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Limited Warranty

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (BT) will at its sole option, either repair or replace (with a new or factory reconditioned product, 

as BT may determine) any product manufactured by BT which proves to be defective in materials or workmanship or fails to 

meet the specifications which are in effect on the date of shipment or such other specifications as may have been expressly 

agreed upon in writing (i) for a period of one (1) year from the date of original purchase (or such shorter period of time as may 

be set forth in the license agreement specific to the particular software being licensed), with respect to iCentral™ (hardware and 

software) and all other software products (including embedded software) licensed from BT, (ii)) for a period of one (1) year from 

the date of original purchase, with respect to all MegaPort, IPTV products and fiber optics receivers, transmitters, couplers and 

integrated receivers/distribution amplifiers (including TRAILBLAZER™, RETRO-LINX™ and TWIN STAR™ products) as well as for 

VideoCipher® & DigiCipher® satellite receivers, and (iii) for a period of three (3) years from the date of original purchase, with 

respect to all other BT products. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in some cases, the warranty on certain proprietary sub-assembly 

modules manufactured by third party vendors and contained in BT products and on certain private-label products manufactured 

by third parties for resale by BT are of shorter duration or otherwise more limited than the standard BT limited warranty. In such 

cases, BT’s warranty with respect to such third party proprietary sub-assembly modules and private-label products will be limited 

to the duration and other terms of such third party vendor’s warranty. In addition, certain products, that are not manufactured 

but are resold by BT, carry the original OEM warranty for that product. The limited warranty set forth in this paragraph does not 

apply to any product sold by BT, which at the time of sale constituted a Closeout Product. 

BT will at its sole option, either repair or replace (with a new or factory reconditioned product, as BT may determine) any product 

sold by BT which at the time of sale constituted a refurbished or closeout items (“Refurbished Product” and “Closeout Product”), 

which proves to be defective in materials or workmanship or fails to meet the specifications which are in effect on the date of 

shipment or such other specifications as may have been expressly agreed upon in writing, for a period of ninety (90) days from 

the date of original purchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in some cases, the warranty on third party software and on certain 

proprietary sub-assembly modules manufactured by third party vendors and contained in BT products and on certain private-

label products manufactured by third parties for resale by BT are of shorter duration or otherwise more limited than the BT limited 

warranty for Closeout Products. In such cases, BT’s warranty for Closeout Products constituting such third party software, third 

party proprietary sub-assembly modules and private-label products will be limited to the duration and other terms of such third 

party vendor’s warranty. In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) certain Closeout Products that are not manufactured (but 

are resold) by BT, carry the original OEM warranty for such products, which may be longer or shorter than the BT limited warranty 

for Refurbished or Closeout Products. All sales of Refurbished or Closeout Products are final.

To obtain service under this warranty, the defective product, together with a copy of the sales receipt or other satisfactory proof 

of purchase and a brief description of the defect, must be shipped freight prepaid to: Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc., One Jake 

Brown Road, Old Bridge, New Jersey 08857.

This warranty does not cover damage resulting from (i) use or installation other than in strict accordance with manufacturer’s 

written instructions, (ii) disassembly or repair by someone other than the manufacturer or a manufacturer-authorized repair 

center, (iii) misuse, misapplication or abuse, (iv) alteration, (v) lack of reasonable care or (vi) wind, ice, snow, rain, lightning, or 

any other weather conditions or acts of God.

OTHER THAN THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE, BT MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTA-

TIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE CONDITION, DESCRIPTION, FITNESS FOR A PARTIC-

ULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY OR AS TO ANY OTHER MATTER, AND SUCH WARRANTIES SUPERSEDE 

ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS MADE OR IMPLIED BY BT OR BY ANY OF BT’S 

EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES, OR IN ANY OF BT’S BROCHURES, MANUALS, CATALOGS, LITERATURE 

OR OTHER MATERIALS. IN ALL CASES, BUYER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND BT’S SOLE OBLIGA-

TION FOR ANY BREACH OF THE WARRANTIES CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE REPAIR OR 

REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT F.O.B. SHIPPING POINT, AS BT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION SHALL 

DETERMINE. BT SHALL IN NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR 

ANY  CONSEQUENTIAL,  INDIRECT,  INCIDENTAL,  PUNITIVE,  DIRECT  OR  SPECIAL  DAMAGES  BASED  UPON 

BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT TORT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE OR 

ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE SALE, USE, INSTALLATION OR 

FAILURE OF ANY PRODUCT ACQUIRED BY BUYER FROM BT.

