem is P-SAT in Hungary. The founder and operator of this company, Tibor Posta, gave us some insight into how he solved the problem of winning new customers. erecting TV antennas, he remembers, This was at the same time when Hungary started their second TV chanBut first we wanted to learn more nel via UHF. His first customer was about Postas Company P-SAT. Obvihis parents. And then it happened as ously, the P in P-SAT stands for his it usually does: friends and relatives name Posta. The company146 P-SAT KftInternational TELE-satellite The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 02-03/2012 would call and Tibor Posta ended up was founded in 2002, explains Tibor with more and more work to do. Back Posta. Before that time he was an anthen he lived in eastern Hungary and tenna installer. In 1991 I started out
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Slovakia are the 80cmthe and 90cm DVD anplayers video screen in the name, just not the Panodic name. We the other half is to Europe. Internatennas; they make up about 90% of car. Rear passengers can use export as an OEM and tional ODM manufac - Chris Sales Manager Ward tells seated quickly repaired here.. our dish sales, says ubo Bezk. The Wholesaler and ICECRYPT Manufacturer TURBOSAT, Great The Britain COMPANY REPORT most requested dish sizes in usreason more: Our receivers aSlovakians remote control to change channels use our name at all. company MICO in Hong Kong. Their turer and dont 2.Slovakia Technical Director is Ray for this is that for the are the 80cm and 90cm anGargiulo. One of his main 90% of make up about 50% of our can sales with tennas; they make up about more attractive channels be found 2 while the car tasks is in motion. The driver In addition to the production facility first product: a DVD player. Since then is to check production our dish sales, says ubo Bezk. The our accounting for about 20%. onCAMs ASTRA at 23.5 east but there are samples from the manufacturer reason for this is that for Slovakians the of course out the Group also inwith - 15% they have gotten larger and larger so in Baoan, the Panodic SmartCards inmore Korea. TURBOSAT isfront winfollow with the is looking also many free-to-air (FTA) channels attractive channels can be found an ODM (Original Design 1 3 on ASTRA at 23.5 east but are rest consisting other satellite comon Beijing. ASTRA at of 19.2 east that they want traffic. dow at the Panodic is there planning in 20 that today they are one of the top five cludes a branch office Manufacturer), he explains, also many free-to-air (FTA) channels Our own Manufacturing to see, continues Bezk. Thats ponents such as our our ubo ownto LNB series. on ASTRA at 19.2 east that they want make this Engineers product available in the on receiver manufacturers in China with engineers work there primarily Sittingbourne design the receivers; why these larger dishes with 1. Pavol Macko is SORTECs General Manager digital terrestrialubo reception, explains to see, continues The quantity of LNBs mayare be fitted consid1. Huang Wei is one of the founders 132 the receivers are then Bezk. Thats 2 4 of MICO/Panodic. He takes care of the 2. ubo Bezk SORTECs E-shop Manager. ubo Bezk. first quarter of 2012. why these larger dishes are fitted with The domestic more than 1200 production employ- IP receivers software. monoblock LNBs so both satellites manufactured based on these erable but because ofthat their low sales 3. Its always busy in SORTECs satellite store monoblock LNBs so that both satellites strategic orientation of production. where end-users shop. Three sales personnel take designs. But these retail stores only make up can be received. care of the customers' needs. Were found there. ees and over 100 R&D engineers. The sales team can also be value they dont have much of an im- also working can be received. on projectors, about 15% of SORTECs business. The 2. Xu Hai Bin is Panodics CEO. Hes 4. Two of the four SORTEC Sales Managers: International Sales largest portion of our sales comes from Alexander Zhonk (left) and Pavol Luk (right). pact on overall sales. Manager Chris Ward in in charge of the companys daily said Alan Yu surprisingly. Sure enough, market, Panodic technology and marketing departments For the Chinese SORTEC was business founded in our 1992 by our wholesale and instalfront of small sampling SORTEC offers was founded in 1992 by operations and can reveal to us: In of TURBOSATs Ladislav Back then he was an lation mrik. work, explains E-shop Manager products: ICECRYPT Ladislav mrik. Back in thenthese he was an 2011 we achieved sales of 70 million days of HD are more and IPTV receivers. are located in the Shenzhen High Tech primarily DVB-C ubo Bezk,there From our wholesale ac antenna installer and was very sucreceivers and LNBs. He The high SmartCard sales figures tivity 90%the of sales comes from instalUSD and in 2012 were expecting an is the contact for new cessful with installation of profesantenna installer and was very suclations and the remaining 10% comes dealers in Europe and constantly and more viewers interested in TV are - TURBOSAT Park; the production facility is only a TV and Internet increase to 100 million USD. comes from merg another busisional systems such as those for entire other areas. cessful with the installation of profesfrom our cooperation with large store housing blocks in larger communities. ness branch. We have exclusive chains. For these hyper markets makes and projectors. really we are half hour car ride away in Fuyong in the ing closer and closer together; sional systems such as the those for entire A projector large electronic chains SORTEC delivers rights for blocks the Dolly Buster adult-oriThis MATVsatellite (Master Antenna) complete systems that installa include housing in larger communities. HD beautiful, he comments and then with our Baoan District. We paid a visit to both integrating Internet services dish, LNB and receiver. ented TV service, reveals Chris Ward. promises, The first samples are alfacilities to see for ourselves how Pan- DVB-C receivers. 182 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 02-03/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com 02-03/2012 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 183 The most requested dish sizes in We have five channels on HOTBIRD This MATV (Master Antenna) installa Slovakia are the 80cm and 90cm an Ladislav mrik is and wetheir sell our Dolly Buster Smartready completed tennas; with production to Panodic started exporting DVB odic managed to get this far. they make up about 90% set of SORTECs Founder and Jundia our dish sales, says ubo Bezk. The Cards to any country where HOTBIRD President reason forquarter this is that for Slovakians the of 2012. products in 2005. The first receiver begin in the second So, obviously the first is 182 TELE-satellite International The question Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 02-03/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com 02-03/2012 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine more attractive channels can be found can be received. on ASTRA at 23.5 east but then. there are (So Paulo) that far away In this: is the company name MICO or that we manufactured for export was 3D cant be all also many free-to-air (FTA) channels ASTRA at 19.2 east that they want And now we come to the mot- quarteron the third of 2012 well also be Britain, re- back Panodic? Marketing Director Alan Yu a DVB-T receiver for Great to see, continues ubo Bezk. Thats why these larger dishes are fitted with to was that we highlighted Small introducing receivers with integrated also the earlier, has the answer for us: The company members Alan Yu. That monoblock LNBs so that both satellites and Valuable. TURBOSAT has placed can be received. time P-SAT, that Hungary Panodic expanded into the 3D converters. MICO Hongkong still exists and is the Wholesaler and Shop COMPANY REPORT its entire focus on small products SORTEC was founded in 1992 by Ladislav mrik. Back then he was an Where find Panodics prod- to ship. parent company of the Panodic Group. then new receiver business. since theyPanod are easier For thiscan you antenna installer was very suc180 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 02-03/2012 and www.TELE-satellite.com reason we dont deal with largerIn and 2011 we cessful with the installation of profesucts? still only sold about accomplished MICO has its headquarters in Hong ics R&D engineers have sional systems such as those for entire heavier products, explains Paddy. housing blocks in larger communities. 10% of our products domestically here time: Were Kong and thats where youll also find quite a bit in just a short TURBOSAT concentrates on valuable This MATV (Master Antenna) installain China. 90% were exthe Panodic Groups financial manage- introducing a new combination 2 products receiver such as receivers, small The remaining 182 183 for DVB-S2 and DVB-T as well as for ported. In 2012 it will shift to about ment and logistics. Budapest TELE-satellite International Worlds domestic Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 02-03/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com 20% and 80% export. Alan Linux-based IP The Panodic itself was founded in Shen- DVB-S2 and ISDB-T. A 150 Yu is expecting to see an increase in zhen in 2009 and sold their products box was also completed just now. An interesting niche is DVB-T mod- DVB-C as well as ABS, the Chinese digiunder this name to the local market in China. The companys products are also ules for reception in a car. This mod- tal satellite TV standard. 130 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 02-03/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com But the Marketing Director is conis connected to exported under every possible brand ule with DVB-T/MPEG4
two regions: Half of our sales are The most requested dish sizes in domestically here in Great Britain;
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Ladislav mrik
RoHS, DVB, EMC OEM
Production Categories Main Products
Receivers for DVB-T/T2, DVB-S/S2, DVB-C, ISDB-TB, IPTV, DVD Players, Projectors
lations and the remaining 10% comes from our cooperation with large store ette suggests that Panodic will continue chains. For these hyper markets and to climb higher in the ranks of top class large electronic chains SORTEC delivers 130 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 02-03/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com satellite systems that include companies. 1.complete A look in the Technical dish, LNB and Defective receiver. Department. units are
Pavol Macko
Alexander Zhonk
Pavol Luk
One of the largest wholesalers in Slovakia Success through distribution of wellknown, high-quality brand names Move to their own building in 2012 Active in new technologies such as fiber optics and IPTV
Wholesaler SORTECs
headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia. SORTEC just leases this space and will move to their own new building in 2012.
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One of the largest wholesalers in Slovakia New Receiver from Success through distribution of well-known, high-quality brand names
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Turbosat, UK - Receivers
TURBOSAT
Move to their own building in 2012 Active in new technologies such as fiber optics and IPTV
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Sales Chris Ward
Technical Director Ray Gargiulo
Small and Valuable
own receiver line ICECRYPT 50% of sales outside Great Britain Focus on receivers, CAM, SmartCards and LNBs 80,000 receivers a year produces Dolly Buster TV programming via HOTBIRD
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TURBOSATs headquarters
in Sittingbourne south east of London
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own receiver line ICECRYPT 50% of sales outside Great Britain Focus on receivers, CAM, SmartCards and LNBs
80,000 receivers a year produces Dolly Buster TV programming via HOTBIRD www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1201/bsd.pdf
COMPANY REPORT Satellite Information Website BSD, Brasil
BSD, Brazil - Internet Forum of ideas:
Active and full
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Bennis BSD
Operates Brazils largest digital TV website Engaged in the further education of digital TV antenna installers Planning his own IPTV channel all about digital technology Living his dream with his own worldwide radio station
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Operates Brazils largest digital TV website Engaged in the further education of digital TV antenna installers
Planning his own IPTV channel all about digital technology Living his dream with his own worldwide radio station www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1201/p-sat.pdf
Has its own customer magazine Success with Your Created supermarket style Hobby store Plus a 248 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 12-01/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com Manu R Distr R Whol Shop Serv
Manu Marcus Bernardini, aka R Distr Benni, in his garden. In the background is his 5.0antenna as well as R meter Whol his 1.5-meter dish. Benni is the operator of the www. Shop portalbsd.com.br website that focuses on satellite Serv interests in Brazil.
P-Sat, Hungary - Distributor

Tibor Posta is founder and majority owner of P-SAT. Anything and
everything an antenna installer would need, including fiber optic LNBs from GlobalInvacom, can be found in his shop.
Owner Tibor Posta
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Wholesaler and Shop P-SAT, Hungary
How P-SAT Wins New Customers
Has its own customer magazine Created supermarket style store Planning start of own branded TV services Operates one of the most well-known web communities in Hungary
Since November 2010 wholesaler and retailer P-SAT Kft has been leasing
this 330 square meter building in northern Budapest; the 150 square meter warehouse in the background also belongs to P-SAT. The company also operates a very popular Internet digital TV community as well as a web shop under the name SAT.HU. The company has six employees.
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Wholesaler and Manufacturer SatelliteAV, USA
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first DVB-T2 receiver, he hints at some interesting plans for the future. The only question that still begs an answer is in which countries DVB-T2 will actually be launched. As a matter of fact, nobody knows at this stage because every country will decide independently whether and how to introduce DVB-T2, and these decisions are not always easy to understand.
Little Luck
Planning start of own branded TV services Operates one of the most well-known web communities in Hungary www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1201/satelliteav.pdf
AB-COM, Slovakia
COMPANY REPORT Wholesaler and Manufacturer SatelliteAV, USA
Sacramento
Conquering the marketBrian with new Gohl receivers Optimized complete product assortment plus service
Own receiver line for semi-professional applications First provider of OTA-SSU FTA receivers in the USA
Slovakian receiver manufacturer ABCOM has found its firm place in the Central European market within an impressively short time. Based in the little-known town of Topolcany, some 100 km east of the Slovakian capital Bratislava, the company was founded by Juraj Masaryk in the year 2002. In the beginning the business acted as a wholesaler for satellite components and it was only in the year 2010 that ABCOM Europe was established as an independent receiver manufacturer. AB-COM 1 as a wholesaler continues to prosper
consumer applications you need not look net networks are gradually disappearing further than to the brand new AB 3DBox and that almost every household these receiver line which features HD receiv- days has set up a WiFi network. So why Receiver Manufacturer COMPANY REPORT not add WiFi capability to satellite reers with integrated 3D TV converter. The newly developed 3D boxes are sched- ceivers? These boxes are based on the uled to hit the market in the first quarter Ali 3606 chipset which is particularly of 2012. In the previous issue of TELE- fast, Juraj adds. satellite we presented the stand-alone Brian Gohl is and PresidentABThanks to all these Founder achievements 3D converter, whose software will also of SatelliteAV. The company distributes COM Europe has taken only two years to be used in the AB 3DBox receivers. the GLORYSTAR system as a wholesaler become a significant and player that is acmanufactures and distributes the product segThe recently introduced AB-COM tively tapping into various The LinkBox series features another GEOSATpro brand name. range of receivers: Here we are talk- CryptoBox receiver line from AB-COM ments. For Juraj Masaryk, innovation is ing about boxes we produce for Czech has a very special treat in store: As ex- the key to success and a cornerstone pay TV provider Skylink, which uses the tremely good-value receivers targeted for a successful expansion path. Even Irdeto encryption system. These receiv- towards the pay TV market, all receivers the company name has turned out to be ers are particularly inexpensive, Juraj from this line include CA and a CI mod- wisely chosen: The acronym AB appears says and adds wed be ready to offer ule. The truly special feature, however, on all new brand names whenever a new this box to other content providers using is a USB interface which can be used to products series is launched. This way 186 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine 12-01/2012 www.TELE-satellite.com Irdeto as well. If you need further proof connect a WiFi dongle, Juraj Masaryk ex- AB-COM is able to grow and prosper for for AB-COMs orientation towards future plains. He knows that fully cabled Ether- a long time to come!
President
"My Hobby is My Occupation"

Topolcany
Optimized complete product assortment plus service Own receiver line for semiprofessional applications First provider of OTA-SSU FTA receivers in the USA Offers the smallest LNB in the world Develops first Android hybrid satellite and IPTV receiver for North America
SatelliteAV along with their partner company PowerON can be found in a section
of Rosevilles enormous industrial park near Sacramento, California in the USA. You can see the tip of a C-band dish mounted on the roof. There are 10 different C and Ku band antennas installed on the roof ranging in size from 45cm to 3m covering the entire arc from 58W to 166E.
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alongside and is the official distributor of all AB-COM Europe products in the companys home markets of Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Company founder Juraj Masaryk tells us how AB-COM products are supplied to
Offers the smallest LNB in the world Develops first Android hybrid satellite and IPTV receiver for North America www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1111/abcom.pdf Sales
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AB-COM, Slovakia - Receivers

R Manu R Distr R Whol R Shop R Serv
Michal Krajciks passion
is all about photography. It should be, as he is the head of design and looks after the website of AB-COM.
Founder Juraj Masaryk
1. Meet Marketing Manager Michal Grezo. Whats that on his screen? Its the advertisement of the AB 3DBox as it appeared in TELE-satellite. 2. Pavol Blaho is Sales Manager
Particularly successful in Central Europe Products for different applications such as 3D and pay TV
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1. Meet Marketing Manager Michal Grezo. Whats that on his screen? Its the advertisement of the AB 3DBox as it appeared in TELE-satellite. 2. Pavol Blaho is Sales Manager
first DVB-T2 receiver, he hints at some consumer applications you need not look net networks are gradually disappearing interesting plans for the future. The only further than to the brand new AB 3DBox and that almost every household these question that still begs an answer is in receiver line which features HD receiv- days has set up a WiFi network. So why which countries DVB-T2 will actually be ers with integrated 3D TV converter. The not add WiFi capability to satellite relaunched. As a matter of fact, nobody newly developed 3D boxes are sched- ceivers? These boxes are based on the 196 TELE-satellite International The Worlds Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine first www.TELE-satellite.com to hit the12-01/2012 market in the quarter Ali 3606 chipset which is particularly knows at this stage because every coun - uled try will decide independently whether of 2012. In the previous issue of TELE- fast, Juraj adds. and how to introduce DVB-T2, and these satellite we presented the stand-alone Thanks to all these achievements ABdecisions are not always easy to under- 3D converter, whose software will also COM Europe has taken only two years to be used in the AB 3DBox receivers. stand. become a significant player that is acThe recently introduced AB-COM tively tapping into various product segThe LinkBox series features another range of receivers: Here we are talk- CryptoBox receiver line from AB-COM ments. For Juraj Masaryk, innovation is ing about boxes we produce for Czech has a very special treat in store: As ex- the key to success and a cornerstone pay TV provider Skylink, which uses the tremely good-value receivers targeted for a successful expansion path. Even Irdeto encryption system. These receiv- towards the pay TV market, all receivers the company name has turned out to be ers are particularly inexpensive, Juraj from this line include CA and a CI mod- wisely chosen: The acronym AB appears says and adds wed be ready to offer ule. The truly special feature, however, on all new brand names whenever a new this box to other content providers using is a USB interface which can be used to products series is launched. This way Irdeto as well. If you need further proof connect a WiFi dongle, Juraj Masaryk ex- AB-COM is able to grow and prosper for for AB-COMs orientation towards future plains. He knows that fully cabled Ether- a long time to come!
Marketing Manager Michal Grezo
Receiver Manufacturer AB-COM, Slovakia
Company premises of receiver manufacturer
AB-COM in Topolcany, Slovakia. The company has cooperation agreements with TV manufacturer LG and pay TV provider Skylink, which is why their logos also appear prominently on the roof of the building. AB-COM generates 30% of its turnover in the local markets of Slovakia and the Czech Republic, with the remaining 70% share coming from other European markets.
Pavol Blaho
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is all about photography. It should be, as he is the head of design and looks after the website of AB-COM.
Juraj Masaryk is founder and
Managing Director of AB-COM. Here he is seen explaining all the features of the 3D converter that is built into the AB 3D boxes.
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and prefers to work at this shack. He is co-owner of Applied Instruments.
Robust Signal Analyzers Made in USA

