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Kathrein UFS 910 Operating Manual

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  • Page 1 Operating manual - englisch - UFS 910 HDTV receiver for satellite reception...

  • Page 2: Preface

    For shorter breaks, you can use the remote control to switch the receiver to standby, which uses only a minimal amount of energy. We wish you good reception and much pleasure using your new DVB HDTV satellite receiver. Your KATHREIN team...

  • Page 3: Important Information

    USB storage media to the UFS 910. The instructions and also the software are available from the following address on the Internet for downloading to your PC/laptop: “www.kathrein.de”...
  • Page 4 Audio MPEG Inc. and Societa‘ Italiana per lo sviluppo dell‘elettronica, S.I.SV.EL, S.P.A, have granted KATHREIN-Werke KG rights of use which are subject to certain restrictions. These restrictions must also be observed by you as a customer.

  • Page 5: Receiver Features/Scope Of Supply

    RECEIVER FEATURES/SCOPE OF SUPPLY The UFS 910 HDTV receiver allows reception of digital satellite TV and radio channels. The receiver allows reception of both high resolution and also conventional TV. The built-in Common Interface offers capacity for two CA modules for pay-TV channels. The receiver indicates the channel name on the 16-character alphanumeric display.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS ..........................2 PREFACE ...................... 3 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ................5 RECEIVER FEATURES/SCOPE OF SUPPLY ..........................6 CONTENTS ................ 8 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS - IMPORTANT NOTES ................9 CONTROLS, DISPLAYS AND CONNECTIONS ....................10 CONNECTION AND SET-UP ........................ 12 REMOTE CONTROL ......................14 FIRST INSTALLATION ..................
  • Page 7 CONTENTS ......................49 COMMON INTERFACE ....................49 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ............49 INSERTING THE SMARTCARD AND THE CA MODULE ......................51 VIDEOTEXT (TELETEXT) ....................... 52 EDIT CHANNEL LIST ............52 SELECTION OF THE LIST/CHANNELS TO BE EDITED ....................53 EDITING LISTS/CHANNELS ....................

  • Page 8: Safety Instructions - Important Notes

    SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS - IMPORTANT NOTES...

  • Page 9: Controls, Displays And Connections

    CONTROLS, DISPLAYS AND CONNECTIONS This section provides a brief description of all the controls, displays and connections. The button symbols presented here can also be found in the description of the operating steps. VIEW OF FRONT PANEL (FLAP FOLDED DOWN) VIEW OF REAR PANEL Front panel controls and displays Rear panel controls and displays...

  • Page 10: Connection And Set-Up

    CONNECTION AND SET-UP The following section is intended specifi cally for specialist dealers. You only need to pay attention to this section if you are carrying out the installation yourself. The “Connection Examples” section provides a sample confi guration. Do not connect the unit to the power supply until all installation work has been properly carried out. Refer to the information in the “Safety Instructions”...

  • Page 11: Tv And Video Recorder Connection

    CONNECTION AND SET-UP TV AND VIDEO RECORDER CONNECTION Connect the satellite receiver (TV Scart socket) to the TV set using a Scart cable (see “Connection Example”). If your TV has a stereo feature, you can receive the sound in stereo via the Scart connection. Use a further Scart cable to connect the satellite receiver (VCR/Scart socket) to the video recorder/PVR.

  • Page 12: Remote Control

    REMOTE CONTROL Sound on/off Stand-by Switch on/input digits for Videotext (Teletext) channels, timer etc. (yellow) Call up channel options Call up the main menu, sound/subtitles selection exit the menu and return to the TV picture (blue) Switch between TV/radio (red) Call up favourites selection Call up channel messages (green)

  • Page 13: Remote Control Rc 660

    First switch all other receivers off at the power switch. 1. Setting up using the menu (from software version 1.04) In the UFS 910 the remote control code in the “Service menu” is converted to “Remote control code”. Note: From software version 1.04 the remote control code can only be changed using the menu.

  • Page 14: First Installation

    FIRST INSTALLATION Before using your receiver for the fi rst time, read the “Safety Instructions” and “Connection and Setup” sections. The “Connection examples” section provides a sample confi guration. Do not connect the receiver to the power supply until all installation work has been properly carried out.
  • Page 15 FIRST INSTALLATION The following display appears: Use the buttons here to select the settings for your TV set. When doing this, refer to the operating instructions for your TV set! Video Output via Select here the connection on the receiver to which you have connected your television. Either SCART HDMI/YUV...
  • Page 16 FIRST INSTALLATION The following display appears: System Select the setting here to match your reception system using the buttons. You have the following options: DiSEqC™1.0 One Cable LNB only If your reception system supports DiSEqC™, in “System” select “DiSEqC™1.0” (is used for switch-over from one received satellite to another).