All claims for shortages, defects and non-conforming goods must be made by Buyer in writing within five (5) days of receipt of 

merchandise, which writing shall state with particularity all material facts, concerning the claim then known to Buyer. Upon any 

such complaint, Buyer shall hold the goods complained of intact and duly protected, for a period of up to sixty (60) days. Upon 

the request of BT, Buyer shall ship such allegedly nonconforming or defective goods, freight prepaid to BT for examination by 

BT’s inspection department and verification of the defect. BT, at its option, will either repair, replace or issue a credit for products 

determined to be defective. BT’s liability and responsibility for defective products is specifically limited to the defective item or to 

credit towards the original billing. All such replacements by BT shall be made free of charge f.o.b. the delivery point called for in 

the original order. Products for which replacement has been made under the provisions of this clause shall become the property 

of BT. Under no circumstances are products to be returned to BT without BT’s prior written authorization. BT reserves the right 

to scrap any unauthorized returns on a no-credit basis. Any actions for breach of this contract must be commenced by Buyer 

within thirteen (13) months after the cause of action has accrued. A copy of BT’s standard terms and conditions of sale, including 

the limited warranty, is available from BT upon request. Copies of the limited warranties covering third party proprietary sub-

assembly modules and private label products manufactured by third parties are also available from BT on request. VideoCipher® 

& DigiCipher® are registered trademarks of Motorola Corp.

Rev 5/6/2009

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. 

 Limited Warranty

Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (BT) will at its sole option, either repair or replace (with a new or factory reconditioned product, as BT may 

determine) any product manufactured by BT which proves to be defective in materials or workmanship or fails to meet the specifications which are 

in effect on the date of shipment or such other specifications as may have been expressly agreed upon in writing (i) for a period of one (1) year from 

the date of original purchase (or such shorter period of time as may be set forth in the license agreement specific to the particular software being 

licensed), with respect to iCentral™ (hardware and software) and all other software products (including embedded software) licensed from BT, (ii) ) 

for a period of one (1) year from the date of original purchase, with respect to all MegaPort™, IPTV products, and fiber optics receivers, transmitters, 

couplers and integrated receiver/distribution amplifiers (including TRAILBLAZER™, RETRO-LINX™ and TWIN STAR™ products) as well as for 

DigiCipher ® satellite receivers, and (iii) for a period of three (3) years from the date of original purchase, with respect to all other BT products.  

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in some cases, the warranty on certain proprietary sub-assembly modules manufactured by third-party vendors and 

contained in BT products and on certain private–label products manufactured by third-parties for resale by BT are of shorter duration or otherwise 

more limited than the standard BT limited warranty. In such cases, BT's warranty with respect to such third-party proprietary sub-assembly modules 

and private-label products will be limited to the duration and other terms of such third-party vendor's warranty. In addition, certain products, that are 

not manufactured but are resold by BT, carry the original OEM warranty for such products. The limited warranty set forth in this paragraph does not 

apply to any product sold by BT, which at the time of sale constituted a Refurbished/Closeout Product. 

(b)  BT will at its sole option, either repair or replace (with a new or factory-reconditioned product, as BT may determine) any product sold by BT 

which at the time of sale constituted a refurbished or closeout item (“Refurbished/Closeout Product”), which proves to be defective in materials or 

workmanship or fails to meet the specifications which are in effect on the date of shipment or such other specifications as may have been expressly 

agreed upon in writing, for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of original purchase.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in some cases the 

warranty on third party software and on certain proprietary sub-assembly modules manufactured by third-party vendors and contained in BT products 

and on certain private–label products manufactured by third-parties for resale by BT are of shorter duration or otherwise more limited than the BT 

limited warranty for Refurbished/Closeout Products.  In such cases, BT's warranty for Refurbished/Closeout Products constituting such third party 

software, third-party proprietary sub-assembly modules and private-label products will be limited to the duration and other terms of such third-party 

vendor's warranty.  In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) certain Refurbished/Closeout Products that are not manufactured (but are resold) 

by BT, carry the original OEM warranty for such products, which may be longer or shorter than the BT limited warranty for Refurbished/Closeout 

Products.  All sales of Refurbished/Closeout Products are final. 

