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City Report
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Test Report
AB IPBox 9900HD Media Powerhouse
IPTV  Fiber Optics  Broadband

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Dear Readers,
Address
TELE-satellite Magazine Common wisdom seems to suggest that HDTV belongs to pay TV, meaning we are
PO Box 1234 supposed to pay for high-definition content while SDTV remains available free-to-air. A
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to this assumption. Yet, if we take a closer look at some countries the question arises
Editor-in-Chief
Alexander Wiese whether all that glitter is actually gold, or in other words: Do we really get HD just because
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Published by
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Design cases is determined by a network’s marketing
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Advertising technical specifications. Some time in the future
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Printer to any channel name. Does that mean that one
Litografia Rosés day we will receive HDTV channels only? And
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Most of the currently available HD channels simply broadcast their fair by upscaling their
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regular offerings. But what’s the point of that when even your average HDTV set-top box
is able to upscale virtually any source material to HD resolution? As viewers, we couldn’t
care less about whether the picture we see on our screen is upscaled by the provider or by
our receiver. And if we follow that line of reasoning we could even go as far as to state that
everybody with a HDTV receiver at home watches all channels in high definition. At least
we are made to believe this.

How, then, can we find out if a so-called HDTV broadcast is native HD at all? Simple
answer: We can’t! The only way of knowing for sure is to watch out very closely for certain
picture characteristics, which is a pretty hopeless job for average Joe. By the way, does
anybody remember the Hi-Fi humbug with regard to FM radio some decades ago? Even the
most cheapo portable radio came with a prominently placed Hi-Fi logo, although the sound
it produced was far from it. Right now we experience a déjà-vu when it comes to HDTV.
Before long, every TV channel, every receiver and every TV panel will brag about being HD.
Irrespective of what really is showing.

TELE-satellite was established It’s the brave new world of HDTV, and we all better get used to it.
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CONTENT

AB IPBOX 9900HD
HDTV Satellite &
Multimedia Receiver ................... 10

AZBOX PREMIUM HD
DVB-S2, ISDB-T and
IPTV HD-Receiver ....................... 22

JIUZHOU DTP8300
IPTV Set-Top-Box ....................... 30

AWARD Winning:
IPTV Receivers of 21st Century..........74

JAEGER HD+ 2011 AWARD Winning:
HDTV Receiver with Digital Receivers of 21st Century .......76
HD+ Standard ........................... 38
Company Report:
IPTV Software and Hardware Producer
NETUP, Russia ................................82

Company Report:
TENOW TBS 6981 PC Card & Receiver Manufacturer
DVB-S/S2 TEVII, Taiwan..................................92
PC Card with Twin-Tuner
Function ................. 50 Company Overview:
Best Digital TV Companies
of the World.................................. 100
SVEC 1.2 M
VSAT DISH Feature:
VSAT Dish for Hybrid broadcast broadband TV ....... 116
Ku-Band................. 54
Feature:
How your smartphone turns into a great
SPAUN tool for DXers and installers ............ 120
SOTX 1310607 NF &
SORX 1310607 NF DXer Report:
Optical Transmitter & Rainer Schulz and Berndt Rosenberger,
Optical Receiver ...... 60 Lausitz, Germany .......................... 130 News:
HDTV & 3D Programmes ................. 148
City Report:
INFOSAT C/KU BAND Satellite Reception World Satellites .......................... 156
COMBIFEED in Shanghai, China ........................ 140
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C and Ku band ........ 68 DTT of the World ........................ 146 Worldwide .................................. 160

ADVERTISERS
8DTEK ........................................13 DISHPOINTER .......................... 152 SATELLITE GUYS ...................... 131
ABC-BIZNIS ............................... 41 DOEBIS .................................... 8-9 SEATEL ..................................... 137
AB IPBOX .............................. 28-29 DOEBIS-JAEGER .........................65 SKYWORTH ................................. 7
ALUOSAT .................................. 149 FULAN ELECTRONICS .................. 5 SMARTWI ...................................33
ANGA 2011 .................................73 GLOBALINVACOM .......................83 SOWELL......................................25
AZBOX ...................................... 163 GLOBALSAT ................................47 SPAUN ........................................55
AZURE SHINE ........................... 127 GOLDENMEDIA ...........................17 SVEC ..........................................45
BOIINGSAT ................................61 HORIZON ...................................59
TECHNOMATE .............................. 4
BOXSAM .....................................67 INFOSAT.....................................95
TEHNICB .................................. 153
BYA ELECTRONIC...................... 151 JIUZHOU .............................71, 164
TELETEK ................................... 113
CABSAT 2011 ..............................93 MFC .......................................... 119
CCBN 2011 .................................85 MOTECK.................................... 131 TENOW .......................................35
CES 2011 ....................................89 NABSHOW 2011 .........................99 TEVII ....................................... 119
CHANGHONG ............................... 2 NETUP ...................................... 141 TOPREAL ....................................97
COMMUNICASIA 2011 .............. 133 PYCH ........................................ 129 TOOWAY ................................... 155
CNBROADCASTING................... 150 PREVAIL ................................ 20-21 TRIMAX .................................... 127
CONVERGENCE INDIA 2011...... 159 SATBEAMS ................................ 154 WEISS ...................................... 129
CSTB 2011 ................................ 125 SATCATCHER ..............................69 YINHE ........................................87

