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The Viewsat Ultra

The VIEWSAT ULTRA is our most powerful and exciting Free To Air Receiver yet!. We’ve added a faster processor (200 MHz), double the memory of the Xtreme (32 Mb SD RAM), and a USB communications port for easy data updates. Now you can use your USB flash drive to update your receiver. The new universal remote that comes with this unit is awesome. If that's not enough, wait until you see the new colorful Graphic User Interface. This is by far the best FTA STB the market has ever seen.

This gives it a real edge, but it also has a really powerful processor that is superfast and will make sure that everything loads as quickly as possible. The picture quality that you get with the Viewsat Ultra is also improved by the use of such great components and you get a really clear picture that will be better than most of it's contemporaries. The picture also owes some of its clarity to the S Video features.
One of the more useful features that it has is the on screen program display. In full color, this will help you to find your favorite programs and channels easily and is a great time saver. The seven day program menu is a really good way to plan in advance for those programs that you do not want to miss.
The tuning set up is fairly easy and the fine tuning is automatic which is very useful. The audio viewer in the radio channels is a great feature and will add to your listening enjoyment. It is also MPEG2 and DVB ready and has a great zoom picture feature. It even has it's own video games and supports 15 languages along with VBI and OSD teletext. The on screen display is very much like your computer and as such is very easy to understand, even as a new user. There is also an advanced and easy to use upload system to make it even faster and more convenient. Upgrades are via a USB and this makes them quick and easy to do. There is a favorite channel selector which means that you do not need to keep searching for your favorite channels.
The casing is good and it looks as though it built to last. The ultra looks great and is well worth checking out if you are upgrading. The Viewsat Ultra is definitely one of the best machines around and is well worth the money. There are others in the price range that are good, but the Ultra is really the best and is good value as well.

Fully MPEG-2 & DVB Compliant
Input Frequency 950-2150MHz
200 MHz Connexant Processor
32 Mb SD RAM
Supports 7 Day EPG (Electronic Program Guide)
Supports PIG (Picture in Graphic)
Supports SCPC & MCPC from C / Ku-band
1 LNB Input Tuner with Loop Through IF Signal
Tuner Symbol Rate: 1-45MS/s
New Universal Remote Control
Card Reader (X Crypt Conditional Access System)
Fast Booting & Auto Scan
Hardware Driven Blindscan
4000 Channel Programmable (TV & Radio
Fast Channel Changing
User Friendly 256 Colors OSD & Easy GUI
Multi OSD Language supported
Radio Channel Screen Saver
Favorite Channel List Programmable
Master PIN Code Function & Parental Lock Function
100 Step Volume Control
Automatic Detection of Forward Error Correction
USB Host Interface (Only for USB Memory Stick)
S/W Upgrade Supported by USB Port
Window Based S/W Download Program Supported by RS232 Serial Port
Set to Set Download (Main Program, Channel Data)
4:3, 16:9 Letter Box & Teletext using OSD
7 Segment-4 Digit Display
5 Keys on Front Panel
(Power On/Off, Channel Up/Down, Volume Up/Down)
Various LNB Polarity Control
22 KHz Switching Control
Optical Output for Digital Audio
S-VIDEO Output
3 RCA outputs (2 Audio L/R and 1 Video)
3 RCA Video Component Outputs (RGB
RF-Modulator Output
Rear Power Switch

Power Supply
Type: SMPS
Input Voltage: AC 95V~240v 50Hz / 60Hz
Fuse Rating: 250V/T2A


Tuner
Input Frequency: 950 ~ 2150MHz
Input Signal Level: -65 ~ -25dBm
Input Impedance: 75ohm Unbalanced
Connector Type: ‘F’Type Female
LNB Power Supply: 13V/18V, Max 500mA with Short Circuit Protection
22KHz Tone: Frequency 22± 4KHz, Amplitude 0.6±0.2Vpp
DiSEqC: 1.0 , 1.1, 1.2, USALS(1.3) Compatible
Channel Selection: PLL Frequency Synthesizer


Demodulator
Type: QPSK Demodulation (DVB-S)
Symbol Rate: 1 ~ 45 MS/s
Inner FEC: Viterbi Convolutional Coding
Rate 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
Outer FEC: Reed Solomon Coding(204,188) T=8


Video Decoder
System Decoding: MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818-2
Profile and Level: MPEG-2 MP@ML
Data Rate: 1 ~15 MB/s
Video Formats: 4:3(Normal) & 16:9(Widescreen)


Audio Decoder
System Decoding: MPEG-1 ISO/IEC 11172-3 Layer I & II
Audio Mode: Mono, Dual, Stereo, Joint Stereo
Sampling Frequency: 32, 44.1, 48 KHz

Audio/Video Output
Audio Output: 2 RCA Cinch (1 on LIte Model)
Video Output: 2 RCA Cinch (1 on Lite Model)
Digital Audio: 1 S/PDIF Optical (Platinum & Xtreme)
S-Video: 1 S-VIDEO
COMPONENT: 3 RCA Cinch (Xtreme)


RF Modulator
Modulator Output: CH3~4
Video Type: NTSC
Output Connector: “F” Type Female
Ant. IN Connector: “F” Type Female
8. Serial Data Interface
Signal: RS-232, Max. 115200 bps
Connector Type: 9 Pin D-Sub (male)
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