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2. INSTALLATION
Due to the large amount of IO available on the V1682, a variety of rear panels are available. Presently
there are four; two for the 3U chassis, V1606, and another two for the 1U chassis, V1601. The L type
rears provide most of the possible facilities, except for the last two SDI outputs, but the audio
connections are on a less convenient multi-pole connector. This means that if separate audio
connectors are needed then a ‘break-out’ box will be required. The P type rears provide direct
unbalanced AES audio connection on BNC connectors, but not all signals are available.
This manual has generally been written assuming that one of the L type rear panels is being used with
access to all signals.
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REAR
PANELS
For the 3U Chassis two types of rear panel are available. The 16VR3L provides connections for all
possible I/O using a high density D-type connector for the audio and other ancillary signals, such as GPI
and AES reference. For those applications where unbalanced audio is used and not all connections are
needed, then a nine BNC panel is available, the 16VR3P. This has the advantage of simpler cable
connections, but at the expense of losing some signals.
Connection details are given in section 2.3.
16VR3L
16VR3P
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