TEST REPORT Twin Tuner PC Card 该独家报道由技术专家所作 TeVii S480 with 2 x DVB-S2 • Two Separate HDTV Tuners • Includes perfectly matching software for TV and Data • Fits nicely with PC hardware • Upgrades PC to a fully functional HDTV PVR • Plug & Play for Windows and drivers for Linux TELE-satellite Magazine GUARANTEE direct contact Business Voucher www.TELE-satellite.info/11/07/tevii Direct Contact to Sales Manager 44 TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine — 06-07/2011 — www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com — 06-07/2011 — TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine 45 TEST REPORT Twin Tuner PC Card 06-07/2011 TeVii S480 Twin Tuner PC Card Perfectly suited to upgrade a PC with Twin-Tuner HDTV 2 x HDTV reception plus PVR. PVR Card for a PC The S480 is a PCI Express were two separate DVB-S/ we liked the remote control; connect a matching output (PCI-e) expansion card for S2 cards installed in the it helps to convert the PC from the PC power supply a PC. The use of the PCI-e PC except that the entire into a fully functional DVB- to the TeVii card. This will slot is absolutely necessary hardware for both cards is S/S2 TV receiver. It sits guarantee that the card will because the data transfer on one circuit board so that comfortably in your hand, is have enough power avail- rate of a standard PCI slot only one slot is occupied in properly labeled and comes able to it to do its job; the might not be good enough the PC. with buttons that are easy PCI-e bus alone is not able for the reception of high to reach and easy on your to handle these power de- resolution TV content. In addition to the card fingers. mands. itself, the package also Contrary to comes with an instal- Installing the TeVii S480 After installing the card, the TeVii S470 model lation guide in Eng- card was handled without the two tuner inputs are that we tested in the 08- lish and German, a any problems. The card quickly connected to the 09/2009 issue of TELE-sat- CD with drivers and already has a slot cover satellite system and the in- ellite, the S480 operates software as well as installed on it although a frared receiver is plugged with two fully functional a remote control smaller version is provided into the appropriate jack on DVB-S/S2 tuners that and an infrared re- for use with narrower PC the card. The S480 is ready can both be used at the ceiver. A detailed housings and can easily be to go. same time indepen- user manual is avail- swapped out if necessary. dently from each oth- able on the CD in Although the TeVii S480 er. You could actually PDF format. The in- Since the TeVii card with card is best suited for HDTV look at it as if there stallation guide unfor- its two tuners must also reception, it doesn’t place tunately doesn’t go into supply power for two LNBs any special demands on the any details on the S480. and the integrated chips on PC itself. The requirements On the other the card will be putting a for interference-free HDTV h a n d , demand on energy needs, reception according to the it would make sense to manufacturer: a 2.4 GHz CPU, a graphics card with 128MB RAM as well as 1GB of memory. If you’ll only be watching SDTV, 46 TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine — 06-07/2011 — www.TELE-satellite.com 1 6 8 13 2 7 9 14 3 1. Channel list sorted by transponder 10 15 2. Settings menu 3. Editing channel characteristics 4. EPG display at the bottom edge of the channel window 5. Channel list sorted by network ID 6. The various control capabilities of the MyTeVii software. Note: the Plug-Ins link is not activae because in our test setup we hadn't installed any plug-ins 7. The various display modes of the MyTeVii software 8. Transponder scan in Windows Media Center 9. Channel scan 10. New channels were found 11. Settings menu 4 12. The preprogrammed satellite list 11 16 13. LNB Settings 14. The Windows Media Center is ready to receive via the TeVii S480 15. + 16. TRT HD on TURKSAT 42° east you can use a PC with a tains the MyTeVii software 2 GHz PC and only 256MB which is the control central RAM. In either case though, for all of the cards func- the graphics card that is tions as well as TeViiData used must support DirectX software for reception of version 9.0C or higher. Of Internet via Satellite. The course, when it comes to entire package is rounded 5 the hardware you end up off with a demo version of 12 tion assistant presents two