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TEST REPORT HDTV Satellite & Multimedia Receiver

AB IPBox 9900HD
A Media 12-01/201
1

Powerhouse
AB IPBox 9900HD
Very powerful satellite and media
receiver
with endless features

In an earlier TELE-satellite issue (08-09/2010) we reported on AB IPBox,
a new receiver manufacturer from Slovakia. Now we have our hands on
their ﬂagship model, the AB IPBox 9900HD Plus. This twin-tuner model
comes with two DVB-S2 tuners. A 9900HD model is also available which
is identical except that it has a choice of second tuner from a second
DVB-S, DVB-C (cable) or DVB-T (terrestrial). All the IPBox receivers
in this range run Enigma2 HD – a version of the open source Linux
operating system. So this is effectively a specialist satellite-receiving
computer in a satellite receiver-sized box. The amount of functions and
options available are amazing, and the promise of additional add-ons
and plug-ins make it really exciting for those who like to customise and
enhance their experience.

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Our test model was in a Under the front cover are German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/deu/abipbox.pdf
English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/abipbox.pdf
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Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/tur/abipbox.pdf
think they could be chrysan- accompanying this is also the Available online starting from 3 December 2010
themums, but don’t quote me option to connect an exter-
on that one. An equally good- nal SATA drive. Each of the
looking black version is also two tuner inputs has a corre- to assist in finding the best Searching channels is not
available. sponding loopthrough output. brightness and contrast set- the fastest. A scan of ASTRA
There is just about every tings, and this can be found in 1 takes around eight minutes.
The front panel contains possible audio and video the setup menu if it is needed New channels found after a
the buttons needed for basic connector: Two Scarts, com- again in the future. scan can be found in a sepa-
operation below the display. posite and component video, rate section of the channel
The display is very bright HDMI, S/PDIF and there’s a Satellite setup can be as list, which is a nice idea.
indeed, enough to give a UHF modulator to pump the simple or complicated as
blue/green glow in an other- picture out over good old TV you need. The “simple” set- The channel list is a little
wise dark room. After watch- antenna cables. Also present tings should be enough for different than usual, and
ing TV in a dark room with the is a 0/12V output, not seen most people and contain all some initial head-scratching
receiver below the TV, one of very often in modern times the options from using single on my part disappeared after
the first things I would start but very welcome for those LNBs through to DiSEqC I’d taken a little time to under-
searching for would be an who still make use of it. switches, positioners and stand how it all works and
application to dim the display. USALS. “Advanced” mode how best to make use of it.
It can become distracting. As the receiver is running adds many more options not Channels can be grouped by
Another alternative, although a more powerful operating usually seen, which could be satellite, provider, or favour-
not quite so graceful, is to do system than usual, switching a great help to those with ites group.
what I did and stand a DVD on and getting a picture on a complicated collection of
case in front of the display! screen takes a little longer. dishes and switches. If even The favourites function is
The boot-up process takes this is not enough, a separate more advanced than most
around two minutes to com- “Satellite Equipment Setup” other receivers. Inside the
plete. The first boot includes menu exists with even more favourites list, groups of chan-
a clever video tuning wizard options. Entering this menu nels can be added to what the
it is preceded by the mes- receiver refers to as a “bou-
sage “please do not change quet”. Not to be confused with
any values unless you know the usual usage in satellite
what you are doing!” and that terms for a group of channels
is certainly advice that should on a transponder, this could
be listened to. be a group of channels under
a user-editable name, like
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The almost hidden Grid EPG Programme info bar

