the user-defined settings as
Indonesian, Slovenian, Swed-
the local time difference from
ture, some organization will
well as matching the TV to the
ish, Slovakian as well as a few
GMT as well as activate or
be needed. For this task the
receiver setup. The receiv-
other languages.
deactivate
UNI-BOX 9080 comes with
er’s OSD can communicate with you in English, German, French,
savings
time (summer time).
numerous possibilities all pre-
As you would expect with
sented in a clear and easy-to-
Russian,
any good DVB-S2 receiver,
We were surprised at the
understand menu. Just like
Spanish, Turkish, Portuguese,
the internal real time clock
extensive on-screen display
with the EPG display and the
Arabic, Polish, Ukrainian, Per-
(RTC)
settings
avail-
channel list, the red function
sian, Romanian, Hungarian,
via the satellite signal. The
able. In addition to standard
button is used to limit the
Croatian,
user, however, needs to set
parameters such as display
number of displayed chan-
timeout, display position or
nels. It can be set to show
transparency, you can also
only those channels on a spe-
set brightness, contrast and
cific satellite, those using a
color saturation. Be careful
specific
in adjusting these settings
or those from a specific pro-
though, as they also affect
vider. The list can also be set
the displayed TV picture.
to display only HD channels
24
Italian,
daylight
Bulgarian,
Czech,
is
automatically
set
that
were
encryption
system
as well as only those channels
25
When connected to an LCD
from one or the other tuner.
or plasma TV, the UNI-BOX
The remaining channels can
9080 can present the video
be renamed, moved, deleted,
signal via the HDMI output in
locked with a PIN code or
480p, 576p, 720p 50 Hz, 720p
skipped over.
60 Hz,1080i 50 Hz and 1080i
26
60 Hz. If you can’t or don’t
Especially useful is the abil-
want to use the HDMI output,
ity to edit entire transponders
the signal is also available in
all at once, greatly simplify-
RGB and YUV. You can also
ing this task. Thanks to the
select how a 4:3 signal can be
powerful
displayed on a 16:9 screen.
individual channels can be
Using a dedicated button on
found simply by entering the
the remote control, the video
first few letters of the channel
format can be changed to
name. Channels can also be
match the currently received
moved into one of 32 Favor-
signal.
ites lists for easy access later.
search
function,
The channel list editing feaAll of these settings capabilities are topped off with
tures are also available in the Favorites lists.
the ability to select a fast or
27
regular standby mode. In fast
Once all the settings have
standby mode, the receiver
been dealt with, the receiver
uses a little more power but
has been matched to the
comes out of standby much
antenna
more quickly than in regular
channel list has been filled,
mode. Additionally, the VFD
you can finally leave the Main
display
Menu. The UNI-BOX 9080 will
can
be
completely
system
and
the
turned off in standby mode if
then
desired.
over to the first available
automatically
switch
channel. Once the channel list has been filled (8000 max) with
Every time you change a
thousands of channels thanks
channel, a very detailed Info
to the speedy BlindScan fea-
bar appears momentarily that
24. The REC button can mark programs for recording directly in the EPG 25. Display of the technical parameters of a channel with a symbolrate of only 1.240 Ms/sec. 26. MP3 playback 27. JPEG display
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