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SYSTEM OF CHOICE FOR PROFESSIONAL OPERATORS

Appear TV is dedicated to providing world class equipment that enable operators to deliver professional broadcast services at the highest possible quality. Our portfolio is built around modular platforms hosting a wide selection of interoperable modules that give unparalleled configuration possibilities. Through its clever and robust design, the integrated architecture offers superior reliability that can meet even the most demanding operator requirements.

A key feature of the products is the ability to accommodate customers preferred system architectures while reducing complexity. It is possible to build an entire broadcast system within a single chassis or distribute it between several discreet stages or distributed architectures. Appear TV’s deep understanding of the market and close co-operation with operators in the design of products ensures the ability to provide optimal solutions for a wide array of fixed or wireless networks. Our philosophy greatly reduces the cost of ownership and ensures that operators can simultaneously handle legacy challenges and evolve through the introduction of brand new services.

Appear TV’s XC5000 and XC5100 are our latest generation carrier grade platforms with 4RU and

1RU chassis options of unmatched power and versatility. There are no restrictions even for the most intensive processing requirement. Both units feature uprated dual-redundant and hot swappable power supplies, increased cooling, enhanced redundancy and a number of other features.

An advanced user friendly GUI offers an intuitive and comprehensive management of the many features of the system. The exhaustive multi-level alarm system, together with the easiness for integration to 3rd party management systems, enables full automatic control. The possibility of centralized monitoring simplifies deployment and streamlines maintenance.

Appear TV classifies its modules into different categories depending on the functionality. These include switching, input for content aggregation, compression, processing, output and decoding modules. All modules can be combined freely to provide the desired functionality. The latest innovations include the possibility to deliver and convert both analog and digital broadcast services, from point to point, or from point to multipoint and in any format to any screen.

All modules and functions are further described within the ‘modules’ section of this brochure.

Complete solutions for ever y major broadcast segment

Advanced architecture designed to save space, energy and resources

CHASSIS

Appear TV offers two different chassis: the 4RU XC5000 chassis which can hold 16 modules and the 1RU XC5100 chassis which can hold

6 modules. In addition, each of the chassis houses a switch and management module that can be equipped with dual IP I/Os. Both chassis variants have dual-redundant and hot swappable power supplies. Each unit with its hot swappable modules allows for various redundancy scenarios.

Any of the modules listed under the Input, Encoding/Transcoding, Processing, Output and Decoder sections can be combined into the same chassis. Only chassis space or total throughput will limit the number of modules that can be fitted. The chassis has been designed for a throughput of 850 Mbit/s of MPEG TS data and 250 services. In selected configurations, capacity can be increased to 1700 Mbit/s and 500 services (please contact Appear TV for more information).

The 4RU chassis has four independent fan modules that operate and are monitored independently. The four fan modules are identical and support hot-swap. The 1RU chassis has one preassembled fan module consisting of 6 fans. The fan module is hot-swappable as one complete module. The internal temperature is monitored and if a fan fails, the remaining fans will compensate by increasing the speed.

FEATURES

4RU - XC5000

• Modular configuration with up to

16+2 board positions

• WEB based configuration, SNMP Alarms,

SOAP/XML interface

• Forced air-cooling (front to back)

• Dual redundant hot-swappable power supply

• Remote reset of power

• 4 individually monitored hot-swappable fans

• Hot-swappable modules

• 100-240V AC or -48V DC power

1

RU - XC5100

• Modular configuration with up to

6+1 board positions

• WEB based configuration, SNMP Alarms,

SOAP/XML interface

• Forced air-cooling (front to back)

• Dual redundant hot-swappable power supply

• Remote reset of power

• Swappable fan module

• Hot-swappable modules

• 100-240V AC or -48V DC power

DIMENSIONS

4RU (XC5000)

440 ×177 ×400 (w × h × d mm)

SWITCH

IPIO Control

Status

Appear TV

XC5000

1RU (XC5100)

440 ×44 ×480 (w × h × d mm)

CONTROL DATA A DATA B

The XC5000 and XC5100 use the same set of modules and same SW, but the front plates are different.

The modules can therefore not be interchanged between

XC5000 and XC5100.

HI -DE NSITY M OD ULA R HO T-SWA P

Module plate for XC5000 Module plate for XC5100

Hardware -managed redundancy for unbeatable speed and long-term reliability

SWITCH MODULES

The switch module is used to enable MPEG traffic distribution within the chassis and provides the Man Machine Interface (MMI), enabling configuration and management of the chassis.

The XC5000 chassis has dedicated positions for the switch module in slot 0 with an optional (for selected configurations) redundant switch module in slot 17. The switch module can be equipped with two independent IP IO ports as an option. The XC5100 chassis provides an integrated switch module in the front with IP IO as standard. The switch module for XC5100 is functionally identical to the switch module used in the larger XC5000 chassis, but has a different hardware layout.

At least one switch module is required in all chassis. In addition to being the active part of the internal backplane, the switch module provides the central control and management interface. When equipped with two IP IO data ports, reception or streaming of MPEG compliant transport streams over UDP/RTP is supported by the module. Each port operates independently and can be configured as either IP in or IP out supporting full 850 Mbit/s TS data rate and up to 250 MPEG services. The switch module can be provided with either RJ45 connectors or SFP connectors on the two data ports. When equipped with two data ports, the module also includes a BNC port used for clock reference

(Genlock). The switch module is hot-swappable for easy maintenance.

The Switch IP IO MMI module can also be ordered to include a GPS receiver for terrestrial SFN applications. For the XC5000, this is a separate module that must be placed in slot 1, while for XC5100, it is an add-on module for the switch module. One SMA connector for connecting either a GPS antenna or a 1 PPS reference is then available. It is also possible to order without the GPS radio module so that it just provides a high stability oscillator providing locking to a 1 PPS or 10MHz reference signal.

SWITCH MODULES FOR XC5000

Switch Module with Management

SW-200

• Gbit/s routing between modules in a chassis

• Enables WEB management

• 10/100/1000BaseT management port (RJ45)

• 1 slot wide

Switch Module with Management and IPIO

SW-301, SW-310 & SW-401, SW-410

• Gbit/s routing between modules in a chassis

• 2 × Gbit RJ45 or SFP input or output port for data

• Frame Synchronization input (genlock)

• Up to 850 Mbit/s TS rate per data port

• Supports UDP/RTP Multicast/Unicast

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• Supports streaming of MPTS and SPTS

• Supports seamless (hitless) input redundancy and cloned output

• Multiplexing on output with PSI/SI regeneration (license)

• Service filtering

• FEC encoding and decoding (license)

• Enables WEB management

• 10/100/1000 BaseT management port (RJ45)

• 1 slot wide

Clock Reference Module

CK-100

• GPS antenna input

• 1 pps input reference

• 10 MHz test output

• 1 pps test output

• 1 slot wide

SWITCH MODULES FOR XC5100

Switch Module with Management

• Gbit/s routing between modules in a chassis

• Enables WEB management

• 10/100/1000BaseT management port (RJ45)

Switch Module with Management and Dual IPIO

• Gbit/s routing between modules in a chassis

• 2 × Gbit RJ45 or SFP input or output port for data

• Frame Synchronization input (genlock)

• Up to 850 Mbit/s TS rate per data port

• Supports UDP/RTP Multicast/Unicast

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• Supports streaming of MPTS and SPTS

• Supports seamless (hitless) input redundancy and cloned output

• Multiplexing on output with PSI/SI regeneration (license)

• Service filtering

• FEC encoding and decoding (license)

• Enables WEB management

• 10/100/1000 BaseT management port (RJ45)

• Optional GPS Receiver

• PTP Support

MPEG INPUT MODULES

Appear TV has a wide range of input modules making it the most effective content aggregation solution on the market. An input module analyzes incoming transport streams and extracts selected MPEG services from the desired physical input interface (eg. ASI, IP, DVB-S/S2,

DVB-S/S2X, DVB-C, DVB-T/T2, ISDB-T and 8VSB). Each input module type is based on embedded hardware design offering high density and reliability. The ability to mix input types freely within a chassis enables multiple MPEG transport streams originating from a variety of sources to be received and processed in parallel. Received signals can be demodulated, de-multiplexed and distributed to other modules inside the chassis via the backplane.

A wide range of input modules are available including IP, ASI, DVB-S/S2, DVB-S/S2X, DVB-C, DVB-T/T2, ISDB-T and 8VSB. The chassis supports any combination of input modules limited only by available slot space. Each input module is designed to receive up to 850Mbit/s of MPEG TS rate or 250 services. In re-multiplexing mode, all services are de-multiplexed by the input module before passed onto the backplane. Unused services are blocked by the input module to avoid propagating them further, which increases efficiency. The full content of an input port can be mapped transparently to an output port with the option to perform PID filtering or service filtering.

FEATURES

• Modular

• Scalable

• Compact with multiple inputs

per module

• Advanced input analysis and

status information

• Easy to configure from one

common web GUI interface

• Hot swappable

• Wide range of input types

• Mix and match card types freely,

and add as many as you need

INPUT MODULES

Dual IP IO

IP-200

• 2 × Gbit RJ45 or SFP input port for data (or 1×in and 1×out)

• Up to 850 Mbit/s TS rate per data port

• Supports UDP/RTP Multicast/Unicast

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• Supports seamless (hitless) input redundancy

• Service filtering

• Supports FEC (SMPTE 2022) (license)

• Input analysis

• 1 slot wide

DVB-C Input

CR-110

• 4 × QAM Annex A/C inputs

• 1 F-type, 75 ohm female input port

(all 4 channels on one input cable)

• 0.87–6.9 Ms/s

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• Service filtering

• ASI monitoring port

• Input analysis

• 1 slot wide

DVB-S/S2X Input

SR-120

• 4 × DVB-S/S2/S2X inputs, 1 F connector per input

• Satellite standards:

DVB-S EN 300 421

DVB-S2 EN 302 307 – 1

DVB-S2X EN 302 307 -2, Broadcast Services

• Frequency range 950 – 2150 MHz

• Constellation: QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK

• Symbol rate:

DVB-S/S2/S2X: 1-45 MSym/s for QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK

1-39.9 MSym/s for 32-APSK

• FEC: According to EN300421 & EN302307 part 1 & part 2 for Broadcast services

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• Supports multistream reception

• Service filtering

• Input analysis

• 1 slots wide

DVB-T/T2 Input

TR-210, TR-211

• 4 × DVB-T/T2 receivers per module.

• Input ports option:

- 1 × F connector, signal is split and distributed internally

- 4 × F connectors, one per demodulator

• Frequency range 47 - 862 MHz

• Carrier mode:

- DVB-T: 2k, 8k

- DVB-T2: 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 16k, 32k

• Modulation:

- DVB-T: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM

- DVB-T2: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM, 128QAM, 256QAM

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• Service filtering on input

• Input analysis

• 1 slot wide

ASI Input

AI-110

• 4 × ASI inputs

• 4 × BNC connectors

• 213 Mbit/s Burst mode or 72 Mbit/s Spread mode per input

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• Service filtering

• Input analysis

• 1 slot wide

ISDB-T Input module

TR-401

• 4 x ISDB-T receivers per module

• 1 F-type, 75 ohm female input port

(all 4 channels on one input cable)

• Frequency range 47-860 MHz

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• Service filtering on input

• Input analysis

• 1 slot wide

8VSB/QAM Annex B Input

TR-300

• 4 × 8VSB or QAM Annex B Inputs

• 4 × F connectors

• Frequency range 50 - 860 MHz

• Supports reception of MPTS and SPTS

• ASI monitoring port

• Service Filtering

• 2 slots wide

8VSB INPUT

CONTROL

Status

RF In

A

ASI Monitor

B

C

D

Control

UNIVERSAL ENCODER & TRANSCODER

Linear Broadcast

In order to optimize the performance of their networks, it is essential for professional broadcasters to deploy the latest advances in compression technology. Whether the aim is to add new channels to existing multiplexes or provide genuine video quality improvements, operators should always strive to utilize the best in class technology to offer superior viewing experience whilst improving bandwidth efficiency.

Appear TV has developed an encoding/transcoding solution providing leading class performance for video quality and channel density on a specifically designed module targeting a wide range of applications. This allows users to maintain the best possible quality of service in combination with low power consumption and integrated multi-level redundancy.

The immense computational power of the platform runs all-new and highly evolved encoding algorithms, boosting performance to the limit for both AVC and MPEG2 video. The highly programmable and flexible audio encoder offers high density per channel and includes Dolby® codecs, making this one of the most powerful encoder platforms on the market.

A brand new architecture offers full flexibility for configuration, with adaptable application modes. The Universal Encoder and Universal

Transcoder module can operate in either a High Video Quality mode, or alternatively in high density broadcast mode. Channel density is significantly increased with a small adjustment in performance whilst Multiscreen mode enables operators to increase content reach to multiple media devices in the fixed and mobile domain.

The new second generation statistical multiplexing provides ultra-fast refresh rate from a multi-pass look-ahead design minimizing inherent latency. Mixed encoder/ transcoder populations can be used within the platform supporting several single or mixed format SD/HD statistical multiplexing groups so that low-bitrate encoding can be applied to specific services within any given group.

All new Universal Encoder/Transcoder modules can be used in new or existing XC5000 or XC5100 Series platforms and can work in combination with any other modules from Appear TVs comprehensive range.

Multiscreen (OTT):

Increased internet access together with more powerful computers, integrated TVs, tablets and mobile phones makes it possible for consumers to receive video content from broadcasters anywhere, at any time and on any screen. This introduces new challenges for content and network infrastructure providers who need to offer a wide range of different distribution formats with the best possible live video experience regardless of the distribution networks and viewing devices that are being used.

The latest innovative Universal Encoder/Transcoder running in Multiscreen mode from Appear TV enables broadcasters and IP network operators to provide high quality multiscreen services. The transcoder module supports MPEG-2/4 TS input and transcodes to multiformat

MPEG-4 TS output with IDR alignment. The encoder module accepts SDI/HDSDI inputs directly, and encodes these into multiple profiles as a single pass, avoiding the need to concatenate compression stages which always causes inefficiencies and reduces VQ. The unique architecture delivers significant VQ and efficiency benefits for all real-time applications.

Appear TV now offers a truly optimized OTT solution capable of accepting any input signal format. These benefits are magnified further by a modular architecture that lets you fit encoding or transcoding options freely according to actual need. The Appear TV Multiscreen encoder/ transcoder simultaneously prepares multiple signals from any source in any format for distribution to high definition televisions, high resolution computers and low resolution web and mobile devices.