  • Page 17: First Installation: Diseqc™1.0

    FIRST INSTALLATION: DiSEqC™1.0 Number of Satellites Use the buttons to select how many satellites (max. 4) you would like to receive with your reception system. The following display appears (example): Use the buttons to select the fi rst satellite slot. Press to open the menu for the satellite settings.
  • Page 18 FIRST INSTALLATION: DiSEqC™1.0 LNB Type Here use the buttons to select the LNB type used in your system. The choice is between “Universal” and “user-defi ned”. Universal: No further input is required, since all necessary frequency ranges are covered by a universal LNB. user-defi...

  • Page 19: First Installation: Lnb Only

    FIRST INSTALLATION: LNB ONLY Satellite and Position Use the buttons to select the desired satellite whose signal is to be received by the tuner. When you have selected your desired satellite, use the buttons to switch to the selection of the “LNB Type”.
  • Page 20 FIRST INSTALLATION: LNB ONLY user-defi ned: If you choose not to use a universal LNB, you must here set the frequency ranges for which your LNB was confi gured. Use the buttons to select the frequency range to be changed (low, high or limit frequency). Use the buttons or the keypad to set the exact frequency for which your LNB was confi...

  • Page 21: First Installation: One Cable

    If in your reception system you use a single-cable LNB (e.g. UAS 481 from Kathrein), please select here the setting “Wideband”. If you use a single-cable matrix (EXU 908) or a single-cable switching matrix (EXR 551 or EXR 552) from Kathrein, the LNB you use must be a “Universal LNB”!
  • Page 22 FIRST INSTALLATION: One Cable Universal: No further input is required, since all necessary frequency ranges are covered by a universal LNB. Wideband: No further input is necessary, since all frequency ranges are set by the Wideband LNB. user-defi ned: If you are not using a Universal or a Wideband system, you must set the frequencies here. You can fi nd the necessary information in the documentation supplied with your system.

  • Page 23: First Installation: Single-Cable System (Automatic)

    FIRST INSTALLATION: Single-cable system (automatic) If one or more receivers are already present on the system and an additional receiver is to be connected, when assigning the transmission frequency for the new receiver make sure that no transmission frequencies are duplicated. No frequency can be used by more than one receiver.

  • Page 24: First Installation: Single-Cable System (Manual)

    fi tted (refer to the manuals, instructions and notes for the system and the system components). Available options: user-defi ned KATHREIN UAS 481 (single-cable feed system, max. four receivers) KATHREIN EXR 551 (single-cable switching matrix, max. four receivers) KATHREIN EXR 552 (single-cable switching matrix, max. four receivers) KATHREIN EXU 908 (single-cable matrix, max.
  • Page 25 FIRST INSTALLATION: Single-cable system (manual) Test connection When you have completed all the settings, press the buttons to switch to the “Test connection” selection fi eld and press the button. The receiver now tests whether a connection to the single-cable system can be established or not.
  • Page 26 FIRST INSTALLATION: Single-cable system (manual) Selection “UAS 481” or “EXR 551” When the “UAS 481” single-cable feed system is being used, it is essential that the LNB is set to “Wideband”! When the “EXR 551” single-cable switching matrix is being used, it is essential that the LNB is set to “Universal”! Transmission channel...
  • Page 27 FIRST INSTALLATION: Single-cable system (manual) Selection “EXR 552” When the “EXR 552” single-cable switching matrix is being used, it is essential that the LNB is set to “Universal”! Transmission channel Use the buttons to select a free available transmission channel. A maximum of two transmission channels are available (1400 and 1516 MHz).
  • Page 28 FIRST INSTALLATION: Single-cable system (manual) Selection “EXU 908” When the “EXU 908” single-cable matrix is being used, it is essential that the LNB is set to “Universal”! Transmission channel Use the buttons to select a free available transmission channel. A maximum of eight transmission channels are available (1284, 1400, 1516, 1632, 1748, 1864, 1980 and 2096 MHz).

