Octagon Daily Support

[efeoglu]

Hi Ladies and Gentlemen :D

Now and onwards i will be take care of Octagon Series Support who own Octagon Receiver's

i will be uploading all the software and softcams here and everything i know about Octagon, i already upload some toll's and lathes software and softcam, Look like software support is very strong and reciever its self looks great to me with Nec chip and Sharp tuner. Card readers are look like reading any card on the market inc SLY Uk ones! any comment welcome by other Octagon user's

I will try to get any other info and specs on my next posts.

[efeoglu]

Bit more info about Octagon as it is new in this forum.

This one is Octagon SF518

OCTAGON SF 518 2 x CI + 2 x Card Reader

Unique Features:

- NEC Chip Technology – 200 MHz
- Capable of Descrambling Encrypted Programmes by Embedded Card reader x 2 (Conax)
- 2 x CI Slot
- Blind Scan (Power Scan)
- Max. 6000 Channels. (TV & RADIO Programmable)
- OCTAGON Search: Plug & Play self Detection of Ports for 4 Satellites
- DiSEqC Support Level 1.0 , 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 (USALS)
- Multi-Picture Function of (4,9,13 or 16) Picture
- 16 MB Memory – SDRAM
- SHARP Tuner build-in

Specification:

- Digital Satellite Receiver
- MPEG-2 Digital & Fully DVB Compliant.
- Smart Design with 256 colours
- Build-in Measuring instrument of Oscilloscope / ******** analyzer function
- Supports user friendly OSD and easy Main Menu.
- Displaying fantasticuser friendly EPG (Electronic Program Guide ) to display the program information’s and preview
- 100 Satellites programmable
- Aspect Ratio for 4:3, 16:9 and Letterbox
- Zoom in/out
- Pause programmable
- Recall programmable: Save the last 10 chose Channels
- Find programmable: find your Channels alphabetically
- 4-digit LED Display
- Switching time less than 1 sec.
- Sleeping timer programmable
- 8 Favourites Channel group Selection as (Move, Music, Sports, Drama, Kids, News, TV1, TV2)
- 8 Favourites Radio group Selection as (Pop, Rock, R&B, Dance, Oldies, News, Radio 1 , Radio 2)
- 5 Quick colors Button on the RCU for comfortable and quick navigation
- Parental Lock of Menu and Channels
- More comfortable channel sort function as delete, rename or displace
- Backup & Recovery programmable of Channel List (Backup/Recovery)
- 8 Quick Button on the Front Panel
- Support of Teletext and Subtitling
- Software – Upgradeable via RS-232 (PC-to-STB / STB-to-STB)
- Data transfer (Channel List) STB-to-STB
- 24 Languages
- Games
- Supports Calendar and Biorhythm.
- Automatic NTSC/PAL Detection
- Extrem quick channel searching
- Multi- Search : more Satellite could be marked and searched
- Quick button solution for edit channels
- Manual PID input (Audio, Video und PCR)
- Volume control for every each channel programmable
- Power On/Off
- RF Modulator
- Dolby Digital 5.1
- S/PDIF Digital Audio output
- 2 x Scart (TV / CVR)
- 2 x Cinch Audio output (R/L)
- 1 x Cinch Video output
- 0/12V Control Voltage Out to DC Jack.
- S-VHS connection
- Dimensions : 340 x 60 x 260 mm
Weight : 2,5 kg

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FULL SPECIFICATION

Tuner & Demodulator
Input Frequency
950 MHz to 2150 MHz
Input Signal Level
-30 to -65dBm
Input Impedance
75 ohm nominal
Input Connector
F-type, IEC 169-24, Female
FEC Decoder
Convolution Code Rate l/2, 2/3, 3/4,
5/6 and 7/8 with Constraint Length K=7
Demodulation
QPSK
Symbol rate
1-45 Ms/s SCPC/MCPC
IF Frequency
Zero IF
LNB Power & Polarization
Ver. 13 V / Hor. 18V , 500mA max. overload protection
Band Switch Control
22KHz Ton
22KHz Ton
Frequency: 22±2 KHz
Amplitude : 0.6±0.2V
DiSEqC Control
DiSEqC. 1.0, 1.1 / DiSEqC 1.2 Compatible
Positioner
USALS compatible
Memory

Processor
NEC 61114 (NEC EMMA2LL)
Flash Memory
2 Mbytes
SDRAM
16 Mbytes
Satellite Capacity
100
Channel Capacity
6,000
Audio / Video Decoding

Video Decoder
MPEG-2 MP@ML (ISO/IEC 13818-2)
Transport Stream Specification
Input Rate
60Mbit/s Max
Video Resolution
720 x 576(PAL), 720 x 480(NTSC)
Aspect Ratio
16:9, 4:3, 4:3 Letter Box or 4:3 Center
Audio Decoder
MPEG Layer I &II
Audio Mode
Mono L/R, Dual Channel, Joint Stereo, Stereo
Audio Sampling Frequency
32, 44.1, 48 KHz
Graphic Engine
3-display Plane
1-Background Plane / 256 Full Color
RF-Connect
75Ohm, IECI169-2, Male/Female
Frequency
470MHz to 860MHz
Output Channel
CH21 - 69
TV Standard
PAL-G,PAL-M,PAL-I,PAL-K and NTSC/M, AUTO
Audio / Video Output

TV SCART
Video Output(CVBS, RGB)
Audio Output
VCR SCART
Video Output(CVBS)
Video Input(CVBS, RGB)
Video
RCA composite, component (Y,Pb,Pr), S-Video
(CVBS, RGB)
Audio R/L
RCA/Cinch Volume & Mute Control
S/PDIF
Digital Audio Output
DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 Pass-through

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Here is some pic's of Octagon's series