User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Cables and Connections
- Video and Audio
- DC Power
- Antennas
- Control Cable
- Installation Notes
- Connections
- Square down-converter
- New Style Barrel down-converter
- Diversity, Antenna Positioning and Use of Down Converters
- Video Output Connection
- Audio Connection
- DC Power
- Control Cable
- Data Connection
- Installation Notes
- Applying power to the Solo Receiver
- Applying power to the transmitter
- Switch On RF on the transmitter
- Changing Configuration
- Standby
- Diagnostic On Screen Display
- Using the OSD as a Set-up / Diagnostic Tool
- Using the transmitter Range Mode Button
- Using the SOLBAT
- Charging the SOLBAT
- Connections
- Amplifier Connection
- DC Power and Control Cable
- Antennas
- Installation Notes
- Connections
- RF Connection
- DC Power
- Antennas
- Installation Notes
- Output Frequency (MHz)
- Bandwidth Mode
- Audio
- Default Transmit Mode
- Scrambling
- File Options
- Advanced TX Controller Window
- Output Frequency (MHz)
- Modulation Bandwidth
- Modulation Output
- Narrow Band FEC
- Narrow Band Guard Interval
- Narrow Band Modulation
- DVB-T Service Name
- DVB-T FEC
- DVB-T Guard Interval
- DVB-T Modulation
- Output Attenuation
- Video Input
- MPEG Mode
- MPEG2 GOP Length
- MPEG4 Encoding Mode
- MPEG4 Frame Rate
- Video Bitrate
- Horizontal resolution
- Audio Encoder
- Audio Input Level
- Unit Name
- Sleep Mode
- Data
- Data Baud Rate
- Chaining Input
- Chain Number
- Current Config
- Scrambling
- Video Locked (Status Only)
- Software Version (Status Only)
- FPGA Version (Status Only)
- Serial Number (Status Only)
- Chaining (Status Only)
- Options
- File
- Bandwidth Mode (Narrowband or DVB-T)
- Input Frequency (MHz)
- Service Name
- Descrambling
- File Options
- Advanced RX Controller Window
- Narrowband / DVB-T
- Input Frequency
- Down converter LO
- Down converter LO side
- OFDM Bandwidth
- OFDM Guard Interval
- OFDM Mode (Status Only)
- OFDM FEC (Status Only)
- Input SNR (Status Only)
- BER Pre Viterbi (Status Only)
- BER Post Viterbi (Status Only)
- Input Level (Status Only)
- Demod Lock Status (Status Only)
- Data
- Data Baud Rate (Status Only)
- Input Line Standard (Status Only)
- Power Up Line Standard
- NTSC Mode
- Blue Screen on Fail
- Unit Name
- Descrambling
- Decoder Lock Status (Status Only)
- Current Config
- Serial Number (Status Only)
- Software Version (Status Only)
- FPGA Version (Status Only)
- Chaining
- Options
- File
- IP Address
- Multicast Address
- Port Number
- TTL
- SAP Address
- SAP / SDP Data
- Record to file
- Enable audio
- Close window
- Signal Level Descriptions
- Signal Quality Descriptions
- Starting a Scan
- Setting the Scan Range
- Quick Scanning Stage
- Service Scanning Stage
- Completed Scan
- Front Panel Control
- Control Commands
- Original OSD Mode
- OSD Timeout
7
5
Signal Level Descriptions
Range (dB) Description Strength Bar
Less than -100 None .
-100 to -95 Low .o
-95 to -90 Low .oo
-90 to -80 Medium .ooo
-80 to -70 Medium .oooo
-70 to -60 Medium .ooooO
-60 to -50 High .ooooOO
Greater than -50 High .ooooOOO
Signal Quality Descriptions
Simplified quality descriptions are available for standard Short to Ultra
Long Range narrowband modes, and 8MHz DVB-T modes. Other
variations will just show a dB value.
Range (dB) Description
0
Below Quasi Error Free margin
(dB value dependant on mode)
None
< 3dB above QEF margin Poor
< 6dB above QEF margin Good
> 6dB above QEF margin Excellent
13.2 RF Advanced Page
The RF Advanced page contains detailed data on the signal being
received, as well as some receiver settings.
RF Advanced
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Input(GHz) 2.50000
TPS Lock Yes
FEC Lock Yes
Constel QPSK
FEC Rate 1/3
G.Interval 1/16
AutoBW 1.25MHz
A: Input Lev. -74
SNR 21.5
Demod Lock Yes
B: Input Lev. -130
SNR --
Demod Lock No
Pre LDPC Err 5314
Post LDPC Err 0
Packet Err 0
Input frequency, TPS
and FEC lock statuses,
constellation and FEC
rate.
Antenna input level,
SNR and demodulation
lock status.
Antennas A and B are
shown here, if C and D
are available they
would be listed below.
Error counts. Pre/post LDPC for
narrowband and Viterbi FEC for
DVB-T services.
Receiver Guard
Interval and Bandwidth
settings.