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TEST REPORT Satellite Receiver

TechniSat DigiPlus STR 1


Elegant CI Receiver with LCD Display
There are already plenty of bulky CI receivers packed and impressed us not only from its exter- variety of LNBs, from your basic
with segmented displays available. So you can just nal appearance but also from its internal workings. single LNB, through a Quattro
imagine how excited we were to actually be holding The large and extremely easy to read display in LNB up to and including Tech-
an elegant receiver with readable display on our the middle of the front panel stands out as soon as niSat’s own one-cable solution
hands! you open the box. To the left behind a flap are two
(Disicon series). Additionally,
well-hidden integrated card readers for Conax and
there are also corresponding
The new TechniSat DigiPlus STR1 was nicely Cryptoworks.
local oscillator fre-
quency (LOF) values
for the C-band and
also for circular
LNBs available. And
06 -0 7/ 20 07 if you absolutely
must use your S-
R1
DIGIPLUS ST
TECHNISAT band antenna with
iver for Every
The Ideal Rece e Group this new TechniSat
and Every Ag
Living Room
receiver, you can set
up the necessary
To our great surprise, we in your hand and all buttons are and Spanish. A second version
LOFs manually. A pair of signal
found that one of these slots was within easy reach of your thumb. of this receiver with the choices
and quality displays constantly
already fitted with a TechniSat English, Turkish, Czech, Hungar-
keep an eye out on the incoming
Smart Card for a 30-day free trial On the rear panel, you will find ian and Bulgarian is also avail-
satellite signal letting you easily
of the radio package on Astra at two Scart connectors, three RCA able.
adjust all the settings as needed
19.2° east. If you happen to like jacks for video and stereo audio,
for optimum reception.
listening to that radio package, a digital audio output (optical The next step involves select-
just fill out the order card that and coaxial), a satellite IF input ing your location. A large selec- Before the installation pro-
came with the receiver package as well as a service connection. tion is available that includes cedure comes to an end, the
to keep the Smart Card active Unfortunately, you won’t find Germany, Switzerland, Great receiver takes a quick look to
after the 30-day trial. a main power switch, a looped- Britain, Spain, Holland, Turkey, see if any new software is avail-
through IF output, an S-Video Denmark, Norway, Russia, Lux- able via satellite. Only after
Six buttons are located to the output and a modulator output. embourg, Austria, The Czech this step is completed can you
right of the display for control of Republic, France, Italy, Belgium, get into the channel menu. The
the receiver should the remote The included user manual is Poland, Sweden, Finland and user must choose between the
control not be available. Nev- in typical TechniSat quality: it Greece. If you now ask yourself ISIPRO system mentioned earlier
ertheless, it would be a good is quite detailed with numerous what the use would be in the and an automatic channel scan
idea to keep fresh batteries in illustrations and should there- receiver knowing location, the for all or free-to-air (FTA) only
the remote since most of the fore be an excellent tool even for answer is simply ISIPRO. The channels. We began our tests by
receiver’s features can only be beginners. ISIPRO system was developed activating the ISIPRO system;
accessed through the remote. by TechniSat to provide up-to- the download of an up-to-date

As long as we’re on the subject Everyday Use date and country-specific chan-
nel lists to the user. As soon as
channel list started immediately
and was completed in just about
of remote controls: TechniSat is After turning on the receiver a new channel is added or an old one minute. The DigiPlus STR1
trying to follow a very straight for the first time, you are taken one removed, the receiver rec- needed a little more time, roughly
line by including the same directly to the Installation Assis- ognizes this automatically and eight minutes, to download SFI
remote in all of their units. If you tant that guides through all of loads the updated channel list data. This system is similar to
already have a TechniSat box to the necessary setup parame- via satellite. The days of time- the familiar EPG but on the one
call your own, you should have no ters step-by-step. Choosing the consuming channel scans and hand it comes with a number of
trouble at all getting comfortable desired OSD language is the first channel sorting are over. sort and search functions and on
with the remote that comes with step. You can choose between
the other it is a single download
the DigiPlus STR1. It sits nicely German, French, Italian, English The next step is based on your for all of the major broadcasters
existing antenna system. Natu- with information up to a week in
rally the receiver is compatible advance.
with all standard DiSEqC proto-
cols as well as with the Techni- After successfully exiting
Sat developed Multyenne system the Installation Assistant, the
previously introduced by TELE- receiver switches over to the
satellite. The Multyenne system first receivable channel. The Info
provides for multiple satellite bar that immediately appears
reception at the same time. A displays the current channel
DiSEqC motor can also be oper- number and name as well as the
ated. The preprogrammed satel- title of the current program. This
lite list includes all of the more information is also visible on the
popular DTH satellites in Europe. receiver’s LCD display and can
13 additional satellites can be easily be read from a distance.
manually added if need be. The receiver switches between
The DigiPlus STR1 supports a channels in just under a second

