PHABRIX continues to innovate with the addition at IBC of a new Dolby E metering, framing and metadata option available for its range of PHABRIX Sx hand held test and measurement instruments.

Scheduled for release later this year, PHABRIX will be previewing the new option which will make the Sx range the only portable fully configured generator, analyser and monitoring instruments capable of Dolby E analysis.

Once enabled the option will automatically detect the Dolby E bitstream. Up to eight channels carried by the Dolby E stream can be viewed simultaneously via the onboard PPM providing realtime Dolby E confidence.

The option also indicates Dolby E framing by indicating the start and finish positions within the video frame, reporting any discrepancy across frames.

The metadata associated with Dolby E can also be viewed such as SMPTE timecodes and information associated with configuring the downstream decoder.

Paul Nicholls, sales and marketing manager for PHABRIX commented:

‘The release of this new option enables engineers to check the distribution of surround and multi channel audio throughout the broadcast chain. The portability of the PHABRIX hand held range with the added sophistication for Dolby E checking makes the instruments even more indispensible in the broadcast environment.’

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