Ali3510 receiver

[rrob311]

I just purchased one of these for 27$ shipped. Should be fun to review. It advertises the Ali3510 chipset which the Openbox S8 advertises. 300mhz processor from what I gather. This receiver has dethroned the msd7816 based as the most inexpensive dvb-s2 available.

Features:
Hard Specification:
CPU: ALI3510 Embedded Demodulator.
Memory: 32 * 16Mbit DDR2 Frequency:1066.
Flash: 32M bytes.
TUNER: AV2018.
USB 2.0: Embedded One Host.
Software Features:
Fully comply with DVB-S/S2, MPEG-2/4 H.264 Standard.
Supports single / multiple or blind search satellite search.
Automatic PAL/NTSC conversion.
Support DiSEqC 1.0 / 1.1 / 1.2/1.3 (USALS) protocol.
Various channel editing function (favorite, move, lock, skip, delete, rename, find, sort).
Support BISS KEY.
Support teletext/subtitle/multi-language.
Powerful and highly effective 7-day EPG function.
AUTO, 16:9 Pillar Box, 16:9 Pan G Scan, 4:3 Letter Box, 4:3 Pan G Scan, 4:3 Full, 16:9 Wide Screen.
USB 2.0 for PVR, TimeShift, software upgrade and media files playback, multimedia playback.
Video output resolution: 480i/576i/480p/576p/720p/1080i/1080P.
Demodulation:
Frequency Range: 950MHz-2150MHz.
Sensitivity Level: - 10~ - 81dBm.
Mode IFFT: 2k, 8k.
FEC Mode: 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10.
Guard intervals: 1/4,1/8,1/16,1/32.
Constellation: QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK.
Decoder: Video Decoder:
Compliant with: MPEG-4 part10/MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818.
MPEG-4 Simple/Main/Advanced Profile@LEVEL3(10Mbps).
MPEG-2 Main Profile# Main Level(15Mbps).
H.264 MP#L3(10Mbps).H.264 HP L4.1(25Mbps).
Audio Decoder: MPEG-1, MPEG-2 (Layer I/II), MP3, AC-3 (Dolby Digital), AAC-LC, WMA
E-AC-3 (Dolby Digital Plus) decoding HE-AAC 5.1 multi-channel decoding.
Powerful Multimedia Features:
MediaCodec: avi. mpg, .dat, .vob, .div, .mov, .mkv, .jpeg, .ts etc.
Audio Codec: WMA,MP3,AAC (wma,.mp3,m4a).
Photo Codec: JPEG, BMP, PNG.
License: Optional DTS, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, RM/RMVB, Divx License.

Specification:
Interface:
2 * USB port (The one at the front, the other at the rear)
1 * Line in
1 * Coaxial
1 * HDMI 1.3
1 * DC in (12V 1A)
1 * AV RCA
Color: Black
machine size: 16.8 * 9.9 * 3.5cm/6.61 * 3.89 * 1.37in
machine weight: 274g / 9.66oz
Packaged size:19.5 * 17.0 * 5.5cm / 7.67 * 6.69 * 2.17inch
Packaged weight: 528g / 18.62

Package list: V955
1 * DVB-S2 Receiver
1 * Remote controller
1 * RCA cable
1 * EU Plug Power adapter
1 * User manual

[dr.zin]

I didn't see any rs232 port

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[cpr43]

Looks like an Openbox S8(V8S) clone.

[rrob311]

Ya there is no rs232 port like the msd7816 receiver. I wonder if there is a way to recover these on the main board somehow.

[el bandido]

There should be at least a ttl connection on the main board, but good luck finding anything to recover it with!

[dr.zin]

the openbox s16 was even a problem with the ali 3606 and rs232 connector.
It seems only the old 3602 had the disaster recovery option built into the processor.

[dr.zin]

the v8 supposedly has an rs232 loader,but none of the support files included mention that processor.
it looks like the old ali loader with different support files.

[mountaineer]

rrob,

My big interest is in the ali chip....does it shutdown the receiver after a timer record like all other ali chips that I have seen? Hopefully not....such a pain that they do that.

Thanks for any info!!!

[rrob311]

I just got the box tonight. It is pretty small and the batteries were not included for the remote. It included the plug adaptor however. The receiver has an eastern satellite list. I am in the process of setting up everything and scanning. The menus are similar to the openbox s9. There are two games included, Sudoku and Othello.

[rrob311]

There doesn't seem to be any motor control options with this receiver so it would be best suited for a fixed dish or single dish system. It has diseqc 1.0 and 1.1 options. The switching works well with my 8 satellite diseqc 1.0/ 22khz setup. I scanned in qvc on 131w and there is no audio. The bandstacked 5150/5750 lnb setting works properly in the blind scan.