General Manager Tom Haywood in the showroom with
a selection of products from Applied Instruments. He owns 50% of the company while his partner Jeff Haas, Director of Engineering, owns the other 50%.
Indianapolis
Jeff Haas is Director of Engineering
A motorized C-band dish on the wall

as well as numerous other dishes on the roof are all used by Applied Instruments to develop and test their signal analyzers.
Applied Instruments, USA - Signal Analyzers

GM Tom Haywood
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Signal Analyzer Manufacturer Applied Instruments, USA
The power of this company is its robust signal analyzers
Applied Instruments
Company plans worldwide expansion with its internationally compatible analyzers
Special test signal generators for receiver manufacturers Special attention to ergonomic operation Technical customer service an important highlight of the company
Jeff Haas
Scott Haywood
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Applied Instruments leases two suites in this
Signal Analyzer Manufacturer, USA
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industrial complex from which digital TV signal analyzers are produced.
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Special test signal generators for receiver manufacturers Special attention to ergonomic operation Technical customer service an important highlight of the company
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DVB
Production Categories
own brand
Main Products
Cable TV Signal Analyzers, Satellite TV Analyzers, Noise Signal Generators, Noise Power Ratio Test Instrument
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Huber+Suhner, Switzerland - Fibre Optics

Wholesaler and Manufacturer MEGASAT, Germany
MEGASAT wholesaler and One of the leading fiber optic companies in the world distributor rises from New CLIK! System for easy installation New market that will make coaxial cable distribution systems the heart ofsegment Germany
Product Manager Patrick Zaina
A small family business has managed to become one of the most well-known names in the North American cable and satellite TV signal analyzer market. Its the perfect reason for us to go and pay Applied Instruments in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, a visit only to find out that the company is expanding into the international market with its products that are Made in USA. Whos behind Applied Instruments? It really is a family-owned business. It was founded exactly 25 years ago in 1986 by Doyle Haywood, the father of the current General Manager Tom Haywood. His son Scott Haywood also works for the company as a sales manager.
son Tom Haywood explains to us where the name came from: We apply a solution to every problem and provide the Marketing Manager instruments justOthmar for that purpose ApFuchs presents us with a plied Instruments. CLIK! system brochure here in
the main lobby.
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Niederlauer
When we look back at when it all started, we find out that theres even more history behind the companys founder Doyle Haywood: he founded a company back in 1973 that produced signal 1 for cable TV. In 1979 he sold analyzers that company to a large corporation. But when he came up with the idea to develop clean reliable test signal generators for CATV, he quickly founded a new company: Applied Instruments. His
The new company originally began with three employees, one of whom was David Poelstra, a research engineer that worked together with Doyle Haywood in the first company. In 1990 they released their first successful product to the market a cable TV signal analyzer that not only was easy to use but was also affordable. Over the years other analyzers appeared. In order to test long cable lengths, we produced a Return Path Test Set, remembers General Manager Tom Haywood, It consisted of a CW Test Signal Generator that was attached to one end of the long cable and a receiver at the other end. In this way we could check the quality of the cable. In 1994 MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service), also known as wireless cable, gained widespread use primarily in rural areas and Applied Instruments was there providing the appropriate signal analyzers.
Marketing Manager Othmar Fuchs
From here the path to satellite signal analyzers was not a long one. In 1998 we introduced the first satellite signal analyzer from the Buddy series, comments Tom Haywood.
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When his mother, the wife of founder Doyle Haywood, began to have health issues, his father decided to leave the company and sell 50% ownership of the company to Tom Haywood. The other 50% was sold to Jeff Haas. Both are enthusiastic with the opportunity to further expand Applied Instruments. But the company doesnt only manufacture signal analyzers that are used at the receiving end. An especially interesting highlight is the Noise Power Ratio testing product that manufacturers of amplifiers, optical transmitters and receivers, and other active devices can use to test the operating range of their products. It consists of a noise generator that sends its signal to the receiver to be tested and a corresponding signal analyzer that measures the output signal from the tested receiver. General Manager Tom Haywood explains to us their product palette: 80% of our sales are made up of reception signal analyzers, 10% are test generators with the remaining 10% made up of complete systems consisting of signal generators and signal analyzers. And as far as sales figures go, he tells us, For the past several years sales have been stable at about US$ 5.5 million but for 2012 we are expecting roughly a 10% increase.
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not all that much different from being a building designer who must also be creative and a problem solver.
to noise testing, comments Tom Haywood.
Fiber Optic Distribution Systems Manufacturer HUBER+SUHNER, Switzerland
USA and Canada, with only the remaining 5% being shipped abroad to countries like Switzerland, Sweden, Great Britain, Belgium as well as Australia, comments Scott Haywood.
Smack in the middle of the
obsolete Now available: economical alternative with distribution systems starting with eight users
Tom Haywood, the current General Manager, is actually a construction engineer but always enjoyed lending a hand at the company. In 1996 he decided to work exclusively for his fathers company: The creation of solutions and the ergonomic products have always fascinated me, he reveals, Its
The Sat Buddy quickly became known and loved by North American satellite installers and over the years was consistently improved and fitted with new features. Scott Haywood, Tom Haywoods son and third generation in the company, is a sales manager at Applied Instruments and tells us about the newest Buddy version: Its the Super Buddy 29 and in addition to letting you measure satellite TV signals, it can also be used to install the Wildblue Internetviasatellite service. These LNBs require 29 volts that the Super Buddy 29 can supply, hence the 29 in the model name.
Swiss Alps: thats where HUBER+SUHNER can be found in Herisau in northeastern Switzerland
Fiber Optics at
One of the leading fiber optic companies in the world New CLIK! System for easy installation New market segment that will make coaxial cable distribution systems obsolete Now available: economical alternative with distribution systems starting with eight users
Where will this increase come from? Sales Manager Scott Haywood has a few answers for us: We are currently developing a signal analyzer for DVB-S2 that will become available in the fourth quarter of 2011. We are also working on terrestrial signal analyzers for ATSC and QAM that will appear in the first quarter of 2012.
HUBER+SUHNER
Where is it, the much-proclaimed heart of Germany? How do you de-
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Our NS-3 Broadband Noise Generator is often used by receiver manufacturers and satellite service providers to simulate rain fade and conduct carrier
Applied Instruments is looking at satellite signal analyzers as their way of expanding into the export market. Up until now, 95% of our products have been shipped to North America, that is
3DTV
But this is what will change in the companys 25th year of operation: We are actively looking for competent distributors in Europe, The Middle East and Asia. It is critical for Applied Instruments to find technically competent partners: Our products are not throwaway products; they are solidly built and can be repaired if the need were to ever arise. Technical customer service is actually quite important when dealing with products like signal analyzers; professional installers use signal analyzers on a daily basis and can thereby document a proper installation. Reliability and help with technical problems are excellent reasons why an installer would want to choose a quality product from a manufacturer that he knows will support him later on.
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We produce everything ourselves, comments General Manager Tom Haywood referring to his nine production employees, Our R&D team consists of
iPONTs software solution converts 3D for use with autostereoscopic monitors
R Manu Distr Whol mane Ait Yala is confident that the Shop ishes he manufactures will be sucessful in the export market: Algeria is Serv n oil-producing country, he explains,
was in the hands of the dealers, a risk and started up his own production line (more precisely Marietta). There are six Robby Dosetareh patiently built up years old, the family had with the help of an office in Guangzhou employees in the 4600 square foot ofthat was difficult to calculate. his company WS International one an opportunity to flee the Robby Dosetareh decided that there in southern China. Today we produce fice/warehouse: Two sales managers, small step at a time. Hes still young country, first to Pakistan 142 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 10-1 1/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com LNBs as well as 75cm and 90cm satellite a technical support manager, an assisand since he has already brought his and then for a few months was no future in this! Since he had aldishes ourselves, comments Robby. In tant as well as two employees in the ready sold systems and components to company quite a long way in the USA, to Austria. The UN acquired installers in the past, he decided to be- 2009 his1own receiver line that Robby warehouse, explains Robby. To better 6 his expansion to the rest of the world all the necessary paperwork as named Lexium was also added to the serve his customers on the west coast, come a satellite wholesaler. On April shouldnt have any obstacles. In July well as the required visas and fi SAPROs Founder and Chief Lubomr 1, 2001, I founded WS International, palette. Theres even a website under Robby opened a branch office in Paco2010 he opened a 2nd distribution nally in April 1992 the family arrived Proboszcz standing communications, he accepted an offer USA. branch & offices in the small town of in their land of their dreams remembers this name: www.lexium-dvb.com. In ima, California, near Los Angeles. Not Robby Dosetareh. Robby, in front of a Pacoima, cabinet California in from a DishNetwork dealer and began ended up in Atlanta, Georgia on to make 18order TELE-satellite Global Digital They TV Magazine 06-07/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com who actually had no business experi- 2010 we sold roughly 30,000 DVB-S re- long after that he decided to move out full of SAPRO working there was as a Sales it cost efficient for customers in the the US east coast. to Los Angeles himself. Since then I go4 says Robby and then explains ence or background, very Manager. coura- ceivers, receivers. In his 18 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 06-07/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com After a few months his father became Young Robby came to a newgeous world, in this Western part of the USA and Canada. decision and had at the that a DVB-S2 variant of this receiver back to visit the Atlanta office every two hand is the flagship ill and Robby Dosetareh had to help him Thats where we met up with Robby a place where its normal to get a free product, a box from same time a little foresight: the WS in will be available by the time this issue months for one week, says Robby. He communicate with the doctors; his faHe explains to us how it all glass of water in a restaurant. The the HD-Box Dosetareh. series. is proud to say that he has employees the company name stands for World of TELE-satellite hits the newsstands. thers English wasnt good enough. Unteenager quickly acclimated himself to began. Since 2010 Robby has built up his in Atlanta that can operate the business Satellites. fortunately, his time off from the DishRobby Dosetareh was born and his new surroundings. After graduatproduct palette to the point that any without him having to constantly look But the Network World dealer in his company name was getting too much raised in Shiraz, Iran. But his father ing from High School, he immediately component that an installer could pos- over their shoulders. stands for the business field that and towards the end of 2000 the dealer was alwas watched and mistreated by the re- joined the work force. Since he also Business Voucher The branch office in Los Angeles is sibly need can be obtained from him heteleselected for Since the had tohis let company. him go. Robby Dosetareh gime at that time. When Robby was ten ways interested in electronics and satellite reception of English-language under his own label. This includes 5000 square feet in size but only has programming in the USA is generally dishes as small as 75cm to as large as three employees: Sales Manager Jo104 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 08-09/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com monopolized by DishNetwork and Di- 4.5 meters, lists Robby, and in ad- seph Bassala, who Robby can speak to recTV, Robby looked around at other dition to cables and receivers, all the in Farsi, Shipping Manager Jeff Bynum TV programming. As a native from necessary accessories such as DiSEqC and a warehouse employee. We also switches. He even has satellite signal have one more employee in our GuangIran, the obvious choice was foreign Dosetareh is the very young founder and President Robby of satellite wholesaler and manufacturer WS International. 2 Our model 5100 Pro can au5 care of 7 zhou, China office who takes language programming for the ethnic analyzers. Here we see him in his Pacoima, California office located production and overseas transport, living in opened the USA. are north minorities of Los Angeles that he just There one year ago tomatically recognize the satellite that several of these groups that want TV a dish is pointing to, highlights Robby adds Robby. 1. Alina Proboszcz is responsible for SAPROs bookkeeping and is ter of 2011 well be coming out with reception hobby, he tests all the products himself and is also 6 the founders wife. an Android based receiver under thereby able to immediately recognize any weak spots. 1 How successful is WS International? programming in their own language. and then continues, The model 7100 the Dreamsky brand name; this will 2. Petr Zwrtek is Sales Manager for The Czech Republic. He is Robby Dosetareh provides an overview be followed by a DVB-T2 receiver in In this way he can be confident that the production line showing us on the map where Tinec is located: right at the point where The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland meet. 2012. For the HD-Box and Dreamsky only puts out products that meet his requirements. SAPRO on these groups: In my case of course, line of receivers, 2012 will bring with is on the way up. 3. Marek Roszka is Marketing Manager. You can see SAPROs the first group would be TV channels in it a number of enhancements related WS website on his monitor (www.sapro.cz) that he also maintains. Farsi, after that its programming in Arto the Internet: The Dreamsky se I also translate the user manuals, says Marek who is fluent in International, ries will see a box with IPTV enhance English and German. SAPRO Company Details abic, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, RusManufacturer and Wholesaler, Czech Republic www.sapro.cz USA ment, he reveals to us, For cable 4. Jana Proboszczov is Sales Manager for Slovakia and all of the sian, Armenian as well as the English we are planning a DVB-C remaining countries. 0................................ 12 .................................. 25 WS Joseph Bassala is operators Business Voucher receiver. language Christian channels. Most of 5. Service Technician Milan Martynek tests a satellite signal Internationals Sales Manager 0............................... 2.5 .....................5 Mio uro analyzer that SAPRO distributes under its own brand name. these TV channels, many of which are in Los Angeles. He receives the Lubomrs schedule is full. With a 6. Should there ever be any problems with a SAPRO receiver, the customer orders primarily from DVB produced locally in the USA, can be revariety of new products, hes expandreturns land with Customer Service Manager Ester Vrbelov, who those on the west coast of the own brands Di-Way, Di-Box, SatElita, Dreamsky, HD-Box ing in the market as well as moving ceived for free and thus make a very inscans the bar code of all incoming problem items. USA sons together make for Thomson still existed in France and into the surrounding countries. Be Satellite Receivers for economic range, mid range and high teresting product to offer these ethnic 7. Service Technician Petr Schlesinger is at work repairing a range, Wholesaler for LNBs, dishes, accessories cause of his engineering background quite an argument that BYA started off as an assembly line for 3 receiver circuit board. and his personal love of his satellite groups here in the USA. SAPRO s.r.o. SAPRO SK s.r.o. thisdishes third plant, Boiingsat was control Hoawen Chiang exporting his is Thomsons TVin sets. NotFrom long after that, to us. These two coun- of Ku-band LNBs looks quite a bit differKonsk - Podles 455 SUPERSAT Robby got right to work. Mari73961 Tinec ul. Slovansk cesta 672 126 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 08-09/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com 08-09/201 1 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 127 of every aspect they of production; they only analog tries still received the bulk of their delivent. CZECH REPUBLIC PS 02 201 adca a good move to make. began a assembling satellite etta, Georgia, small city near Atlanta Tel +420-591008312 SLOVAKIA Tel +421-220-648942 needed theI SMD components which they eries in 2010: 40% of their production Slimane Ait Yala: receivers shortly with 100,000 followed inhabitants that he thereafter now Download Report www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1109/eng/sapro.pdf out and purchased. In receivers. 2010 producwent to we Indonesia Our primary market for Ku-band LNBs was just atwent the Canton by digital Back then had and 30% to Thailand. tion capacity reached 500,000 C-band 20% went to Brazil with 10% going to is the Middle East. In 2010 60% of our trade show in south- 90 employees, remembers Slimane Ait LNBs and just as many Ku-band LNBs. A other countries like South Africa, Dubai, Ku-band LNBs were shipped to Dubai, ern China and found Yala, and we had sales equivalent to fourth factory should begin operations in Russia, Singapore as well as Malaysia. 15% went to North Africa, 5% to South out that our prices about eight million Euros. BYA was at 2013 which would then raise the capacAfrica with the remaining 20% going to are competitive. And ity of Ku-band LNBs to a staggering one When we heard him mention Brazil, North America, Australia and Europe. theres still another million a month. our ears perked up. 2 5 Weve been deliv- But in 2011, Jason Chiang sees these 7 120 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 08-09/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com Perforated Dishes from reason: BYA is not a small ering C-band LNBs to Brazil since 2004 numbers shifting considerably: The Algeria company; they Ofproduce course, we want to know where but demand has recently taken a strong North African market will pick up quite 1. Alina Proboszcz is responsible for SAPROs bookkeeping and is ter of 2011 well be coming out with reception hobby, he tests all the products himself and is quite a few other all products these LNBs are going to. In the jump upwards, revealed Hoawen a bit; we expect to ship 30% of our total also the founders wife. an Android based receiver under thereby able to immediately recognize any weak spots. beginning, we delivered our production Chiang, In fact, for 2011 were expectproduction there, 45% will go to the and thus have plenty of experithe Dreamsky brand name; this will 2. Petr Zwrtek is Sales Manager for The Czech Republic. He is 134 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 08-09/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com be followed by a DVB-T2 receiver in East, 5% to South In this way 10% he can to Indonesia and Thailand, explains ing that 35% of our LNB production will Middle Africa, tobe confident that the production line showing us on the map where Tinec is located: right at the point ence as a manufacturer. For the HD-Box and Dreamsky only puts out products be delivered to 2012. Brazil. Brazil with another 10% going to the rest that meet his requirements. SAPRO where The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland meet. line of receivers, 2012 will bring with is on the way up. 3. Marek Roszka is Marketing Manager. You can see SAPROs of the world. BYA was founded in 1993. Back then it a number of enhancements related website on his monitor (www.sapro.cz) that he also maintains. The 16,000 squaremeter production Chiangs son to Hoawen the Internet: The Dreamsky se I also translate the user manuals, says Marek who is fluent in lant can be found in the city of Ain 136 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 08-09/201 1 will www.TELE-satellite.com ries see a Chiang box with IPTV Jason alsoenhance Once again Brazil is mentioned but this English and German. SAPRO Company Details Manufacturer and Wholesaler, Czech Republic www.sapro.cz ment, works he reveals to us, For time cable in connection with l Bia. This city, with 20,000 inhabitfor the Ku-band LNBs. 4. Jana Proboszczov is Sales Manager for Slovakia and all of the operators we are planning a DVB-C remaining countries. nts, is located about 35km east of the 0................................ 12 .................................. 25 company. Hes Jason Chiang revealed a little secret: I receiver. 5. Service Technician Milan Martynek tests a satellite signal 1 3 econd largest city in Algeria: Oran with currently passing have good contacts in Brazil. That along 0............................... 2.5 .....................5 Mio uro analyzer that SAPRO distributes under its own brand name. through a number witha the steadily increasing demand in Lubomrs schedule is full. With oughly 1.6 million people. The Port 6. Should there ever be any problems with a SAPRO receiver, the DVB variety of new products, hes expandof stations in the that South American country makes for Boiingsats rzew harbor is right next to Ain El Bia; returns land with Customer Service Manager Ester Vrbelov, who Numerous 4 Production Facilities own brands Di-Way, Di-Box, SatElita, Dreamsky, HD-Box ing in the market as well as moving company but above all a very attractive market. scans the bar code of all incoming problem items. his is where Algerias national oil cominto the surrounding countries. Be Satellite Receivers for economic range, mid range and high hes involved in Interna7. Service Technician Petr Schlesinger is at work repairing a range, Wholesaler for LNBs, dishes, accessories cause of his engineering background any Sonatrach loads its oil tankers. 3 receiver circuit board. tional and Sales. He breaks Its common knowledge how prices for his personal love down of his satellite SAPRO s.r.o. SAPRO SK s.r.o. Konsk - Podles 455 SUPERSAT for us the product distribution by LNBs have been falling considerably and 73961 Tinec ul. Slovansk cesta 672 And this is the first reason why Sli126 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 08-09/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com 08-09/201 1 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 127 CZECH REPUBLIC PS 02 201 adca groups; the geographical distribution when General Manager Hoawen Chiang Haowen Chiang
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Ervin Farkas care of customer service for iPONTs anddistribution there are also quite a few rivers that tems with their superstructures SAPRO interfere with ittakes more: Soon well be introducing an ad- with their robust signal short time thanks charge of hisBut own time The he had to start system. professional customers.to his extensive marmarket over the next 25 years MEGASAT founder Camille Edmonds keeps trackgoes of finances and organizes the online lets the this supply water power as well as a large interconnecting pipes. atcalculator all, 3. rather, heating pipe and General Manager monoblock LNB with which you In 2002, remembers Robby, justable his own company. He then started as keting. analyzers. books. installer plan for an optimal Sven Melzer likes to expanse of forest for its enormous perfectly with this company: WScompo International sold roughly 200 sys- can set the offset anywhere between 4 a dealer for DishNetwork and installed system. 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of satellite wholesaler and distributor MEGASAT has a rather pragmatic approach to those questions. We are right in the heart of Germany, and by that he simply means the region hes at home. The name of the place is Niederlauer, which is a small town north of Schweinfurt in northern Bavaria. As a matter of fact, if you look up Niederlauer in Google Maps the marker pops up right in the centre of Germany.
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Connectivity solutions for Radio Frequency, Low Frequency and Fiber Optic applications. Fibre optic distribution systems for professional and home use.
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Megasat, Germany - Receiver and Wholesaler
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full range of satellite components special focus on self-aligning camping antennas distribution to the whole of Europe
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80% of distributed products come from in-house MEGASAT brand full range of satellite components
special focus on self-aligning camping antennas distribution to the whole of Europe
Sapro, Czech - Receiver and Wholesaler

