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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. OVERVIEW.......................................................................................................................................... 1
2. INSTALLATION................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. VIDEO CONNECTIONS.............................................................................................................. 3
2.2. GENLOCK REFERENCE........................................................................................................... 4
2.3. AES INPUT AND OUTPUT AUDIO CONNECTIONS ................................................................. 4
2.4. GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS.................................................................................................. 5
3. SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................................... 6
3.1. SERIAL DIGITAL VIDEO INPUTS.............................................................................................. 6
3.2. SERIAL DIGITAL VIDEO OUTPUTS.......................................................................................... 6
3.3. ANALOG COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT................................................................................... 6
3.4. GENLOCK INPUT....................................................................................................................... 6
3.5. AES AUDIO INPUTS /OUTPUTS............................................................................................... 7
3.6. GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS.................................................................................................. 7
3.7. ELECTRICAL ............................................................................................................................. 7
3.8. PHYSICAL.................................................................................................................................. 7
4. STATUS INDICATORS....................................................................................................................... 8
4.1. AUDIO STATUS LEDS............................................................................................................... 8
5. CARD EDGE CONTROLS .................................................................................................................. 9
5.1. SETTING THE OUTPUT VIDEO FRAME RATE......................................................................... 9
5.2. SELECTING WHETHER THE MODULE WILL BE CONTROLLED FROM THE
LOCAL CONTROLS OR THROUGH THE VISTALINK®INTERFACE ...................................... 10
6. ON SCREEN MENUS........................................................................................................................ 11
6.1. NAVIGATING THE ON SCREEN MENU SYSTEM ................................................................... 11
6.2. ON SCREEN DISPLAY –MAIN MENU .................................................................................... 12

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6.3. CONFIGURING THE VIDEO CONTROLS................................................................................ 13
6.3.1. Setting the Video Input and Output Frame rate.......................................................... 13
6.3.2. Setting the Input Video Standard ............................................................................... 14
6.3.3. 3:2 Pulldown Processing............................................................................................ 14
6.3.4. Selecting the 3:2 Pulldown Reference with 1080p/23.98sF Input Video.................... 15
6.3.5. Accommodating Non-Standard 3:2 Sequences......................................................... 16
6.3.6. Setting the VITC Reader Line for SD Video Inputs (Not Yet Implemented)............... 17
6.3.7. Setting the VITC Writer Line for SD Video Outputs (Not Yet Implemented)............... 17
6.3.8. Setting the source of Time Code (Not Yet Implemented)........................................... 17
6.3.9. Setting the Action to Take when Input Video Is Missing ............................................ 18
6.3.10. Setting up the Video Output Timing ........................................................................... 18
6.3.10.1.Calculating the Delay through the Down Converter..................................... 18
6.3.11. Force minimum Delay ................................................................................................ 18
6.3.12. Selecting the Video Reference Source ...................................................................... 19
6.3.13. Selecting the Direction of the OSD / Genlock BNC.................................................... 19
6.3.14. Setting the Vertical Phase of the Output Video.......................................................... 19
6.3.15. Setting the Horizontal Phase of the Output Video...................................................... 20
6.4. CONFIGURING THE SCALER................................................................................................. 20
6.4.1. Setting the Scaler Filter Sharpness............................................................................ 21
6.4.2. Setting the Aspect Ratio of the Output Picture........................................................... 21
6.4.3. Set the Colour of the Letterbox Panels ...................................................................... 22
6.4.4. User aspect ratio setting............................................................................................. 22
6.5. CONFIGURING THE VIDEO PROCESSING FUNCTIONS...................................................... 23
6.5.1. Setting Image Enhancement Adjustment................................................................... 24
6.5.2. Setting RGB Clipping ................................................................................................. 24
6.5.3. Setting Gamma Adjustment ....................................................................................... 24
6.5.4. Setting the Gain Levels.............................................................................................. 24
6.5.5. Setting the DC Offset ................................................................................................. 25
6.5.6. Setting the Hue........................................................................................................... 25
6.5.7. Setting the Gamma Level........................................................................................... 25
6.5.8. Setting the Luma Floor............................................................................................... 25
6.5.9. Setting the Detail Noise Floor..................................................................................... 25
6.5.10. Setting the Enhancement Limit .................................................................................. 25
6.5.11. Setting the Horizontal Band........................................................................................ 25
6.5.12. Setting the Vertical Intensity....................................................................................... 26
6.5.13. Setting the Detail Gain ............................................................................................... 26
6.6. CONFIGURING THE AUDIO SETTINGS ................................................................................. 26
6.6.1. Selecting the Audio Source for the De-embedders.................................................... 27
6.6.2. Selecting the Audio Groups That Will Be Embedded................................................. 27
6.6.3. Selecting the Audio Delay.......................................................................................... 27
6.6.4. Configuring the Sample Rate Converters................................................................... 28
6.6.5. Configuring the Audio Input Source ........................................................................... 28
6.7. CONFIGURING THE AUDIO PROCESSING FUNCTIONS...................................................... 29
6.7.1. Configuring the Output Audio Channel Sources ........................................................ 30
6.7.2. Setting Gain for Each Audio Channel......................................................................... 30
6.8. CONFIGURING THE CLOSED CAPTIONING PARAMETERS................................................ 31