The highly programmable functions include input service replication, resolution change, interlaced to progressive conversion, rescaling and key frame alignment. The end result provides key-frame aligned outputs in transport stream format with the required metadata to support either IPTV distribution directly, or interface with the customers preferred packagers to perform segmentation.

The proven ability to interface with several leading segmenters/originserver is another major feature of the Appear TV solution. It enables customers to freely create a best of breed solution, combining best in class compression with their choice of latest features such as targeted advertising and common encryption with MPEG DASH.

FEATURES

• Modular

• Exceptional video quality

• Compact HW based

encoding/transcoding

• Supports MPEG-2 and MPEG-4

SD and HD

• Power and space efficient

• Scalable

• Segmentation agnostic:

Can be used with customers having existing segmentation infrastructure

• Complete: Use with other

modules to build a complete

solution within a chassis

• Can be used to create hybrid

broadcast / OTT capable

platforms

E N C O D I N G / T R A N S C O D I N G M O D U L E S

Encoder -RF input

AC-200

• Encodes up to 2 SD + PIP or 4 SD channels

• 4 F 75Ω input connectors, one per service

• Input frequency range 47-862MHz

• PAL B/G, PAL I and SECAM D/K input*

• MPEG-2 and MPEG 4 SD encoding

• Operates in two encoder rate control modes:

- Constant bit-rate (CBR)

- Capped variable bit-rate (CVBR)

ENCODER

RF INPUT

AC-200

Status

A

B

C

D

Analogue Encoder

AC-100

• Encodes up to 2 SD + PIP or 4 SD channels

• 4 HD BNC with composite video input

• 25 pin mini D-sub for audio:

- 4 balanced analogue audio

- 2 AES/EBU audio

• MPEG-2 and MPEG 4 SD encoding

• Constant bit-rate (CBR)

• Capped variable bit-rate (CVBR)

• Logo insertion

• 1 slot wide

*Other TV standards can be supported upon request

Universal Transcoder - Multiscreen (OTT)

TC-400

• Transcodes up to four services into multiple profiles

• Transcodes single service into 4 HD or 28 sub SD profiles

• Profile range from 1920×1080p to 240×180p*

• Resolution conversion

• Frame rate reduction

• GOP alignment

• Audio transcoding

• 1 slot wide

*For complete list of available profiles, please contact Appear TV

Universal Transcoder – High VQ Broadcast

TC-400

• Transcodes up to:

-1 HD with PIP

-2 SD with PIP

• Full decode and re-encode

• Optional H.264 4:2:2 8bit/ 10bit decoding

• Resolution conversion

• MPEG-1, AAC and Dolby® audio transcoding

• Component pass-through

• Operates in 3 different Encoder Rate Control modes:

- Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

- Capped Variable Bit Rate (CVBR)

- Statistical Multiplexing

• 1 slot wide

Universal Transcoder - Dense Broadcast

TC-200, TC-400

• Transcodes up to:

- 4 HD with PIP

- 12 SD with PIP

- 16 SD no PIP

• Full decode and re-encode

• Audio transcoding

• Component pass-through

• Operates in 3 different Encoder Rate Control modes:

- Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

- Capped Variable Bit Rate (CVBR)

- Statistical Multiplexing

• Mediaroom approved

• 1 slot wide

Universal Encoder - Multiscreen (OTT)

EC-400

• Encodes up to four services into multiple profiles

• 4xSDI or 2xHDSDI input with embedded audio

• Supports an extensive range of resolutions and frame-rates

from full 720p60/50 HD down to 144p15/12.5

• Resolution conversion

• Dynamic Encoder GOP Control Modes

• Key frame alignment

• Audio encoding

• 1 slot wide

UNIVERSAL

ENCODER

EC-400

Status

Universal Encoder - High VQ Broadcast

EC-400

• Encodes 1 HD or 2 SD into MPEG-2 or MPEG-4

• SDI/HDSDI input with embedded audio

• 2 BNC, 75 ohm female input ports (plus 2 unused BNC)

• Operates in three encoder rate control modes:

- Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

- Capped Variable Bit Rate (CVBR)

- Statistical Multiplexing

• Resolution conversion

• Picture in Picture

• Logo insertion

• Advanced audio encoding with support for all common

audio codecs

• 1 slot wide

UNIVERSAL

ENCODER

EC-400

Status

Universal Encoder – Dense Broadcast

EC-400

• Encodes 4 HD or 4 SD into MPEG-2 or MPEG-4

• SDI/HDSDI input with embedded audio

• 4 BNC, 75 ohm female input ports

• Operates in three encoder rate control modes:

- Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

- Capped Variable Bit Rate (CVBR)

- Statistical Multiplexing

• Resolution conversion

• Picture in Picture

• Logo insertion

• Advanced audio encoding with support for all common audio codecs

• 1 slot wide

Digital Audio Leveling

Descrambling and Scrambling

Digital Audio Leveling

AUDIO

LEVELING

• For equalisation of audio in TV and Radio services within a

digital head-end

• Audio volume control in an MPEG domain

• Audio leveling of 250 channels

Appear TV provides two types of descramblers: CAM-based (DVB-Common Interface) and bulk descrambling. The CAM based descrambler

• 1 slot wide module is integrated with professional CAM modules from vendors such as SMIT, SmarDTV, Aston etc. and supports descrambling of up to

10 services per CAM. The bulk descrambler is aimed at software-based CA systems or CA vendors open for an embedded integration. It is used for the descrambling of multiple services protected by one or more CA systems and offers very high descrambling density of up to 250

S tatus services per module, making it an efficient, space and energy saving solution. The scrambler module supports both DVB CSA and all common flavors of AES scrambling algorithms. The scrambler module is fully simulcrypt compliant and has been integrated with all major CA vendors.

a u d i o l e v e l i n g

EPG and audio leveling

reuse the existing EPG information. The EPG will receive EIT tables from any available input automatically and filter out unused services and re-generate the EIT schedule to reflect the current channel lineup for the selected network. For channels without EPG information on air, the information can be imported via a dedicated IP interface using XMLTV format.

Appear TV’s audio leveling simplifies the process of changing the audio levels of hundreds of channels by eliminating the need to decode and

adjust the audio level of each channel. Each Audio Leveling has a capacity of up to 250 channels.

An Appear TV head-end can take more than one Audio Leveling module, allowing operators to cater for hundreds of channels simultaneously.

FEATURES

• Modular

• Customizable to specific

operator demands

• High density

• Provides integrated

functionality normally requiring

separate chassis or servers

• Powerful MPEG processing with

high throughput

S p t i o n s a n d p r o d u c t a v a i l a b i l i t y a r e s u b j e c t t o c h a n g e w i t h o u t n o t i c e .

P R O C E S S I N G M O D U L E S

Bulk Descrambler

BD-100

• Descrambles up to 250 services (850 Mbit/s)

• Integrated with soft clients for ECM handling

(no smart card required)

• Support for both DVB-CA and AES descrambling

• Integrated with Verimatrix and Latens

• BISS descrambling

• 1 slot wide

SIM Bulk Descrambler

BD-200

• Descrambles up to 250 services (850 Mbit/s)

• Smart Card based descrambling (SIM)

• 16 SIM readers; 8 in front and 8 behind the front

• Support for both DVB-CA and AES descrambling

• Integrated with Conax

• BISS descrambling

• 2 slot wide

Scrambler

CA-100

• DVB CA compliant scrambling (CSA) and AES

compliant scrambling

• Scrambles up to 250 services, maximum 850 Mbit/s

• Supports scrambling of MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and HEVC

• DVB Simulcrypt compliant

• 10/100/1000BaseT IP interface towards

CA system (RJ45)

• Handles up to 250 ECMs

• 1 slot wide

Digital Audio Leveling

AL-100

• For equalisation of audio in TV and Radio services

within a digital head-end

• Audio volume control in an MPEG domain

• Audio leveling of 250 channels

• Supports MPEG 1, layer 1 / 2 audio

• Adjustment range ± 30 dB

• 1 slot wide

Note: For Dynamic audio leveling (Interface options), please contact Appear TV.

Audio Processor

AP-100

• Encodes up to 32 stereo channels

• 4x SDI/HDSDI input with embedded audio

• 4x BNC, 75 Ohm female input ports

• 8 stereo audio tracks per SD/HDSDI feed

• Audio codec support

- MPEG-1 - Layer 2

- MPEG-1 - Layer 3 (MP3)

- AAC-LC

- HE-AAC v1

- HE-AAC v2

• Audio channel modes:

- Stereo

- Mono

• Audio Level Adjustment , +6/-10dB

• 1 slot wide

Descrambler

DS-101

• 2 × DVB Common interface

• Descrambling of 10 services per CAM (depends on

common interface)

• Support for all major CA systems and CAMs

• 1 slot wide

EPG

EP-200

• Re-generation of EIT schedule on selected output ports

• Gathers EIT information from all input ports

• EPG data is filtered and regenerated to reflect new channelplan

• Supports multiple of networks

• Configurable play out rate with prioritization

• Configurable period to be played out

• EPG synchronization between multiple ATV units

• 1 slot wide

EPG

EP-200

Status

Data A

Data B

M P E G O U T P U T M O D U L E S

Appear TV offers a large number of different output modules that can be used in various applications. All output modules have powerful

MPEG multiplexing and PSI/SI/PSIP capabilities to enable operators to maximize the potential of their network. Each output module has been designed to support 850 Mbit/s transport stream data-rate and 250 services.

IP and ASI output

The IP output module is a high capacity module with full multiplexing and PSI/SI regeneration targeted at linear broadcasting. The IP output modules support any combination of MPTS and SPTS as long as the total number of services is less than 250 and the total transport stream bit-rate is less than 850 Mbit/s. Each output port supports IPv4, IPv6, source specific multicast, generation of FEC according to SMPTE 2022 and Appear TV’s unique IP output redundancy solution.

For legacy systems an ASI output module with 4 independent ASI outputs is available. Each ASI output supports up to 213 Mbit/s in burst mode or 72 Mbit/s in spread (byte) mode.

Modulated output

All Appear TV’s modulated output modules are based on a full digital modulation and up-conversion architecture developed in house to provide the best possible output quality. Appear TV’s leading edge DVB-T/T2 modulator is fully frequency agile for terrestrial transmitters,

MMDS systems or for DVB-T/T2 modulation into cable networks. This high density modulator is capable of producing up to 4 DVB-T or 2

DVB-T2 modulated channels, offering more throughput and improved error resiliency. For terrestrial operation, the modulator supports SFN with either MIP TS or T2MI as input .

Appear TV’s advanced DVB-S/S2/S2x modulator is a fully frequency agile modulator aimed at modulating SD/HD services on to satellite. This high density modulator is capable of producing up to 2 DVB-S or DVB-S2 modulated channels. The solution offers broadcasters a higher rack density and lower power consumption, compared to alternative solutions and comes with advanced functionality like pre-compensation. The

DVB-S/S2/S2x modulator is available in two different output configurations: IF or L-band.

Appear TV’s compact QAM solution generates 16 QAM frequencies for cable networks. The module supports both full re-multiplexing and transparent mapping with optional NIT replacement and PID/Service blocking making it one of the most versatile QAM modulation solutions for linear broadcasting on the market. Appear TV’s QAM solution is ideal for regional cable head-ends where additional processing are required like service filtering, local re-multiplexing, local encoding, SI regeneration, EPG regeneration, etc.

Terrestrial GW solutions

The gateway module transforms an Appear TV chassis into a complete solution for DVB-T and T2. It combines the MPEG multiplexing, PSI/SI generation and gateway roles into a single module. Combining this with modules to perform encoding, transcoding and scrambling enables a unique integrated head-end design eliminating the need for a traditional multiple box approach with the added complexity. The Appear TV gateway module supports DVB-T with MIP timestamp insertion or DVB-T2 T2MI encapsulation with SFN timestamps together with multi PLP support. The terrestrial gateway module is available with ASI or IP outputs and can support up to 4 separate gateways per module (2 on ASI out). Integrated redundancy schemes are available to go beyond what is commonly available today and provide seamless protection of the distribution chain as well as the SFN network.

FEATURES

• Modular

• Integrated

• Scalable

• High density

• Flexible

• Seamless redundancy options

• Intelligent, automatic

redundancy solutions

• Powerful multiplexing with high

throughput

• Integrated multiplexing & PSI/SI

re-generation

OUTPUT MODULES

Dual IP IO

IP-200

• 2 × Gbit output port for data (or 1×in and 1×out)

• 10/100/1000BaseT (RJ45) or SFP output

• Up to 850 Mbit/s per data port TS

• Supports UDP/RTP Multicast/Unicast

• Supports streaming of MPTS and SPTS

• Supports cloned output

• Supports multiplexing and transparent pass-through

• PSI/SI/PSIP regeneration

• Supports FEC (SMPTE 2022) (license)

•1 slot wide

DVB-S/S2X modulator

SM-300

• 2 DVB-S/S2/S2x modulated carriers per module

• Output connectors:

-IF › 1 × 75Ω F connector + 1 × 50Ω SMA for monitoring

per output

-L-band › 1 × 50Ω SMA connector + 1 × 75Ω F for

monitoring per output

• Satellite standards:

-DVB-S EN 300 421

-DVB-S2 EN 302 307 – 1

-DVB-S2X EN 302 307 -2, Broadcast Services

• Output options:

-IF › 50-200 MHz

-L-band › 950-2150 MHz

• Modulation:

-DVB-S › QPSK

-DVB-S2X › QPSK, 8-PSK, 16/32/64/128/256-APSK

• Symbol rate: 0.1-68 Mbaud

• 24V DC and 10MHz reference output

• DVB Carrier ID, NIT Carrier ID

• Linear static precorrection

• Supports multiplexing and transparent pass-through

DVB-T/T2 Cable Modulator

TM-101, TM-200

• 4 DVB-T modulators (TM-101)

• 2 DVB-T/T2 modulators (TM-200)

• Connectors:

- TM-101 › 2 × 75 Ω F connector (2 x frequencies per output)

- TM-200 › 2 × 75 Ω F connector (1 x frequencies per output)

• Full digital modulation and up-conversion

• 5, 6, 7, 8 MHz bandwidth

• Frequency range 47-862 MHz, fully agile

• Output levels: -12 to 2.2 dBm

• PSI/SI regeneration

• 1 slot wide

ISDB-T Modulator

CM-500

• 8 ISDB-T modulated carriers per module

• 2 × 75 Ω RF output - F connector

• Full digital modulation and up-conversion

• DOCSIS 3.0 RF compliant

• QPSK, 16QAM, 64 QAM modulation

• Frequency range of 47 – 862 MHz

• Supports multiplexing and transparent pass-through

• PSI/SI/PSIP regeneration

• Relevant Standards:

- ARIB STD-B31

- ARIB STD-B10

• 1 slot wide

ASI Output

AO-110

• 4 × ASI outputs

• 4 × BNC connectors

• 213 Mbit/s Burst mode or 72 Mbit/s Spread mode per output

• 4 different multiplexed outputs

• Supports multiplexing and transparent pass-through

• PSI/SI/PSIP regeneration

• 1 slot wide

DVB-T/T2 Terrestrial Modulator

TM-300

• 2 DVB-T2 or 2 DVB-T independent outputs

• 1 × BNC connector + 1 × BNC for monitoring per output

• Monitoring ports for each output

• VHF/UHF, 50 Ω BNC, 47-862 MHz

• Output levels: -15 to 0 dBm

• Supports multiplexing and transparent pass-through (mode A)

• Support for SFN (ETSI TS 102 733 T2-MI)

• Support for multiple PLPs

• Supports multiplexing and transparent

• PSI/SI regeneration

• 1 slot wide

QAM Modulator

CM-201, CM-301, CM-210, CM-310

• 16 QAM modulators, 4 and 4 paired

• 2 × 75 Ω RF output (EN/IEC 60728-5) - F connector

• Full digital modulation and up-conversion

• DOCSIS 3.0 RF compliant

• 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 QAM modulation

• Frequency range of 47 – 1000 MHz

• Supports multiplexing and transparent pass-through

• PSI/SI/PSIP regeneration

• ITU-TJ83. Annex A/B/C

• 1 slot wide

DVB-T/T2 GW

AO-120, IP-201

• IP or ASI out options:

-10/100/1000 BaseT (RJ45) or SFP output on IP

- 2 × (1+1) ASI out

• Supports DVB-T MIP insertion and DVB-T2 T2MI generation

• 4 independent gateways per module (2 for T2MI on ASI out)

• Supports up to 240 PLPs

• Regionalization options

• PAPR and MISO support

• Full (Re-)multiplexing support (per PLP)

• PSI/SI regeneration

• Supports SMPTE 2022 FEC (license)

• 1 slot wide

DAB/DAB+ Modulator

CM-400

• Standards DAB/DAB+

• EDI input

• 8 x DAB/DAB+ modulated carriers

• Frequency range 174-300 MHz

• Output level -4 dBm to -15 dBm

• 1 slot wide

DA B/DA B+

MO DULATO R

CM-400

Status

RF O ut

A

B

END TO END TERRESTRIAL SOLUTIONS

Appear TV offers the most integrated, powerful and flexible range of DVB-T2 solutions. The compact modular approach makes it possible to provide complete head-ends consisting of content acquisition, premium compression with statistical multiplexing, DVB-T2 gateways, and modulation in single or multiple units to provide an end to end solution.

Terrestrial signals for DVB-T2 can be distributed via satellite, ASI or IP to transmitter sites where regional processing is performed before being delivered to the transmitter. In addition Appear TV can provide a complete low-power transmitter solution with all necessary components integrated into a compact 1RU chassis if applicable. All components are developed in house, giving customer’s access to our design level expertise with the added benefit of being able to customize the solution to meet specific customer requirements.

The solution offers many highly distinctive features including a new option for providing regionalization using the ‘common PLP’ mechanism, an integrated seamless DVB-T2 gateway redundancy option and sophisticated seamless IP packet re-construction to dramatically increase signal distribution robustness over IP links. Because the entire solution is modular, Appear TV offers the market an easy to manage, easy to upgrade, ultra-compact solution that provides the best possible standards of technical performance whilst consuming a fraction of the space and power of competing systems.

DVB-T2 Integrated Multiplexer and DVB-T2 Gateway Module

Appear TV has improved upon typical DTT architectures that rely on multiple boxes and complex NMS to provide an integrated solution.

In contrast, Appear TV solutions are optimally integrated from the beginning. Appear TV gateway module is an integrated MPEG multiplexer, PSI/SI generator and DVB-T2 gateway on a single slot.

The advanced Appear TV DVB-T2 gateway module is representative of Appear TV’s modular approach enabling operators to combine reception, descrambling, encoding/transcoding, scrambling, multiplexing, PSI/SI generation,T2 gateway and modulation stages within a single chassis with integrated management.

Appear TV modules offer high channel and carrier density. The gateway module supports multiplexing and T2MI generation of up to 4 independent complete T2MI streams on IP or 2 T2MI streams on ASI and provides up to 140 regional PLPs per module. The combination of integration and performance offered by the module is unique, making it the most powerful, yet easiest to use, DVB-T2 Gateway solution on the market. The modules are usually provided in 1+1 redundancy configuration using the Appear TV seamless T2MI redundancy option.

The gateway’s many features can be used to complement the requirements and distribution methods required by individual customers, and can support centralized (backhaul) and ‘in region’ (edge) content replacement models using any distribution mechanism including support for TS replacement or deterministic PLP replacement techniques as appropriate.

Architectures and Regionalization

Appear TV network delivery enhancements include support for the DVB-S/S2/S2x standard and are incorporated into the satellite modulator and demodulator modules. For IP distribution our ‘seamless’ packet re-construction technology provides superior protection against network packet loss and enables FEC levels to be reduced, re-claiming useful bandwidth.

whilst ensuring exceptional QoS.

Network reach can be extended via our fully integrated modular low-power

DECODER

A key feature of Appear TV platforms is the ability to use a common hardware platform to deliver high quality analog and digital TV services simultaneously. The SDI/HDSDI outputs and optional AES/EBU audio outputs are ideal for downlink and rebroadcast, or for monitoring purposes.

Simulcasting

The high performance decoders with RF modulation are ideal for operators wanting to eliminate the need to distribute analog channels over the core network. Appear TV’s decoder modules with RF output support PAL, SECAM and NTSC together with A2, NICAM and MTS stereo audio modulation. Based on a full digital-modulation and up-conversion architecture, the decoder with RF modulation gives the best RF performance possible.

Appear TV FM radio decoders offer cable operators a compact solution for the delivery of radio services. Each radio module decodes 8 MPEG stereo audio tracks and FM modulates the audio with RDS. The FM radio module can be combined with decoders and digital QAM modulator, making them a complete remote head-end for cable operators.

DECODER MODULES

Dual MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI Output

DE-401 / DE-411*

• 2 decoders per module

• 2 × BNC with SDI/HDSDI outputs per decoder

• MPEG2 and MPEG4 (H264) SD and HD

• Frame Synchronization (Genlock) support (HW option)

• Dolby® Digital Plus (HW option)

- Dolby® Digital and Dolby® Digital Plus decoding, Downmix from

5.1 to 2.0 (Lo/Ro & Lt/Rt), Compression Modes (Line & RF)

- Conversion Dolby® Digital Plus to Dolby® Digital

• VBI re-insertion (WSS, WST/EBU Teletext, VPS, VITS)

• VANC re-insertion (WSS, Teletext, VPS, DPI, AFD, EBU Subtitles)

• DVB and EBU subtitling

• 1 slot wide

DUAL HD

DECODER

DE-401

Status

A

B

HDSDI/SDI

A

B

Dual MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI Output

& AES Audio option

DE-501 / DE-511*

• 2 decoders per module

• 1 SD/HDSDI output per decoder

• 1 AES audio output per decoder

• MPEG2 and MPEG4 (H264) SD and HD video

• MPEG-1 Layer 1/2, MPEG-2 Layer 2, MPEG4 AAC-LC, MPEG4

AAC plus v.1/2 audio

• Dolby® Digital Plus (HW option)

- Dolby® Digital and Dolby® Digital Plus decoding, Downmix from 5.1 to 2.0 (Lo/Ro & Lt/Rt), Compression Modes (Line & RF)

- Conversion Dolby® Digital Plus to Dolby® Digital

• VBI re-insertion (WSS, WST/EBU Teletext, VPS, VITS)

• VANC re-insertion (WSS, Teletext, VPS, DPI, AFD, EBU Subtitles)

• DVB and EBU subtitling

• 1 slot wide

*DE-411, DE-511 required for Genlock support

Dual MPEG 2/4 Decoder with Composite Output

DE-211

• 2 decoders per module

• Composite PAL and NTSC Video output - BNC connectors

• Balanced Stereo Audio output – D-sub connector

• MPEG2 and MPEG4 (H264) SD and HD

• Dolby® Digital Plus (HW option)

- Dolby® Digital and Dolby® Digital Plus decoding, Downmix

from 5.1 to 2.0 (Lo/Ro & Lt/Rt), Compression Modes (Line & RF)

• VBI re-insertion (WSS, WST/EBU Teletext, VPS, VITS)

• DVB and EBU subtitling

• 1 slot wide

FM Radio with RDS Output

FM-100

• 8 independent radio channels per module

• Decoding of MPEG-1,2 audio

• FM modulation and up-conversion to FM band

• Fully agile independent frequency setting for each channel

• RDS insertion - UECP SPB490 or static

• One RF output connector, F-type, with all 8 channels

• MPX test output

• 1 slot wide

FEATURES

• Modular

• Scalable

• High density with up to 40

analogue RF modulated TV

channels in 4RU

• Integrated analogue simulcast

solution for video and FM radio

• MPEG-2/4 SD/HD decoding

• Digital RF modulation

Quad Decoder with RF Output

2 x DE-101 + AM-100 / 1 x DE-101+1 AM-100

• 4 or 8 decoders and RF modulators

• MPEG-2/4 (H264) SD and HD decoding (half can be HD)

• PAL› B/G, D/K, I

• SECAM › B/G, D/K

• NTSC › M

• HD downconversion to SD

• Dolby® Digital Plus (HW option)

-Dolby® Digital and Dolby® Digital Plus decoding, downmix

from 5.1 to 2.0 (Lo/Ro & Lt/Rt), Compression modes (Line & RF)

• VBI re-insertion (WSS, WST/EBU Teletext, VPS, VITS)

• DVB and EBU subtitling

• RF modulation and up-conversion

• 47-862 MHz frequency range

• 2 F connector output ports, up to 4 channels per port

• 2 DVB Common Interfaces per decoder module

• 2 or 3 slots wide

QUAD

DECODER

TV

MODULATOR

QUAD

DECODER

DE-101

Status

CA

AM-100

Status

DE-101

Status

CA

RF Out

A B

A+B

C+D

A B

Dolby® Digital Plus Professional Decoder. ‘Dolby‘ and the ‘double-D‘ symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby® Laboratories.

R E D U N D A N C Y

( A W A R D W I N N I N G )

Appear TV’s intelligent redundancy software provides seamless integration between broadcast equipment and IP networks. It protects every stage and provides automatic backup in case of service stream failure at input, protection from internal failures, and intermittent or permanent data losses within distribution networks without requiring complex control software.

Appear TV’s redundancy solution is unique in being the only solution in the IP television market to take a holistic view of operation and network management. Redundancy configuration is simplified and automated, and operational routines are significantly reduced. The integrated redundancy solutions offer operators compelling quality of service benefits and improved network reliability. The individual elements of this integrated solution are further described below. For more detailed information please contact Appear TV.

Input redundancy

The Appear TV system is equipped with an advanced input redundancy

N+M redundancy (4RU chassis feature) (License)

The Appear TV self-managed N+M redundancy for encoding and switching mechanism. Any output service can be configured to have a backup service from a different input TS regardless of input type.

Input switching can also be performed on TS level using ‘input port redundancy’.

Redundancy switching can be set to automatic or manual. In automatic mode it is possible to choose from the following switching modes: Once (switch and stop), Floating or Reverting.

transcoding provides a powerful option for broadcasters needing the economies of N+M compression redundancy without the expense, complexity and long term reliability concerns of a conventional

NMS. Rather than relying on external PC hardware, Appear TV have integrated the redundancy control into the built in management system thus simplifying system configuration eliminating integration and operational issues between HW and management PC. It is the perfect method for creating the intelligent ‘device islands’ that are

Seamless IP input redundancy (License)

increasingly being favored by broadcasters when architecting new solutions.

The Appear TV Seamless IP Switch module makes it possible to achieve seamless IP input redundancy switching between two The encoders and transcoders will be the only items within the chassis distribution networks. The Seamless IP Switch combines an innovative alignment technique with a fast acting data switch making it possible to reconstruct a perfect outgoing stream even from two imperfect network feeds.

The Seamless IP Switch can regenerate the traffic received via two networks, so that both networks are used 100% of the time to back each other up. Using the data provided by both networks simultaneously, rather than just one, enables dramatic improvements in QoS.

in N+M configuration. Everything else will be 1+1. This includes any input and output ports, all control and management functions, the backplane and the power supplies. Each 4RU chassis will be equipped with backup encoder or transcoder module(s) capable of providing module level replacement for any of the active encoders or transcoders within the chassis. Multiple redundancy groups can be combined in the chassis by automatically creating groups of encoders and transcoders. For encoding, the redundant control modules can drive a (HD)SDI video router directly

Internal Redundancy (4RU chassis feature)

By using Appear TV’s Internal Redundancy feature, all critical single

IP Output redundancy (License)

The IP output redundancy system presents a network with multiple points of failure in the 4RU chassis are eliminated. This clever mechanism facilitates configurations with redundant switch modules, redundant backplanes, redundant IP inputs, redundant MMI (i.e. management & control) as well as redundant power supplies. In case of input, switch or MMI failure, all output modules or decoder modules will switch backplane and log into the other MMI where it will receive the services from the backup inputs and switch.

sources from which it is possible to obtain the same service. Should the service from one source be corrupted, the network can receive the service from another source. The redundancy solution is service based (multicast based) where the same service will be available for two or more sources. As long as all sources with the same channel have the same IP source address, the network will route just a single copy of the multicast stream forward to the receiver based on routing cost. In the event of a service issue within, or prior to, the Appear TV

By having 1+1 redundancy on inputs and switch modules, all components of the chassis are backed up, except for the decoder chassis, the IP output module exploits standard IP protocols to trigger external routers to switch to secondary sources. The “Monitor-in-out” and output modules which normally handle a subset of the available channels. In case of failure of decoder or output modules, they can easily be hot-swapped, and the affected services will be up and running in seconds.

functionality may be used for those networks not utilizing routing protocols.

Where full redundancy is not required, partial redundancy strategies can be implemented. Systems can be configured to provide full redundancy of only selected premium or ‘must-carry’ services.

Operators can then choose not to replicate the input and descrambling functions of lower priority services, but still equip the chassis with multiple IP output modules to provide limited fault tolerance.