Owner Lubomr Proboszcz
Sales
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Manufacturer and Wholesaler SAPRO, Czech Republic
Covers every price segment with its four brand names Starting expansion to surrounding countries In-house design and production (assembly line)
is Expanding
Produces 100,000 receivers per year
Petr Zwrtek
Jana Proboszczov
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An external heating pipe runs right past SAPROs

administration, warehouse and production buildings. The company is located in the industrial city of Tinec in the northeastern end of The Czech Republic, not too far from Ostrava.
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Covers every price segment with its four brand names Starting expansion to surrounding countries
In-house design and production (assembly line) Produces 100,000 receivers per year
Ain El Bia (Oran, Algeria) Successful
WSInternational, USA - Receiver and Wholesaler

Owner Robby Dosetareh
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Successful Young Company with Ambition Manufacturer of Satellite Components
Plan for Worldwide Expansion with Satellite Signal Analyzers Inexpensive Products Thanks to Efficient Production and Distribution
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BYA, Algeria - Dishes and Receiver

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Dish and Receiver Manufacturer BYA, Algeria
Ain El Bia (Oran, Algeria)
Alexander Wiese
sons together make for quite an argument that exporting his dishes is a good move to make. Slimane Ait Yala: I was just at the Canton trade show in southern China and found out that our prices are competitive. And theres still another reason: BYA is not a small company; they produce quite a few other products and thus have plenty of experience as a manufacturer.
Thomson still existed in France and BYA started off as an assembly line for Thomsons TV sets. Not long after that, they began assembling analog satellite receivers followed shortly thereafter by digital receivers. Back then we had 90 employees, remembers Slimane Ait Yala, and we had sales equivalent to about eight million Euros. BYA was at
The 16,000 squaremeter production plant can be found in the city of Ain El Bia. This city, with 20,000 inhabitants, is located about 35km east of the second largest city in Algeria: Oran with roughly 1.6 million people. The Port Arzew harbor is right next to Ain El Bia; this is where Algerias national oil company Sonatrach loads its oil tankers. And this is the first reason why Slimane Ait Yala is confident that the dishes he manufactures will be successful in the export market: Algeria is an oil-producing country, he explains, and that means that the energy costs in Algeria are very low. He follows right away with the second reason: Wages in Algeria are also very low; the official minimum wage is about 100 Euros. Aside from that, the necessary metal for their dish production is produced domestically. All of these rea-
BYA was founded in 1993. Back then
Slimane Ait Yala
Slimane Ait Yala is General Manager (PDG: Prsident Directeur Gnral) and
With a new series of satellite dishes
founder of BYA. BYA actually gets its name from the name of the location: Ain El Bia. Bia was converted to BYA.
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made out of perforated metal, Algerian manufacturer BYA Electronic wants to start an export offensive. Are there
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BYAs production facility
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Boiingsat, China - LNB
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COMPANY REPORT LNB Manufacturer Boiingsat, China
remembers Hoawen Chiang. Two of the investors have in the meantime moved on to other things but investor, Yunnjye Qin, is still here and is in charge of Production. tion plant which they used to manufacture 240,000 C-band LNBs every month. 2004 became rather turbulent: We sold our first production facility and then built a new one for Ku-band LNBs. Now with 500 employees, production climbed to 350,000 C-band LNBs per month and 150,000 Ku-band LNBs per month.
Three Production Locations in Zhuhai/ China
Large Sales Expansion in South America In the Works: LNB with Two Feed Rings
LNB Manufacturer Boiingsat operates multiple production facilities in Zhuhai, China, a city with 1.5 million inhabitants located in western Guangdong Province. Zhuhai sits right next to Macao and slowly but surely is attracting more and more satellite component manufacturers. But one of the first of these manufacturers was Boiingsat; it has been in exis-
tence since 1997. However it all really started in Taiwan. Hoawen Chiang, General Manager of the company who was also born in Taiwan, explains to us how it all began.
In 1996 I was a Production Manager at an LNB manufacturer in Taiwan. But things didnt go exactly as I had planned so in 1997 I along with three investors founded Boiingsat in Zhuhai, China,
The main reason for moving from Taiwan to China was obviously the costs. Wages in China are still lower than that of Taiwan. But we still have a small R&D office in Taiwan with three engineers, says Hoawen Chiang. Thus far the technical expertise in Taiwan is somewhat more advanced than in Mainland China at least as far as high frequency LNBs are concerned. Back then we started with 30 employees and produced 20,000 C-band LNBs every month, he says looking back. In 2002 Boiingsat started a second produc-
Zhuhai
The next expansion step took place in 2008: We constructed our third factory this time for production of die-cast housings. With
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and that means that the energy costs n Algeria are very low. He follows right way with the second reason: Wages n Algeria are also very low; the official minimum wage is about 100 Euros.
Three Production Locations in Zhuhai/ China Large Sales Expansion in South America
Bomare, Algeria - Receiver
Slimane Ait Yala is General Manager (PDG: Prsident Directeur Gnral) and founder of BYA. BYA actually gets its name from the name of the location: Ain El Bia. Bia was converted to BYA.
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COMPANY REPORT TV-Sets and Receiver Manufacturer Bomare Company, Algeria
The industrial city of Birtouta is very conveniently located: the airport, harbor and numerous highways are all within easy reach. It is an excellent location especially for a company that wants to expand its export business. It all started many years ago with the distribution of satellite receivers. The founder, Ali Boumediene imported receivers from South Korea and sold them locally. But for him it wasnt enough: one day it dawned on him that he could assemble these receivers on his own production line. Together with a South Korean manufacturer that supported him with not only the components but also the know-how in setting up an assembly line, Ali Boumediene started his own production in 2001. Back then 20 employees assembled digital receivers using the supplied components. Today Bomare Company has 120 employees. Right from the start Ali Boumediene had a great idea: he chose the brand name Stream System for his line of receiver products. An excellent choice considering that in todays IPTV age everything revolves around streaming. But lets get back to the beginning: in 2003 Ali Boumediene took the next expansion step. He created his own production line for power supplies and then in 2006 he took one more step by investing two million Euros and installing an SMT line in a new production facility complete with automatic component mounting machines and an oven. Bomare Company also owns a unit of plastic injection and silkscreen painting Technical Director Tewfik Lamrani gives us some insight into their production numbers: From 2001 to 2007 we produced a total of three million SD receivers. Production numbers dropped every year because of the ever-increasing competition with imported receivers. But Ali Boumediene also managed to find a solution to this: he simply started a second assembly line to produce TVs. We are especially proud of our LCD TVs with integrated DVB-T tuners, commented Tewfik Lamrani whose five-member R&D team developed this TV. Now we also manufacture HD TVs, says Tewfik and explains why now is the right time to begin exporting their products: In the past several years we learned how to start a production line. The old adage holds true: You learn from your mistakes; Bomare Company has accepted all of the setbacks and over time has become a professional manufacturer. Now we have the right products and now we know how to make them, says Tewfik Lamrani, And now the time has come to start exporting. Bomare Company is not only going
Aside from that, the necessary metal for their dish production is prouced domestically. All of these rea-
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In 2005 the European Union entered into an agreement with the Democratic Peoples Republic of Algeria to support economic cooperation between the two. This agreement provides an interesting
Birtouta (Algiers)
opportunity for satellite receiver manufacturers and, in the case of the Algerian Bomare Company, also for TV manufacturers. Actually, Bomare Company produces both products. For 2011
1. Annie greets visitors at the reception desk 2. Yunnjye Qin is co-owner of Boiingsat and in charge of production. 3. Jason Chiang is the son of the companys founder and designated successor to the Captains chair. Here in the showroom he shows us one of the companys specialties: a four-way combination with 4 x C-band LNB. This LNB lets four receivers receive four C-band satellites independently from each other; this setup is especially in demand in Indonesia. 4. Sales Manager Joseph Liu runs a team of six employees
Bomare Company has decided to take their products and service capabilities to the European market. We paid a visit to Bomare Companys production facility in Birtouta, about 20km from Algiers, and had a look around.
BOMARE
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Even in Algiers it rains occasionally
and when it does it pours: a look at Bomare Companys production facility in Birtouta not far from the capital Algiers. Working hours are from 8AM-12PM and 1PM-5PM Sunday to Thursday (they are closed Friday and Saturday).
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BYAs production facility n Ain El Bia east of Oran in lgeria
such an increase in sales, could it? Well, actually, were expecting this increase in sales also because were expanding into a new business sector; in 2012 well be opening up a new factory for LED lights. In 2013 we expect that 30% of our sales will be from LEDs with the rest coming from LNB production. OK, now the picture is getting clearer. But back to LNBs. Sales Manager Jason
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Necy-xu
Helen
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COMPANY REPORT Fiber Optic and CATV Manufacturer Prevail, China
Prevails Perfect Organization
Substantially Increased Sales for 2011 Thanks to Rising Exports Additional Factory Soon to be in Operation Increased Number of Employees Very Active R&D Team
Four New SMT Machines in Operation
Hangzhou
A recipe for the continued success of a manufacturer is a wellorganized operation. A perfect example of this would have to be the Chinese manufacturer Prevail located in Hangzhou, the capital of the Zhejiang Province which is south of Shanghai. This company manufactures fiber optic products, CATV components and professional digital TV modulators and accessories for signal distribution. The first thing you notice when you visit Prevail is how neat and clean the entire factory is; nothing is out of place. Another small detail are the uniforms that the employees wear. Its not out of the ordinary to see workers on an assembly line wear uniforms, but at Prevail the office workers also wear uniforms. For the visitor it
Two of the three Prevail

factories in Xiaoshan in Hangzhou City in, China. The fourth is under construction.
becomes immediately clear that the work here is very disciplined and organized. And of course the products themselves would also be associated with this high standard. To confirm this we paid a visit to the three manufacturing plants and had a look around; a fourth factory is currently under construction. Necy-xu is General Manager Sales & Marketing and provides us with a little history about the company: Prevail was founded in 2001 by Managing Director Xu Quanhai along with ten other partners. The company is in private hands and continues to manufacture the same product groups that it did at the beginning: fiber optic products, CATV components and accessories as well as distributors and splitters for coaxial cable lines. Necy-xu remembers the early days: In our first year 2001 we had sales of roughly 50 million RMB (5 million Euros) with about 100 employees. 70% were domestic sales and the rest were exported. For 2010, however, this changed considerably. Necy-xu revealed to us that now only 50% of their products are sold domestically in China; exports have increased markedly. To what countries and regions does Prevail export to? Helen is Prevails International Sales Manager and tells us, 40% of our exports end up in the south Asian region and this includes India, Pakistan, Indonesia, The Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. 30% land in South America, 20% go to Europe and the rest go to The Middle East, North America and Africa.
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significantly and we have exactly the right products for them. Exports to South America look to sharply increase for 2011, but Eastern Europe is also rapidly on the rise.
Necy-xu adds that sales in South America have picked up quite a bit and that Prevail is shipping more and more products to that region: The cable TV providers there are expanding
Prevail achieved sales of 200 million RMB (roughly 20 million Euros) in 2010. The number of employees has also been
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IPTV Box Manufacturer China to Rising Exports Substantially Increased Sales for 2011 Jiuzhou, Thanks COMPANY REPORT Sowell, an Engineering Firm Additional Factory Soon to be in Operation thats an OEM Increased Number of Employees Jiuzhou greatly expands into
Four New SMT Machines in Operation Very Active R&D Team
Jiuzhou, China - IPTV Boxes
IPTV Box Production

Founded by 5 Partners Overseas Offices in the Plan IPTV box production User Friendliness is Company may reach 1 million Philosophy units in 2011
ISDB-T and DVB-T2 Receiver in 2011
Jiuzhou to attend all IPTV box production may reach 1tomillion in a 2011 Big2. retailers about to launch into IPTV box sales are still the largest customers for this product climb over 500 and units we also expect jump TELE-satellite World Helen is International Sales major exhibitions in group as well since Shenzhen they need large numbers of in sales. Prevail is actually optimistic that Manager and is constantly in Jiuzhou starts HbbTV boxes for Europe Jiuzhou to attend all major exhibitions in 2011, 10 in all Shenzhen 2011, 10 in all contact with customers all over Shenzhen these products. they can be on the Shanghai Stock Exchange
A team of five R&D engineers are the felt the same way and so in deal of thought must go into what fea Jiuzhou starts HbbTV founders of the OEM company Sowell. 2004 they founded their own tures are currently in demand. In talking The driving force and General Manager company Sowell. with Eagle Chain its clear that quite a boxes for Europe of the young company is Eagle Chain. bit of observation and analysis is going He was, like his four colleagues, an R&D We met up with General Manon. Eagle Chain cites an example: Im Big retailers about to employee with a large receiver manufacager Eagle Chain in Sowells office amazed with Apple and their products. launch into IPTV box turer but over time didnt feel so comfortin Shenzhen who started off by telling They are precisely geared towards the prefer to tackle this on their at Prevail. But he for us 2011 is we extremely Sowells own. This is not how itNecy-xu all began: All had was the able with that company. All too often end-user and thus very successful. The with sales offices was assigned projects that had nothing money of we had while employed conclusion to Eagle Chain: their 70 employees true according for accessories although cable operators excited: The number our saved employees will are located on the seventh to do with receivers. His four colleagues with that other company. We pooled We have a similar view with our soft -
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Shenzhen
COMPANY REPORT IPTV Box Manufacturer Jiuzhou, China
Jiuzhou greatly expands into IPTV Box Production

