Eventide BD600+

The New Standard for Protection

The BD600+ offers an unprecedented 80 seconds of the highest quality revenue and license-protecting delay – twice as much as other delays. Customize the delay buffer length from four seconds to the full 80 seconds. The DUMP button allows for segmented dumps in 1/2 second increments up to 10 seconds. Each segment deleted reduces the delay buffer, ensuring continuous protection.

The “sneeze” button momentarily “edits” audio entering the delay, allowing the host to sneeze, cough, or make a short comment without being heard on-air – and without dead air. Your station cannot afford to work without a net. With the BD600+, you will never worry about running out of delay memory.

MicroPrecision Delay mode allows up to 20 seconds of delay adjustment in real time in 100 nanosecond increments. For HD radio stations, the BD600+ provides a high-quality subsample adjustable delay for synchronizing analog and digital, maintaining a seamless experience for listeners. MicroPrecision Delay can be adjusted on-air and ramped in and out for clean transitions without audible artifacts.

The BD600+ adds more delay protection, improves fidelity, and expands remote options while maintaining the user interface and yellow DUMP button familiar to all radio engineers. Featuring 80 seconds of delay, 24-bit digital and analog I/O, plus a host of new features, the BD600+ is the new world standard.

Features

• MicroPrecision delay mode for HD synchronization
• 80 seconds of delay protection
• USB Remote Control
• “Panic” allows WAV file playback during delay rebuild
• 24-bit AES/EBU digital I/O, with optional wordclock sync
• 24-bit analog XLR I/O
• User-defined “dump” length segmentation
• “Sneeze” button for momentary edit
• Remote control capability
• Easy-to-wire euroblock for remote hookup (on base unit)
• RS-232 I/O
• Programmable I/O
• Remote option offers 16 bi-polar opto-isolated inputs and 16 open-collector outputs

Inputs/Outputs

• Analog Inputs: XLR pin 2 hot, true differential balanced, +4 dBm nominal
• Input Impedance: 20K ohms bridging
• Full Scale Input Level: +26dBu
• Dynamic Range: >104dB
• THD+N: <0.003 @ 1kHz, -3dBFS
• Crosstalk: <-100dB @ 20Hz to 20kHz, -1dBFS
• Analog Outputs: XLR pin 2 hot, true differential balanced, +4 dBm nominal
• Output Impedance: 20K ohms bridging
• Full Scale Output Level: +65dBu
• Dynamic Range: >108dB
• THD+N: <0.003 @ 1kHz, -3dBFS in stable delay state
• Crosstalk: <-100dB @ 20Hz to 20kHz, -1dBFS
• SNR: >108dB

Signal & Connections

• Frequency Response: Live or Bypass: 20Hz-20kHz +- 0.1dB
• HD Microprecision Delay mode: 10Hz-19kHz +- 0.25dB
• Broadcast Profanity Delay mode: 10hZ-20kHz +- 0.1dB (while delay is changing 10Hz-19kHz +- 1.5dB)
• Profanity Delay Maximum Length: Can be set to 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 20, 30, 40, 60, or 80 seconds
• Micro Precision Fixed Delay: Can be set from .010 seconds to 9.999,999 seconds in microsecond steps

Remote Control Connectors and Interfaces

• Remote Control Inputs: RS-232 control input and output
• USB Remote Control
• Basic Remote: 4 configurable inputs (closure to ground); 2 relay-isolated status outputs
• Optional Extended Remote: 16 bi-polar opto-isolated inputs; 16 open-collector outputs; RS-232 input and delayed output
• Compact Flash Interface: Supports Type I and Type II Compact Flash cards for .WAV sample playback and software update

Signal Characteristics

• Sample Rates: 48kHz, 44.1kHz, Word Clock, AES/EBU
• Digital Inputs/Outputs: 2 Channels of 24-bit AES/EBU

Physical

• Dimensions: Inches: 1.75h x 19w x 10.5d; CM: 4.5h x 48.3w x 26.7d
• Weight: 9 pounds (4.1 Kg); Shipping weight 14 pounds (6.5 Kg)
• Power: 40 watts, 100-240 VAC, 50/60Hz