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TC Electronic DB6 AES Unbalanced Broadcast

User Manual for TC Electronic DB6 AES Unbalanced Broadcast Audio Processor with Intelligent Loudness Management

• Product category: Broadcast Processors TC Electronic
• Brand: TC Electronic
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Product description

One-Step Loudness Management

• Professional broadcast transmission audio processor with automatic intelligent loudness management, ideal for the local TV broadcaster or a TV production truck

• Helps stay compliant with broadcast standards and legislation at all times, without sacrificing audio quality

• Plug-and-play functionality with powerful LoudnessWizard algorithm

• Deliver for a multitude of platforms and codecs

• Process, measure, and log up to sixteen audio channels

• Accepts mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround and can simultaneously deliver high-quality audio to SDTV, HDTV, and mobile platforms

• Comes with ready-to-use presets based on international standards

• 1 RU, high-density design saves space in equipment room

• Designed and engineered in Denmark

AES Unbalanced I/O

• For routing only your audio signal through an insert point instead of passing your entire SDI signal through a loudness management system

• Unbalanced, 24-bit AES/EBU I/O with eight BNC input connectors and eight BNC output connectors (one pair per connector)

• Comes fully loaded with 16 channels of AES I/O, but by default only the first 8 channels are active

• A license is available separately for activating channels 9 to 16

• Proprietary DICE core digital I/O engine with JET technology reduces incoming jitter to a near-unmeasurable level

• Audio sync locks quickly with glitch- and artifact-free transmission

• Freewheel "safety belt" keeps unit running at the "last good sync source rate" when the source is lost

Loudness Wizard Algorithm

• • Powerful one-step LoudnessWizard process makes it easy to achieve your loudness-handling requirements
  • Automatic loudness correction
  • Automatic up-conversion
  • Automatic down-mix
  • Look-ahead lip-sync delay
  • True-peak limiting
  • Handling of normalized and non-normalized Content

Ultimate Compliance

• • Compliant with all major broadcast standards
  • ITU-R BS.1770-3
  • EBU R128
  • ATSC A/85
  • ARIB TR-B32
  • FreeTV OP-59
  • Supported by TC Electronic to remain compliant with current and future releases of major broadcast standards

LM6 Loudness Radar Meter

• • LM6 loudness radar meter gives you a complete loudness landscape overview at a glance
  • Loudness history, momentary loudness, true-peak level, program loudness, loudness range in a single view
  • Mono, stereo, and 5.1 surround
  • 24/7 logging: monitor and log audio loudness input and post-processing output, and create a ready-made history of broadcast for evaluation and documentation purposes

Dual Redundancy

• • Offers robust redundancy and reliability needed for mission-critical live applications
  • Dual power supplies
  • Dual fuses
  • Dual low-noise fans
  • Complete relay bypass for live stream

Control Interface

• • Connect to a computer (controller) running TC Icon software via an Ethernet port
  • Second Ethernet port allows for daisy-chaining multiple 3G transmission cards

3G Transmission Card

• • Processes up to sixteen 24-bit AES/EBU, AES3-id audio channels
  • Holds two multichannel processors
  • Runs two LoudnessWizard algorithms simultaneously
  • Runs two LoudnessWizard 2 algorithms simultaneously
  • Runs two LM6 loudness radar meters simultaneously

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Technical parameters

TC Electronic DB-6 Specs

Number of Processors	2 x LoudnessWizard processors (stereo or 5.1)
Meters	2 x LM2/LM6 Loudness Radar Meters (stereo or 5.1)
Audio Channels Processed	8 in, 8 out 16 in, 16 out (optional, with license available separately)
Audio Format Configuration	2, 5.1, 2+2, 5.1+2, 2+5.1, 5.1+5.1
Audio Processing Delay	0.15 ms
Adjustable Online Delay	0 to 10 second per audio channel
Delay Resolution	32-bit
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