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**carpenter1** · June 11th, 2007

I still have this oldie but a goodie working. What made the Coolsat 4000 so popular among home digital satellite dish users was its ease of use. Packaged with a really nice remote control, good looks and an impressive OSD on screen display makes the Coolsat 4000 a favorite amongst many FTA users.

Standard features are dual Audio/Video outputs. a fast internal CPU processor, great TV tuner, fast signal meter and powerful blind scan it's easy to see why this Unit has become a fan favorite.
An advanced channel list makes for easy sorting and searching of channels and the large 4000+ memory seems to be more than enough for most viewers. While not state of the art, S-Video and Digital Audio out connections are standard. One of the first units to truly support Multi Satellite dishes and scanning proved to be the 4000's strongpoint.

The most popular feature which makes the Coolsat 4000 a classic FTA Unit is its Eletronic Program Guide EPG but since the new ECM it cannot populate the whole guid at once because of it's lack of memory, controls are stellar and the remote control functions are always within fingers reach. While slower now than the new units available its channel scans are still within reasonable limits and it always pulls in maximum channels accross many different satellite. The only downfall to his this receiver has been its PAL to NTSC conversion which was a beef with many of its original users.

Coolsat 4000 Features at a Glance:

Mpeg-2 Digital and Full DVB Compliance

OSD On-Screen Display with 256-Full Color Interface

Blind Search (Power Channel Scan)

Extended EPG Electronic Program Guide and Program Reservation via EPG

Dual RCA outputs

S-Video output

SPDIF Digital Sound output

Diseqc Control Version 1.0, 1.2 and USALS support

Re-namable 8 Favorite Channel Groups

Powerful Channel Control by Favorites, Loc, Skip, Move and Channel

Sorting by Alphabet, Transponder

10 Languages (OSG and Menu): English, Spanish, Portuguese, French,

German, Turkish, Arabic, Farsi

Tele-text Support (OSD and VBI Insertion)

Last Channel Memory Function

Large 4,000 Channel Storage

Pre-Installed Channels (Optional)

Multi-Satellite

Various Video Games Included (Tetris, Sokoban)

Parental Lock/Installation Lock

Zoom-In Function

If you are not bothered by the lousy PAL to NTSC conversion and are looking for a cheap Fta Receiver or a solution for a second home Unit then the Coolsat 4000 is still worth some consideration. With all of the newer units today the prices have literally dropped from the sky on some of the older and genuinely solid receivers such as the Coolsat. For budget minded consumers the Coolsat 4000 is definately still worth a look and will provide you with many hours of digital satellite tv entertainment. Just don't know for how much longer.

June 11th, 2007	#2 (permalink)
carpenter1 Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: On the computer Posts: 6,090 Thanks: 298 Thanked 2,368 Times in 879 Posts Rep Power: 110	discontinued & OR no longer fully supported receivers reviews I still have this oldie but a goodie working. What made the Coolsat 4000 so popular among home digital satellite dish users was its ease of use. Packaged with a really nice remote control, good looks and an impressive OSD on screen display makes the Coolsat 4000 a favorite amongst many FTA users. Standard features are dual Audio/Video outputs. a fast internal CPU processor, great TV tuner, fast signal meter and powerful blind scan it's easy to see why this Unit has become a fan favorite. An advanced channel list makes for easy sorting and searching of channels and the large 4000+ memory seems to be more than enough for most viewers. While not state of the art, S-Video and Digital Audio out connections are standard. One of the first units to truly support Multi Satellite dishes and scanning proved to be the 4000's strongpoint. The most popular feature which makes the Coolsat 4000 a classic FTA Unit is its Eletronic Program Guide EPG but since the new ECM it cannot populate the whole guid at once because of it's lack of memory, controls are stellar and the remote control functions are always within fingers reach. While slower now than the new units available its channel scans are still within reasonable limits and it always pulls in maximum channels accross many different satellite. The only downfall to his this receiver has been its PAL to NTSC conversion which was a beef with many of its original users. Coolsat 4000 Features at a Glance: Mpeg-2 Digital and Full DVB Compliance OSD On-Screen Display with 256-Full Color Interface Blind Search (Power Channel Scan) Extended EPG Electronic Program Guide and Program Reservation via EPG Dual RCA outputs S-Video output SPDIF Digital Sound output Diseqc Control Version 1.0, 1.2 and USALS support Re-namable 8 Favorite Channel Groups Powerful Channel Control by Favorites, Loc, Skip, Move and Channel Sorting by Alphabet, Transponder 10 Languages (OSG and Menu): English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Turkish, Arabic, Farsi Tele-text Support (OSD and VBI Insertion) Last Channel Memory Function Large 4,000 Channel Storage Pre-Installed Channels (Optional) Multi-Satellite Various Video Games Included (Tetris, Sokoban) Parental Lock/Installation Lock Zoom-In Function If you are not bothered by the lousy PAL to NTSC conversion and are looking for a cheap Fta Receiver or a solution for a second home Unit then the Coolsat 4000 is still worth some consideration. With all of the newer units today the prices have literally dropped from the sky on some of the older and genuinely solid receivers such as the Coolsat. For budget minded consumers the Coolsat 4000 is definately still worth a look and will provide you with many hours of digital satellite tv entertainment. Just don't know for how much longer. __________________ Last edited by carpenter1; June 12th, 2007 at 01:10 AM.