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Dolby Labs Ships Their New DP568 Professional Reference Decoder!

 

The Dolby DP568 provides comprehensive monitoring and quality control for Dolby audio formats in broadcast applications


The latest in Dolby’s family of professional broadcast products, the DP568 Professional Reference Decoder is designed to help broadcasters ensure that listeners at home will enjoy the highest quality audio experience. The DP568 provides real-time decoding of Dolby® Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Pulse, and Dolby Pro Logic® II. It’s also a convenient platform for confidence monitoring of the latest Dolby technologies, such as secondary audio bitstream mixing.

Extensive input capabilities allow broadcasters to perform quality control at any point within their headend. This enables monitoring and display of all audio-related metadata as well as measuring program loudness, using Dialogue Intelligence™ or ITU-R BS.1770-1 loudness estimation.

Additional features provide broadcasters with monitoring capabilities for their set-top box QC labs. These features include a consumer emulation mode for Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Pulse decoders found in consumer TVs and set-top boxes, H.264 and MPEG-2 video decoding, and standard analog and digital audio and video outputs (including HDMI™).

A Web-based user interface provides easy selection and monitoring of Dolby’s unique downmixing capabilities,
listening modes, and compression modes. Front-panel controls also allow selective monitoring through standard headphones.

 

 

 

Front Panel

Multifunction Display

Headphone Output

  

For status indication and setup operations

6.35 mm (1/4 inch) standard stereo headphone jack

  

Volume Controls

USB Ports

  

Master and headphone levels

For system maintenance

  

 



Rear Panel

Gigabit Ethernet Port (Media)

Analog Audio Outputs

Loudness Measurement

The media GE port can receive MPEG transport streams over IP

IGMP v.3 support (for multicasted streams)

Balanced stereo output via eight-pin mini-DIN
Breakout cable with two three-pin XLR male connectors included

ITU-R BS.1770-1 with Dialogue Intelligence

Gigabit Ethernet Port (Control)

HDMI Output

Peak Measurement

Provides status and control via a Web-based user interface

Distributes uncompressed video, PCM, or coded audio per HDMI 1.3

True peak as per ITU-R BS.1770-1 Annex 2

3G/HD/SD-SDI/DVB-ASI Input

Composite Video Output

Power Specifications

User-configurable input, BNC female connector, 75Ω, unbalanced

Supports embedded video/audio via SD-SDI (SMPTE 259M-1998), 1.5 GB/s HD-SDI (SMPTE 292M-1998), 3.0 GB/s HD-SDI (SMPTE 424M-2008) or as part of an MPEG transport stream via DVB-ASI (ETSI TR 101 891 v.1.1.1)

SMPTE 170M NTSC or ITU-R BT.470 PAL Composite video via BNC female, 75Ω, unbalanced output

100–240 VAC; 50–60 Hz; 350 W;
Front-panel power switch; Field-replaceable power supply

AES/EBU Input

Audio Formats Supported

Dimensions and Weight

Supports PCM or coded audio streams via BNC female, unbalanced, 75Ω, signal levels as per AES-3id-1995 (SMPTE 276M-1995)

Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Pulse, (including AAC, HE AAC), Dolby Pro Logic II, MPEG-1 LII, PCM

1-U rackmount: 44 × 483 × 394 mm (1.75 × 19 × 15.50 inches)
Net: 6.5 kg (14.5 lb)

Digital Audio Outputs

Video Formats Supported

Environmental Conditions

Distributes PCM or coded audio streams via four BNC female connectors, unbalanced, 75Ω, signal levels per AES-3id-1995 (SMPTE 276M-1995)

H.264, MPEG-2

HD–1080i at 25, 29.97, and 30 fps, 720p at 59.94, 60, and 50 fps

SD–480i at 29.97 fps and 576i at 25 fps

Operating 0°C–40°C (32°F–104°F), fan cooling, 20%–80% relative humidity (noncondensing)
     

 

 

If you'd like more information on the DP568 or any other products from Dolby, contact us:

 

Audio Intervisual Design
1155 N. La Brea Avenue
West Hollywood, CA 90038
(323) 845-1155
sales@aidinc.com
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