IPTV box production may reach 1 million units in 2011 Jiuzhou starts HbbTV boxes for Europe
Shenzhen
Big retailers about to launch into IPTV box sales Jiuzhou to attend all major exhibitions in 2011, 10 in all
Sales Director Huang Wei is,
amongst many other tasks, in charge of the IPTV boxes development, sales and marketing
The Chinese large manufacturer Jiuzhou is very well known by our readers. The company originated in Sichuan and has been in existence since 1958. In 2008 they celebrated their 50th birthday (see TELE-satellite issue 02-03/2008). In 2009 the company expanded into HDTV and in 2010 terrestrial TV was the theme. In 2011 Jiuzhou is planning on taking a huge step further into the IPTV market with enormous production numbers. Huang Wei is Jiuzhous Sales Director and reveals to us what Jiuzhou has planned for 2011.
First, though, Sales Director Huang Wei took us on a trip into the past: The first IPTV boxes were manufactured by Jiuzhou in 2007; back then about 20,000 boxes were produced and involved pure IPTV boxes. Production numbers only increased slowly. In 2010 we produced 60,000 boxes, comments Huang Wei. But 2011 looks to be completely different: We will be manufacturing a minimum of 200,000 boxes and it could go as high as one million. It all depends on negotiations that are currently in progress with a variety of retail chains in North America as well as Europe. The reason: these retail chains are in
Jiuzhou constructed an impressively large

building in Shenzhens High-Tech Park. The engineers are here continuously working on new products currently theyre mostly occupied with IPTV.
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latest developments: PCIe cards for 2 x DVB-S2, 2 x DVB-T or 2 x ASI. All 2. C, Software engineer Peng Yi is one of Sowells cards come with two CI slots. partners. founding
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Thats quite an achievement for such at trade shows at the Prevail that is being approached very ecstati French Franais www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/fra/jiuzhou.pdf shifts are used, receiver Hebrew www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/heb/jiuzhou.pdf stand. cally: The telecom production providersclimbs all to The Chinese large manufacturer Jiu- a young As large an international company, Prevail can be company! www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/man/jiuzhou.pdf Chinese more than 500,000 delivering programming ter Jimmy Zhang have their the own agenda andeither that is selling zhou is very well known by our readers. Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/pol/jiuzhou.pdf 3. This man is very critical for a boxes a month. is Marketing Vice restrially via With IPTV found atsatellite. numerous trade Portuguese Portugus www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/por/jiuzhou.pdf their dataor packages to end-users; they shows. International Manager and deals The company originated in Sichuan and quality manufacturer like Prevail: 1 comparatively simple technology using Russian www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/rus/jiuzhou.pdf with the global are focused solely on that concept. He has been in existence since 1958. In Turkish Trke www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/tur/jiuzhou.pdf Sales Manager gives us an overview: Who actually buys Prevails products? 90% marketing of Set Gateway servers is all thats Helen needed. he is Yu Xinghong and with his doesnt see that the users point of view Available online starting from 28 January 2011 Top Boxes 2008 they celebrated their 50th birthday But even more important, the customer 20 engineers he is responsible is considered regarding and wishes In needs 2011 be exhibiting at CCBN in Beijing, no longer to well installIPTV an antenna; (see TELE-satellite issue 02-03/2008). of our customers are the cable operators for quality assurance during deal of thought go into what be an approach to that the process must of becoming their ownfea proInternet is opening up new possibili- thered almost every household has similar an Internet In 2009 the company expanded into Cabsat in Dubai, CommunicAsia in Singapore, themselves, explains Necy-xu, only about tures are currently in demand. In talking production. gramming providers! ties; now there are programming proof connection. Apple: following a path based strictly HDTV and in 2010 terrestrial TV was viders that can join the bandwagon on the end user without looking back at with Eagle Chain its clear that quite a ANGA in Cologne, Cable-Tec in New Orleans 10% are shipped to that distributors. The obvious Large 4. He manages production: Ren the theme. In 2011 Jiuzhou This is a rather developreally didnt have any interest in enterprises bit is of planning observation and interesting analysis is going what thebusiness provider wants. that have Guorui is Production Manager ment: obviously viaIm the doing so before since it wouldve meant for quite some time been not only sellon taking a huge step further into Chain the on. Eagle cites transmitting an for example: as well as three shows in South America: one reason this is that at this point fiber optic and organizes the entire IPTV market with enormous production amazed with Apple and their products. Sowells General Manager Eagle Chain in Columbia and two in Brazil. This provides products require a great deal of installation production process at Prevail. numbers. Huang Wei is Jiuzhous They areSales precisely geared towards the isnt just thinking about the further NETUP Company Details Director and reveals to us end-user what Jiuzhou and thus very successful. The IPTV Software and Hardware Producer, Russia www.netup.tv development of IPTV. The general future Engineers in Research & Development | Total Number of Employees has planned for 2011. conclusion according to Eagle Chain: of the is also on his mind. Will receiver 0................................ 25 .................................. 50 We have a similar view with our softthe receiver transform into a multimedia Turnover (Previous, This, Next Year Estimates) 114 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine Average 04-05/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com ware development, namely a customerFirst, though, Sales Director Huang receiver in the asksIts Eagle Chain, 0.................................. 5 ................... 10future, Mio US$ not only since friendly operation of our products. It is Wei took us on a trip into the past: The or will the receivers functions gradually the DVB-IP Gateway 4x Production Certicates exactly for this ISO, RoHS, PCI SIG, IEEE, DVB first IPTV boxes were manufactured by reason that Eagle Chain shift over to the TV itself? a ques - readtestIts report that skeptical about how IPTV willHardware develop; Producer NetUP, Russia Production Categoriestion thats on all of our minds and for IPTV Software and COMPANY REPORT Jiuzhou in 2007; back thenis about 20,000 OEM, ODM ers of TELE-satellite Main Products TELE-satellite though, its a subject which we all dont yet have an answer. boxes were produced and for involved pure Professional PC Cards for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/MPEG-4, DVB-C, might be familiar with that is being ASI, IPTV Gateway/Streamer, IPTV Middleware, IPTV Conditional IPTV boxes. Production numbers onlyapproached very ecstatiNetUP. This device Access Systems, IPTV Billing Systems, Video on Demand cally: The large telecom providers all But even if there arent any answers, increased slowly. In 2010 we produced to the private end user market. They are hardware was ready for production. An allows setting up your www.TELE-satellite.com/... have their own agenda and that is selling everyone at Sowell is still optimistic 60,000 boxes, comments Huang Wei. used in professional streaming equipment, additional two software engineers wrote own IPTV network in their data packages to end-users; they Download this report in other languages from the Internet: about the future. Pan Smile revealed to like NetUPs DVB to IP gateway 4x and IPTV the drivers required for the Linux-based 1 next to no time (TELE www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ara/netup.pdf are focused solely on that concept. He Arabic us that his current team of 40 engineers Indonesian Indonesia www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ bid/netup.pdf Combine 4x. The latter (IPTV Combine 4x) is But 2011 looks to be completely difsoftware. NetUP even played a major role satellite 10-11/2010). 2 esky www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ ces/netup.pdf doesnt see that the users point of view Czech will be expanded to 80 in 2011. We also a special product for the hospitality market. in finding the right manufacturer for card ferent: We will be manufacturing a German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/deu/netup.pdf Even before that TELEis considered regarding IPTV and wishes English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ eng/netup.pdf from Europe here employ five engineers This is an all-in-one IPTV solution that production. A facility some 100km from minimum of 200,000 boxes and it could satellite reported on a Espaol www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/esp/netup.pdf thered be an approach similar to that Spanish in Shenzhen far who are primarily responFarsi www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ /netup.pdf Alexander Wiese includes IPTV Middleware, billing, DVB to IP Moscow is in charge of manufacturing our go as high as one million. It all depends world first launched by Franais www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ fra/netup.pdf of Apple: following a path based strictly French sible for customer support, comments Manager Eagle Chain working in his office Hebrew in front of a General gateway and VoD server (see test report in PC cards. www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/heb/netup.pdf NetUP: A DVB-S2 card on negotiations that are currently in on the end user without looking back at Mandarin www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ man/netup.pdf Pan Smile. Sales Director Amanda is painting of the Great Wall. TELE-satellite 10-11/2010). Such IPTV syswith two inputs (TELEprogress with a variety ofwhat retail chains Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ned/netup.pdf the provider wants. also optimistic: Over the past several Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ pol/netup.pdf tems are a favorite in hotels and hospitals, The cards are used in professional setsatellite 02-03/2010). in North America as well as Europe. Actually, itswww.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ a triple hit: NetUP, a company Portuguese Portugus por /netup.pdf Marketing Specialist Zoe Liu finds years we were able to increase our sales Isnt young and know-how a contradiction in terms? Romanian Romn www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/rom/netup.pdf because each room can be accessed indiups only, which means production numbers theare graphics in TELE-satellite to be so founded as recently as 2001, has its adminThe reason: these retail chains in Global 104 TELE-satellite Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com Sowells General Manager Eagle Chain Russian www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ rus/netup.pdf 50% every year. In 2010 our sales were good that she pins them on her wall. In many cases it is, but if were talking about know-how vidually but the cable infrastructure can be are on the lower side when compared to istrative office in the vicinity of Moscow Of course we wanted Trke www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ tur/netup.pdf isnt just thinking about the further Turkish around US$ 30 million and for 2011 we State University. The closest metro Station Available online starting from 3 December 2010 laid out as a bus system. mass consumer good. We only produce to learn more about in the making, the two terms go together very nicely. development of IPTV. The general future expect that to rise to US$ 45 million. large Jiuzhou constructed an impressively is University and the two founders of NetUP 66 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com some 1,000 cards per annum, Abylay that product line, and ofcase the receiver is also on his Will in High-Tech such a is an asset, as it mind. means theres no are naturally! former students building Young in Shenzhens Park. The General Manager Eagle Chain added of that One of our largest customer groups are Ospan tells us. This has made us curious 1. Necy-xu is General Manager engineers are here continuously working Abylay Ospan has the details. We develop a brief run-down of the events leading to the the receiver transform into a multimedia some university. Actually, its not only themore two optimism: In 2011 we are 1. Necy-xu is General Manager obligation to depend on past developments. So where on new products currently theyre mostly hotels which generally favour two-way sysand were eager to find out what else is in everything in-house. Both software and establishment of NetUP. When we still State were receiver in the future, asks Eagle Chain, Sales and Marketing and takes founders who are Moscow University planning to open our own offices in Sao occupied with we IPTV.find a perfect example for young meets knowcan Sales Right and Marketing and tems. This means that hotel guest are not NetUPs pipeline. now at the end of takes hardware (circuit board layout) have been working on billing soft-employees graduates, but almost all other or will the receivers functions gradually students we were care of the companys exposure, only able to enjoy TV and Internet access in 2010 were launching a PCIe card for DVB-T how? If were talking about digital technology Russia care of the companys exposure, as well. Its providers. clear for all to see that NetUP designed by our very own engineers. service shift over to the TV itself? Its a ques - ware for Internet such as, at trade shows and in the pools together collective digital technoltheir rooms, but that hotel management is and DVB-C. Just as the DVB-S2 card this 64 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine on 02-03/201 www.TELE-satellite.com tion thats all of 1 our minds and for springs to mind. And if we support our assumption with such as, at trade shows and in the 1. Sun Guanghua is also a Software Engineer know-how, while everybody working at also able to send personal and customised card, too, has two inputs and tuners. Were press. Andrew Budkin is the head of Software He was still ogy in his final semester at uni - a founding and partner. which we all dont yet have an the fact that Moscow State University is answer. ranked right press. NetUP is still very young. messages to guests in their rooms, Abylay also working on a card with two ASI inputs. Development and knows precisely the versity when Abylay Ospan teamed up with 2. Software engineer Peng Yi is one of Sowells 2. Helen is International Salesis International Sales among all the top-notch universities in the world when it Ospan lays down the reasons behind such amount of effort put into such a project. Makeev set up their But even if there arent any answers, his colleague Evgeniy founding partners. 2. Helen Lets start with to Abylay Ospan, who is one infrastructure. PCIe cards from NetUP are not targeted comes to digital everyone technology teaching and research, Manager in For the DVB-S2 card two of our engineersand is constantly own then business, of which offered exactly that at Sowell is still optimistic the companys founders and acts as DirecDownload this report in other languages from the Internet:
Sales Director Huang Wei is, www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/ara/jiuzhou.pdf many other tasks, in charge Indonesiaamongst www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/bid/jiuzhou.pdf the IPTV boxes development, Deutsch ofwww.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/deu/jiuzhou.pdf and marketing English sales www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1103/eng/jiuzhou.pdf
floor of this office building in
care of the companys exposure, such as, at trade shows and in the press.
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COMPANY REPORT Receiver Manufacturer Sowell, China
Sowell, an Engineering Firm thats an OEM

Founded by 5 Partners ISDB-T and DVB-T2 Receiver in 2011 Overseas Offices in the Plan User Friendliness is Company Philosophy
Shenzhen
A team of five R&D engineers are the founders of the OEM company Sowell. The driving force and General Manager of the young company is Eagle Chain. He was, like his four colleagues, an R&D employee with a large receiver manufacturer but over time didnt feel so comfortable with that company. All too often he was assigned projects that had nothing to do with receivers. His four colleagues
felt the same way and so in 2004 they founded their own company Sowell. We met up with General Manager Eagle Chain in Sowells office in Shenzhen who started off by telling us how it all began: All we had was the money we had saved while employed with that other company. We pooled
Eagle Chain
Sun Guanghua
Peng Yi
Sowells offices with their 70 employees are located on the seventh floor of this office building in Shenzhen. Receiver production takes place in Baoan which isnt too far from here and close to Shenzhens airport. 200 employees work in the production facility. 200,000 receivers per month can be produced by one shift; if all three shifts are used, receiver production climbs to more than 500,000 boxes a month.
General Manager Eagle Chain working in his office in front of a

painting of the Great Wall.
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Overseas Offices in the Plan User Friendliness is Company Philosophy www.TELE-audiovision.com/TELE-satellite-1103/tenow.pdf Founder Founder
COMPANY REPORT PC Card Manufacturer Tenow, China
Tenow is in the process of
setting up new offices on the second floor in this new office complex in Shenzhens HighTech Park. These offices will give Tenow room to expand.
Founder Richard Zhang
Founder Bob Liu
Eric Deng
There is another feature which shows that PCIe cards from NetUP are designed for the professional high-end market: We are now beginning to ship our cards based on the ALTERA chipset. What makes this so special? Well, the hardware is identical for each customer and only the software on the PCIe card defines its scope of application. In the third quarter of 2011 we will also base our 2 x DVB-S2 card which was presented in TELE-satellite on the ALTERA chipset, NetUP Sales Manager Konstantin Emelyanov adds.
Innovative PC Cards from China
Shenzhen
One company that is fully concentrated on the development of their products is the young firm Tenow from Shenzhen, China. PC cards are manufactured although the actual production process is outsourced allowing Tenow to focus their efforts on Development and Marketing. Also interesting to note about Tenow: the company is run by four partners and all four of them work together as a team to further expand their young company. Tenow is in the process of setting up a new office in Shenzhens large High-Tech Park. When we paid them a visit, we went to their old office located directly next to the Shen Da Metro Station on route 1.
Co-Founder
Co-Founder Evgeniy Makeev
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COMPANY REPORT IPTV Software and Hardware Producer NetUP, Russia
NETUP
IPTV Software and Hardware Producer, Russia www.netup.tv
Speaking of products already introduced in TELE-satellite: The NetUP DVB-IP Gateway 4x can be ordered with an H.264 encoder/transconder as of Q3 2011. Things get even more exciting towards the end of 2011 when we will offer the DVB-IP Gateway 4x with unicast. This will make the device which hitherto is only available as a multicast model even more user-friendly and will also allow laymen to distribute their TV channels via the Internet. Head of Software Development, Andrew Budkin, has another piece of interesting news in store. It makes economic sense for some providers of Internet-via-satellite only to use the base band which saves valuable bandwidth. This is why NetUP has decided to develop PC cards with precisely that strategy in mind. Large utilities might be extremely interested in that technology, adds Abylay Ospan and has the following example: Gazprom uses this one-way technology for its local networks.
James Liu
Tenows four partners: they
founded the company in 2005. From left to right: Richard Zhang, Bob Liu, Eric Deng and James Liu
Two of the founders, James Liu, in charge of Marketing, and Bob Liu, responsible for Software Development, met each other while studying at Wuhan University. The two other partners, both of whom previously worked at a receiver manufacturer, are Richard Zhang, in charge of Hardware Development, and 82 TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 02-03/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com
Eric Deng, who is also involved with Software Devlopment. All four of them founded the new company in 2005 using a starting capital of 500,000 RMB (roughly 50,000 Euros). Tenow then operated as a commercial enterprise: DVB-T was just starting
to become popular and they distributed DVB-T demodulator chips to local manufacturers in Shenzhen. Then, as a design house, Tenow developed complete applications for manufacturers. One success story involved DVB-T USB sticks: Tenow developed the
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Young, Yet With Extensive Know-how: NetUP from Moscow

Alexander Wiese
Isnt young and know-how a contradiction in terms? In many cases it is, but if were talking about know-how in the making, the two terms go together very nicely. Young in such a case is an asset, as it means theres no obligation to depend on past developments. So where can we find a perfect example for young meets knowhow? If were talking about digital technology Russia springs to mind. And if we support our assumption with the fact that Moscow State University is ranked right among all the top-notch universities in the world when it comes to digital technology teaching and research, then Russia seems to be spot on!
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ISO, RoHS, PCI SIG, IEEE, DVB OEM, ODM
Main Products
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/netup.pdf
Professional PC Cards for DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/MPEG-4, DVB-C, ASI, IPTV Gateway/Streamer, IPTV Middleware, IPTV Conditional Access Systems, IPTV Billing Systems, Video on Demand