Programme list Plugins menu

Multi EPG Satellite setup

Media player Scan options

Timer entries Satellite equipment setup

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music, sports, etc. From the was until I found a shortcut on
list of providers in the channel the remote that gave me just
list, we could add all the chan- what I was asking for. Whilst
nels from one of them and this the shortcut of pressing blue
will then appear as another then 2 was said by the manual
“bouquet” of favourites. Once to give me access to internet
your brain has tuned into how radio, instead a grid style EPG
all this works, it’s a beauti- appeared! Perfect, although
fully flexible way of doing now I want my missing inter-
things. Another clever extra net radio too!
is the addition of the current
programme listed alongside From the EPG, events can
the channel name in the list. be added to the timer. To add a
recording it’s a simple matter
I found the inbuilt EPG to of pressing green-green and
be a little less of a revela- it’s done. Further options are
www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1009/eng/abipbox.pdf
tion at first. Two modes are available if needed – instead
immediately available, the of recording, the receiver can
first giving information on be told to just to zap to the
just the current programme, programme and not record
with the arrow keys allowing it. An extra addition for our
movement to future broad- energy-conscious age is an
casts a page at a time. The option to go to one of the two
multi EPG page list all chan- power-saving modes, standby
nels – filtered by “bouquet” or deep standby, after the
if required – with the current event has completed.
programmes shown. Again,
the arrow keys scroll the list Recordings can be accessed
into the future. from the recordings list
accessed from the dedicated
Recording playback I missed having the tradi- “files” button, or the media
tional grid style display, espe- player. The latter will also play
cially when having to plan media files in a number of for-
recordings around the limita- mats including Xvid, DivX and
tions of tuner capacity. This MP3. Still pictures can also

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be viewed. The media player
feels a little difﬁcult to use,
but the remote’s Help key
comes in handy here when a
reminder of what to press on
the remote is needed.

One big “thank you” should
go to the IPBox for remem-
bering something that should
really be a standard, but is
overlooked on so many PVRs
– the text from the EPG’s pro- 4
gramme description is saved
along with the recording.

The menus sometime
slow down somewhat when
recordings are in progress,
a little graphic of cogs turn-
ing in the corner of the screen
appears to show the machine

1. Telnet
2. An FTP connection to the box
using Filezilla
3. Web interface timer settings
4. Web interface
5. Replaying a recording in VLC
player via the web interface
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is busy. Patience is some- me on to hooking the IPBox ings transferred onto a com- future. There was however,
times required when waiting up to my computer network puter. They are in standard one gem there to be added –
for this to disappear, but at through the Ethernet port. .ts format, meaning that the web interface.
least when this has happened Setting this up is just the they can be manipulated and
my patience was the only same as adding a computer – edited using standard MPEG Installed from the server
thing that was damaged and if you use DHCP, an address software, plenty of freeware in little time, the web inter-
my recordings were perfectly and settings can be discov- is available to do this. face adds another level of
intact. ered automatically. If manual communication from the
settings are needed, they are It would have been nice outside world. Surfing to the
Picture quality from the all here and I am proud to say to have the easy function to receiver’s IP address from a
receiver is excellent, even that my receiver was com- copy the files to an external web browser brings an inter-
some sample Xvid files from municating with the outside device, but by using the net- face matching the receiver’s
my archive looked better than world at the first attempt, work it means that if archival design. Here, the channel
usual when upscaled onto an something I cannot always is required, it can all be done list and EPG can be viewed,
HD display. claim to have happened with without any disks, memory and recordings added. With
my collection of computers. sticks, video tapes or any a little port forwarding in
External drives and memory other media. Transfer them your router, this could then
sticks can be used, and play- Not mentioned in the over the network, edit and be accessed from anywhere
ing media from these works manual, it is possible to use encode them as required, and on the internet. So the next
just as well as the internal both Telnet and FTP to com- even send them back onto time you are at work or on
drive. Copying files between municate with the receiver. the machine in Xvid format to holiday and you forgot to
internal and external devices Thankfully a quick search of watch them again! It works record something, no prob-
defeated me however. I just the internet found me the very well. lem – just get to the internet
couldn’t find a way to do it. default username and pass- and do it all from there! The
So a file manager plug-in or word, otherwise my experi- With the receiver hooked up programme details here even
something similar would also ments would have quickly to the outside world, it is pos- provide a link to the Internet
be on my essential add-ons been swapped for a long sible to add and upgrade the Movie Database (www.imdb.
list. guessing game. By the way, machine’s software. The easi- com) for each programme.
they are username: root, est way is via the machine’s
This apparently missing password: ipbox. Using FTP, plug-ins menu. This connects Recordings can be down-
function did however hurry I was able to get the record- to a server at www.enigma. loaded from here, in .ts
satupdate.net where plug-ins format – even easier than
and settings are available. my FTP method – and live TV
I was a little disappointed and recordings can even be
that very little software was streamed to a media player.
available there at the time of I had success with recorded
this review, hopefully more material but none with live
will become available in the broadcasts, whether this is a

