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A copy of TELE-satellite with the ARION test
report on the cover sitting on top of a professional
PowerVu decoder?
Mario Sussi explains, “When I read the ARION
receiver test report in TELE-satellite, an HD
receiver with an upscaler, I immediately ordered 20
of them.”
Mario had an idea: he connected an L-band modulator
(in the IF frequency range) to the ASI output
on the PowerVu receiver. This he connected to the
IF input on the ARION and, presto, “I can now take
the SD signal from our program and very simply
upscale it to HD.”
▲ This is what the control software from PowerVu looks like: with this
encryption system, each receiver can be individually controlled. AFRTS, the
American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service, also uses PowerVu.
Susanna explains how it works: “We can individually turn on and off a maximum
of 30,000 customers/receivers; right now we have about 9000 customers.”
Each customer can be activated for up to 255 individual services; each
service could be a video channel, an audio channel or a data channel. On
the screen you can see 255 buttons. Button 44, for example, is the video
signal from Unive TV “gray”. “We can even change the transponder frequency
in the receiver from here”, explains Susanna about the PowerVu
system, “The receiver switches automatically to the new transponder without
the customer even realizing it.”
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Pietro Del Tessandoro is Mario Sussi’s right-hand man
and is also responsible for the uplink encoder.
▲ The individual PIDs are lined up with the corresponding signals through
the PowerVu software.
fessional LNBs are very frequency-stable and can therefore
receive 8PSK in DVB-S without any problems.” For the feedhunters
within the DXer group, Mario recommends searching
for frequency-stable LNBs. “There are some manufacturers
that produce standard LNBs that would fit the bill.”
Mario looks at it as part of his job description to always be in
step with the technology. But he can also see the dangers: “You
need to be in the right place at the right
time; it doesn’t help to invest too soon,
but at the same time you don’t want to be
too late to embrace new technology.”
It’s demanding work but Mario is always
ready for it. And finally, some praise for
TELE-satellite: “TELE-satellite always
keeps me up to date with the latest products
on the market; this makes my job
much easier.” That makes us happy of
course!
This is what the back of a regular PowerVu
receiver looks like as it is installed in the Teleippica
betting offices.
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www.TELE-satellite.com — 10-11/2008 — TELE-satellite & Broadband
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