The Dreambox 500 is the digital Linux Set Top Box - Great EPG, Imagine full EPG functionality for all networks!!!!! No other FTA receiver can offer you that! FEATURES : 250 MHz IBM PowerPC Processor (350 Mips) Linux Operating System 1 x Smartcard-Reader MPEG2 Hardware decoding Common available NIMs (DVB-S, DVB-C, DVB-T) V.24/RS232 Interface 10/100Mbit compatible Ethernet Interface 2 LED status unlimited channel lists for TV/Radio channel-change time < 1 second full automatic service scan supports directly channel-lists supports EPG (electronic program guide) supports tele-text supports multiple LNB-Switching control (DiSEqC) fully adaptable OSD in many languages and skin-support S/PDIF Interface for digital bit stream out (AC-3) - 1 x Scart-interfaces S/PDIF-Output optical (AC3) Video Formats 4:3 / 16:9 Technical Specification: DBS-Tuner: Frequency Range 950 ?. 2150 MHz Signal Level - 65 dBm ?. - 25 dBm Signal-to-Noise Level 12 dB max. DBS-Tuner Input Connector F-Type female Input Impedance 75 Ohm AFC +/- 3 MHz Demodulation Shaped QPSK Input Symbol rate 2 ?. 45 Mbaud/s, SCPC / MCPC FEC Viterbi and Reed-Solomon Viterbirate 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, automatic assimilation Roll-off Factor 35 % Demultiplexing according ISO 13818-1 Video decoder: Video Compression MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 compatible Video Standard PAL G/ 25 Hz Video Formats 4:3 / 16:9 Footage 16:9, automatic assimilation for 16:9 TV-Device (over Scart) Letterbox precolating for 4:3 TV-Device Audio decoder: Audiokom pression MPEG-1 & MPEG-2 Layer I and II Audio Mode Dual (main/sub), Stereo Frequency: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 16 kHz, 22.05 kHz, 24 kHz Output analog: Output Level L/R 0,5 Vss on 600 Ohm THD > 60 dB (1 kHz) Crosstalk < -65 dB Output digital: Output Level 0,5 Vss on 75 Ohm Sampled Data Filtering 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz S/PDIF-Output optical (AC3) Video parameter: Input Level FBAS 1 Vss +/- 0.3 dB on 75 Ohm