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bug at my end or the receiv- software, but the mysteries ing I have been making for This is a powerful receiver
er’s was hard to tell. and complexities of Linux are many years – the unavail- with smart menus to match
left untouched. The receiver ability of a seven-day EPG for its smart looks, an unbeatable
As if all this is not already will appeal to those out there the BBC and other channels set of functions and great pic-
enough, a window with a vir- who want to get the most from on ASTRA 2 outside Sky and ture quality. The setup options
tual remote control can be it by fully exploiting the power Freesat’s own receivers by are the most comprehensive
used to access all functions of the operating system. So adding just this functional- you could wish for. The clever
of the receiver. After each what will be needed to make ity. As a BBC viewer I’d love favourites system along with
keypress, a screenshot of the the receiver the success it this to be usable by the IPBox. the three EPG modes (per-
on-screen display (without deserves to be is availability I’d be worried though about haps the most useful one
any TV picture) is refreshed of additional software and the trying to install something being hidden behind a sepa-
on the screen. This means guidance of how to install and like this that wasn’t specific rate shortcut menu) make
you can have full control over use it. The software reposi- to this receiver or operating this a machine that will sat-
the receiver, from anywhere tory accessed by the receiver system version. Perhaps what isfy both power users and
you can get an internet con- is close to empty, and at the we need is a “dummies guide” casual viewers. Getting to
nection. Security has been time of writing there appears for how to get the most from know it requires the climbing
thought of too, both SSL and to be very little informa- an Enigma2-based IPBox … of a slightly steeper learning
password protection can be tion specific to the IPBox on perhaps I should get learning curve than that found with
turned on if required. the internet on independent some more, and start writing other receivers, but it is well
sites. But these are early days it! worth the effort.
All this functionality and of course, the box has just
options are amazing. Just look appeared on market. The IPBox’s manual, and Perhaps the most tell-
at the options in the setup support website point the ing conclusion is whether
menu screenshots to get an Other receivers already user to independent websites after testing the receiver for
idea of what is available to use the Enigma2 software and forums to find software a week or two, getting used
tweak and change the IPBox and applications and some and support. So lets hope to what it can and can’t do,
to suit your own preferences. software for these is already these sites will soon appear would I want to have one of
Most exciting of course is the available on the internet. Per- for those who would like to my own? I can honestly say
open source nature of Linux haps some of this can be used experiment and improve that I’d love to have one.
and the promise it brings or modified for use with the their receiver. With such
of third-party add-ons and IPBox. In fact, for other receiv- power available, all it needs
enhanced software. And this ers using a Linux system, is a good level of support and
is where the IPBox will suc- whole modified operating sys- software availability to enable
ceed or fail. The manual does tems are available with extra its users to use it to its full
a fairly good job of summing features added. One exam- potential. The IPBox will be a
up all the regular satellite ple I found while researching true challenger to the Linux
receiver functions, and tells even answered a criticism of based receivers already on
you how to upgrade and add European satellite broadcast- the market.

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Expert Opinion TECHNICAL
+ DATA
Linux operating system opens the box to end- Distributor AB IPBox s.r.o., M. Razusa 4795/34, 955 01 Topoľčany,
Slovak Republic
less add-ons.
Sophisticated channel memory. Tel. +421 38 5362 667

Remote access via the Internet. Website www.abipbox.com
EPG is recorded with PVR. Andy Middleton Model 9900HD
Three EPG levels. TELE-satellite
Function Twin Multimedia Receiver
Test Center
UK

- SCPC compatible Yes

USALS Yes
Takes long to boot up.
Display dim should be added. DiSEqC 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3

Scart connectors 2

ENERGY Symbol rates QPSK – up to 45000
QPSK – up to 36000
DIAGRAM
8PSK – up to 30000

MPEG2 modes MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264

Audio outputs 2 (left & right)

Video outputs Composite, Component, HDMI
Apparent Power
Resolutions 720x576 (PAL). 720x480 (NTSC) 1080i, 720p, 480i, 480p

UHF output Yes

0/12 volt output Yes
Active Power
Digital audio output S/PDIF

Mode Apparent Active Factor EPG Yes
Active with Recording 48 W 35 W 0.72
StandBy 16 W 6W 0.37 C/Ku-band compatible Yes

