Novastar MRV328

NovaStar MRV328 — long-format 8-port HUB75E receiving card

The MRV328 is a previous-generation NovaStar receiving card, now withdrawn from the manufacturer's active catalogue. We list it for one precise reason: the installed base. It is the reference with the strongest demand for original parts in the whole range, and the reason is mechanical.

Specifications

Load: 256×256@60Hz
Connectors: 8 × HUB75E, jusqu'à 16 groupes RGB parallèle
Dimensions: 145,6 × 95,5 × 18,4 mm
Weight: 85,5 g
Power: DC 3,3 – 5,5 V, 3 W
Status: outside NovaStar's active catalogue
Recommended replacement: MRV208-N (avec réserve)

NovaStar MRV328 — why this reference is still stocked

On an LED wall, a receiving card is not swapped like a light bulb. Its load capacity determines how the wall is divided into zones, and that division is frozen in the cabinet configuration file. Changing reference means rebuilding that file, revalidating the mapping, and sometimes reworking the internal harness — turning a standard exchange into an engineering job.

Our position: we always state the current replacement card — here the MRV208-N (avec réserve) — and we tell you plainly how good the substitution is. No current card combines its 145.6 × 95.5 mm long format with 8 HUB75E connectors. The only 8-port card in the current catalogue, the MRV208-N, measures 95.3 × 109.4 mm and is mechanically incompatible.

On a partially serviced estate, like-for-like replacement is often the cheaper option once engineering time is counted. On a full refurbishment it is the opposite. We quote both.

• Service on a wall in operation — like-for-like replacement without rebuilding the configuration.
• Homogeneous estate — keeping a single card reference across the whole wall.
• Maintenance stock — spare cards on site for critical installations.
• Extending an existing wall — installation already fitted with MRV328.
• Planned migration — we also quote the move to MRV208-N (avec réserve) with the engineering time it implies.

• Status — outside NovaStar's active catalogue: confirm availability before committing.
• Replacement — MRV208-N (avec réserve). No same-format substitution: original part preferred.
• Supply voltage — DC 3,3 – 5,5 V; recent replacement cards start at 3.8 V, check against older 3.3 V supplies.
• Configuration — any change of reference means rebuilding the cabinet configuration file and revalidating the mapping.
• Clearance — compare dimensions before proposing a substitution: recent cards often add 1 to 2 mm of thickness.