SWITCH MODULE SPECIFICATIONS

Switch Module

SW-200 (No IP IO)

SW-301, SW-401

SW-310, SW-410

Bitrate

Placement

IP Input/Output

Interface

Maximum data rate per port

Maximum number of services per port

Data format

Transport stream

Service filtering

Video format

IP Input

IP de-jittering

Forward Error Correction

IP Output

Multiplexing

Forward Error Correction

Tables Supported

- PSI

- SI

- PSIP

Refenence Clock

Frame Synchronization Input (Genlock)

Internal Clock Refence

MMI Clock Syncronization

Management

Interface

Built-in user interface

External interface

: Gbit/s routing between modules in a chassis

: 1 slot wide (4RU switch module must be placed in slot 0;

redundant module in slot 17)

: 2 × 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet or SFP

: Optical SFP (class 1 laser product)

: Up to 850 MBit/s per port TS rate

: 250

: UDP/RTP Multicast/Unicast

: SPTS and MPTS

: Yes

: Transport stream; MPEG-2, MPEG-4, HEVC

: PCR or CBR

: SMPTE 2022-1

250 input streams per data port

: Yes (licensed)

: SMPTE 2022-1

250 output streams per data port

: PAT, PMT, CAT

: SDT, NIT, EIT pf , TOT, TDT, BAT, AIT

: MGT, TVCT, CVCT

: Accepts black burst and Tri-Level reference signal.*

: 10 MHz

: Yes (SW-310, SW-410 only)

: 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet

: Web

: SNMP for alarms, SOAP for configuration and status

* If SDI reference signal support is needed, contact your sales representative.

Licenced features

: 2xIP In, 1xIP In/1xIP Out, 2xIP Out, Seam. IP In, Cloned IP

Out

: FEC in, FEC out, FEC in/out

: Multiplexing

: IP Out Redundancy

Clock Reference

CK-100

GPS reference input

Antenna connector

Impedance

1pps timing accuracy

Active Antenna Voltage output

Internal reference hold-over

1pps reference input

Number of input ports

Input connector type

Impedance

Input level 1pps (1Hz)

Internal reference hold-over

Licenced features

: SMA female

: 50 Ω

: < 100 ns RMS

: 0V, 3.3V(default) or 5V

: ≤1us in 4 hrs @ΔT= 0˚C

: 1

: BNC female

: TTL or 50 Ω

: TTL

: ≤1us in 4 hrs @ΔT= 0˚C

: GPS receiver, OCSO oscillator, OCXO oscillator

0.2ppb/day)

COMMON INPUT SPECIFICATIONS

All Input Modules Transport stream

Service filtering

Video format

DVB-S/S2X input

SR-120

ASI Input

AI-110

INPUT INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS

Dual IP IO

IP-200

IP Input/Output

Interface

Operational mode

Maximum data rate per port

Maximum number of services per port

Data format

IP Input

IP de-jittering

Forward Error Correction

IP Output

Multiplexing

Forward Error Correction

Lisenced features

Key reference specification

Connector

Number of inputs per module

Maximum bit-rate per port

Key reference specification

Connector

Number of inputs per module

Frequency range

Acquisition range

Input level

DVB-S Constellation

DVB-S2 Constellation

DVB-S2X Constellation

Symbol rate DVB-S/S2/S2X

Decoding DVB-S2/S2X

FEC DVB-S

FEC DVB-S2 QPSK

FEC DVB-S2 8PSK

FEC DVB-S2 8APSK

FEC DVB-S2 16APSK

FEC DVB-S2 32APSK

Roll off DVB-S

Roll off DVB-S2

Roll off DVB-S2X

Spectrum inversion

: SPTS and MPTS

: Yes

: Transport stream, MPEG-2/4 (H264) and HEVC

: 2×10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet and SFP

: The module can be configured to;

- 1 input and 1 output

- Seamless (Hitless) IP in

- Cloned IP out

- Dual IP in

- Dual IP out

: Up to 850 Mbit/s per port in Seamless (Hitless) in, cloned out or 1×IPIN + 1×IPOUT

: Up to 850 Mbit/s sum of both ports in Dual IP in or Dual

IP out mode

: 250

: UDP/RTP Multicast/Unicast

: Yes, based on PCR or CBR

: SMPTE 2022-1

250 input streams per data port

: Yes

: SMPTE 2022-1

250 output streams per data port

: Seamless input, Cloned IP Out

: FEC in, FEC out, FEC in/out

: Multiplexing

: IP output redundancy

: EN 50083-9

: BNC female, 75Ω

: 4

: Up to 213.7Mbit/s (burst)

: EN 300 421, EN 302 307 part 1 and 2

: F female, 75Ω

: 4

: 950–2150 MHz

: Auto, 0.15MHz, 1MHz, 2MHz, 2.5MHz, 5MHz

: -79 to -20 dBm (16-APSK, 9/10 code rate)

: QPSK

: QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK

: QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK

: 1–45 MSym/s (1-39.9MSym/s for 32-APSK)

: LDPC and BCH

: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

: 1/4, 13/45, 1/3, 2/5, 9/20, 1/2, 11/20, 3/5, 2/3,

3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10

: 3/5, 23/36, 2/3, 25/36, 13/18, 3/4, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10

: 5/9, 26/45

: 5/9, 8/15, 1/2, 26/45, 3/5, 28/45, 23/36, 2/3,

25/36, 13/18, 3/4, 7/9, 4/5, 5/6, 77/90, 8/9, 9/10

: 2/3, 32/45, 11/15, 3/4, 7/9, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10

: Auto, 0.35

: Auto, 0.20, 0.25, 0.35

: Auto, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.35

: Auto, Normal, Inverted

DVB-T/T2 input

TR-210, TR-211

DVB-C Input

CR-110

QAM Annex B input

TR-300

8-VSB Input (ATSC)

TR-300

DVB-S2 FEC frames

LNB voltage

Maximum LNB supply current

LNB signaling

Multiple streams

T2MI De-encapsulation

Licenced features

Number of DVB-T/T2 inputs per module

Input connector

Input connector configurations

Input frequency range

Input level range

Minimum return loss

DVB-T

Key reference specification

FFT Size

Guard Intervals

FEC code rate

Constellation

Channel bandwidth

Hierarchy stream

Hierarchy mode

Spectral inversion

DVB-T2

Key reference specification

FFT Size

Guard Interval

FEC frame

FEC code rate (PLP)

Constellation (PLP)

Channel bandwidth

Pilot pattern

SISO and MISO transmission

Single and Multiple-PLPs

Spectral inversion

Rotated constellation

Licenced features

Key reference specification

Connector

Number of inputs per module

Number of input ports

Frequency range

Channel bandwidth

QAM Mode

Symbol rate

Spectrum inversion

Input power level

Key reference specification

Connector

Number of inputs per module

Frequency range

Channel bandwidth

QAM Mode

Symbol rate

Key reference specification

Connector

Number of inputs per module

: Normal frames

: 0/13/18 Volt

: 400 mA

: LNB voltage + 22kHz continuous tone

: 1 per input port

: 1 PLP per port

: DVB-S2 demodulation

DVB-S2X demodulation

T2MI de-encapsulation

: 4

: F-female, 75 Ω

: 1 F connector internally split or 4 F connectors

: 47–862 MHz

: - 80 to -10 dBm (at T2, 8MHz, 256 QAM, 3/5, gaussian

channel)

: 10 dB

: ETSI EN 300744, Nordig 2.0

: 2k, 8k

: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32

: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM

: 6, 7, or 8 MHz

: High and Low priority

: All

: Automatic

: ETSI EN 302755, Nordig 2.1

: 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 8k extended, 16k,

16k extended, 32k, 32k extended

: 1/4, 19/128, 1/8, 19/256, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128

: Normal (64k), Short (16k)

: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM

: 5, 6, 7 or 8 MHz

: P1–P8

: Yes

: Yes

: Automatic

: Automatic

: DVB-T2 demodulation

: EN 300 429, ITU-T J83 annex A, and C

: F female, 75Ω

: 4 independent tuner/demodulators

: 1 (internal splitter feeding the 4 tuners)

: 47–862 MHz

: 6, 7 and 8 MHz

: 4, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 QAM

: 1–7.2 Mbaud

: Automatic

: - 30 to -65 dBm (at 256 QAM, 6.9 Ms/s)

: ITU-T J83 annex B

: F female, 75Ω

: 4

: 54–860 MHz

: 6

: 64, 256 QAM

: 5.057 Mbaud (64 QAM), 5.360 MBaud (256 QAM)

: ATSC A/53

: F female, 75Ω

: 4

Input level

Frequency range

Modulation

Band

Licenced features

ISDB-T/SBTVD-T

TR-401

Key reference specification

Channel bandwidth

RF Input specification

Number of inputs per module

Number of input ports

Connector

Frequency range

Input power level

Maximum

Minimum (QPSK, 2/3)

Minimum (64 QAM, 7/8)

Return loss

Demodulation

FEC

Spectrum inversion

: -34 to +40 dBmV

: 50–860 MHz

: 8-VSB

: Broadcast

: 8-VSB, QAM Annex B

: ARIB STD-B31

: 6, 7 and 8 MHz

: 4 independent tuner/demodulators

: 1 (internal splitter feeding the 4 tuners)

: F female, 75Ω

: 50–860 MHz

: -10 dBm

: -76 dBm

: -95dBm

: 10dB

: DQPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM

: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, Automatic

: Automatic

ENCODING/TRANSCODING SPECIFICATIONS

Universal Encoder - High VQ Broadcast

EC-400 Density

Number of channels per module

Video Input

HD Res. / Frame rates (SMPTE 292M)

SD Res. / Frame rates (SMPTE 259M)

Audio Inputs

Embedded Audio

Video Encoder

Architecture

MPEG-2 profiles

MPEG-4 AVC profiles

Rate Control Modes

GOP structure

Clock Modes

Aspect Ratio Control

PCR PID

End-to-end Encoder Delay

: Up to 1 HD or 2 SD

: 1080i – 29.97 fps or 25 fps

: 720p – 59.94 fps or 50 fps

: 480i – 29.97 fps

: 576i – 25 fps

: SMPTE 272M (SD), SMPTE 299M (HD)

: Sample rate 48kHz, synchronous to video

: Dual Pass with look ahead

: MP@HL (HD) up to 60Mbps

: MP@ML (SD) up to 16Mbps

: [email protected], [email protected] (HD) up to 55Mbps

: [email protected], [email protected] (SD) up to 16Mbps

: Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

: Capped VBR (CVBR) with QP target

: Statistical Multiplexing

: Dynamic with Scene Change Detection and Adaptive

GOP structure.

: Locked to HDSDI/SDI input

: Manual, WSS, Video Index or AFD Codes

: PCR on Video PID or as separate PID

: Typical 5000ms (4000ms reduced delay mode)

Audio Encoder

Number of encoded stereo pairs per main video : 6 (4 for Dolby® Digital / Dolby® Digital Plus)

Audio CODECS : MPEG-1 Layer 2

: AAC-LC (2.0, 5.1

: HE-AAC v2

: Dolby® Digital

2)

1)

)

: HE-AAC v1 (2.0, 5.1

: Dolby® Digital Plus

1)

3)

)

‘Dolby‘ and the ‘double-D‘ symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby® Laboratories.

: Dolby® Digital/Dolby® Digital Plus pass-through

Audio Channel Modes : Stereo, Mono and Dual Mono, 5.1

1)

and 7.1 (Dolby®

Digital/Dolby® Digital Plus only)

AAC Data Encapsulation : ADTS or LATM selectable per encoded channel

Audio Lipsync Adjustment

Audio Level Adjustment

: +500ms / -200ms

: +6/-10dB

Picture-in-Picture

Density

Codec

Bitrate

Resolutions

GOP Size

: One PiP available for each main channel

: MPEG-4 AVC BP or MP

: Min 96kbps, Max 500kbps (CBR)

: 320x240, 192x192, 176x144, 128x96

: Configurable independent of main channel

Video Pre-processing

Inverse Telecine Detection : Detect if input is 3:2 pull down and omit repeated fields.

De-blocking Filter : Adjustable

Motion Compensated Temporal Filter (MCTF) : Adjustable

WSS Blanking : Removal of line 23 WSS from active video

Video Re-scaling

Horizontal Rescaling

Down Conversion HD to SD

Up Conversion SD to HD

Frame Rate Conversion

: From 1920 to 1440, 1280 or 960

: From 1280 to 960 or 640

: From 720 to 704, 640, 544, 528, 480 or 352

: Including aspect ratio conversion, letter-/pillar boxing

: Including aspect ratio conversion, letter-/pillar boxing and de-interlacing.

: From 59.94 fps to 59.94/29.97 fps

: From 50 fps to 50/25 fps

: From 29.97 fps to 59.94/29.97 fps

: From 25 fps to 50/25 fps

: Frame rate up conversion only for interlaced input

(1080i/576i/480i) to 720p output.

Logo Insertion

Maximum Size

Positioning

File format

Ancillary Data and VBI

Teletext processing

: 192x128 (SD)

: 360x180 (HD 720P)

: 480x270 (HD 1080i)

: User selectable (pixel accuracy)

: PNG (8-bit ARGB) file per encoded channel

Closed Captioning (EIA 608/EIA 708)

Digital Programme Insertion (DPI)

: Extracted from VANC OP47, SMPTE-2031 or VBI and transcoded to EN 301755.

: Extracted from VANC and injected into video stream.

: SCTE104 triggers extracted from VANC and transcoded to SCTE35 TS triggers.

Active Format Description (AFD)

Dolby® E metadata

: Extracted from VANC SMPTE 2016 and injected into video stream.

: External Dolby® E metadata extracted from VANC SMPTE

2020 used for Dolby® Digital/Dolby® Digital Plus encod-

Wide Screen Signalling (WSS)

Video Programming System (VPS) ing configuration.

: Extracted from VBI line 23 or VANC SMPTE 2031 and transcoded to EN 301755

: Extracted from VANC SMPTE 2031 and transcoded to EN

Video Inserted Time Code (VITC)

301755

: Extracted from VANC SMPTE-RP188 and injected into video stream.

Auxillary Data Injection

EBU Subtitling, DVB Subtitling, PIDs can be added to service through an Appear TV Input Interface (e.g. ASI,

IP). PTS can be restamped for DVB subtitling.

Subtitling conversion : Conversion from EBU Subtitling to DVB Subtitling

Statistical Multiplexing

Statmux Controller

1) AAC-LC/HE-AAC v1 5.1 support in future release.

