O B VAN Detailed SPECIFICATIONS: Valid from 01 July 2010 Please note: not all items and services are required, supplied or used on smaller jobs.
· UD MK185 diesel, with pantech body · 10.4 tonne GVM (MR license) · Allison automatic transmission · Hendrickson air-ride suspension. · 4 air conditioners (2 for base load, 3^rd for very hot weather, 4^th as redundant spare) INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE: · Truck layout · Power requirements · Vision facilities and production area · Audio and comms area · CCU area · Recording, graphics and replay
O.B. TRUCK LAYOUT:
Dimensions: 8.5m long, 2.2 m wide, plus side steps, 3.4m height) Floor plan
POWER REQUIREMENTS: 3-phase 32Amp Wilco inlet Draws up to 25amps per phase Supply must be non-RCD protected (the truck has its own multiple-RCD protection arrangements)
Front compartment holds production (Director, DA and CG seats)
Rear compartment holds technical operations (Audio, CCU, tapes)
(On larger jobs, ingest, editing, logging and webcasting are usually done in optional 3^rd truck)
VISION
Sony DVS6000 two-ME SD SDI switcher (up to 32-input) · 16 primary inputs · 16 shift inputs · 2 M/E s combined at DSK stage · 6 Auxiliary outputs
OB Van’s Output delegations: · Programme (dirty) · Programme (clean) · 4 Auxiliaries (for iso’s and screen feeds, etc) · 2 Sends (for outgoing link contributions, etc)
Single DVE channel
Extra downstream keyers for additional scoring, etc.
Miranda-Oxtel Playstore for animated alpha wipes (for sports replays), etc.
Back-up SDI vision switcher Snell & Wilcox DR-1000
32x32 BTS SDI vision router or Talia 16x16.
Production Monitor Gallery with 22 monitors · 12 primary sources · Preview and programme · Replays · Graphics · 4 Auxiliary outputs · 2 Van Sends.
Digital glue accessories: · 6 SDI framestores for non-synch digital inputs · 4 analogue to digital converters for non-synch external PAL sources · 5 component to SDI converters for: DVD replays, DV & VHS replays & off-air. · 24 MDAs to distribute SDI inputs and putputs, and provide analogue for monitoring.
AUDIO & COMMS AREA
Yamaha 01V96 digital mixing desk with input and output expansion.
Behringer back-up analogue desk	Dorrough metering
3 Embedders (over Programme and both Sends) and 2 disembedders (across external SDI inputs)
12 station Talia matrix, incl 6 key stations
2 Clearcom partyline interfaces, for connecting with clients and venues with partyline comms
4 Order wires
2 PSTN phone hybrids
1 GSM phone hybrid 0404 199 634, with free in-dialling to Telstra phones.
2 IFB channels, with selectable programme or mix-minus “backgrounds; separate pre-listens or sneakies.
2 Lectrosonics IFB transmitters and 4 receivers  NEW
2 Tait 7100 duplex UHF bases (usually as “production” and “technical” groups) Two pairs of licensed frequencies.
10 UHF hand-held radios with headsets
2 Clearcom AB-100 commentary stations, with choice of headsets or ribbon microphones. Configured with IFB, sneaky and pre-listen.
Spare commentary and 4-wire boxes
Variety of wired and wireless microphones.
CCU AREA:
6 CCUs standard (Sony D35 triaxial type)
Provision to add 3 more, for unusually large jobs.
2 “CCU Seats”: 2 sets of switching and digital monitoring: can handle up to 8 cameras if required.
Sony RCPD50 and RCPTX7 remote panels
Videotek SDI Colour Corrector; for grading external third-party camera feeds; 2 channels !
Videotek SDI processing and legalising amplifier; for processing inputs or outputs, if required.
2 Sony Grade 1 SDI digital CRT CCU monitors.
VIDEO RECORDING, GRAPHICS AND REPLAY
Up to 10 digital VTRs · 2 digibeta, · 3 SX digital, · 3 DVCAM, · 1 DVCPRO50, · DVD recorder
NEW Two AJA Ki Pro tapeless ingest recorders for making Apple ProRes recordings to hard disk, for direct and immediate Final Cut Pro editors to use, without re-ingest. Read more about this exciting solution for recording and editing.
NEW Grass Valley K2 Summit Video Server with DYNO Sports Replay Package · Record up to 8 video channels in server mode, OR · Record 4 selectable angles for live sports replays. · 2 replay outputs, each with own dissolve function, also allows for previewing whilst already to air on other channel. · Very smart logging and filing system for highlights packages and incidents. · Can transfer DVCPRO50 or DVCAM files to hard disks for use in FCP or Avid edit suites. · Can ingest clips from portable drives for replays during a broadcast. · Your FCP computer can access the Summit as if an external hard disk, for using the “growing files” being recorded whilst still on air, allowing “craft editing” tasks to be completed during the broadcast.
For lower-budget projects: SX disk recorders run from a DNF panel (included free in all bookings if requested)
Inscriber CG system for stills, text, scores and supers. (Redundant second Inscriber is included) Read more about this easy to use graphics system.
Miranda-Oxtel Imagestore RTD for displaying short clips, stills and bugs, with associated Alpha key shapes.