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2. 5 www ttemaximal com maximal mediaMAX MINI User s manual English 11686 0MHz Potencia 75 1 dBuV Calidad 100 96 MER 22 6 dB Digital Video Broadcasting mediaMAX MINI User s Manual English rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI INDEX T 5 2 Recommendations for best use of mediaMAX 6 edge LT E T iE eroe MR MM Nr 8 9 Meler s power SUPO Tc 14 ea 15 Ou Wain Keypad GES FA M BEER TE 16 end ale NM NE pH 22 T E AU E EE 23 eg clipe legen mm 26 I Meler OD CT ae 2i SN Fra ime operaio E o at 22 Meter tarung UD 21 DoF O TAE e men 27 SARI cable COMMECIION T EA 28 Jo Y standard 28 IO SNS ONIN ct nm 29 ER UT UTIMS 29 PH 29 C 29 26 4 Wheel rotation 29 TO IVS 1S CMS E 90 10 1 Temestmalsignal 31 10 12 Frequency band tud Rt RPM RII MP 31 10 1 2 Use spectrum mode to SHOT a SIGNAL sooner tke 31 10 1 9 Measurement Selections tv 32 10 55 15
3. 1 If logo shows a terrestrial antenna then terrestrial band is selected 2 If logo shows a coaxial cable then cable band is selected 3 If logo shows a satellite antenna then satellite band is selected The status bar is hidden if only TV mode is selected To make it appears press tv key For terrestrial band selection press one or several times band key until the monitor shows the mes sage Switching to terrestrial band The switching sequence is the following o Terrestial band gt Cable band gt Satellite band Q 1229 0MHz v Switching to terrestrial lt gt 100MHz 303dBuV 2 10 1 2 Use spectrum mode to spot a signal To represent the frequency spectrum on the screen and spot a signal press the spectrum key To identify a signal to do it with a span of 50 MHz is advised default value in terrestrial For select it use left and right arrows keys The span current value is shown at the left bottom part of the mo nitor Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 31 User s Manual mediaMAX JL I O ZZ With the spectrum on screen move the rotary wheel to sweep the frequency band to spot the target signal In order to semplify the navigation through the terrestrial band press the nav key for select channel mode or frequency mode Channel mode allows to sweep the frequency band by channel defined in the standard Frequency mode allows to
4. 3 Arrow keys These four arrow keys have a similar function than the rotary wheel They allow to navigate up and down through the OSD menu Moreover the arrow keys allow to increase or de crease differents values as span volume depending on the main mode currently selected 4 Click rotary wheel It allows to navigate easily through the options of the OSD menu just turning to the left or right the wheel It s also possible to confirm the selected option doing a click at the center of the wheel Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 15 m Z en Co JE ENGLISH User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 6 1 Main keypad description fav nav By default to switch from an Analogue carrier to a Digital one It can be configured with other functions With numeric entry active it is 1 With alphabetic entry active it is Audio menu The options are the following Volume Level 0 100 e Audio type Audio Buzzer Selecting the type of audio in Buzzer the speaker will buzz relative to the level of the signal received On the top status bar will appear the following icon 4 D Ch C65 BG 9 823 25MHz v uU If the Buzzer option is selected the audio of the channel will be substitute by the buzz With numeric entry active it is 2 With alphabetic entry active it is a b c Picture menu The options are the following Brightness 0 100 96 Contrast O 10
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6. Measurement Choose name 78 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Push Yes to show Pushing over the rotary key we come back to the previous menu where we can select different measures as well as show them Turning the rotary key to right side we can move from one measure to another one without exiting to the previous menu 17 1 4 Delete measures This option allows deleting the file with all the measures which have been carried out in a specific group Once selected a dialog box will be displayed with the text Delete measure then Delete from group where we will introduce the name of the group where the measure has been taken and Measurement Point where we will place the name of the file with which the measure has been stored Finally in the Measurement field you should select the program where it has been mea sured REMOVE MEASUREMENT Remove from group 1 m Measurement point POINT1 Measurement 18H ILC Remove o Close Push Delete and a confirmation dialog box will be displayed Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 79 m Z 9 en Co JE User s Manual mediaMAX JL I O ZZ Push Yes to delete completely the measure and to continue deleting To exit from the application push Close 17 1 5 Export measures This option al
7. The status bar on top of the screen holds important information about meter status It is always pre sent exception when in pure TV mode It offers useful information about selected options frequency band and battery status m Z 9 en Co JE The following table shows the icon and the functions of each of them Band Information about the selected frequency band Cable band 5 862 MHz Terrestrial band 47 862 MHz Satellite band 863 2150 MHz Spectrum mode Information about the selected spectrum mode and selected carrier Analog mode Digital model Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 23 User s Manual mediaMAX ore EH 2 Z LL di mda 24 Analog locked Digital locked Power supply mode Information about selected DiSEqC switch Switch A Switch B Switch C Switch D Satellite band and polarity Information about satellite band and selected polarity Vertical low Vertical high Horizontal low Horizontal high Audio Information about audio status Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI q Audio On x Audio Mute 9 Mode Buzzer USB USB device connected Battery It shows the real level of battery Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 2b m Z 9 en Co JE EH 2 Z L User s Manual mediaMAX MIN
8. Battery life 2 h without LNB power supply Charging time Aprox 3 hours for 100 it depends on battery previous charge External 20V 2 5A Mechanics Dimensions 270x1 70x 0mm bag Weight 1 850 Kg Frequency Range 4 7 862 MHz and 900 2150 MHz Tuning Continuous in full band Steps 5OKHz terrestrial band and 500 KHz satellite band Input Impedance 75 Ohms Connector F type male FBU FBU adaptor Protection 50 VDC 130dBuV 3V RMS Attenuator O 60dB AUTO range mode selectable Spectrum Bands 47 862 MHz 900 2150 MHz Detection Peak and Average Display mode Horizontal sweep and logarit mic amplitude Marker Single Precision 1 5 dB 25 C of environment temperature after a heating of 30 minutes Span Full 500 200 100 50 20 or 10 MHz Resolution filter 1MHz Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 Analog signals Level Video Audio level C N sync pulse TV 20 130 dBuV SAT 30 130 dBuV Units dBuV dBmV dBm Precision 1 5 dB 25 C of environment tem perature after a heating of 30 minutes Range Acustic signal Audio frequency proportional to signal level Digital DVB S QPSK Measurements Power Noise Margin BER be fore and after Viterbi non recovered errors C N MER Standard DVB S and DSS Symbol Rate up to 45Ms Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO DVB
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10. commonly It could be useful for instance for the adjustment of fi Iters of one fi xed bandwidth Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 55 User s Manual mediaMAX EI Digital SSUES 6 Group name The selection of Active marker will be done in the OPTIONS menu The selected marker is identifi ed by two little triangles in their edges The main marker Main used as a reference in the calculations is in red colour meanwhile the auxiliary one Aux is in green colour i AS 684 75MHz JL J CD Z LLi C 4 679 25 55 50 M Na 9 1 amp 0dB 20MHz 0 ears dBm 01 In this fi gure the double marker has been used to measure the separation between the 2 carriers video and audio and its difference of level Here as we are in Main Marker ahead the marker Aux and over a lower level peak the frequency and level measurements are shown in negative value 10 5 Selecting the viewing of the spectrum in Maximums mode GUER mini secT MediaMAX MINI is provided with a new representation of the spectrum named Maximums mode In this mode it is represented the spectrum in Real Time as well as the representation in Grey colour of the maximum measured values for each frequency To select the spectrum mode Maximums push the button Options at front panel or push the rotary key from any of the measurement windows and
11. 61 Tie Dee aO PTT 62 ti Load 63 1161 6 owe program To aerial 65 63 tko MaviGatlon DY DOONAN enia aE OET 63 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors m Zz es 3 I 2 Z LL User s Manual mediaMAX MINI AV de c TOC TOUS E ae eae 65 LANE Seo OMA csi eval edn 65 FOAN can Ln 66 tA Moter PACKU cT m 67 ONES el OU sow 67 14 2 Restore Backup irom US 67 VOSS ACS UME m 70 15 1 VIS AUTO SE xt UE 70 TO AIT M A 70 oko TR ern err eer ere T 71 Meane OI HS TT 72 EN U rr 74 care rai tira ial 74 IAN New Ts 76 112 New measurement step DY Ste Dir stique 78 MRO ern e net en 78 To PI Nucl T 79 Pato Expoon MEASC T ovas AER REVOIR I RAIN MAGNI URNM DU UEM LEUR 80 1G e M MNT 80 Cheating 81 PEG CODY AGI OUD 82 Tos Delete a 82 MOA t 83 TEGO DEEA pO IT NN 94 Laad group tam MB EN 85 TFG 86 IOl Name
12. DB9 male RJ 45 3 Ti 3 7 BE e 177 TS RECORDING GUIER You can make a capture of a Transport Stream of a video signal if you have an USB device connec ted The length can be configured from 1 minute to 255 minutes In order to access to this tool press the 8 key tool and select the TS Capture option Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 101 JL I O ZZ User s Manual mediaMAX In the TS Capture option the next options will appear 17 7 1 Start Selecting this option the Transport Stream capture will start You must have an USD 2 0 device connected in order to be able to store the capture The capture will finish automatically when the time indicated in the field Time in minutes has passed 17 7 2 Time in minutes In this option you must select the time that the Transport Stream video capture last in minutes Select a value between 1 and 255 minutes 102 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI ANNEX EVOS Reserved of technical modifications and or errors T VIEWER 103 m Zz es 3 HE EH 2 m Z LL User s Manual mediaMAX MINI EVOSOFT VIEWER The viewer of EVOSOFT shows the measured data into the Test Equipment and it represents them in this programme You will be able to import the data and to store them for processing them later Click on th
13. Manual mediaMAX MINI 17 2 3 1 Add a new satellite This option allows introducing a new satellite into the list The following dialog box will be displayed where a new name for the satellite must be introduced Note In order to it works the meter should be locked to a digital satellite signal previously Add a satellite Enter satellite name Add a satellite SAT 1 Once the field is edited push the button Add 17 2 3 2 Delete satellites This option allow deleting a satellite previously introduced into the list Pushing on the blue text the list of satellites will appear Select which satellite you want to delete Push the Delete button and then the key Yes in the next dialog box for confirming the deleting of the satellite Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 93 m Z en Co JE JL J O Z Lu User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Delete satellite CANT A Cul WITA EO7 0 Eutelsat W3A E10 0 Eutelsat W1 E13 0 Hotbird E16 0 Eutelsat W2 E19 2 Astra 17 2 3 3 Import satellites This option allows importing one satellite list from a USB device Pushing over this option the selec ted Tile will be loaded for importing the listo f satellites trom the USB device 17 2 3 4 Export satellites This option allows saving the configuration of the satellite list into a USB device Pushing on this option the last configuration will be saved on this file Export
14. S2 QPSK and 8PSK Modes QPSK and 8PSK Measurements Channel Power Noise Margin C N BER before and alter of the decoder LDPC BCH MER Wrong Packets Symbol Rate up to 40Ms Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO Reserved of technical modifications and or errors User s Manual mediaMAX MINI DVB T COFDM Measurements Power Noise Margin BER before and after Viterbi non recove red errors MER C N Modes FFT 2K 8K and AUTO Guard intervals 1 4 1 8 1 16 1 32 and AUTO Internal modulations 64 QAM 16QAM and QPSK Band Widths 8 7 6MHz and AUTO Offset Automatically manager up to 500Khz Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO Decoding MPEG2 Available to display FTA programs Free to Air free channels List of channels of the Digital Stream indicating if they are Video Radio Data SD HD free or scrambled Viewing of the NID and ONID Auto or manual selection of the PID of Video Audio PCR m ZZ e en 3 HE JL J CD Z Lu mint Set madiaM X RF Standards FM 88 108 MHz Terrestrial B G CCIR B G DE S band channels in Germany B G IT Ill band channels in Italy M PAL L L France UK OIR T M N USA and Japan BB_AU Australia D K PAL Satellite C and Ku bands Monitor Type 5 14cm TFT color Color standards PAL and SECAM Audio amplifier 1W inside the speaker Programs Memories 1000 pro