To obtain service under this warranty, the defective product, together with a copy of the sales receipt or other satisfactory proof of purchase and a 

brief description of the defect, must be shipped freight prepaid to: Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc., One Jake Brown Road, Old Bridge, New 

Jersey 08857. 

This warranty does not cover damage resulting from (i) use or installation other than in strict accordance with manufacturer's written instructions, (ii) 

disassembly or repair by someone other than the manufacturer or a manufacturer-authorized repair center, (iii) misuse, misapplication or abuse, (iv) 

alteration, (v) lack of reasonable care or (vi) wind, ice, snow, rain, lightning, or any other weather conditions or acts of God.

OTHER THAN THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE, BT MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF 

ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE CONDITION, DESCRIPTION, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, 

MERCHANTABILITY, OR AS TO ANY OTHER MATTER, AND SUCH WARRANTIES SUPERSEDE ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN 

WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS MADE OR IMPLIED BY BT OR BY ANY OF BT’S EMPLOYEES OR 

REPRESENTATIVES, OR IN ANY OF BT’S BROCHURES MANUALS, CATALOGS, LITERATURE OR OTHER MATERIALS. IN 

ALL CASES, BUYER’S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND BT’S SOLE OBLIGATION FOR ANY BREACH OF THE 

WARRANTIES CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE 

PRODUCT F.O.B. SHIPPING POINT, AS BT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE. BT SHALL IN NO EVENT AND 

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, 

PUNITIVE, DIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES BASED UPON BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, 

STRICT TORT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM 

THE SALE, USE, INSTALLATION OR FAILURE OF ANY PRODUCT ACQUIRED BY BUYER FROM BT.  

All claims for shortages, defects, and non-conforming goods must be made by the customer in writing within five (5) days of receipt of merchandise, 

which writing shall state with particularity all material facts concerning the claim then known to the customer. Upon any such claim, the customer 

shall hold the goods complained of intact and duly protected, for a period of up to sixty (60) days. Upon the request of BT, the customer shall ship 

such allegedly non-conforming or defective goods, freight prepaid to BT for examination by BT's inspection department and verification of the 

defect. BT, at its option, will either repair, replace or issue a credit for products determined to be defective. BT's liability and responsibility for 

defective products is specifically limited to the defective item or to credit towards the original billing. All such replacements by BT shall be made 

free of charge f.o.b. the delivery point called for in the original order. Products for which replacement has been made under the provisions of this 

clause shall become the property of BT. Under no circumstances are products to be returned to BT without BT's prior written authorization. BT 

reserves the right to scrap any unauthorized returns on a no-credit basis. Any actions for breach of a contract of sale between BT and a customer must 

be commenced by the customer within thirteen (13) months after the cause of action has accrued. A copy of BT's standard terms and conditions of 

sale, including the limited warranty, is available from BT upon request. Copies of the limited warranties covering third-party proprietary sub-

assembly modules and private-label products manufactured by third-parties are also available from BT on request.  DigiCipher ® is a registered 

trademark of Motorola Corp. (

Rev 0509) 

Seller will at its sole option, either repair or replace (with a new or factory reconditioned product, as Seller may determin e) any product manufactured or sold (or in 
the case of software, licensed) by Seller which is defective in materials or workmanship or fails to meet the applicable specifications that are in effect on the date of 
shipment or such other specifications as may have been expressly agreed upon in writing: (i) for a period of three (3) years from the date of original purchase for all 
stock hardware products (other than those specifically referenced herein below having a shorter warranty period); (ii) for a  period of one (1) year from the date of 
original purchase, with respect to all MegaPort™, IPTV products, test equipment and fiber optics receivers, transmitters, couplers and integrated receiver/distribution 
amplifiers; (iii) for a period of one (1) year from the date of original purchase (or such shorter period of time as may be set forth in the license agreement specific to 
the particular software being licensed from Seller) with respect to all software products licensed from Seller (other than Core Product Software) that is (a) developed 
for a specific function or application, (b) complimentary to and does not function without the Core Product Software, and (c) listed with a specific model number and 
stock number in Seller’s Price List (“

Non-Core Software

”); (iv) for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of original purchase, with respect to non-serialized 

products and accessories, such as parts, sub-assemblies, splitters and  all other products sold by Seller (other than Core Product Software and Refurbished/Closeout 
Products) not otherwise referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) above.  The warranty period for computer programs in machine-readable form included in a hardware 
product, which are essential for the functionality thereof as specifically stated in the published product specifications (“

Core Product Software

”) will be coincident 

with the warranty period of the applicable hardware product within which such Core Product Software is installed.   