TELE-satellite & Broadband — 06-07/2007 — www.TELE-satellite.com


and there are no noticeable video
or audio distortions after switch-
tings; in addition to a typical
PIN lock-out of the entire menu
Expert Opinion
ing channels. system, individual TV and radio +
Since we entered Austria as channels can also be hidden from The TechniSat DigiPlus STR1 is an ideal receiver
our test location, all German lan- the nosy kids. for every living room and every age group. It is very
guage channels including those easy to use and, thanks to the Installation Assistant
from Austria were loaded. Even As practical as the ISIPRO and the ISIPRO system, many of the setup difficulties
the large German PayTV provid- system is, it could never cover that might otherwise pop up with a standard receiver
Thomas Haring
ers were made available in the every desired channel. This is are done away with. It also comes with quite a few set- TELE-satellite
channel list. If we had chosen reason enough for us to take a Test Center
ting variations for the more ambitious user or the pro- Austria
Switzerland as our location, all of closer look at the manual chan-
fessional. SCPC reception is very good and thanks
the corresponding German-lan- nel scan.
to the SFI system the user has access to a fully-featured electronic
guage channels would have been The Channel Scan menu
program guide that other receivers cannot offer.
placed at the head of the list. offers four different modes: an
Overall, this is a well thought out
and extremely practical feature.
automatic scan on all available
satellites, a scan of individual
-
It would have been nice to see a main power switch, a satellite
It should also be noted that the satellites or transponders as well looped-through IF output and modulator on the rear panel.
so-called option channels of vari- as a manual scan with PID entry
ous PayTV providers were also for DXers. In all four modes, the
supported and displayed without
any problems.
scan can be set for all or FTA-
only channels. A look at the pre-
TECHNIC Manufacturer TechniSat Digital GmbH,
54550 Daun, Germany
DATA
programmed transponder data Tel +49-6592-712-600
To change channels, simply reveals that they are for the most Fax +49-6592-4910
press the OK button to display the part up-to-date. For our channel E-Mail http://www.technisat.com/en/kontakt.php
channel list. The current TV chan- scan test, the DigiPlus STR1 man- Model DigiPlus STR1
nel continues to be visible in a aged to scan 80 transponders in Function Digital CI Satellite Receiver with
smaller window in the upper right a little over eight minutes. All two integrated card readers
corner of the screen. The chan- things considered, not bad at all. Channel Memory 5000
nel list can also be sorted by pro- Satellites 33
vider and each channel can have The picture was not so rosy
Symbolrates 1-45 Ms/sec.
its EPG info displayed assum- with the reception of very weak
SCPC Compatible yes, starting at 1.142 Ms/sec. (test result)
ing that this data is available. A signals. Only those signals
USALS no
push of the SFI button opens the starting with a C/N of roughly
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.2
editorially arranged EPG system 5dB could be processed by the
that can handle a large number receiver and displayed distor- Scart Connectors 2
of channels. Various modes such tion-free. We were thus unable to Audio/Video Outputs 3 x RCA
as an overview (what happens to use our 1.2-meter antenna on the UHF Modulator no
be playing on each channel) plus relatively weak horizontal signals Programmable 0/12 Volt no
a total and detailed overview of from NILESAT at 7° west. Even Digital Audio Output yes, optical and coaxial
all the channels can be accessed our test center in Berlin reported EPG yes
in just seconds. little to no success on ASTRA2D
C/Ku-band Compatible yes
at 28.2° east with a 1.2-meter
Power Supply 180-250 VAC, 50 Hz
Pushing the red function button dish.
provides access to the Timer set-
tings from which you can choose These less than positive results
between a video recorder timer with its tuner sensitivity were
and a channel switching timer. more than made up for with this
The channel switching timer lets box’s SCPC capabilities. Our test
you switch to another channel transponder with a symbolrate
automatically at a specified time of 1.142 Ms/sec. was processed
while the video recorder timer effortlessly and displayed with-
operates in a locked mode so that out any distortion.
no one can accidentally change
Antenna Configuration Main Menu
channels or turn the receiver Radio fans will be very happy
off while a program is being the first time they switch from TV
recorded. to radio mode. Even in this mode
If you’ve never been too happy the STR1 displays easy-to-read
with the quality of the Scart’s channel names, not to mention
CVBS signal, you can go into the EPG data should it be available.
Settings menu and change the Now you no longer need to turn
output to RGB or S-Video plus the TV on in radio mode since
activate automatic 16:9 switch- even the TV and radio channel
ing. TechniSat also did not forget list is visible in reduced size on
to include child protection set- the receiver’s display. SCPC Reception Channel Scan

Downloading the ISIPRO


Channel List

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