2) Dolby® Digital also known as AC-3

3) Dolby® Digital Plus also known as E-AC-3

: Local within chassis

Max. Number of Groups per chassis

Max. Number of Services within group

: Maximum 16, one per encoder/transcoder module

: 32

Universal Encoder - Dense

EC-400

Licensed Features : Video Mode HPBC (required)

: Number of Encoder Channels HD

: Number of Encoder Channels SD

: Statistical Multiplexing - Number of Channels

: Dolby® Digital/Dolby® Digital Plus Encode - Number of

Stereo Pairs

4)

: MPEG-1 Layer 2/AAC-LC/HE-AAC v1/HE-AAC v2 Encode -

Number of Stereo Pairs

: Subtitle transcoding from TTX to DVB

Density

Number of channels per module

Video Pre-processing

WSS Blanking

: Up to 4 HD or 4 SD

Video Input

HD Resolutions/Frame rates (SMPTE 292M)

SD Resolutions/Frame rates (SMPTE 259M)

Audio Inputs

Embedded Audio

Video Encoder

Architecture

MPEG-2 profiles

: 1080i – 29.97Hz or 25Hz

: 720p – 59.97Hz or 50Hz

: 480i – 29.97Hz

: 576i – 25Hz

: SMPTE 272M (SD), SMPTE 299M (HD)

Sample rate 48kHz, synchronous to video

PCM or Dolby® Digital/Dolby® Digital Plus

MPEG-4 AVC profiles

Rate Control Modes

GOP structure

Clock Modes

Aspect Ratio Control

PCR PID

End-to-end Encoder Delay

: Single Pass with look ahead

: MP@HL (HD) up to 60Mbps

: MP@ML (SD) up to 16Mbps

: [email protected], [email protected] (HD) up to 55Mbps

: [email protected], [email protected] (SD) up to 16Mbps

: Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

: Capped VBR (CVBR) with QP target

: Statistical Multiplexing

: Dynamic with Scene Change Detection

and Adaptive GOP structure.

: Locked to HDSDI/SDI input or to local clock

: Manual, WSS, Video Index or AFD Codes

: PCR on Video PID or as separate PID

: Video Quality optimized for 4500ms (3000ms reduced

Audio Encoder

delay)

Number of encoded stereo pairs per main video : 81)

Audio CODECS : MPEG-1 Layer 2

Audio Channel Modes

AAC Data Encapsulation

: AAC-LC

: HE-AAC v1

: HE-AAC v2

: Dolby® Digital2) 2.0 and 5.1

: Dolby® Digital Plus3) 2.0, 5.1 and 7.1

: Convert Dolby® Digital Plus to Dolby® Digital

Dolby® Digital / Dolby® Digital Plus Pass-thru

: Multichannel, Stereo, Mono, Dual Mono

: ADTS or LATM selectable per encoded channel

Audio Lipsync Adjustment : +500ms / -200ms

Audio Level Adjustment : +6/-10dB

: Removal of line 23 WSS from active video

Picture-in-Picture

Density

Codec

Bitrate

GOP Size

Resolutions

: One PiP available for each channel

: MPEG-4 AVC BP or MP

: Min 96kbps, Max 500kbps (CBR)

: Configurable independent of main channel

: 320x240, 192x192, 176x144, 128x96, 96x96

4) One 5.1 encode uses resources of 3x stereo pairs. One 7.1 encode uses resources of 4x stereo pairs.

5) For complete table please contact Appear TV.

Universal Encoder - MS/OTT

EC-400

Video Re-scaling

Horizontal Rescaling

Down Conversion HD to SD

Up Conversion SD to HD

Frame Rate Conversion

Logo Insertion

Maximum Size

Positioning

File format

Ancillary Data and VBI

Teletext processing

Closed Captioning (EIA 608/EIA 708)

Digital Programme Insertion (DPI)

Active Format Desctription (AFD)

Dolby® Metatdata

Wide Screen Signalling (WSS)

Video Programming System (VPS)

Video Inserted Time Code (VITC)

Auxillary Data Injection

Subtitling insertion

Subtitling conversion

Statistical Multiplexing

Statmux Controller

Maximum Number of Groups per chassis

Maximum Number of Services within group

: From 1920 to 1440, 1280 or 960

: From 1280 to 960 or 640

: From 720 to 704, 640, 544, 528

: Including aspect ratio conversion, letter-/pillar boxing

: Including aspect ratio conversion, letter-/pillar boxing

and de-interlacing.

: From 59.94 fps to 59.94/29.97 fps

: From 50 fps to 50/25 fps

: From 29.97 fps to 59.94/29.97

: From 25 fps to 50/25 fps

: Frame rate up conversion only for interlaced input

(1080i/576i/480i) to 720p output.

: 192x128 (SD)

: 360x180 (HD 720P)

: 480x270 (HD 1080i)

: User selectable (pixel accuracy)

: PNG (8-bit ARGB) file per encoded channel

: Extracted from VANC OP47, SMPTE-2031 or VBI and

transcoded to EN 301755.

: Extracted from VANC and injected into video stream.

: SCTE104 triggers extracted from VANC and transcoded

to SCTE35 TS triggers.

: Extracted from VANC SMPTE 2016 and injected into

video stream.

: SMPTE 2020 metadata extracted from VANC and injected

into audio stream.

: Extracted from VBI line 23 or VANC SMPTE 2031 and

transcoded to EN 301755

: Extracted from VANC SMPTE 2031 and transcoded to

EN 301755

: Extracted from VANC SMPTE-RP188 and injected into

video stream.

: EBU Subtitling, DVB Subtitling. Teletext subtitling PIDs

can be added to service through an Appear TV Input

interface (e.g. ASI, IP). PTS can be re-stamped.

: Conversion from EBU Subtitling to DVB Subtitling

: Local on a Universal Encoder or Transcoder module

: Maximum16, one per encoder/transcoder module

: 32

Licensed Features :

: Number of Encoder Channels SD

: Subtitle transcoding from TTX to DVB

: Statistical Multiplexing - Number of Channels

: Dolby® Digital Encode

: Dolby® Digital Plus Encode

Input Ports

Input Format

: 2xHDSDI/4xSDI, 4 BNC 75 Ω

: SMPTE 292M (HD SDI), SMPTE 259M (SD SDI)

Video Pre-processing

WSS Blanking

Video Encode

MPEG-4 AVC Profiles

HD and sub HD resolutions

5)

: Removal of line 23 WSS from active video

: High profile up to [email protected]

: Main profile up to [email protected]

: Base profile up to [email protected]

: 1920 x 1080i @ 29.97, 25 fps

Encoder– CVBS input

AC-100

SD and sub SD resolutions

5)

Frame rate conversion

De-interlacing

Scene change detection

GOP structure

Number of output profiles

Audio Encode

MPEG1 Layer II

AAC-LC

HE-AAC v1

HE-AAC v2

Sample rates

Number of channels per video source

Reformatting/ Rescaling

Format conversion

Aspect Ratio Control

Aspect Ratio Modes

Ancillary Data and VBI

Closed Captioning (EIA 608/EIA 708)

Active Format Desctription (AFD)

Number of channels

Input Port

Video Input

: 1920 x 1080p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 1280 x 720p @ 59.94, 50 fps

: 1280 x 720p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 960 x 540p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 852 x 480p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 640 x 360p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 480 x 270p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 416 x 240p @ 29.97 fps

: 320 x 180p @ 29.97/14.985, 25/12.5 fps

: 720 x 576i @ 25/12.5 fps

: 720 x 480i @ 29.97/14.985 fps

: 640 x 480p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 640 x 360p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 544 x 416p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 480 x 360p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 480 x 270p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 416 x 240p @ 29.97 fps

: 400 x 224p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 400 x 300p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 384 x 216p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 352 x 288p @ 25 fps

: 320 x 240p @ 29.97 /14.985, 25/12.5 fps

: 320 x 180p @ 29.97, 25 fps

: 240 x 180p @ 29.97/14.985, 25/12.5 fps

: From 60/59.94/50 reduced to ½, ¼

: From 50 reduced to ½ or ¼

: From 30/29.97/50 reduced to ½

: Interlaced to progressive conversion

: Yes, insertion of P frame

: Dynamic

: Ranging from 4x HD to 28 sub SD per module, depend- ing on complexity of profiles

: Modes: 2.0 (stereo), Bit rates: 64 – 384kbps

: Modes: 2.0, Bit rates: 32 – 384kbps

: Modes: 2.0, Bit rates: 32 - 192kbps

: Modes: 2.0, Bit rates: 32 - 96kbps

: 32, 48kHz

: 2 (Audio resources can be combined.)

: From HD to sub SD

: Transparent Input to Output (Controlled by AFD), Manual

4:3 or 16:9

: Extracted from VANC and injected into video stream.

: Extracted from VANC SMPTE 2016 and injected into video stream.

: 4 SD or 2 SD+PIP

: 4 HD BNC 75 Ω, one per channel

25 Pin Compact D-sub for audio:

- 4 balanced analogue audio inputs

- 2 AES/EBU inputs

: PAL B/G/I/D/K

: SECAM D/K

: PAL Nc

: PAL M

: NTSC M

1) One 5.1 encode uses resources of 3x stereo pairs. One 7.1 encode uses resources of 4x stereo pairs.

2) Dolby® Digital also known as AC-3

3) Dolby® Digital Plus also known as E-AC-3

Encoder - RF Input

AC-200

6) Other TV standards can be supported upon request

Video Pre-processing

Inverse Telecine Detection

De-blocking Filter

: Yes

: Adjustable

Motion Compensated Temporal Filter (MCTF) : Adjustable

Horizontal Rescaling : From 720 to 704, 640, 544, 528, 480 or 352

WSS Blanking : Removal of line 23 WSS from active video

Logo Insertion

File Format

Position

Maximum Size

Ancillary Data and VBI

VBI Extraction and processing

: PNG (8-bit RGBA) file per encoded channel

: User defined (pixel resolution)

: 192 × 128 (SD)

: Closed Captioning (EIA 708)

: Teletext, WSS, VPS

Video Encoder

Number of channels per module

MPEG-2 profiles

MPEG-4 AVC profiles

Rate Control Modes

Rate Range

GOP control

Picture-In-Picture

Aspect Ratio Control

: 4 SD or 2 SD w/PiP (2SD mode gives improved VQ)

: up to HP@ML

: up to [email protected]

: Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

: Capped VBR (CVBR) with QP target

: 4SD: From 250kbps to 10Mbps

: 2SD: From 250kbps to 19Mbps

: Fixed or Dynamic with Scene Change Detection and adaptive GOP structure

: 416×240, 352×288, 352×240, 192×192, 128×128, 128×96 or 96×96

: Manual or WSS

Audio Encoder

Audio CODECS

AAC Data Encapsulation

Channel Modes

Encoded stereo pairs per video

Audio level adjustment

Injection of Private Data into service

: MPEG-1 Layer 2

: AAC-LC

: HE-AAC v1

: HE-AAC v2

: Dolby® Digital pass-through (from AES input)

: ADTS or LATM selectable per encoded channel

: Stereo/Dual Mono/Mono

: 2 pairs for 2SD+PIP configuration and 1 pair for 4 × SD configuration

: +/-11dB

: See Universal Encoder High VQ “Auxillary Data Injection”

Licensed Features

: Number of encoded channels, PIP

Number of channels per module

RF Input

TV systems

RF inputs

Input frequency

Frequency tuner step size

RF input level

– Max

– Min (for un-weighted video SNR=30dB)

Video Encoder

Please refer to “Encoder -CVBS input”

Picture-in-Picture

Please refer to “Encoder -CVBS input”

Video Pre-processing

Please refer to “Encoder -CVBS input”

: 4 SD or 2 SD+PIP (2SD mode gives improved VQ)

: PAL B/G, PAL I and SECAM D/K

: 4xF female, 75 Ω

: 47 – 862 MHz

: 1kHz

: 110 dBuV

: 44 dBuV

6)

Logo Insertion

Please refer to “Encoder -CVBS input”

Audio Encoder

Audio CODECS

AC Data Encapsulation

Channel Modes

Encoded stereo pairs per video

Audio Level Adjustment

: MPEG-1 Layer 2 Stereo

: AAC-LC Stereo

: HE-AAC v1 Stereo

: HE-AAC v2 Stereo

: ADTS or LATM selectable per encoded channel

: Stereo/Mono/Dual Mono

: 1

: ± 11 dB

VBI

Please refer to “Encoder -CVBS input”

Auxillary Data Injection

Injection of Private Data into service : See Universal Encoder High VQ “Auxillary Data Injection”

Licensed Features

Universal Transcoder - High VQ Broadcast

TC-400 Densitiy

Total Number of Video Transcodes

Video Decoder

MPEG-2 profiles

H.264 profiles

SD 50Hz resolutions

SD 60Hz resolutions

HD 1080i resolutions

HD 720p resolutions

Audio Decoder

Audio CODECS

Audio Downmix

Video Encoder

MPEG-2 profiles

H.264 profiles

Rate Control Modes

GOP structure

Aspect Ratio Control

PCR PID

End-to-end Encoder Delay

: Number of Encoded channels, PIP

: Up to 1x HD or 2x SD channels

: MP@HL, 1Mbps – 80Mbps

: MP@ML, 600kbps – 15Mbps

: [email protected], 500kbps – 55Mbps

: [email protected], 1Mbps – 55Mbps

: [email protected], 300kbps – 16Mbps

: [email protected], 300kbps – 16Mbps

: High 4:2:[email protected], 4.5Mbps - 80Mbps CABAC/100Mbps

: 720/704/640/544/528/480/352 x 576i25

: 720/704/640/544/528/480/352 x 480i30/29.97

: 1920/1440/1280/960 x 1080i30/29.97/25

: 1280/960/640 x 720p60/59.94/50

: MPEG-1 Layer 2 :AAC-LC

: HE-AAC v1

: HE-AAC v2

: Dolby® Digital / Dolby® Digital Plus

: Dolby® E

: 5.1 to 2.0 for AAC and Dolby®

: MP@HL, 1Mbps – 80Mbps

: MP@ML, 600kbps – 15Mbps

: [email protected], 500kbps – 55Mbps

: [email protected], 1Mbps – 55Mbps

: [email protected], 300kbps – 16Mbps

: [email protected], 300kbps – 16Mbps

: Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

: Statistical Multiplexing

: Dynamic with Scene Change Detection and Adaptive

GOP structure.