Software patches, bug fixes, updates or workarounds do not extend the original warranty period of any Core Product Software or Non-Core Software.  

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, 

(i) Seller’s sole obligation for software that when properly installed and used does not substantially conform to the publish ed specifications in effect when the 
software is first shipped by Seller, is to use commercially reasonable efforts to correct any reproducible material non-conformity (as determined by Seller in its sole 
discretion) by providing the customer with: (a) telephone or e-mail access to report non-conformance so that Seller can verify reproducibility, (b) a software patch or 
bug fix, if available or a workaround to bypass the issue if available, and (c) where applicable, replacement or damaged or defective external media, such as CD-ROM 
disk, on which the software was originally delivered;  

(ii) Seller does not warrant that the use of any software will be uninterrupted, error-free, free of security vulnerabilities or that the software will meet the customer’s 
particular requirements; and the customer’s sole and exclusive remedy for breach of this warranty is, at Seller’s option, to receive (a) suitably modified software, or 
part thereof, or (b) comparable replacement software or part thereof;  

(iii) Seller retains all right, title and interest in and to and ownership of all software (including all Core Pro duct Software and Non-Core Software) including any and all 
enhancements, modifications and updates to the same; and 

(iv) in some cases, the warranty on certain proprietary sub-assembly modules manufactured by third-party vendors and contained in Seller’s products, third party 
software installed in certain of Seller’s products, and on certain private–label products manufactured by third-parties for resale by Seller, will be of shorter duration 
or otherwise more limited than the standard Seller limited warranty. In such cases, Seller's warranty with respect to such third-party proprietary sub-assembly 
modules, third-party software and private-label products will be limited to the duration and other terms of such third-party vendor's warranty, if any. In addition, 
certain products, that are not manufactured by Seller, but are resold by Seller, may carry the original OEM warranty for such  products, if any.  The limited warranty 
set forth above does not apply to any product sold by Seller, which at the time of sale constituted a Refurbished/Closeout Product, the limited warranty for which is 
provided in the following paragraph. 

Seller will at its sole option, either repair or replace (with a new or factory-reconditioned product, as Seller may determine) any product sold by Seller which at the 
time of sale constituted a refurbished or closeout item (“

Refurbished/Closeout Product

”), which is defective in materials or workmanship or fails to meet the 

applicable specifications that are in effect on the date of shipment of that product or fails to meet such other specifications as may have been expressly agreed upon 
in writing between the parties, for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of original purchase.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in some cases the warranty on 
certain proprietary sub-assembly modules manufactured by third-party vendors and contained in Seller products, third party software installed in certain of Seller’s 
products, and on certain private–label products manufactured by third-parties for resale by Seller will be of shorter duration or otherwise more limited than Seller 
limited warranty for Refurbished/Closeout Products.  In such cases, Seller's warranty for Refurbished/Closeout Products constituting such third party proprietary 
sub-assembly modules, third party software, and private-label products will be limited to the duration and other terms of such third-party vendor's warranty, if any. 
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) certain Refurbished/Closeout Products that are not manu factured (but are resold) by Seller, may carry the original OEM 
warranty for such products, if any, which may be longer or shorter than Seller’s limited warranty for Refurbished/Closeout Pr oducts.  All sales of 
Refurbished/Closeout Products are final. 

To obtain service under this warranty, the defective product, together with a copy of the sales receipt, serial number if applicable, or other satisfactory proof of 
purchase and a brief description of the defect, must be shipped freight prepaid to Seller at the following address: One Jake Brown Road, Old Bridge, New Jersey 
08857. 

This warranty does not cover failure of performance or damage resulting from (i) use or installation other than in strict acc ordance with manufacturer's written 
instructions, (ii) disassembly or repair by someone other than the manufacturer or a manufacturer-authorized repair center, (iii) misuse, misapplication or abuse, (iv) 
alteration, (v) exposure to unusual physical or electrical stress, abuse or accident or forces or exposure beyond normal use within specified operational or 
environmental parameters set forth in applicable product specifications, (vi) lack of reasonable care or (vii) wind, ice, sno w, rain, lightning, or any other weather 
conditions or acts of God. 

