The Fortec Star MERCURY II satellite receiver provides digital free-to-air satellite reception.

MERCURY II is a powerful satellite receiver ideal for satellite enthusiast. The receiver has an easy-to-use Menu, yet is feature-rich. MERCURY II comes with a comprehensive Power Scan for blind searching satellites. Users can back up their channel list before upgrading the software, and then restore the channel list, all from within the receiver menu. The front panel has 8 buttons allowing complete control of most receiver functions without the use of the remote. The back panel has all the connection options you would need, with RCA composite jacks, component jacks (Y,Pb,Pr), and an S-video connection.

Ideal for Satellite Enthusiasts

Features

• Channel Back-up and Channel recovery function
• 8-button Menu Control on the front panel
• Universal Remote
  
• Component video (Y,Pb,Pr) and S-Video connections
• 3 RCA connections (1 Video, 2 Audio L/R)
• POWER Scan (blind search) with complete parameter control
• One-button quick start Power Scan on the remote
• One-button jump to Channel Edit function
• Dolby Digital 5.1 audio pass-through (optical)
• 100 programmable satellites and 6,000 programmable channels
• Timer function for Sleep / Wake Up / VCR Record and Channel Reminder
• Fully MPEG 2 / DVB compliant, MCPC/SCPC, C/KU reception
• 1 LNB input with IF loop through for 2nd receiver
• Manual PID scan function
• DiSEqC 1.2 and USALS supported
• Picture-In-Graphics function
• Multi-Picture (4,9, 13 or 16 pictures) function
• ZOOM In/Out
• Electronic Program Guide
• Multi language menu
• 8 favorite channel group selection and parental lock
• Close Caption Supported
• Data transfer: receiver-to-receiver or PC-to-receiver