Power supply 100-240V AC

Common interface 2 PCMCIA

Card slots 2


TEST REPORT DVB-S2, ISDB-T and IPTV HD-Receiver

AZBox Premium HD When we picked up the
parcel from our local post

for South America
ofﬁce we were impressed
with the stylish design of the
packaging, which consists of
black paperboard with silver
lettering specifying the tech-
nical details of the set-top
box: The receiver we were
Satellite reception, Internet, terrestrial TV: The AZBox brand sent came with a DVB-S2
promises to cover all, and to ﬁnd out if the company lives up to tuner and a second tuner for
its promises we were sent a receiver to our southern test centre ISDB-T. Here in the capital

in Chile. AZBox provided us with the Premium HD receiver so
that we had a chance to test the box with real signals sent in the
ISDB-T transmission standard used in South America for digital
terrestrial TV. In Chile, the Viña-del-Mar/Valparaiso and
Santiago de Chile regions are currently served with
ISDB-T, and we tested the receiver in both
reception areas.

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AZBox Premium HD
Perfect receiver for watching
all TV channels available
in South America

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■ View of Santiago de Chile. On
the left the tv center of national
broadcaster TVN

the configuration menu which
let us choose between TUNER
A DVB-S and TUNER B ISDB-
T. Naturally, we selected
ISDB-T which immediately
offered an automatic or
manual search mode.

If you go for manual, it is
possible to enter channel and
frequency individually. With
SEG SELECT you can select
any value between 1SEG and
13SEG. We decided to give
the AUTO search a go and
set SEG to ALL to achieve

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as many results as possible. for the very first time. To be Satellite Receiver Manufacturer, Portugal www.azbox.com
Once all parameters are set honest, the video quality of
you need to confirm them by what we saw on screen was
pressing the OK button and truly breathtaking.
that leads to another pop-up
window, which we closed with To make sure we received
EXIT in order to start the a usable signal at all we
scan. After that, we went to had hooked up the AZBox
the HORIZONTAL TV menu receiver to an external UHF
to watch digital terrestrial TV antenna, as the digital trans-

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missions in our region are for watch Internet content such
test purposes only and come as YouTube, for example.
with limited signal strength.
One word of caution: When
A second look at the Pre- we plugged in the receiver
Quiz show on TVN HD mium HD receiver reveals for the first time ISDB-T
another feature: An E-Sata reception was not working.
hard disk can be connected As it turned out, the terres-
internally to achieve PVR trial tuner had become loose
functionality for both SD and during transport and needed
HD resolutions. We obviously to be put in place again firmly.
made use of this option and We have not encountered any
did not detect any flaw. The problems ever since.
maximum recording capacity
is two hours. In addition, it is
possible with this box to also

Screenshot of a broadcast from national channel TVN HD ■ Broadcast centre of TVN in
Santiago de Chile

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Talk show on UCTV HD Canal 13 Main search menu

With the Premium HD
receiver AZBox introduces

■ Broadcast centre of UC a high-end box for South
Canal 13 Chilevision America. Have a look at the
TELE-satellite world map fur-
ther back to ﬁnd out which
regions in South America
use the ISDB-T standard for
digital terrestrial TV. As you
can see, most countries have
opted for ISDB-T and some
countries, such as Brazil for
example, are already well on
their way to becoming digi-
tal. Other countries, such as
Chile, are currently in a test-
ing stage. What all regions
have in common is that the
AZBox Premium HD as tested
by us is the ideal satellite
receiver with its DVB-S2 und
ISDB-T tuners, which allows
reception of all channels – no
matter how they are trans-
mitted.

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Expert Opinion
+
Fully automatic search for all available channels
Many additional features
Reception of content through all modern trans-
mission modes

- Juan Carlos Duarte
TELE-satellite
Built-in tuners may become loose during trans- Test Center
port Chile

TECHNICAL
DATA
Manufacturer Opensast, Ediﬁcio OPENST,
Lagoa, C.P. 4950-283 Mazedo, MNC, Portugal
Results of channel search in Viña del Mar
Fax +351-251-652-966
E-mail info@azbox.com
Website www.AZBox.com
Model AZBox Premium HD
Function Digital HDTV Receiver with and
Tuners with various Multimedia & Internet Features
System Memory DDR 128 MB
Video Memory DDR 128 MB
Connector F with loop
Connector F with loop
Channel Memory 15000
Symbolrates 2-45 Ms/sec
SCPC compatible yes
DiSEqC 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3
HDMI Output yes
Results of channel search in Santiago de Chile
Audio/Video Output Video (YCbCr), Audio (L/R)
Component Video Output yes
S/PDIF Output yes
RJ45 yes
UHF Modulator yes
0/12 V Output yes
Digital Auto Output no
C/Ku Band compatible yes
PVR Function yes
USB 2.0 Connector yes
Ethernet yes
E-SATA yes (inside)
Dimensions 340/243/66 mm
Weight 2.65 kg (without hdd)
Power 12/24 V
Channel menu options