: Manual, Transparent input to output

: PCR on Video PID or as separate PID

: Typically 5500ms (4500ms reduced delay mode)

Audio Encoder

Audio CODECS : MPEG-1 Layer 2

: AAC-LC

: HE-AAC v1

: HE-AAC v2

: Dolby® Digital

: Dolby® Digital Plus

Dolby® Digital Plus Professional Decoder. ‘Dolby‘ and the ‘double-D‘ symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby® Laboratories.

Audio Channel Modes

AAC Data Encapsulation

Audio Lipsync Adjustment

Audio Level Adjustment

Audio Transcode Density

Picture-in-Picture

Codec

Bitrate

Resolutions

GOP Size

Video Re-scaling

Down Conversion HD to SD

Up Conversion SD to HD

Frame Rate Conversion

Logo Insertion

Maximum Size

Positioning

File format

: Pass though of all audio types

: Stereo, Mono, 5.1 and 7.1

: ADTS or LATM selectable per encoded channel

: +500ms /-200ms

: +6/-10dB

: Maximum 6 stereo transcodes per video, limited to 8 transcode 5.1 per module. One 5.1 transcode consumes resources equivalent to three stereo (2.0) transcodes.

: MPEG-4 AVC MP

: Min 96kbps, Max 400kbps (CBR)

: 192x192, 176x144, 128x96, 96x96

: Configurable independent of main channel

: Including aspect ratio conversion, letter-/pillar boxing

: Including aspect ratio conversion, letter-/pillar-boxing and de-interlacing.

: From 60 fps to 60/30 fps

: From 59.94 fps to 59.94/29.97 fps

: From 50 fps to 50/25 fps

: From 30 fps to 60/30 fps

: From 29.97 fps to 59.94/29.97

: From 25 fps to 50/25 fps

: Frame rate up conversion only for interlaced input

(1080i/576i/480i) to 720p output.

: 192x128 (SD)

: 360x180 (HD 720P)

: 480x270 (HD 1080i)

: User selectable (pixel accuracy)

: PNG (8-bit ARGB) file per encoded channel

Subtitling

Subtitling conversion

DVB/EBU Subtitling burn in

Auxillary Data

Pass Through

Generation

: Conversion from EBU Subtitling to DVB Subtitling

: Yes, burned into Transcoded Video

: All auxillary data components (EBU Subtitling, DVB Sub titling, Teletext etc.). Lipsync to video is maintained.

: EBU Subtitling, DVB Subtitling, Teletext subtitling PIDs from a generator can be added in the mux output

Video Processing

WSS Blanking

Statistical Multiplexing

Statmux Controller

Maximum # Groups

Maximum # Services within group

Licensed Features

Universal Transcoder - Dense Broadcast Mode

TC-200, TC-400 Density

Total Number of Video Transcodes

: Line 23

: Local within chassis. (Management module.)

: Max 16, one group per encoder/transcoder module.

: 32

: Number of HD encoders

: Number of SD encoders

: Logo Insertion

: Statistical Multiplexing - Number of Channels

: MPEG/AAC Audio Transcode – Number of audio channels

: Dolby® Decode – Number of channels

: Dolby® E Decode - Number of channels

: Dolby® Encode– Number of channels

: 4:2:2 10bit decoding Density

: Subtitle transcoding from TTX to DVB

: Up to 4x HD or 16x SD channels per module

Video transcoder consists of four blocks each capable of

: 1x HD transcode with PiP OR

: 4x SD transcode without PiP OR

Dolby® Digital Plus Professional Decoder. ‘Dolby‘ and the ‘double-D‘ symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby® Laboratories.

Each block can be configured independently.

Video Decoder

MPEG-2 profiles

MPEG-4 AVC profiles

SD resolutions

HD 1080i resolutions

HD 720p resolutions

: 3x SD transcode with PiP OR

: 1x HD/SD transcode with PiP and up/downconv.

: MP@HL (HD)

: MP@ML (SD)

: [email protected], [email protected] (HD)

: [email protected], [email protected] (SD)

: 720/704/640/544/528/480/352 x 576i25

: 720/704/640/544/528/480/352 x 480i29.97 fps

: 1920/1440/1280/960 x 1080i30/29.97/25 fps

: 1280/960/640 x 720p60/59.94/50 fps

Audio Decoder

Audio Codecs

Audio Downmix

Video Encoder

MPEG-2 profiles

MPEG-4 AVC profiles

Rate Control Modes

GOP structure

Aspect Ratio Control

PCR PID

End-to-end Encoder Delay

Audio Encoder

Audio CODECS

Audio Channel Modes

AAC Data Encapsulation

Audio Lipsync Adjustment

Audio Level Adjustment

Audio Transcode Density

Number of audio per channel

Picture-in-Picture

Codec

Bitrate

Resolutions

: MPEG1 Layer 2 (2.0)

: AAC-LC (2.0)

: HE-AACv1 (2.0)

: HE-AACv2 (2.0)

: Dolby® Digital (2.0/5.1)/Dolby® Digital Plus (2.0/5.1/7.1)

: Multichannel audio (5.1 or 7.1) will be downmixed to 2.0 as part of transcode process.

: MP@HL (HD)

: MP@ML (SD)

: [email protected], [email protected] (HD)

: [email protected], [email protected] (SD)

: Constant Bit Rate (CBR)

: Capped VBR (CVBR) with QP target

: Statistical Multiplexing (in future release)

: Dynamic with Scene Change Detection and

Adaptive GOP structure

: Manual, Transparent input to output

: PCR on Video PID or as separate PID

: Typically 5000ms (3500ms reduced delay mode)

: MPEG-1 Layer 2

: AAC-LC

: HE-AAC v1

: HE-AAC v2

: Dolby® Digital (TC-400)

: Dolby® Digital Plus (TC-400)

: Pass though of all audio types

: Stereo, Mono

: 5.1 and 7.1 (TC-400)

: ADTS or LATM selectable per encoded channel

: +500ms /-200ms

: +6/-10dB

: TC-400 - Max 6 stereo transcodes per video, limited to 24 stereo transcodes per module.

: limited to 6 stereo transcodes per pair of video transcoder blocks.

: One 5.1 transcode consumes resources equivalent to three stereo (2.0) transcodes

: Max 6

: MPEG-4 AVC MP

: Min 96kbps, Max 400kbps (CBR)

: 320x240,192x192, 176x144, 128x96, 96x96

Video Re-scaling

Down Conversion HD to SD

Up Conversion SD to HD

Frame Rate Conversion

: Including aspect ratio conversion, letter-/pillar boxing

: Including aspect ratio conversion, letter-/pillar-boxing and de-interlacing.

: From 60 fps to 60/30 fps

: From 59.94 fps to 59.94/29.97 fps

: From 50 fps to 50/25 fps

: From 30 fps to 60/30 fps

: From 29.97 fps to 59.94/29.97 fps

: From 25 fps to 50/25 fps

: Frame rate up conversion only for interlaced input

(1080i/576i/480i) to 720p output

Logo Insertion

Maximum Size : 192x128 (SD)

Positioning

File format

: 360x180 (HD 720P)

: 480x270 (HD 1080i)

: User selectable (pixel accuracy)

: PNG (8-bit ARGB) file per encoded channel

Subtitling

Subtitling conversion

DVB/EBU Subtitling burn in

: Conversion from EBU Subtitling to DVB Subtitling

: Burned into Transcoded Video. Restricted to 4 channels

Auxillary Data per module

Auxillary data components (EBU Subtitling, DVB Subtitling, Teletext etc.) are passed through

Lipsync to video is maintained.

Video Processing

WSS (line 23) blanking : Yes

Statistical Multiplexing (Not supported in initial release)

Statmux Controller

Maximum # Groups

Maximum # Services within group

Licensed Features

: Local within chassis.

: Video Transcode capacity in steps of blocks capable of

1xHD/4xSD

: Statistical Multiplexing - Number of Channels

: Maximum 16, one per encoder/transcoder module.

: 32

Mediaroom:

: Dolby® Digital/Dolby® Digital Plus Decode

: High Density Mode (dense-sd for 4xSD per block)

: MPEG2/H264

: Subtitle transcoding from TTX to DVB

: Approved

Universal Transcoder - MS/OTT

TC-400

Number of input channels

Video Decoder

MPEG-2 profiles

MPEG-4 AVC profiles

Audio Decoder

Input format

Pass-through

Video Encode

MPEG-4 AVC Profiles

Resolutions @ 59.94 fps or 50.00 fps

8)

Resolutions @ 29.97 fps or 25.00 fps

8)

7) Full HD (1080p) input restricts input density to 2 channels.

8) For complete table please contact Appear TV.

: Up to 4 HD channels

: Ranging from MP@ML (SD) to MP@HL (HD)

: up to [email protected]

: up to [email protected]

: up to [email protected]

: MPEG-1 Layer 2. Modes: 1.0 (mono), 2.0 (stereo)

: AAC-LC. Modes: 2.0, 5.1 (downmixed to 2.0)

: HE-AAC v1/2. Modes: 2.0, 5.1 (downmixed to 2.0)

: Dolby® Digital (AC-3) : Modes: 2.0, 5.1

(downmixed to

2.0)

: Dolby® Digital Plus (E-AC-3): Modes: 2.0, 5.1, 7.1 (downmixed to 2.0)

: MPEG1 Layer II

: AAC-LC

: HE-AACv1/2

: Dolby® Digital (AC-3)

: Dolby® Digital Plus (E-AC-3)

: up to [email protected]

: up to [email protected]

: up to [email protected]

: 720p › 1280, 960, 854

7)

: 1080p › 1920, 1440, 1280, 960, 720, 640

: 720p › 1280, 960, 854

: 640p › 960

: 576p › 1024, 768, 720, 352

9)

Resolutions @ 14.99 fps or 12.50 fps

Frame rate conversion

Number of profiles

Key Frame Alignment

GOP control

Audio Encode

Capacity

Output format

Sample rates

Reformatting/Rescaling

De-interlacing

Format conversion

Aspect Ratio Control

Aspect Ratio Modes

AFD Modes

8)

VBI

Pass-through

Closed Captioning

Graphics

Subtitling Insertion (burn-in)

Licensed Features

: 540p › 960

: 480p › 854, 720, 640, 352

: 432p › 768

: 360p › 640, 480

: 320p › 480

: 288p › 512

: 270p › 480, 360

: 256p › 144

: 240p › 320

: 216p › 384

: 180p › 320, 240

: 640p › 960

: 576p › 1024, 768, 720, 352

: 480p › 854, 720, 640, 352

: 432p › 768

: 360p › 640, 480

: 320p › 480

: 288p › 512

: 270p › 480, 360

: 256p › 144

: 240p › 320

: 216p › 384

: 180p › 320, 240

: From 60/59.94/50 reduced to ½, ¼

: From 50 reduced to ½ or ¼

: From 30/29.97/50 reduced to ½

: Ranging from 4 × HD to 28 × sub SD per module, depending on complexity of profiles

: Frame accurate key frame alignment across all profiles. Fixed IDR to IDR distance.

: Dynamic GOP structure with Scene Change Detec - tion.

: Up to 8 per module

: AAC-LC. Modes: 2.0, Bit rates: 32–384kbps

: HE-AAC v1. Modes: 2.0, Bit rates: 32–192kbps

: HE-AAC v2. Modes: 2.0, Bit rates: 32–96kbps

: 32, 48kHz

: Interlaced to progressive conversion

: From HD to sub SD

: Transparent Input to Output, Manual 4:3 or 16:9

: Generated based on incoming AFD and format conversion.

: Components such as EBU Teletext and DVB Subtitling can be passed through. Synchronization to video will be maintained.

: EIA-608n and EIA-708 passed through.

: DVB Subtitling

: Dolby® Digital/Dolby® Digital Plus Decode

Scrambling

CA-100

EPG

EP-200

Bulk Descrambling

BD-100

SIM Bulk Descrambling

BD-200

DVB Descrambling

DS-101

PROCESSING MODULES SPECIFICATIONS

Audio leveling

AL-100

Number of audio tracks

Pass-Through

Audio format

Adjustable range

Step

Adjustment mode

Licensed Features

Interface

CA system support

BISS support

Maximum data rate

Number of services per module

Scrambling algorithms

Licensed Features

Interface

Number of SIM card readers

CA system support

BISS support

Maximum data rate

Number of services per module

Scrambling algorithms

Licensed Features

Interface

CA system support*

Number of services per CAM

Scrambling algorithm

Maximum data rate

Number of services per scrambler card

Video format

Interface towards CA System

Number of CA systems

EMM

Entropy reduction

Licensed Features

Ingest

Output

: 250 stereo

: All components signaled in service

: MPEG-1 layer 2

: ±30 dB

: 2 dB

: Static

: Integrated with 3rd party SW solutions for automatic adjustment

: Number of audio channels

: SW based smart card

: Please contact Appear TV*

: Mode 1, Mode E

: Up to 850 MBit/s

: 250

: DVB-CSA and AES

: Number of descrambled channels

: Biss, Verimatrix, Latens

: SIM based smart card

: 8 in front and 8 behind front plate

(Only 8 in front can be replaced while in operation)

: Conax

: Mode 1, Mode E

: Up to 850 MBit/s

: 250

: DVB-CSA and AES

: Number of descrambled channels

: Conax

: DVB Common Interface

: BetaCrypt, Conax, Cryptoworks, Irdeto, Mediaguard,

Viaccess, NDS Viasat, Nagra

: 10 (requires multi service CAM)

: DVB-CSA and AES

: Up to 850 MBit/s

: 250 (depending on SW license)

: Transport stream; MPEG-2, MPEG-4, HEVC

: Simulcrypt interface

: 4 CA systems simultaneously

: Yes

: Yes for DVB

No for AES

: Number of descrambled channels

: PVR assist

: EIT table from any port, XMLTV

: Re-generated EIT table

Audio Processor

AP-100

Density

Number of stereo channels : 32

: 5.1 uses 3x stereo pairs and 7.1 uses 4x stereo pairs

: Maximum of 20 MP3 audio encoded stereo channels

Audio Encoder Inputs

Number of SDI/HSDI inputs : 4

* Appear TV aims to integrate with all major CA providers. Please contact Appear TV for an updated list over integrated CA systems.

8) For complete table please contact Appear TV.

