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TELE-satellite International — The World‘s Largest Digital TV Trade Magazine
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the topside of the casing
Baotong has positioned
the signal inputs for DVB-
S (F-socket) and DVB-T (RF
socket), while the left side
features two connectors for
video output and video in-
put.
Wait a second – a meter
with a signal input? You bet.
Not only can the WS-6936
provide the video signal of
the currently received chan-
nel to an external monitor, it
can also act as a monitor for
an external receiver or sig-
nal source!
On the bottom side you can
find the socket for the exter-
nal power supply unit as well
as a USB port for updating
the meter’s software and for
uploading new satellite and
transponder data. We did
like the fact that the manu-
facturer has even thought of
a mechanical power switch,
which is placed on the lower
left side of the signal meter.
It is required for turning on
and off the device – what a
welcome change from all the
keys and buttons which are
so common these days in
combination with software-
controlled switching.
A total of five LEDs are lo-
cated below the display and
indicate operating mode, 22
kHz signal, control voltage
(13/18
V), signal lock and
battery charging. This way
all important parameters of
the meter are available to
users at a single glance.
Apart from the keypad
and cross-shaped naviga-
tion buttons there are four
unlabelled function keys for
controlling the WS-6936. As
usual, these function keys
can assume different roles
depending on the operat-
ing mode. The current func-