General Information

Serial #

2DE623868

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

38.4 cm

Width

31.4 cm

Height

6.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Television

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA

Country

Mexico

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED - BUT GENERALLY LATE 1990'S

Canada

WITH THIS SET-TOP BOX, ROGERS WAS COMPETING WITH DBS BY OFFERING HIGH QUALITY VIDEO & AUDIO RECEPTION & EXPANDED PROGRAM CHOICE. FIRST DBS SERVICES BEGAN OPERATION IN CANADA IN 1997 & ROGERS INTRODUCED ITS DIGITAL SERVICE, DIGITAL CHOICE TV IN 1999. LATTER OFFERS MORE LIMITED RANGE OF DIGITAL SERVICE THAN DBS.

Function

DEVICE WHICH PROVIDED DIGITAL VIDEO & AUDIO TELEVISION RECEPTION TO CONSUMERS. IT WAS USED TO RECEIVE, DECODE, & CONVERT INCOMING DIGITAL SIGNAL FROM COAXIAL CABLE INTO ANALOG SIGNAL FOR OUTPUT TO TELEVISION RECEIVER & AUDIO SYSTEM; TO TRANSMIT INFORMATION FROM VIEWER VIA CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF DIGITAL CABLE TELEVISION CONVERTER WHICH CAN RECEIVE EITHER ANALOG OR DIGITAL SIGNALS & PROVIDE VARIETY OF OUTPUTS FOR VARIOUS HOME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS: S-VIDEO OR RCA VIDEO OUTPUT TO TELEVISION DISPLAY; ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUT TO ANALOG TELEVISON OR SOUND SYSTEM; DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT TO DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND OR SOUND SYSTEM; DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT TO DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND OR HOME THEATRE RECEIVER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GREY LETTERING ON FRONT READING "Scientific Atlanta", "EXPLORER 3000 Digital Home Communications Terminal" & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS; BLACK LETTERING ON BACK READS "SCIENTIFIC/ ATLANTA/ CATV CONVERTER/ MADE IN MEXICO"; LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "Scientific/ Atlanta", "EXPLORER 3000 Digital Home/ Communications Terminal/ Model: Explorer 3000/ Assembly P/N: 733070/ Rev: 1.0/ Date manufactured "03/16/2000", WITH PATENT INFO."; BAR CODE LABEL ON BAQCK READS "0002DE623868/ SABBNLWCT N0001670835"/.2 LABEL ON BACK READS "MODEL NUMBER AT2000-4/ SA PART NUMBER 590184/ ASSEMBLED IN MEXICO"/.3 SEE DECORATION

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK CRINKLE FINISHED CASING, CHARCOAL GREY FRONT PANEL; BLACK CONTROLS; BLACK, WHITE, YELLOW, RED, GREY SYNTHETIC PARTS; METALLIC PARTS.

Decoration

GREY SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA LOGOS ON FRONT & TOP RESPECTIVELY.