The Manahattan Plaza XT-M is packed full of features including a whopping 6,000 channel memory, very fast blind search and not one but two multi-crypt embedded card slots working with a whole host of cards and encryption systems including Greek Nova Irdeto cards which normally do not work in anything other than an official Irdeto CAM.

The brand new Plaza XT-M features a blind scan mode, a 1-45,000 symbol rate range and full DiSEqC and USALS support and can be used as part of an SCR (Single Cable Router) system. Up to 11 favourite TV and radio lists can be created and channel data can be edited on a PC via the RS232 port. There's also a nine channel mosaic preview mode and a selection of games to play.Connections include LNB and UHF loopthroughs, two Scarts, a composite video output, stereo phonos and an SP/DIF audio output.

Specification:

Hardware

• DVB digital TV satellite receiver
• Special XT tuner for fast Blind/Power scan search
• Best Tuner sensitivity for capturing very low symbol rates 1-45Msps
• SCPC & MCPC reception from C & Ku band satellites
• Compatible with Universal, Single, Wide band Ku, C-band & SCR LNB
• 4 Digit LED front panel display
• Power On/Off switch

Memory

• 6000 Channel capacity
• 22 Favourite lists (11 for TV & 11 for Radio)
• 78 Satellite memory with TP Data

Channel Selection

• EPG for now, next & 7 day programme via on screen channel information
• 9 Screen Multi-picture (Mosaic) browser
• Channel sorting by Alphabet, Satellite, FTA, Scrambled, Encryption & Network
• Last channel recall facility
• Last channel viewed remembered after power down

Update and Edit

• Over the Air (OTA) software upgrade including STB to STB data transfer
• SatcoDX compatible
• PC-Edit facility for all user settings
• Channel PID Edit facility
• Full edit facility of satellite, channel & TP (Add, Delete, Naming & Move)

TV Picture

• PAL1, GB, DK, NTSC
• Zoom In / Out
• Picture Freeze function
• User settings for picture brightness & contrast

Operational

• DiSEqC 1.0,1.1,1.2 & USALS
• Multiple LNB switching facility via 14/18v, 22kHz & DiSEqC 1.0/1.1/1.2
• Full Auto search up to 40 satellites with DiSEqC 1.2 motor
• Multiple search options by FTA, Scrambled, Network, TP & by channel PID
• Audible Signal Meter Beep
• Parental Lock facility for channel, menu & STB
• Programmable Sleep Timer up to 90 minutes
• 20 Events, 1-year Timer
• Built in Teletext & by VBI insertion & DVB subtitles

Input / Output

• 1 LNB Input (F type) with IF signal loop through
• 2 SCART, TV (CVBS/RGB) with VCR/DVD loop through facility
• 1 RCA (PHONO) Digital Audio Output
• 3 RCA (PHONO) Audio Left/Right & video outputs
• UHF Modulator CH. 21-69 PAL I, G, K, M & NTSC M

Graphics

• 16 bit colour On-Screen Display
• Picture in Menu 3D on screen display
• User settings for full OSD colour display
• Radio mode Screen Saver
• Games (Tetris, Minesweeper, Poker & Black jack) & Calendar

Languages

• 16 On Screen language support
• 5 language (English, French, German, Italian & Spanish) user manual
• Supports Multi-Language broadcasts

Conditional Access

• 2 Embedded multi-crypt card slots