MadisonAV introduces the long-awaited Icron Arbutus 63301 USB-C extender with DisplayPort Alt Mode — bringing single-cable simplicity, 4K video and USB 3.2 data to mission-critical spaces up to 100m from the host.
MadisonAV, Australia’s specialised AV distributor, today announced the availability of the Icron Arbutus 63301 — a breakthrough USB-C extension system designed to meet the one-cable connection expectations from users with USB-C enabled laptops. With a single USB-C connection to the host, the Arbutus delivers 4K60 video via DisplayPort Alt Mode, USB 3.2 Gen 1 data at 5 Gbps and up to 15 W of power delivery — extended up to 100 metres over a single CAT 6a/7 cable. No cable confusion. No software install. No loss of PC video.
In boardrooms, lecture theatres, broadcast studios, control rooms and government facilities, USB-C has become the universal interface — but only at arm’s length. Extending it across a room, a stage or a building has typically meant compromise: multiple cables, format converters, mandatory driver installs, or distance ceilings that fall well short of the architecture. The Arbutus 63301 closes that gap.
Built as a two-piece LEX/REX (Local Extender / Remote Extender) system, the Arbutus presents to the host as a standard USB-C connection. The user plugs in once. There is no software to install, no driver to push through SOE approval, and no firmware dance for the AV technician. Behind the scenes, the system transports DisplayPort Alt Mode video at up to 4Kp60 4:4:4 with HDCP 2.2 compliance, USB 3.2 Gen 1 data at 5 Gbps, and USB-C power delivery — all over a single, standard CAT 6a/7 cable, up to 100 metres.
For integrators and consultants, the implication is direct: mission-critical and high-profile spaces no longer have to be designed around the limitations of a USB-C cable. Lecterns, huddle tables, presentation positions and operator desks can be located where the room demands — not where the cable reaches. End users see one thing — a USB-C port that works — and that consistency removes the most common cause of meeting-start delays and support calls.
Key capabilities of the Icron Arbutus 63301:
- Single USB-C cable to the host — no breakouts, no adapters, no dongles
- DisplayPort Alt Mode video up to 4Kp60 4:4:4 with HDCP 2.2
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 data at 5 Gbps with full signal integrity over the full extension
- USB-C power delivery up to 15 W to the connected device
- Extension up to 100 metres over a single CAT 6a/7 cable
- Plug-and-play — no drivers, no software, no firmware updates required
- Rugged housing with robust EMI shielding for permanent install environments
The Arbutus 63301 is engineered for applications where the cost of a failed start, a flickering image or a dropped peripheral is unacceptable — corporate boardrooms and executive briefing centres, university lecture theatres and training facilities, broadcast production studios, command and control environments, and any space where a high-profile audience expects technology to disappear into the experience.
“The brief from integrators has been consistent: stop making the user think about cables, software and distance — make USB-C just work, anywhere in the room. The Arbutus 63301 does exactly that. It is the cleanest USB-C extension story we have ever taken to market, and it is the right answer for any room where the technology cannot be the thing the audience remembers.”
— Rob Mayer, Product Line Manager, MadisonAV
Availability.
MadisonAV are accepting Icron Arbutus 63301 orders now for July delivery throughout Australia. For specification sheets, pre-sales design support or to arrange an evaluation unit, contact your MadisonAV account manager or visit madisonav.com.au.
