RELATÓRIO DE ENSAIO Recetor Miniatura DVB-S2 HDTV Função Especial: o recetor pode ficar escondido, o recetor IR para o controlo remoto pode ser colocado em qualquer local PVR cheio de características graças à interface USB Internet integrada para You Tube, Google Maps, etc. Reconhecimento DiSEqC automático, o reconhecimento automático do canal e resolução de vídeo de monitor televisivo A tensão do LNB pode ser aumentada para compensar a quebra de tensão em cabos de grande comprimento 56 TELE-audiovision International The World s Largest TV Box Magazine 11-12/2013 www.tele-audiovision.com www.tele-audiovision.com 11-12/2013 TELE-audiovision International 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 57
TEST REPORT Miniature DVB-S2 HDTV Receiver A Satellite HDTV Receiver with Every Feature With the Mini HD, Amiko has introduced a miniature DVB-S2 compatible HDTV PVR receiver to the market. It comes with the same features as its larger cousins. It s elegant black box is only 15 x 11 x 3.5 cm in size and at 250gm it is essentially feather-light. The front panel sports two LEDs that indicate the receiver s current operational status while all of the proper connections can be found on the rear panel. In particular, this includes an LNB input, an Ethernet jack, a USB 2.0 port as well as a jack for the external 12VDC power supply. With the help of three small jacks, Amiko has provided outputs for an A/V interface cable (CVBS and stereo audio) as well as an RS232 port; the necessary adapter cable is included with the receiver. The third jack is for connecting the external IR receiver; Amiko designed the Mini HD such that it can be mounted on a wall or placed inconspicuously behind the TV. An absolutely perfect video signal is provided by the HDMI output, unfortunately though, crystal clear audio is only available via HDMI; there s no S/PDIF output for connection to a stereo system. We especially liked that Amiko truly used every inch of space on the Mini HD; for example, a card reader for Conax Smartcards was incorporated on the underside of the receiver with the actual card slot facing the front of the box. There s also a second USB 2.0 jack on the right side to let you quickly attach an external storage device. The Amiko Mini HD is powered by a 400 MHz processor and comes with 64 MB of Flash memory plus 1 GB DDR SDRAM. This combination will later provide for the perfect presentation of HDTV as well as an OSD that reacts extremely fast to remote control commands. The remote control included by the manufacturer sits nicely in your hand, is ergonomic and is clearly labeled. You won t find an installation assistant in the Mini HD; users will need to set up all the basic functions themselves. The new Amiko receiver can provide the video signal via HDMI in 480i, 11-12/2013 AMIKO MINI HD Perfect mini Receiver 0.53 www.tele-audiovision.com/13/11/amiko 58 TELE-audiovision International The World s Largest TV Box Magazine 11-12/2013 www.tele-audiovision.com
1 6 11 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p 50 age by 0.5V in those cases Hz, 720p 60 Hz, 1080i 50 when longer coax cable Hz, 1080i 60 Hz, 1080p 50 lengths are used. The Auto Hz as well as 1080p 60 Hz; DiSEqC function could save nothing was left out. The the day for the less-experi- receiver even has an Auto- enced users. With its help, matic Mode where it adapts the receiver can automati- itself to the resolution of the cally identify what satellite TV channel that is currently is connected to the receiver 2 being received plus a Native by TV mode where the re- through which DiSEqC port. 7 12 ceiver adjusts itself to the Unfortunately, this is maximum resolution of the where the limited pre- TV. programmed satellite list comes into play; only those The Mini HD supports the satellites in the list can be DiSEqC Protocols 1.0, 1.1, recognized. Testing this fea- 1.2 and 1.3 and is therefore ture in Europe with the very able to handle multifeed, popular ASTRA and EUTEL- multifocus and/or motor- SAT satellites showed that 3 ized antenna systems. The receiver comes with 28 pre- it functioned perfectly. Less popular satellites were not 8 13 programmed satellites but recognized. those satellites are limited to European entries only; a On the channel scan side more expanded list would of things, the user can run be nice to have. a satellite scan, transponder scan or blind scan. Of course We