
Specifications
The information is this section is subject to change
without notice.
Environmental Characteristics
All Switchers
Ambient Temperature Range 0 - 40°C (32 - 104°F)
Frame Cooling
Active, Front-to-Back airflow
Video Input Specifications
Input Specification
Value
>50m @ 3Gb/s
>100m @ 1.5 Gb/s
Equalization (using Belden
1694A cable)
>300m @ 270 Mb/s
(5°-40°C)
Impedance
75 ohm, terminating
Video Inputs, SDI
SMPTE 259M/292M/424M/
ST-2082 (non-looping)
Standard Definition — analog
black
Reference Inputs (non-
terminating, looping)
High Definition — tri-level
sync
Video Output Specifications
Output Specification
Value
<-10dB @ 3GHz
Return Loss
<-15dB @ 1.5GHz
240ps ±10% (HD)
Rise and Fall Time
800ps ±10% (SD)
Signal Level
800mV ±10%
DC Offset
0 Volts
Overshoot
<10%
Video Outputs, SDI HD Mode 10-bit SMPTE-292M/424M
serial digital
Audio Specifications
Specification
Value
Audio Depth
24-bit AES3 in HD (20-bit in
SD)
Channels
1 Stereo Pair (2 channels)
Output
AES
Specification
Value
File Format
Multi-channel Waveform
Audio File (.wav)
Impedance
110 Ohms, differential
Minimum/Maximum output
voltage swing
1.5/6V peak-to-peak
Rise and Fall Times
20ns, typical
Sample Rate
48kHz
Synchronization
Locked to Video
Jitter
Specification
Value
Alignment (> 100KHz) <
0.2UI
HD - Tri-Level Sync
Timing (<10Hz) < 1.0UI
HD - Composite Reference
Performance not guaranteed
with composite reference
Alignment (> 1KHz) < 0.2UI
SD - Tri-Level Sync
Timing (<10Hz) < 0.2UI
Alignment (> 1KHz) < 0.2UI
SD - Composite Reference
Timing (<10Hz) < 0.5UI
System Timing
• All video inputs zero time relative to reference
input, auto timing will correct for inputs out of time
by up to +/- 0.25 line.
• System delay is less than 1 line.
Power Consumption — Frame
Carbonite
Black
Carbonite
Black+
Carbonite
Black+ 12G
Consumption
120W
2.5A 48V
180W
3.75A 48V
206W
4.3A 48V
Input Voltage
100 - 120V~, 220 - 240V~, 47-63Hz
40
• Specifications — Carbonite Black UltraChrome User Manual (v1.0)