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Intelligent Receiver
Fernsehfee 2.0
with
Ad Blocker
2.0
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TEST REPORT
Intelligent Receiver
Customisable
Receiver
targeted
to Germanspeaking
Markets
Hundreds or even thousands of different channels
are available via satellite,
and while that sounds like TV
heaven at first, it comes at
the price of getting lost in a
maze of commercial breaks,
endless re-runs and boring trash. Who
hasnt spent an
evening zapping
up and down
the channel list
on the hunt for
some worthwhile
content,
only
to find out way
past
bedtime
that youve once
again
missed
that
movie
youve
been
waiting for forages?
So wouldnt it be nice to
have an intelligent receiver that gets to know your
viewing preferences? As a
matter of fact, TC Unterhaltungselektronik AG offers
just that and has given it
the name Fernsehfee. What
a strange-sounding name,
you may think, and for nonGerman-speakers it may
well have a funny ring to it,
but what it actually means is
television fairy, and that description quite neatly sums
up what this box can be for
you. To make things a bit
easier for our international
readership, well use TeleFairy for this receiver, the
English name introduced by
the manufacturer itself
for its Fernsehfee
device.
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structure.
At the end of the set-up
process, the manufacturer
recommends looking for
software updates to make
sure the TeleFairy 2.0 runs
on the latest software release and gives you all available features and functions.
Once that is done, there
is only one last thing you
should do: Create a TeleFairy/Fernsehfee account,
which can be accomplished
either from a PC by accessing the manufacturers website, or right with the TeleFairy 2.0 box.
A TeleFairy account just
for watching TV? Whats that
all about? OK, to understand
why this is required we
need to look at how the system works in the first place
and how it can deliver real
benefits to its users. These
days, its hard (or rather:
impossible) to keep track of
TV schedules, new shows
and films, reruns and what
have you. The diversity of
the current offering is simply overwhelming, so you
need a little helper to find
the shows and broadcasts
that are right for you. And
this is precisely
where there TeleFairy concept enters centre stage.
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the manufacturer
of this receiver,
has access to a
huge database of
viewership
numbers and rating
figures for individ-
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such as www.onlinetvrecorder.com,
which does not require the TeleFairy
to be switched on at all. Instead, this
web service will take care of everything and the recording will be available from its online storage using the
TeleFairy, a tablet PC or smartphone.
Sounds great and works nicely, and we
were even more impressed by the fact
that the ad blocker is on alert here too,
either marking all commercial breaks
for convenient skipping, or interrupting the recording during those breaks.
Truly great stuff!
During everyday use the TeleFairy
2.0 was a tough device to beat and,
quite frankly, created an excellent first
impression. Its crystal-clear video and
fully lip-synced audio never give rise
to criticism. Channel switching, on the
other hand, takes a little more than one
second and sometimes tested our patience, particularly as we experienced
occasional image freezes for a short
moment after switching to a new channel. This might have to do with syncing
video and audio, because the image always turned perfect after syncing.
We had another issue with satellite configuration, which caused some
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35. When you turn on theTeleFairy 2.0 it can either launch the
previously watched channel, or it can offer you suggestions
that should match your interests
36. Android homescreen
37. Creating a recording timer
38. Extended EPG data with the option of marking an event for
recording right in EPG mode
39. Finished recordings can be uploaded to a network memory
or even saved in the cloud on Google Drive, for example
40. Web browser
41. Music playback
42. The TeleFairy is compatible with virtually all video formats
43. TS video playback
44. MP4 video playback.
45. Flash video playback.
46. List of installed apps
47. Image viewer
48. TeleFairy account login
49. Your TeleFairy account can be accessed and edited
through a dedicated website or right from the TeleFairy box
50. TeleFairy account settings
51. Google Play Store
52. Using the Online TV Recorder plugin events can be
marked for recording on www.onlinetvrecorder.com right in
EPG mode
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headache when we tried to
receive other orbital positions than the popular European ASTRA 19.2 East and
HOTBIRD 13 East satellites.
The TeleFairy either refused
altogether to download additional channel lists for other
orbital positions, or when it
did, this caused ASTRA and
HOTBIRD to disappear from
the list. DiSEqC configuration, too, was more demanding than we had expected
and requires some technical
understanding of the matter,
even though the OSD display
suggests that the TeleFairy
is capable of automatic DiSEqC detection. According
to those on-screen inserts,
DiSEqC protocols 1.0, 1.1,
1.2 and 1.3 should be supported. We did not, however,
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find a way to set up a DiSEqC motor.
On a positive note, users
can individually allocate specific commands and functions to buttons on the remote control, so we are not
forced any longer to put up
with the operating flow designed by the manufacturer.
Instead, the remote control
can work just like users want
it to. In addition, the TeleFairy 2.0 scores highly with
all its extended features and
functions, and of course all
those neat little tools like
language selection, subtitles
or OSD teletext are always
at your fingertips.
A special feature we particularly liked was the socalled Web button on the
remote control, which can
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be used to call up additional
information on the currently
showing broadcast. Using
this option users are provided with all kinds of details on actors starring in a
movie, additional broadcast
times and much more. Once
again, a single touch of a
button is all it takes to mark
a future screening time for
recording. And speaking of
recording an event, time
shift viewing is available at
any time and allows pausing
the currently showing event
and continuing again at your
convenience.
Thanks to the TeleFairy
2.0 supporting FAT, FAT32
and NTFS as file systems for
external storage media it is
no problem to record long
events as a single file, which
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Configuration and adding of satellite entries does not work reliably. It is not possible to make more than one recording at a time
and whenever a recording is taking place it is not possible to switch
to another channel on the same transponder.
ENERGY
DIAGRAM
Apparent Power
Mode
Active
StandBy
Active Power
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