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6.8.1. Enabling Closed Captions.......................................................................................... 31
6.9. CONFIGURING THE ANALOG VIDEO OUTPUT PARAMETERS........................................... 31
6.9.1. Adding the NTSC Setup Pedestal.............................................................................. 32
6.9.2. Colour Bars ................................................................................................................ 32
6.9.3. Setting the Composite Display Mode – Colour or Monochrome ................................ 32
6.9.4. Setting the Video Level .............................................................................................. 32
6.9.5. Setting the Hue........................................................................................................... 32
6.9.6. Setting the Horizontal Blanking.................................................................................. 32
6.9.7. Configuring the VBI Processing ................................................................................. 33
6.9.8. Selecting the Y Filter.................................................................................................. 33
6.9.9. Setting the Wideband Frequency............................................................................... 33
6.9.10. Setting the Chroma Filter Bandwidth.......................................................................... 33
6.10. UTILITIES................................................................................................................................. 34
6.10.1. Storing and Recalling Configurations to the User Presets or the Factory Preset....... 34
6.10.1.1.Recalling Configurations from the User Presets.......................................... 34
6.10.1.2.Storing Configurations from the User Presets............................................. 35
6.10.2. Disabling Auto Recall Presets when the Video Input/Output Standards Change ...... 35
6.10.3. Recall Presets via GPIs.............................................................................................. 35
6.10.4. Displaying the Status Window on the OSD Output.................................................... 35
6.10.5. Initiating a Software Upgrade..................................................................................... 36
6.10.6. Accessing Information About this Module and its Firmware....................................... 36
7. JUMPERS.......................................................................................................................................... 37
7.1. SELECTING WHETHER LOCAL FAULTS WILL BE MONITORED
BY THE GLOBAL FRAME STATUS ........................................................................................ 37
7.2. CONFIGURING THE MODULE FOR FIRMWARE UPGRADES.............................................. 37
7.3. SELECTING THE GPI PULLUP VOLTAGE............................................................................. 38
7.4. SELECTING COMPOSITE OR SDI OUTPUT........................................................................... 38
7.5. SELECTING WHETHER THE GENLOCK REFERENCE INPUT IS TERMINATED................. 38
8. VISTALINK®REMOTE MONITORING/CONTROL........................................................................... 39
8.1. WHAT IS VISTALINK®?............................................................................................................. 39
8.2. VISTALINK®MONITORED PARAMETERS .............................................................................. 39
8.3. VISTALINK®CONTROLLED PARAMETERS ........................................................................... 40
8.4. VISTALINK®TRAPS.................................................................................................................. 42
9. MENU QUICK REFERENCE............................................................................................................. 43

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Figures
Figure 1-1: Block Diagram ....................................................................................................................................2
Figure 2-1: Rear Panel..........................................................................................................................................3
Figure 2-2: GPI Input Circuitry ..............................................................................................................................5
Figure 6-1: 3:2 Pulldown Sequence Insertion – 1080p/23.98sF Input Video .....................................................16
Figure 6-2: 6 Hz Pulldown Sequence A Frame Alignment – 1080p/23.98sF Input Video..................................16
Figure 6-3: RP188 Pulldown Sequence A Frame Alignment – 1080p/23.98sF Input Video ..............................17
Figure 7-1: Location of LEDs and Jumpers ........................................................................................................37
Figure 7-2 : Setting the GPI Input Pullup Voltage...............................................................................................38
Tables
Table 2-1: AES Audio Connector Pinout...............................................................................................................4
Table 2-2: AES Audio Breakout Cable (Evertz Part # WPAES8-BNCM-6F)........................................................5
Table 4-1: Audio Group Status LEDs....................................................................................................................8
Table 5-1: Overview of DIP Switch Functions.......................................................................................................9
Table 5-2: Frame Rate Divisor DIP Switch Settings.............................................................................................9
Table 5-3: VistaLINK®Control Switch Settings...................................................................................................10
Table 8-1: VistaLINK®Monitored Parameters.....................................................................................................40
Table 8-2: VistaLINK®Controlled Parameters....................................................................................................42