reason that numerous set- using, the newer and more the well-known ProgDVB. separate MyTeVii icons on tings and reception param- capable the hardware, the the PC’s desktop with one eters can be set up for each better. The installation of the labeled LNB1 and the other tuner input separate and drivers and the MyTeVii LNB2. Nope, it’s not a soft- independent of each other The manufacturer in- software occurred prob- ware bug. Instead, TeVii has including all the necessary cluded 32-bit and 64-bit lem-free and ran fully au- made it possible to open two settings steps for LNB1 and drivers for all MS Windows tomatically. That’s what MyTeVii windows at the same LNB2. versions (Windows XP, Vis- Plug&Play is all about; time and fully independent ta and Windows 7) on the you don’t even have to re- of each other. After starting the MyTeVii CD; there are also drivers start the PC after installing software for the first time, for Linux. The CD also con- the drivers. The installa- And of course it stands to an empty channel list is dis- 48 TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine — 06-07/2011 — www.TELE-satellite.com www.TELE-satellite.com — 06-07/2011 — TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine 49 DiSEqC motor, the positions stored in memory can be in- dividually accessed and set up with appropriate satellite played. Of course, this list a preprogrammed list of sponder data. It was nice to entries. Our overall positive should be filled as quickly as 178 European, Asian and see that the data was actu- impression was strength- possible, wouldn’t you say? American satellites along ally quite up to date so that ened by the ability to also The manufacturer included with corresponding tran- the most recently started use this card with SCR ap- HDTV channels could easily plications. More on This Manufacturer be found. There were also Read TELE-satellite’s Company Report: plenty of preprogrammed The ability to edit satel- LOF frequencies available lite and transponder data TEVII to cover the C-band and Ku- directly in the Channel Scan PC Card & Receiver Manufacturer, Taiwan www.tevii.com band but they could also be menu is especially practical. individually customized (in- You can add new transpon- cluding the switching point ders or satellites or modify for the upper and lower fre- existing data. The chan- quency bands) to your spe- nel scan functions are also cific requirements. logical, well thought out and easy to use. For example, The MyTeVii software also you can scan a single tran- plays very nicely with all of sponder from a satellite, the common DiSEqC pro- multiple transponders or all tocols thus letting you use of the transponder entries. the card with just a single The FEC is recognized by LNB, with a DiSEqC 1.0 sys- both tuners automatically. tem with up to four LNBs as well as a more complicated We were very impressed DiSEqC1.1 system with up with the two TeVii tun- www.TELE-satellite.com/TELE-satellite-1101/eng/tevii.pdf to 16 LNBs. If you’re using a ers; not only do they re- 50 TELE-satellite — Global Digital TV Magazine — 06-07/2011 — www.TELE-satellite.com 1 4 5 9 12 6 13 10 1. The TeViiData software can also work with DiSEqC 1.2 and 1.3 (USALS) 2 2. TeViiData automatically recognizes the available PIDs of the selected transponder 3. TeViiData for reception of Internet via Satellite 4. Data rate of the TeViiData identified PIDs 5. DiSEqC Settings 7 6. The matching codec can be selected for each incoming signal 7. EPG Settings 11 8. Expert MyTeVii software settings 9. Hardware selection and USALS settings 10. Recording settings 11. The extensive preprogrammed MyTeVii satellite and transponder list 12. SCPC reception with the TeVii S480 13. SCPC reception with the TeVii S480 BPSK in DVB-S and QPSK for the processing of audio and 8PSK in DVB-S2. and video content so that the choice of codec has a Once the channel list is direct influence on the dis- 8 filled with entries it would played picture from the not be a bad idea to have card. If, for example, you’re a quick look again at the using a graphics card with 3 reception and automatic test, we naturally had to vast array of basic settings. hardware support for HDTV channel scans. In our SCPC check how well the tuners Every imaginable param- reception, you can achieve test the card was able to performed with weaker sig- eter can be set to the us- a lower demand on the process a 2.0 Ms/sec tran- nals.