OTHER THAN THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH ABOVE, SELLER MAKES NO OTHER WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS 
TO THE CONDITION, DESCRIPTION, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR AS TO ANY OTHER MATTER, AND SUCH WARRANTIES 
SET FORTH ABOVE SUPERSEDE ANY ORAL OR WRITTEN WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS MADE OR IMPLIED BY SELLER OR BY ANY OF SELLER’S 
EMPLOYEES OR REPRESENTATIVES, OR IN ANY OF SELLER’S BROCHURES MANUALS, CATALOGS, LITERATURE OR OTHER MATERIALS. IN ALL CASES, BUYER’S 
SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY AND SELLER’S SOLE OBLIGATION FOR ANY BREACH OF THE WARRANTIES CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE 
REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE DEFECTIVE PRODUCT F.O.B. SHIPPING POINT, AS SELLER IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION SHALL DETERMINE. SELLER SHALL IN 
NO EVENT AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, DIRECT OR SPECIAL 
DAMAGES BASED UPON BREACH OF WARRANTY, BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT TORT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL 
THEORY, ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE SALE, USE, INSTALLATION OR FAILURE OF ANY PRODUCT ACQUIRED BY BUYER FROM SELLER.  

All claims for shortages, defects, and non-conforming goods must be made by the customer in writing within five (5) days of receipt of merchandise, which writing 
shall state with particularity all material facts concerning the claim then known to the customer. Upon any such claim, the customer shall hold the goods complained 
of intact and duly protected, for a period of up to sixty (60) days. Upon the request of Seller, the customer shall ship such allegedly non-conforming or defective 
goods, freight prepaid to Seller for examination by Seller's inspection department and verification of the defect. Seller, at its option, will either repair, replace or issue 
a credit for products determined to be defective. Seller's liability and responsibility for defective products is specificall y limited to the defective item or to credit 
towards the original billing. All such replacements by Seller shall be made free of charge f.o.b. the delivery point called for in the original order. Products for which 
replacement has been made under the provisions of this clause shall become the property of Seller. Under no circumstances are products to be returned to Seller 
without Seller's prior written authorization. Seller reserves the right to scrap any unauthorized returns on a no-credit basis. Any actions for breach of a contract of 
sale between Seller and a customer must be commenced by the customer within thirteen (13) months after the cause of action has accrued. A copy of Seller's 
standard terms and conditions of sale, including the limited warranty, is available from Seller upon request. Copies of the limited warranties covering third-party 
proprietary sub-assembly modules and private-label products manufactured by third-parties may also be available from Seller on request.  

(Rev 0713) 

One Jake Brown Road

Old Bridge, NJ 08857-1000 USA

732-679-4000 • Fax 732-679-4353

www.blondertongue.com

Summary of Contents for HDE-4S-PRO

Page 1: ...ut notice Trademarks are the property of their respective owner MPEG 2 PROFESSIONAL ENCODER HDE 4S PRO 4xHD SDI 1x SPARE TO 4xQAM 4xIP 4xASI Outputs EAS Compatible Status Date Document No Issue No Author ACTIVE September 9 2014 651235100 B 2 KK OBSOLETE July 22 2014 651235100 A 1 KK Stock No 6372 USER MANUAL Stock No 6372 USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... Laboratories Inc One Jake Brown Road Old Bridge NJ 08857 USA Document Number 651235100 B Printed in the United States of America All product names trade names or corporate names mentioned in this document are acknowledged to be the proprietary property of the registered owners This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U S patents and other intellectual propert...

Page 3: ...1 SECTION 5 CONFIGURING THE UNIT 12 5 1 ACCESSING THE UNIT VIA THE WEB BROWSER 12 5 2 MAIN STATUS SCREEN 13 5 3 MAIN PROGRAM SCREEN 14 5 4 MAIN VIDEO SCREEN 15 5 5 MAIN AUDIO SCREEN 16 5 6 MAIN TS MAP SCREEN 18 5 7 MAIN TS CONFIG SCREEN 20 5 8 MAIN IP SCREEN 23 5 9 MAIN QAM SCREEN 24 5 10 MAIN OUTPUT SCREEN 26 5 11 MAIN REFRESH TAB 27 5 12 NETWORK SCREEN 28 5 12 1 ADMIN HTML HIDDEN SCREEN 30 5 13 ...

