Overview
CATS distributes line-level stereo audio and composite video over standard Category 5 or Category 3 wire with no loss in quality over distances of 1,000 feet for video and 5,000 feet for audio. A Transmitter encodes the source signals using Pragmatic's patent-pending Bandwidth Domain Signal Processing (BDSP™) and a Receiver decodes them at the end of the line - completely eliminating ground loops, noise pick-up, hum, frequency roll-off and impedance mismatch.
The Cat5 also routes IR commands from the Receiver back to the Transmitter, which rebroadcasts them to the source components via an LED driver. Transmitters and Receivers come as audio-only, video-only or audio/video, with or without a built-in 25 W-per-channel stereo amplifier - including a four-gang junction-box Receiver with the amplifier built in. A basic network of one Transmitter and two Receivers forms a two-zone, three-room system; each A/V Transmitter drives 1000 feet of Cat5 and supports multiple Receivers.
Features & benefits
- Stereo audio + composite video on one Cat5 or Cat3 run
- BDSP™ eliminates ground loops, hum and noise pickup
- IR command routing back to the sources
- Audio-only, video-only and A/V transmitter/receiver variants
- Optional built-in 25 W-per-channel stereo amplifier
- Four-gang in-wall amplified Receiver available
- Accessories: in-wall amplified volume controls, IR receivers, LCD/keypad controller
- One Transmitter supports multiple Receivers
- Made in USA
Applications
- Legacy multi-room audio/video distribution
- Composite-video installations over existing Cat3/Cat5
- Systems maintained in the field since the 2000s