08-09 - TELE-satellite International Magazine
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<strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong> Archives<br />
10<br />
Edited by<br />
Alexander Wiese<br />
Nokia Mediamaster 9800S<br />
We have been waiting for over one year and finally<br />
it is here: the new Nokia 9800S Mediamaster. Only<br />
shortly before the Mediacast99 started in London,<br />
we received our first test version of this digital box.<br />
It would have been better to wait for an update of<br />
the firmware, but then it would have been too late to<br />
tell you all about it in this issue of TSI. At the end of<br />
this test report you will read about the new features.<br />
The big changes have not only taken place on the<br />
inside but on the outside as well. Nokia’s latest box<br />
was given a completely new styling of the housing<br />
and remote control. On the front, the colour of the<br />
DVB logo indicates the type of receiver, where blue<br />
stands for a <strong>satellite</strong>, orange for a cable and green<br />
for a terrestrial receiver. What is left is the famous<br />
green display. It shows the name of the channel currently<br />
being processed. The 9800S can store up to<br />
2000 channels. Still perfectly hidden behind a lid are<br />
the emergency buttons and the PCMCIA slots for<br />
Common Interfaces and also a slot for a Viaccess<br />
smartcard. Viaccess is integrated in this new Mediamaster.<br />
Using this Common Interface technology<br />
makes the receiver remarkably universal towards<br />
any encryption method. Almost any encryption<br />
system in use within Europe today will finds its way<br />
in a Common Interface module. At this moment,<br />
modules are available for Conax (Finland, Norway<br />
and Denmark), Nagravision (Spain), Cryptoworks<br />
(Czech Republic and Xtra-Music, the former DMX)<br />
and Irdeto (except for the modified Irdeto by DF1/<br />
Premiere). The built-in Viaccess decoder makes<br />
reception of French and Russian channels possible.<br />
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So let’s hop on to the back. Unfortunately, there<br />
is only one LNB input. No output to connect an<br />
analogue receiver to. Also located at the back<br />
are two Scart connectors. Still, it is possible to<br />
connect both your television and VCR and an<br />
analogue receiver. The manual clearly described<br />
how to do this. Nokia has understood very well why<br />
many users of prior Mediamasters had opened<br />
their box and installed a phono connector for the<br />
digital audio output. This new 9800S has been<br />
given it already by Nokia. Of course, an analogue<br />
audio output is also present, both in cinch. The<br />
famous RS-232 interface is still present and can be<br />
used to update the firmware or channel settings.<br />
However, you don’t need to update your receiver<br />
using the Internet. A new service from Nokia is<br />
that you can have the receiver updated using a<br />
special signal on the Astra, Hotbird, Thor or Sirius.<br />
It will update your receiver to the latest situation.<br />
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A modulator is now built-in and is software adjustable.<br />
It can be set to any channel between 21 and 69.<br />
The remote control was fully redesigned. It is<br />
designed to fit perfectly well in your hand, but it<br />
also looks very fine. The circular menu buttons<br />
are still there. New buttons are Freeze, Service<br />
options and a recall function for the channel<br />
you have been watching most recently.<br />
The graphical user interface will easily guide you<br />
through the first steps of installation. First, you can<br />
determine the language of the box. Here you can<br />
choose from English, German, Swedish, French,<br />
Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Norwegian and<br />
Finnish. After that you have to tell the receiver what<br />
other equipment you have installed. When using<br />
a universal LNB, you can immediately start enjoying<br />
the show. Of course, after you have properly<br />
aligned the dish. A measuring tool is built-in and<br />
shows the relative signal strength. After entering<br />
the values for a new channel, just press the OK<br />
button and the quality of the signal is shown.<br />
Almost any digital signal available can be caught.<br />
If ever you want to receive a far away signal that is<br />
not automatically recognised by this new Mediamaster,<br />
just enter the transponder settings and<br />
have the box do its job. Even without the PID-codes<br />
the Nokia 9800S will find almost anything. This<br />
was not the case for SCPC signals, but after the<br />
already mentioned software update, this problem<br />
will be solved. Searching manually for certain<br />
channels is possible. Unfortunately, the functions<br />
in the extensive menu structure are not very fast.<br />
Switching channels however is done very fast.<br />
The EPG has been fully redesigned and could<br />
easily replace your current printed TV-guide.<br />
Unortunately, a lot of programme providers still<br />
don’t supply the information with their signals.<br />
Also in Radio mode the EPG will do its job.