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battery pack that is charged however. Three hours after
via a micro USB interface. For the last input or command it
one thing, that's good for the will power down automatically
environment as there are no to save battery pack capacity.
replaced batteries that need When the receiver is turned
to be thrown away or – in on for the very first time, an
some countries – recycled. installation wizard pops up
More importantly, howev- and guides you through the
er, this new approach opens initial setup routine, which
up a whole new world of op- covers all required basics:
tions and features. What video output resolution (with
do we mean by that? Stay 1080p available as an option,
glued! For example, this re- as we can happily confirm),
mote control comes with a OSD language and network
gyro sensor which can turn it parameters. As far as the lat-
into a computer mouse with ter is concerned, the Amiko
a single touch of a button. A3 will accept cabled network
Just place your finger on the access just as well as WiFi
corresponding button and the (802.11 b/g/n) through its
remote control will convert all built-in WLAN. Even Internet
hand movements into mouse access through a cellphone
signals and will send them to network (provided you buy
the receiver. A brilliant fea- the required USB stick that is
ture, especially for gaming available as an accessory) is
and surfing the web. possible.
Added to that is a touch- We did appreciate the fact
sensitive scroll wheel and a that the internal clock of the
dedicated button for voice- receiver can be set to obtain
controlled operation. Apart the correct time from the In-
from those – any many more ternet instead of from a DVB
– innovative features, Amiko channel. Some channels per-
has opted for a minimalist sistently transmit inaccurate
look, in keeping with the re- time codes, which may cause
ceiver itself. This makes the troubles down the line with
remote control easy to use timed recordings, for exam-
and rather self-explanatory ple. The Internet is more reli-
with the least possible num- able here, so thank you Amiko
ber of individual buttons. A3 for providing that option.
One word of advice on the The initial setup is completed
remote control, before we with adjusting the receiver to
look at setting up the Amiko the reception equipment at
A3 for the first time: This new hand, and once again you're
remote comes with a stand- given all options you should
by button, which must be ever require, including DiSE-
switched on before it can be qC protocols 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and
used. You don't need to worry 1.3, as well as unicable solu-
about switching it off again, tions, complete with manual
LOF input, if needed. A total
of 53 European and Asian
1. Spark 2 Logo
satellite positions plus their
2. Video resolution options
current transponder data are
3. DiSEqC 1.0 settings
pre-stored already. It goes
4. DiSEqC 1.1 settings
without saying that new en-
5. Extended installation
tries can be added at any
6. Extended installation –
time, and existing entries can
satellite configuration
be edited, if need be.
7. Editing satellite entries
As far as search modes are
8. FastScan search on all
frequencies of a pay TV concerned, the Amiko A3 has
provider
in store the standard auto-
9. Network search is supported
matic mode, a manual scan
10. Channel search
and a blind scan mode which
11. The integrated blind scan
worked excellently in our test.
feature works extremely
It did not take more than two
reliably
minutes for a blind scan on
12. Transponder editor
HOTBIRD 13° East, which was
13. DiSEqC 1.3 settings
not only extremely fast but
14. Blind scan – active
also very reliable, finding all
transponders being identified
active transponders on that
15. All favourites lists can be
position and saving the data
(re)named freely
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