Page 4: ...ructions before you operate the unit Retain all safety and operating instructions for future reference Heed all warnings on the unit and in the safety and operating instructions WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER This reminder is provided to call the CATV System Installer s attention to Article 820 40 of the NEC that pr...

Page 5: ...fault protection For added protection during a lightning storm or when the unit is left unattended and unused for long periods of time unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the lines between the unit and the antenna This will prevent damage caused by lightning or power line surges Do not locate the antenna near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits or where it can ...

Page 6: ...08 and EIA 708 It is also equipped with an Emergency Alert System EAS interface A front panel RF test point allows for monitoring testing of the QAM output without service interruption Comprehensive remote monitoring and control is accomplished using any standard Web browser via a front panel 10 100BaseT Ethernet connection Features Accepts up to four 4 programs 4xHD SDI Supports HD SDI input loop...

Page 7: ...re input 5 as follows Input Status Green Good Red Bad Off Input disabled ASI OUT The ASI OUT BNC connectors 1 to 4 delivers multiplexed SPTS or MPTS output and is typically used as input to an external modulator POWER LED is Green AC power is detected LED is off indicates i AC power is not connected or ii AC power is connected but the power supply is defective The unit must be sent to Blonder Tong...

Page 8: ... 608 also known as Line 21 which will then be digitized and inserted in the MPEG 2 Transport Stream of the Component inputs DATA OUT 1 GIGE RJ45 connector for GigE 1000Base T Ethernet interface for multiplexed SPTS or MPTS output streams Only static IP address can be assigned to this interface The factory default value is 192 168 253 1 REMOTE CONTROL 10 100 RJ45 connector for 10 100Base T Ethernet...

Page 9: ...rate Bit rate MPEG 2 HD MP ML ISO 13818 2 4 2 0 480i 720p 1080i 29 97 fps 480i 29 97 fps 1080i 59 97 fps 720p 4 3 16 9 I P frames user selectable Variable user selectable Variable user selectable Variable user selectable YCbCr and RGB Dolby Digital 48 kHz Variable 96 448 Kbps user selectable Closed Captioning HD SDI EIA 708 Embedded in HD SDI input Output QAM Connector Modulation Standards DVB Sym...

Page 10: ...C48D To install the encoder secure the unit s front panel to the rack by inserting four 4 machine screws with cup washers through the four 4 mounting holes in the front panel 3 3 Power up 115 230 VAC Encoders Stk 6372 Connect the line cord to a 110 230 VAC 60 50 Hz outlet Please note that the IEC power connector on the rear panel of the unit is equipped with an ON OFF switch and a fuse SLO BLO 2 0...

Page 11: ... following IP address option and enter the following addresses IP address 172 16 70 2 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 No need to enter a value for the Default Gateway Click OK to close the dialog box Now your computer is ready to communicate with the unit OR The following steps explain how to do this for a computer with Windows 7 operating software a On your computer open the Control Panel b Click on Ne...

Page 12: ...logged in simultaneously Monitoring and configuration of the unit is achieved via a series of web pages described in following sections The following read only information is displayed in a page header in blue color on top of each web page ESN unit s Serial number Headend name a user defined field to make identification easier Temperature temperature of unit s chipset Uptime time elapsed since las...

Page 13: ...e assigned to TS TS 1 thru 4 The program information includes the PMT PID Program number Short Name Major minor channel number Bitrates indicates the transport stream bitrate and the TS Bitrate see of Section 5 7 for details In the section entitled Output under blue header the following parameters about each output TS are displayed IP indicates the encapsulation method IP address and the port numb...

Page 14: ...gram 3 4 as above NOTE HD SDI Spare can only be selected on one program Audio Source allows the user to enable or disable audio 1 or audio 2 on the HD SDI input Video Resolution indicates the resolution of the video input selected in above Video Bitrate indicates the video bitrate as assigned in of Section 5 4 Audio Bitrate indicates the audio data rate as assigned in of Section 5 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 ...

