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<pre>The Processor is a C3A (Nehemiah) 1Ghz. The Sigma 8475 may or may not<br>actually be used. There are no drivers for it in the 2.6 kernel<br>series. When the original board was spec'd out there was a question as<br>
to whether the VIA processor would be able to handle the MPEG4 content<br>so it was added. Since everything is MPEG2 on this machine there is no<br>reason to assume that the 8475 is even needed. In the last version of<br>
the software that we did for the 4000 which was written with porting to<br>the 5000 in mind we did not use it at all.<br><br>I do not know what video capture card was finally decided upon, but<br>originally the spec for the 5000 was a Hauppauge 150. If that is the
<br>case, it explains the coax, although it would be an input, not an<br>output. Take a look at<br><a href="http://www.vwbinc.com/pdf/MR4000%20Brochure%205-10%20web.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.vwbinc.com/pdf/MR4000%20Brochure%205-10%20web.pdf</a> for the<br>specs of the 4000. The bottom-right picture shows the i/o ports on the<br>4000, which are likely to be the same on the 5000. From left to right
<br>in rows<br>1) composite video and stereo audio in ***Not hooked up to MPEG capture<br>hardware<br>2) Composite video and stereo audio out.<br>3) Y/Pb/Pr component out fed from a VT1623 which means 480p max<br>4) 6-channel analog audio out - This was having problems but looked to
<br>possibly be solved on the last version of the board I have.<br>5) Digital audio out, both fiber and coax.<br><br>Additionally there are USB and Firewire connectors on the back and on<br>the front. S-Video in and out on the back, Composite and stereo input
<br>on the front (again not hooked up to MPEG compression hardware). PCMCIA<br>and ISO card slots on the front. The 5000 was supposed to add a larger<br>HD, DVD/RW and PVR onto basically the same motherboard.<br><br>As for HD playback, it has the ability to do so from an MPEG2 source,
<br>although scaled down to 480p. I have done that myself through xine.<br></pre></blockquote></span></div></blockquote></div><span style="font-family: monospace;"><br>
Looking at the spec sheet of the 5000, I'd say it's a good bet it's a
PVR-500. Looking at the right side of the back image, there are 2
coax, an svideo, and composite connections in exactly the configuration
as a PVR500.<br>
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<a href="http://www.vwbinc.com/pdf/MR5000%20Brochure%205-10%20web.pdf">http://www.vwbinc.com/pdf/MR5000%20Brochure%205-10%20web.pdf</a><br>
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-Mike<br>
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