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indefinite number of available
satellites can be chosen for
an automatic search, which
are then scanned in a single
go. You can of course define
whether FTA, encrypted or all
channels should be found. In
addition, you can tell the box
whether you’re after TV channels,
radio stations or both.
If required, you can also
activate network scan so that
any pay TV transponders
that are not yet pre-stored
will also be detected by the
receiver. For our test satellite
with just over 100 transponders
finally took almost ten
minutes, which means it is a
little on the slower side.
Naturally, a manual scan
gives you even greater
options and you can manually
enter frequency, symbol rate,
polarisation, PID, modulation
(with the receiver supporting
QPSK in DVB-S and QPSK as
well as 8PSK in DVB-S2) and
FEC.
After our test search on
several satellites we ended
up with thousands of more or
less useful channels, which is
way too many for real viewing
pleasure. So what needed
to be done next is bring some
order and tidiness into this
huge mess.
Luckily, the DTS 6600
offers a number of options
for achieving this. Individual
channels can be deleted,
moved, renamed or protected
with a PIN code to keep your
kids from watching unsuitable
material. A total of eight
favourite lists are available to
be filled with just the channels
you really watch on a regular
basis.
During our test editing both
the channel and favourite lists
went about smoothly and flawlessly.
Here again the manufacturer
has come up with a
logical and user-friendly concept
which even novices will
come to understand in next to
no time.
Now that the channel list is
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filled and well organised we
can exit the main menu by
pressing the – you guessed it!
– EXIT button. This prompts
the receiver to switch to the
first channel on the list. The
OK button calls up the channel
list which lists all available
channels in a clearly arranged
way. Using the FAV and SAT
buttons of the remote control
you can either call up the
channel list of a different satellite
or one of the favourite
lists.
Sorting the channel list can
be done by pushing the Zoom
button on the remote.
The new Jiuzhou receiver is
reasonably fast when switching
between channels, which
holds also true for changing
between SD and HD offerings.
What we really appreciated in
our test was the video quality
via HDMI on a 42-inch plasma
and a 40-inch LCD flat screen
TV. There really was nothing
to be left desired.
Whenever the receiver
Manual search Playing back a recorded HDTV
switches to a new channel it
inserts an info bar with details
regarding the currently showing
and next event as well as
icons for encryption, subtitles,
DD audio etc. Signal quality
and signal strength as well as
satellite and frequency of the
currently watched channel
are also shown.
The remote control comes
with dedicated keys for selecting
the audio track and subtitles
(if provided). In case your
TV set has no built-in teletext
decoder you can always fall
back on the integrated software
teletext decoder of the
Jiuzhou box. While the DTS
6600 does not (yet) offer
automatic output resolution
switching, it can be done
easily by pushing the Function
key on the remote control to
quickly change between the
available options.
This is very handy whenever
a HDTV channel transmits
in 1080i (and can best be
viewed when this resolution
is set for the receiver as well)