Page 15: ...bled and Disabled The factory default value is Disabled Video Filter Level is a two dimensional low pass filter controlling the degree with which the input video is filtered Possible options are Off no filtering On Level 1 On Level 2 On Level 3 and On Level 4 highest filtering coefficient Level 1 filtering of the video will smoothen the sharp edges of the pixels and produce a softer image The soft...

Page 16: ...dio channels within the encoded bitstream and also indicates the channel format The unit supports 2 0 L R audio is a dual channel Left Right Left Channel Track allows the user to select the location in the HD SDI stream where the audio track resides The default location is 0 which is typically used for the left stereo channel The range setting is 0 to 15 Right Channel Track allows the user to sele...

Page 17: ... of boost for low levels and attenuate high levels The setting is used to quiet load shouting and amplifier whispers See Dolby Encoding guidelines for additional information iii Film Light is similar to Film Standard but with a null bandwidth of 20 dB 41 to 21 dB and can add up to 6 dB of boost for low levels and attenuate high levels iv Music Standard suitable for program content that is mainly m...

Page 18: ... in top green header and select the Add button in the bottom green header see below for details If the user requires the output as MPTS and wants to add the above selection P1 and program P3 to MPTS output stream 2 then select the programs P1 and P3 select TS 2 and select Add see below for details NOTE Input Programs 1 4 can be assigned to only one transport stream TS at a time The software will n...

Page 19: ... can remove any of the programs from the current list by selecting it and clicking the Remove button PIDs Program Numbers Channels or Channel Names must be unique in a MPTS output stream The user must edit the duplicated values using the Main TS Config Screen see Section 5 7 for details The duplicate values will be highlighted in red color under of Figure 5 6 MPTS Output Stream x and MPTS Output S...

Page 20: ...0 HDE 4S PRO Instruction Manual 5 7 Main TS Config Screen The Main TS Config screen Figure 5 7 is a read and write screen to assign TS parameters Figure 5 7 Main TS Config Screen 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...

Page 21: ... ATSC and Cable standards the Modulation Mode and Out of Band fields are required to be assigned in the TS packet Selecting the above two fields would allow the TS packets to be compliant with industry standards but would not affect the input or output configuration of the encoder In the section entitled Output Mapping the user can select and configure the following parameters for each output TS i...

Page 22: ...Program Number Short Name or Major Minor Channel Pair in a MPTS output stream when the SAVE button is clicked the following pop up window would appear accordingly Error Duplicate Program Numbers found 10 The channel number displayed on the screen is the combination of the major and minor channels Make sure that the major minor channel pair is unique for each program on the MPTS output For example ...

Page 23: ...red ports Time to Live is limit to the amount of time an IP packet can exist in an IP network The value is set by the sender of the packet and reduced by every host on the route to packet s final destination If the Time to Live reaches zero before the packet arrives at its final destination then the packet is discarded The purpose of this field is to avoid an undeliverable packet from circulating ...

Page 24: ...24 HDE 4S PRO Instruction Manual 5 9 Main QAM Screen The Main QAM screen Figure 5 9 is a read and write screen to assign the QAM parameters to the TS Figure 5 9 Main QAM Screen 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 ...

Page 25: ...t The range is 35 to 42 dBmv A 40 dBmv output level default is recommended Output QAM Mode selects the desired QAM modulation mode Possible options are 64B 256B 16A 32A 64A 128A and 256A For most applications in the USA the recommended QAM modulation mode is 256B Output QAM Map selects the desired QAM Map channel frequency plan Possible options are STD IRC and HRC Output QAM Data Rate indicates th...

Page 26: ...he Program number as assigned in of Section 5 7 DVD indicates the Short Name as assigned in of Section 5 7 3 1 indicates the Major minor channel number as assigned in and of Section 5 7 101 V Comp 1 indicates that the input video source is Component 1 and the elementary stream PID is 101 102 A Audio In 1 indicates that the input audio source is Audio In 1 and the elementary stream PID is 102 Bitra...

Page 27: ...n be clicked while you are on any of the following sub tabs screens Status Program Video Audio TS Map TS Config IP QAM and Output When clicked it will update all relevant fields parameters of the active screen as that information is retrieved from the encoder in a real time basis ...

Page 28: ...e version of the unit FPGA1 Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA1 chipset FPGA2 Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA2 chipset FPGA3 Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA3 chipset FPGA4 Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA4 chipset FPGA5 Version indicates the current hardware version o...

