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Accidents happen. Protect your favorite Adorama products and purchase a protection plan to stay covered from accidental damage, mechanical or electrical failures, and more.
If we can’t fix it, we’ll replace it at no additional cost.
Protect your product from drops, spills, and more.
Enjoy your gear without fear. We have you covered!
When regular use of your product over time results in mechanical or electrical failure.
We will never charge you a deductible after the purchase of a plan.
Our claims process is simple & easy and our customer service team is happy to help.
Adorama Protect powered by Extend is available for purchase to customers in the United States. Not available for international or U.S. territories purchases. Plans on open box items do not cover pre-existing damage.
Adorama Protect plans are available for ABS clients. If you have any questions or require assistanse, please call 800-223-2500
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2x Female XLR line inputs
2x Male XLR
1x female XLR (Channel 1 in; shared with Ch1 analog input)
1x male XLR
1x 6.35mm (1/4") Mic/Line level Jack on rear panel
1x 6.35mm (1/4") Jack on rear panel and 1x 6.35mm (1/4") Jack on the front panel
4 Channel audio expansion connector
BNC Wordclock input
Four relay inputs and four opto-isolated outputs for machine control via a DB15 connector.
High Impedance > 5K ohm
<50 ohm Balanced
+22dBu (input and outputs)
24 bit
20Hz to 22kHz
<0.0035% at +16dBu or -89 dBu unweighted
>98.5dB at +22dBu, unweighted
Tieline Music, Tieline MusicPLUS, Opus, G.711, G.722, MPEG Layer 2, MPEG Layer-3, LC-AAC, HE-AAC, HE-AACv.2, AAC-LD, AAC-ELD, AAC-ELDv2, 16/24 bit aptX Enhanced algorithm
Linear PCM16/24 bit 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz
USB 2.0 Host port on the front panel
2x 10/100/1000 RJ45 connectors
RS232 up to 115kbps with or without CTS/RTS flow control can be used as a proprietary data channel
Tieline, SIP/SDP (EBU N/ACIP 3326 compliant), RTP, DHCP, SNMP, DNS, HTTP, IGMP, ICMP, VLAN, IPv4/IPv6, I3P EBU3347 Compliant
Optional via module slot
Optional via module slot
IEEE 802.1Q,802.1p
256 x 64 monochrome LCD
21 button keypad
5 button keypad
User-configurable settings and matrix audio mixer via browser-based Toolbox Graphical User Interface
Multilingual menus and configuration software
Compatible with Codec Management System software (optional purchase)
1U x 19" Rackmount
Dual 100-240V IEC power inlets; 1A 50-60Hz
32 F to 113 Degree F (0 C to 45 Degree C)
20% = RH = 70% (0 to 35 Degree C/32 Degree F to 95 Degree F), non-condensing.
19 x 1.75 x 13.5" (482 x 44 x 343mm) (including rear connectors)
6.48 lbs (2.94Kg)
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