New Product Review - Manhattan RC-1978 HD FTA/IPTV Receiver

[Hyper]

New Product Review - Manhattan RC-1978 HD FTA/IPTV Receiver

As many of you know, the much anticipated new Manhattan RC-1978 HD FTA/IPTV Receiver is here! I just got my hands on this new receiver for the first time a this week, and I am very excited to test it out!

I will test it as much as i can and report on the results here in this thread, and anyone else that would like to add to the review thread please do so.

Also, check out this thread where we have been discussing this receiver for some time, lots of good info here:

http://legalfreetoair.com/index.php?topic=37666.0

When i do reviews I like to start with a pic, and the description from the manufacturer, plus the list of features and specs from the manufacturer.

Here is that:







Brand New on the market for 2017 is the Manhattan RC-1978 High Definition PVR Ready FTA / IPTV Digital Free To Air Satellite Receiver! PVR Ready, State Of The Art H.265 Supported, H.264/AVC SD, H.264/AVC HD, MPEG-2/MPEG-4 ready, DVB-S, DVB-S2, 1080i HD, AC3 Dolby Digital, Hardware-driven blind scan, and IPTV!  Features HDMI, Component, LAN and WIFI for IPTV, plus 2 USB Ports (Front and Rear). Combines the legendary quality, reliability, and ease of use you have come to expect from Manhattan for Free To Air Satellite plus IPTV!  Plus get a FREE WIFI Antenna included when you purchase from HyperMegaSat.com.  Comes with a 1 year manufacturers warranty!


Features:

 Integrates high performance dual-ADC with 10bit, up to 125MHz
 State of art "HEVC H.265" format support
 MPEG2 SD, MPEG2 HD, H.264/AVC SD, H.264/AVC HD, FULL HD (1080p)
 SCPC and MCPC receivable from C/Ku band satellite
 10000 TV channel & 3000 IPTV channels and Radio programmable
 8 different favorite groups selection
 Multi-language OSD (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, Polish etc)
 Fully support to 7 days Electronic Program Guide(EPG)
 Picture in Graphics(PIG) support
 Youtube, Dailymotion Video, Vimeo video, Shoutcast Radio
 DiSEqC 1.2 fully support, 13/18V, 0/22K LNB control
 Various channel editing functions( favorite, moving, locking, renaming, deleting and sorting)
 Video decoding support: AVS, AVS plus, H.264, H.265
 Support USB upgrade
 16 Timer Reservations, automatically switch to a specific channel
 Subtitle support DVB EN300743 and EBU
 Teletext support DVB ETS300472 by VBI and OSD
 Channel list can be sorted by alphabetic A-Z, Scramble, Favorite, Lock, Sat
 Support FAT16/FAT32/FAT12
 List display for JPEG/BMP files
 720p, 1080i, 1080p with HDCP copy protection
 1 recording, then still can Timeshift


Includes:

 Manhattan RC-1978 HD FTA / IPTV PVR Receiver
 Remote Control
 HDMI Cable
 RCA Cable
 Operators Manual
 FREE BONUS:  WIFI Antenna  << if purchased from HyperMegaSat.com


Technical Details:

System Resource Information
   CPU/Decoder National chipset (32-bit CK610M CPU)
   Flash Memory 16Mbyte (128Mbit)
   SDRAM Memory 128Mbyte (1Gbit)
DVB-S2 Tuner & Demodulator
   Frequency Range 950 ∼ 2150MHz
   Input Impedance 75Ω
   LNB Power/Polarization Ver 13VDC;Hor 18VDC @ 400mA (max) 22KHz±0.4KHz(0.6V±0.2V)tone, Overload Protection
   Input Level Range 65dBm ∼ -25dBm
   Loop-Through Signal loop through
   DVBS Demod standard DVB-S,DVB-S2
   DVBS Demodulation QPSK/8PSK/16APSK/32APSK
   DVBS Symbol Rate 2 ∼ 90MSPS（Code Rate 1/2)
   DVBS Code Rate 1/2,2/3,3/4,5/6,7/8 for DVBS, 1/4,1/3,2/5,1/2,3/5,2/3,3/4,5/6,8/9,9/10 for DVBS2
MPEG TS AV Decoding
   Demultiplexer MPEG2 ISO/IEC 13818-1
   Input Bit Rate Max 100Mbit/s
   Video Decode AVS, AVS Plus, H.264, H.265 (HEVC)
   Aspect Ratio 4 :3,16:9
   Video Resolution 1920×1080,1280×720,720×480, 1080p
   Audio Decode MPEG-1 layerI/II, PCM downmix, IEC958 SPDIF，Dolby 5.1, Dolby downmix 2 channel, Dolby Prologic2
   Sound Mode LEFT/RIGHT/STEREO/MONO
   Sampling Frequency 32KHz, 44.1KHz, 48KHz
AV and Data Output
   USB 2.0 Host Interface Firmware upgrade & USB PVR
   Coaxial DIGITAL AUDIO
   Lan Ethernet (RJ45) Network
   Serial Interface RS232
   RCA CVBS, Audio L/R, Video
   HDMI 19 PIN Female HDMI 1.2
Environment
   Input Voltage DC12V adapter，50Hz/60Hz
   Consumption Max 22W (Under 1W in Standby Mode)
   Temperature 0∼40℃
   Dimension 220 X 140 X 38 mm
   Net Weight 0.8 kg




More to come ......

[Hyper]

Here are some pics i took myself of the Manhattan RC-1978 HD FTA/IPTV Receiver


This is exactly what to expect if you purchase one of these.



 

[Hyper]

And here is some trivia:



This new Manhattan Receiver the "RC-1978"  is named after Bob Cooper, a pioneer and legend in the home satellite reception industry.




 ::th_clap




More to come ......

[Hyper]

Some screen shots



 

[Hyper]

A few more:



 

[Slayers]

Nice review..looking forward to testing this one...

no issues with my Manhattan RS-1933 HD still a great receiver...

Slayers

[Bones60]

Hyper
  When you get a chance can you check out the IPTV operation of this box..How to load files and what type of files it takes etc.  quite interested in this stb..Thanks.

[VE2FCZ]

I would like to know if it will have a ATSC tuner for OTA stations.
I have the 1997 and it's a great set.

Thanks Bob--VE2FCZ....

[Hyper]

I would like to know if it will have a ATSC tuner for OTA stations.
I have the 1997 and it's a great set.

Thanks Bob--VE2FCZ....

No sir, the Manhattan RC-1978 HD does NOT have an ATSC tuner for OTA.

A future model from Manhattan will have an ATSC Tuner, expected to be available this spring/summer.

[cpsp0]

Hyper, does the RC-1978 scan in the radio channels on 105W with the name of the channels? Just wondering.

 ::thinking

[Hyper]

Hyper, does the RC-1978 scan in the radio channels on 105W with the name of the channels? Just wondering.

 ::thinking

Unfortunately, i am kinda on vacation right now, and although i am still working, HyperMegaSat.com website is still open and we still ship orders every day, i DO NOT have a BUD dish here at my current location to check on that for you.  Maybe some one else can check on this for us?

[Titanium]

Scanned the audio services on 105w today and found that the RC-1978 is like other STBs and required multiple scans to log these services. Found some names, but if the service was first logged without a service name, the service name would not be updated even if it was logged again in an additional scan. The maximum services found on a single scan was 252. Depending where the transport stream play-out was when the scan started, affected on which services and how many services would be logged.

As an example, here is a list of services found over the course of 10 TP scans for 4029 V 9257:
168/80/36/64/74/5/73/138/138/191 for a total of 619 unique channels logged of 1109 channels in the mux.

See attached spreadsheet for 105w.

[Hyper]

Thanks a ton for that info Brian!

[BRTCT203]

Hyper and Brian, than you very much for the detailed infos on this receiver!

How would you rate it in comparison to the Linkbox 9000i? Is one more sensitive than the other at locking on weaker signals? And how do they compare in blind scan performance (speed, thorough detection, etc...)

Also, do you know if the RC-1978 is able to record the audio on channels that use AC3 (for example on the PBS mux on 125W Ku)?

[Hyper]

Just posting this to document the original factory firmware as of release.


System Information:

Loader Version: V1.9.6-3
Kernel: V1.2.0.0
Lib: V1.9.6-3
Application: V0101