Arabic Indonesian Czech German English Spanish Farsi French Hebrew Mandarin Dutch Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Turkish
Indonesia esky Deutsch English Espaol Franais
Actually, its a triple hit: NetUP, a company founded as recently as 2001, has its administrative office in the vicinity of Moscow State University. The closest metro Station is University and the two founders of NetUP are naturally! former students of that university. Actually, its not only the two founders who are Moscow State University graduates, but almost all other employees as well. Its clear for all to see that NetUP pools together collective digital technology know-how, while everybody working at NetUP is still very young.
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Its not only since the DVB-IP Gateway 4x test report that readers of TELE-satellite might be familiar with NetUP. This device allows setting up your own IPTV network in next to no time (TELEsatellite 10-11/2010). Even before that TELEsatellite reported on a world first launched by NetUP: A DVB-S2 card with two inputs (TELEsatellite 02-03/2010).
some more optimism: In 2011 we are ers in particular like our software solution, planning to open our own offices in Sao which is ideal for a client base of up to 50,000. Even the company name is derived from that strategy: Network Up a com1. Sun Guanghua is also a Software Engineer NetUP co-founder and Director pany that takes care of network expansion. Card & Receiver Manufacturer Tevii, Taiwan
Abylay Ospan Cologne, Cable-Tec
Konstantin Emelyanov
Lets start with Abylay Ospan, who is one of the companys founders and acts as Director: Im 30 years old, he says smilingly. His founding partner is Evgeniy Makeev who holds a PhD in mathematics and only just turned 29. Both care deeply about anything to do with digital technology, which is a clear indication that they have turned hobby into profession. We ask Abylay Ospan to give us
a brief run-down of the events leading to the establishment of NetUP. When we still were students we were working on billing software for Internet service providers. He was still in his final semester at university when Abylay Ospan teamed up with his colleague Evgeniy Makeev to set up their own business, which offered exactly that billing software to potential customers. The point in time could not have been better. While in their first year of operation sales never exceeded five-digit USD figures, from year two onwards turnover increased consistently. It was the time when ISPs sprung up all over the CIS countries, and most of them turned to NetUP for software solutions. More than 2,000 ISPs currently rely on our billing software, with 90% of them being located in CIS countries, NetUP Sales Manager Konstantin Emelyanov proudly states. Small and medium-sized providers in particular like our software solution, which is ideal for a client base of up to 50,000. Even the company name is derived from that strategy: Network Up a company that takes care of network expansion. NetUP has added another business segment to its portfolio in the meantime, which fits in smoothly with the original software business for ISPs: NetUP is now also developing software and hardware for IPTV. IPTV has already gained a 70% share of our turnover, NetUP Director Abylay Ospan reveals and adds annual sales are high in the one-figure million USD this year. As a matter of fact, it has become difficult to differentiate between software for ISPs and IPTV, as many Internet service providers have become IPTV providers as well. For those providers we offer middleware, videoon-demand servers and streaming servers, Abylay Ospan explains.
Of course we wanted to learn more about that product line, and Abylay Ospan has the details. We develop everything in-house. Both software and hardware (circuit board layout) have been designed by our very own engineers. Andrew Budkin is the head of Software Development and knows precisely the amount of effort put into such a project. For the DVB-S2 card two of our engineers worked together for half a year until the
NetUP co-founder and Director
Abylay Ospan showing the companys latest developments: PCIe cards for 2 x DVB-S2, 2 x DVB-T or C, 2 x ASI. All cards come with two CI slots.
Evgeniy Makeev is
co-founder of NetUP and holds a PhD in mathematics.
production process at Prevail.
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fits in smoothly with the original software 3. What magazine is laying there on Designer TELE-satellite Global Digital TV Magazine 04-05/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com Zoe Lees desk? Yes, she takes of Sowells business TELE-satellite Global Digital TVcare Magazine 04-05/201 1 www.TELE-satellite.com for ISPs: NetUP is now also develads in TELE-satellite. She also works on the oping software and hardware for IPTV. graphical layout of a receivers OSD as well as the packaging, user manual and everything else IPTV 3 has already gained a 70% share of at Sowell that involves graphics.
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scratch and the first item on our to-do list was the development of our own products. It was only in the following year, 2007, that we were able to generate a modest turnover. In case youre curious about the exact figure: it was 250,000 US$ in 2007. Tevii has come a long way since and expects sales reaching 2.2 million US$ in 2010 and even 3 million US$ the year after. Talk about rocksolid business! Obviously, staff numbers have also increased so that today we have 28 employees, a whopping 18 of which are engineers in Research and Development.
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To start with, Matthias Liu gives us a brief account of where he comes from: Up until 2006 I was employed as sales manager for a major company in the satellite industry. When this company was taken over by another player I took the decision to become self-employed. Some of his former colleagues were equally impressed with his envisaged business strategy and so they decided to jump on board as well. Tevii started with a total workforce of only eight people, Matthias recalls on his walk down memory lane. Its never easy to start from
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used wisely. Deciding on the right time is the key to economic success.
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A closer look at the Tevii product range lends additional support to that theory. When the company was established in 2007 it offered two products: the S400 DVB-S PC card and the S600 USB box for use with laptop computers. Both products came with a tuner sourced from Sharp, which was replaced with a NIM tuner from Serit at the beginning of 2008. Since then the product designations have changed to S420 and S630. When the DVB-S era slowly came to an end and DVB-S2 was just around the corner Tevii launched successor models S464 as PC card and S660 as USB box for laptop use at the end of 2008. And wouldnt you know it the Tevii S470 was introduced in 2009 just when the whole world was turning to PCIe (PCI Express) slots as a replacement for older PC slots. At the end of 2010 new demand was met with the launch of a PC card with dual tuner the model name is S480 and it sports two DVB-S2 tuners.
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Sales and Marketing, is showing us the new F-IRS LNB (Fibre Integrated Reception System): the new LNB utilizes a coaxial N output instead of an optical output. This output supplies the 0.95 to 5.45 GHz frequency range to a 1.5-meter long coax cable which connects to the F-IRS ODU32 (Outdoor Unit). Global Invacom opted to use N-type connectors on this coax cable. These connectors are perfect for use with this high frequency range and above all are excellent watertight connectors, explains Ivan Horrocks the reason why standard F connectors werent used.
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COMPANY REPORT High Volume Digital TV Receiver Manufacturer YINHE, China
Receiver Manufacturer YINHE
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The enormous 280,000 square-meter production site is located in the city of Zhangjiagang in the Jiangsu province roughly 100 Km north of Shanghai in eastern China. Here, in addition to the four-story administration building, youll also find multiple fabrication buildings. During the tour of the facility, Jianbiao Zhu, Overseas Marketing Department Manager, told us there are a total of 1500 employees, 1100 in production and 400 in administration. Last year we had 1200 employees but in 2010 we added 300 additional employees, he explained to us. Business seems to be booming at YINHE! YINHE was founded in 1975 and at that time it was a state-run company that had the goal of producing Chinas first memory chips for use in the large computer systems of that time. It all started with 50 employees, Jianbiao says as he looks back at the old days. In 2000 the ownership structure changed and it became a privately run company made up of 40 share-owners. But all of that could possibly change, reveals Jianbiao Zhu, Were planning to go public this year on the Shenzhen stock exchange. The goal is to acquire additional capital for expansion. So, what do YINHEs sales figures look like? For 2009 our receiver products had
sales of US$ 80 million while the remaining product groups produced sales of US$ 30 million, says Jianbiao Zhu. He continues, In 2010 we are expecting an increase to US$ 100 million in receiver sales with the remaining product groups increasing to US$ 35 million. What are these other product groups? We are one of the largest PC housing manufacturers; we also produce satellite dishes as well as professional receiver components for cable headends . But TELE-satellite is primarily interested in receivers, so lets get back to that. Satellite receiver development started in 1997, remembers Jianbiao Zhu, and in 1998 we produced 10,000 receivers. This number increased at a tremendous rate: In 2009 we produced 3.6 million boxes and in 2010 we expect production of four million boxes, he reveals and then adds, In both years two million receivers were sold domestically in China; the rest were exported. We wanted to know more about the export side of things: where does YINHE export to? Jianbiao Zhu takes a look at his laptop and then says, 30% of our
receivers end up in The Middle East, 20% go to Europe including the CIS countries and Southeast Asia, another 15% go to Australia, 10% to Africa and 5% to South America. It should come as no surprise that YINHE operates offices in critical regions namely in Dubai since 2003 and in Australia since 2005. This year 2010 we plan to open two additional offices in Sao Paolo and Moscow. We are also looking to open an office in Chennai in 2011, confirms Jianbiao. The best export countries are Australia with DVB-T receivers in MPEG-4 and HD as well as India with DVB-C boxes in MPEG-2 and SD. We want to expand our distribution in Europe including the CIS countries with DVB-T MPEG-4, DVB-T2 MPEG-4 and DVB-S2 receivers, comments Jianbiao Zhu. He adds, 60% of our exports are satellite receivers, 30% are terrestrial receivers and 10% are cable receivers. Another interesting note: with a market segment of about 10%, YINHE is one of the largest providers of cable receivers domestically in China. www.TELE-satellite.com/...
Alexander Wiese
That was yesterday! Today one single optical cable is enough to transport both satellite and terrestrial signals. Global Invacom has expanded their system to include DTT signals as well. Ivan Horrocks, Director Sales and Marketing, explains to us how this works: We took the satellite signal carried in the optical cable and combined it with the DTT signal; now both signal formats can be carried on one optical cable. For this purpose, Global Invacom developed a new system that will be marketed under the nickname Wholeband, or more officially, F-IRS (Fibre Integrated Reception System). But first we want to take a quick look again at how Global Invacoms optical system works: the optical LNB (universal LNB) takes the four satellite frequency ranges, that is, the upper and lower bands in both horizontal and vertical polarizations, and stacks them on top of each other so that all four bands are carried over the optical cable in one frequency range. Each of these four bands covers 1000 MHz and if you place them one on top of the other you get a bandwidth of 4000 MHz. So much for the satellite range. How do you include the DTT range? Very simple: Convert the Digital Terrestrial Transmissions using another laser at a different frequency then combine the two together.
Chinese high volume manufacturer YINHE is one of the top ve producers in China. Although this company is well know within China, it is only the insiders that recognize the name YINHE outside the country since abroad it is only an ODM. In other words, the YINHE designed boxes (Original Design) are marketed by other companies, primarily dealers and programming operators, under their own brand name. YINHE therefore is just the manufacturer (hence ODM) and for the time being it will stay that way. There are no plans for YINHE to dive into the export market with Zhangjiagang, their own brand name. What does Jiangsu it look like inside one of these high volume manufacturing plants? TELE-satellite wanted to nd out.

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Sales Ivan Horrocks
here showing us the new F-IRS GTU converter box: it is installed by the end-user who would then connect a maximum of four satellite receivers as well as one DTT receiver. Weve integrated two new features, explains David Fugeman, one LED indicates if theres an optical signal, the second LED shows if power is connected. Ivan Horrocks, Global Invacoms Director of Sales and Marketing, is showing us the new F-IRS LNB (Fibre Integrated Reception System): the new LNB utilizes a coaxial N output instead of an optical output. This output supplies the 0.95 to 5.45 GHz frequency range to a 1.5-meter long coax cable which connects to the F-IRS ODU32 (Outdoor Unit). Global Invacom opted to use N-type connectors on this coax cable. These connectors are perfect for use with this high frequency range and above all are excellent watertight connectors, explains Ivan Horrocks the reason why standard F connectors werent used.
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The British company Global Invacom is best known to TELE-satellite readers as the inventor and manufacturer of the sensational fibre optic LNB system (see TELE-satellite issues 04-05/2008 and 08-09/2009). With an optical system distances are no longer a factor since the attenuation in a fibre optic cable is next to nothing. Its an absolutely great system except for one thing: these days people want not just satellite TV but digital terrestrial TV channels as well. Up until now, that meant once again that you needed two separate cables routed to the TV; one for satellite signals and the other for terrestrial digital TV TELE-satellite World www.TELE-satellite.com/... Download this report in other languages from the Internet: signals. Arabic www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1005/ara/globalinvacom.pdf
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Sales and Marketing, is showing us the new F-IRS LNB (Fibre Integrated Reception System): the new LNB utilizes a coaxial N output instead of an optical output. This output supplies the 0.95 to 5.45 GHz frequency range to a 1.5-meter long coax cable which connects to the F-IRS ODU32 (Outdoor Unit). Global Invacom opted to use N-type connectors on this coax cable. These connectors are perfect for use with this high frequency range and above all are excellent watertight connectors, explains Ivan Horrocks the reason why standard F connectors werent used.
That was yesterday! Today one single optical cable is enough to transport both satellite and terrestrial signals. Global Invacom has expanded their system to include DTT signals as well. Ivan Horrocks, Director Sales and Marketing, explains to us how this works: We took the satellite signal carried in the optical cable and combined it with the DTT signal; now both signal formats can be carried on one optical cable. For this purpose, Global Invacom developed a new system that will be marketed under the nickname Wholeband, or more officially, F-IRS (Fibre Integrated Reception System). But first we want to take a quick look again at how Global Invacoms optical system works: the optical LNB (universal LNB) takes the four satellite frequency ranges, that is, the upper and lower bands in both horizontal and vertical polarizations, and stacks them on top of each other so that all four bands are carried over the optical cable in one frequency range. Each of these four bands covers 1000 MHz and if you place them one on top of the other you get a bandwidth of 4000 MHz. So much for the satellite range. How do you include the DTT range? Very simple: Convert the Digital Terrestrial Transmissions using another laser at a different frequency then combine the two together. In order to do that, Global Invacom had to modify their LNB system: the optical LNB already has the laser built into it so that the optical cable can be connected directly to the LNB. To include terrestrial signals, Global Invacom could have added a second connector on the LNB for the terrestrial antenna along with the necessary electronics. This would have been theoretically possible, says Ivan Horrocks, but it really doesnt make any sense since the LNB would have become too heavy and bulky. Not to mention it would have created problems for installers in that
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that Kaifa produces, its easier to see why us if we could also manufacture satelKaifa wants to start manufacturing satelFor this purpose, Global Invacom lite receivers. This customer was so developed a new system that will be lite receivers. Marketing Manager Jackie impressed with the overall quality and marketed under the nickname Wholeband, or officially,development F-IRS (Fibre Yan explains it to us in words: About a more further of Kaifas products Integrated Reception System). But first look in the museum at an old year ago one of our largest power we meter that A itGlobal only seemed natural that Kaifa 82 to TELE-satellite Digital TV Magazine 04-05/2010 www.TELE-satellite.com want take a quick look again at Thats how TV worked Global should Invacoms optical system After this introduction to everything customers in India came to us and how asked also produce satellite receivers works: the optical LNB (universal LNB) customer takes the for four this satellite frequency and its DTH project in David Fugeman, Sales and Marketing Director, is seen here showing us the new F-IRS GTU converter box: it ranges, thatIndia. is, the upper and lower is installed by the end-user who would then connect a
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In order to do that, Global Invacom had to modify their LNB system: the optical LNB already has the laser built into it so that the optical cable can be connected directly to the LNB. To include terrestrial signals, Global Invacom could have added a second connector on the LNB for the terrestrial antenna along with the necessary electronics. This would have been theoretically possible, says Ivan Horrocks, but it really doesnt make any sense since the LNB would have become too heavy and bulky. Not to mention it would have created problems for installers in that
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COMPANY REPORT Receiver and TV Manufacturer CHANGHONG, China
Large-scale Quality and Innovation Made by CHANGHONG

