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TEST REPORT
Global TEQ 6000PVR
TELE-satellite International www.TELE-satellite.com
Twin Tuner PVRwith Blind ScanThe size of this receiver is quite a surprise! At just 23x20cm in size, it must be one of the
smallest twin tuner PVRs available. One of the reasons the small size is possible is in the
choice of hard drive. Instead of the 3.5 inch size as used by most desktop PCs that we areused to seeing inside PVRs, a notebook style 2.5 inch drive is used. This is easily accessible
inside a removable cartridge located under the flap on the front panel. This makes changing
or upgrading the disk much safer and easier there is no need to open the receivers case
and risk causing damage or invalidating the warranty. Our test receiver was supplied with a
40GB drive that allows around 20 hours of TV to be recorded. Drives of up to 100GB in size
can be used.
After the satellites are set up, its time
to run the initial scan. Searching is quite
slow, a scan of the 95 preset transpondersfor Hotbird took 9.5 minutes. There doesnt
appear to be the usual network scan option
where the receiver finds additional frequen-
cies from all of those already in memory
instead it will scan the Network Infor-
mation Table of only a single selected fre-
quency. But this is not such a problem as it
might usually be, as we have another option
blind scan!
Blind scanWith a few reservations, the 6000PVRs
blind scan is a very nice addition. Its very
accurate: found frequencies and symbol
rates are almost exactly right every time.
For example, symbol rates of 27500 appear
as either this or 27499, and lower symbol
rates are just as accurate.
The scan can be made with either or both
polarities, and with all symbol rates or just
those above or below 5600. The disappoint-
ment though is that no frequency range can
be specified the search always covers the
entire band selected in the antenna setup
menu. So if youre using a universal LNB,
the scan goes all the way from 10.700 up
to 12.750. The scan does skip past unused
Satellite Receiver
The receivers front panel contains an LED
display that displays the channel number
when in use, and the clock when in standby.
Buttons are available on the front to control
the basic functions, and under the flap with
the hard drive cartridge are two Common
Interface slots and a mini USB interface.
Around the back theres the usual selection
of two Scarts, TV antenna in and out ports,
composite video and audio, an S/PDIF digital
audio output, RS232, and the twin LNB inputs
with their corresponding loop-throughs.
InstallationThe receivers menus are clear and easy
to navigate, available in English, German,
French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish,
Arabic and Russian. The initial setup options
give us the usual choices when using two
tuners. One or both tuners can be used inde-
pendently or together. DiSEqC 1.0, 1.2 and
USALS are available, making multi-satellite
reception easy. 54 satellites are included in
the receiver, with additional slots available
to be set up manually if needed.
frequencies fairly quickly, but its still an
annoyance when you only need to scan aportion of the band and have to wait for the
whole scan to be completed.
The blind scan works in two parts. Fir stly,
frequencies are scanned as wed expect,
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TEST REPORT
Andy MiddletonTELE-satellite
Test Center
UK
www.TELE-satellite.com TELE-satellite International
with their frequencies and SRs displayed
during scanning. After this, the found fre-
quencies are looked at again to find the
channels contained inside them. Scanning
Hotbird with the full SR range takes 13
minutes to blind scan, then a further 8 to
obtain the channels within the transponders
it found. As this satellite uses symbol rates
exclusively in the range above 5600, select-
ing this option gets us the same set of chan-
nels with a time saving of 4 minutes. Moving
over to a satellite carrying occasional serv-
ices, Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees east, a scan
of the whole Ku band found just about eve-
rything available, but in a total time of 17
minutes. This is a long time to wait for theimpatient feedhunter, especially if what you
are looking for is somewhere at the far end
of the spectrum! At least you can press the
exit button during the scan without losing
the frequencies it already found.
Everyday useSo now we have the channels in memory,
finally! The OK button brings up the usual
list of channels to scroll through. Theres
no sorting options here, but you can jump
alphabetically through the channels using
the coloured buttons on the remote. Data
channels are included in the TV list, an
annoyance that can be fixed by deleting or
hiding them in the Channel Edit menu. Here,
sorting and other editing options are also
available. Radio channels have their own
separate list, accessible from the TV/Radio
button.
The EPG is fast, plus easy to read and
navigate an essential feature for a PVR.
Programmes can be added to the 60-event
timer by simply highlighting them in the grid
and pressing the record button. Only one
programme can be recorded at once using
this method, even when both tuners are
using the same satellite.