15. S55 E00 UM m omm omm wo C 8325 110 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI B G IT STANDARD CHAN IMAGE FREQ CENTER FREQ BAND CHAN IMAGE FREQ pug BAND O A SB O 28 35925 380 o m S Nm 9m M C 89 9650 WL S0 35 380 VIH 5 5 10750 114 50 VHL 102 00 VHH 121 50 VHL 410 00 VHH 128 50 VHL 418 00 VHH 135 50 VHL ms m 142 50 VHL 431 25 AAO UMF 149 50 VHL 955 MND UHF 156 50 VHH UF 163 50 VHH Lms mm 170 50 VHH rua ERTE AE 17750 um ENT MN 186 00 m e UH 194 50 40725 4900 UF 20350 49525 49800 UHF 212 50 80325 50600 UHF 21950 8025 5400 UHF 226 50 8925 52200 UHF EE Lec 233 50 835255 53800 UHF 24050 508325 54600 UH 2150 Lms ms ww 254 50 55925 56200 UHF 261 50 268 50 UWF UWF UWF UWF UWF ENT MN ENT MN O O W W O W W O O W V HSIION3 275 50 282 50 289 50 296 50 306 00 314 00 322 00 338 0 346 00 354 00 o o o lt x pm Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 143 JL J CD Z LLi User s Manual mediaMAX B G IT STANDARD CONTINUED CHAN IMAGE FREQ CENTER FREQ BAND a 679 25 682
16. abc 123 key This option shows the complete current program list rev 9 1 64 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 12 KEY FAV FUNCTIONS The key fav on main keypad could be configured by the installer in order to select the most frequen tly used option In this way the user could be able to program this key and simplify the quick access to one function among the possible ones 12 1 Configuration To setup this key press the setup key and select system option on the menu In this window select fav key setup and this selection will open another window showing the differents option that can be assigned to this key m A Q en Co JE RF IN voltage 22 kHz tone DiSEQc switch Vd RF voltage on power up Carrier mode v Once the desired option has been selected press enter to confirm Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 65 I 2 Z LL User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 13 AUTOSCAN FUNCTION This functionality allows tuning the selected carrier automatically it is it scans automatically the carrier When a Digital Carrier is detected automatically it will select the correct parameters for tuning and measuring as for Terrestrial as well as for Satellite When an Analogue Carrier is detected it automatically selects the correct modulation standard and the channel will be shown as TV m
17. of technical modifications and or errors 41 m Z 9 en Co JE JL I O ZZ User s Manual mediaMAX Pushing on the field Constellation Display you can select Off Disables the viewing of the constellation Full Allows watching the 4 parts of the diagram 4 quadrants 1 Allows watching the fi rst quadrant higher left 2 Allows watching the second quadrant higher right 3 Allows watching the third quadrant lower right 4 Allows watching the forth quadrant lower left Once selected the quadrant to be represented exit of the menu and select the meter mode to be able to see the constellation on the TFT monitor Press back key to turn back the main menu 49 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 10 2 5 Make measurements 1 Analog signals To get analog satellite signal measurements spot the signal as explained above and press meter Key The status bar will show an analog carrier m Z 9 en Co JE The meter represents the following analog values evel C N 2 Digital signals To get digital satellite signal measurements spot the signal as explained above and press meter Key The status bar will show a digital carrier The meter represents the following digital values Power BER before Viterbi BER after Viterbi Noise Margin C N
18. of the entire band will be carried out only with the selected standard in the RF configuration f you select All the sweep in the Band is carried out checking out all the standards in the Band This process will be slower than selecting the Current Standard Once the standard is defined select 1 Scan and press Ok 174 DVB T TOOLS GUER Before using these tooling you have to tune a digital terrestrial channel These tools are the frequency response and the impulse response and can be used to monitor the DVB T These two tools are related and allow to see similar phenomenon but with slightly different approaches Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 97 m A en Co JE User s Manual mediaMAX The impulse response function allows monitoring the carrier power distribution during a period of time while the frequency response function allows monitoring the digital C N of each one of the DVB T carriers In order to access to the tools of DVB T press key 8 tool and select DVB T option A new menu with the following tools will appear JL I O e 17 4 1 Monitor mode This menu option is a screen of measures It shows some additional measures of the digital terres trial television signal The additional measures are Guard interval Mode bearer number HRCH Hierarchy Cell Id Parameter about operators 17 4 2 Frequency response The fr
19. or not locked 90 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Satellite identification E10 0 Eutelsat W1 um _ Abort m zz Q en Co JE Once the satellite is identified a message confirming that the satellite has been identified will be displayed Satellite identification E19 2 Astra Satellite found Service ARD TEST 2 deu ET 17 2 2 Searching a satellite This option allows searching a specific satellite placed in the list of satellites the meter has and to know if it is locked or not Selecting this option the following dialog box will appear in order to select the satellite you want to search Search one satellite 19 2 Astra Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 91 ENGLISH User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Depending on if the satellite is locked or not the following configurations will be shown indicating the power level the DiSEqC switch status as well as the RF input voltage E19 2 Astra Locked Satellite found Power 54 2 dBuV DiSEQc switch Oft H RF IN voltage 18V22k Not locked Locked 17 2 3 Options Into this menu you can configure the following options 1 Add a satellite 2 Delete a satellite 3 Import Satellites 4 Export satellites 5 Show the satellites 6 New parameters Satellite 92 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s
20. sweep the band normally by frequency with 5O KHz steps 10 1 3 Measurement selection With the target signal identified it s necessary to select the signal type analog or digital Press op tions key select Carrier mode and there will be two differents options 1 Analog if analog signal 2 Digital if digital signal Select one of them and confirm clicking the wheel 32 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI For digital terrestrial television signal it is necessary setup signal parameters Select Digital modu lation The adviced configuration is setup the following options in automatic mode Mode auto Spectrum inversion auto Guard interval auto Bandwidth auto Priority high Offset auto Constellation display In this option you can choose the type of displaying of the constellation mini S2T LUIS Pushing on the field Constellation Display you can select NO oO BQN Off Disables the viewing of the constellation Full Allows watching the 4 parts of the diagram 4 quadrants 1 Allows watching the fi rst quadrant higher left 2 Allows watching the second quadrant higher right 3 Allows watching the third quadrant lower right 4 Allows watching the forth quadrant lower left Once selected the quadrant to be represented exit of the menu and select the meter mode to be
21. to be deleted If no alarm is created an alert will be shown in the screen To move through all the options of the menu you can use the rotary key to change values and con firm Reserved of technical modifications and or errors T3 m Z 9 en Co JE JL J O Z LLi User s Manual mediaMAX 17 TOOLS Datalogger GITE e Satellite finder e Band Scan DVB T PRO 200 mode e Transmodulators Programming Recording TS 17 1 Datalogger The Data Logger or data acquire program will allow you to convert your Field Strength Meter Media MAX MINI in a powerful system to acquire store and processing data Data Logger allows the creation of groups which contain the programs signals to measure as well as the measures related to these programs It also allows the viewing of the measurements in the same Meter and exporting the measurements to be able to read them later through the Data Logger software in the Computer Data Structure in the Field Meter The base structure of the Data Logger is the Group of Measures It will contain the programs which will be used to carry the measures out as well as the stored measures 74 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 DATALOGGER To use the data logger it is needed previously to create the programs see chapter Programs Once the programs are created we will group them to begin to use the data l
22. to the factory default values After executing the Default Values the following screen will be shown QUICK START Lanquage English Country Standard Internationnal BG Clock 23 10 2008 08 37 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 27 m A en Co JE JL I O ZZ User s Manual mediaMAX In this screen you can select the languages of the menus the RF Standard the Date and the Time of the meter Use the rotary key to change them and select the correct values 9 4 RF cable connection Connect the input RF coaxial cable to RF IN F connector once the FBU FBU adaptor has been installed If necessary for future replacement of the adaptor it s important to installa a high quality adaptor that don t disturb input signal or create impedance problems In this way it will be possible supply the meter with a real quality RF signal 9 5 TV standard setup It s important to setup the right TV standard in order to work correctly with the meter It s possible also to setup the measurement units To do it press setup key on the front panel After this select RF option using the rotary wheel Finally select the second option Terrestrial standard and accept clicking on the wheel 2 Terrestrial standard Measurement units could be selected pressing setup key and selecting units option The available options are dBuV dBmV and dBm based on user s preference 28
23. values day month year hours minutes use the horizontal cursors or turn the wheel In order to modify a value place yourself over it press the wheel and introduce the value by the means of the numerical keyboard or turning the wheel Once it is modified press again over the wheel to save it Once date and time are introduced turn the wheel until selecting OK to confirm the changes Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 71 ENGLISH User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 16 WAKE UP MENU In this option you can configure the alarms so that the meter is powered on automatically at one concrete time 1 Add a wake up In this option you can create new alarms of activation of the meter You can select date and time of power on as well as the action to be carried out when it powers on Datalogger or no action Wake up an pa Wake up time 24 10 2008 08 07 Wake up action None rev 9 1 T Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 2 Next wake date In this option the next alarm will be shown being able to see the day time and ac tion to do in the activation of the meter If no alarm is created one alert will be shown in the screen Next wake date 24 10 2008 07 39 07 None 3 Delete a wake This option allows deleting existing alarms When this option is selected you can select the alarm
24. 00 68725 29 80 00 E OE PE E NE 3 5 GA m ms omm ow m5 UM 0 am Sowo 4 S55 Um omm omm wo 06 8325 8MOD UHF 112 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI L L STANDARD CHAN IMAGE FREQ pd BAND CHAN IMAGE FREQ pud BAND 05 ms Wi 0 Ses RB S E 09 wm own ow o wn ma wo O m Us m 0 Gn m wo Os omm om Ww 0 Gu o m wo Se ees ow ow s me Ww c mn mm wo O oma m ow om omn mmo ow ws omm ow ow os omm ow ow mm ma wo ow om DE DN ow omms Le mw w m ws mm w ms mm ur m o mm mm Ww Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 113 m Z en Co JE JL I O a T User s Manual mediaMAX MINI D K K DK PAL STANDARD CHAN IMAGE FREQ CENTER FREQ BAND CHAN IMAGE FREQ CENTER FREQ BAND m m m ms m DUUM m o mou oo 0M B5 un o 0m o mu omm 0 m ws wn m m DUUM s omm EUM m ams m oo 0m mn mb w 3 mum mm Ww wh ow m omm um 0 w mn mn w 5 ws mm Wo mw ws mm w o mm omn 0 om omn ommg w mo m m Ww om oma pp DUUM m ms wm om omms mp wi c o gp sm mm wu 9m Reserved of techn