CHANGHONG is one of the largest volume manufacturers of receivers with headquarters in Mianyang in the Sichuan province of south-western China, some 130 km from the provincial capital of Chengdu. Not only do millions of satellite and terrestrial receivers leave the production premises every year but also an equal number of at-screen TVs, so that the company ranks among the most important digital corporations in the world.
Looking at their business today it is hard to imagine the humble beginnings of the project. CHANGHONG was founded in 1958 and started out with producing military radar systems. But today the company has evolved into a super-huge, pluralistic, international group of 13 different industries, producing everything from digital tv panel displays to IT systems, air conditioner systems, digital audiovisual products, set top boxes, eco-friendly battery and power supplies up to whole systems of technical equipment, electronic engineering and chemical materials. One of the 13 industries of the CHANGHONG GROUP is the SICHUAN CHANGHONG NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES Co., Ltd. It is an independent subsidiary of the CHANGHONG GROUP and specializes in research &
development, marketing and manufacturing of digital set top boxes in all standards like DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T, ISDB, DMB-TH and of course HDTV including value-added systems for digital tv. Their production capacity reaches up to 12 million, making them the largest STB manufacturer in China. The company has heavily invested in their quality control and has built up a digital TV laboratory, a digital HFC experimental net, EMC laboratory and most importantly a high accuracy SMT production line. CHANGHONGs aim is to become one of the strongest suppliers for digital tv solutions worldwide. In 1978 CHANGHONG started its TV production, Richard Cheng Li remembers. At the time we imported a complete pro-
duction line from Panasonic in Japan and we also implemented every single production guideline right down to the very last detail. Richard continues to explain that this is how things go in the rst phase of
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Digital TV manufacturer CHANGHONG is
headquartered in Mianyang, a city of 600.000 inhabitants. The administrative building can be seen in the centre, with the development centre to the left and any many satellite antennas on its roof. In the background and extending to the left the CHANGHONG manufacturing plants stretch out over 2 square km.
bands in both horizontal and vertical polarizations, and stacks them on top of each other so that all four bands Naturally this are is quite a fast start for a carried over the optical cable in one frebrand new quency range. Each of these satellite four bands receiver producer. But covers 1000 MHz and if you place them of course theres more going on than just one on top of the other you get a bandthis width of 4000 MHz. one customer. Jackie Yan explains, So much for the satellite range. How do you include the DTT large range? Very another DTH operator who also simple: Convert the Digital Terrestrial happens to be from the Southeast Asia Transmissions using another laser at a different frequency then combine the region and we are also waiting to start two together.
Jos Clotet founded the company in
the rst satellite signal analyzer and in 1993 the rst microprocessor controlled universal analyzer that covered everything from VHF/UHF (including FM) to the satellite range.
Obviously,
much
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1963. That was only a few years after the rst TV station came on the air in not only antenna installers but also then-existing TV manufacturers who needed signal
economically are their signal analyzers. Roughly 30% of our sales can be attributed to signal analyzers, explains
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Jackie Yan, Marketing Manager, is seen here showing us Kaifas rst satellite receiver model. It is being manufactured for a DTH provider in India. Jackie Yan is standing in front of a wall on which are calligraphies of the former President of China Zemin Jiang.
The futuristic Skyworth building in Nanshan/ Shenzhen in southern China
high position in the EMS category: everyThats quite an assortment and we At rst glance, there does not seem 2011 a DVB-S2 receiver with WiFi and thing is exceptionally organized and the In 1968 TV station made asked Jos-Maria Clotet about the last to be too much uniformity here. But as machines are statea of second the art. CI+ is planned. its appearance in the UHF band. Again one: From the beginning PROMAX Jos-Maria Clotet explained the connecSatellite Consultant, China RT But this is completely understandSkyworth, China -REPORT Receivers www.TELE-audiovision.com/ TELE-satellite-1003 /skyworth.pdf PROMAX was right there and began taught installers and engineers how tion, the picture became clearer and the worldwide companies like Samsung Satellite Consultant, China able: COMPANY What about any upcoming newCOMPANY proddemand nothing the but the best quality. Dish Antenna Manufacturer INFOSAT, Thailand delivering rst UHF signal analyzto use our products. This service only strategy could be seen. We are strongly REPORT Vice And it looks like it was a very good deciR Manu Technical ers. made up about 10% of their sales but it focused on DVB-T, says Jos-Maria sion for Kaifa to but step into the satellite ucts? The head of the R&D department Thats quite an GM impressive list, is Jack Zhang receiver market. has been a goodwill gesture by PROMAX Clotet, Our strong points have always Distr S F Chief M Technical nu u USAUp until now S F M nu u USA COMPANY REPORT COMPANY REPORT Manager must have known that those questions theres more. we Ofcer,still he In 1986 only it was another rst for PROMAX: that should not be underestimated. been the reception side with our signal many Whol In the past TELE-satellite has had Luo manages has named his the company Aluo-sat were coming. We werent disappointed mentioned satellite receivers; but YINHE David Jack reports on receivers from this manufacstrong R&D team for a simple reason: In the Cantonese Luo has named his company Aluo-sat Shop of 350 employees turer butOn always undercontrary, a different brand dialect spoken in southern China an terrestrial a for a simple reason: In the Cantonese with the answers. the also has plans for receivers. Ken Zhang name. Skyworth happens to be is anoften OEM prexed to the rst name Serv spoken in southern China an a YINHE has quite an array of new prodjust released of a aDVB-T MPEG-4 box dialect (Original Equipment Manufacturer). TheWe person. So Luo becomes Aluo. is often prexed to the rst name of a success of an OEM is measured by the Originally, LuoHD, comestwin from Sichuan in and PVR, reveals person. So Luo becomes Aluo. ucts in the works. According to Hongwith tuner quality of their products. So what makes southwest. He studied electriChinas Originally, Luo comes from Sichuan in Spain -the Signal Analyzers www.TELE-audiovision.com/ TELE-satellite-0909/promax.pdf chun Gu:Promax, In the third of 2010 Skyworth soquarter successfull in OEM busi-Hongchun Gu, and we will shortly be cal engineering and got his rst job at Chinas southwest. He studied electriness? Why do more and more a big and R Manu Founder producing there will be a DVB-S2 receiver coming outelectronic with a comtwin tuner PVR for GM the cal engineering and got his rst job at and from owner of overcompany Founder new famous customers all the ponents for the Chinese military in Lana company producing electronic com Distr PROMAX, Jos Clotet e inwith the satellite eld in China can world start to cooperate with Skyworth? a built-in media player and also Freeview system in Great Britain, Austra- ponents for the Chinese military in Lanzhou City in the northwest. 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negotiations with a third customer.
In order to do that, Global Invacom had to modify their LNB system: the And what about production capacity optical LNB already has the laser built into it so that the optical cable can at Kaifa? GuangYun Zhu is their Satellite be connected directly to the LNB. To Receiver Manager. He says to include terrestrial signals, Production Global Invacom could have added a second conus, Right now we have production facilinector on the LNB for the terrestrial ties can elecproduce 5 million satellite antenna along withwhich the necessary tronics. This would have been theoretireceivers per years. cally possible, says Ivan Horrocks, but it really doesnt make any sense since the LNB would have become too heavy While touring the fabrication facility we and bulky. Not to mention it would have created problems installers in that can for clearly see why Kaifa holds such a
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COMPANY REPORT Satellite Receiver Manufacturer Kaifa, China
Today PROMAX is still owned by Jos Clotet. In 2005 his son Jos-Maria Clotet took over business operations and in 2007 PROMAX was divided into four divisions: Test & Measurement, Broadcast, TV Distribution and Electronic Training.
enhanced when PROMAX took over a local manufacturer of distribution products. This division now also is responsible for 30% of our sales, comments Jos-Maria Clotet. The remaining 30% falls on the Broadcast division.
The Birth of a New Receiver Manufacturer Kaifa in China Starts Production
Kaifas administration building

in Shenzhen, China
employed four engineers each of which Manager a DVB-S2 twin tuner PVR with Irdeto developed their own unit. Production on four newly designed units started Jackie box withthese as well as a DVB-S2 a media the following year; in 1964 there were player and integrated web browser. For Yan ten employees.
By the time this issue of TELE-satellite will be published, Kaifa will have been manufacturing satellites receivers for just a few weeks. When we paid them a visit, they were just nishing the installation of their assembly line and an initial test run was soon to follow. Who exactly is Kaifa and what makes this company think theyre ready to step into the market as a satellite receiver manufacturer?
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Receiver Manufacturer Skyworth, China
Quality Control at Skyworth
The futuristic Skyworth

building in Nanshan/ Shenzhen in southern China
David Ken is Vice General

Manager and explains Skyworths background

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One of the largest receiver manufacturers in the world is Skyworth. Skyworth Group Co. Ltd. is one of the leading manufacturers of TV sets in China. The company started into the satellite receiver research as early as 1997 and in 2002 a subsidiary was established under the name of Shenzhen Skyworth Digital Technology Co. Ltd. Those 13 years of experience in satellite technology made the company more and more professional and by now Skyworth claims to be the leading STB (set top box) manufacturer in China.
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A portion of the products that Kaifa manufactures: to the left are power meters, in the middle are components for hard drives and to the far right are head stack assemblies for hard drives.
COMPANY REPORT
Digital Powerhouse PROMAX, Spain
The Four Divisions of PROMAX

known about PROMAXs
Founder and owner of

PROMAX, Jos Clotet
TELE-satellite readers have
reliable, widely used satellite
signal analyzers for many years now. They are recognizable by their characteristic yellow color.
But PROMAX has much more to those that you already know
offer: their products range from to signal processing products distribution components.
all the way to end-user signal
PROMAX covers so much that
we wanted to take a closer look at what theyre all about so off we went to one of the most
lively tourist cities Barcelona. Up until 1981, PROMAX called downtown Barcelona home, but then they moved out to LHospitalet de Llobregat, a with the L1 Metro Line.

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David Ken is Vice General Manager and explains Skyworths background
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suburb that is easily reachable
Partial view of the PROMAX fabrication and
administration building in LHospitalet de Llobregat, a suburb south of Barcelona and close to the El Prat airport. A total of 6600 sq-m of space is at PROMAXs disposal. These buildings are occupied by 120 employees, of which 50 are in production, 30 in sales, 30 in R&D and 10 in administration.
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Dish Antenna Manufacturer INFOSAT, Thailand
Innovation Out of Thailand
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and
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 1.5meter single-segment antenna to the market. The result was immediate success! The driving force behind this new product is Niran Tangpiroontham, founder and owner of the company INFOSAT. He is not new to the pages of TELE-satellite: we previously reported on Niran and his new ideas in TELE-satellite issues 02-03/2007 and 0203/2008.
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COMPANY REPORT Satellite Consultant, China
Aluo-sat Knows Everybody!

Somebody active in the satellite eld in China can hardly get around meeting Luo Shi Gang sooner or later. Not only because hes been distributing TELEsatellite in China for many years, but also because he is a high-prole gure in many other satellite areas as well. Since China is entering the DTH age in 2009 now is a good time for visiting Luo Shi Gang in his ofce in Shenzhen.
Luo has named his company Aluo-sat for a simple reason: In the Cantonese dialect spoken in southern China an a is often prexed to the rst name of a person. So Luo becomes Aluo. Originally, Luo comes from Sichuan in Chinas southwest. He studied electrical engineering and got his rst job at a company producing electronic components for the Chinese military in Lanzhou City in the northwest. Among other things, his rst employer also manufactured satellite equipment. Luo e
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Every TELE-satellite reader is familiar with the term USALS. In the Technical Data table of every receiver test report there is a line that identies whether or not the receiver is USALS compatible. Today, almost every receiver on the market comes with USALS. But USALS is not just a group of letters; theres actually a human behind this term! USALS stands for Universal Satellite Automatic Location System and is software that was developed exactly ten years ago by Giorgio Bergamini. But it would be much better to hear the story from the birthday boy himself so off to Italy we go near Ferrara located about equidistant from Bologna and Venice. STABs headquarters and production facility can be found there and Giorgio Bergamini is the founder and owner of STAB, a company that has been in existence since 1970. STAB started early on building antenna motors. In the beginning it was rotors for VHF/UHF TV antennas and when satellite reception became popular in the 1990s, they expanded to offering an assortment of satellite antenna motors. It was 1995, remembers Giorgio Bergamini, when a few of the early satellite receiver manufacturers got together with EUTELSAT and developed the DiSEqC protocol. In 1997 it was ofcially introduced and included DiSEqC 1.0 for individual LNBs, DiSEqC 1.1 for two LNBs and, DiSEqC 1.2 for antenna motors. But it was quickly discovered that the 1.2 protocol could only be used on a lim-
Sandro Gnani is a STAB technician who checks each sample receiver to make sure that USALS
has been correctly implemented. The manufacturer can only print the USALS logo on the receiver and its packaging when the receiver has passed every test.
ited basis: it required the storing of satellite positions in the motor and this turned out to be useless when the motor was used anywhere in the southern hemisphere. The dishes there are pointed to the north and not to the south. As a result, the order of satellites was no longer correct it was now backwards compared to the northern hemisphere. In 1998 I had an idea: the positions should no longer be stored in the motor but instead in the receiver, remembers Giorgio. This was the birth of USALS. He wrote a small, but effective software program that with the help of
only the local geographical position on the Earth and a reference satellite was able to calculate all the other satellite positions directly in the receiver, and it didnt matter if you were in the northern or southern hemisphere. Finally, in January 2000, EUTELSAT ofcially recognized USALS and introduced it as DiSEqC 1.3. It is identical to DiSEqC 1.2 but includes an additional line of code: Drive Motor to Angular Position.
The birthday boy himself: Giorgio Bergamini is the founder of the USALS program that is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2008.
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COMPANY REPORT Dish Manufacturer PT Subur Semesta, Indonesia
Jakartas Venus Star
The company PT Subur Semesta was founded in 1978 in Jakarta on Java, one of the 17,000 islands that make up Indonesia. 60% of the 220 million inhabitants can be found on Java of which 15 million live in the capital city Jakarta it could even be a few million more. To be noticed here you need an extremely bright star and it is for that reason that PT Subur Semesta uses the planet Venus as their trademark. The wonderful ambiguity with the God of Love Venus can only make you smile. One of the founders of the company, Liong Ten Fook, came up with the name an ingenious idea!
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A devious discovery from Venus: this small tool makes it very easy to precisely align a dish.
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quality material Galvalume, a is working on getting ISO certied. We are expecting the test results in April 2008, reports Tjia Tek Ijoe proudly, We applied for ISO 9001 and 14001. This means that PT Subur Semesta also follows the most stringent environmental guidelines. In order to have international success, we have to have quality in every respect, conrms Tjia Tek Ijoe, For the coating of our dishes product of the manufacturer Bluescope in Australia. The material consists of 55% aluminum and 45% Zinc and is therefore especially resistant and durable. Finance Manager Liong Ten Fook is proud of PT Subur Semestas sales gures. Every year theres an increase, he comments. The year before it was 10% less while in 2008 we
PT Subur Semesta organizes seminars for installers eight times a year. Distributors send their technical people to learn how to quickly and efciently set up a packaged 1.8-meter antenna with dual-feed LNB. To make these seminars even more attractive, time limits are set and winners are announced. Food and drink is also taken care of as can be seen by the accommodation tent in the background. A large loudspeaker is also set up there to keep the young installers happy with loud music. Each seminar handles 60 installers where they are taught to install a dish such that the dual-feed can successfully receive PALAPA C2 at 113 east and TELKOM at 108 east.
Thiang Tiong An
But Liong Ten Fook was not the only founder; his partner was back then and still is now Thiang Tiong An. We originally started as a telephone accessory factory. Later on we added emergency lights, that is, lights with built in batteries that are used everywhere whenever there is a power outage, remembers Liong Ten Fook. PT Subur Semesta entered the satellite arena in 1989 when they began to offer analog satellite receivers. In 2000 the rst digital receiver appeared and in 2002 it all turned really serious when the production of satellite dishes began. In the meantime the company expanded its management: Tjia Tek Ijoe climbed aboard as a partner. Today PT Subur Semesta is run by these three partners. A large amount of money was invested in 2004 explains Tjia Tek Ijoe: We acquired a machine press so that we could manufacture the dish segments ourselves. Heavy investment in the company occurred again one year later: We bought a powder painting system to spray paint the segments. But it was still not enough. Tjia Tek Ijoe revealed to us that theres yet another large investment: We invested another USD 600,000 for the fabrication of mesh antennas. This lets us produce 20,000 dishes every month.
In western Jakarta, not too far from the international airport, can be found PT Subur Semesta, brand name Venus. The ofces are at the front of the building with the windows, and towards the back are the factory buildings that house the machines to manufacture the dish antennas. The company employs a total of 200 people of which 60 are involved with the manufacture of dishes. They work from 8AM to 5PM Monday thru Friday and on Saturdays to 2PM.
Those are large numbers; we wanted to know how many solid antennas are being manufactured today: At the moment, our production capacity is at about 15,000 antennas per month of which the majority are sold domestically, explained Thiang Tiong An, Our company supplies approximately 15% of the Indonesian market. Of their total production, 80% is delivered domestically, the rest is exported. According to Thiang Tiong An, 40% of our dish production goes to Thailand and Vietnam, the remainder goes to Brunei with a small percentage going to Australia. Naturally we want to expand our exports, explains Tjia Tek Ijoe, We are investing heavily in quality. PT Subur Semesta
PT Subur Semestas three partners: From the left, Liong Ten Fook, Finance Director, Tjia Tek Ijoe, Managing Director, and Thiang Tiong An, Technical Director
expect 10% more. 50% of their sales are attributed to TVRO products such as dishes and the installation of satellite receivers as well as the sale of imported actuators and LNBs. Then theres also the sale of their homemade 2in1 and 4in1 products: that would be Combi-feeds for Cband LNBs with offsets of 5 with the 2in1 and 5 -2.5 -5 with the 4in1. Unfortunately, PT Subur Semesta cant really hope for any large business with this product since its so easy to copy it. Tjia Tak Ijoe gave us a look
The installers take great care to remain within the preset time limits. That would be 45 minutes from the box to successful reception using a dual-feed LNB and 75 minutes for the successful set up of a motorized system. Since Jakarta is located so close to the Equator, the declination angles are very small. Protecting the environment at PT Subur Semesta: Tjia Tek Ijoe shows us the waste water treatment system the company invested in so that they comply with ISO environmental standards.
at their production: 40% of our dishes are made of steel, 40% are galvanized and 20% are made from Galvalume, the best dish material. The Venus Star from Jakarta is well on the way to establishing itself in the international league, and could very well come out on top of the international market share with their quality dishes that happen to be Made in Indonesia!
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SATELLITE SOFTWARE Dish Alignment
02-03/2008 DISHPOINTER Software Solution that, with the help of Google Maps and its real images as well as SatcoDX and its up-to-date channel data, provides highly accurate satellite reception information.
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Dishpointer, when started, can immediately display those satellites that would likely be of most interest. Lastly, Alan expanded Dishpointer so that a click would display any remaining receivable satellites as well as the receivable channels. I get the satellite data from SatcoDX, explains Alan. In a cooperative venture, Alan has linked his Dishpointer live to SatcoDX. In this way the Dishpointer data is always up to date; changes are immediately incorporated. With Dishpointer, Alan managed to link two worldwide services that are constantly concerned with being up to date: Google Maps and SatcoDX. He thereby created something new! What does the future look like for Dishpointer? Customer-oriented solutions are my business goals, revealed Alan, One of my customers is a program provider: he wants to show his users (private viewers) as simply as possible how to erect a satellite antenna and what they can receive with it. The Dishpointer version for these customers is reduced to display only the data from that programming provider. Another customer operates cruise ships and wants to know what channels he can receive in any port. For this customer Alan developed a Dishpointer version that displays only those
satellites and channels that are receivable with the available satellite system. Another customer is an aid organization that wants to set up satellite systems for their employees. Since their operational areas can often be in out-of-the-way places, Dishpointer can tell them in advance what dish size would be needed and what channels could be received. This, comments Alan, might be an interesting tool for satellite receiver manufactur-
Dishpointer
One of the most critical questions that come up before the erection of a satellite antenna is how to properly position the antenna so that the desired satellite can be received. In which direction should the dish be pointed? To the east? To the west? This would be its azimuth. And then how far up into the sky should the dish look? This would be its elevation. Actually, its really not that hard to gure this information out; there are plenty of calculation aides and prepared tables that give you all the data you need. But if you do a little extra work, as Alan did with his Dishpointer software, youll discover completely new results. Alan, who lives in England, has been a satellite DXer since the year 2000. His rst antenna was a 120 cm model with a rotor. Back then I used an Echostar box with positioner to turn the motor, explains Alan. As a student in aereodynamics, writing his thesis, hes completely at home working with PC programming. I got my rst PC when I was 16. It was a C64, remembers Alan about his early software programming days. It must have been in 2004 when I came across Multimaps; its a collection of geographic maps. He came up with the idea to incorporate the display of satellite positions on these maps as a way to help with the set up of satellite dishes. But how was this going to work? These were xed maps in differing display sizes. Alan could have programmed something but it would have required a lot of time and effort. So he dropped the idea; it would have been too much work. In 2005 he started a web site (www.uksatellitehelp.co.uk) in which he provided helpful tips on how to properly set up a satellite dish. To get an idea of how successful his website was, he enlisted the aid of Google Analytics, a free service that analyzes in great detail the trafc of a website. TELE-satellite also uses this service. Google Analytics also contains a tool that graphically displays the geographical location of a websites visitors by displaying variously sized dots (the larger the dot, the more visitors) on a world map. And, wouldnt you know it, that is exactly the technology that Alan was looking for with his idea to display satellite positions. He extracted his old idea from the back of his mind and began with a new sense of purpose to nd a solution and then promptly stumbled onto Google Maps. Suddenly, everything clicked: in August 2007 he programmed the rst version of his Dishpointer. Click on a desired position on the map and the azimuth and elevation of a selected satellite is displayed. Now it was only a question of programming in order to integrate additional features, explains Alan about his work the last several months. The rst step was: why should a user rst have to click on a map or enter an address when the IP number alone identies the position? There are professional companies that provide exactly this data. Online stores use this information to determine if a buyer really lives where he says he does. That was the rst step. Now Dishpointer knows exactly where a user is and automatically sets the reception location to this point. This may not always be very precise; it depends on the accuracy of the virtual IP addresses compared to the real addresses. Next, Alan analyzed the popularity of satellites so that
ers to integrate in their receivers. This would not only be a helpful tool for the end user, Dishpointer could also be used to preprogram the transponder list into a receiver. Dishpointer could preprogram the receiver automatically with up-to-date data and at the same time lter this data for a specic target market area, explained Alan his business idea. So far no manufacturers have signed on to this idea. For the individual satellite installer that doesnt need a specic Dishpointer version,
Alan added a small additional feature to Dishpointer: the installer can use it to determine ahead of time if buildings or other obstacles might interfere with reception. A potential satellite system can be tested in advance and without any cost. Alan is quite proud of his Dishpointer program. Dishpointer is a software solution that very simply and precisely can answer all questions regarding the planned erection of a satellite antenna system at a particular location. Well done, Alan!
Dishpointer Application Examples