appreciated the abil- it s the blind scan that we re ity to increase the LNB volt- particularly fond of: on the 4 5 1. The Amiko Mini HD Main Menu 2. Every possibility is available for editing the channel list 3. Individual channels can easily be renamed 4. Installation Menu 5. Satellite Settings 6. If desired, the individual PID values of a channel can be entered 7. With FastScan, all the transponders from one of the nine preprogrammed PayTV Providers can be automatically scanned 8. Auto DiSEqC Function 9. Calculation of the necessary angle for antenna alignment 10. User Settings 11. Time Settings 12. A total of eight timer slots are available 13. The output video signal can be set to a maximum resolution of 1080p HDMI 14. The user can customize the OSD 15. Three integrated video games pass the time during commercials HOTBIRD satellite at 13 east it managed to find 1597 TV and 373 radio channels in a mere six minutes. It s quite a satisfactory result. Even on less popular satellites such as SES4 at 22 west, the blind scan feature delivered acceptable results with transponders using different symbolrates. The FastScan Option is an exceptional feature with the Amiko Mini HD. It can be used to read all the transponders from one of nine preprogrammed European PayTV providers. In our tests with the Dutch CanalDigitaal, this function worked without any problems. In no time at all every channel from a PayTV provider will be presented in the channel list without 9 10 14 15 60 TELE-audiovision International The World s Largest TV Box Magazine 11-12/2013 www.tele-audiovision.com www.tele-audiovision.com 11-12/2013 TELE-audiovision International 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 61
16 6 17 16. The Amiko Mini HD's network features 17. IP settings; of course the DHCP protocol is supported 18. The receiver's software can be automatically updated via the Internet 19. Weather forecast 20. RSS Feeds are shown in an organized fashion 21. The video services YouTube and YouPorn can be accessed directly from the receiver 22. YouTube 23. The receiver supports the time shift function in addition to normal recordings 24. Google Maps on the Amiko Mini HD 21 BluBox SOTx Up to 16 SAT IF levels and terresstrial over a single fiber optic cable 19" base unit with redundant switch mode power supply Distribution to up to 32 optical nodes possible Configuration and monitoring via LAN / IP 18 22 WhiteBox Modular headend for multiple conversions 19" base unit with redundant switch mode power supply Configuration and monitoring via LAN / IP 19 23 20 24 SPAROS 711 Touch Series Intuitive operating thanks to a 10" Touch Screen DVB - S / S2, DVB - T/ T2, DVB - C, HDTV TV displaying Compact and robust aluminium die - cast housing Supplied in a stable carrying case! 62 TELE-audiovision International The World s Largest TV Box Magazine 11-12/2013 www.tele-audiovision.com
the need for any tiresome After the receiver 25 6 30 35 26 31 36 27 32 37 28 33 38 29 34 39 has been set up to your per- searching. sonal tastes, a push of the After the receiver s chan- Exit button on the remote nel list has been filled with control takes you out of the thousands of entries, the Settings menu. The Mini HD next task that comes to can now get to work. It op- mind undoubtedly erates through a cleverly have to be managing the would arranged OSD that presents channel list. And the Mini a logically and well-thought- HD doesn t disappoint here out interface to the user. We at all; every possible option especially liked the EPG, the you can think of is available, contents of which can be such as deleting, renaming, displayed in three different moving, grouping or locking modes. out specific channels with a PIN code. Thanks to the Thanks to additional func- 32 Favorites lists all of your tion buttons on the remote most-loved channels can be control, options like subti- moved into one of these col- tles, teletext or language lections making them easier selection can be accessed to access with the push of directly through the main just one button. menu. This saves time and makes things easier for the 25. Even Google Maps' satellite view is available 26. The OSD keyboard can be used to search for specific locations in Google Maps 27. Channel scan 28. Info bar with the EPG data from the current and upcoming programs 29. EPG view 1 30. EPG view 2 31. EPG view 3 32. Channel list 33. The channel list can