  • Page 29: First Installation: Channel Search

    FIRST INSTALLATION: Channel search Execute Channel search Use the buttons to select (yes or no) whether you wish to start a channel search. It is not essential to start a channel search; instead you can use the factory pre-programmed channels. However the channels do change from time to time (e.g.
  • Page 30 FIRST INSTALLATION: CHANNEL SEARCH Press the button twice to save the new channel. You will then move on to the next step of the fi rst installation; the following is displayed: Local time offset (UTC) Use the buttons to set the time zone variation from UTC (formerly GMT) (e.g.

  • Page 31: Operating Instructions

    OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS MENU CONCEPT The structure of the menu concept is based on logical operating sequences. The programme showing on the current selected channel always appears in the top right-hand corner of the screen. You will fi nd detailed descriptions of the selected menu items in the relevant sections of the operating manual! Note: The selected menus, sub-menus and positions, as well as the parameters to be set, are each...

  • Page 32: Menu Tree

    OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS MENU TREE Mainmenu Call up the menu by pressing the button...

  • Page 33: Alphanumeric Inputs

    OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS ALPHANUMERIC INPUTS Use the displayed keypad (see fi gure to the right) for entry of favourites names or search terms by selecting numerals for the desired letters/digits. You can write with upper or lower case letters ( button). Use the numeric pad to select the desired character.

  • Page 34: On-Screen Displays (Osd)

    ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS (OSD) CHANNEL MESSAGES TV CHANNEL MESSAGES Videotext/ $ = encrypted Channel Selected Time Teletext channel name favourites list available Channel number from the overall list Number of soundtracks g (yellow) button Display of start time for current and Time progression bar for the next programmes current programme...

  • Page 35: Calling Up The Media Selection (Tv, Radio

    ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS (OSD) CALLING UP THE MEDIA SELECTION (TV, RADIO ...) You can access media selection by pressing the (blue) button. The following display appears: You have the following selection options: - TV mode - Radio mode - Recording archive - External video recorder The selection is made using the buttons and...

  • Page 36: Option Selection

    ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS (OSD) OPTION SELECTION Press the (yellow) button once (twice for portal channels) to view further soundtrack selection options, if these are transmitted by the channel provider. Use the buttons to scroll through the available selection options. Press the (yellow) button again, or press the button to exit this...
  • Page 37 ON-SCREEN DISPLAYS (OSD) Selection and sorting options: Press the (red) button to call up the favourites list selection. The buttons allow you to scroll through the existing favourites lists. Press the (green) button to return to the overall list (all satellites). Use the buttons to choose between the received satellites (display all channels from a satellite) and the list of “New channels”...

  • Page 38: Epg - Electronic Programme Guide

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE CALL UP EPG The EPG is called up by pressing the button. Each time the EPG is called up, you will automatically be shown the “Current” view, irrespective of which view you were shown the last time you exited the EPG. The following display appears (example): Today’s date Selected...

  • Page 39: Current" View

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE Selection options: (red) button Calls up the recording schedule (display of all pre-programmed recordings) button Jump the “Current” view forwards by 15 minutes Call up a preview of the currently highlighted channel (yellow) button Call up the category selection (sorting the programmes by categories such as (blue) button movies, sport, series ...) button...

  • Page 40: Coming Up" View (Programme Listings)

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE allows you to look ahead in 15-minute steps to future programmes for the channels (press the button to return to the current time). If you wish to view the programme currently being shown on a channel, you need not exit the EPG, just select the desired channel and press the button.

  • Page 41: Categories View

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE CATEGORIES VIEW The “Categories” view can be called up at any time in EPG by pressing the (blue) button. In the “Categories” view you can see all programmes sorted by category and starting time. The following categories are available for selection: Movies, Series, Sport, Children’s programmes, Chat shows, News, Magazines/Reportage, Art/Culture, Science/Education, Music, Leisure and Adult programmes.

  • Page 42: Scan Function

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE SCAN FUNCTION The scan function can be called up at any time in EPG by pressing the button. The scan function allows you to search for programmes based on their additional information or their name. Use the keypad to input the desired search expression (see also “Operating Instructions” “Alphanumeric Input”).

  • Page 43: Additional Information (I-Button)

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (i-BUTTON) The additional information can always be called up by pressing button whenever the “i symbol” appears in front of the program name (see screenshot on the right). First however the channel must be selected. The following display appears (example): The additional information available for a programme is displayed in its own window.

