CatAV | What is CatAV?

CatAV (Category Audiovisual) is our catch-all phrase for solutions which enable the transmission of analog video and audio signals across the Category 5e/6/7/8 structured cabling of your building. The signals remain "analog" i.e. they are not streamed, so there is no impact on your network or bandwidth.

These technologies enable your audiovisual sources to be centralised within comms rooms or other secure areas and then distributed to screens/displays over dedicated structured cabling links. This approach delivers significant benefits to estate managers:

  • Leverage additional value from your structured cabling investment
  • Maintain high-value audiovisual equipment within a secure environment
  • Extend AV sources up to 300m across structured cabling
  • Virtually any outlet can be patched for audiovisual services
  • Maintain high-quality signals including HDTV
  • Distribute video + audio + control signals across a single cable
Our CatAV solutions can facilitate the following signals over a single Cat5e/6/7/8 cable link:

Signal Type

Formats Supported

Video

Composite / YC S-video / YUV Component / RGB

VGA/RGBHV

All common resolutions up to 1600x1200 pixels

HDTV

720p / 1080i / 1080p

Audio

Stereo 5.1 Channel Line-Level

Bi-Directional Control

RS232 or Infrared


We utilise CatAV technologies across many of our solutions; enabling distribution of DigitalProMedia and HydraVision channel client media players, extending audiovisual devices within large presentation and lecture theatres, etc.