Tieline BRIDGE-IT CODEC

 Tieline’s Bridge-IT is the ultimate affordable, high-performance, stereo IP audio codec solution for broadcast and professional applications. Designed to deliver point-to-point or multi-point connections, Bridge-IT transports audio streams reliably, simply and effectively over a range of IP data networks such as wired and wireless LANs, WANs, the internet, satellite IP, WiMAX and Wi-Fi.

Bridge-IT allows radio and television broadcasters to expand their IP network at a fraction of the cost of competing IP codecs, without compromising on quality or broadcast quality features. Multiple unicast in stereo to up to 6 different end-points from a single codec and reduce capital expenditure across your broadcast network. Bridge-IT is EBU N/ACIP Tech 3326 compatible over IP and will connect to any SIP-enabled IP codec brand with industry standard algorithms, as well as VoIP devices supporting G.711 and G.722. Bridge-IT is also internet/satellite streaming and HD and digital radio compatible. 

It is designed for desktop use or two units can be installed side-by-side in a purpose-built 1RU mounting bracket. 

Simple to use…

Compare Bridge-IT’s superior programming functionality and simple user interface with other low cost codecs. Bridge-IT features a full hardware front panel interface including navigation, LCD display, PPM metering and dialing key pad. It can also be configured and controlled remotely using the Toolbox web-GUI interface, which can be launched from the codec using a web-browser.

Applications:

Bridge-IT is perfect for a large range of broadcast and professional applications that include:

• Studio-to-Transmitter Link (STL) applications
• Studio-to-Studio Link (SSL) applications
• Point-to-Point IP audio distribution
• Multi-point IP audio distribution 
• Simple remote broadcast links
• Cable Head End IP Audio Distribution
• Low-latency audio over IP bridging solutions
• Multiple codec installations (2 codecs fit in 1 x 19” rack unit)

Bridge-IT Purchase options...

Bridge-IT comes as a basic hardware and software pack or a pro version hardware and software pack, which includes AAC algorithms and multiple unicasting.

apt-X Enhanced audio coding and a 2 year extended warranty are also available as additional options.

• Compact design, with two codecs fitting into a 1RU mounting bracket.
• Suitable for point-to-point and multi-point (multiple unicast) IP connections over a variety of connection transports, including WANs like the internet.
• EBU N/ACIP Tech 3326 compatibility over IP
• Linear audio with a suite of high quality broadcast algorithms as standard, plus optional LC-AAC, HE-AAC v.1 and HE-AAC v.2.
• Tieline's loss-tolerant MusicPLUS algorithm provides up to 22 kHz stereo audio quality with 20ms coding delay at bit rates as low as 96kbps - making it ideal for today's IP and 3G networks.
• Tieline Music can deliver up to 15 kHz FM quality mono audio at bit-rates as low as 24Kbps, with only 20 milliseconds encoding delay.
• QoS Performance Engine automatically manages jitter buffering, forward error correction and packet repair.
• Full hardware front panel interface including navigation, LCD display, PPM metering and dialing key pad.
• Web GUI for programming codec functionality and RS232 data connections.
• TieServer for automatic software upgrades, peer-to-peer dialing using STUN and automatic buddy list dialing.
• Integrates seamlessly with TieServer for simple IP configuration and one touch IP connections.
• Broadcast quality analog XLR inputs/outputs.
• XLR digital AES/EBU input/output.
• Simultaneous analog and digital AES/EBU audio outputs.
• Onboard SDHC card slot for automatic audio failover.
• ¼” (6.35mm) stereo headphone output.
• 2 relay inputs and 2 opto-isolated outputs plus RS-232 for local and remote control of equipment at either end of your codec link.
• USB slave connection for codec configuration.

Buy today and receive:

• Point-to-point mono and stereo IP audio bidirectional audio
• The ability to send up to 6 stereo multiple-unicast connections over LANs and WANs like the internet (optional licence upgrade).
• Multicasting to unlimited numbers of codecs across compatible IP networks (optional licence upgrade)
• High quality low-delay linear audio
• G.711 G.722, MPEG Layer 2, plus low-delay Tieline Music and MusicPlus algorithms
  
• LC-AAC, HE-AAC v.1 and HE-AAC v.2 algorithms (optional licence upgrade)
• apt-X Enhanced algorithm (optional licence upgrade)
• EBU N/ACIP Tech 3326 compatibility over IP and will connect to any SIP-enabled IP codec
• Simultaneous analog and digital AES/EBU outputs
• Automatic fail-safe SD/SDHC card connection failover
• Web-GUI for remote control and configuration
• TieServer for automatic firmware upgrade notification
• Tieline’s QoS Performance Engine for automatic management of IP connection streaming

Optional software feature upgrades* available in 2011 include:

• TieServer PRO for simple one-touch buddy-list codec dialing
• IP Codec Network Management System for live status and alarm monitoring of hundreds of IP codecs over entire broadcast networks