  • Page 44: Recording (Timer)

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE RECORDING (TIMER) (red dot) button allows you to set up a programme at any time for recording on an external recorder. The programme to be recorded can be selected in any of the EPG views, provided the (red dot) button appears at the bottom of the screen display.

  • Page 45: Record Once

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE RECORD ONCE Use the buttons to select the recording mode “once” (see screenshot item “Recording (timer)”). Use the buttons to switch to the selection fi eld “Date” and use the buttons to select the desired recording date. Use the buttons to switch to the selection fi...

  • Page 46: Record Weekly

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE RECORD WEEKLY Remember that the day of the week for the desired programme is loaded in the recording schedule and you can make no further manual corrections to it! Therefore before pressing the (red dot) button, select the programme on the day of the week that in future you will wish to make the weekly recording.

  • Page 47: Series Recording

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE Use the buttons to switch to the selection fi eld “End” and use the buttons to select the desired recording fi nishing time. When all settings have been made, press the button to save the recording settings. You can view the scheduled recording in the recording schedule view of the EPG (see item “Recording schedule”).

  • Page 48: View Recording Schedule

    EPG - ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE VIEW RECORDING SCHEDULE The “Recording schedule” view can be called up at any time in EPG by pressing the red button. The recording schedule view shows you all the recordings that are scheduled. buttons allow the recordings to be sorted into “once-only recording” or “Repeating” recordings. The cursor buttons ( ) allow you to select a recording.

  • Page 49: Common Interface

    INSERTING THE SMARTCARD AND THE CA MODULE The Common Interface (CI) on the UFS 910 is suitable for the use of two CA (Conditional Access) modules. These two CI slots are on the front right behind the display. The CA module...
  • Page 50 COMMON INTERFACE You can fi nd out which Conditional Access modules are in the CI slots on the UFS 910 and which Smartcard is in which CA module from the “Mainmenu” under “Settings”, and the “Common Interface” menu. Confi rmation is by pressing the button.

  • Page 51: Videotext (Teletext)

    VIDEOTEXT (TELETEXT) This symbol in the channel notifi cation shows you whether Videotext/Teletext is available for the selected channel. When you press the button, the receiver processes the Videotext/Teletext service data for your TV set to display, even when the signal is encrypted. During the scan, the page which is being searched for is displayed in the top left-hand corner with the time and date displayed at the top right.

  • Page 52: Edit Channel List

    EDIT CHANNEL LIST Select the “Edit TV-Channellist” menu using the menu button , the buttons on the main menu Also pay attention to the bars at the bottom of the on-screen display! This provides hints on what to do next. Press the button to close the information display for editing channels and channel lists.

  • Page 53: Editing Lists/Channels

    EDIT CHANNEL LIST EDITING LISTS/CHANNELS When you have selected the channel or channel list to be edited, press the (red dot) button to call up the edit menu. You have the following edit options: Move: Channel can be moved within the current list to another channel slot Delete: Delete the channel from the current list Skip:...

  • Page 54: Last Function" Memory

    EDIT CHANNEL LIST “LAST FUNCTION” MEMORY The last editing action performed is saved on the button, so by pressing the button for other channels you will repeat the action without having to all up the edit menu again. As soon as you leave the current display, this option lapses and becomes available again only after the edit menu has been called up and an action selected.

  • Page 55: Block Channels

    EDIT CHANNEL LIST BLOCK CHANNELS Use the buttons to select the channel to be blocked from the current channel list. Press the button to call up the edit menu and use the buttons to select the “Lock” function. Confi rm the command by pressing the button.

  • Page 56: Edit Favourites Lists

    EDIT CHANNEL LIST EDIT FAVOURITES LISTS When you have selected the favourite list to be edited (called up using the (red) button and selected using buttons), press the (red dot) button to call up the edit menu. You have the following edit options: Remove from the Favourites List: The channel will be removed from the Favourites List...

  • Page 57: Block Channels

    EDIT CHANNEL LIST BLOCK CHANNELS Use the buttons to select the channel to be blocked in the Favourites List you have selected. Press button to call up the edit menu and use the buttons to select the “Lock” function. Confi rm the command by pressing the button.