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REVISION DESCRIPTION DATE
0.1 Preliminary Version Jul 05
1.0 First Release Version Oct 05
1.1 Updated format May 09
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1. OVERVIEW
The 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter provides high quality down conversion of your high definition
(SMPTE 292M) signals to standard definition (SMPTE 259M) with detail enhancement and gamma
correction. The 7714HDC has up to 4 SD Serial Digital outputs and up to 2 composite analog video
outputs. Of the 4 outputs, 2 have OSD output. There is also an external genlock input.
The module accepts 2 groups of embedded audio on the input and re-embeds them into the serial video
outputs. It also accepts 4 discrete unbalanced AES inputs and provides 4 AES outputs with the same
audio that is being embedded. The re-embedded audio normally has the appropriate delay added to
compensate for video delay incurred by the conversion process, thus avoiding the need for external de-
embedding and re-embedding of audio. An additional audio delay adjustment can also be made for lip
sync correction.
The unit also transfers the closed caption and time code information from input to output performing all
necessary HD to SD translation and time code recalculations.
The units occupy one card slot in the 3 RU frame, which will hold up to 14 modules or one slot in the 1RU
frame, which will hold up to three modules.
The units also provide card edge LEDs to indicate signal present, genlock present and audio groups
present.
Features:
•High quality HD -> SD down conversion with Image enhancement
•Supports standard aspect ratio conversions plus all user definable
•Support all necessary colour space conversions (ITU rec. 601 to ITU rec.709)
•Full video processing functions, GBR gain YCrCb gain and offset, hue adjustment and RGB colour
limiter
•Image Detail Enhancement with RGB gamma correction
•Reference input allows for phasing of output video
•Module supports min. delay or variable delay for video output without reference
•Module supports video output referenced to genlock with variable delay
•Output on screen display used to configure the operating modes
•De-embeds Audio from HD video input and embeds into SD video output (2 groups)
•Supports 4 retimed external AES inputs and outputs
•Moves RP-188 VITC and LTC from HD input to SD output, recalculated for frame rate changes
•Moves HD closed captions from HD input to SD output.

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SDI Outputs
(SMPTE 259M)
EQ &
S/P
Down Conversion &
Aspect Ratio
Conversion
Audio &
Metadata
Extractor
Audio & Metadata
Processing &
Audio Delay
Audio &
Metadata
Embedder
Frame Sync
Reference
Timing
Generator
HD / SDI
Input
(SMPTE 292M
Configuration
On Screen
Display
Output Processing
Image Enhancement
& Gamma Adjust
Video
Present
Audio Present
AES Receiver
AES
Formatter
4
4
SDI
P/S
NTSC/
PAL
Encoder
SDI
P/S
Hi-Z / 75 ohm
Termination
SDI (SMPTE 259M) /
Composite Output
SDI (SMPTE 259M) /
Composite Output /
Genlock Input
GPI / 6hz
AES I/0 /
GPI /
6 Hz Input
75Ω
Module
Status
Card Edge
Control & Indicators
Audio
Present
Reference
Present
VistaLINKTM
Interface
Figure 1-1: Block Diagram

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2. INSTALLATION
The 7714HDC comes with a companion rear plate that occupies one slot in the frame. For information on
mounting the rear plate and inserting the module into the frame see section 3 of the 7700FR chapter.
Figure 2-1: Rear Panel
2.1. VIDEO CONNECTIONS
PGM IN: Input BNC connector for 10-bit serial digital video signals compatible with the SMPTE 292M
standard. The module needs to be set to a specific video input standard using the on
screen menu at this current time.
PGM OUT: These two BNC connectors are used to output the converted input video as serial
component video, compatible with the SMPTE 259M standard.
OSD: This BNC connector is used to output the downconverted input video with on screen display
menus (OSD) superimposed over the video as serial component video. The output can be
selected as with serial digital video compatible with the SMPTE 259M standard or as
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OSD/GLCK: When the OSD/GLCK BNC menu setting is set to OSD, this BNC connector is used to
output the downconverted input video with on screen display menus (OSD) superimposed
over the video as serial component video compatible with the SMPTE 259M standard or as
analog composite video depending on the setting of jumper J26. It can also be used as a
genlock input reference (see section 2.2).
2.2. GENLOCK REFERENCE
For proper synchronization of the output video, the 7714HDC Down Converter must be locked to a
genlock signal of the output video frame rate.
OSD/GLCK: When the OSD/GLCK BNC menu setting is set to Genlock, this BNC is used for connecting
a video or tri-level sync reference and is auto-detected by the module. The output video
can be timed with respect to the genlock video using the H Phase Offset and V Phase
Offset menu items. (See section 6.3.1) When no Genlock is provided, the output video is
timed with respect to the input video. To use this BNC as a genlock input, jumper J26 must
be in the composite position. Jumper 21 selects the desired termination. (75 ohm / Hi-Z)
2.3. AES INPUT AND OUTPUT AUDIO CONNECTIONS
Four unbalanced AES input and outputs are provided on a HD DB-15 connector labeled AES I/O. These
inputs and outputs are for unbalanced AES signals conforming to SMPTE 276M. The user can select
whether audio from the four AES input pairs, or from 2 groups of embedded audio is re-embedded on the
output video. The transferred audio is also output as four AES pairs. Figure 2-1 shows the pinout of the
DB-15 connector.
DB-15
Pin Name Description
1 6HZ 6 Hz input
2 LTC Out LTC output
3 GPI2 GPI 2 Input
4 GND Reserved for Future Use
5 GND Reserved for Future Use
6 LTC In LTC input – future use
7 AES In 2 AES Input 2 - Unbalanced
8 GPI1 GPI 1 Input
9 AES Out 2 AES Output 2 - Unbalanced
10 AES Out 1 AES Output 1 - Unbalanced
11 AES In 1 AES Input 1 - Unbalanced
12 AES Out 4 AES Output 4 - Unbalanced
13 AES Out 3 AES Output 3 - Unbalanced
14 AES In 4 AES Input 4- Unbalanced
15 AES In 3 AES Input 3- Unbalanced
Shell GND Ground
Table 2-1: AES Audio Connector Pinout
The 7714HDC is shipped with a breakout cable for the 15 pin D connector (Evertz Part # WPAES8-
BNCM-6F) which can be used to facilitate wiring the audio and GPI connections. The pinout of the cable
is shown in Table 2-2.