Dishpointer is used to determine ahead of time what satellites are actually receivable, how the antenna needs to be aligned and what channels can be expected on these satellites. Since Google Maps delivers very precise information, an actual site survey may in many cases not even be necessary. Lets take for example a satellite dealer in Dubai who wants to attract new customers and has the opportunity to erect satellite dishes in the parking lot of the Al-Ghurair Shopping Center. What satellites can he receive from that spot? Scenario 1: he transports his three-meter antenna to the parking lot and checks to see what he can receive. Scenario 2: he sits in front of his PC and goes to www.dishpointer.com
This is what it looks like in the Al-Ghurair Shopping Mall parking lot. Al Rigga Street is to the far left, a Mosque is to the right around which the shopping mall was built. What satellites can be received from here? Were the apartments above the shopping mall built too high to allow a direct lineof-sight view to the satellites?
Alan at home in front of his reception system. He uses the smaller dish
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Satelliten Uplink Speedcast, Barueri, SP, Brasilien
Speedcast
betreibt TV-Uplink fr groe brasilianische TV-Programme betrieb 2008 den ersten HDTV Uplink in Brasilien verfgt ber 7 groe Uplinkspiegel verfgt ber ein eigenes Studio fr Business TV sendet seit 2010 auch in 3D
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Satelliten Uplink Speedcast, Barueri, SP, Brasilien
7 Uplink Spiegel und viele-viele Empfangsspiegel

Modern und gut organisiert prsentiert sich die Uplinkstation von Speedcast in Barueri im Westen von Sao Paulo. Mit 7 groen Spiegeln, auf die wir spter noch eingehen werden, und einer Vielzahl von kleinen und greren Spiegel, die nur zum Empfang dienen, gehrt Speedcast zu den Groen in Brasilien. Das Unternehmen zhlt unter vielen anderen die TV-Programme Rede TV und SBT zu seinen Kunden. Auf ein Ereignis ist Speedcast besonders stolz: das Unternehmen besorgte den Uplink fr die allerersten HDTV Sendungen in Brasilien - das war in 2008 und betraf Rede TV und TV Bandeirantes. Henrique Antonini ist einer der Sendetechniker bei Speedcast und er erzhlt uns mehr ber das Unternehmen: Gegrndet wurde Speedcast in 2003 von Alfonso Aurin und Luciano Esteves. Beides sind Ingenieure und Alfonso Aurin war lange Jahre Technischer Leiter des Senders SBT, einem TV-Programm, das 1981 gegrndet worden war und dessen Hauptquartier
Barueri, SP
In diesem modernen Brokomplex

in Barueri bei Sao Paulo befindet sich der Satelliten TV Uplink Betreiber Speedcast.
1. Im Besprechungsraum zeigt Sendetechniker an drei Monitoren die Live-Bilder, die von Speedcast upgelinkt werden: RedeTV HD (linker Monitor), SBT (rechter Monitor) sowie das Standbild des Business TV (oberer Monitor) mit dem Hinweis auf eine folgende Sendung von Volkswagen. 2. Blick in das kleine LiveStudio. Hier werden Programme fr das Business TV produziert; in diesem Moment erfolgt gerade eine bertragung fr Volkswagen.
sich in Oscasco befindet - das ist gleich der nchste Ort neben Barueri. Aber die ersten Dienstleistungen des jungen Unternehmens Speedcast waren in 2003 nicht der TV-Uplink, sondern VSAT-Dienste. Das nderte sich radikal in 2005: VSAT wurde komplett aufgegeben und nun startete Speedcast mit vollem Einsatz in den Bereich TV-Uplink. Der erste Uplink-Spiegel
war unser 9m Spiegel, der heute noch genauso im Einsatz ist. Bald folgten weitere Spiegel, einer mit 7,3m und im Laufe der Jahre insgesamt 4 UplinkSpiegel mit 3,6m und einer mit 4,5m. Die vielen Uplink-Spiegel dienen nicht nur dem Uplink regulrer TV-Programme, sondern zunehmend auch fr Business TV. Der prominenteste Kunde ist Volkswagen, die regelmig zu festen
Zeiten ihre Mitarbeiter informieren. Wir verfgen hier sogar ber ein eigenes kleines Studio, in dem diese Business TV Sendungen produziert werden. Weitere Kunden im Business TV Bereich sind NCR, die Bank PanAmerican, Johnson Batteries und der Business TV Dienstleister TV Oficina Brasil. 2007 konnte Speedcast eine Zusammenarbeit mit EUTELSAT vereinbaren.
Seitdem betreibt Speedcast die Monitoringstation fr Sdamerika fr EUTELSAT. Henrique Antonio erzhlt uns, wie das geht: Die EUTELSAT-Techniker knnen von ihrem Hauptquartier in Paris aus direkt auf unsere Anlage zugreifen und damit live die Signale berprfen. Im gleichn Jahr 2007 erweiterte Speedcast auch seine Technik und kann seit dem alle Sendungen in 16:9 verar-
beiten. 2010 folgte der Upgrade auf 3D. Insgesamt arbeiten heute bei Speedcast 34 Mitarbeiter, 15 davon im Hauptquartier und die brigen sind als Techniker vorwiegend im Auendienst bei den Kunden ttig. In 10 Jahren hat sich Speedcast eine hervorrgande Basis im Bereich TV-Uplink geschaffen. In Brasilien gehrt das Unternehmen zu den ersten Adressen in diesem Bereich.
Die Spiegel im Vordergrund
sind fr EUTELSAT reserviert. ber Remote Control knnen die Techniker in der EUTELSAT Zentrale in Paris diese Spiegel fernsteuern und damit die Aussendungen der EUTELSAT Satelliten berprfen.
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Einer der Speedcast-
Techniker berprft die Steuerung des 9m UplinkSpiegels, der stndig auf den STARONE C1 auf 65W ausgerichtet ist. Der kleinere 7,3m Spiegel dahinter ist fest auf den STARONE C2 auf 70W ausgerichtet.
Blick in den Video-Kontrollraum.

Hier werden die Bildsignale, die ber fiberoptische Leitungen von den TV-Studios der Programme kommen, berprft und ebenso das ausgestrahlte Signal.
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1. Im Herz der Anlage: hier befinden sich in 19" Racks die eigentlichen Transmitter. 2. Groe Spiegel mssen wegen des extrem kleinen ffnungswinkels stndig nachgefhrt werden. Dies besorgt diese Steuereinheit. Die Sollwerte fr den exakten Empfang sind vorgegeben und anhand eines Beacon-Empfngers wird die Positionierung des 9m Spiegels stndig nachgeregelt. 3. Hier kommen die Signale ber fiberoptische Leitungen an: die TV Programme Rede TV und SBT, fr die Speedcast den SatellitenUplink auf den STARONE durchfhrt. 4. Dieser Rack ist fr EUTELSAT reserviert: hier werden die fr EUTELSAT reservierten Spiegel ferngesteuert. Speedcast stellt nur den Platz zur Verfgung, alle Arbeiten werden von der EUTELSATZentrale in Paris ferngesteuert. Eine kleine Web-Kamera ist auf dieses Rack ausgerichtet, soda die Techniker in Paris auch optisch alles sehen knnen und ggfs Anweisungen geben knnen, wenn etwas umgesteckt werden mu.
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1. TV Aparecida ist ein weiteres Programm, das von Speedcast bertragen wird. Dessen Signal wird in diesem Rack ber Satellit empfangen und dann re-ausgestrahlt. 2. Im Senderaum kann auch gleichzeitig das ausgestrahlte Programm berprft werden. Mit Tasten werden die einzelnen Empfangsantennen zugeschaltet und auf dem Spektrumanalyzer kann das Signal berprft werden. Der Monitor darber zeigt das entsprechende TV-Bild an. 3. Ein Mosaik-Monitor zeigt alle von Speedcast ausgestrahlten Programme an.
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ASTROVOX VSR-4500 2CI Digital 3000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.3 yes NTSC/ PAL yes, UHF yes 90-250V yes, 50/60Hz S/PDIF yes yes, 2 no yes no no no yes, yes, 2 yes, 0307 RS-232 UCAS 20
AVIAS VA203S Digital with embedded Viaccess 2000 2-45 yes 1.0 no NTSC/ PAL no yes 12VDC no yes yes, 1 no no no no no yes, RS-232 no
Viaccess
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AXAS M-Box with 2 CI Slots and UCAS 4000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no PAL yes yes 95-250V yes, 50/60Hz S/PDIF yes yes, 2 no no no no no yes, yes, 2 yes, 0309 RS-232 UCAS 20
CHESS Digi 1000 FTA 4000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC/ PAL yes yes 95-240V yes, 50/60Hz S/PDIF yes yes, 2 no no no no no yes, RS-232 no no 0309 28
COSHIP CDVB 3188C Digital FTA 2000 2-45 yes 1.0 no NTSC/ PAL no yes 100-240V 50/60Hz no yes no yes yes no no no yes, RS-232 no no 0311 24
DELTASAT CXCI 1106 HDI with 2 CI Slots and optional Hard Drive 5000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2, 1.3 no NTSC/ PAL yes yes 95-250V 50/60Hz yes, AC-3 yes yes, 2 yes yes no no yes, yes, yes, 2 option RS-232
CONAX
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DREAMBOX DM 5600-S unlimited n/a yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC/ PAL coming soon no 230V 50Hz yes yes yes, 2 no no no no no yes, yes,2 yes,1 RS-232 0303 17
DREAMBOX DM 7000-S unlimited n/a yes 1.2 yes NTSC/ PAL coming soon no 230V 50Hz yes yes yes, 2 no no no no yes, yes, yes,1 option RS-232 no 0301 20
EM TECH eM-150FTA Digital 2000 1-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 yes NTSC/ PAL yes yes 90-260V 50/60Hz yes, AC-3 yes yes, 2 no no no no no yes, RS-232 no no 0303 24
KAON KSC-510H Digital with 2 CI Slots and Hard Drive 4080 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 yes NTSC/ PAL yes yes 95-250V 50/60Hz yes yes yes, 2 no no no no yes yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0301 71
GRUNDIG Selio DTR 5210 S CI Digital 4000 2-45 yes 1.2 yes PAL no yes 230V 50Hz yes, S/PDIF yes yes, 2 no no no no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0307 24
HIRSCHMANN 4000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC PAL SECAM NTSC PAL SECAM NTSC PAL SECAM NTSC PAL no yes 90-250V 50/60Hz yes yes yes, 2 no no no no no yes, RS-232 no no 0303 84
HIRSCHMANN CSR 60 CI with 2 CI Slots 4000 2-45 yes 1.2 no no yes 95-250V 50/60Hz yes, AC-3 yes yes, 2 no no no no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0309 16
HI TOP Si-dTV Digital Portable 400 2-45 yes no no no yes 100-240V 50/60hz 9-12VDC 90-260V 50/60Hz no yes, not RCA yes no no no no no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0305 20
HUMANACE SKYCI 2003 Digital 3000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no yes yes no yes, 2 no yes no no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232 yes 0305 24
INTERSTAR DSR 8006CI XCAM with 2 CI Slots and embedded Conax 6600 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC/ PAL yes yes 90-265V 50/60Hz no yes yes, 2 no yes no no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232
CONAX
yes,
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KAON KSC-510H Digital with 2 CI Slots and Hard Drive 4080 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 yes NTSC/ PAL yes yes 95-250V 50/60Hz yes yes yes, 2 no no no no yes yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0301 71
KJAERULFF Maximum FTA-100 4000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 yes PAL no yes 100-240V 50/60Hz no no yes, adapt. cable yes, 2 no no no no no no no no 0307 40
LEMON 07 CI Digital 3000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC PAL yes yes 90-260V 50/60Hz yes, 2 yes no no no no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0305 28
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TV Radio Ms/sec Volt Hertz RCA S-VHS 0/12 V MEDIACOM MFT 910 Plus Digital 3000 2-30 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC PAL yes yes 90-250V 50/60Hz no yes yes, 2 no yes no MEDIACOM MCI-920 Digital with Two CI Slots 3000 2-30 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC/ PAL yes yes 220-240V 50Hz no yes
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NEXTWAVE Plus SCR-3200C Digital 4000 2-31 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC/ PAL yes, UHF yes 90-245V yes, 2 50/60Hz S/PDIF yes yes, 2 no yes no no no yes, RS-232 no yes,
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OPENTECH ODS 4000PVR Digital with Two Tuners and Hard Drive 4000 1-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC PAL yes yes 90-240V 50/60Hz yes yes yes, 2 no no no no yes yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0303 71
PALCOM DSL-3 with USALS 4000 2-45 yes 1.2 yes NTSC/ PAL no yes 110-240V 50/60Hz yes yes yes, 2 no no no no no yes, RS-232 no no 0305 74
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SAMSUNG SCRCI-703E 4000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no yes, UHF 90-245V 50-60Hz yes yes yes, 2 yes no no no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232 yes,
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SATELCO DVB-S USB Box unlimited 2-45 yes 1.0 no n/a n/a no 12VDC no no no no no no no yes (PC) yes (PC) no no 0303 80
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no
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TECHNOTREND DVB-S Card 1.6 with Remote Control and S/PDIF unlimited as good as 1-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no n/a no yes n/a yes, S/PDIF yes
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yes (PC)
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TOPFIELD TF4000PVR Digital with Two Tuners and Two CI Slots 5000 1-45 yes 1.0, 1.3 yes NTSC/ PAL yes yes 90-250V yes, 50/60Hz S/PDIF yes yes, 2 no no no no yes yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0301 74
TOPFIELD TF5000 PVR with Two Tuners 5000 2-45 yes 1.2 yes NTSC/ PAL no yes 90-250V 50/60Hz yes yes yes, 2 yes no no no yes yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0307 44
VISIONPLUS VP-DTV Sat-CI Digital PC Card unlimited 2-45 yes 1.2 yes n/a no yes n/a no no no no no no no yes (PC) yes, RS-232 no no 0301 84
WEISS DigitAll World SFT-2000 with addable Universal Card Reader 4000 1-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC/ PAL yes yes 90-250V yes, 50/60Hz S/PDIF yes yes, 2 no yes no no no yes, RS-232 no must 0309 be 44 added yes, Skycrypt yes, Skycrypt 0309 47
WEISS DMSIS DSR-110SKCI with 2 CI Slots and Skycrypt 3600 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC/ PAL yes yes 90-264V 50/60Hz yes AC-3 yes yes, 2 no no no no yes, (via PC) no yes, yes, 2 RS-232
XTREME HORNET A2CI STR with Two CI Slots and embedded Skycrypt 9000 2-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no NTSC/ PAL/ SECAM NTSC/ PAL/ SECAM NTSC/ PAL yes yes 90-250V 50/60Hz yes yes yes, 2 no yes no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232 0311 32
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X-WINDS DVB-X2005CI Digital/Terrestrial 4000 1-45 yes 1.0, 1.2 no yes yes 100-240V 47-63Hz yes yes yes no no no no no yes, yes, 2 RS-232 no 0305 78
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Sony Electronics has launched a marketing campaign in support of its new 4K Ultra HD TVs, featuring Garth Davis. The commercial featuring Davis was shot on the Sony F65 and F55 professional 4K cameras. Sony is also advertising its new 4K UHDTV TV sets via social networks, email, direct mail, among other means.
NHK, MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC DEVELOPS FIRST HEVC ENCODER

NHK and Mitsubishi Electric Corp have jointly developed the worlds first HEVC encoder for 8K ultra HDTV Super Hi-Vision (SHV). The SHV standard offers 16 times the number of HD pixels and a 22.2 multichannel surround sound experience. HEVC is due to be recognized as an international standard this year. It offers about double the data compression of AVC2), and about four times that of the MPEG-2 standard currently employed for digital HDTV broadcasting.
ESPN PREFERS ULTRA HD OVER 3D
HISPASAT, LG TO PROMOTE ULTRA HD
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat and LG Espana have reached an agreement to promote the development of TV in Ultra HD. As part of the deal, both companies will exchange knowledge, share a platform for development of new products and technologies related to Ultra HD, increase their operational and commercial synergies, spread the usage of Ultra HD TV sets from LG, as well as use satellites to support the broadcasting of new content in Ultra HD. Hispasat will broadcast via satellite a promotional Ultra HD channel. At the presentation ceremony a live demonstration of the new technology was shown on a LG Ultra HD TV via the Hispasat 1E satellite.
Disney has announced it will close down the ESPN 3D channel by the end of the year, after three years of broadcasting. The channel said that customers have not warmed to the technology, citing a lack of demand from the majority of consumers. Disney is now looking to focus their efforts on Ultra HD or 4K TV rather than 3D broadcasts.
SOUTH AMERICA
SONY RECORDS CONFEDERATIONS CUP IN 4K
Sony Brasil has covered three matches of the Confederations Cup, which took place in Brazil in June, in 4K. The material will be used as test mate rial for FIFA and Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo. A total of 35 cameras were used, five of them 4K. The image resolution will be 3840 x 2160, which is five times that of Full HD, and the audio was 5.1.
JAPANESE COMPANIES TEAM UP TO PROMOTE ULTRA HD