9) 352 only available for 25 fps

COMMON OUTPUT SPECIFICATIONS

Number of stereo audio per SDI Input

Embedded Audio

Number of AES67 inputs

Audio Transcoder Inputs

Number of MPEG TS inputs

Audio Decoding (Transcoding Mode)

Audio Codecs

Audio Downmix

Audio Encoding (All Modes)

Audio Codecs

MPEG-1 Layer 2

MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) 32 / 320

AAC-LC

HE-AAC v1

HE-AAC v2

Dolby® Digital

Dolby® Digital Plus

Audio Channel Modes

Sample Rates

Audio Level Adjustments

Audio Lipsync Adjustment

PCR

Audio Encoder TS processing

PSI/SI

Licensed Features

: 8

: SMPTE 272M (SD), SMPTE 299M (HD)

: Sample rate 48kHz, synchronous

: 1 - 32

: 1 - 32

: MPEG-1 Layer 2 (2.0)

: AAC-LC (2.0, 5.1)

: HE-AACv1 (2.0, 5.1)

: HE-AACv2 (2.0)

: Dolby® Digital (2.0, 5.1)

: Dolby® Digital Plus (2.0, 5.1, 7.1)

: Multichannel audio (5.1 or 7.1) will be downmixed to 2.0

as part of transcode process if output is set to 2.0.

Bitrate minimum/maximum (at 48 kHz)

Mono (kbps) Stereo (kbps) 5.1 7.1

32 / 192

32 / 320

64 / 384 N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

32 / 192

32 / 96

N/A

56/640

64 / 384

48 / 192

32 / 96

96/640

32/1024 96/1024

192/640 N/A

112/512 N/A

N/A N/A

224/640 N/A

192/1024 384/1024

: Stereo and Mono

: 5.1 and 7.1

: 48 kHz input

: 48 kHz output, 16 kHz output (MP3 only)

: +6 / -10 dB

: +500ms /-200ms(

: Common PCR (On separate PID)

: Embedded in audio PID

: PMT generation signaled as radio service

: SDT Generation

: Number of MPEG-1 Layer 2 and AAC stereo encoders

: Number of MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) stereo encoders

: Number of Dolby® Digital Plus Professional Decoder

stereo pairs

: Number of Dolby® Digital Plus Professional Encoder

stereo pairs

: AES67 Input

All Output Modules Key reference specification

PSI/SI

Function

Pass-through of scrambled services

PSI/SI handling

: ETSI TR 101 211 V1.9.1, ISO IEC 13818-1

Multiplexing

Video format

PCR regeneration

: Transport stream, MPEG-2 SD/HD, MPEG-4 SD/HD,

and HEVC

: Yes

: PSI/SI regeneration based on input and operations performed on the signal

: Yes, on TS level. For SPTS output only

: Automatically regenerated

Tables Supported:

PSI

SI

PSIP

Function

Tables Supported:

PSI

PSIP

OUTPUT MODULE SPECIFICATIONS

ASI Output

AO-110

QAM Output

CM-201, CM-301

CM-210, CM-310

Dual IP IO

IP-200

IP Input/Output

Interface

Operational mode

Maximum data rate per port

Maximum number of services per port

Data format

Transport stream

Service filtering

Video format

IP Input

IP de-jittering

Forward Error Correction

Licensed Features

IP Output

Forward Error Correction

Key reference specification

Connectors

Number of outputs per module

Maximum bit-rate per port

Transport stream output

Number of services per card

Output format

Key reference specifications

Interface

Number of carriers

Number of QAM frequencies per module

Modulation

Symbol rate

Frequency range

Spectrum inversion

Test mode

Channel spacing

Frequency step size

Frequency stability

Output level

Output level stability

Output level adjustment step size (GUI)

MER

: PAT, PMT, CAT

: SDT, NIT, EITpf ,TOT, TDT, BAT, AIT

: PSIP input analysis

: PAT, PMT, CAT

: MGT, TVCT,CVCT

: 2×10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet and SFP

: The module can be configured to;

- 1 input and 1 output

- Seamless (Hitless) IP in

- Cloned IP out

- Dual IP in

- Dual IP out

: Up to 850 Mbit/s per port in Seamless (Hitless) in, cloned out or 1×IPIN+1×IPOUT

: Up to 850 Mbit/s sum of both ports in Dual IP in or Dual IP out mode

: 250

: UDP/RTP Multicast/Unicast

: SPTS and MPTS

: Yes

: Transport stream, MPEG-2/4 (H264) and HEVC

: Yes, based on PCR or CBR

: SMPTE 2022-1

250 input streams per data port

: SMPTE 2022-1

250 output streams per data port

: Seamless IP In, Cloned IP Out

: Multiplexing

: FEC in, FEC out, FEC in/out

: IP Out Redundancy

: EN50083-9

: 4 BNC female, 75Ω

: 4 different Transport Streams

: burst mode: 213.7Mbit/s

spread mode: 72Mbit/s

: SPTS and MPTS

: 250 (sum of all 4 ports)

: Constant bit-rate

: EN 300 429, ITU J.83.ABC

: 2 × F connector female, 75 Ω

: 3 and 4 per group (adjacent channels)

: up to 16 carriers in 4 groups, 8 per port

: 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 –QAM

: 4.48 to 7.00 Mbaud (Annex A and C)

: 47 – 862 MHz (CM-201, CM-301)

: 47 – 1000 MHz (CM-210, CM-310)

: user selectable

: CW

: 5, 6, 7, 8 MHz (12 MHz available for 3 carrier groups)

: 1 Hz

: 2 ppm

: -12 to +2.2dBm per carrier

: ± 0.5 dB

: 0.1 dB

: > 42 dB

DVB-S/S2X Modulator

SM-300

Return loss

Spurious

: typ > 16 dB

: typ < -60 dBc

Key reference specification

Number of DVB-S/S2X carriers per module

Spectrum inversion

Precorrection

Carrier ID

DC output

Maximum DC output current

10MHz reference output

DVB-S Coding and Modualtion

Constellation

Modulation mode

FEC outer

FEC inner

Code rates

Symbol rate

Roll off DVB-S

DVB-S2X Coding and Modualtion

Constellation

Modulation mode

FEC

Code rates DVB-S2X QPSK

Code rates DVB-S2X 8PSK

Code rates DVB-S2X 8APSK

Code rates DVB-S2X 16APSK

Code rates DVB-S2X 32APSK

Code rates DVB-S2X 64APSK

Code rates DVB-S2X 128APSK

Code rates DVB-S2X 256APSK

Frame length

Gold scrambling sequence

Symbol rate

Roll off

Gold scrambling sequence

IF

Frequency range

Main output connector

Monitoring output connector

Output level

Output level stability

Output level accuracy

Frequency stability

Return loss

Spurious modulated signal

Spurious carrier wave

In-band flatness

Monitoring ports level

Monitoring ports return loss

: EN 300 421, EN 302 307 part 1 and 2

: 2

: User selectable

: Static linear pre-correction

: DVB,NIT

: 24 Volt

: 500 mA

: 0 dBm ± 2dB

: QPSK

: Constant

: Reed-Solomon

: Viterbi

: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

: 0.1–68 MSym/s

: 0.35

: QPSK, 8PSK, 16APSK, 32APSK

: CCM

: BCH/LDPC

: 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10

: 3/5, 23/36, 2/3, 25/36, 13/18, 3/4, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10

: 5/9, 26/45

: 5/9, 8/15, 1/2, 26/45, 3/5, 28/45, 23/36, 2/3, 25/36,

13/18, 3/4, 7/9, 4/5, 5/6, 77/90, 8/9, 9/10

: 2/3, 32/45, 11/15, 3/4, 7/9, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, 9/10

: 5/6, 4/5, 7/9, 11/15, 32/45-L

: 3/4, 7/9

: 3/4, 2/3-L, 11/15-L, 29/45-L, 31/45-L, 32/45

: Normal, Short

: 0-6

: 0.1–68 MSym/s

: 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, and 0.35

: 0—6

: 70-200 MHz

: F-type female, 75 Ω

: SMA female, 50 Ω

: -15 to 0 dBm

: ± 0.5 dB

: ± 0.5 dB

: 2 ppm

: >18 dB

: < -65 dBc/4kHz (@ symbol rate ≥ 256 kbaud)

: < -60 dBc/4kHz (typical)

: typ < ± 0.1 dB

: -40 dBm

: >20dB

L-band

Frequency range

Main output connector

Monitoring output connector

Output level

Output level stability

: 950-2150 MHz

: SMA female, 50 Ω

: F-type female, 75 Ω

: -40 to 7 dBm

: ± 0.5 dB

DVB-T Cable Modulator

TM-101

DVB-T2 Cable Modulator

TM-200

DVB-T/T2 Modulator (Exciter)

TM-300

Frequency accuracy

Return loss

Spurious modulated signal

Spurious carrier wave

In-band flatness

Monitoring ports level

Monitoring ports return loss

Licensed Features

Key reference specification

Number of carriers

Number of output ports

Output connector

Impedance

Output frequency

Frequency setting step size

Output level

Output level stability

Frequency accuracy

Return loss

MER

Test mode

DVB-T Coding and Modulation

FFT size

Guard intervals

Code rates

Constellation

Channel bandwidth

: 2 ppm

: >14 dB

: < -65 dBc/4kHz (@ symbol rate ≥ 256 kbaud)

: < -60 dBc/4kHz

: typ < ± 0.2 dB

: -40 dBm

: >10dB

: Number of carriers

: DVB-S2 modulation

: VB-S2X modulation Broadcast

: DVB-S2X modulation professional

: 10MHz and 24V DC output

: ETSI EN 300744

: 4 independent carriers

: 2 (2 carriers per port)

: F-type

: 75 Ω

: 47–862 MHz

: 1 Hz

: -12 to 2.2 dBm

: ± 0.5 dB

: 2 ppm

: >16 dB

: > 42 dB

: CW

: 2k, 8k

: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32

: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM

: 5, 6, 7, 8 MHz

Key reference specification

Number of carriers

Number of output ports

Output connector

Impedance

Output frequency

Frequency setting step size

Output level

Output level stability

Frequency accuracy

Return loss

MER

Test mode

: ETSI EN 302755

: 2 independent carriers

: 2 (1 carrier per port)

: F-type

: 75 Ω

: 47-862 MHz

: 1 Hz

: -10 to 2.2 dBm

: ± 0.5 dB

: 2 ppm

: >16 dB

: > 42 dB

: CW

DVB-T2 Coding and Modulation

FFT size : 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 8k extended, 16k,

Guard intervals

16k extended, 32k, 32k extended

: 1/4, 19/128, 1/8, 19/256, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128

FEC frame

FEC code rate

Constellation (PLP)

Channel bandwidth

Pilot pattern

Number of PLPs

: Normal (64k), Short (16k)

: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM

: 1.7, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 10 MHz

: P1–P8

: 1

Key reference specification

Number of carriers

Number of output ports

: ETSI EN 302755 , ETSI EN 300744

: 2 independent carriers

: 2 (1 carrier per port)

Output connector

Impedance

Output frequency

Frequency setting step size

Output level

Output level stability

Frequency accuracy

Return loss

MER

Test mode

ISDBT - Modulator

CM-500

DVB-T Coding and Modulation

Input

FFT size

Guard intervals

Code rates

Constellation

Channel bandwidth

DVB-T2 Coding and Modulation

Input

SFN

T2 versions

FFT size

Guard intervals

FEC frame

FEC code rate

Constellation (PLP)

Channel bandwidth

Pilot pattern

Number of PLPs

Key reference specification

Interface

Number of ISDBT carriers per module

Carrier spacing

Frequency range

Spectrum inversion

Test mode

Frequency step size

Frequency stability

Output level

Output level stability

Output level adjustment step size (GUI)

MER

Return loss

Spurious

ISDB-T Coding and Modulation*

Modulation

Transmission mode

Time interleaving

Hierarchical transmission

Guard interval

Code rate

Bandwidth

Multiplexing

Video format

PCR regeneration

PSI/SI

: BNC

: 50 Ω

: 47-862 MHz

: 1 Hz

: -15 to 0 dBm

: ± 0.5 dB

: 2 ppm

: >16 dB

: > 42 dB

: CW

: TS with MIP (SFN) or remultiplexed TS

: 2k, 8k

: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32

: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM

: 5, 6, 7, 8 MHz

: T2MI (SFN) or remultiplexed TS

: Relative timestamps within 1000 ms

: 1.1.1, 1.2.1 and 1.3.1 (T2MI source only)

: 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 8k extended, 16k, 16k extended, 32k,

32k extended

: 1/4, 19/128, 1/8, 19/256, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128

: Normal (64k), Short (16k)

: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 1/3 (T2-Lite), 2/5 (T2-Lite)

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM

: 1.7, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 10 MHz

: P1–P8

: up to 128

: ARIB STD-B31, ARIB STD-B10

: 2 × F connector female, 75 Ω

: 8, 2 per group (adjacent channels)

: 6-31 MHz

: 47–862 MHz

: User selectable

: CW

: 1 Hz

: 2 ppm

: -10 to +2.2dBm per carrier

: ± 0.5 dB

: 0.1 dB

: > 42 dB

: >16 dB

: typ < -60 dBc

: QPSK, 16QAM, 64 QAM

: Mode 3 (8K FFT)

: 0

: no

: 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32

: 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8

: 6, 7, 8 MHz

: Transport stream, MPEG-2 SD/HD,

MPEG-4 SD/HD, and HEVC

: Yes

Function

PSI/SI handling

Tables Supported

PSI

SI

Pass-through of scrambled services

PSIP

Function

Tables Supported:

PSI

PSIP

DVB-T/T2 Gateway ASI

10)

AO-110, AO-120

Licensed Features

Connectors

Number of MPTS’s with MIP

Number of T2MI streams

Maximum ASI bit-rate per port

Re-multiplexing

DVB-T MIP inserter

Key specification

Relative timestamps

DVB-T2 T2MI

Key reference specifications

T2 version

T2MI signaling

Clock modes

PAPR

MISO/SISO

Guard intervals

FFT sizes

Pilot Patterns

L1 Constellations

Bandwidth

DVB-T2 PLP support

Number of PLPs

PLP mode

PLP types

TI types

Automatic calculation

FEC frame

FEC code rate

Constellations

Rotated constellations

ISSY supported

Licensed Features

DVB-T2 Gateway IP

IP-201

Connectors

Number of MPTS’s with MIP

Number of T2MI streams

10) DVB-T and DVB-T2 gateway run on different HW versions for ASI out.

: PSI/SI regeneration based on input and

operations performed on the signal.

