IBC 2008: NEW RELEASE: Dolby E® Decoder Board

New XDED board for NEXUS offers flexible processing of Dolby E®-encoded signals

Amsterdam, in September 2008: Just in time for the IBC Convention in Amsterdam, the SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP releases a new add-on for their NEXUS audio system: The XDED (neXus Dolby E Decoder) is a slide-in STAGETEC board that splits a Dolby E®-encoded stream into eight separate channels. These are available subsequently for individual processing on the entire NEXUS network and the AURUS consoles connected to it.

Dolby E®-encoded signals are typically received from AES/EBU lines. However, the NEXUS offers still further options with the absolute minimum of technical expenditure. For example since the NEXUS is certified for transparent forwarding of Dolby E® signals, an AES/EBU line carrying a Dolby E®-encoded signal can be connected to a remote Base Station and then transmitted over the NEXUS network to the OB truck. There it is decoded using the new XDED board. Another interesting application is the use of Dolby E® in conjunction with SDI: Dolby E® signals are often embedded into an SDI stream; the NEXUS de-embeds the signal using an (optionally HD-enabled) NEXUS SDI board and subsequently decodes the Dolby E® data stream.

»We’ve seen great interest in our decoder board even prior to its presentation,« says STAGETEC’s managing director Dr Klaus-Peter Scholz. »It is a key component, in particular, on large HD-enabled OB vans and in TV production studios and TV main switching rooms – actually, everywhere where surround broadcasting is standard today.«

The SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP will present the new board together with all the other components of the NEXUS and AURUS ranges at their stall in Amsterdam.

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