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26. 096 TFT backlight O 10096 External Video Off On It will allow enable disable the input of the external video NOTE Once selected the external video input the meter only will leave activated the keys Sound and Image al lowing only watching on TV Mode and disabling the spec trum and measures mode e Video line In analogue signals you can overlap to the picture of the tuned channel the oscillograme of one of the lines of the composed video Ed Video line number The line to be showed Mia Luo saa With numeric entry active it is 3 With alphabetic entry active itis d e f Setup the navigation mode by frequency by channel it is available only in terrestrial band by program by group or by SatCr this one only in satellite band With numeric entry active it is 4 With alphabetic entry active itis g h i Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 setup Setup meter menu The options are the following 1 System e Language e Beep key s beep e Favorite key contig e System into Factory default e Firmware upgrade e Update Autoscan Sensibility 2 Power off modes On Off key stand by switched off Auto standby battery Never 1min 2min 3min 4min 5 min 10 min 15 min 30 min 60 min Auto power off battery Never 1min 2min 3min 4min 5 min 10 min 15 min 30 min 60 min 120 min Auto standby DC Never
27. 17 1 6 7 2 Pause in FM band This option allows changing the connector we are using for the one of the FM connection where we are carrying measures out due to the measurement in FM in several times could be made in another connector Meanwhile we are making the measure of the group if the Meter detects a FM program it would pause the measurement and it would wait up to the confirmation again once the cable has been changed Once the FM measure is finished and you are in a different measure the Meter will come back to pause the measurement and wait to the confirmation to continue 7 m A en Co JE 2 Pause in FM band o Period min Please push the rotating key to watch the options and to choose On Off according to the kind of measure we are going to make 17 1 6 7 3 Pause in band switching This option allows changing the connector we are using for another one from another band as Sate lite Terrestrial etc The philosophy is the same as in point 14 5 6 2 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 87 User s Manual mediaMAX 17 1 6 7 4 Kind of measure This option allows selecting to make a complete measure or a Basic measure Complete Depending on the memory where the measures are stored you can find If it is internal memory Analogue measure you can store measures spectrum and line of synchronism the FM signals do not store the line of synchronism Dig
28. 1min 2min 3min 4min 5 min 10 min 15 min 30 min 60 min Auto power off DC Never 1min 2min 3min 4min 5 min 10 min 15 min 30 min 60 min 120 min 3 RF e Units dbuV dBmV dBm Terrestrial standard B G B G DE B G IT L L M NTSC MPAL D K BB AU D K PAL e Cable standard B G B G DE B G IT L L M NTSC MPAL D K AU D K PAL e Satellite local osc IF C KU K9750 K10000 K10600 K10700 K10750 K11250 K11300 K11325 e Cable band Active hidden Band navigation Linear curl e Autoscan Standard All Selected For scanning all the standards or only the current one When all the standards are being scanner the first one scanner will be the current one e Resolution filter 1 MHz 300 KHz Reserved of technical modifications and or errors User s Manual mediaMAX MINI m Zz es 3 ENGLISH User s Manual mediaMAX MINI programs band 4 Backup Function to restore the system 1 Save all datas to USB Function to make a security copy into a USB device 2 Restore datas from USB Function for restoring a copy of security from a USB device Depending on the type of file there are different options to restore All Programs Autoscan Satellites or Data logger 5 Clock Time and date setup 6 Wake up you can configure the alarms so that the meter is powered on automatically With numeric entry
29. 37 User s Manual mediaMAX 10 2 Satellite signal measurement 10 2 1 Frequency band selection For satellite band selection press once the band key until the monitor shows the message Switch ing to satellite band The switching sequence is the following gt Terrestial band gt Cable band gt Satellite band f D 5 0MHz Y JL J CD Z Lu Switching to satellite lt 100MHz 64 0 dBuv 2 Once this option has been selected a satellite dish appears on the left top of the status bar 10 2 2 Supply LNB power With satellite band it is important supply power to LNB in order to get the signal from the differents satellite band and polarities Polarity There are two options 1 Vertical 13 V 2 Horizontal 18 V Bands There are two options 1 High 22 KHz tone 2 Low Without tone To active the LNB power supply press through RF IN connector press supply key to open the menu rev 9 1 38 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 4 RF voltage on power up Tene es P le 6 SatCr NYSE m Z 9 en Co JE Inside the menu select RF IN voltage It allows to select the following voltage options 1 Off 2 bV 3 12V 4 13V 5 18V 24V Select the right voltage for the polarity needed and click the wheel to confirm D Jem lakaa a _2 22 kHz tone 4 RF voltage on po
30. C switch Carrier Mode Spectrum Resolution Spectrum Detector mode and Spectrum Span The available measurements of mediaMAX MINI are the following TERRESTRIAL BAND 1 Analog signal 1 Level 2 Audio 3 Video audio difference 4 C N 5 Video Line 2 Digital signal Power BER before Viterbi BER after Viterbi Noise Margin C N digital measurement MER Errors CABLE BAND 1 Analog signal 1 Level 2 Audio 3 Video audio difference 4 C N 2 Digital signal pape po eL Power BER before Viterbi Noise Margin MER Errors SATELLITE BAND 1 Analog signal 1 2 Level C N 2 Digital signal 5 Power BER before Viterbi BER after Viterbi Noise Margin C N digital measurement MER Errors Note Noise Margin is defined as the difference between the value of the current C N and the value of the C N in the pixelation point of the signal That is is the quantity of dB s of the C N measure that is missing until losing the signal 30 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 10 1 Terrestrial signal measurement 10 1 1 Frequency band selection It s possible to know if terrestrial band it has been already selected The status bar represents a logo different for each band that allow to know which band has been selected There are three differents options m A en Co JE
31. I 8 CONNECTIONS All the meter connections are available in the back panel The conectors and indicators are DC IN 20 VDC 2 5A STDBY CHG RESET RS232 USB 2 0 AN IN OUT RF INPUT P U CEY maximal A voe DV3 digital TV analyzer DC IN Supply conector for the 20V external power supply e SIBY LED Blinks when the meter is in standby mode and when the firmware is being updated CHG LED Blinks when the meter is charging and stays continuously on when the charge is completed RF INPUT This F male conector is the signal input for the meter It is necessary to plug the provided female female F adapter FBU FBU prior to plug the F male signal cable into the meter RESET This button performs a hardware reset to the meter The meter will be reset to its default state The date and time will be lost but the general settings programs and stored mesasurements will be saved RS232 This port allows updating the meter s firmware USB 2 0 This port allows firmware upgrades and data upload downloads through USB mass storage devices e A V IN This mini jack connector allows feeding analog audio video CVBS into the meter A V OUT This mini jack connector allows sending analog audio video CVBS to other devices NOTE For enabling disabling the external video input you should push the key 3 Image and navigate up to the External Video option Please select between On Off to enable disable the externa
32. MAX MINI The mediaMAX MINI is the second generation of Fte Maximal field strengh meters based on the proven concept of the mediaMAX EVO The new mediaMAX MINI has been designed in order to provide most of the functionallity of the mediaMAX EVO family in a more compact package The mediaMAX MINI and the mediaMAX EVO share the same user interface and all the generated files are compatible between both families All these features render the mediaMAX MINI a perfect complement to the mediaMAX EVO being an essential device for telecomunications installers and professional Some of the main features are hereafter explained Measure of analog multistandard terrestrial AMTV and satellite signals FMTV e Video line displaying for terrestrial analog signals Measure of digital terrestrial DVB T satellite DVB S S2 and cable DVB C signals Analog terrestrial and digital image representation on colour TFT screen e Same user interface as mediaMAX EVO Datalogger FT 5 Color Monitor e Extremely Compact and light design under 2 Kg Wide connectivity USB input and output Audio Video minijack RS232 e High battery life 2 hours without LNB With all the above features the mediaMAX MINI field strengh meter will allow the user to analyze all television signals solving every problem on a terrestrial cable or satellite installation This is 8 common manual for the entire range of Field Strength Meters mediaMAX MINI This manual i
33. MER Errors Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 43 JL I CD Z LLi User s Manual mediaMAX 10 2 6 Picture representation The mediaMAX MINI meter is equipped with three differents representation modes to show the information on the screen tv spectrum and meter Representation possibilities are the following 1 tv key active Activates the TV monitor mode showing the image of the selected signal In case of digital carriers this mode will represent the first program of FTA free to air terrestrial multiplex and satellite transponders If coded signal the image will not be represented tvCanarie sat Status bar is present for a short period of time after it will be hidden To makes it appear again press tv key 2 spectrum key active The monitor is divided in three parts status bar on top spectrum and at the bottom span and level information 44 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 3 meter key active The monitor is divided in two parts status bar and signal measurements information m Z m Co JE Note With digital signals the quality graphic bar is based on the Noise Margin measure As long as the Noise Margin measure is equal or higher the maximum value that the meter is able to represent the bar will be shown in 10096 10 2 7 DiSEqC switc
34. Measurements Channel Power Noise Mar gin C N BER before and alter of the decoder LDPC BCH MER Wrong Packets Symbol Rate up to 40Ms Constellation QPSK 8PSK Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO Reserved of technical modifications and or errors User s Manual mediaMAX MINI DVB T COFDM Measurements Channel Power Noise Margin C N BER before and alter Viterbi MER Wrong Packets Mode FFT 2K 8K and AUTO Guard Intervals 1 4 1 8 1 16 y 1 82 AUTO Internal Modulations 64QAM AUTO Band Widths 8 7 6MHz and AUTO Offset Automatically manager up to 500Khz Constellation QPSK 16QAM 64QAM Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO QPSK 16QAM DVB C QAM Measurements Channel Power Noise Margin BER before Viterbi MER Wrong Packets Symbol Rate up to 7Ms Constellations 256 128 64 32 and 16 OAM Band Widths 8 7MHz MER Resolution 0 148 MER Measurament Max 35 dB Decoding MPEG2 Available to display FTA programs Free to Air free channels List of channels of the Digital Stream in dicating if they are Video Radio Data SD HD free or scrambled Viewing of the NID and ONID Auto or manual selection of the PID of Vi deo Audio PCR m Z Q es 3 JL J CD Z I User s Manual mediaMAX 5 METER S POWER SUPPLY The tield strength meter may receive its power supply via its internal batt
35. Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 9 6 Sensibility In order to access to this tool press the 5 key setup and select the System option Later select the Sensitivity option m Z 9 en Co JE 4 System info 6 Firmware upgrade 8 Sensibility In the sensitivity menu the next option will appear In the sensitivity menu the next option will appear de 9 6 1 Wheel It is used for adjusting the turning speed of the wheel The value that can be chosen is between 1 and 16 9 6 2 Click It is used for adjusting the sensitivity of the wheel when you press frontally over it The value that can be chosen is between 1 and 16 9 6 3 Keys Select the sensitivity of the keyboard You can choose Low Medium and High sensitivity 9 6 4 Wheel rotation in menu The movements in the menus can be done by turning the wheel You can choose the direction of the turn The options are Normal it moves downwards turning the wheel in counter clockwise or Inverted it moves downwards turning the wheel anticlockwise Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 29 JL J CD Z User s Manual mediaMAX 10 MEASUREMENTS Some of the parameters while you are measuring are configured independently in each band ter sat These parameters are the following ones Vf 22KHz DiSEq
