User`s manual

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receiver get it automatically
from the stream; time mode
and daylight saving time
options are also there.
On the next step you would
already need your antenna
connected. In case of a satel-
lite tuner, first press the red
button to add step-by-step
all satellites you’re planning
to watch. Each can be pro-
grammed with own freely-
selectable LOFs on the same
screen. All DiSEqC versions
are supported (1.0, 1.1, 1.2
and 1.3), which can make
AB IPBox 910HD the heart of
your multi-satellite system.
Once all needed satellites are
found, press “Exit” to return
to the wizard screen.
Press “yellow” button for
the next step that takes
you right to channel search-
ing. The screen that appears
has two tabs, Automatic and
Manual. Names pretty much
explain their function. The
first one simply goes for the
pre-programmed or found-in-
NIT frequencies for channels,
while the latter one allows you
to enter all the parameters
manually. Of course, Modu-
lation and special FECs for the
DVB-S2 are not forgotten.
Regular automatic or
manual channel searching
is not something that Schu-
macher would enjoy, but still
fast enough for our regular
viewer. It took us 9 minutes
to scan a satellite position
with 105 transponders. For
the unpatient ones who
simply can’t wait to have the
first picture on the screen
there is a “Quick load” func-
tion, which simply loads the
pre-stored channel list. So if
you would rather get a more
actual channel list, it pays to
be patient.
All further options can be
logically found in the main
menu, which also leaves a
deja vu feeling at first. But we
know that the programmers
were busy, so there should
be something new! Ok, here
we can select all the screen
parameters, like aspect ratio,
TV system, Dolby, Scart, HDMI
and S/PDIF output formats.
Here’s a submenu where we
can connect our 910HD to the
local network and/or Inter-
net, check parameters of the
harddisks or make a factory
reset. Aha! There’s also a
DivX video player now, but
the entire multimedia part
deserves some special words,
so stay tuned!
Where were we? Ah, it’s a
satellite receiver after all. So
before we go crazy experi-
menting with Linux, Telnet
and FTP, let’s grab the remote
and have a look at its basic
functions, receiving digital
channels that is.
Everyday use
Channel list looks identi-
cal to the one in 900HD, all
the useful goodies are there.
Various sorting options, you
can have the channels organ-
ized alphabetically, FTA/
encrypted, by satellite or pro-
vider. Pressing yellow button
activates the “jump” func-
tion, which is helpful in case
you have thousands of chan-
nels sorted from your multi-
satellite system, for example,
it goes to the next letter, if
you’ve selected the alphabet
sorting. However, to organ-
ize things even better, don’t
forget about the FAV button
that lets you quickly access
the favorite channels. There
are 5 pre-defined favorite
groups - Sports, Drama, News,
Movie and Music. Pressing the
“i” button allows to create as
many new ones as you wish,
or delete, rename, move, edit
or lock existing ones.
Pressing “i” in the main chan-
nel list gives access to similar
editing options, including our
900HD favorite - editing the
default audio volume for each
channel. An elegant solution
to an old problem - how many
times while zapping around
the next appearing channel
rocked your room with unex-
pectedly loud sound? Now it’s
enough to simply adjust it’s
volume in the channel list and
voila! Nobody will complain
anymore that your TV set is
way too loud!
Talking about zapping,
910HD will not make the zap-
ping maniacs happy, but 1
second between channels is
perfectly well for the regu-
lar viewers. It can be faster
within the same transponder,
or a bit more between DVB-S
and DVB-S2, between SDTV
and HDTV. But at least you
can be sure that almost no
channel will get out of your
sight! Even such hardcore
SCPC broadcasts as Calabria
Channel on HELLAS SAT 2,
with SR of just 1425! A spe-
cial bitrate plug-in would help
you check if the picture and
sound of the channel is really
as good as the broadcaster
promised.
PIP is also as good as it used
to be. Two channels from the
same transponder can be
displayed in identically-sized
windows, the second one can
be shown in a smaller window
behind the main one, chan-
nels then can be toggled
between. Since the remote
control is identical to 900HD,
it’s the same second top row
of buttons on it.
Nice and user-friendly two-
mode EPG is also here in all its
glory. One click of EPG button
lists upcoming events for the
selected channel, press it the
second time and you have a
real program guide, with all
neighbouring channels show-
ing their EPG information, as
long as it’s available from the
broadcaster. Just one single
click of the button with a red
circle on the remote, and your
favorite show is marked for
recording.
Satellite Configuration
Setting USALS positioner