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Dante® Commentary

MinFerno/0 is designed for a single commentator/ announcer to use and, like its big

brother the Inferno, provides the very best possible commentary microphone amplifier

and compressor limiter circuit for amazing on air sound.

The MinFerno/0 is easy to use for Commentators who would rather be talking about the

game than working out how the equipment works, and is also built to our exacting rugged

& robust standard to make it a reliable piece of broadcast equipment for the busy

engineer.

Mi F /0 new smaller and even easier to use version of our exceptionally popular

Inferno network audio commentary box.

n erno is a

MinFerno

Low Noise Mic

Amp with Referee

Compressor

Redundancy On

Network Links &

Power Supplies

Designed

For 24/7 Operation

Dante Network

Audio Interface

Copper & Fibre

Network Interface

AES67 Compliant

Highlights

Overview

MINFERNO/0

Commentary For Dante® Audio Networks

Summary of content (7 pages)

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Dante® Commentary MinFerno MINFERNO/0 Commentary For Dante® Audio Networks Highlights Dante Network Audio Interface Low Noise Mic Amp with Referee Compressor AES67 Compliant Redundancy On Network Links & Power Supplies Copper & Fibre Network Interface Designed For 24/7 Operation ® Overview MinFerno/0 is a new smaller and even easier to use version of our exceptionally popular Inferno network audio commentary box.
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Dante® Commentary MinFerno/0 MinFerno Commentator’s Commentator’s Box Box Key Points Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ Ÿ MinFerno/0 Commentator’s Box Single user Dante® commentary box System is scalable with multiple commentators as part of a Dante® network Can connect to any Dante® compatible network Single low noise mic/line/48V input Our popular Referee compressor/limiter keeps even the loudest commentator sounding natural Headphone has a single input supplied from the Dante® network, plus the local input (side
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Dante® Commentary MinFerno/0 Commentator’s Box Rear Panel Features Ÿ Redundant Powering Options The MinFerno/0 can be powered from any of 3 different sources: 1) PoE on the Primary CAT5 Network link 2) PoE on the Secondary CAT5 Network link 3) External 12V DC Four off rear panel LEDs show the availability of the 3 power sources. Ÿ Primary & Secondary SFP Slots The SFP (Small Form-Factor Pluggable) fibre slots are standard networking ports that accept standard SFP modules.
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Dante® Commentary MinFerno/0 Commentator’s Box Front Panel Features Ÿ Incoming Audio Volume Controls On the top panel there are two rotary headphone volume controls. One of these is normally used for such sources as mixed programme or cue, talkback to director, talkback to producer, talkback to engineer etc. Ÿ Sidetone Volume Control The 2nd front panel rotary headphone volume control is ‘sidetone’. Sidetone is the commentator’s own voice in their own ears.
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Dante® Commentary PPM & Mic On Web Page MINFERNO Audio Technology Ÿ Low Noise Microphone Amplifier With Remote Gain We spent a long time optimising the performance of the THAT corporation microphone amplifier used in the original Inferno and used again on the MinFerno/0. It features very low noise & distortion circuit that we remote control the gain of in 1dB steps, which allows us to provide the remote webpage gain control as well as the rear panel gain push buttons.
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Dante® Commentary MINFERNO Web Page Remote Control Ÿ Web Page Remote Control The MinFerno has an internal web server that provides web pages for an operator to view when pointing a web browser at the MinFerno/0 web address. The MinFerno/0 uses a very useful network protocol called DNS (Domain Name System) allowing just ‘MinFerno and the units serial number’ to be entered in a browser’s address bar to connect. This is very useful if the IP address is not known.
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Dante® Commentary MINFERNO Designed For Sport News & Events Specification AUDIO Mic Input Gain Range -30dB to +15dB Dynamic Mic Line Up 58dB Mic + Phantom Power Line Up 35dB Line Input Line Up 0dBu (Gain range +/-15dB) Mic Input Impedance 2k4 Line Input Impedance 100k Equivalent Input Noise 127dBu (22-22kHz RMS terminated 300 Ohms) Maximum Input Level Before Clipping Dynamic Mic: +10dBu Mic + 48V PH: +18dBu Line: +18dBu Frequency Response Mic: > +/-0.25dB 50Hz to 22kHz (-2 @ 25Hz) Line: >= -0.