Manual recording is also available, simply
by pressing record when viewing the desired
programme. Strangely, manual recording
does allow two channels to be recorded at
the same time, so its just a software defi-
ciency that doesnt allow two programmes to
be added from the EPG if their times clash.
Timer events can be set up manually,
these have the VCR-style options of once-
only, daily or weekly events. Again, this
doesnt allow two programmes to be sched-
uled if their times clash. Sleep and wake-up timers are also available in a separate
menu.
Recordings are accessed from the HDD
button on the remote. These are saved by
Satellite Receiver
their channel name and time, rather than
the name of the show, which could be con-
fusing especially as the EPG data is not
saved with it.
Playback while recording is available,
although not when two recordings are inprogress. Timeshifting live broadcasts is
also possible, although it is not a permanent
option as on some other PVRs. To enter
this mode, you must first press the pause
button. This starts the timeshift recording,
inside which you can pause or move for-
ward and back as needed. The PIP (picture
in picture) button can be used here to view
the live broadcast at the same time as the
timeshift. A nice touch is being able to press
the record button while in the timeshift
mode. If you decide you want to record a
programme you were already timeshifting,
all that is needed is to rewind to the start
and press record, but you must also remem-
ber to press stop at the end! But if you do
forget, youll be thankful of the editing func-
tions which let you delete parts of a record-
ing you dont need to keep.
The PIP button is also available when
viewing live programmes without the
timeshift, or a recording. A recording plus
a live broadcast, or two live channels can
be viewed together, with a dedicated button
used to switch the large and small pictures.
A multi-picture grid function is also avail-
able, showing 4, 9 or 16 channels at once.
The pictures are frozen except for the
selected channel, but it is a nice function
when used in conjunction with the blind scan
when searching for feeds, being quickly able
to scroll through a set of channels found
while waiting for them to change from the
test card to something more interesting.
ComputerconnectionAfter using receivers with hard drives for
a short time I soon discovered Middletons
Law of PVRs: the amount of recordings you
want to keep is always greater than the
amount of space you have available. The
easily removable hard drive means that we
could use more than one drive if needed,
but a more elegant solution is to use the
USB interface, helpfully located on the front
of the receiver. Once this is connected, all
we need to do is selec t HDD Mode Change
in the main menu, and it appears on the
computer (under Windows XP at least) as
an extra drive. From here we can move the
recordings to the computer to free space on
the receivers hard drive. The drive can be
accessed via the USB cable even when dis-
connected from the receiver so it could
discover a second life as an external drive
for a PC if space was also a problem there!
Whilst connected by the USB cable,
MP3 files can be transferred for replay in
the receivers MP3 Music Box. Updated
receiver software can also be given to the
receiver in this way, in addition to the more
usual RS232 port route. Receiver software
and channel lists can even be transferred
between two 6000PVR receivers via the
RS232 port.
Expert conclusion+Its quite an achievement to get all this into a small case. A blind
scan on top of the PVR options is nice to have and appeals to both TV
viewers and enthusiasts.
-Its a shame that all the hardware is in place which should allow
us to do all the things other twin tuner PVRs can do, all from a nice
looking compact box. It seems only the internal software would need a little work to
make it a lot nicer. Urgently needed would be improvements such as allowing two
scheduled recordings at the same time, frequency range selection in the blind scan,
and EPG details stored with recordings. A few small tweaks like these would turn this
good receiver into a top class receiver.
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TECHNICALDATA
Distributor Global Technologies Inc.,
401 Kicox Venture Center B/D,
188-5 Kuro-Ku, Seoul, Korea
E-Mail [email protected]
Internet www.globalteq.com
Fax +82-2-6300-4112
Model 6000PVR
Function Twin Tuner PVR with removable
cartridge hard drive and blind scan
Channel Memory 10000
Satellites 54
Symbolrate 1-45 Ms/sec
DiSEqC 1.0,1.2
USALS yes
Programmable 0/12 V Output no
S-VHS Output yes
Video/Stereo audio output yes, 3xRCA
Digital Audio Output S/PDIF (optical)
Color System PAL, NTSC
Modulator Yes
C/Ku-Band Compatible Yes
SCPC Compatible Yes
EPG Yes
Power Supply 90-250VAC, 50/60Hz
Power Consumption 46 watts max
TEST REPORT
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Features
Channel Memory
Channel
Scan Speed
Channel
Switching Speed
Video Quality
Audio Quality
Tuner Sensitivity
Antenna setup
Blind Scan options
Blind scanning
EPG
Multi channel grid
Main menu
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