ARIB and ABNT compliant PSI/SI generation

: Automatically regenerated

: PAT, PMT, CAT

: SDT, NIT, EITpf ,TOT, TDT, BAT, AIT

: Yes, on TS level. For SPTS output only

: PSIP input analysis

: PAT, PMT, CAT

: MGT, TVCT,CVCT

Number of carriers

: 4 x BNC 75Ω

: 4

: 2

: Spread Mode: 72Mbit/s

Burst Mode: 213Mbit/s

: See common output module specifications

: ETSI EN 300 744, ETSI TS 101 191

: <1s

: EN50083-9, ETSI EN 302 755, ETSI TS 102 773

: 1.1.1, 1.2.1 and 1.3.1

: T2MI is signaled in PSI/SI as a data service

: Relative Timestamps <1s (SFN) and Null timestamps

(MFN)

: TR and ACE (global on/off)

: Yes

: 1/4, 19/128, 1/8, 19/256, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128

: 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 8k extended, 16k,

16k extended, 32k, 32k extended

: P1 – P8

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, BPSK

: 1.7, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10MHz

: 240 in total between all T2MI streams

: HEM, constant bit-rate

: 1 and 2

: Within a T2 frame and across multiple T2 frames

: FEC blocks, TI blocks, TI frames and TI type

: Normal (64k), Short (16k)

: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM

: Yes

: Yes

:DVB-T/T2

:MIP, T2MI

:1 or 2 outputs

:Multi PLP, Regional PLP

: 2 × 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet output or 2× Optical

SFP (class 1 laser product)

: 4

: 4

Maximum data rate

Output mode

Data format

Support for cloned output

Forward Error Correction

Re-multiplexing

DVB-T MIP inserter

Key specification

Relative timestamps

DVB-T2 T2MI

Key reference specifications

T2 version

System redundancy

Regionalization

T2MI signaling

Clock modes

PAPR

MISO/SISO

Guard intervals

FFT sizes

Pilot Patterns

L1 Constellations

Bandwidth

DVB-T2 PLP support

Number of PLPs

PLP mode

PLP types

TI types

Automatic calculation

FEC frame

FEC code rate

Constellations

Rotated constellations

ISSY supported

Licensed Features

DAB / DAB + Cable Modulator

CM-400 Key reference specification

Input format

RF Output Specification

Number output ports

Number of carriers

Connector

Frequency range

Channel spacing

Spurious

Frequency stability

Frequency step size

Output power level per carrier

Output level stability

Output level adjustment

MER

Return loss

: Up to 850 MBit/s

: CBR

: UDP/RTP Multicast/Unicast

: Yes

: SMPTE 2022-1 (Licensed)

: See common output module specifications

: ETSI EN 300 744, ETSI TS 101 191

: <1s

: EN50083-9, ETSI EN 302 755, ETSI TS 102 773

: 1.1.1, 1.2.1 and 1.3.1

: 1+1 protection on unit with T2MI frame (licensed)

Output redundancy based on OSPF (licensed)

Network level redundancy (licensed)

: Yes. Please contact Appear TV for more information

: T2MI is signaled in PSI/SI as a data service

: Relative Timestamps <1s (SFN) and Null timestamps

(MFN)

: TR and ACE (global on/off)

: Yes

: 1/4, 19/128, 1/8, 19/256, 1/16, 1/32, 1/128

: 1k, 2k, 4k, 8k, 8k extended, 16k,16k extended, 32k, 32k extended

: P1 – P8

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, BPSK

: 1.7, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10MHz

: 240 in total between all T2MI streams

: HEM, constant bit-rate

: 1 and 2

: Within a T2 frame and across multiple T2 frames

: FEC blocks, TI blocks, TI frames and TI type

: Normal (64k), Short (16k)

: 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6

: QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM, 256-QAM

: Yes

: Yes

: IP Out Redundancy, T2MI sync+IP Redundancy

: Multi PLP, Regional PLP

: FEC out

: ETSI EN 300 401, ETSI TS 102 693, ETS 300 799

: ETI over IP (EDI), no multiplexing support

: 2

: 8 (4 per port)

: F female, 75Ω

: 174–300 MHz

: Carriers within a port must be within 40 MHz.

: < 60 dBc @ -4dBm (typ.)

: +/- 2 ppm

: 1 Hz

: Maximum: -4 dBm

Minimum: -15 dBm

: +/- 0.5 dB

: 0.1 dB steps

: > 42 dB (typ.)

: >16 dB

DECODER SPECIFICATIONS

MPEG - 2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out

DE-401, DE-411

MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI & AES

Audio out

DE-501, DE-511

Licensed Features

Number of decoded channels

Connector

Output format

Embedded audio

Video Decoding

MPEG-2 profiles

MPEG-4 AVC profiles

Aspect Ratio Conversion

Frame Synchronization (Genlock)

Audio Decoding

Number of stereo pairs per video

Codecs

VBI/VANC/DVB sub Processing

DVB subtitling according to

Wide Screen Signaling (WSS)

Input

Output

World standard teletext (WST/EBU)

Input

Output

Video Programming System (VPS)

Input

Output

Teletext Subtitling (OSD)

VITS (Vertical Interval Test Signal)

Digital Program Insertion (DPI)

Input

Output

Active Format Description (AFD)

Input

Output

Licensed Features

: 4 or 8 carriers

: 2 per module

: 2 SDI/HDSDI 75Ω BNC per channel

: SMPTE 292 (HD-SDI), 259M (SD-SDI)

: SMPTE 272M (SD), 299M (HD)

: MP@HL (HD)

MP@ML (SD)

: MP@L4, HP@L4 (HD)

MP@L3, HP@L3 (SD)

: Off, Letterbox, Panscan

: Accepts PAL and NTSC black burst, 720p50/59.94/60 and

1080i50/59.94/60 tri-level reference signals. (HW option).

If SDI reference signal support is needed, contact your sales representative.

: 2

: MPEG-1 Layer 1 and 2 (Musicam)

: MPEG-2 Layer 2, MPEG4 AAC-LC

: MPEG4 AACplus (HE-AAC, AAC+SBR) v1 and v2

: Dolby® Digital and Dolby® Digital Plus decoding, Downmix from 5.1 to 2.0 (Lo/Ro & Lt/Rt), Compression Modes (Line

& RF) (HW option)

: Conversion from Dolby® Digital Plus to Dolby® Digital at a fixed bitrate of 640 Kbit/s (HW option)

: Dolby® Digital pass-through

: EN 300 743 v1.3.1

: EN 301 775 v1.2.1

: EN 300 294/ SMPTE 2031

(Composite decoder ITU-R BT .653-3 system B only)

: EN 301 775 v1.2.1

: ITU-R BT .653-3 (System B only), SMPTE 2031

: EN 301 775 v1.2.1

: EN 300 231, SMPTE 2031

: Supported, OP-47

: ITU-T J.63

Sin(x)/x on line 281(525 lines) or 335 (625 lines)

: SCTE 35

: SCTE 104

: ETSI TS 101 154

: SMPTE 2016-3-2009

: HD

: Genlock

: OSDM

Number of decoded channels

Connector

: 2 per module

: 1 SDI/HDSDI 75Ω BNC and 1 AES/EBU 75Ω BNC per

channel

Video Decoding

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out”.

Audio Decoding

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out”.

VBI/VANC/DVB Sub Processing

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out”.

Licensed Features

: HD

: Genlock

: OSDM

MPEG-2/4 Decoder with Composite Output

DE-211

Number of decoded channels

Connector for video

Connector for audio

Analogue Video

Video standards

Conversion

Signal to noise ratio

Luminance Non Linearity

Sin x/x Gain

Sin x/x Group Delay

Bar Amplitude

Sync Amplitude

Burst Amplitude

Analogue Audio

Linearity

‘THD+N

: 2 per module

: 1 Composite 75Ω BNC per channel, unbalanced

: 25 PIN min D-sub for audio (male)

- 4 balanced audio, 2 per channel, balanced

- 2 AES/EBU audio, 1 per channel (ch. 1)

Video Decoding

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out”.

Audio Decoding

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out”.

VBI/VANC/DVB Sub Processing

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out”.

: PAL and NTSC

: HD down conversion to SD

: >70dB Measured Acc. Rec 569

: <1%

: ±0.3dB

: ±10ns

: 700 mV ±1% (PAL), 100 ±1 IRE (NTSC)

: 300 mV ±1% (PAL), 40 ±0.4 IRE (NTSC)

: 300 mV ±3% (PAL), 40 ±1 IRE (NTSC)

: ±0.5dB (20-20kHz)

: typ 70dB (at 9dBu)

Licensed Features

: HD

: Radio Mode

: Genlock

: OSDM

Quad Decoder with RF

2 x DE-101 + AM-100 /

1 x DE-101+1 AM-100

Number of channels

Connector for RF mod video

: 4 (max 2 HD) or 8 (max 4 HD) per module set.

: 2 F connector 75Ω with 2 or 4 channels per connector.

Video Decoding

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out”.

Audio Decoding

Number stereo pairs per video : 1

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out” (except pass-through).

VBI/VANC/DVB Sub Processing

Please refer to “MPEG-2/4 Decoder with SDI/HDSDI out”.

VHF/UHF Output

Analogue modulation

RF output frequency range

RF tuning step size

Channel setting flexibility

Output level (per carrier)

: PAL› B/G, D/K, I (5 MHz video BW)

SECAM › B/G, D/K (5 MHz video BW)

NTSC › M

: 47–862MHz

: 500 Hz

: 4 channel version fully agile.

8 channel version semi agile, two adjacent channels with

8, 16 or 24 MHz spacing

: 105-112 dBuV /ch (115 dBuV/ch for 4 ch version)

Output level adjustment step size (GUI) : 0.2 dB

Return loss

Video carrier frequency stability

: >16dB

: ±3 ppm

Intermodulation distance, (4/8

Channel TV Modulator only)

: > 60 dB, Measured:

@ 115 dBV per channel, 2 channels per port

FM Radio

FM-100

Carrier to noise, in-band

Carrier to noise, adjacent channel

@ 112 dBV per channel, 4 channels per port

: > 66 dB @110 dBuV/ch

: > 66 dB @110 dBuV/ch

Carrier to noise (40 channels combined) : Typ. 61 dB @110 dBuV/ch

Carrier to spurious, full band (40 - 862 MHz) : > 60 dB

Video (demodulated video)

11)

Differential gain

Differential phase

Group delay variations

Luminance non-linearity

2T K factor

Signal to noise ratio

: <2 %

: <2°

: <50 ns

: <1 %

: <1 %

: >60dB

Audio – Mono

Audio carrier output level

(relative to video carrier)

: -13dB (default)

Audio carrier output level range : -10 to - 20 dB, 0.5 dB steps

Audio inter carrier frequency stability

Modulation

: < 1ppm

: FM

Audio – NICAM Stereo

NICAM modulation : According to ETSI EN 300 163 v1.2.1, Fully synchronous operation, Digital J17 pre-emphasis

NICAM carrier level relative to vision carrier : 20dB

NICAM carrier output level range

Frequency accuracy (relative to video)

Audio output modes

Output precision

Audio – A2 Stereo

Two sound-carrier FM system (A2) : According to ITU-R BS.707, Annex 1

Audio carrier levels relative to vision carrier : f1= -13dB, f2= 20 dB

Audio carrier output level range : f1: -10 to -20 dB, f2: -17 to -27 dB, 0.5 dB steps

Audio output modes

Modulation

Audio-bandwidth

Audio – MTS Stereo

Two sound-carrier FM system (A2) : FCC-OET60 and CEA -TVSB-5

Audio carrier levels relative to vision carrier : f1= -13dB

Audio carrier output level range

Audio output modes

Licensed Features

: +3/-6 dB, 0.5 dB step

: ± 1 Hz

: Stereo/Dual Mono/Mono

: 10 bits

: Stereo/Dual Mono/Mono

: FM

: 40 to - 15 000 Hz

: -10 to - 20 dB, 0.5 dB steps

: Stereo

: HD

: NICAM/A2 Stereo

: OSDM

Number of channels per module

Output connector

Decoding formats supported

FM Output

Modulation

RF output frequency range

Output level 8 carriers combined

Output level adjustment step size (GUI)

Return loss

Channel separation L/R

Carrier to spurious

RDS insertion

MPX Output

MPX Output MPX Test output level

MPX Test output load impedance

MPX Test output connector

: Up to 8

: F-type female, 75Ω

: MPEG-1 layers 1 and 2 (Musicam)

: FM

: 87.5 - 108 MHz

: 105 - 120 dBV

: 0.1 dB

: 18 dB

: > 46dB

: > 60dB

: UECP SPB490 or static

: 0 dBu

: 600Ω

: 1 BNC, service selectable from GUI

* Quad decoder is a combination of the decoder and TV modulator.

11) All measurements are carried out in room temperature at 20°C Using R&S ETL as demodulator

CHASSIS

XC5000 Physical dimensions

Power supply

Power

Input voltage

Redundancy

Monitoring

Cooling

Fans

Hot swap of fans

Airflow direction

XC5100 Physical dimensions

Power supply

Power

Input voltage

Redundancy

Monitoring

Cooling

Fans

Hot swap of fans

Airflow direction

: 19” × 4RU × 400mm (440 × 177 × 400 mm)

: 800 Watt

: 100-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz

: optional: -48V DC

: Yes, dual hot swappable PS

: Via WEB GUI and LED indicators on PS

: 4 fans

: Yes, fans are independently hot swappable

: Front to back

: 19” × 1RU × 400mm (440 × 44 × 480 mm)

: 400 Watt

: 100-240 V AC, 50/60 Hz

: optional: -48V DC

: Yes, dual hot swappable PS

: Via WEB GUI and LED indicators on PS

: 6 fans

: Yes, common fan module with all 6 fans

: Front to back

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

Operational conditions

Storage

Temperature

Humidity

Temperature

Humidity

: 0 to +40 °C

: 5–95% (non-condensing)

: -20 to +70 °C

: 5 to 95% (non-condensing)

Electrical safety IEC 60950-1

EMC EN 55022, EN55013, EN50083-2, EN55024, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3, FCC CFR 47 Part 15

RoHS Compliant

WEEE Compliant

This product must not be disposed of with other household waste. According to the WEEE-directive, everyone that sells electrical and electronic products shall ensure that the same products are disposed of in an environmentally sound manner. Appear TV is a member of Elretur AS, a Norwegian nationwide take-back company for the collection, recycling and environmentally sound processing of scrapped electrical and electronic equipment. In accordance with local requirements you may return this product to Appear TV AS, Lilleakerveien 2b, 0283 Oslo, Norway, and we will free of charge accept your waste equipment for recycling. You may also choose to return this product to a collection point for the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment in your municipality. If this product is purchased outside Norway, you may contact your local reseller to enquire about local collection points for recycling of this product, as applicable

A P P E A R T V A S

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N o r w a y

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Fa x : + 4 7 2 4 1 1 9 0 2 1

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VERSION 4.0

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