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Cisco Explorer 8600HDC High-Definition DVR Set-Top Box Series |
Deliver Video Throughout the Home
Enhance your subscribers' overall video experience with the Cisco Explorer 8600HDC High-Definition
DVR Set-Top Box Series. This multimedia gateway:
- Enhances application capabilities
- Offers significantly improved processing power
- Gives subscribers the ability to watch one program while recording another
The Cisco Explorer 8600HDC series features an industry-leading chipset that delivers 300 percent more processing power than from
previous models. Whole home content distribution is possible through either Ethernet or Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) options.
Digital Transmission Content Protection over IP (DTCP-IP) support helps enable highly secure whole home content. Subscribers can share
the DVR or user-generated Internet-based video across multiple set-tops or personal computers in the home.
Cisco offers multiple models within the Explorer 8600HDC DVR set-top series. You can easily address your specific business objectives,
whether they include new service tiers or digital-only tuning for bandwidth optimization.
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Features
- Full-featured next-generation video HD-DVR
- Cisco sixth-generation application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for a 300 percent improvement in processing power
- MPEG-4 and MPEG-2 with dual video decoder
- 1-GHz tuning
- Advanced DOCSIS Set-Top Gateway (ADSG) and tru2way capability
- Digital-only tuning options
- IP-enabled video distribution through optional MoCA and Ethernet builds
- DTCP-IP encryption of content as it is being distributed across devices
- 160-GB hard drive space with options for up to 500 GB
 Next Generation Cable Set-Top Boxes At-A-Glance (PDF - 491 KB)
Data Sheet (PDF - 243 KB)
Available from select North American service providers. To check availability in your area, contact your local service provider:
If your service provider is not listed here, visit Go2Broadband. 
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Cisco Explorer 8600HDC HD DVR |
Tuning and Decoding
| DVR |
Dual tuning, Dual record, Dual playback, Pause, Rewind, Fast-Forward, record one program while viewing another program, software controlled |
| Picture in picture |
Digital, HD, analog, software controlled |
| Tuning |
Dual QAM 64 or 256, dual analog, In-Band 54 MHz-1GHz, QPSK out-of-band (OOB) 70-130 MHz, DOCSIS 91-867 MHz, A/V in display |
| Video decoders |
Dedicated dual 400 MHz VLIW CPU processors, dual MPEG-4 (H.264) up to HP@L4.0 (HD), Dual VC1 AP@L2&3, dual MPEG-2 up to MP@HL, 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, 720 x 480i 60 Hz, video scaling |
| Audio decoders |
Dedicated dual 250 MHz DSP CPU processors, dual Dolby™ Digital to 5.1, dual MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, dual Dolby Digital+, dual AAC, dual AAC+ |
| Conditional access |
Separable security with M-Card |
| Encoders |
Audio BTSC for TV cable (RF) output |
| Graphics engine |
2.5 dimension graphics, up to 960 x 540 resolution, 32 bit (16 million) color |
| DAVIC |
DAVIC 1.2, QPSK FDC at 1.5 Mbps, QPSK RDC at 1.5 Mbps, software controlled |
| DOCSIS |
OOB and Interaction via DOCSIS 2.0, DOCSIS Set-top Gateway, Baseline Privacy Interface, software controlled |
Memory/Storage
| CPU/Apps RAM |
192 MB |
| Video graphics RAM |
64 MB |
| Video encoder |
16 MB |
| CPU flash |
2 MB |
| CPU NVM |
16 KB |
| Hard drive |
160 GB, Internal SATA, 1.5 Gbs, 7200 RPM |
| Hard drive expansion |
External SATA (eSATA), 1.5 Gbs, rear panel, software controlled |
Processors
| Application/CPU |
600 MHz (800 MIPS) |
| Video graphics |
Dual 400 MHz VLIW CPUs |
| Audio |
Dual 250 MHz DSP CPUs |
| DOCSIS |
200 MHz CPU |
Dimensions
| Product (HxWxD) |
3.25 in. x 15.6 in. x 11.2 in.
(8.3 cm x 39.7 cm x 28.5 cm) |
| Product weight |
8.3 lbs (3.8 kg) |
Environmental Specifications
| Placement |
Locate with at least 2 inches of open space above and on each side |
| Room temperature |
32 to 105°F (0 to 40°C) during operation |
| Power dissipation |
50W maximum |
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