36. able to see the constellation on the TFT monitor Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 33 m Z 9 en Co JE JL J CD Z LLi User s Manual mediaMAX Press back key to turn back the main menu 10 1 4 Make measurements 1 Analog signals To get analog terrestrial signal measurements spot the signal as explained above and press meter key The monitor shows a screen with measures values The meter represents the following analog values Level Video Audio Video audio difference C N 34 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Video Line Wht LUE In analogue signals you can overlap to the picture of the tuned channel the oscillograme of one of the lines of the composed video The activation of this feature is carried out from Video Line Viewing in the IMAGE menu The line to be showed is selected in the option Video Line Number of the same menu 2 Digital signals To get digital terrestrial signal measurements spot the signal as explained above and press meter key The monitor shows a screen with measures values Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 35 m Z 9 en Co JE User s Manual mediaMAX JL I O ZZ The meter represents the following digital values Power e BER before Viterbi BER after Vit
37. active it is 5 With alphabetic entry active it is k Programs menu The options are the following Create program Save program Rename program Delete program Load programs from USB Save programs to USB Group management With numeric entry active it is 6 With alphabetic entry active itis m n o Band selection e Terrestrial 47 862 MHz e Cable 5 862 MHz e Satellite IF 863 2150 MHz With numeric entry active it is 7 With alphabetic entry active itispqrs Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI tools Tools menu Datalogger Satellite finder Band Scan DVB T PRO 200 mode Transmodulator Programming TS Recording With numeric entry active it is 8 With alphabetic entry active it is t u v supply Power supply menu RF IN voltage Off 5V 19V 13 V 18V 24v GMER e ono 22 KHz Off On Auto DiSEqC switch Off A B C D RF voltage on power up Off On e Motor e SalCR With numeric entry active it is 9 With alphabetic entry active itis wx yz autoscan This function allows tuning the selected carrier automatically it is it carries out an auto scanning of the carrier In case the carrier is not found an error message will be displayed Reserved of technical modifications and or errors m Zz e es ep HE EH 2 m Z LL User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 20 opti
38. age Process Group we should introduce the name of the group where we want to add a new program Once selected please push enter ADD PROGRAM Group to process Choose name Program to add Choose name View programs in group In the following message Add program we will select the name of the program that we want to add to the group which has been previously selected Remember that before selecting a group or program it should be previously created Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 83 JL I O ZZ User s Manual mediaMAX ADD PROGRAM Group to process FTE In the dialog box there is a last option Watch programs of the group In this mode we can have a control about the programs that we want to add to the group In case of duplicated programs an error message is displayed in order to inform that the current program could not be added ADD PROGRAM Group to process 1 4 j Program to add ANTENA 3 spa ILLI 18H Pressing Add the program will be inserted into the group we have selected and the dialog box will keep opened in order to continue adding new programs To finish the application please push Close 17 1 6 5 Delete a program This option will allow us to delete a program from a specific group Once the option is selected a dialog box will appear with the text Delete program Where we can see the message Process gr
39. al User s quick reference guide Document providing a list of the meter s components as well as the information concerning the meter s calibration e RCA JACK e CPR 1 cable DB9 male RJ 45 male e CPR 2 cable DB9 male DB9 male e Frequency plan guide Please do not throw away the original box it is specially designed for protecting your meter You might find it useful for transportation or in case you wish to have it calibrated in the future Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 7 JL J CD Z Lu 4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS RF Standards FM 88 108 MHz Terrestrial B G CCIR B G DE S band channels in Germany B G IT Ill band channels in Italy M PAL L L France UK D K OIR TS M N USA and Japan BB AU Australia D K PAL Satellite C and Ku bands Monitor Type 5 14cm TFT color Color standards PAL and SECAM Audio amplifier 1W inside the speaker Programs Memories 1000 programs could be saved inside the internal memory LNC power supply Voltage O 5V 13V 18V 13V 22Khz and 18V 22Khz shown by OSD Max current 450 mA short circuit protec ted DiSEqC 1 2 Auxiliary inputs outputs A V Minijack Audio Video input and output RS 232 Serial port for PC connection USB Host Driver USB 2 0 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Power Supply Battery Li lon 30 W hour Battery level ind Continuous control on OSD
40. e File menu and select the Import option A dialog box named Search Folder will appear Select then the folder log generated by MediaMAX MINI when is exporting the data into the USB device and choose OK As soon as the measurement data are read from USB they will be exported with the file structure into the Data Logger Viewer Name of the Group 1 mp hriz qaem 5 Er 2 ia le dn F la n al Programmes of the processed group Stored measure ment 1st measure E Stored measureme Repetition Group Characteristics Characteristics of the Watch the results of the measured programmes measurement 104 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI The measured data will be able to be watched and printed out For printing select the book symbol button to generate the documents In next window you should select the option Group of measurement that you want to print out The field information of the report can be filled out as you prefer with the data that describe the content of the group information that will be shown in the first page of the generated report PS 5 m Z en Co JE Alter introducing all the data confirm them with the button Create In the next window select the output options Type of selected printer De
41. e and longitude data the motor will be able to calculate the correct position of the satellites gotten in their internal list To adjust it you just need to direct the antenna towards any known satellite which will be the reference 46 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI The manual mode option 4 of the MOTOR menu allows the simple control of the turning of the positioner m Z 9 en Co JE The Rotation value indicates the number of motor steps to be turned towards East if the value is positive or towards West if it is negative In our motor DIMo 120 each step of the motor is equivalent to a 1 10 of degree A Zero value indicates a constant turning to East or West stopping when you push Enter again Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 47 JL I O a T User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 10 2 9 SatCR satellite channel router Unicable SatCR or Unicable is an extension of the protocol DiSEqC oriented to control the LNB allowing to combine and distribute up to 8 different input signals Through one single coaxial cable it is possible to bring the signal from 1 or more dishes to 8 different receivers For example applied to PVRs with twin tuner it allows watching one channel meanwhile another one is recorded without the necessity of distributing 2 cables trom the LNB to the receiver One device SatCR works shif
42. ed of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI M N STANDARD IMAGE CENTER IMAGE CENTER CHAN FREQ FREQ BAND CHAN FREQ FREQ BAND M Bo 630 WL CB 525 UN G5 60 WL CM 05125 650 dopo UB 525 UN 5 TUS T0 W CG 600325 A6 85 W CU 00925 OD Oooo o O O N y EO 48 W5 T VWH CHO 68725 88900 UHF 489 5 w0 VH C 69325 6go UHF NO 3935 VH CE Wmo o suo 500 UHE 75500 UF C4 5 5900 UHF C 78825 T8500 UHF 05 SN 590 UHF CH 7825 Wo 0m 54325 550 UHE C68 C28 c3 S25 55900 UHE 8 CM 525 590 UHF 8825 B500 UHF 63325 63500 885 25 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 117 HSI ISNA JL I O Z T User s Manual mediaMAX MINI B B AUSTRALIA STANDARD CHAN IMAGE FREQ CENTER FREQ BAND CHAN IMAGE FREQ d BAND 0 485 480 WL S 115 3256 5725 ow s3 3a 3950 64 25 oo w R 3425 3650 o 3 885 8950 vw s 3 398 VOO 5 10225 104 50 VHL O M55 3I ER Lo s9 355 35155 8 55 15 WL S3 m 3550
43. equency response function allows monitoring the digital C N levels for each DVB T carrier In fact the echoes can also be seen with the frequency response but the interpretation is different The EDM feature shows the interference level that is produced by an ECHO in the tuned multiplex 98 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Thanks to this feature we can detect easily if our installations receives any kind of rebound ECHO and if this is interfering in the quality of the tuned channel For this reason the EDM feature shows a percentage of the interference level of the signal that is received with delay regarding the tuned channel The following screenshot shows the frequency response for a near perfect DVB T carrier where alll the carriers have a similar level remaining almost hidden We can also see how the EDM variable keeps at 0 when it does not detect any ECHO in the tuned multiplex m A en Co JE The frequency response is almost flat for all the carriers 6816 carriers for an 8k DVB T in the above screenshot This means that the digital C N for all the carriers is very good The following screenshot shows the frequency response for a carrier with a delayed signal of 2us and with similar power than the main carrier For this case the EDM value is 10096 which shows that the ECHO is affecting noticeably the received signal The above screensho
44. er Measure To get the value of the marker in a punctual point Marker or the real value of the measurement of the channel Measurement 9 Sweep resolution Max High Medium Low 4 Detector mode Peak sample auto Choose detection Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 123 abc back enter spectrum meter Up down arrow keys Left right arrow keys on off mode option in Peak for analogue signals Detection mode in Sample for digital signals Auto mediaMAX MINI will choose it automatically depending on the kind of ET 2 Spectrum marker mode Simple Dual Linked 5 Reference level Auto 130 dB 120dB 110 dB 100 dB 90 80 dB 70 dB 6 Group Name The name of the gropus stored in the Datalogger appears Note In case any gropu is created in the Datalogger it won t be possible to navigate in group mode With numeric entry active it is 0 7 Spectrum Active Marker Selection of the active marker in case of using double marker GETE LITERIS Numeric and alphabetic entry activator When program mode selected this key shows a menu for select directly one registered program Cancel or return to previous action without modifying Confirm the selected option Display the picture of the tuned channel on the TFT monitor If selected channel is digital the monitor will represents the picture of the fi
45. eration or even worse a serious damage to the battery and to the meter e A field strength meter is a very sophisticated measurement device sensitive to sudden tempe rature and humidity changes and affected by impacts and vibrations Never open the meter by yourself Every manipulation inside the device requires specific instru ments An unqualified manipulation may cause serious damage in the meter e Always handle the meter with care it is a high technology device that may be damaged in case of improper use e Please do not obstruct the ventilation orifices situated on both sides of the meter in order not to overheat the system t is important not to use poor quality connectors nor right angle connectors and different adap ters since all these elements degrade the quality of the signal arriving to the meter s RF IN socket 6 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 3 PACKAGE CONTENTS Please check the contents of your package in the following list e Field Strength Meter e Bag e Belt and support for the belt m Zz es 3 HE Mains power supply 20V 2 5Amp e Mains power cable for the power supply Adapter F F female Please note that this is a high quality adapter Do not replace it by any other since the frequency response is specific for this system In case it s necessary replace it we advice to use ref FBU FBU Fte maxim
