1. TEST REPORT Satellite PVR Receiver
OPENSAT 3000CRCI PVR
A Small Receiver
With Big Features 04-05/2009
OPENSAT 3000CRCI PVR
Fully-fledged PVR receiver with excellent
build quality that is easy to use
The OPENSAT 3000CRCI PVR is a small CI receiver with PVR. It has unusually small
dimensions and therefore fits into any living room environment. The front panel
features a four-digit segment display and – in the upper left corner – the standby
button. All other buttons and slots are hidden behind a flap.
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2. If you open this flap it usual satellite IF input and menu of the OPENSAT receiver Everyday use
reveals seven buttons to loop-through output, 2 scart is more or less self-explanatory
This receiver is not equipped
operate the receiver with- euroconnectors, 4 RCA jacks the manufacturer provides a
with an installation wizard,
out remote control, a CI slot for stereo audio and video, a comprehensive user’s manual
which means that you have to
for all standard modules like 0/12 control current, an opti- which solves any questions
start out with selecting your
Irdeto, Seca, Viaccess, Cryp- cal digital audio output, a UHF that still may arise. It deals
preferred language for the
toworks or Nagravision, a modulator output, an RS-232 with all functions and options
on-screen menu. Once you
Conax card reader as well as interface and a mechanical of the receiver and provides
have found this menu item
a USB interface. mains switch. screen shots and illustrations
where necessary. the following languages are
The back panel is equally The remote control that available: English, French,
well designed and sports the comes with the receiver sits The overall build quality of German, Italian, Spanish,
well in your hand, boasts the 3000CRCI is very good Turkish, Polish, Farsi, Slovak,
a convenient design and and we had no complaints Slovenian, Czech and Hun-
proper labelling. Even whatsoever with the unit we garian.
though the on-screen received for testing.
The main menu boasts a
clear structure and is divided
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Available online starting from 27 March 2009
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3. into six categories (chan- reception system. It comes
nel list, antenna settings with a pre-stored list of 44
and search, settings, tools, European satellite positions
games and PVR). The first which is very up-to-date and
step requires adjusting the well sorted.
receiver settings to the exist-
ing TV equipment. The colour-coded buttons
on the remote can be used to
The PAL, PAL-M, PAL-N, add new satellites in a breeze,
SECAM and NTSC colour sys- to edit existing entries or to
tems are supported and can delete outdated and unused
be selected manually – or entries.
Transponder list of NILESAT 7° West
you may choose the ‘auto’
function and let the receiver The receiver also has to
take care of everything. know whether it is con-
nected to a motorised or a
The video signals can be fixed antenna as it supports
put out as RGB or CVBS, with DiSEqC protocols 1.0, 1.1,
S-Video and YUV not imple- 1.2 und 1.3 (USALS). Thanks
mented by the manufacturer. to DiSEqC 1.1 support multi-
The UHF modulator can be focus antennas can be con-
activated with a dedicated nected to the OPENSAT box
menu item with channels 21 too, just as well as dishes
to 69 being available for that with practical USALS motors
purpose. which only require the exact
location of the antenna to
Like all DVB devices the find all available satellites.
OPENSAT 3000CRCI is able to
sync the local time with the Various LOFs are pre-set EPG
time code transmitted via sat- so that C band reception is
ellite. To make sure the time is an option as well apart from
correct you do, however, have Ku band reception. Even cir-
to define the difference of the cular signals from LNBFs can
local time to GMT. While most be received and processed.
other receivers require users Altogether the range of avail-
to set GMT +/- x hours, this able LOFs is rather impres-
box shows a number of well sive, even though it is not
known cities for each time possible to enter a specific
zone which makes it easier to LOF manually.
identify the appropriate zone,
even when you’re not 100% The 3000CRCI sports a
sure how many hours offset 4000-channel memory and in
you have. order to fill it with offerings
from the sky you may want to
A separate menu item either perform an automatic
takes care of adjusting day- channel search for one or Channel list
light saving time so that you
never have to worry about
changing the time twice a
year. Some useful additional
settings like OSD or channel
switching options complete
this menu item.
Next, the receiver has to be
familiarised with the existing
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4. Main menu – installation Multi-satellite search
Channel list editing Info bar
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5. All this can be done with the
first menu category which
reveals all channel list edit-
ing options. It goes without
saying that not only the TV
list but also the radio list can
be rearranged in very much
the same way.
To all DXers out there: You
might be pleased to learn that
the complete channel list can
be deleted at the touch of a
button without resetting any
other receiver settings at all.
When you’re in edit mode
either all available chan-
nels are listed or – for sake
of usability – only channels
Multi-picture view with 9 channels
from individual satellites are
several satellites or a manual and found 1235 TV channels again, the colour-coded but- displayed.
transponder search. For both and 456 radio stations. When tons on the remote control
modes you can restrict the activating blind scan on the turn the whole process into Again, the colour-coded
search to free-to-air only, TV same satellite the receiver child’s play. The only thing buttons of the remote are
only, radio only or TV & radio. finished after slightly less we missed was manual PID used to add channels to one of
Network search can be acti- than five minutes and found input, which this receiver several favourites list (which
vated if required. 1132 TV channels and 431 does not support. can be individually named),
radio stations. Both results to delete, move or PIN-lock
The integrated blind scan are very satisfactory con- If we bear in mind that channels so that underage
mode is a nice little treat as sidering we’re in automatic the channel memory is lim- members of the family do
it allows finding and scanning mode here. ited to 4000 entries it makes not have access to unsuitable
transponders that are not sense to think about adjust- material on the TV screen.