  • Page 58: Channel Search (Channel Scan)

    CHANNEL SEARCH (CHANNEL SCAN) Select the “Search Channels” menu using the menu button , the buttons on the main menu Also pay attention to the bars at the bottom of the on-screen display! This provides hints on what to do next. You have three options for a channel scan.
  • Page 59 CHANNEL SEARCH (CHANNEL SCAN) Satellite Select the satellite to be scanned, using the buttons. Make sure your reception system is aligned to the selected satellite. You can scan only one satellite at a time. If you have connected a multi-feed reception system (e.g. reception of ASTRA 19.2° East and HOTBIRD 13° East), you must repeat this procedure once for each satellite.

  • Page 60: Manual (Channel) Scan

    CHANNEL SEARCH (CHANNEL SCAN) Newly found channels are identifi ed with the designation “New” after the channel name. After completion of the scan, you will see the following message (example): Press the button. You will be asked whether you wish to save the changes or not. Selection is performed using the buttons and is confi...
  • Page 61 CHANNEL SEARCH (CHANNEL SCAN) buttons allow you to select different sets of parameters for the scan. Satellite Use the buttons to select the satellite on which the transponder you wish to scan is located. Make sure your reception system is aligned to the selected satellite. You can scan only one transponder at a time.

  • Page 62: Channel Scan With Service Id

    CHANNEL SEARCH (CHANNEL SCAN) Network scan Use the buttons (On/Off) to select whether a network scan should be performed. If you set the network scan to “Off”, only the factory stored transponders of the satellites you previously selected will be scanned for new as yet unlisted channels.
  • Page 63 CHANNEL SEARCH (CHANNEL SCAN) Transponder frequency Use the buttons (transponder frequency already saved) or the keypad (transponder frequency not yet saved) to select the transponder frequency on which the channel being sought is transmitted. At the bottom right of the screen display, the receiver shows the current signal strength and signal quality of the selected transponder.

  • Page 64: Parental Control

    PARENTAL CONTROL Select the „Parental Control“ menu using the menu button , the buttons on the main menu . You are now prompted to enter the PIN code (factory default setting: 0000). After entering the PIN using the keypad you are shown the following display: Select the parameters to be changed using the buttons.

  • Page 65: Settings

    SETTINGS The selected menus, sub-menus and positions, as well as the parameters to be set, are each highlighted in colour. The menus are self-explanatory to a great extent. Pay attention to the bar at the bottom of the on-screen display! This provides hints on what to do next.

  • Page 66: Tv Settings

    SETTINGS TV SETTINGS Use the buttons here to select the settings for your TV set. When doing this, refer to the operating instructions for your TV set! Video Output via Select here the connection on the receiver to which you have connected your television. Either SCART HDMI / YUV...

  • Page 67: Customize Screen Menu

    SETTINGS SCART HDMI / YUV VCR-SCART-Output Select the type of video signal at the VCR Scart socket here. Select the signal that your external recorder can process. When doing this, refer to the operating instructions for your recorder! • FBAS – Composite colour baseband signal (colour/picture/blanking/synchronous signal) •...
  • Page 68 SETTINGS...
  • Page 69 SETTINGS DISPLAY DURATION OF CHANNEL MESSAGE Use the buttons to select the time after which you want the on-screen channel message display to be automatically cancelled. The selections available are “Off”, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 seconds. DISPLAY VOLUME BAR Use the buttons (On/Off) to specify whether the volume bar is displayed when adjusting the volume.

  • Page 70: Date And Time

    SETTINGS DATE AND TIME Local time offset (UTC) Use the buttons to set the time zone variation from UTC (formerly GMT) (e.g. for Germany +1 hour). Use the buttons to switch to the “Automatic clock change” fi eld. Automatic time setting Use the buttons to select whether the receiver should automatically change over between summer and winter time.

  • Page 71: Service Menu

    SERVICE MENU Select the “Service” menu using the menu button , the buttons on the main menu and The following display appears: Current software version Channel list status Last update run UPDATE SOFTWARE You can also check manually whether new software is available. Use the buttons to switch to “Software Update”...
  • Page 72 SERVICE MENU Also pay attention to the bars at the bottom of the on-screen display! This provides hints on what to do next. UPDATE Software If new software is available (but only then), use the buttons (No/Yes) to select whether you wish to load the new software that is available.

  • Page 73: Factory Default

    SERVICE MENU FACTORY DEFAULT You can select the “Service” menu using the menu button, the buttons in the main menu . Use the buttons to switch to “Factory Reset” and to call them up, press the button. The following display appears: Press the button to load the factory default settings.

