With several thousand units operating constantly all over the world, there is plenty of proof that the original DB4 and DB8 processors rarely fail.
On the other hand, live broadcasting always calls for the ultimate level of ‘operational safety’, so we made sure that DB4 MKII & DB8 MKII will never be without power.
You simply get the same power supply as with the original units, but two of them.
Also, you get double up on fuses, mains inlets and even on the Swiss-made Papst fans.
Top view
The right side of the DBs feature the dual power supply: you simply get the same power supply as with the original units, but two of them.
If one of the power supplies should fail, the other will take over instantly, and you could even feed the power supplies from independent power sources.
Dual Swiss made Papst fans
The two swiss made Papst fans make sure that the DB4 / DB8 MKII never gets overheated.
Dual Inlets
With two inlets you can feed the power supplies from two independent power sources, making sure that if one power source fails, the DB MKII will not.
Combination of SDI and AES/EBU BNC (coax)
I/O Options
The DB4 and DB8 both handle up to 16 audio input and 16 audio output channels. There are two slots available, and you can choose any combination of SDI, AES/EBU unbalanced or AES/EBU balanced.
DB8 MKII with dual SDI ports processing 16 audio channels
SDI
The SDI card for DB4/DB8 supports all commonly used SD and HD formats. While de-embedding and embedding 8 channels of audio (48 kHz, 24 bit), selectable from the four SDI Groups in chunks of four audio channels, it passes the video side untouched.
Processing may be inserted on any two of the four SDI Groups, and re-embedding may take place on any two groups. Consequently, the machine enables cross patching of audio and format conversion between SDI Groups. The design features two separate SDI inputs, of which one is active at a time, and two parallel, separately buffered outputs.
The DB’s present an attractive SDI solution with massive jitter rejection, 48 bit processing and low latency. They also feature bit transparent, synchronous data handling, enabling routing of data reduced audio, such as AAC, DTS or Dolby E. Two SDI cards can be mounted, processing up to 16 audio channels.
HD Audio
- Embedded audio multiplexer and demultiplexer
- Supports 38 HD video formats
- Supports eight audio channels at one time
- Fully SMPTE 299M compliant & compatible with common non-compliances
- Up to eight bit errors can be corrected in each audio data packet
- Full support for 48 kHz synchronous or asynchronous 16-bit, 20-bit and 24-bit audio
- All four audio groups can be deleted
- Any two audio groups can be replaced when operating in multiplexer mode
SD Audio
- Embedded audio multiplexer and demultiplexer
- Supports 6 SD video formats
- Supports eight audio channels at one time
- Compliant to SMPTE 272M A and C & compatible with common non-compliances
- Full support for 48 kHz synchronous 16-bit, 20-bit and 24-bit audio
- Programmable audio sample distribution
- All four audio groups can be deleted
- Any two audio groups can be replaced when operating in multiplexer mode
Automatic Bypass
The DSP6000 SDI card (bypas version) features automatic bypass at power-down or at loss of power. Even at boot-up audio and video is passed lossless to transmission.
DB8 MKII with dual AES/EBU using BNC connectors (coax)
AES/EBU BNC, Coax, unbalanced with hardware bypass
The AES/EBU BNC (coax) card features 8 unbalanced I/O channels. With 8 BNC connections it is especially designed for broadcast installations as they often prefer the 75 Ohm unbalanced BNC connections that support considerably longer cables.
At power off the frame is hardwire-bypassed via relays ensuring NO signal loss.
AES/EBU SUB-D, balanced
The AES/EBU SUB-D card provides 8 channels of AES/EBU digital inputs and outputs. Interfaces have a characteristic impedance of 110 Ohm, and the card comes with a DB25 to multiple XLR breakout cable.
TC ICON MKII hardware remote
Up to 8 mainframes can be controlled via the TC ICON MKII hardware remote, but DB8/DB4 units are most often controlled via PC or Mac using the free TC Icon Software Editor. When using up to four instances of the TC Icon Software Editor; 32 frames can be controlled simultaneously.
