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The document provides a test report of the MKTech IS1-19HD hybrid satellite and terrestrial PVR receiver. It has inputs for both DVB-S2 satellite signals and ISDB-T terrestrial channels, making it well-suited for the South American market. The receiver performed well in tests, with fast channel changing, excellent signal sensitivity, and the ability to scan and record multiple channels simultaneously. It also features a removable hard drive bay, wireless connectivity, online functions, and robust PVR and media playback capabilities. In conclusion, the IS1-19HD is recommended for its thoughtful software and rich yet easy-to-use functions.
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- 1. 48 49TELE-audiovision International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2013 — www.TELE-audiovision.com www.TELE-audiovision.com — 09-10/2013 — TELE-audiovision International — 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 • االستعمال سهل تشغيل نظام • سريع بحث مع جدا حساسة موالفات القنوات عن • جدا سريعة القنوات بين تنقل أوقات • رفعه يمكن صلب قرص إطار : ذكي • لكل فردي بشكل الصوت ضبط يمكن قناة مكتيك IS1-19HD & شخصي فيديو بمسجل أرضي و صناعية أقمار استقبال جهازاختبار تقرير
- 2. 0.59 09-10/2013 www.TELE-audiovision.com/13/09/mktech 50 TELE-audiovision International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2013 — www.TELE-audiovision.com TEST REPORT Satellite and Terrestrial PVR Receiver The Best of Both Worlds The IS1-19HD from MK- Tech is a hybrid receiver. It can receive both DVB-S2 satellite signals as well as terrestrial channels. MK- Tech configured the IS1- 19HD with an ISDB-T re- ceiver section because of the fast growing market in South America. On the front panel of the subtle housing you‘ll find a very easy to read VFD dis- play and right along side the manufacturer incorporated a total of seven buttons to con- trol the receiver in case the remote control goes missing or its batteries die. Behind a flap there‘s a card reader that permits the reception of encrypted channels. The rear connector panel is nice- ly equipped; there are DVB- S2 and ISDB-T inputs that each have looped-through outputs, an HDMI output, six RCA jacks for stereo audio, CVBS and YUV outputs, a network interface, a coaxial S/PDIF output and a USB 2.0 port. Especially clever and new to us in this form is the removable frame for an internal 2.5“ SATA hard drive. It can be inserted and removed without any tools; simply push one button and it pops right out. And let‘s not forget the WiFi dongle that the manufacturer also included in the package. It can be used to set up a wire- less network connection with the IS1-19HD. The included remote con- trol sits very nicely in your hand and its slip-free sur- face underneath guarantees it won‘t slip easily out of your MKTech IS1-19HD Best equipped for satellite and local TV reception in South America hand. The nicely arranged and clearly labeled buttons greatly simplify the use of this receiver. All-in-all we had nothing but praise for the workmanship of the MK- Tech IS1-19HD and the easy- to-access removable hard drive frame is an especially nice feature. The IS1-19HD does not come with an installation as- sistant; the user has to take care of all the necessary set- tings manually and deal with all the various menu entries on his own. But it turns out that it‘s easier than it sounds; the entire menu structure is nicely organized and all the menu entries are essentially self-explanatory. Thanks to the support of all the DiS- EqC protocols (1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3), the IS1-19HD can be used with any antenna configuration. The prepro- grammed as well as freely selectable LOF values make it easy to use this box any- where in the world. MKTech preprogrammed the receiver with a total of 59 satellite entries but, unfortunately, these entries are not all that up-to-date. Channel scan- ning, on the other hand, is definitely outstanding: Blind scanning and normal chan- nel scanning functioned very
