Re: Kat5 Mark2 Announcment!

[Ake Hedman <akhe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This really look good! The best system I have seen yet.  The market is=20
huge.  Any shares for sale Keith? ;-)

/Ake

Mark McCall wrote:

>
> See the photos here - http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1563.html
>
> Keith Doxeys very successful Kat5 modules have been upgraded to a new
> "Mark2" version. High quality, affordable AV distribution
has just got=20
> 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=20
> ordered
> the new units, and for the first time Keith has outsourced their=20
> production
> meaning long lead times will become a thing of the past. Read the
KAT5=20
> 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=20
> 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
adde=
d
> functionality of IR Pass Through and SCART Control as standard!
>
>     * IR Pass Through - This allows remotely located source
equipment=20
> to be
> controlled from the viewing room. For example, if you use your Kat5=20
> 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
th=
e
> source equipment at the viewing room. This gives the impression that
a=20
> 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=20
> switchable
> input termination allowing multiple KAT5 Transmitters to be
connected=20
> to the
> same source equipment using simple Passive SCART splitters rather than
> needing expensive active splitters. This also allows a KAT5
Transmitter t=
o
> 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=20
> FreeView box
> to many TVs in your home.
>
>     * S-Video Mixdown - A new feature to the AVRX is S-Video Mixdown.
Thi=
s
> allows an S-Video source to be mixed down to composite video for TV's
tha=
t
> 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 i=
n
> the kitchen can only take a composite feed. No problem - all the other
TV=
s
> 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
fo=
r
> carrying high quality RGBS signals to Plasma Screens and Projectors
(thes=
e
> 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
switchin=
g
> functions.
>
> (Mk2 units are compatible with Mk1 units but IR and SCART=20
> functionality will
> only be available if the Mk1 unit is upgraded with the optional IR=20
> Upgrade)
>
> Keith Doxey
> KAT5.tv
>
> VISIT WWW.KAT5.TV FOR MORE INFO
>
>
> See the photos here - http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/article1563.html
>
>
>
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