Gearhouse Broadcast’s flagship high definition outside broadcast unit, OB-2 has travelled from one end of Australia to the other to meet demand for this powerful facility.

Vehicle

• Full multi format High Definition OB vehicle
• Custom built single full expanding side with expanding monitor wall
• Length 13.5m Height 4m
• Width closed 2.5m open 4.5m

Production

• The production area is set out in a 2 tier arrangement with 4 operational locations on the front desk and 3 on the rear bench
• Sony MVS8000 HD/SD Switcher
• 3 Mix Effects Busses
• 8 Frame Mem Outputs with 444 frame capacity (58 frame in HD mode)

Monitor Wall

• 12 x 23″ Vutrix LCD-23-Quad LCD Monitor with Integral Quad

Engineering

• Probel Sirius Multi-format Vision Router
• 176 x 232 SDI router
• 4 x Leitch HFS6801+D Synchroniser

Audio

• Euphonix Max Air Audio Console 96 Channels 
• 32 Mix Buses, 24 Clean Feed / Group Matrix Buses
• 16 Aux Sends and 24 External Inputs
• 1 x DAD Audio replay

Camera Control

• 16 x HDCU 1500
• 4 x Grading Positions

Communications

• RTS Adam 64 x 64 Port Talkback System 
• 3 x Tait 700 Series Dupexes
• 2 x Motorola GM339 Simplexes

Video Tapes (2 Tier)

• 4 x Sony HDW-M2000
• 5 x 6 Channel EVS XT-2

Power

• 2 x 50amp Clipsal 3 Phase Connectors
• Chloride Linear Plus UPS Supplying Uninterrupted Power to all Broadcast equipment