Scientific Atlanta 8640HDC User Manual

Data Sheet

Cisco Explorer 8640HDC DVR with M-Card Interface

The Cisco® Explorer™ 8640HDC DVR with Multi-Stream CableCARD™ (M-Card™)

interface provides high quality video, audio, DVR, and two-way capabilities that cable

operators have come to expect. The platform provides faster processing of applications

while also supporting bandwidth management objectives.

The 8640HDC becomes the multimedia service gateway for the home – sharing and managing

video and audio experiences between the television and other home network devices.

Figure 1. Cisco Explorer 8640HDC DVR (image may vary from actual product and specification)

Features

Network Utilization Enhancements

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1 GHz Tuning allows service providers to expand network bandwidth to provide additional

services such as HD and VOD, VoIP video, and high speed data

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MPEG-4 (H.264) Decoding supports compression technology that provides better video

quality at about half the data rate of MPEG-2

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DOCSIS® 2.0 provides increased upstream throughput for future advanced services and

provides a path for future IP video services (optional software)

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Digital-Only Tuning enables service providers to improve bandwidth efficiency and accelerate

the transition to an all-digital network by migrating analog subscribers to digital services

tru2way™ and Conventional Network Support

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M-Card Interface uses a Multi-Stream CableCARD for separable security

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Axiom™ DVR Middleware supports OpenCable™ tru2way (formerly OCAP™) applications

such as Service Navigators, Games, and many other future applications (optional software)

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DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (DSG) provides a powerful standard transport mechanism for

command and control signaling between the set-top and service provider network (optional

software)

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SARA DVR Software on a set-top provides native navigator and user interface in a

non-tru2way environment (optional software)

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DAVIC Receiver/Transmitter allows IP-based, real-time, two-way communication between

the set-top and the service provider network for services such as on-demand (optional

software)

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ENERGY STAR® Tier 1 qualified set-top box must meet strict energy-efficiency guidelines

set by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Energy

(DOE), see Note 4

DVR and Home Networking Features

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Dual-tuner DVR allows one program to be recorded while viewing or recording another

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160 GB Internal Hard Drive stores up to 90 hours of SD or 20 hours of HD programs

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320 GB Internal Hard Drive (optional) stores up to 180 hours of SD or 40 hours of HD

programs

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Personal media player enables display of photos and playback of video and audio from

standards based home network connected devices (optional software)

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Ethernet Connection enables a connection to the home IP LAN for advanced services such

as content sharing to the set-top from retail-purchased electronic devices

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Digital Transmission Content Protection over IP (DTCP-IP) provides encrypted content

protection, such as “copy-one-generation” or “copy-never" based upon content's copy

control information (CCI), when output through an IP connection to an authenticated device

Data Sheet

Figure 2. Cisco Explorer 8640HDC Front Panel (image may vary from actual product and specification)

Table 1. Front Panel Features

Feature Description

Connections USB 2.0 Host, software controlled

Controls IR Receiver, 10 Buttons: Power, List, Exit, Info, Guide, Vol+, Vol-, Ch+, Ch-, Select

Indicators Four 7-segment digits, Power (icon), Message (icon), Record (icon), Home Networking (icon),

HDTV, 5.1, Auto, 1080i p, 720i p, 480i p, software controlled

Color Black finish, black lens, black buttons, grey text

Branding Cisco, model number, provision for service provider branding, HDTV Cable

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