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Twin Tuner PVRwith Blind ScanThe size of this receiver is quite a surprise! At just 23x20cm in size, it must be one of the

smallest twin tuner PVRs available. One of the reasons the small size is possible is in the

choice of hard drive. Instead of the 3.5 inch size as used by most desktop PCs that we areused to seeing inside PVRs, a notebook style 2.5 inch drive is used. This is easily accessible

inside a removable cartridge located under the flap on the front panel. This makes changing

or upgrading the disk much safer and easier there is no need to open the receivers case

and risk causing damage or invalidating the warranty. Our test receiver was supplied with a

40GB drive that allows around 20 hours of TV to be recorded. Drives of up to 100GB in size

can be used.

After the satellites are set up, its time

to run the initial scan. Searching is quite

slow, a scan of the 95 preset transpondersfor Hotbird took 9.5 minutes. There doesnt

appear to be the usual network scan option

where the receiver finds additional frequen-

cies from all of those already in memory

instead it will scan the Network Infor-

mation Table of only a single selected fre-

quency. But this is not such a problem as it

might usually be, as we have another option

blind scan!

Blind scanWith a few reservations, the 6000PVRs

blind scan is a very nice addition. Its very

accurate: found frequencies and symbol

rates are almost exactly right every time.

For example, symbol rates of 27500 appear

as either this or 27499, and lower symbol

rates are just as accurate.

The scan can be made with either or both

polarities, and with all symbol rates or just

those above or below 5600. The disappoint-

ment though is that no frequency range can

be specified the search always covers the

entire band selected in the antenna setup

menu. So if youre using a universal LNB,

the scan goes all the way from 10.700 up

to 12.750. The scan does skip past unused

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The receivers front panel contains an LED

display that displays the channel number

when in use, and the clock when in standby.

Buttons are available on the front to control

the basic functions, and under the flap with

the hard drive cartridge are two Common

Interface slots and a mini USB interface.

Around the back theres the usual selection

of two Scarts, TV antenna in and out ports,

composite video and audio, an S/PDIF digital

audio output, RS232, and the twin LNB inputs

with their corresponding loop-throughs.

InstallationThe receivers menus are clear and easy

to navigate, available in English, German,

French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish,

Arabic and Russian. The initial setup options

give us the usual choices when using two

tuners. One or both tuners can be used inde-

pendently or together. DiSEqC 1.0, 1.2 and

USALS are available, making multi-satellite

reception easy. 54 satellites are included in

the receiver, with additional slots available

to be set up manually if needed.

frequencies fairly quickly, but its still an

annoyance when you only need to scan aportion of the band and have to wait for the

whole scan to be completed.

The blind scan works in two parts. Fir stly,

frequencies are scanned as wed expect,

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with their frequencies and SRs displayed

during scanning. After this, the found fre-

quencies are looked at again to find the

channels contained inside them. Scanning

Hotbird with the full SR range takes 13

minutes to blind scan, then a further 8 to

obtain the channels within the transponders

it found. As this satellite uses symbol rates

exclusively in the range above 5600, select-

ing this option gets us the same set of chan-

nels with a time saving of 4 minutes. Moving

over to a satellite carrying occasional serv-

ices, Eutelsat W1 at 10 degrees east, a scan

of the whole Ku band found just about eve-

rything available, but in a total time of 17

minutes. This is a long time to wait for theimpatient feedhunter, especially if what you

are looking for is somewhere at the far end

of the spectrum! At least you can press the

exit button during the scan without losing

the frequencies it already found.

Everyday useSo now we have the channels in memory,

finally! The OK button brings up the usual

list of channels to scroll through. Theres

no sorting options here, but you can jump

alphabetically through the channels using

the coloured buttons on the remote. Data

channels are included in the TV list, an

annoyance that can be fixed by deleting or

hiding them in the Channel Edit menu. Here,

sorting and other editing options are also

available. Radio channels have their own

separate list, accessible from the TV/Radio

button.

The EPG is fast, plus easy to read and

navigate an essential feature for a PVR.

Programmes can be added to the 60-event

timer by simply highlighting them in the grid

and pressing the record button. Only one

programme can be recorded at once using

this method, even when both tuners are

using the same satellite.

