Digital satellite TV and satellite radio
TV output - watch digital TV on your television set or PC
Record and playback of digital TV and radio - using high quality MPEG-2
Suitable for DVB data services
Includes remote control
DEC-3000-s has these great features:
Digital TV on your PC - or your television set
Digital radio on your PC - or through your home theater system
Record digital TV and radio to your PC’s hard disk - playback to your PC screen or TV set at any time!
Includes a high performance MPEG-2 decoder
Use it for digital data services
1x Common Interface slot
Includes remote control
Watch digital TV and listen to digital radio on your PC or TV: With DEC-3000-s on your PC or TV, you can receive digital television and radio with perfect picture and audio quality. More than 300 digital satellite channels are currently available, and more are added monthly. In addition, you can receive videotext transmitted along with the digital TV signal.
Record your favourite digital TV shows to disk: With a single mouse click, you can record your favourite digital TV shows, or digital radio programmes, onto your PC’s hard disk drive. You can also use the integrated scheduler to programme your recordings!
DEC-3000-s includes high performance MPEG-2 recording: Digital TV uses a high quality video and audio encoding technology called “MPEG-2”. And DEC-3000-s includes a high performance MPEG-2 recording, so your PC runs at full speed while you watch digital TV. And with the DEC-3000-s you can also watch digital TV on your home television set!
Data services for digital TV: The European digital TV standard uses DVB (Digital Video Broadcast). DVB provides high quality TV and radio, plus new data services. An example of a DVB data service is “Internet via Satellite”, where your web pages are delivered to your PC at high speeds via DVB, and your mouse clicks are sent to your internet service provider via a slow telephone line. File download services via DVB enable the fast transfer of large files to your PC. One example of ISP's providing this service are:
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Once you have signed up with a ISP they will provide you with the settings needed to activate your Internet Via Satellite account.
In order to use these data services, it might be necessary to contract with the respective service provider).
TV-Out and S/PDIF Out S/PDIF output, you can connect the high quality digital audio to your home theater sound system.
System Requirements
Pentium® III Processor (minimum 500MHz)
Microsoft® Windows® 98/Me/2000/XP
SCART socket on a TV or VCR (onnly if television connectivity is required)
1 free USB Port
Sound Card
CD-ROM Drive (for software installation)
For digital recording - 1GB of disk space (minimum recommended)
DirectDraw compatible PCI/AGP graphics card
One free interrupt (IRQ) (for PC only)
Digital satellite antenna
Included in this package
DEC-3000-s unit
SCART to SCART cable
12v power supply unit
Installation and utilities CD-ROM - with complete reference manual
Quick installation guide
Audio Connection
Remote Control