46. erbi Noise Margin C N MER Errors 10 1 5 Picture representation The mediaMAX MINI meter is equipped with three differents representation modes to show the information on the screen tv spectrum and meter Representation possibilities are the following 1 tv key active Activates the TV monitor mode showing the image of the selected signal In case of digital carriers this mode will represent the first program of FTA free to air terrestrial multiplex and satellite transponders If coded signal the image will not be represented e X 36 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Status bar is present for a short period of time after it will be hidden To makes it appear again press tv key 2 spectrum key active The monitor is divided in three parts status bar on top spectrum and at the bottom span and level information d Ch C64 B G 818 00MHz m Z 9 en Co JE 10MHz 45 7 dBuV D 3 meter key active The monitor is divided in two parts status bar and signal measurements information Note With digital signals the quality graphic bar is based on the Noise Margin measure As long as the Noise Margin measure is equal or higher the maximum value that the meter is able to represent the bar will be shown in 100 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors
47. eries or using the external power supply provided with the meter The mediaMAX MINI includes a 30W hour Li lon battery which will provide over two hours of operation without feeding L NC In order to charge the battery please connect the 20V 2 5A power adapter output to the meter after having checked that it is turned off The LED indicating battery charge will blink during charge At the end of the charge cycle the LED will stop blinking and will stay continuously ON Meter s battery could be charged with the devide switched on or switched off Important it s highly recomended to charge the battery only when it has been completely used Moreover in order to have a 100 full charged battery it could be necessary to charge it at least for 3 hours with the meter switched off 14 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 6 FRONT PANEL DESCRIPTION The mediaMAX MINI front panel presents the following apparearence 1 2 3 The front panel of the test equipment is made of 4 main parts 1 Monitor It displays the OSD menu that allows to navigate through the differents options to display the spectrum measurements pictures etc 2 Main keypad This keypad is composed of several keys with differents functions on off key band key meny keys Some of these keys made part of a numerical keypad that can be used to entry the frequency value channel or program value
48. esolution filter 1MHz Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 Analog signals Level Video Audio level C N sync pulse TV 20 130 dBuV SAT 30 130 dBuV Units dBuV dBmV dBm Precision 1 5 dB 25 C of environment temperature after a heating of 30 minutes Range Acustic signal Audio frequency proportional to signal level Image YES TERRESTRIAL Digital DVB S QPSK Measurements Channel Power Noise Mar gin C N BER before and after Viterbi MER Wrong Packets Standards DVB and DSS Symbol Rate up to 45Ms Constellation QPSK Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO DVB S2 QPSK and 8PSK Modes QPSK and 8PSK Measurements Channel Power Noise Mar gin C N BER before and alter of the decoder LDPC BCH MER Wrong Packets Symbol Rate up to 40Ms ConstellationS QPSK 8PSK Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO Reserved of technical modifications and or errors User s Manual mediaMAX MINI DVB T COFDM Measurements Channel Power Noise Margin C N BER before and alter Viterbi MER Wrong Packets Mode FFT 2K 8K and AUTO Guard Intervals 1 4 1 8 1 16 y 1 82 AUTO Internal Modulations 64QAM AUTO Band Widths 8 7 6MHz and AUTO Offset Automatically manager up to 500Khz ConstellationS QPSK 16QAM 64QAM Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO QPSK 16QAM Decoding MPEG2 Available to displa
49. f the transponder that we want to transmit through the selected pilot In the option 6 we should fix the frequencies of the Local Oscillator which corresponds to the con nected LNB Navigation Mode in SatCR Through the key nav we accede to different types of navigation through the spectrum If we select SatCR Mode when we turn the rotary key we are actuating over the transponder frequency asso ciated to the active pilot The band identifier of the top left part will change to indicate this mode Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 49 m Z 9 en Co JE JL J CD Z Lu User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 10 3 Cable signal measurement 10 3 1 Frequency band selection For cable band selection press one or several times band key until the monitor shows the message Switching to satellite band The switching sequence is the following Terrestial band gt Cable band gt Satellite band EN gO Ch C27 B G Y 519 25MHz Switching to cable 100MHz 70 8dBuV 2 Once this option has been selected a cable logo appears on the left top of the status bar In case of the meter doesn t show the above message it could be necessary to go into the setup menu select RF option and active show cable band Can C69 BG 858 00MHz Potencia 75 3 dBuV Noise Margin 14 8 dB BER b lt 1 000e 08 MER 40 0 dB Errores O FEC 1 1 Modu
50. g program Turn the wheel and select Rename program option A new window with the headline Rename program will appear RENAME PROGRAM Current name Choose name New name Choose name First press Choose name this option is just below the line Current name A new window with the program list will appear Turn the wheel until you select the wished program You will come back to the previous screen and now the name of the program will appear below the line Current name Now select the Choose name option which is just below the line New name A small new window where you have to write the new name with the alphanumerical keyboard will appear The ABC 123 key allows changing from writing numbers numerical entry or writing letters alphabetical entry The field strength meter is configured in alphabetical mode by default If there is any mistake it is possible to remove the last letter by pressing the left arrow from horizontal cursors Once the new name is written press Enter and turn the wheel in order to select OK and confirm it to memorize it Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 61 User s Manual mediaMAX RENAME PROGRAM Current name PGM_K New name PGM_XW JL I O ZZ 11 1 4 Detele a program This option allow to delete a stored program To do it select the option Delete program and con firm with yes option DELETE PROGRAM Tercncon
51. g that we can select through this option All Programs Autoscan Satellites and Datalogger The dialog box of configu ration appears for selecting the name of the backup file we want to restore as well as the previous options of restoring Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 67 JL J CD Z LLi User s Manual mediaMAX SETUP 20071008132707 Restore options All Programs Autoscan 23 Datalogger SETUP 20071008132707 Restore options All 20071008132707 20071004175935 20071003135249 94 20070912165927 Push on the name to select the file that you want to restore Then push on the option All to see the available options that you want to restore 68 Restore all It imports all the files from the backup If any file from the USB has the same name that another file from the receiver it will be replaced by the one from the USB Restore Programs It restores the default program list from the backup If any program from the USB has the same name that another program from the receiver it will be replaced by the one from the USB Restore Autoscan It imports the tuning configurations of the Autoscan If any file from the USB has the same name that another file from the receiver it will be replaced by the one from the USB Restore Satellites It updates the satellite list for the satellite searcher If any program from the USB has the same name that another p
52. ge External 20V 2 5A Mechanics Dimensions 270x170x70mm bag Weight 1 850 Kg Frequency Range 5 862 MHz and 863 21 50MHz Tuning Continuous in full band Steps 50KHz terrestrial band and 500KHz satellite band Input Impedance 75 Ohms Connector F type male FBU FBU adaptor Protection 50 VDC 130dByV 3V RMS Attenuator O 60dB AUTO range mode selectable Spectrum Bands 5 862MHz and 863 2150MHz Detection Peak and Average Display mode Horizontal sweep and logarit mic amplitude Marker Single Precision Terr 1 5 dB 25 C Sat 2 dB 25 C of environment temperature after a heating of 30 minutes Span Full 500 200 10 MHz Resolution filter 300 kHz 100 50 20 or Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 Analog signals Level Video Audio level C N sync pulse TV 20 130 dBuV SAT 30 130 dBuV Units dBuV dBmV dBm Precision 1 5 dB 25 C of environment temperature after a heating of 30 minutes Range Acustic signal Audio frequency proportional to signal level Image YES TERRESTRIAL Digital DVB S QPSK Measurements Channel Power Noise Mar gin C N BER before and after Viterbi MER Wrong Packets Standards DVB and DSS Symbol Rate up to 45Ms Constellation QPSK Image MPEG 2 SD YES MPEG 4 NO DVB S2 QPSK and 8PSK Modes QPSK and 8PSK
53. grams could be saved in side the internal memory Data Logger 4000 measures could be saved inside the internal memory These values could be downloaded through USB port LNC power supply Voltage O 5V 13V 18V 18V 22Khz and 18V 22Khz shown by OSD Max current 450 mA short circuit protec ted DiSEqC 1 2 Auxiliary inputs outputs A V Minijack Audio Video input and output RS 232 Serial port for PC connection USB Host Driver USB 2 0 User s Manual mediaMAX Power Supply Battery Li lon 30 W hour Battery level ind Continuous control on OSD Battery life 2 h without LNB power supply Charging time Aprox 3 hours for 10096 it depends on battery previous charge External 20V 2 5A Mechanics Dimensions 270x1 70x 0mm bag Weight 1 850 Kg Frequency Range 47 862 MHz and 863 2150MHz Tuning Continuous in full band Steps 50KHz terrestrial band and 500KHz satellite band Input Impedance 75 Ohms Connector F type male FBU FBU adaptor Protection 50 VDC 130dBuV 3V RMS Attenuator O 60dB AUTO range mode selectable Spectrum Bands 47 862MHz and 863 2150MHz Detection Peak and Average Display mode Horizontal sweep and logarit mic amplitude Marker Single Precision 1 5 dB 25 C of environment temperature after a heating of 30 minutes Span Full 500 200 100 50 20 or 10 MHz R
54. h When DiSEqC satellite switches are installed it s necessary to use commands according this stand ard to get the signal from satellite LNB If the meter detects that the cable has been disconnected and connected again resend the DiSEqC information to select the correct switch The mediaMAX MINI is equipped with an option inside the menu supply that allow to send these commands Press supply key and select DiSEqC switch option It will show the following options e Off No active A Select switch A B Select switch B C Select switch C D Select switch D Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 45 JL I O e User s Manual mediaMAX 10 2 8 Motor Control Using the DiSEqC 1 2 commands it is possible to control one motorized positioner To use it it is necessary that you select the Satellite Band in the meter and activate the feeding of the LNB needed for the motor 2 Store position in motor Init 4 Manual mode The first option of the menu allows the positioning of the antenna at any of the positions fixed in the memory of the motor When you activate it the concerning DiSEqC command is sent to the motor With the option 2 we can save the current position of the motor at any empty space of its internal memory The option 3 gathers the options of the USALS system Universal Satellites Automatic Location System In this case after giving the current latitud
55. ical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI D K K DK PAL STANDARD CONTINUED CHAN IMAGE FREQ CENTER FREQ BAND CHAN IMAGE FREQ CENTER FREQ BAND 03 ow ms wm ow ms wm w EE EE 8925 9 ws mm w ow ms mm w ow ms wm wo S ow ms wm w ow ms wm w ow ws mm w 7 ow mms mm wo a m ms mm w om o ms wa om ow ms mm w um ms wm w o sw ms mm w cw ws wm ow mw ms mm w cw mn wa wo S cw ms mm w m ms mm w ow ms wmm w m ms mm w w ma wm w S dL LLLI Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 115 m Z 0 m Co JL JL I O Z T User s Manual mediaMAX MINI STANDARD CENTER CENTER CHAN IMAGE FREQ FREQ BAND CHAN IMAGE FREQ FREQ BAND EN NUNC NU TN o ss x3 w ms mm EUER w 00 ms E ok wm wm ow o m sm wo ow mn ome wo n wm wo omm we oc mm ow Se See w ow s me w cw Ws mm wo ow s me w mw ms wo 116 Reserv
56. ing datas rev 2 1 94 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 17 2 3 5 Show satellites This option allows showing the list of satellites Pushing on the blue text a dialog box will appear with the list of satellites Display all satellites EO7 0 Eutelsat W3A E10 0 Eutelsat W1 E13 0 Hotbird E16 0 Eutelsat W2 E19 2 Astra m zz 0 m Co JE 17 2 3 6 New satellite paremeters This option allows upgrading the parameters from one specific satellite and overwriting them on the previous data Note The meter must be locked to a digital satellite signal previously in order to make this option work New satellite parameters E19 2 Astra 2 Scratching datas Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 95 User s Manual mediaMAX Confirm the upgrading of the data JL I O ZZ 17 3 Band scan It allows us to carry out a complete sweep of the Terrestrial and cable CUED Band and to store the detected TV programs in the band into a group of measurements In the Terrestrial and cable CIE Band go to the tool Band Scan You will see the following window rev 2 1 96 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI In the option 2 Autoscan Standard you can select between Actual or All f you select Actual the sweep
