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    Data Sheet Page 1 of 6 Cisco Explorer 8640HDC DVR with M-Card Interface The Cisco ® Explorer ™ 86 40HDC DVR with Multi-Stre am CableCARD ™ (M-Card ™ ) interface provides high quality video, audio, DVR, and two-way capa bilities that cable operators have come to expect. The plat form pr ovides faster proces sing of applications while also sup[...]

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    Data Sheet Page 2 of 6 ● DAVIC Receiver/Transmitter allows IP-based, real-time, t wo-way communication bet ween the set-top and the service provider net work for services such as on-demand (option al software) ● ENERGY STAR ® Tier 1 qualified set-top box must meet strict energy-efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental Protection Agenc[...]

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    Data Sheet Page 3 of 6 Figure 3. Cisco Explorer 8640HDC Back Panel (image may va ry from actual product and specification) Table 2. Back Panel Features Feature Description Connections In Cable In Connections Out HDMI™ (1.3) with CEC, YPbPr, Optical Digi tal Audio, Coax Digital Audio, Video, L/R Audio 1, S-Video, L/R Audio 2, IR , TV Cable Out, IE[...]

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    Data Sheet Page 4 of 6 Specification Value Memory /Storage Unified RAM 384 MB, see Note 2 Flash 2 MB CPU NVM 16 KB Hard Drive 160 GB, 320 GB (o ptional), Internal S ATA, 1.5 Gbs Boot Partition on HDD 256 MB, see Note 3 Hard Drive Expansion External SATA (eSATA), 1.5 Gbs, on r ear panel, software con trolled Processors Application/CPU 700 MHz (1000 [...]

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    Data Sheet Page 5 of 6 Ordering Information Table 5. Ordering Information Model Description Part Number Set-Top Only Part Number Set-Top with PowerKEY M-Card Modul e Explorer 8640HDC 8640HDC, HD Digital Only MPEG-4/-2 DVR w ith 160 GB HDD, 384 MB RAM, DOCSIS, Ethernet, DTCP-IP, and M-Card interface 4026539 4026532 Explorer 8640HDC 8640HDC, HD Digit[...]

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    Data Sheet Page 6 of 6 With respect to each AVC/H.264 product, we ar e obligated to provide the following notice: AVC VIDEO LICENSE THIS PRODUCT IS LICENSED UNDER THE AVC PATENT PORTFOLIO LICENSE FOR THE PERSONAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL USE OF A C ONSUMER TO (i) ENCODE VIDEO I N COMPLIANCE WITH THE AVC STANDARD (“AVC VIDEO”) AND/OR (ii) DEC ODE AVC [...]