OB5
OB5 has recently been refurbished.
The sound area features a new Calrec Zeta 48 channel digital mixing desk. The production area has also been re-fitted to include a large new monitor stack, enhanced VT area and a Sony DVS7300 vision mixer operating in 4:3 & 16:9.
The truck is well liked by clients and used on a wide range of programming from Sport & Music through to Entertainment.
Technical Specifications
Chassis:
- 16 metres (52 ft 6) long
- 3.9 metres (12 ft 9) high
- 2.4 metres (8 ft) wide
- Articulated vehicle pulled by a Scania 360 tractor unit
Weight:
- 28 tonnes
Power:
- 125 Amp, single phase supply at 240 volts, 50 Hz
Sound
- CALREC Zeta 48ch Digital mixer
- Telex Adam digital talkback system
- 2 Duplex radio talkback units
- PABX phone exchange
- View through to production
Production
- Sony DVS7300 digital monitor stack mixer (with MAV interface)
- A total of 50 production monitors in the new stack
- Choice of caption generator, including Aston Red with VIP
- DME7000 Effects
- Combination of 6 digital VTs or LSMs
- Three tiers: Director, Producer and VTR (150 sq ft)
Vision
- 4:3 or 16:9 Operation
- 12 camera capable, 2 'racking' positions
- 60 video DA's
- 4 synchronisers
- Metering and monitoring
- Positions for 4 VTR machines