(yet) on the stored list. For a manual search indi- ing the channel list accord-
vidual transponders can be ing to personal preferences Listed channels can also
We tried a standard search selected, edited, sorted, and – above all – to seriously be marked for skipping when
on HOTBIRD 13° East and the added or deleted at the consider deleting all channels zapping up and down the list.
OPENSAT took 3:20 minutes touch of a button. Here you will never ever watch. Whenever you’re in edit mode
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6. the current video is inserted s didn’t pose a problem for memory stick can be con- Software updates are also
in a small window at the right the 3000CRCI. nected to this port and will possible using the USB inter-
corner of the screen. be recognised by the receiver face – all you need to do is
The integrated CI inter- in a matter of seconds. From
download the appropriate
The red button on the face worked just as smoothly that very moment all PVR
file from the manufactur-
remote control opens a in our test and accepted all functions become available,
er’s website, copy it into a
search window where you modules we threw at it. The such as recording the cur-
can simply key in the desired rent event, playing back memory stick and then start
built in Conax card reader
channel name while to the also worked brilliantly with stored files and of course the update process on the
left of the inserted keyboard our test card. time shift viewing. receiver.
all matching hits are listed.
The RS-232 interface can So next time you’re right in The only real drawback
While this feature is a be used to update the oper- the middle of a great prime of the OPENSAT 3000CRCI
godsend in itself OPENSAT ating software or to install a time movie when the phone
PVR is the fact that a stor-
has gone that extra mile new channel list. To this end, rings you simply press pause,
age medium can only be
with implementing it in an OPENSAT provides a dedi- pick up the phone and con-
extremely user-friendly way. tinue from that very scene connected to the front panel
cated editor for PCs which is
when you have finished the of the receiver. This in turn
even SatcoDX compatible and
The very good overall phone call. means that the elegant flap
consequently can be used to
impression of this receiver is has to stay open all the time
provide up-to-the-minute
finished off with a zoom func- Naturally we tested all PVR and reveals the somewhat
channel and transponder
tion, an integrated teletext features and found nothing to less elegant inner front with
data to the receiver.
decoder and multi-picture complain about. Eight timer
all its buttons and slots.
display of nine channels. entries can be created which
OPENSAT uses a tuner with
PVR also allow recording daily or
weekly events without fur- What we liked very much,
a rather low threshold and In case you’ve been won- ther ado. however, is the ease with
therefore was able to pick up dering why the OPENSAT which recordings can be
and process even weak sig- 3000CRCI PVR receiver sports In addition to recording edited on the PC or burnt
nals such as the ones from the PVR in its model designa- and playing back of TV and onto DVD. Thanks to porta-
NILESAT 7 West or ASTRA2D tion here’s the answer: It’s radio contents the receiver ble external storage media it
28° East. all in the USB 2.0 interface on features an MP3 player and a
is as easy as ABC to connect
the front panel, which turns picture viewer so that you can
them to the PC and therefore
The SCPC reception test this OPENSAT receiver into a present your precious holiday
fully-fledged PVR. never again have to worry
was also passed with flying photos on the TV screen next
colours and our test tran- time. Or you may use the about transferring huge files
sponder on TURKSAT with a Any kind of portable receiver as a juke box for an from one device to the next.
symbol rate of only 2400 KS/ hard disk, memory card or upcoming party.
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7. Expert Opinion
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The OPENSAT 3000CRCI PVR is a fully-fledged
PVR receiver that is perfectly suitable for any
living room environment and for all members of
the family thanks to its ease of use. The operat-
Thomas Haring
ing system has a user-friendly design and worked TELE-satellite
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flawlessly during our test. The hardware com- Austria
ponents used by OPENSAT also left nothing to
be desired. Thanks to PVR, MP3 player and picture viewer the Main menu – PVR
3000CRCI is an extremely versatile receiver that will look great in
any cabinet thanks to its small size.
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The USB interface on the front panel is a little inconven-
ient. Moving it to the back or – even better – adding a second
USB interface on the back panel would be a good idea.
TECHNIC
DATA
Manufacturer ABC Biznis, 955 01 Topol’cany, Slovakia
Tel/Fax +421 38 5313508
E-Mail info@abcbiznis.sk
Website www.opensat.sk, www.abcbiznis.sk
Model OPENSAT 3000CRCI PVR
Function Digital DVB-S CI-PVR receiver PVR Manager
Channel memory 4000
Symbol rates 2-45 Ms/sec.
SCPC compatible yes
DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2 / 1.3
USALS yes
HDMI connector no
Scart connector 2
Audio/Video output 3 x RCA
S-Video output no
UHF modulator yes
0/12 Volt connector yes
Digital audio output yes
EPG yes
C/Ku-band compatible yes
PVR-function yes (via external USB 2.0 storage media)
MP3 Jukebox
ENERGY
DIAGRAM
Apparent Power
Active Power
Mode Apparent Active Factor
StandBy 10 W 5W 0.50
Reception+PVR 15 W 8W 0.53
First 15 minutes: reception with channel switching, PVR recording and
play. Second 15 minutes: standby SCPC reception via TURKSAT 42° East
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