TEST REPORT IPTV Receiver

Jiuzhou DTP8300
Receiver Jiuz hou DTP830 0
IPT V receiver equippe
12-01/201
1

for Internet Television
d with top- notch
technology

If you turn around the there is of course the usual
At first sight the DTP8300
receiver and look at the con- range of sockets for HDMI
from Jiuzhou looks just like nection options on the back out, three RCA jacks for
panel it becomes perfectly YUV, three more RCA jacks
your average set-top box for clear that this is a set-top box for stereo audio and CVBS,
satellite, cable or terrestrial that does not receive signals an optical S/PDIF output,
from satellite, cable or ter- S-video socket and a second
reception. It only measures restrial antenna. USB interface. There is
even the added benefit of a
230x160x39 mm, which makes All we find is an RJ45 Eth- mechanical power switch,
it a neat little addition to ernet port when it comes which is a valuable feature in
to signal input. In addition, this time and age.
the living room cabinet. The
box comes in stylish black
and sports two LEDs on the
front panel to indicate the
current operating mode. The
manufacturer has chosen to
do without an LCD or segment
display, but has instead opted
for an on/off switch in the left
corner and a USB 2.0 interface
in the right corner.

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German Deutsch www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/deu/jiuzhou.pdf
The remote control that If a receiver uses digital English English www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/jiuzhou.pdf
comes with the receiver satellite, cable or antenna Spanish Español www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/esp/jiuzhou.pdf
Farsi ‫ﻓﺎﺭﺳ ﻲ‬ www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/far/jiuzhou.pdf
makes a great first impres- signals, the receiver’s hard- French Français www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/fra/jiuzhou.pdf
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sion, has all keys within easy ware has to take care of Mandarin 中文 www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/man/jiuzhou.pdf
reach, offers just the feed- all aspects of signal pro- Dutch Nederlands www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/ned/jiuzhou.pdf
Polish Polski www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/pol/jiuzhou.pdf
back required, and is clearly cessing. This does not only Portuguese Português www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/por/jiuzhou.pdf
Romanian Română www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/rom/jiuzhou.pdf
labelled. involve reception, conver- Russian Русский www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/rus/jiuzhou.pdf
sion, decryption (if required) Turkish Türkçe www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/tur/jiuzhou.pdf

If we have to think of and finally output of signals Available online starting from 3 December 2010
something worth improv- received with the DVB data
ing it’s the IR receiver in the stream, but also channel Its main task is to display tent and of creating the IPTV
set-top box, which requires management, processing of on the TV content which is receiver’s complete user
users to point the remote EPG data and creating OSD delivered as pre-packaged interface.
to a very small area on the messages for user interac- data. All technology required
box – otherwise you’ll have to tion. for receiving and processing When turned on, the IPTV
press the desired key several channels, for creating the receiver connects to the mid-
times before your command By contrast, an IPTV OSD and for managing con- dleware via the Ethernet port
is actually received at the receiver is a different story tent is located at the provider and displays content received
other end. altogether. Put simply, it is end of the IPTV system. from the middleware.
a kind of web browser being
We’ll focus on the pecu- able to put out audio and There, so-called middle- By the way, the middle-
liarities and features of the video. It doesn’t have to do ware (put simply again, a ware is also responsible for
DTP8300 in a moment – but a channel search, it has no kind of web server) takes establishing a connection to
first it’s worth looking at the (or only a very basic) OSD care of setting up channels the DVB-IP gateway for TV
decisive differences between system and there is no need lists using provider-specific reception. Providers store
TV reception via antenna, to manage, process, save, design elements, of providing the IP addresses and ports
cable or satellite and IPTV. and organise channels. video-on-demand (VOD) con- of individual channels within

