Viewsat Ultra Review

[Rumas]

The VIEWSAT ULTRA is best selling Free To Air Receiver. 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.

Features:

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

Technical Specifications:

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)

 

[No Warranty]

Pros: Fast, great EPG!

Cons: Lots of clones out there!

Great receiver! If you are looking for a non HD receiver get this one. I never had a problem with it. Load software right from a usb stick. Easy to use and a great EPG.

The bad thing about these receivers is there were a lot of clones out there and the bin files have a clone kill in them. So if you have one it will burn out you receiver a few hours after you load the file.

 

[dbvscl]

Pros: fast and easy to load files
Cons: none

ive got 4 and wouldn't have anything else ive done alot of testing and this is my choice.

 

[Brainitup]

Easy to use for a newby

 

[romattman]

Pros: USB flashing is great
Cons: Menu a bit confusing to navigate

A good receiver ... great EPG ... would buy another one!

 

[Beware Beware]

Pros: Great starter easy to use
Cons: not many the odd freeze up

Great starter easy to use

 

[dogbreath]

Pros: Ease of use, Menu
Cons: N/A

Great piece of kit. The price has dropped substantially in the last 8 months approx. $120.00