TV Technology - January 7, 2009 - (Page S14)

Linear Acoustic Linear Acoustic is pleased to present the AERO.air™ 10channel Transmission Loudness Manager. Engineered on the foundation of the company’s supremely successful first and second generation digital television audio processors, the third generation AERO.air enables broadcasters to deliver compelling 5.1-channel surround sound while saving them time, money, and space. The AERO.air also represents the world’s first TV audio processor to feature built-in Dolby® Digital (AC-3) encoding. functions are provided. Upmixing can be fully automatic or like SAP, DVS and EAS (processing bypass) modes it can be controlled by GPI contact closures and/or applied metadata, while preset recalls are via GPI closures. Hard relay bypass and dual hot swappable power supplies are included for mission critical applications. Linear Acoustic, the leading authority in loudness control and upmixing solutions for digital television, develops innovative, customer-centric solutions for managing multichannel surround sound audio from production to distribution and transmission. The company is proud to offer a wide variety of products and technologies that deliver essential capabilities to digital broadcasters, including the ability to fix loudness issues automatically in real time, achieve commanding sound quality in news and Linear Acoustic AERO.air™ 10-channel Transmission Loudness Manager other locally produced content, monitor audio and metadata throughout the entire broadcast chain, and much more. The comprehensive AERO.air is equipped with multiple loudness controllers, dual upmixers, metadata management, as well as full-time two-channel downmixing to support legacy stereo or analog paths. Built-in AutoMAX-II™ processing detects incoming audio and automatically upmixes only when necessary, producing a full-time compelling 5.1 channel output. The processor accepts 5.1 channel network audio, two-channel local audio, SAP/DVS, and digital or analog auxiliary/EAS audio for processing. Available options include HD/SD-SDI input for de-embedding any of the possible sixteen audio channels and vertical ancillary (VANC) metadata, internal 5.1+2 dual Dolby Digital (AC-3) encoders, Upmixing and is CrowdControl™ dialogue protection. On the cutting edge of digital broadcast technology, Linear Acoustic produces the world’s most complete television audio processor and loudness controller, featuring built-in Dolby® Digital (AC-3) encoding for ease of integration and cost-effectiveness. Christina H. Carroll Vice President, Sales & Marketing Linear Acoustic Inc. 354 North Prince Street, 2nd Floor Lancaster, PA 17603 Tel: 717-735-3611 Fax: 717-735-3612 email: Christina@LinearAcoustic.com provided by the renowned Linear Acoustic UPMAX™ algorithm, which provides compelling 5.1-channel audio with complete downmix compatibility. Extensive SAP and visual descriptive (DVS) audio switching and mixing 14 http://www.linearacoustic.com

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TV Technology - January 7, 2009

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