57. ital measure the measures and the spectrum are stored If it is external USB memory t would be the same case than in the internal memory but in case of TV signal the picture would be stored as well JL I O ZZ Basic Only the value of the measures will be stored independently of the kind of storage memory device jJ Pause in FM Da TC 4 Measure type Period min 17 1 6 7 5 Repeating With this option we can select between 1 to 255 values it is the number of times we want the mea sure is repeated in order to get more accuracy in the final calculation Pause in FM bane it IM eas ure ipe 5 Perlod min 88 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 17 1 6 7 6 Period It is the repeating time of the measurement by default one and it is expressed in minutes Every time the measure will be repeated If we push on the rotating key we can write a value between 1 and 256 w r DRE 1 B T Di X m Z en Co JE 6 Perlod min 17 1 6 7 7 Temporize measurements This option allows configuring the time to programme a measurement at one specific time In case this option is enabled the option for configuring the time when the new measurement will be carried out will be displayed NEW MEASUREMENT 08 10 2007 16 45 17 1 7 Working disk With this option we have the possibility of choo
58. l modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI ec 1 Ci i afi it fel Select one of them and confirm clicking the wheel For digital satellite signal it is necessary setup signal parameters Select Digital modulation It is necessary to setup symbol rate and mode Auto symbol rate EIR J Constellation display t _ tS Symbol rate This value should be fixed based on broadcaster information Mode DVB DSS Normally DVB will be used Spectrum inversion auto Auto symbol rate You will be able to select if the detection of the Symbol Rate is going to be Automatic On or Manual Off In Manual mode Off the value of the Symbol Rate should be fixed by the user based on the provider s information In Automatic mode On the meter will automatically identify the SR when a Satellite carrier is tuned This feature is very useful when the provider s information is unknown The SR value found will appear in the field of selection of the SR menu This value found by the meter could not correspond exactly to the real broadcast SR but to a very close value NOTE The Automatic Symbol Rate feature does not work when the carrier quality is very poor or and with a very low Power Level DVB To switch between the modes DVB S and DVB S2 Constellation display In this option you can choose the type of displaying of the constellation GITEN Reserved
59. l video input through the Mini Jack A V IN connector Support for External Hard Disks USB 2 0 directly fed from the meter The MediaMAX MINI is capable of feeding the external hard disks USB 2 0 always that they respect the limitation of current to 500 mA established in the USB norm 26 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 9 METER OPERATION 9 1 First time operation Before using your meter for the first time please charge it completely follow the indications in the chapter Meter s Power Supply The battery is completely charged at the factory once the meter is finished but the battery may be low when you purchase it 9 2 Meter starting up The mediaMAX MINI field strengh meter is ready to begin work with it therefore there is not any kind of installation to do for starting it up Press the ON OFF key to switch on the meter The power may be supplied through the mains or through the internal battery Once it has been switched on the monitor shows a picture with Fte maximal logo meter serial num ber and current firmware version This information is important if customer service is requested for technical support regarding the meter Mini S2T S N 061508410000 _ Fpga 1 03 Firmware 1 02 9 3 Factory default You can find this option in the menu Set Up System Default Values Once you have selected it it resets the meter getting back
60. lacion 128 QAM Tiempo 00008 05 10 3 2 Use spectrum mode to spot a signal To represent the frequency spectrum on the screen and spot a signal press the spectrum key When this selection is active the green led over the key will be switched on To identify a signal to do it with a span of 50 MHz is advised default value in cable For select it use left and right arrows keys The span current value is shown at the left bottom part of the monitor rev 2 1 50 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI With the spectrum on screen move the rotary wheel to sweep the frequency band to spot the target signal If only spectrum is needed on the monitor press the buttom spectrum to active it In cable band nav key selects only frequency mode to sweep the band normally by frequency with 100 KHz steps 10 3 3 Measurement selection With the target signal identified it s necessary to select the signal type analog or digital Press op tions key select Carrier mode and there will be two differents options e Analog if analog signal e Digital if digital signal m A en Co JE Select one of them and confirm clicking the wheel For digital cable signal it is necessary setup signal parameters Select Digital modulation It is necessary to setup the following parameters 1 Symbol rate This parameter should be fixed according to
61. le to see the constellation on the TFT monitor 10 3 4 Make measurements 1 Analog signals To get analog cable signal measurements spot the signal as explained above and press meter key It switches on the led over the key and the monitor and the monitor shows a screen with mea sures values The meter represents the following analog values evel Video Audio Video audio difference C N 52 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Q 519 2MHz v Level 66 6 dBuV V 37 0 dBuV A 36 0 dBuV A V 1 0 dB 32 4 dB m Z 9 en Co JE 2 Digital signals To get digital cable signal measurements spot the signal as explained above and press meter key It switches on the led over the key and the monitor and the monitor shows a screen with measures values The meter represents the following digital values Power Noise Margin BER before Viterbi MER e e e e Errors Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 53 JL J Z Im User s Manual mediaMAX 10 3 5 Picture representation The mediaMAX MINI meter is equipped with three differents representation modes to show the information on the screen tv spectrum and meter Representation possibilities are the following 1 tv key active Activates the TV monitor mode showing the image of the selected sig
62. lows copying the data stored in the external USB 2 0 storage device Once this option has been selected the current group data we are working with will be copied directly to the device Exporting datas 17 1 6 Group Management acre leas step by step Ex e measurement uL M S a Ay ee Be eet z em 80 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 17 1 6 1 Creating a group This option allows creating a new group poe 4B 89 AAA MAA MAS LM j GROLID M AIACEAAL 2 i ROU PONAT AGI E INT ENT p P b NUUM Lm Copy group E Once selected a dialog box with the text Create a new group will be displayed and in blue colour the text Write the name Push the rotating key or the enter key to begin the edition CREATE NEW GROUP Enter name To name the group please introduce it with the alphanumeric keys of the keyboard In case of error it is possible to delete the last setter by pressing the left arrow of the horizontal cur sors Once the name has been written please push enter and turn the rotating key to right to select Yes and confirm to store it Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 81 m Z 9 en Co JE JL I O ZZ User s Manual mediaMAX 17 1 6 2 Copy a group This option allows copying the information from o
63. nal In case of digital carriers this mode will represent the first program of FTA free to air terrestrial multiplex and satellite transponders If coded signal the image will not be represented x y 519 2MHz Status bar is present for a short period of time after it will be hidden To makes it appear again press tv key 2 spectrum key active The monitor is divided in three parts status bar on top spectrum and at the bottom span and level information f f 5 0MHz 1 10MHz 3068dBuV 1 54 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 3 meter key active The monitor is divided in two parts status bar and signal measurements information m Z 9 en Co JE 10 4 Double marker The double marker option allows making measurements comparing between 2 points of the spectrum calculating automatically the difference of frequencies and level between them This utility is available only when the spectrum is shown in full screen mode The selection of the double marker mode is carried out from the submenu SPECTRUM CONFIGURATION in the OPTIONS menu Mar NET Vall Jes 4 Detector mode Spectrum marker mode Dual Linked In the Double mode the movement of one of the two markers can be controlled separately In the mode Joint the distance in frequency between both markers is fi xed and it will shift
64. nction as the OK key in PRO 200 In order to leave the PRO 200 mode press any key of the alphanumeric keyboard If you press the tv spectrum or meter key you will leave the PRO 200 tool but the application will keep loaded in the memory of the field strength meter so if you access to the PRO 200 tool again the loading of the application will be faster Connection cables needed n order to program Genius amplifiers we need a DB9 male DB9 male cable Reference FTE CPR 2 Code 3002029 The pins connections are the following 100 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI CPR2 DB9 macho DB9 macho 1 1 A 3 3 5 5 17 6 Transmodulators programming From this tool it is possible to program the transmodulators modules of 310 series m Zz es 3 From this menu we can configure the modules visualize the measurements of the treated signals read the events log and update the firmware among other functions 5v TRANSMODULATOR PROG 1 f TKQ310O ALIAS i 1 Select device 2 Device status s a a m 3 Set front end gt Set modulator a 5 Set output channel B 6 System Information 7 Save recal m T In order to program the transmodulators we need a DB9 male RJ 45 cable Reference CPR 1 Code 30020296 The pins connections are the following CPR 1
65. ne group to another one COPY GROUP Copy from Choose name Once selected the option Copy Group a dialog box is displayed with the text Copy from and in blue colour the text Write the name Push the rotating key or the enter key to select the group you select to copy the information from it only will be copied the group configuration and the contained programs The measurements carried out in the origin group will not be copied Once selected please push enter and turn the rotating key to right to select Yes and confirm 17 1 6 3 Delete a group This option allows deleting a group DELETE GROUP Choose name Once the option is selected a dialog box will appear with the text Delete Group and in blue colour the text Select name Press the rotating key or the enter button to select the group you want to delete 82 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Confirm the suppression m Z 9 en Co JE Once the group is selected please push enter button and turn the rotating key to left to select Yes and confirm to delete it A dialog box will appear in order to confirm the deleting Push Yes 17 1 6 4 Add a program With this option we will configure our groups with the list of programs which will compose the group Once the option is selected a dialog box will appear with the text Add program Where we can see the mess
66. ode To execute this functionality it is recommended to place the meter in spectrum mode in order to be able to watch the different carriers Navigate through the different carriers using the navigation key or introducing directly the frequency Once you are placed on the analogue signal carrier or at the centre of the digital channel please push the blue key autoscan At that moment the meter will test different configurations up to being able to tune correctly the scanned channel AUTOSCAN IN PROGRESS Carrier mode Analog Terrestrial standard BG 66 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 14 METER BACKUP This option allows configuring the following options through the configuration menu m A es Co JE 14 1 Copy all to usb Once this option is selected a dialog box will appear showing the name of the file in zip format with which will be stored into the USB device The file name has the format YEAR MONTH DAY HOUR MINUES SECONDS Exporting datas 20071008152707 zip Note if the zip file is decompressed the different files will be classified in different folders depending on the type of file extension In this manner the backup file is organized on Programs Datalogger Satellites or Autoscan 14 2 Restore backup from USB This option allows restoring the meter There are different options for restorin
