Thread: Inside the VOOM Box!

Well here is the prelim stuff from the inside of the VOOM Box, to begin with it is very very close to the star choice DSR500, other then the added expansion slot which turns out to be a PCMCIA footprint with a extra long slide and a riser board to connect the 8VSB module(s). Also like the DSR500 there is room on the board for another sat-tuner and also extra room for a 2nd 8VSB module. Room enough for internal harddrives but NO apparent connectors on the MB for harddrives. I suppose the PCMCIA slot could except a harddrive but at this time that kind of drive is extremely expensive I from a engineering standpoint don't think they had that in mind. Other uses for the pcmcia slot have been rumored for a upcoming mpeg4 decoder.

Here are the major chips;

MB87F2011 - ICAM Chip
XC 420061-005 GIC 1998
MD-2811-D32-V3 MSYSTEMS DISK-ON-A-CHIP
ISP1561BM PHILIPS
BCM7501KFB BROADCOM
XC2S200E XILINX SPARTAN FG456AGT0333 D2142451A FPGA

Here is also a pix of the MB, I have many more detailed pix's (16mb worth) if someone would like to donate some server space.

Hope this helps!
GG

http://www.satelliteguys.us/forum2/download.php?id=472

geekygizmo,

What's the resolution of the pics? Just upload them as attachments to this thread. If they cannot be uploaded pm me so that I can upload them to the server and from there I can attach them to the thread. Just let me know. Great pic. Let's see the others.

Very cool. It looks like the box is going to be the basis of the PVR, but I still would guess a new unit vs retrofit. Any guestimates as to where the firewire out will go?

Tried to post the zip (16mb) but could not. No attachment option in the PM. Someone want to pm me a ftp link to drop it in.

I would post the one at a time but I think there are around 16-20.

Could someone identify this screw that the box uses to remove the Cover, Then I and others could locate the correct tool.

GG

You can post up to 5 per posting.

geekygizmo,

you have pm...

How did you get first picture (of the motherboard) without unscrewing the cover?

In a few minutes, I will be posting about 16 pics provided by geekygizmo. All pertain to the inside of the VOOM receiver.

Here are all the pictures to a full resolution:

• Picture 1: The OTA 8VSB Module
• Picture 2: The OTA 8VSB Module
• Picture 3: The OTA 8VSB Module
• Picture 4: Center - MB87F2011 - ICAM Chip
• Picture 5: Motherboard
• Picture 6: Motherboard
• Picture 7: Motherboard
• Picture 8: Center - uPD30541 VR5432TM 64-BIT MICROPROCESSOR NEC - Not a Motorola CPU chip!
• Picture 9: MPEG2 Decoder chip and mem - BCM7501KFB BROADCOM
• Picture 10: XC-FLASH1
• Picture 11: XC1
• Picture 12: Back of Receiver
• Picture 13: Smart Card
• Picture 14: Smart Card
• Picture 15: Diaplexer
• Picture 16: Diaplexer
• Picture 17: Diaplexer installed on the back of the STB
• Picture 18: Front of Receiver
• Picture 19: Front of Receiver
• Picture 20: Front of Receiver
• Picture 21: Modem
• Picture 22: Video Output stuff
• Picture 23: PCMCIA expansion slot
• Picture 24: Power Supply, made by Liteon
• Picture 25: Satellite Tuner
• Picture 26: Tuners
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  Picture 27: PCMCIA expansion slot
  
  
  

If you want to download them:

• All Full resolution
• Small Resolution