Page 29: ...s Range is 5 15 30 or 60 minutes 10 100 IP Address see of Section 5 12 1 for details 10 100 Subnet Mask see of Section 5 12 1 for details 10 100 Default Gateway see of Section 5 12 1 for details 1 GIGE IP Address see of Section 5 12 1 for details 1 GIGE Subnet Mask see of Section 5 12 1 for details 1 GIGE Default Gateway see of section 5 12 1 for details Event Log Destination see of Section 5 12 1...

Page 30: ...nd Password values for the unit you must be logged in to the unit as Admin to access a hidden screen shown in Figure 5 11 1 by typing the URL of the unit followed by a forward slash and Admin html for example http 172 16 70 1 Admin html Figure 5 11 1 Admin html Screen 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 20 24 25 23 ...

Page 31: ... reboots the unit if the Operating System stops working or the Status LED turns stable green or Off When Disabled manual reboot is required in case of above events System Reboot allows the user to reboot encoder 10 100 IP Address is the static IP address that is assigned to the unit It allows the user to access the unit via the web interface The factory default IP address is 172 16 70 1 10 100 Sub...

Page 32: ...e IP address for the Time Server from where the unit can obtain its clock reference see Section 6 9 for details The factory default value is 172 16 70 2 Syslog Errors is to enable disable encoder to forward error messages in red font to an SNMP syslog The factory default value is disabled Syslog Informational is to enable disable encoder to forward information messages in blue font to an SNMP sysl...

Page 33: ...ure 5 12 Time Screen In the section entitled Time Adjustments the local time zone based on Coordinated Universal Time UTC can be set In the section entitled Daylight Saving Time the user set the Daylight Saving Settings either manually or automatically using the DST Adjustment option In the section entitled NTP Server the user can enter the IP address of the NTP server to acquire the time directly...

Page 34: ...ent Log Destination see of Section 5 12 1 for details Log Destination Port see of Section 5 12 1 for details Clear Log allows to clear the records generated during unit s boot up process and operation afterward The records are cleared if the unit loses power Lines to Display allows the user to select the number of lines to be displayed The unit supports up to 400 Mb of data or approximately 65 000...

Page 35: ...server board there are many ways to do this NOTE a The EPCS_1_ver bin is to program PROM1 and EPCS_2_ver bin is to program PROM2 b All the commands are case sensitive c It is recommended to copy the EPCS_1_ver bin and EPCS_2_ver bin files in the root directory i e My Computer C From a command DOS prompt you must be in the same folder as the EPCS files enter ftp A 172 16 70 1 At the FTP prompt ente...

Page 36: ... program such as Putty to telnet into the server board can use Linux DOS prompt Putty etc You can save your configurations so it s very quick and easy to telnet into the board again Figure 5 14 After you telnet into the server board you must login into the unit with the following credentials Username Admin case sensitive Password pass case sensitive Then cd to the home ftp directory where the EPCS...

Page 37: ...ng the procedure all over again from Step 1 above Figure 5 15 Ready Please read the rest of this page once before typing the commands Update FPGA1 by programming EPCS1 epcs e1 EPCS_1_ver bin Update FPGA2 by programming EPCS2 if necessary epcs e2 EPCS_2_ver bin NOTE Both EPCS PROMS can be programmed concurrently using two different terminal sessions logins If you get errors during programming then ...

Page 38: ...atch the Destination IP updated on the Main IP screen see 1 of Section 5 8 for details and see Section 4 for instructions to change IP address of a computer Step 2 Using the VLC Media Player i Open VLC Media Player ii Select Media Open Network Stream iii Under the Network Protocol field enter the network address using any one of the formats depending on the Encapsulation selected on the Main IP sc...

Page 39: ...y any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 9 Any modification of the product by any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 10 Fire flood war civil disturbance industrial action acts of God or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Blonder Tongue 11 Any defect caused by lightning strike or power surges 12 Shipping costs to return products to Blonder Tongue for...

Page 40: ...TIVE DIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES BASED UPON BREACH OF WARRANTY BREACH OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE STRICT TORT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE SALE USE INSTALLATION OR FAILURE OF ANY PRODUCT ACQUIRED BY BUYER FROM BT All claims for shortages defects and non conforming goods must be made by the customer in writing within five 5 days of receipt of mer...

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