be limited to individual satellites 34. The channel list can be limited to individual providers 35. Language selection 36. Satellite selection 37. OSD Teletext 38. The Amiko Mini can easily play back previously recorded programs 39. MP3 playback user. Since the Amiko Mini HD is a fully-featured PVR receiver, we wasted no time in connecting an external storage device on one of the two USB ports. We were able to record two broadcasts simultaneously in HD quality while at the same time watching a third channel live. For timer recordings there are eight programming slots available. In this day and age, though, that s not quite enough. In addition to PVR record- 64 TELE-audiovision International The World s Largest TV Box Magazine 11-12/2013 www.tele-audiovision.com www.tele-audiovision.com 11-12/2013 TELE-audiovision International 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 65
ings, the USB ports can also be used to play back videos in AVI, MPEG, MP4, TS, Flash and VOB formats. You can even listen to your favorite MP3 music files. Some of you out there will be also happy to know that JPEG pictures can be viewed on your TV through the Amiko Mini HD. You may have noticed while reading this test report that the Amiko Mini HD also comes with a network interface allowing you to access the wonderful world of the Internet. And if you re surrounded by WiFi signals in your home, the USB WiFi adapter would also let you browse the Internet wirelessly. Unfortunately, though, this adapter is not part of the package. 42 40. The integrated picture viewer functioned perfectly 41. Video playback of various formats 42. DivX playback 43. Full HD video playback 44. Even Flash videos could be played back without any problems 40 6 43 41 44 66 TELE-audiovision International The World s Largest TV Box Magazine 11-12/2013 www.tele-audiovision.com
In addition to the ability to update the receiver s software, the user also has access to current weather information, RSS feeds as well as services such as YouTube, YouPorn and Google Maps. The idea of adding Google Maps to a satellite receiver seems to be an innovative idea at first, but in reality it s not all that easy to work with when all you have is a remote control and an OSD keyboard. To round it all off, three integrated video games are included that we had a lot of fun with in our tests. There were also numerous settings capabilities as well as the ability to store the channel list on a USB storage device if needed. In general we were quite satisfied with the logical and well-organized OSD structure including its graphical presentation. Thanks to its very low power consumption at only 3W in standby, you can keep a little extra of your money in your wallet. And because of its small size, the Amiko Mini HD can easily be hidden deep inside your TV setup. Model Mini HD TECHNICAL DATA Function Miniature / PVR Receiver with external IR remote control Input frequency Input symbol rate Modulations EPG Video resolution 950-2150 MHz 2-45 Ms/s QPSK, 8PSK DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 SCR RS232 Ethernet USB 2.0 CI Slot Card Reader HDTV 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p 50 Hz, 720p 60 Hz, 1080i 50 Hz, 1080i 60 Hz, 1080p 50 Hz, 1080p 60 Hz no no (Conax) expert OPINION AMIKO Mini HD DVB-S2 HDTV Receiver RECOMMENDED PRODUCT BY MPEG4/H.264 OSD languages Power Supply English, German, Greek, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Rumanian, Hungarian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Czech, Slovenian, Slovakian, Serbian, Hebrew, Portuguese, Dutch, Polish 100-240V AC, 50/60 Hz AC / 12V DC Dimensions 15 x 11 x 3.5 cm Weight 250 g Thomas Haring Test Center Austria ENERGY DIAGRAM Apparent Power Mode Apparent Active Factor Active 15 W 8 W 0.53 StandBy 2 W 1 W 0.5 + Very compact and space-saving construction, low power consumption, well-organized OSD, logical operation and every PVR feature you can think of are all plus points for the Amiko Mini HD. All in all, a perfect little receiver. The Auto DiSEqC function because of the limited number of preprogrammed satellites in some cases doesn t provide convincing results. The eight timer slots for a PVR receiver are not enough. Active Power Energy: The first 15 minutes active operation; the second 15 minutes standby 68 TELE-audiovision International The World s Largest TV Box Magazine 11-12/2013 www.tele-audiovision.com