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the IPTV network in the mid- for his network, as well as
dleware. the multicasts used for TV
and radio distribution and the
If a user now selects a spe- ports.
cific channel on the channel
list that is created and pro- This means in turn that set-
vided by the middleware, the top boxes for end users need
IPTV receiver obtains the to be just as flexible in order
exact IP address and port to fit into existing IPTV net-
of the selected channel and works. To this end – and to
starts displaying the corre- this end only – the DTP8300
sponding video stream. is equipped with a dedicated The DTP8300 starts up with its own boot screen
setup menu which can be
Now the second major dif- called up with a small button
ference between satellite on the remote control. By
and IPTV reception becomes default it is PIN-protected
evident. If you receive your and we suggest that end
channels directly via satellite users in general keep their
this means that all content is fingers off all of these set-
available at the receiving end tings.
(hence the term broadcast-
ing), while IPTV reception The menu is divided into
means that only the content six items, with Basic Settings
(channel) that was specifi- and Extended Settings being
cally requested is available of most interest. In Basic
at any one time. Settings you need to tell your
box how it should connect
Of course all available con- to your IPTV provider’s net-
tent is sitting at the provider, work.
Main menu as generated by the Jiuzhou middleware
waiting to be requested, but
still data only starts to flow The receiver can either
once the user calls up spe- request an IP address from
cific content. Each customer the DHCP server or you can
is served individually, so to assign a static IP address to
speak, which is also why – your box. If you subscribe to
apart from standard radio an IPTV provider that uses
and TV channels – video-on- DSL for distributing their
demand, time shift or PVR content you may also set up
can be offered by the pro- a connection to the IPTV net-
vider without the customer work via PPPoE.
having to purchase new
hardware. Once additional network
parameters such as gate-
Metaphorically speaking, way and DNS server are set
broadcast reception via sat- or received from the DHCP
ellite, cable or terrestrial server the IPTV receiver
transmission is like a giant also needs to know the exact In our test setup the channel list contains five entries
wave of content extending address of the middleware.
to all receivers at the same
time, while an IPTV network For our test purposes we
targets each subscriber sep- chose to use the default mid-
arately, providing only spe- dleware provided by Jiuzhou,
cifically requested content in which we had installed in our
a customised way. test centre on a standard
Windows PC using Microsoft
Not only is each IPTV cus- IIS.
tomer served individually,
each IPTV network is also While configuring the
characterised by an individ- network connection of the
ual set-up, depending on the set-top box it came as an
provider’s requirements. unexpected but very nice
surprise that not only a con-
In theory, an IPTV pro- nection via Ethernet was
vider can freely select the IP possible, but also via WLAN.
addresses he wants to use If you prefer to go wireless MBC Action on NILESAT 7° West via IPTV

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available to the provider it is
possible to offer tailor-made
customer service if need be.

Complementing the con-
figuration options of the Set-
tings menu there is system
overview, a self-test feature
and an option to restore fac-
all you need is an RT73 com- tory settings.
patible WLAN USB adapter
to plug into one of the USB Using a web browser or
ports – once it is detected USB memory stick it is also
by the system it can easily possible to upgrade the
be configured directly in the receiver’s operating system
– a dedicated menu item is
box.
available to facilitate that
procedure.
Now that all settings are
completed the IPTV receiver
Once all settings are
saves all data and re-boots
selected the box needs to
in order to establish a direct
be rebooted so that it con-
connection to the middle-
nects to the middleware over
ware.
the network and displays the
main menu generated by the
While average users should
provider’s middleware.
be all set now we of course
Watching an IPTV channel – the info bar on the bottom of the screen also could not do without having
Using its own middleware
displays EPG information if provided by the middleware. a look at the Extended Set-
Jiuzhou impressively demon-
tings in order to adjust them
strates some of the features
for our test setup.
an IPTV provider is able to
implement with its in-house
Currently the only menu
middleware and in combina-
languages available are Eng-
tion with the DTP8300.
lish and Chinese, but this
refers only to the Main Menu
As you can see in the
and a couple of OSD inserts
screenshots the main menu is
of the receiver. During day-
divided into four major areas:
to-day use the IPTV provid- The top bar corresponds to
er’s middleware generates all the colour-coded function
OSD items anyway and can keys on the remote and thus
be designed according to the is perfectly suited for direct
provider’s specifications. access to live TV, video-on-
demand or timeshift viewing.
In Video Settings users
can select the format of the The left area holds features
signal output to the TV, with that are used a little less fre-
Settings menu of the DTP8300 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p quently, such as games or
and 1080i being available in additional VOD content.
4:3 und 16:9 aspect ratios, as
well as PAL, NTSC or SECAM. In the window to the right
of that section the live video
Finally, the Extended Set- of the currently selected
tings menu can be used to channel is inserted, while
change the PIN code that in the bottom section of the
restricts access to the Set- screen there is room for ban-
tings menu and to activate a ners advertising new VOD
log protocol that is sent to an content or other provider-
FTP server. This way provid- based information for sub-
ers can permanently check scribers.
whether any error messages
have been created by the In our test scenario we
IPTV receiver or any prob- hooked up Jiuzhou’s own
lems have occurred. middleware with the DVB-IP
gateway we had installed in
Access to the network is via cable or WLAN Thanks to these data being our test lab and then entered