- 3. 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 52 53TELE-audiovision International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2013 — www.TELE-audiovision.com www.TELE-audiovision.com — 09-10/2013 — TELE-audiovision International — 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 nicely in our tests. 1500 TV and 520 radio channels were discovered in just about four minutes. We liked in Blind- scan mode that the receiver first identified all the active frequencies (for which it needed a little more than a minute) and then compared them with those in the pre- programmed list. After that it performed a channel scan. In this way the transponder list is consistently kept up to date with every Blindscan. In ISDB-T mode the user can perform automatic and manual channel scans. In automatic mode, all of the available frequencies will be processed; in manual mode the frequencies can be se- lected and processed indi- vidually. Both the ISDB-T tuner and the DVB-S2 tuner have excellent input signal sensitivity and can easily handle weaker signals. A total of eight Favorites lists are available for the quick and easy recall of all of your favorite channels and if you don‘t want to take any chances, you can store the channel lists on an external storage device so that in an emergency you won‘t have to redo all of that channel list setup work again. The automatic signal matching feature worked perfectly in our tests. While our 42“ LCD TV could handle resolutions up to 1080p, the receiver correctly recognized the maximum resolution of our capture card to be 1080i and automatically adjusted the resolution to the proper setting. We shouldn‘t forget to mention the „Volume per Channel“ feature that can be activated or deactivated in the System Settings. With it activated, the receiver au- tomatically recognizes the volume setting for each in- dividual channel so that es- pecially loud channels can be set to a lower volume and, vice versa, a significantly quieter channel can be set to a higher volume. In our tests this feature proved itself to be very practical especially when surfing between chan- nels from different regions of the world that are often broadcast with varying vol- ume levels. The Info bar that appears with every channel change shows the name of the cur- rent program and the up- coming program assuming of course that the provider supplies this information. Since the IS1-19HD is a PVR receiver, MKTech naturally thought to include the ability to set up timer recordings di- rectly from the EPG with the push of just one button. This worked exceptionally well in our tests even when setting up repeated daily or weekly recordings. Thanks to the clearly ar- ranged channel list, surfing between channels is actually quite a bit of fun. And this is only enhanced by the speedy channel switching speed of less than one second. We appreciated the num- ber of direct-select buttons on the remote control, such as, searching for a specific 1. The IS1-19HD's main menu 2. The Language menu also contains the volume setting for each channel "Volume per Channel" 3. Matching the video output signal 4. Child protection settings 5. USB and network settings 6. PVR settings 7. With the help of the USB Tools, files and directories can be created and edited 8. Hard wired network connection 9. Of course the DHCP protocol is supported 10. Thanks to the included WiFi dongle, the receiver can also communicate wirelessly with a router 11. Available WiFi networks 12. Manual IP entry 13. Additional features of the IS1-19HD 14. Stock prices 15. RSS Reader
- 4. 22 23 24 6 17 18 21 16 19 20 54 TELE-audiovision International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2013 — www.TELE-audiovision.com 16. All the functions of Google Maps that the user is familiar with on a PC are also available in the receiver 17. Access to the online photo services Yupoo, Picasa and Flickr 18. Sorting the displayed YouTube clips 19. Searching for specific YouTube clips 20. For weather forecasts there are numerous cities already preprogrammed, more cities can easily be added 21. Weather forecast for Florence 22. Dozens of games can be downloaded 23. Installation menu 24. The preprogrammed satellite list
- 5. 6 26 27 25 28 29 56 TELE-audiovision International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2013 — www.TELE-audiovision.com channel, changing the out- put resolution, switching the picture display mode as well as displaying the currently stored timer entries. Our overall positive im- pression was further ampli- fied by the error-free func- tioning of the OSD teletext decoder and the on-the- whole very carefully imple- mented software. Thanks to the powerful main pro- cessor, the 128 MB flash memory and the 256 MB SDRAM, all of the remote control commands were promptly executed without any delay. This can also be seen with its PVR functions. There were no problems record- ing two HD programs at the same