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NEWS: New K Strato-S

I am excited about this. I would like to put Kaleidescape into our RV.
 
My observation is when they come out with a line, the basic technical features such as decoding remain fixed. I'm not sure if they would need new hardware to handle DV but I think they would as I understand DV needs a lot of processing. My advice is hope for these things but if you are building a system, don't hold your breath.
 
Also, the power is 12V. It has a converter to step down household current. I think that if one wires 12V 5A to it, you can skip that conversion altogether and save even more space.
 
Mr.Poindexter said:
Also, the power is 12V. It has a converter to step down household current. I think that if one wires 12V 5A to it, you can skip that conversion altogether and save even more space.
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Yes, that could work, but keep in mind that the 12V systems on RVs are typically just unregulated battery voltage that could range from 12V-14.5V.

Other noisy devices kicking on and off could affect the Strato, which is probably designed to get a nice clean 12V supply from the AC adapter.

It would be wise to get some kind of filter/isolator/DC-DC converter to protect it. I think that these are also common in the marine world, but I don't know of any specific product to recommend.
 
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