User manual

User Manual

Overview

Page 1-2 (Rev. 2.0 /August 2005)

1.2. H

IGHLIGHTS AND

ENEFITS

The IRD-2900 processing platform’s main features and options include:

• Variety of front-end options including DVB-S2 and

MPEG-over-IP

• Dual MPEG-over-IP (MPEGoIP) inputs supporting up to

60Mbps (SPTS and MPTS), including link redundancy

and logical redundancy

• MPEGoIP output supporting up to 60Mbps with PID dropping

and PCR re-stamping

• IP-over-MPEG output up to 60Mbps (MPE

decapsulation)

• Up to 4 QPSK L-Band inputs

• ASI transport stream input and output

• DVB common interface (2 slots)

• SDI and AESE/BU as well as analogue outputs

• Up to 4 pairs of audio outputs supporting:

• Musicam

• Dolby Digital

AC-3 Pass-through

• Dolby Digital

AC-3 2.0 Down mixing

• Linear PCM Audio and Dolby-E Pass-through

• Embedded audio in SDI and re-insertion of VBI

• VBI re-insertion in composite and SDI

• Genlock for high-end accurate frame synchronization

required by contribution applications

• Redundancy support, 2 GPI relay contacts

• OSD (On-Screen Display) on 2 video outputs or

monitoring outputs only, providing one uninterrupted

broadcast for video, and one uninterrupted broadcast

for diagnostics and monitoring

• SNMP and web-based management