time while a third program could be watched live or played back from the hard drive. And thanks to the practical USB Manager, users can easily create fold- ers as well as delete, copy or rename files. It‘s also pos- sible to format new storage devices. The MKTech IS1-19HD also comes with a jukebox func- tion so that audio files can be played back. There‘s also a photo viewer as well as a video player. These are 25. Transponder overview 26. The user can easily edit transponder entries or add new ones 27. If needed, the LOF can be entered manually 28. A network scan to find related transponders is also available 29. Picture viewer features that have generally become standard an nearly every PVR receiver. The file formats that are supported include: AVI, ASF, MPEG, MKV, RM, TS, M2TS, FLV, SWF, DAT, VOB and RMVB for videos, MP3, FLAC, WMA and AAC for audio as well as JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF for pictures. Last but not least, the USB port serves to upload the latest receiver software. The manufacturer regularly makes software updates available for download via their web site. The IS1-19HD comes not only with a hard-wired RJ45 Ethernet interface, with the help of the included WiFi Dongle it can also commu- nicate wirelessly with your router. In our tests this con- nection worked perfectly; as soon as the Dongle was con- nected to the USB interface, it immediately recognized all of the locally available WiFi
- 6. 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 58 TELE-audiovision International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2013 — www.TELE-audiovision.com 30. DiSEqC 1.2 settings 31. Country selection in the DiSEqC 1.3 settings 32. ISDB-TB frequency overview 33. Editing the channel list 34. Channel List Manager 35. The IS1-19HD channel list 36. Language selection 37. A total of eight Favorites lists are available 38. Specific channels can be searched for using the OSD keyboard
- 7. DATA TECHNICAL Manufacturer Gotech International Technology Co., Ltd. Adress 66 Yongda Road, Hongqi, ZhuHai 519045, Jinwan, CHINA Contact www.gotechcn.com/Enquiry.asp Internet www.gotechcn.com Model IS1-19HD Function & Combo Receiver Input frequency 950 - 2150 MHz Input symbol rate 2 - 45 Ms/s DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Input frequency 177 - 213 MHz & 473 - 803 MHz HDMI yes Digital Audio out yes (coaxial) USB 2.0 yes Internal 2.5“ SATA HDD yes CI Slot no Card Reader yes Stereo Audio, CVBS, YUV yes (6x RCA) Scart no Ethernet yes WiFi yes RS232 yes 0/12V no EPG yes HDTV yes PVR yes WebTV no Power Supply 100 - 240V AC 50/60 Hz Dimensions 28 x 23 x 5.5 cm Weight 1.35 kg DIAGRAM ENERGY Active Power Apparent Power Mode Apparent Active Factor Active 22 W 13 W 0.59 StandBy 4 W 1.5 W 0.37 OPINION expert + – RECOMMENDED PRODUCT BY Thomas Haring Test Center Austria MKTech IS1-19HD DVB-S2 & ISDB-TB Receiver 6 40 41 39 42 60 61TELE-audiovision International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine — 09-10/2013 — www.TELE-audiovision.com www.TELE-audiovision.com — 09-10/2013 — TELE-audiovision International — 全球发行量最大的数字电视杂志 Energy: The first 15 minutes active operation; the second 15 minutes Standby networks. Manually entering the SSID is not possible so therefore the receiver can‘t look for hidden WiFi net- works. Once a connection has been established with the Internet, the user can then check the local weath- er forecast, access an RSS reader, check stock prices, view Google Maps, YouTube as well as the online photo services Yupoo, Picasa and Flickr. There‘s also a large assortment of entertaining video games available for download. Thoughtful, clear and error-free software Rich yet easy to use functions The removable frame for the 2.5“ SATA hard drive is very inno- vative and clever Cannot enter SSID manually in WiFi mode 39. ISDB-T channel scan 40. The IS1-19HD channel list 41. BAND HD from Chile via ISDB-T 42. Language selection Overall we enjoyed us- ing the MKTech IS1-19HD‘s network features - all the services were integrated by the manufacturer in an ex- emplary fashion; they were all fully functional. We espe- cially liked that they could all be used very effectively via the receiver and TV. Only in that way will users actually want to utilize them. The combination of DVB- S2 and ISDB-T tuners in this receiver makes it a very interesting choice for our TELE-audiovision readers in South America and we‘re certain that the IS1-19HD from MKTech will find many fans in that part of the world.