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SR-X3300 USB Digital Satellite Receiver The Star Sat SR-X3300 USB is a truly solid performer, and well worth considering if it fits in with your current equipment stylistically. This receiver’s picture and sound quality are both top-notch, though, and it's an excellent companion. The VFD display is situated on the right side of the box. The fourdigit display shows number of channel currently selected, and when the receiver is in standby mode, it shows the current time. You will also found a power button, Mode indicator (LED), remote sensor, smart card slot and a USB slot on the front panel. The rear panel is equipped with RS-232: Serial Port allowing software upgrades, RCA jacks and a power button. The remote control will not disappoint you during operation and has an easy access to all functions. English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Greek, Dutch, Arabic and Farsi are available languages for communication. During the installation, short information is displayed at the bottom of the menu screen. After you finish the setup procedure, you can start watching TV or listening to Radio.The pop-
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up menu for language selection will appears. Select one language and press the OK button to proceed. Press the MENU button to display the main menu. And menu is a field of text shown on the TV screen, the selected line generally become blue. Most of menus show short information at the bottom of screen. SR-X3300 USB support DiSEqC 1.0 and DiSEqC 1.2. It has the capacity to store 6000 TV and Radio channels. We were also really impressed with the pre-stored satellite memory which includes European and Asian satellite positions. If required, new satellites can easily be added manually. The transponder parameters is up to date. The box can be used with a C band or a Ku band antenna and even less common LOF values for example for S band signals – are processed faultlessly. Our first signal scan on an 80-transponder satellite was finished quite swiftly in little more than four minutes. Pressing the EPG button on the remote control offers an over SR-X3300 USB view of upcoming programs on the selected channel. The EPG layout is very easy to use and we believe Star Sat did a very good job with the overall EPG menu. The channel
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