Kat5 Mark2 Announcment!

["Mark McCall" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Keith Doxeys very successful Kat5 modules have been upgraded to a new
"Mark2" version. High quality, affordable AV distribution has
just got even
easy thanks to the added functionality of the new units. Keith hopes to
start shipping the KAT5 Mks's in June 2005. Many people have already
ordered
the new units, and for the first time Keith has outsourced their production
meaning long lead times will become a thing of the past. Read the KAT5
press
release below or some of the exciting new features of the Mk2's...



Mk2 KAT5 Units - Building on the success of the original KAT5 modules we
are
pleased to announce the launch of the new feature rich Mark 2 units.

The "AVTX" (transmitter) and AVRX (receiver) units support
Composite or
S-Video with Stereo Audio as before, but the new units now bring the added
functionality of IR Pass Through and SCART Control as standard!

* IR Pass Through - This allows remotely located source equipment to be
controlled from the viewing room. For example, if you use your Kat5 unit to
pipe the output of your home cinema system downstairs to your bedroom
upstairs, you can now control your DVD player etc all over a single Cat5
cable!

* SCART Control - This replicates the SCART Switching signals from the
source equipment at the viewing room. This gives the impression that a long
SCART cable connects the two devices. If your source sends the signal to
switch to widescreen mode, your TV/Projector at the remote location will
receive that command too, all over the single Cat5 cable

* AVTX Switchable Termination - The transmitter now features switchable
input termination allowing multiple KAT5 Transmitters to be connected to
the
same source equipment using simple Passive SCART splitters rather than
needing expensive active splitters. This also allows a KAT5 Transmitter to
be connected to a source at the same time as a TV.

* AVRX Switchable Termination - The receiver now features switchable
termination allowing more than one receiver to be fed from a single
transmitter. For example you could send the output of a single FreeView box
to many TVs in your home.

* S-Video Mixdown - A new feature to the AVRX is S-Video Mixdown. This
allows an S-Video source to be mixed down to composite video for TV's that
do not support S-Video signals. For example, you may want to distribute a
high quality S-Video Signal to all the TVs in your home. Perhaps the TV in
the kitchen can only take a composite feed. No problem - all the other TVs
get S-Video, and with a flick of a dip switch the receiver unit in the
kitchen converts the S-Video to Composite!

Also available are the AVTX-RGB and AVRX-RGB units, which are suitable for
carrying high quality RGBS signals to Plasma Screens and Projectors (these
units have no audio capability).

Versions of all units can be ordered with alternative connectors such as
BNC, Phono and MiniDIN although these will not support the SCART switching
functions.

(Mk2 units are compatible with Mk1 units but IR and SCART functionality
will
only be available if the Mk1 unit is upgraded with the optional IR Upgrade)

Keith Doxey
KAT5.tv

VISIT WWW.KAT5.TV FOR MORE INFO


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