Some 21 Japanese companies, including manufacturers, telecommunications operators and broadcasters, have set up a partnership to promote the development of the Ultra HDTV standard. They include broadcasters NHK and SkyPerfect, as well as manufacturers such as NEC, Sony, Toshiba, Panasonic and Fujitsu.
SONY CONDUCTS 4K TRIALS AT WIMBLEDON

Sony has captured part of this years Wimble don Tennis Championships in the Ultra HD/4K format. Sony used the F55 cameras and NEXFS700 cameras to film the action in 4K. The footage was shown at the Sony 4K Experience centre which was set up at the location.
HISPASAT CONDUCTS 4K TRANSMISSION IN BRAZIL
WORLD
ROVI AND BROADCOM TO DELIVER 4K DEVICES
Rovi and Broadcom have teamed up to to enable device manufacturers and service providers to utilise the benefits of High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC/H.265) to deliver an enhanced entertainment experience. Rovi is planning to drive 4K content creation and market availability of compatible devices. Broadcom plans to support the playback of DivX HEVC streaming and downloadable content in the UHDTV home gateway chip BCM7445.
SAMSUNG EXPECTS ULTRA HD TO BECOME MAINSTREAM IN 2017
UHDTV will become mainstream by 2017, according to the director of European Business Development at Samsung Electronics. Speaking at the Futuresource Entertainment Summit 2013, Vassilis Seferidis, said that the question is whether operators will wait for penetration to reach 5 per cent before introducing channels. He added that some operators such as Sky Deutschland were already experimenting with UHDTV.
Hispasat conducted a live satellite broadcast of 4K content, reproduced on an 84-inch TV set from LG, during an event in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the start of operations of the Amazonas 3 satellite. The images were generated in Spain and were received by a PC connected to the TV with the necessary codecs for playback. Local cable and DTH operators should start selling the first domestic receivers compatible with 4K from the 2H 2014.
ASIA
NTT WEST TESTS 4K TV STREAMS VIA INTERNET
Japans NTT West has been conducting 4K tests via the internet to set-top boxes, a first of its kind. A new video compression standard is being used to reduce the amount of data that needs to be transmitted. Japan plans to become the first country to broadcast 4K programming over satellite from 2014, in time for the football World Cup. SONY ANNOUNCES 4K MEDIA PLAYER Sony has announced a 4K Ultra HD media player and a 4K Ultra HD content service providing 4K downloads within the Sony Entertainment Network. The player, to be available July 15 for USD 699, will come preloaded with 10 Ultra HD feature films. Ultra HD compression encoding technology from eyeIO has been licensed by Sony Pictures to enable the studio to offer the first-ever 4K UltraHD content delivered to the home.
943.000 UHD LCD PANELS TO BE SHIPPED THIS YEAR

Manufacturers expect to ship nearly 943,000 Ultra High Definition LCD panels this year, up from less than 33,000 units in 2012, according to IHS. For 2015, the figure will reach 7.1 million units and in 2017 it will arrive to 20.8 million units. Suppliers collectively plan to ship as many as 4 million UHD Ready panels this year alone. Leading panel suppliers such as Samsung, LG Display, AUO and Innolux are all introducing UHD TV panels, with TV brands like Sony, Sharp, Samsung, LG Electronics, and Vizio planning to launch their own offerings later this year.
NORTH AMERICA
INTELSAT AND ERICSSON TRIAL UHDTV
Intelsat and Ericsson in June conducted the first 4G UHDTV trials in North America. Intelsats Galaxy 13 satellite delivered a 4:2:2 10-bit, 4K UHDTV signal at 60 frames per second to Turner Broadcastings facilities in the USA. The 100 Mbps video feed was encoded and decoded in real time by Ericsson, using its AVP 2000 contribution encoders and RX8200 receivers. Newtec provided the modulation and demodulation hardware, featuring Clean Channel Technology.
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Europe, MIddle East 338.0 East (022.0 West) C-Band: SES 4 - America 338.0 East (022.0 West) INTELSAT 905 - Europe 335.5 East (024.5 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 905 - Europe, Africa, America 335.5 East (024.5 West) INTELSAT 907 - Europe 332.5 East (027.5 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 907 - Europe, Africa, America 332.5 East (027.5 West) HISPASAT 1C, 1D, 1E - Europe, America 330.0 East (030.0 West) INTELSAT 25 - Africa 328.5 East (031.5 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 25 - Europe, Africa 328.5 East (031.5 West) INTELSAT 903 - Europe 325.5 East (034.5 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 903 - Europe 325.5 East (034.5 West) TELSTAR 11N - Europe, Africa 322.5 East (037.5 West) C-Band: NSS 10 - Europe, Africa, America 322.5 East (037.5 West) NSS 806 - Europe 319.5 East (040.5 West) C-Band: NSS 806 - America, Europe 319.5 East (040.5 West) INTELSAT 11 - Brazil 317.0 East (043.0 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 11 - Brazil 315.0 East (043.0 West) INTELSAT 14 - Europe, North Africa, South America 315.0 East (045.0 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 14 - America 315.0 East (045.0 West) INTELSAT 1R - America 315.0 East (050.0 West) INTELSAT 23 - America 307.0 East (053.0 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 23 - America, Africa 307.0 East (053.0 West) Galaxy 11 - Brazil 304.5 East (055.5 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 805 - America 304.5 East (055.5 West) C-Band: INTELSAT 21 - Mexico 302.0 East (058.0 West) AMAZONAS 2 - South America 299.0 East (061.0 West) C-Band: AMAZONAS 3 - America 299.0 East (061.0 West) AMAZONAS 3 - Brazil 299.0 East (061.0 West) ECHOSTAR 16 - Conus 298.5 East (061.5 West) TELSTAR 14R - Brazil, Mercosul 297.0 East (063.0 West) STARONE C1 - Brazil 295.0 East (065.0 West) C-Band: STARONE C1 - South America 295.0 East (065.0 West) AMC 4 - North America 295.0 East (065.0 West) STARONE C2 - Brazil 290.0 East (070.0 West) C-Band: STARONE C2 - South America 290.0 East (070.0 West) AMC 6 - North America 288.0 East (072.0 West) C-Band: AMC 6 - North America 288.0 East (072.0 West) NIMIQ 5 - Conus 287.3 East (072.7 West) QUETZSAT 1 - Conus 283.0 East (077.0 West) ECHOSTAR 1 - America, Mexico 283.0 East (077.0 West) SIMON BOLIVAR - South America 282.0 East (078.0 West) C-Band: SIMON BOLIVAR - South America 282.0 East (078.0 West) NIMIQ 4 - Canada 278.0 East (082.0 West) AMC 9 - North America 277.0 East (083.0 West) C-Band: BRASILSAT B4 - Brazil 276.0 East (084.0 West) AMC 16 - North America 275.0 East (085.0 West) SES 2 - North America 273.0 East (087.0 West) C-Band: SES 2 - North America 273.0 East (087.0 West) GALAXY 28 - America 271.0 East (089.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 28 - America 271.0 East (089.0 West) NIMIQ 6 - Canada 269.0 East (091.0 West) GALAXY 17 - North America 269.0 East (091.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 17 - North America 269.0 East (091.0 West) GALAXY 25 - North America 266.9 East (093.1 West) GALAXY 3C - North America 265.0 East (095.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 3C - North America 265.0 East (095.0 West) GALAXY 19 - North America 263.0 East (097.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 19 - North America 263.0 East (097.0 West) GALAXY 16 - North America 261.0 East (099.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 16 - North America 261.0 East (099.0 West) DIRECTV 4S, 8 - America 259.0 East (101.0 West) SES 1 - North America 259.0 East (101.0 West) C-Band: SES 1 - North America 259.0 East (101.0 West) AMC 1 - North America 257.0 East (103.0 West) C-Band: AMC 1 - North America 257.0 East (103.0 West) AMC 15 - North America 255.0 East (105.0 West) C-Band: AMC 18 - North America 255.0 East (105.0 West) ANIK F1R - North America 252.7 East (107.3 West) C-Band: ANIK F1R - North America 252.7 East (107.3 West) C-Band: ANIK F1 - South America 252.7 East (107.3 West) ANIK G1 - North America 252.7 East (107.3 West) ECHOSTAR 10, 11 - America 250.0 East (110.0 West) DIRECTV 5 - America 250.0 East (110.0 West) ANIK F2 - North America 248.9 East (111.1 West) C-Band: ANIK F2 - North America 248.9 East (111.1 West) SATMEX 6 - America 247.0 East (113.0 West) C-Band: SATMEX 6 - America 247.0 East (113.0 West) SATMEX 8 - America 243.2 East (116.8 West) C-Band: SATMEX 8 - America 247.0 East (113.0 West) ANIK F3 - Conus 243.2 East (116.8 West) C-Band: ANIK F3 - America 241.0 East (119.0 West) ECHOSTAR 14 - Conus 241.0 East (119.0 West) DIRECTV 7S - Conus 241.0 East (119.0 West) ECHOSTAR 9, GALAXY 23 - North America 239.0 East (121.0 West) C-Band: ECHOSTAR 9, GALAXY 23 - North America 239.0 East (121.0 West) GALAXY 18 - North America 237.0 East (123.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 18 - North America 237.0 East (123.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 14 - North America 235.0 East (125.0 West) AMC 21 - North America 235.0 East (125.0 West) GALAXY 13, HORIZONS 1 - North America 233.0 East (127.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 13, HORIZONS 1 - North America 233.0 East (127.0 West) CIEL 2 - America 231.0 East (129.0 West) C-Band: AMC 11 - North America 229.0 East (131.0 West) C-Band: GALAXY 15- North America 227.0 East (133.0 West) C-Band: AMC 10 - North America 225.0 East (135.0 West) C-Band: AMC 7 - North America 223.0 East (137.0 West) C-Band: AMC 8 - North America 221.0 East (139.0 West)
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Europe 033.0 East INELSAT 28 - Africa 034.0 East ARABSAT 2B - Middle East 036.0 East EUTELSAT 36A,36B - Europe , South Africa, Asia, Russia 038.0 East PAKSAT 1R - Pakistan, North India 038.0 East C-Band: PAKSAT 1R - Pakistan, India, Middle East, Africa 039.0 East HELLAS SAT 2 - Europe, Middle East, Asia 042.0 East TURKSAT 2A,3A - Europe, Russia 044.5 East NIMIQ 1 - Europe, Middle East 045.0 East INTELSAT 12 - India, South Africa, Middle East, Europe 046.0 East AZERSPACE 1,AFRICASAT 1A - Asia, Africa 047.5 East INTELSAT 10 - Middle East, Europe 049.0 East C-Band: YAMAL 202 - Global 050.0 East INTELSAT 26 - Europe 050.5 East NSS 5 -Global 050.5 East C-Band: NSS 5 - Global 052.5 East YAHSAT 1A -Europe, Middle East, Africa 053.0 East EXPRESS AM22 -Europe, Middle East, North India 055.0 East GSAT-8, YAMAL 402 - Russia 056.0 East BONUM 1, DIREC TV 1R - East Russia 057.0 East NSS 12 - Europe, Russia, Africa, India 057.0 East C-Band: NSS 12 - Europe, Russia, Africa, India, Global 060.0 East INTELSAT 904 - Europe 060.0 East C-Band: INTELSAT 904 - Europe, Africa, Global 062.0 East INTELSAT 902 - Europe, Middle East 062.0 East C-Band: INTELSAT 902 - Europe, China, Australia, South Africa, Global 064.2 East C-Band: INTELSAT 906 - Europe, Africa, South India, Global 066.0 East INTELSAT 17 -Europe,Russia 068.5 East INTELSAT 20 - Africa, Europe, Middle East 068.5 East C-Band: INTELSAT 20 - Global 070.5 East EUTELSAT 70B - Europe,Middle East, India 072.1 East INTELSAT 22 - Middle East, Africa 074.0 East INSAT 4CR - India 074.0 East C-Band: INSAT 3C - India 075.0 East ABS-1 - Europe, Asia, Middle East 075.0 East C-Band: ABS-1 - Global 076.5 East APSTAR 7 - China 076.5 East C-Band: APSTAR 7 - Global 078.5 East THAICOM 5 - Thailand 078.5 East C-Band: THAICOM 5 - India,China,Thailand, Global 080.0 East C-Band: EXPRESS MD1 - Russia, North India 080.0 East EXPRESS AM2 - Russia, North India 083.0 East INSAT 4A - India 083.0 East C-Band: INSAT 4A - India, Middle East 085.0 East INTELSAT 15 - Middle East 085.0 East HORIZONS 2 - Russia 086.5 East KAZSAT 2 - Russia 087.5 East C-Band: CHINASAT 5A - China, India, Midle East 088.0 East ST 2 - India, Malaysia 088.0 East C-Band: ST 2 - India, Thailand 090.0 East YAMAL 201,300K - Russia, North India 090.0 East C-Band: YAMAL 201,300K - Russia, North India 091.5 East MEASAT 3 - Malaysia, South Asia 091.5 East C-Band: MEASAT 3 -Global, Thailand, Australia, East Asia 091.5 East MEASAT 3A - Malaysia, South Asia 091.5 East C-Band: MEASAT 3A -Global 092.2 East CHINASAT 9 - China 093.5 East INSAT 3A,4B - India 093.5 East C-Band: INSAT 3A,4B - India, Middle East 095.0 East NSS 6 - India, Middle East, South Africa, North East Asia, Australia 096.5 East C-Band: EXPRESS AM 33 - Asia, Russia,China 100.5 East ASIASAT 5 - East Asia, India, Middle East, Thailand 100.5 East C-Band: ASIASAT 5 - Global 103.0 East C-Band: EXPRESS A2 - Russia, China 105.5 East ASIASAT 3S - East Asia, South Asia, Australia 105.5 East C-Band: ASIASAT 3S - Global 108.2 East NSS 11 - South Asia, North East Asia, China 108.2 East C-Band: TELKOM 1 - Indonesia 108.2 East SES 7 - South Asia, Australia 110.0 East BSAT 3A,2C,3C N-SAT 110,JCSAT 110R - Japan 110.5 East C-Band: CHINASAT 10 - China, Asia Pacific 113.0 East KOREASAT 5 - South Korea, North East Asia 113.0 East C-Band: PALAPA D - Asia, Australia 115.5 East C-Band: CHINASAT 6B - Global 116.0 East ABS 7 - South Korea 116.0 East KOREASAT 6 - South Korea 118.0 East C-Band: TELKOM 2 - Global 119.5 East THAICOM 4 - Indonesia, Cambodia 122.0 East ASIASAT 4 - East Asia, Australia 122.0 East C-Band: ASIASAT 4 - Global 124.0 East JCSAT 4B - Japan 125.0 East C-Band: CHINASAT 6A - China 128.0 East JCSAT 3A - Japan 128.0 East C-Band: JCSAT 3A - Asia 132.0 East VINASAT 1 - Vietnam 132.0 East C-Band:VINASAT 1 - Asia, Australia 132.0 East VINASAT 2 - Vietnam 132.0 East JCSAT 5A - Japan 134.0 East APSTAR 6 - China 134.0 East C-Band: APSTAR 6 - Asia, Australia 138.0 East TELSTAR 18 - India, China 138.0 East C-Band: TELSTAR 18 - Asia, Australia 140.0 East EXPRESS AM3 - Russia, China 140.0 East C-Band: EXPRESS AM3 - Russia, China 144.0 East SUPERBIRD C2 - Japan 152.0 East OPTUS D2 - Australia, Newzealand 154.0 East JCSAT 2A - Japan 154.0 East C-Band: JCSAT 2A - Asia&Oceania&Hawaii 156.0 East OPTUS C1,D3 - Australia, Newzealand 160.0 East OPTUS D1 - Australia, Newzealand 162.0 East SUPERBIRD B2 - Japan 164.0 East OPTUS B3 - Asia 166.0 East INTELSAT 19 - Australia, Newzealand, North East Asia 166.0 East C-Band: INTELSAT 19 - Australia 169.0 East C-Band: INTELSAT 8 - Pacific 172.0 East EUTELSAT 172A - South Pacific, South East Pacific 172.0 East C-Band: EUTELSAT 172A - Pacific 180.0 East INTELSAT 18 - Australia, Pacific 180.0 East C-Band: INTELSAT 18 - Pacific
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Konfiguration und berwachung

Grundeinheit mit redundantem Schaltnetzteil

Konfiguration und berwachung

SPAROS 711 Touch Serie

Touch Screen 10"

Druckgussgehuse aus Aluminium Lieferung im stabilen Transportkoffer!

SPAUN electronic GmbH & Co. KG

CATV und terrestrischer TV Modus

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PVR Receiver fr Satellit und Terrestrik

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PVR Receiver fr Satellit und Terrestrik

Das Beste aus zwei Welten

MKTech IS1-19HD Bestens ausgestattet fr Satellit und Lokal-TV in Sdamerika

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Thomas Haring Test Center Austria

Im WiFi Modus besteht keine Mglichkeit zur manuellen SSID

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Von Profis fr Profis

Horizon HD-CM+ fr DVB-C Extrem leichte Bedienung fr den professionellen Kabel-Monteur

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MER Horizon 32.1 dB 34.7 dB 36.6 dB

BER Horizon 2.05E-4 2.69E-4 3.20E-7

Signal Level Reference 61.2 dBV 62.1 dBV 58.4 dBV

MER Reference 31.3 dB 33.5 dB 34.8 dB