Explorer 8240C and 8240HDC Digital-Only DVR with M-Card Interface

Specifications

Tuning and Decoding—Standard

 

DVR

Dual Tuning, Dual Record, Dual Playback, Pause, Rewind, Fast-Forward,

 

 

Record one while watching another, controlled by software

 

 

 

Tuning

Dual QAM 64 or 256, Inband 54 MHz to 860 MHz, Out-of-band 70 MHz to 130 MHz,

 

 

PIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video Decoders

Dual MPEG-2 up to MP@ML (up to 720 x 480i 60 Hz), Video Scaling

 

Audio Decoders

Dual Dolby® Digital up to 5.1, Dual MPEG

 

 

 

Conditional Access

Separable security through the Multi-Stream CableCARD interface

 

Encoders

Audio BTSC for TV cable (RF) output

 

 

 

 

 

Graphics Engine

65,000 colors, 640x480 resolution, simultaneous scale MPEG-2 video

 

DAVIC

QPSK FDC 1.54 Mbps, QPSK RDC at 1.54 Mbps

 

 

 

DOCSIS

OOB and Interaction via DOCSIS 1.0, DOCSIS Set-Top Gateway, Baseline Privacy

 

 

Interface, requires software option

 

 

 

 

 

Tuning and Decoding—Included on 8240HDC

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video Decoders

Dual MPEG-2 up to MP@HL (includes 1920 x 1080i 60 Hz, 1920 x 1080p 30 Hz,

 

 

1920 x 1080p 24 Hz, 1280 x 720p 60 Hz, 720 x 480p 60 Hz)

 

 

 

Tuning and Decoding—Optional

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAVIC

Dual QPSK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory/Storage

8240C DVR Model Options

8240HDC DVR Model Options

 

 

CPU/Apps RAM

64 MB

 

128 MB*

64 MB

 

128 MB*

 

 

Video Graphics

16 MB

 

16 MB

32 MB

 

32 MB

 

 

Video Encoder

N/A

 

N/A

N/A

 

N/A

 

 

CPU Flash

2 MB

 

2 MB

2 MB

 

2 MB

 

 

CPU NVM

16 kB

 

16 kB

16 kB

 

16 kB

 

 

Hard Drive

80 GB

 

80 GB

160 GB

 

160 GB

 

*Axiom DVR Middleware for OCAP support is recommended only for the 8240C/HDC models that have 128 MB RAM.

Processors

Application/CPU

Two 250 MHz 32-bit RISC Processors (500 MIPs total)

Dimensions

Product (WxDxH)

15.6 in. x 11.2 in. x 3.25 in. (39.7 cm x 28.5 cm x 8.3 cm)

Product Weight

8.3 lbs (3.8 kg)

Carton (WxDxH)

18.0 in. x 14.0 in. x 6.12 in. (45.8 cm x 35.6 cm x 15.6 cm)

Total Weight

11.6 lbs (5.3 kg)

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