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and you then zap to a SDTV
channel, when either 720p
or 576p should be chosen for
best video display.
The EPG menu always shows
information for six channels
at a time. With the help of
the colour-coded buttons you
can change the date or jump
to the current time. Of course
the info bar provides information
on currently showing
and next events as well.
If you need to make sure not
to miss a particular event you
can define up to eight timer
entries. These have to be set
up manually.
Just like all our test receiver
the Jiuzhou DTS 6600 finally
had to prove its worth when
the going gets tough. What we
liked in this regard was that it
delivered useful results even
when the signals came in very
weakly, such as for horizontal
transmission from NILESAT 7°
West or ASTRA 2D 28.2° East
at our location.
SCPC was a different story,
though, as we could not verify
the manufacturer’s claim of 1
to 45 Ms/s. We even encountered
problems when trying
to receive various TURKSAT
42° East transponders with
symbol rates of way above 2
Ms/s. Yet, once the tuner is
able to lock a signal reception
becomes very reliable.
Finally, we want to address
one of the main features of
Overview of recorded events and images
Editor for satellite and transponder entries
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