Manual recording is also available, simply

by pressing record when viewing the desired

programme. Strangely, manual recording

does allow two channels to be recorded at

the same time, so its just a software defi-

ciency that doesnt allow two programmes to

be added from the EPG if their times clash.

Timer events can be set up manually,

these have the VCR-style options of once-

only, daily or weekly events. Again, this

doesnt allow two programmes to be sched-

uled if their times clash. Sleep and wake-up timers are also available in a separate

menu.

Recordings are accessed from the HDD

button on the remote. These are saved by

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their channel name and time, rather than

the name of the show, which could be con-

fusing especially as the EPG data is not

saved with it.

Playback while recording is available,

although not when two recordings are inprogress. Timeshifting live broadcasts is

also possible, although it is not a permanent

option as on some other PVRs. To enter

this mode, you must first press the pause

button. This starts the timeshift recording,

inside which you can pause or move for-

ward and back as needed. The PIP (picture

in picture) button can be used here to view

the live broadcast at the same time as the

timeshift. A nice touch is being able to press

the record button while in the timeshift

mode. If you decide you want to record a

programme you were already timeshifting,

all that is needed is to rewind to the start

and press record, but you must also remem-

ber to press stop at the end! But if you do

forget, youll be thankful of the editing func-

tions which let you delete parts of a record-

ing you dont need to keep.

The PIP button is also available when

viewing live programmes without the

timeshift, or a recording. A recording plus

a live broadcast, or two live channels can

be viewed together, with a dedicated button

used to switch the large and small pictures.

A multi-picture grid function is also avail-

able, showing 4, 9 or 16 channels at once.

The pictures are frozen except for the

selected channel, but it is a nice function

when used in conjunction with the blind scan

when searching for feeds, being quickly able

to scroll through a set of channels found

while waiting for them to change from the

test card to something more interesting.

ComputerconnectionAfter using receivers with hard drives for

a short time I soon discovered Middletons

Law of PVRs: the amount of recordings you

want to keep is always greater than the

amount of space you have available. The

easily removable hard drive means that we

could use more than one drive if needed,

but a more elegant solution is to use the

USB interface, helpfully located on the front

of the receiver. Once this is connected, all

we need to do is selec t HDD Mode Change

in the main menu, and it appears on the

computer (under Windows XP at least) as

an extra drive. From here we can move the

recordings to the computer to free space on

the receivers hard drive. The drive can be

accessed via the USB cable even when dis-

connected from the receiver so it could

discover a second life as an external drive

for a PC if space was also a problem there!

Whilst connected by the USB cable,

MP3 files can be transferred for replay in

the receivers MP3 Music Box. Updated

receiver software can also be given to the

receiver in this way, in addition to the more

usual RS232 port route. Receiver software

and channel lists can even be transferred

between two 6000PVR receivers via the

RS232 port.

Expert conclusion+Its quite an achievement to get all this into a small case. A blind

scan on top of the PVR options is nice to have and appeals to both TV

viewers and enthusiasts.

-Its a shame that all the hardware is in place which should allow

us to do all the things other twin tuner PVRs can do, all from a nice

looking compact box. It seems only the internal software would need a little work to

make it a lot nicer. Urgently needed would be improvements such as allowing two

scheduled recordings at the same time, frequency range selection in the blind scan,

and EPG details stored with recordings. A few small tweaks like these would turn this

good receiver into a top class receiver.

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Model 6000PVR

Function Twin Tuner PVR with removable

cartridge hard drive and blind scan

Channel Memory 10000

Satellites 54

Symbolrate 1-45 Ms/sec

DiSEqC 1.0,1.2

USALS yes

Programmable 0/12 V Output no

S-VHS Output yes

Video/Stereo audio output yes, 3xRCA

Digital Audio Output S/PDIF (optical)

Color System PAL, NTSC

Modulator Yes

C/Ku-Band Compatible Yes

SCPC Compatible Yes

EPG Yes

Power Supply 90-250VAC, 50/60Hz

Power Consumption 46 watts max

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Features

Channel Memory

Channel

Scan Speed

Channel

Switching Speed

Video Quality

Audio Quality

Tuner Sensitivity

Antenna setup

Blind Scan options

Blind scanning

EPG

Multi channel grid

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