Microyal MRX-1000
This is a well presented DVB DiSEqC 1.2 receiver and very pleasing to the eye. It has three "Old School" buttons on the front and has one of the best displays on the front panel I have seen yet. The FULL display is seen and although small, the numbers are much more clear than many of the more expensive models I have seen. Again it does not have a signal lock display light that I have gotten used to, but I can live with that.
One of the first features I noticed was the "Antenna Direction Help". You simply enter your Latitude and Longitude and whatever satellite you are after, and it gives you all the needed angles or coordinates to position your dish. This could prove very useful for first time users and I have not seen this in any other receiver so far.
At this point I must also mention the remote control. It has a very nice shape and is very comfortable in the hand. The buttons have a very positive click to them which I like in a remote-- nothing worse than having to click two or three times as I have had to do in the past with a few remotes. It's very easy to understand and it's black. (see below pictures)
In the Antenna setup screen, it has loads of satellites pre-loaded and space to add many new satellites, too (63). So as usual, I start with Telstar 6- my true south bird here in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. I was very pleased to find out I can easily change the outdated name to IA6. I have to also say the background screen is very nice- it's much like the Pansat or Fortec screen. On the MRX-1000, it's a picture of a satellite in space beaming down to earth.
The onscreen menus are very similar to the BEC 2000. I never did get the receiver to move at the same time as having the quality level display on the screen, but to be fair I have also been informed it works well with Microyal's H to H mount. But I never could land on the position button- maybe I was doing something wrong or it is not yet compatible to the SG2100 motor. And also to be fair, I should have reset my motor to give the receiver a fair chance, but did not want to lose my stored positions for my other receivers. Iceberg also could not get the dish to move with a quality level screen displayed but he did poit out that this receiver does have Eb/NO: level along with the signal strength and Quality. I was also informed by Microyal that the MRX-1200 will be fully compatible with the "Go to X" function needed with the SG2100. Over all this is a really nice receiver for the price and would be well worth having especially when used in conjunction with their own H to H motor. The pictures were every bit as good as all the other receivers out there using the same CPU. Nearly forgot to add that it has onboard 7 popular games to keep you busy between TP. scans, Tetris/Colorball /Gobang/Sokoban/Snake/Mine/Flipmix.
A really nice economy receiver when packaged with the Microyal H to H and I can't wait to try the MRX-1200 that will become available at the end of the year.
I would like to thank Peter at Microyal for letting me and Iceberg have a look at this receiver and I would recommend everyone go have a look at their web site. They have many more innovative products that I will be using in the future, including security cameras that can be hooked to you satellite system very easily. THANKS Microyal from SatelliteGuys.US.
http://microyal.com/
Specs......
Tuner & Channel A/V Data In/Out
Connector 2 x F-Type, 3/8-32UNEF-2A CVB S Video Output RCA x 2
1 IF Loop through Yes Output Impedance 75*, RCA*2
Frequency Range 950 ~ 2150 MHz Output Level 1.0V ± 20mVp-p
Input Impedance 75* unbalanced Freq. Feature ± 0.5dB (4.8MHz)
Digital Signal Input Level -25 ~ -65dBm Differential Gain £ 5%
LNB Supply 13.0V / 18.0V (max.400mA), Short Circular Protection Differential Phase £ 5¢X
C/L Delay £ 30nS
22KHz Tone AUDIO R/L RCAx2 (L&R)
Frequency 22 ± 4KHz Output Imedance 680*, RCA*2
Amplitude 0.6 ± 0.2V Output Level ±6dB
DiSEqC Control Version 1.0/1.2 Compatible Freq. Feature ±0.5dB (20Hz ~ 18Hz)
Demodulation QPSK Audio S/N Ratio ³ 70dB
Input Symbol Rate 2 ~ 45 MSPS Difference of Left & Right Track Level £ 0.5dB (20Hz ~ 18Hz)
FEC Decoder Convolutional Code Rate 1/2, 2/3, 3/4,
5/6 and 7/8 with Constraint Length K=7
S-VHS Out Mini DIN X 1
MPEG Transport Stream A/V Decoding RF Modulator System NTSC
Transport Stream MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818 Channel Ch. 3~4 (NTSC)
Profile Level MPEG-2 MP@ML Return Loss 6dB max.
Input Rate Max. 60Mbit/s Audio Mono
Aspect Ratio 4:3, 16:9 Connector 75*, IEC/F-Type
Video Resolution 720 x 576(PAL); 720 x 480(NTSC) Bypass Bandwidth 45 ~ 862MHz
Output System PAL/NTSC/AUTO RS-232 Data Port 9 pin D-sub Type, Baud rate 9600-115200Kbps
Audio Decoding MPEG layer I and II, Musicam
Audio Mode Stereo channel, Dual Mono, Joint Stereo channel, Mono Environment
Operating Temperature + 5¢XC ~ + 50¢XC
Sampling Rate 32, 44.1 and 48 KHz Storage Temperature - 40¢XC ~ + 65¢XC
Memory Power Supply
CPU SGS-Thomson STi5518 Main Input Voltage 90 ~ 250V AC @ 50Hz/60Hz
SDRAM Memory 4Mbyte Type SMPS
Flash Memory 1Mbyte Nominal Power Consumption Max. 25W
Physical Specification
Size (WxHxD) 370mm x 250mm x 60mm
Weight (net) about 2.0Kg
This is a well presented DVB DiSEqC 1.2 receiver and very pleasing to the eye. It has three "Old School" buttons on the front and has one of the best displays on the front panel I have seen yet. The FULL display is seen and although small, the numbers are much more clear than many of the more expensive models I have seen. Again it does not have a signal lock display light that I have gotten used to, but I can live with that.