67. ogger To access to Data Logger push the tools button and then go to Data Logger option Reserved of technical modifications and or errors T5 m Z 9 en Co JE User s Manual mediaMAX The data logger disposes of the following options 17 1 1 New measurement This option allows carrying out the measurements of a concrete group DATALOGGER 2 New meas step by step f JL O Z 4 Remove measurement Once it is selected a dialog box will appear with the text New measurement In the field Add measurement to the group select the name of the group where you want to store the measure ment NEW MEASUREMENT 2 Add measure to group NOMGRUP Programmed Measures MEASPREPROG1 Measure name MEASPREPROG1 uto 2 Stat o Camel p a A pre programmed measurement point is exactly the same to a point of measurement but it doesn t have any measurement The advantage is that you will have the name of the measurement point without the need of introducing it into the meter For creating these pre programmed measurement points it is recommended the complete version of Datalogger which allows creating groups progra ms and measurements as well as creating reports Push on the blue text of the field Pre Programmed measures and the list for selecting the name of the folder where the measurement configura
68. ons Signals setup options 1 Carrier mode Analog digital 2 Digital modulation it depends on selected band COFDM Setup 1 Spectrum inversion Auto On Off Guard interval Auto 1 8 1 16 1 32 Bandwidth Auto 8 MHz 7 MHz 6MHz Priority High low Offset Auto O 125 125 166 166 333 333 O B amp B WN T Mode Auto 8K 2 K 500 500 The default value for Span is 50 MHz Constellation display Off Full 1 2 3 4 To showthe constellation diagram in measurement mode mini S2cT OPSK Setup Symbol rate 1000 50000 Ts 2 3 4 D Mode DVB DSS Spectrum inversion Auto On Off Auto symbol rate On Off DVB DVBS1 DVBS2 AUTO Constellation display Off Full 1 2 3 4 To show the constellation diagram in measurement mode mini 5 CT The default value for Span in Satellite is 100 MHz QAM Setup 1 Symbol rate 870 7000 2 Spectrum inversion Auto On Off 3 Constellation 256 128 64 32 16 4 Constellation display Off Full 1 2 3 4 To show the constellation diagram in measurement mode 5 The Span value by default in cable is 50 MHz 3 DVB Service le 2 3 4 D Mode Auto Manual Video PIDs 1 65535 Audio PIDs 1 65535 PCR PID 1 65535 Program selection only when tuned 4 Spectrum configuration ds 2 Span 10 MHz 20 MHz 50 MHz 100 MHz 200 MHz 500 MHz Full Marker values Mark
69. or CUATRO spa Canal Prog T5 Sport s TELEDEPO TELEDEPORT This option will show a program list alphabetically sorted Select the program and confirm the action rev 9 1 62 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 11 1 5 Load program from USB This option allows to upload a program from USB device Before use this option connect USB devi ce Otherwise meter will show a message asking for it Lil n B f itl 11 1 6 Save program to USB This option allow to create a security copy of programs on USB device Before to use this option connect the USB devide Otherwise the meter will show a message asking for it 11 1 7 Group management From this option you can manage all the groups this menu is the same as Groups management in Datalogger Check the tools Datalogger section of this user s guide for further information 11 1 8 Navigation by program If program option is selected in navigation mode it s possible to sweep the band by program instead of frequency or channel Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 63 m Z en Co JE User s Manual mediaMAX pe 575 25MHz v Frequency mode Channel mode Program mode 100MHz 887dBuV 2 JL J CD Z navigate through differents program use click wheel It s possible to select diretly the program pressing
70. othe 86 eLO r Pause TT 87 17 10 7208 Pause rtt ni 87 EPI RON A Kind nr 88 Tels Pel Se Km 88 Tle BOO T 89 89 INR 89 t vin 90 ta Saele e m 90 91 oss NO Nr m 92 T5259 Add neu tun bud tuae 93 T5292 Delete kate oiu d ee pibe nbn bini 93 Tes 94 Tif 2a 94 TD c 95 T1 2 9 5 New satellite Parameters basi dite Leib 95 DG a 96 ips Mz gos MER MNT M TNR S 97 DEA S E 2 Lm 98 EG Fa se eM c m 98 17 4 3 When to use the impulse response mode or the frequency bd dd E 100 PROZO 100 10 ELE VS Re 101 LEN ce AIG se P 102 era TIE Ong penas 102 ANNEX Tel OF TV OWO 108 ANNEX 2 Channels Pai iMRI 106 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 1 INTRODUCTION Note This user s guide is adapted to software version v 1 211 of media
71. oup we should introduce the name of the group where the program we want to delete is placed Once it is selected we must push enter 84 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI REMOVE PROGRAM Group to process Choose name Program to remove Choose name In the following message Delete group please select the name of the program that you want to delete Pushing the Delete button an additional dialog box will be displayed to contirm the deleting of the program Removing program Push Yes To finish please push Close button 17 1 6 6 Load group from USB This option allows importing from a USB memory to the field strength meter except for the measu rements made Before using this option you must connect a USB memory Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 85 m Z en Co JE User s Manual mediaMAX 17 1 6 7 Group Options This option allow us to configure all the following options Measure type JL O Z 17 1 6 7 1 Name of the Group Once this option is selected a dialog box will appear with the list of groups created This option allows selecting the group we want to work with simply pushing over it 4 Measure b 86 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI
72. rogram from the receiver it will be replaced by the one from the USB Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Restore Datalogger It imports the Dataloguer options If any file from the USB has the same name that another file from the receiver it will be replaced by the one from the USB Push Yes for restoring Restore datas from USB 20071008132707 zip Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 69 m Z 9 en Co JE User s Manual mediaMAX 15 CLOCK ADJUSTMENTS In this menu you can adjust the time of the receiver In order to access to this menu pres key 5 Setup and select Clock 15 1 Time auto set In this option you can select the clock in two modes e Auto The field strength meter will adjust the time of the clock when it tunes any digital channel and gets this information e Manual It shows the time that you configure by hand on the section Time JL J O Z LLi rr T 2 GMT L I 15 2 GMT Select the different time according to Greenwich time in your local time 70 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 15 3 Time Selecting this option a new window that allows introducing by hand the time and date will appear CLOCK SETTING 22 06 2009 11 10 m Z 9 en Co JE In order to move through all the
73. rst transponder multiplex program Display the frequency spectrum on the monitor Display the measurements values of the selected signal The information depends on the signal type Analog signals Level C N audio Digital signals Power C N Quality BER before after Viterbi MER Movement inside the OSD menu options When a digital signal is locked these keys allow to navigate through the differents program services In picture mode these keys allow to modify audio volume In spectrum mode they modify the span Meter switch on off Reserved of technical modifications and or errors m A en Co JE 2 I 2 Z LL User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 6 2 Rotary Click wheel The click rotary wheel is one of the main mediaMAX MINI controls It manages in an easy way the navigation through the menu options The actions of the wheel are the following three left turn right turn and click functions Using them is possible to manage the whole OSD menu Lu k Turning the wheel it s possible to go up and down through the differents options of the menu If monitor is showing a spectrum with signals the wheel movements will sweep the band A short click on the wheel it s interpreted as an OK it confirms the selection a long click cancels the action and goes out the OSD 07 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 7 STATUS BAR
74. s complete and it contains the information to make run the meter although there are options which only can be used in some models In case that some chapter or section concems only to some models and not to ALL models this chapter will be marked as follows mediaMAX MINI LT mediaMAX MINI S2T mediaMAX MINI S2CT Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 5 m Z Q es 3 User s Manual mediaMAX 2 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BEST USE OF mediaMAX MINI The aim of this manual is to provide the fundamentals of the operation of the field strength meters in order to make the best ot it The mediaMAX MINI field strength meter is a portable devices conceived for exterior use with certain limitations e t is not advisable to use the strength meter under the rain although it is water proof it could be damaged if the water penetrates inside I 2 Z LL t is recommended not to use the meter in case of extreme weather conditions such as tempe ratures below O degrees or over 40 degrees centigrade e Never use your meter as a standing support e The mains power supply is designed for indoor use so it must not be used outdoor Always use the power supply adapter provided with your meter Please keep always in mind the following recommendations Please note that the meter s battery is specifically designed for the device An eventual replace ment by any other could cause a failure of op
75. select option 4 Spectrum confi guration Select then in the option 4 Detection Mode and fi x it in Maxim 56 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 617 85MHz m Zz e es ep HE Maximum Curren The value of the maximum values will be deleted on the screen each time that the marker shift from the current window Also you can force a deleting of the maximum values on the screen pushing the Back key Note When the mode Maximums is selected the automatic attenuator will be automatically disabled and it passes from the real time spectrum detection to the Peak mode In case of variation of the reference level use the cursor keys Up Down This mode is especially interesting to detect sporadic noise 10 6 Use of MediaMAX EVO S2 to match the GSM telephony signals QUIE mint S2cT In MediaMAX EVO S2 the satellite band has been extended in its lower part from 950 MHz up to 863 MHz which will make this equipment specially indicated to measure signals coming from GSM 900 MHz It is not needed to carry out any special adjustment to watch these frequencies between 863 and 950MHz You can also do it using the numerical keyboard pressing the key 123 ABC and then introducing the frequency with the numeric keys at front panel or directly turning the rotary key in trequency mode like you would do in any other satellite frequency With a
76. simple sweep of the Standard spectrum it is very diffi cult to see the GSM signals due to they are spread spectrum signals that varies its frequency very fast With the Maximums mode of detection capturing these signals is possible To measure GSM signals in band 900 MHz enable the mode Maximums like is described in the previous chapter and place the spectrum around 900 MHz Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 57 User s Manual mediaMAX Qe 895 0MHz JL c Z Im C2100MHz 64 2 624dBuV 2 You will see the carriers in real time in yellow colour each certain time The wrapping of these signals will appear in grey colour which corresponds to the real signal captured with the meter rev 9 1 58 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 11 PROGRAMS mediaMAX MINI meter allows to create programs of the differents signal that user is analyzing and measuring One program will store several information as current meter status frequency screen mode spectrum measurement image selected signal mode and supply mode if exists In order to select program as navigation mode it s important that at least one program it s created before 11 1 Edit programs To create a program mediaMAX MINI meter select program menu by pressing programs key Possible options are hereafter explained 11 1 1 Create program This option will allo
