Amiko SHD-8900 Alien Specs

[ViP3R]

High Definition Digital Satellite Receiver & Media Player

Award winning Dual-boot Linux Receiver

Conax Embedded Card Reader
Wireless Network & 3G Modem Support
Online User's Manual & F.A.Q.
Opera Web Browser & Internet Applications
Full HD - 1080p



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MAIN FEATURES



MPEG-Fully DVB-S / DVB-S2 HD compliant
Linux Embedded OS
Conax Embedded Card Reader
Endless channels (TV and Radio) programmable
Multilingual menu text support
Channel list editing
Favourite channel list editing
True-color On-Screen Display (OSD)
Full Picture In Graphic (PIG) function
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for on screen channel information
Subtitle supported
Teletext supported by software emulation
Parental lock facility by channel and program event
Program and Channel information transfer from receiver to receiver
S/PDIF for digital audio or Dolby Digital bitstream output
DiSEqC 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and USALS
HDMI HD Video/Audio Output
USB 2.0 Host
LED Display for service information
RTC (Real-Time-Clock)
Time Shift
Video Recording
Recording one channel and Time Shifting another channel (optional)
FullHD 1080p output via HDMI
AVI, MKV, MPG, TS, WMA, WMV, M2TS, FLV, DAT, ASF, MP3 playback
YouTube, SHOUTcast Radio, and Picasa Compatible
Weather forecast & Rss Reader Functions
Software Upgrade support via USB, RS232 or Internet
Endless possibilities with Plug-In support
Message, FAQ and User Manual support
Download files from FTP server

[Yankee495]

I'll add the more in depth specs:


TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
SYSTEM RESOURCES
Main Processor: 450 Mhz STI 7111 CPU
Flash Memory: Nor flash: 8MB X 1 ; Nand flash:512MB X 1
DDR SDRAM: DDR2 128MB x 2

Tuner/Front-end
Tuner Type: DVB-S / DVB-S2
Input Connector: F-type, Connector, Female
Loop Through: F-type, Connector, Female
Signal Level: -65 to -25 dBm
LNB Power & Polarization: Vertical: +13V/+14V, Horizontal: +18V/+19V, Current: Max. 500mA, Overload Protection
22KHz Tone: Frequency: 22

[Yankee495]

The Amiko STI 7111 Specs:


It only says 450 Mhz CPU, but it is a STI 7111 CPU.

Description

The STi7111 is an HD set-top box / full back-end processor for satellite set-top boxes, compliant with ATSC, SMPTE VC-1, DVB-S2, DIRECTV, DCII and ARIB BS4 specifications.

It provides very high performance for low-cost HD systems. With enhanced performance compared to the STi7109, it includes both VC-1 and H.264 video decoders for new, low bitrate applications.

The main platform target for the STi7111 is the DVB-S2 zapper. Optionally the device can be used in a client box through IP over Ethernet, Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) or WiFi.

Key Features


Microsoft VC-1, MPEG-2 and H.264 support
ST40-300 CPU running at 450 MHz, high performance for Linux, Windows CE and OS21 based systems
DVB-S2 and DVB-S front-end integrated demodulators with a fully featured HD advanced decoder system-on-chip (SoC)
Flexible ST231 based advanced video decoder
ST231 audio decoder at 450 MHz supporting WMA9, AC3, DD+, AAC, AAC+ with SPDIF output
HD and SD simultaneous display, 2 video, 3 graphics planes and background color with high quality filtering
HDMI/HCDP output plus HD or standard definition (SD) component and composite output
Unified DDR2 32-bit interface operating at up to 400MHz
Programmable transport interface (PTI) and transport stream (TS) merger with up to 2 digital external TS inputs, 2 internal inputs from internal demodulators and one TS from memory for network client
USB 2.0 to support network interface and feature enhancement
External memory interface (EMI) with Nand-Flash, Nor-Flash, PCI, peripherals support
10/100 Mbit/s Ethernet MAC with media independent interface (MII) and reduced MII (RMII)
Advanced security, SVP compliant, WM DRM compliant
Dual smartcard, 4 x UART, 3 x synchronous serial controllers (SSC), soft modem and DAA interface, IR blaster and receiver, UHF Rx digital input
DiSEqC 2.0 and FSK modem supported
4 x 4 matrix key front panel switch scanner FSM with key de-bounce
27 x 27mm package, 65nm technology

From: st.com/internet/imag_video/product/204735.jsp

[Yankee495]

The main platform target for the STi7111 is the DVB-S2 zapper.

Google DVB-S2 zapper

It brings up the xml sites to download full channel lists. We may need a US server or could set one up on our network to "Zap" info to it. So interesting.