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Redbox RB-SC2 User Handbook

WEEE & RoHS Directives - Sonifex Statement

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive was agreed on 
13 February 2003, along with the related Directive 2002/95/EC on Restrictions 
of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic 
equipment (RoHS). 

The 

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive

 

(WEEE)

 aims to minimise the 

impacts of electrical and electronic equipment on the environment during their life times 
and when they become waste. It applies to a huge spectrum of products. It encourages 
and sets criteria for the collection, treatment, recycling and recovery of waste electrical and 
electronic equipment. All products manufactured by Sonifex Ltd have the WEEE directive 
label placed on the case. It gives a contact for individuals who are unsure about the correct 
procedure when the product has reached its “end of use”. 

Sonifex Ltd will be happy to give you information about local organisations that can 
reprocess the products, or alternatively all products that have reached “end of use” can be 
returned to Sonifex and will be reprocessed correctly free of charge. 

Sonifex Ltd has phased out the use of certain hazardous substances identified in the 
European Union’s 

Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) 

directive. The RoHS directive 

limits the use of certain hazardous substances currently used in EEE manufacture, including 
lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, and halide-containing compounds PBB 
(polybrominated biphenyl) and PBDE (polybrominated diphenyl ether). Elimination of these 
substances will result in more environmentally friendly recycling of electronic equipment.  
For the products which Sonifex manufacture, the main area where products were affected 
was in the use of lead for manufacturing and assembling electronics circuit boards.

Sonifex Ltd practices lead-free (LF) manufacturing processes. LF solder is used on the 
surface-mount PCB manufacturing processes and for hand soldering. The printed circuit 
boards (PCBs) used are either gold plated, or immersion tin plated, both of which use no 
lead. Historically the PCBs were hot air solder levelled (HASL) PCBs which used tin/lead 
based solder. 

The manufacturing processes include the assembly of purchased components from various 
sources. Product is offered as RoHS compliant, or LF, only after sufficient evidence is received 
from the component manufacturers that their components are RoHS compliant. Sonifex 
Ltd relies solely on the distributor, or manufacturer, of the components for identification of 
RoHS compliance.  Thus whilst every effort is made to ensure compliance, Sonifex Ltd makes 
no warranty, or certification, or declaration of compliance concerning said components.

Sonifex Ltd defines “Lead Free” as pertaining to any product, which has been manufactured 
by Sonifex Ltd using components which have been declared by the manufacturers as 
“Lead Free”. All statements by Sonifex Ltd of RoHS compliance are based on component 
manufacturer documentation.

SAFETY INFORMATION

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Summary of Contents for Redbox RB-SC2

Page 1: ...Redbox RB SC2 Dual Sample Rate Converter 24bit 192kHz User Handbook ...

Page 2: ...endor Sonifex Ltd shall not be liable for any loss or damage whatsoever arising from the use of information or any error contained in this manual No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording information storage and retrieval systems for any purpose other than the purchaser s personal use without the ex...

Page 3: ... 2 Auto Mode 3 Auto Lock Mode 3 Installing the Optional Video Sync Boards 3 Opening the RB SC2 3 System Block Diagram 4 Front Panel Controls Indicators 5 Frequency Set Button LEDs 5 CS Data Button LEDs 5 INPUT 1 INPUT 2 Source Select Button LEDs 5 SYNC Button LEDs 5 Reset Button 5 Rear Panel Connections and Operation 6 RB SC2 Inputs 6 AES EBU Input 6 S PDIF Input 6 Optical Input 6 AES EBU Sync Inp...

Page 4: ...nel 1 Fig 2 RB SC2 X Lock Sync Mode 2 Fig 3 RB SC2 Optional Video Sync Installation 4 Fig 4 RB SC2 System Block Diagram 4 Fig 5 FREQUENCY Set Button LEDs 5 Fig 6 CS DATA Button LEDs 5 Fig 7 INPUT1 INPUT2 Source Select Button LEDs 5 Fig 8 SYNC Button LEDs 5 Fig 9 RB SC2 Rear Panel 6 Fig 10 Serial Port Default Settings 7 Fig 11 Serial Interface Commands and Responses 9 Fig 12 Technical Specification...

Page 5: ... Company s premises at the Purchaser s expense iv any Goods or parts of Goods replaced shall become the property of the Company v no work whatsoever other than normal and proper maintenance has been carried out to the Goods or any part of the Goods without the Company s prior written consent vi the defect has not arisen from a design made furnished or specified by the Purchaser vii the Goods have ...

Page 6: ...e Company and the Company accepts no liability in respect of its accuracy beyond that set out in Condition a f Subject to Condition e no representation condition warranty or other term express or implied by statute or otherwise is given by the Company that the Goods are of any particular quality or standard or will enable the Purchaser to attain any particular performance or result or will be suit...

Page 7: ...ted for damage before use Where an item is found to have transit damage notify the carrier immediately with all the relevant details of the shipment Packing materials should be kept for inspection and also for if the product needs to be returned Returning the Warranty Card In order to register the date of purchase so that we can keep you informed of any design improvements or modifications it is i...

Page 8: ...use is used Incorrectly rated fuses could present a possible fire hazard under equipment fault conditions The fuse rating for the RB SC2 is 230 or 115 V operation 1A 5 x 20mm SB The active fuse is fitted on the outside rear panel of the unit Power Cable and Connection An IEC power connector is supplied with the RB SC2 which has a moulded plug attached this is a legal requirement If no moulded plug...