77. sing if we want to work into the internal disk or in the external storage device USB 2 0 Once the option is selected a dialog box will appear and we will be able to choose among three different options Auto The Meter decides where the data will be stored If there is external memory con nected the Meter will store the data in it If not it will use the internal memory USB The Meter always will try to use the external memory connected to the USB port If this memory has not been connected an error message will be shown reminding that there was an error storing the data and it will be not stored Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 89 JL J CD Z LLi User s Manual mediaMAX Internal Always the internal memory is used to store the data Display measurements E JOFL measurement 6 Working disk NOTE If the kind of measure of a group is complete and it is selected USB as storage device the Meter will be able to store a capture of the Picture in JPEG format to be viewed later in the Data Logger software in the computer 17 2 Satellite finder This tool allows carrying out the following actions 1 Identify the satellite 2 Search a satellite 3 Configuration of options 17 2 1 Identify the satellite This option searches based in a list of satellites that the meter has configured and it will identify the satellite that is being tuned It informs if the satellite is
78. stination printer Destination file File format type Number of copies Please confirm just pressing OK NOTE In case of exporting files to PDF format you should add to the file pdf manually For example if the file is called test you should name it test pdf Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 105 JL J CD Z I User s Manual mediaMAX 106 ANNEX Il CHANNELS PLAN FOR LIEU GME CoE Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI B G CCIR STANDARD CHAN IMAGE FREQ CENTER FREQ BAND CHAN IMAGE FREQ pu BAND E B5 S50 455 3025 435 o B 55 Wi S9 35 O 3o 6 H 808 BD VIL SX 3525 3e o poop 8 30 oy S MEE NM NET o B m5 m Ch o E M05 o O V C 825 o E 65 850 VH CH 29525 E N95 o m5 5 8500 E 855 5000 UH oo poop 00 825 UN 6 o 82 1285 2050 8500 8 325 300 VH 3 UN o Su 55 300 VWH C6 65 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 107 HSIION3 JL I O Z Lu User s Manual mediaMAX MINI B G CCIR STANDARD
79. t shows the typical behavior of the frequency response when a clear echo is present Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 99 EH 2 Z LL User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 17 4 3 When to use the impulse response mode or the frequency response The impulse response function is very useful when pointing antennas as it will be possible to choo se the antenna direction in which the carrier echoes are the lowest possible The Frequency response function will help more to monitor the global signal quality it is more visual than simple C N measurement or to adjust narrow band filters Note If the echoes fall out of the guard interval the signal will be almost impossible to decode This means that it will be also very difficult to lock so probably the meter will not be able to analyze it 17 5 Pro 200 mode This option simulates the screen of PRO 200 programmer This way you can program the following compatible devices from the field strength meter Genius 6 Genius 10 Genius ICT In order to access to this tool press the 8 key tool and select PRO 200 Mode option You will access to a screen which is the same as PRO 200 programmer FTE maximal Vil 2 Updating Pro200 Resources Please Wait In order to program this way the keys work the same way as in PRO 200 Horizontal and vertical cursors The back key has the same function as the cancel key in PRO 200 The enter key has the same fu
80. the Bit Rate symbol rate of the channel data which is supplied by the operador 2 Spectrum inversion Pushing on this field you can see the following options Auto Enables the automatic way of spectrum inversion On Enables the manual way of spectrum inversion Off Disables the manual spectrum inversion You should enabled in case it is necessary to invert the spectrum If you select inco rrectly the inversion of the spectrum the reception will be not correct 3 Constellation This parameter will be fixed according to the modulation of the channel This data is supplied by the operator of the channel You can select different constella tions modulations 16 OAM 32 OAM 64 OAM 128 OAM y 256 OAM Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 51 EH 2 Z LL User s Manual mediaMAX MINI 4 Show the Constellation n this option you can choose the type of displaying of the constellation Pushing on the field Constellation Display you can select Off Disables the viewing of the constellation Full Allows watching the 4 parts of the diagram 4 quadrants 1 Allows watching the first quadrant higher left 2 Allows watching the second quadrant higher right 3 Allows watching the third quadrant lower right 4 Allows watching the forth quadrant lower left Once selected the quadrant to be represented exit of the menu and select the meter mode to be ab
81. ting the frequency of the input signal to another fixed intermediate fre quency generating a narrow output sub band which will be called pilot Combining different SatCR devices these pilots which can belong to different LNB with different polarizations can be multi plexed and distributed through one single cable E 2 Horizontal or Vertical 4 Pilots init 6 Manual setti The option Pilot number allows selecting some of the available pilots Through the options 2 and 3 we will select the polarity and band of the transponder we want to associate with the selected pilot The option Initialize pilots allows defining when the information exchange will happen information between LNB and the meter being their option Never Always and Start In this exchange the LNB informs about its basic features like the number and frequency of the used pilots In case of one intermediate switch the option 5 allows selecting one of their positions Finally the option 6 allows adjusting the rest of parameters in each one of the 8 possible pilots 48 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Activate pilots Pilots frequency The option Init forces the starting of the identification of performance of the LNB previously explai ned The options 2 and 3 allow selecting the active pilots In the option 5 we will select the frequency o
82. tions will be stored will appears Only in case of creating the folder into the USB in the before specified route 76 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 2 1 rev 2 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI a NEW MEASUREMENT Add measure to group NOMGRUP Programmed measures MEASPREPROG1 MEASPREPROG 1 MEASPREPROG2 Push enter for selecting the name of the folder where all the measurement configurations will be stored Note The field Pre programmed measures can be deleted if you do not want to store the measu rements into the USB device In this case the new measurement will be edited in the field Name of measure directly Finally select the name of the measurement to carry out in the field Name of measurement Push on the blue text to edit the name and push enter NEW MEASUREMENT en p LOGGING IN PROGRESS 2 Add measure to group er I NOMGRUP Programmed measures iE MEASPREPROG2 Measure name _MEASPREPROG2 Push Start to begin with the measurements A dialog box will be opened where you will be able to see the progress of the different programmed measurements that are part of the group These measurements are stored in the file named previo usly When the measurements are finished the window of measurements is automatically displayed In case you change the band the icon of the band is changed if you programme to make the pauses between bands or
83. to pause passing to FM Reserved of technical modifications and or errors TT m Z 9 en Co JE JL I O e User s Manual mediaMAX 17 1 2 new measurement step by step This option will allow making the measures of a certain group stopping at the program while waiting for the confirmation in order to start measuring It works the same as explained in the previous point but before every program to be measured the field strength meter remains waiting for your confirmation showing you the following screen LOGGING IN PROGRESS Next C50 AN BG Press the wheel in order to start the measurement each time that the field strength meter requests it when it is finished it will show you the measures on the screen 17 1 3 Watching the measures This option allows us to watch the measures which have been carried out with the New measures option Once selected a dialog box will be displayed with the text Show measure group below and in blue colour the name of the group where we want to display the measure We will also have the following fields Measure Point where we will select the name with which the measurement has been stored just in case that more than one measure has been taken with the same name In the field Measure we will select the program that we want to know about and to display the measure DISPLAY MEASUREMENT Group FTE Measurement point Choose name
84. w to create a new program 2 Save program 4 Delete program 6 Save programs to Once this option has been selected a new OSD window will open with Create new program and in blue color the text Enter name Press click wheel or enter key to begin the edition CREATE NEW PROGRAM Enter name Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 59 m A Q m Co JE User s Manual mediaMAX If analog signal is selected the name of the program should be completely wirtten To enter letters and numbers press abc 123 key for alphanumerics It s possible to delete wrong letters using left arrow key CREATE NEW PROGRAM Cadbas nama BARC1 We DONA JL zi O Z LLi If selected signal is digital the meter will propose the name of the program based on first current program of digital transponder multiplex Anyhow it s possible to change it usging left arrow key CREATE NEW PROGRAM TELEDEPORT 11 1 2 Save a program Selecting this option the program will be stored The option does not allow to save modifications on stored programs 60 Reserved of technical modifications and or errors rev 9 1 rev 9 1 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI PROGRAMS d Le D orally 2 Save p Bal e Delete program 6 Save prog IF CEEC E m Z 9 en Co JE 11 1 3 Rename a program This option allows changing the name of an existin
85. wer up ey hee amp lcatrr v 24 itcr EIE B hus In order to select the high band sending 22 KHz tone select the option 22 KHz tone that repre sents the following options Off Without tone On Send 22 KHz to through RF IN Auto Send 22 KHz in automatic mode if the menu setup gt RF gt satellite local oscilator has been selected KU band or satellite band The default value of this option is KU band Reserved of technical modifications and or errors 39 JL I O ZZ User s Manual mediaMAX 4 RF voltage on power up 10 2 3 Use spectrum mode to spot a signal To represent the frequency spectrum on the screen and spot a signal press the spectrum key To identify the target signal an easy way could be use 100MHz bandwidth span For select it use left and right arrows keys The span current value is shown at the left bottom part of the monitor With the spectrum on screen move the rotary wheel to sweep the frequency band to spot the target signal In satellite band nav key selects only frequency mode to sweep the band normally by frequency with 500 KHz steps 10 2 4 Measurement selection With the target signal identified it s necessary to select the signal type analog or digital Press op tions key select Digital modulation and there will be two differents options Analog if analog signal Digital if digital signal 40 Reserved of technica
86. y FTA programs Free to Air free channels List of channels of the Digital Stream in dicating if they are Video Radio Data SD HD free or scrambled Viewing of the NID and ONID Auto or manual selection of the PID of Vi deo Audio PCR m Z Q es 3 JL J CD Z Lu RF Standards FM 88 108 MHz Terrestrial B G CCIR B G DE S band channels in Germany B G IT Ill band channels in Italy M PAL L L France UK D K IS OIR T M N USA and Japan BB_AU Australia D K PAL Satellite C and Ku bands Monitor Type 5 14cm TFT color Color standards PAL and SECAM Audio amplifier 1W inside the speaker Programs Memories 1000 programs could be saved in side the internal memory Data Logger 4000 measures could be saved inside the internal memory hese values could be downloaded through USB port LNC power supply Voltage 0 13V 18V 24V 13V 22Khz and 18V 22Khz shown by OSD Max current 450 mA short circuit protec ted DiSEqC 1 2 Auxiliary inputs outputs A V Minijack Audio V deo input and output RS 232 Serial port for PC connection USB Host Driver USB 2 0 User s Manual mediaMAX MINI Power Supply Battery Li lon 80 W hour Battery level ind Continuous control on OSD Battery life 2 h without LNB power supply Charging time Aprox 3 hours for 100 it depends on battery previous char

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