One of the first features I noticed was the "Antenna Direction Help". You simply enter your Latitude and Longitude and whatever satellite you are after, and it gives you all the needed angles or coordinates to position your dish. This could prove very useful for first time users and I have not seen this in any other receiver so far.
At this point I must also mention the remote control. It has a very nice shape and is very comfortable in the hand. The buttons have a very positive click to them which I like in a remote-- nothing worse than having to click two or three times as I have had to do in the past with a few remotes. It's very easy to understand and it's black. (see below pictures)
In the Antenna setup screen, it has loads of satellites pre-loaded and space to add many new satellites, too (63). So as usual, I start with Telstar 6- my true south bird here in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. I was very pleased to find out I can easily change the outdated name to IA6. I have to also say the background screen is very nice- it's much like the Pansat or Fortec screen. On the MRX-1000, it's a picture of a satellite in space beaming down to earth.
The onscreen menus are very similar to the BEC 2000. I never did get the receiver to move at the same time as having the quality level display on the screen, but to be fair I have also been informed it works well with Microyal's H to H mount. But I never could land on the position button- maybe I was doing something wrong or it is not yet compatible to the SG2100 motor. And also to be fair, I should have reset my motor to give the receiver a fair chance, but did not want to lose my stored positions for my other receivers. Iceberg also could not get the dish to move with a quality level screen displayed but he did poit out that this receiver does have Eb/NO: level along with the signal strength and Quality. I was also informed by Microyal that the MRX-1200 will be fully compatible with the "Go to X" function needed with the SG2100. Over all this is a really nice receiver for the price and would be well worth having especially when used in conjunction with their own H to H motor. The pictures were every bit as good as all the other receivers out there using the same CPU. Nearly forgot to add that it has onboard 7 popular games to keep you busy between TP. scans, Tetris/Colorball /Gobang/Sokoban/Snake/Mine/Flipmix.
A really nice economy receiver when packaged with the Microyal H to H and I can't wait to try the MRX-1200 that will become available at the end of the year.
I would like to thank Peter at Microyal for letting me and Iceberg have a look at this receiver and I would recommend everyone go have a look at their web site. They have many more innovative products that I will be using in the future, including security cameras that can be hooked to you satellite system very easily. THANKS Microyal from SatelliteGuys.US.
http://microyal.com/
Specs......
Tuner & Channel A/V Data In/Out
Connector 2 x F-Type, 3/8-32UNEF-2A CVB S Video Output RCA x 2
1 IF Loop through Yes Output Impedance 75*, RCA*2
Frequency Range 950 ~ 2150 MHz Output Level 1.0V ± 20mVp-p
Input Impedance 75* unbalanced Freq. Feature ± 0.5dB (4.8MHz)
Digital Signal Input Level -25 ~ -65dBm Differential Gain £ 5%
LNB Supply 13.0V / 18.0V (max.400mA), Short Circular Protection Differential Phase £ 5¢X
C/L Delay £ 30nS
22KHz Tone AUDIO R/L RCAx2 (L&R)
Frequency 22 ± 4KHz Output Imedance 680*, RCA*2
Amplitude 0.6 ± 0.2V Output Level ±6dB
DiSEqC Control Version 1.0/1.2 Compatible Freq. Feature ±0.5dB (20Hz ~ 18Hz)
Demodulation QPSK Audio S/N Ratio ³ 70dB
Input Symbol Rate 2 ~ 45 MSPS Difference of Left & Right Track Level £ 0.5dB (20Hz ~ 18Hz)
FEC Decoder Convolutional Code Rate 1/2, 2/3, 3/4,
5/6 and 7/8 with Constraint Length K=7
S-VHS Out Mini DIN X 1
MPEG Transport Stream A/V Decoding RF Modulator System NTSC
Transport Stream MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818 Channel Ch. 3~4 (NTSC)
Profile Level MPEG-2 MP@ML Return Loss 6dB max.
Input Rate Max. 60Mbit/s Audio Mono
Aspect Ratio 4:3, 16:9 Connector 75*, IEC/F-Type
Video Resolution 720 x 576(PAL); 720 x 480(NTSC) Bypass Bandwidth 45 ~ 862MHz
Output System PAL/NTSC/AUTO RS-232 Data Port 9 pin D-sub Type, Baud rate 9600-115200Kbps
Audio Decoding MPEG layer I and II, Musicam
Audio Mode Stereo channel, Dual Mono, Joint Stereo channel, Mono Environment
Operating Temperature + 5¢XC ~ + 50¢XC
Sampling Rate 32, 44.1 and 48 KHz Storage Temperature - 40¢XC ~ + 65¢XC
Memory Power Supply
CPU SGS-Thomson STi5518 Main Input Voltage 90 ~ 250V AC @ 50Hz/60Hz
SDRAM Memory 4Mbyte Type SMPS
Flash Memory 1Mbyte Nominal Power Consumption Max. 25W
Physical Specification
Size (WxHxD) 370mm x 250mm x 60mm
Weight (net) about 2.0Kg