Page 9: ...ws It is essential to maintain this earth ground connection to ensure a safe operating environment and provide electromagnetic shielding Fitting Redboxes Redboxes can be fixed to the underside of a mixing desk or other surfaces using 4 2mm holes in the sides and fixed with 2 x M4 screws or 2 x No 6 countersink wood screws They can also be rack mounted with either the front or rear of the Redbox po...

Page 10: ...cadmium hexavalent chromium and halide containing compounds PBB polybrominated biphenyl and PBDE polybrominated diphenyl ether Elimination of these substances will result in more environmentally friendly recycling of electronic equipment For the products which Sonifex manufacture the main area where products were affected was in the use of lead for manufacturing and assembling electronics circuit ...

Page 11: ...s 2 optional video synchronising boards These set the output sample rate to 48kHz that is synchronised to either an analogue video signal or SDI digital video signal HD or SD A special X Lock mode allows the unit to function as a full bi directional sample rate converter It has TOSlink optical digital audio inputs and outputs It has front panel push button switches for all the main settings The bu...

Page 12: ...fferent sample rates such as a PC recorder and a digital player Using the RB SC2 in X Lock mode ensures that the 2 devices remain synchronised at all times regardless of the sample rate of the 2 devices Fig 2 RB SC2 X Lock Sync Mode The SYNC button will also select the operating mode of the unit as described below If an optional video sync board is fitted then 2 sync LEDs light together to show th...

Page 13: ... be used to synchronise the outputs of the RB SC2 to a 48kHz sample rate RB SC2A The Analogue video sync board will accept a composite signal of NTSC 525 PAL 625 SECAM 625 signals covered by SMPTE 170 M NTSC and ITU R BT 470 6 PAL SECAM RB SC2D The Digital video sync board will accept 270Mbps SD SDI and HD SDI signals covered by SMPTE 259 M C SD and SMPTE 292M HD Opening the RB SC2 Warning The pow...

Page 14: ...k Generator AES Receiver Word Clock Receiver Video Clock Receiver Digital Input 1 AES EBU Optical S PDIF Digital Output 1 AES EBU Optical Digital Source Select S PDIF AES Receiver AES Receiver Sample Rate Converter AES Transmitter Digital Input 2 AES EBU Optical S PDIF Digital Output 2 Word Clock AES EBU Frequency Select Video Input Sync Input Option Analogue Or Digital AES EBU DIGITAL OUTPUT 2 S ...

Page 15: ...U unbalanced S PDIF and optical digital audio inputs for the RB SC2 sample rate conversion The input buttons will flash when no suitable source is available on the selected connector SYNC Button LEDs This button will select one of the 4 operating modes for the RB SC2 sample rate conversion master auto auto lock or slave 3 modes use an external sync and this button is also used to select the extern...

Page 16: ... the TOSLink specification used by most professional consumer equipment AES EBU Sync Input The digital input XLR 3 pin socket has an impedance of 110Ω It has the following connections Pin 1 Screen Pin 2 Phase Pin 3 Non phase The signals on this connector should meet the IEC 60968 specification Word Clock Input The S PDIF digital phono input have an impedance of 75Ω AES EBU Digital Input 1 Fuse IEC...

Page 17: ... at the outputs will be presented as 24 bit wide Serial Port Control The Serial Port allows the RB SC2 to be controlled and updated from a PC via a pin to pin serial cable using the Sonifex Serial Control Interface SCI software This software is available as a free download from the Sonifex website at www sonifex co uk sci Default Settings for the Serial Port Baud Rate 19200 Data Bits 8 Stop Bits 1...

Page 18: ...cked 1 locked b Master Frequency Limit 0 no limit 1 48kHz 2 96kHz FPS Request Front Panel Settings FPS aa_bb_cc_dd_ee_ff Where aa value of Sync Mode as MOD below bb value of Master Frequency as FRQ below cc value of Sync Frequency as FRQ below dd value of CS Data as CSD above ee value of Input 1 Source Select as SS1 below ff value of Input 2 Source Select as SS2 below FRQ nn Set Master Clock Frequ...

Page 19: ...ters then 4 lines of 8 x Rrr dd Where rr is register number and dd is value shown as 2 hex digits SER Serial Number request SER 012345 SRQ Status Request STA aa_bb_ss Where aa SRC 1 Status bb SRC 2 Status ss Sync Status SS1 nn Select Channel 1 Digital Audio Source ACK nn 00 for AES EBU nn 01 for S PDIF nn 02 for Optical SS2 nn Select Channel 2 Digital Audio Source ACK nn 00 for AES EBU nn 01 for S...

Page 20: ...ap mode prior to the transfer of the firmware file The SCI software downloads the firmware to internal memory and then erases the current firmware before programming the update When the firmware is complete the unit reboots with the new firmware Please note Firmware files can take several minutes to transfer to the RB SC2 at lower baud rates To speed up the process select a higher baud rate prior ...

Page 21: ...r Video via SYNC push button Sync Mode Select Master slave auto or auto lock via SYNC push button Other Connections Mains Input Universal filtered IEC continuously rated 85 264VAC 47 63Hz max 10W Serial Port RS232 9 Pin D type socket Equipment Type RB SC2 Dual Stereo Sample Rate Converter 24 bit 192kHz Physical Specifications Dimensions Raw 48cm W x 10 8cm D x 4 2cm H 1U Dimensions Boxed 53cm W x ...

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