  • Page 74: Usb Device Management

    “Remote control code” and to call it up press the button. The following display appears: This function is unavailable on the fi rst hardware version of the UFS 910! On this, the “Remote control code” selection fi eld is greyed out and cannot be selected.

  • Page 75: Connecting Up The Video/Pvr

    Scart socket to the TV Scart socket. In this setting, the picture from the external recorder is switched through to the TV set during playback. To restore priority to the signal from the UFS 910, you must restore the setting in the media selection to “TV”.

  • Page 76: Using The Front Panel

    USING THE FRONT PANEL If you have misplaced your remote control, or if the batteries are fl at, you can still operate your receiver from the front panel. BACKUP OPERATION The front panel houses four buttons and the multifunction control (from now on referred to as “the control”). V-format button: Pressing the “V-format”...

  • Page 77: Technical Appendix

    16-character alphanumeric display with status icons for indication of channel names and transmission information 4,000 channel memory positions Kathrein Convenience EPG with timer programming ¹ Common Interface for two CA modules ² HDMI output for connecting a HDTV-capable TV set...
  • Page 78 TECHNICAL APPENDIX Type UFS 910si UFS 910sw Order no./colour 20210105/silver 20210089/black RF range Sat IF band 950-2150 Input level band dBµV 44-83 Reception threshold (EB/NO) TV System video Modulation, FEC, demultiplexer DVB-S/DVB-S2 standard Video resolution CCIR 601 (720 x 576 lines), 576p, 720p, 1080i Video decoding MPEG-2-, MPEG-4-compatible Input data rate...

  • Page 79: Scart Socket Assignment

    TECHNICAL APPENDIX SCART SOCKET ASSIGNMENT Signal Pin no. VCR/AUX Right audio output Right audio input Left audio output Audio earth Blue earth Audio left input Blue signal Switching voltage Green earth Data signal Green signal Data signal Red earth Data earth Red signal (C) Blanking signal Video earth...
  • Page 80 TECHNICAL APPENDIX CONNECTION EXAMPLE Dolby Digital system Network PC/Laptop DVR (VCR)/DVD External hard disk Hi-fi system...
  • Page 81 TECHNICAL APPENDIX EXAMPLES Single-cable systems EXR 501/551/552 Single-cable switching matrices Terrestrial antenna SAT-RF...
  • Page 82 TECHNICAL APPENDIX UAS 481 Single-cable feed system ERA 14 ERA 14...
  • Page 83 TECHNICAL APPENDIX EXU 908 Single cable matrix...

  • Page 84: Short Technical Guide

    SHORT TECHNICAL GUIDE Output for Dolby Digital signal ASTRA SES (Société Européene des Satellites) satellite system. Analogue and digital transponders in the frequency range 10.7-12.75 GHz. AV programme pos. Preferred programme slot on TV set for external connections such as Scart and HDMI CAM –...
  • Page 85 SHORT TECHNICAL GUIDE DVB – Digital Video Broadcasting DVB-S refers to the transmission method (S = satellite, C = cable, T = terrestrial). DVB-S2 An enhanced DVB-S signal for HDTV with better quality. Eb/No ratio The Eb/No ratio is a measure of the signal to noise ratio of a digital signal. The value is not identical to the C/N value familiar from analogue reception technology.
  • Page 86 SHORT TECHNICAL GUIDE MPEG-2 MPEG is the abbreviation for Moving Picture Experts Group, a working group that formulates internationally applicable standards for the digital compression of video and audio. MPEG-2 has established itself as the standard for compression of digital TV signals. MPEG-2 works up to a data rate of 100 Mbit/s. MPEG-4 A further development of MPEG-2 with even higher data compression, intended for HDTV transmissions.
  • Page 87 SHORT TECHNICAL GUIDE SAT-IF signal Receiver input signal Scart cable 21-pin connecting cable (e.g. receiver/TV) Smartcard Card from Pay TV provider to decode its channels Stand-by Standby mode Symbol rate The symbol rate describes the quantity of data that is transmitted per second. The symbol rate is measured in MSymbols/s and is equal to the number of symbols received per second.

  • Page 88: Troubleshooting

    TV set remote control remote control, as described in defi nitions do not provide for the chapter “Videotext” transmission of Videotext Internet: http://www.kathrein.de KATHREIN-Werke KG • Anton-Kathrein-Straße 1 - 3 P.O. Box 100 444 • 83004 Rosenheim GERMANY...

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