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.

12-01/2011
AZBox Premium HD
Perfect receiver for watching
all TV channels available
in South America

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Santiago de Chile TVN-Mega-
Chilevision Canal 13 broad-
casts both analog and digital
signals, and UCV is transmit-
ted in an SDTV and an HDTV
version in Viña del Mar and
Valparaiso. In addition, this
channel is also available via
mobile phone networks.
With the integrated ISDB-T
tuner it is possible to find
ISDB-T channels either with
AUTO or MANUAL search
mode, and of course we
could not wait to find out
how the receiver handled the
channels. Using the elegant
remote control we entered
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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.
Once all parameters are set
you need to confirm them by
pressing the OK button and
that leads to another pop-up
window, which we closed with
EXIT in order to start the
scan. After that, we went to
the HORIZONTAL TV menu
to watch digital terrestrial TV
Quiz show on TVN HD
Screenshot of a broadcast from national channel TVN HD
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honest, the video quality of
what we saw on screen was
truly breathtaking.
To make sure we received
a usable signal at all we
had hooked up the AZBox
receiver to an external UHF
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
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
■ Broadcast centre of TVN in
Santiago de Chile
 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

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