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the corresponding multicast MPEG-4/H264 as well as
addresses as required. This Windows Media 9 video. The
left us with one of our feed built-in browser handles
channels – the MBC tran- HTML 4.0, Javascript 1.5 and
sponder from NILESAT 7° Java Virtual Machine.
West – being available on the
IPTV box in next to no time Data delivered from the
at all. middleware is displayed with
a 32bit True Colour User
We were rather impressed Interface. The audio decoder
with the zapping speed of is capable of processing
this neat little box, which WMA-9, MPEG Layer 1, 2 and
took just under one second 3 (MP3), AAC LC, AAC LC+ IP settings
to switch between individual SBR Level 2 as well as AAC+
streams of the TV channels Level 2. Sampling rates of
requested. 22500, 44100 and 48000Hz
are supported and the
Whenever a new channels receiver has a built-in 128
is called up the DTP8300 dis- MB ﬂash memory, 192 MB
plays EPG information of the SDRAM and an 8K EEPROM.
selected event, if this feature
is provided by the middle- In a word, we were
ware. impressed with the Jiuzhou
DTP8300 during our test.
How certain additional
keys on the remote control In the IPTV market it’s usu-
are used and which features ally not up to the end user to
they access largely depends pick a set-top box, which is
on the provider’s middleware why the DTP8300 will mainly
again. If timeshift viewing be chosen by IPTV providers.
is available, then it can be They would end up with a Always required: the middleware address
controlled just like with any box that is able to implement
other receiver and there’s no all middleware features and
need to get used to a new therefore is a perfect tool
user concept. for offering programming to
subscribers.
IPTV compatible added fea-
tures such as news, weather Even end users looking to
updates or current offers for stay independent from pro-
subscribers can be assigned vider-supplied hardware will
to different function keys on like the Jiuzhou DTP8300 as
the remote. There is even it offers all necessary func-
an option to change from tions, is easy to use, and
number to character input so doesn’t take much space in
that you can use the numeric the living room cabinet.
keypad for texting – just like
you would with your mobile
phone.
Extended settings
As far as technical com-
patibility is concerned, the
Jiuzhou DTP8300 supports

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Video output in various formats Updating the operating software of the DTP8300 via server of USB stick

Expert Opinion
+
Small IPTV receiver that is perfectly suited
for use in the living room. Excellent video qual-
ity, quick execution of commands sent from the
remote control and good build quality are the key
characteristics of this set-top box.
Thomas Haring
TELE-satellite

- Test Center
Austria
The IR receiver of the box could be a little
more forgiving

ENERGY
DIAGRAM

EPG, clock and update settings
Apparent Power

Mode Apparent Active Factor
Reception 17.5 W 10 W 0.57

Active Power

TECHNICAL
DATA
Manufacturer Sichuan Jiuzhou Electric Group Co., Ltd.
#16 Yuejin Road, Mianyang 621000, Sichuan, China
DTP8300 system information Fax +86-816-2468903/2469241

EMail overseas@jiuzhou.com.cn

Model DTP8300

Function IPTV Set-Top-Box

Stream Protocol UDP

Menu Standards HTML4, Javascript 1.5, Java Virtual Machine

HDMI connector yes

Scart connector no

Audio/Video output 3 x RCA

YUV output 3 x RCA

S-Video output yes

Digital audio output yes (optical)

Ethernet yes

WLAN yes (via USB stick)

USB connector yes

Input Voltage 9V

Dimensions 230x160x39mm


TEST REPORT HDTV Receiver with HD+ Standard

Jaeger HD+ 2011
The German Receiver Jaeger HD+ 2011
Exc ellent Family Frie
12-01/201
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with a Plus
ndly HDT V Rec eiver
Optimized for the HD+
Transmission
Standard in Ger many

To regular readers of TELE-satellite the company Doebis from Mündersbach in
Germany might ring a bell. It is a wholesale dealer offering an extensive product range
combined with excellent customer service, and it is a business that readily endorses
cutting-edge technology for the beneﬁt its customers. Now Doebis has taken another
leap and is launching its own line of receivers, with the ﬁrst offspring jumping right
in the middle of a market niche that has recently
appeared in the German market. There, commercial
networks have teamed up to use the new HD+
standard which allows reception of the HD versions of
these commercial stations next to all other free-to-air
DVB-S and DVB-S2 channels. Doebis distributes the
new set-top box under the trade name Jaeger.

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