PBE-316 Distribution System - Composite Video & Stereo Audio
The Sourcerer system sends video and stereo audio signals over CAT-x structured cable for distances of up to 2km, maintaining excellent signal quality with minimal degredation. It is a send/receive system, employing a driver at the source of the signal and a receiver at the destination.
As well as carrying video and audio to the destination, infra red control signals are carried from the destination to the source to provide distant remote control of equipment such as a Satellite decoder or DVD player.
The Sourcerer takes advantage of the widespread use of CAT-x structured cable for telecom and computer applications and avoids the need for costly and disruptive video and audio cable runs. Both UTP unshielded and STP shielded twisted pair CAT-5 cables are suitable. Video and stereo audio can be transmitted over distances of up to 2 kilometres whilst the standard configuration is normally adjusted for links from about 150m to 450m and above.
The PBE-316 multi-channel switcher/driver accepts 16 video and stereo audio sources for distribution over CAT-5 to up to 12 PBE-301R receivers. Each user has independent infra red remote source selection, switching between any of the 16 inputs to the PBE-316. The PBE-316 is a true matrix switcher, and any number of users can watch the same input simultaneously or each user can watch a different channel.
The infra-red handset included with each PBE-316 driver card, lets users select channels from the 16 sources. If the PBE-316T rack frame is equipped with the PBE-IR12 Infra-Red repeater array, infra red commands from destinations can be repeated to control equipment at the sending end using that equipment's own handset. By using an optional programmable remote control handset, there is the additional benefit of being able to control equipment upstream of the PBE-316, for instance a DVD player, satellite receiver or cable TV decoder, from the same handset. The commands to control the equipment are learned by the handset and are made available as an LED emitter driver signal on the rear panel of the PBE-316 as the appropriate buttons on the handset are pressed.
Two versions of the PBE-316 chassis are available, PBE-316 Master and PBE-316S Slave, allowing additional banks of 12 outputs to be easily configured. The slave chassis differs from the master in that the input sockets for video and audio are not present but two looping ribbon cables are provided to carry the video and audio inputs from the master chassis to the slave. Up to three slave s may be daisy-chained to give a total of 48 driver outputs from a single Sourcerer system. Greater numbers are also possible, using signal distribution equipment in conjunction with the Sourcerer.
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