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High
Density
DB-15 PIN
(male)
Wire Ground/Shield
Connection Labeled Name Connector Type
1 Red W1 RED WIRE
2 Green W2 GREEN WIRE
3 Blue W3 BLUE WIRE
4 (not used) (not used)
5 (not used) (not used)
6 White W4 WHITE WIRE
7 Black Soldered to DB15 Shell AES A2 BNC MALE
8 Yellow W5 YELLOW WIRE
9 Coax Soldered to DB15 Shell AES B2 BNC MALE
10 Coax Soldered to DB15 Shell AES B1 BNC MALE
11 Coax Soldered to DB15 Shell AES A1 BNC MALE
12 Coax Soldered to DB15 Shell AES B4 BNC MALE
13 Coax Soldered to DB15 Shell AES B3 BNC MALE
14 Coax Soldered to DB15 Shell AES A4 BNC MALE
15 Coax Soldered to DB15 Shell AES A3 BNC MALE
Shell Black GND WIRE
Table 2-2: AES Audio Breakout Cable (Evertz Part # WPAES8-BNCM-6F)
2.4. GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS
On the 7714HDC the HD DB-15 connector also contains 3 General Purpose Inputs (One used for 6HZ
input and the other two are general purpose). See section 7.3 for information about configuring the GPI
configuration.
GPI
GND
GPI
Command
+ 12
VDC
to
internal
circuit
3.6 K
+ 5
VDC
J80
Figure 2-2: GPI Input Circuitry

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3. SPECIFICATIONS
3.1. SERIAL DIGITAL VIDEO INPUTS
Standards: 270Mb/sec SMPTE 259M or 1.485 Gb/sec SMPTE 292M – menu selectable.
SMPTE 260M, SMPTE 274M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 349M
Number of Inputs: 1
Connector: BNC per IEC 61169-8 Annex A
Input Equalization: Automatic to 100m @ 1.5Gb/s with Belden 1694 or equivalent cable.
Return Loss:
SD Standards: >15 dB up to 540Mb/s
HD Standards: >15 dB up to 1. 5Gb/s
3.2. SERIAL DIGITAL VIDEO OUTPUTS
Standard: 270Mb/sec SMPTE 259M
Number of Outputs: 2 Program, 2 selectable with OSD
Connector: BNC per IEC 61169-8 Annex A
Signal Level: 800mV nominal
DC Offset: 0V ±0.5V
Rise and Fall Time: 740ps nominal
Overshoot: <10% of amplitude
Return Loss: > 15 dB at 540MHz
3.3. ANALOG COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT
Standard: SMPTE 170M (NTSC), ITU-R BT470-6 (PAL)
Number of Outputs: 2 selectable with OSD
Connector: BNC per IEC 61169-8 Annex A
Signal Level: 1V nominal
Output Impedance: 75 Ohm
DC Offset: 0V +/- 50mV
Return Loss: >45dB to 10MHz
Frequency Response: <+/- 0.1dB to 4 MHz (response will depend on selected filtering)
Differential Phase: < 0.5°(< 0.3°typical)
Differential Gain: < 0.5% (< 0.3% typical)
SNR: >75dB (black video, 100kHz to 5MHz)
Output level control range: ±10%
Black level control range: ±7.5 IRE
Chroma level control range: ±10%
Hue control range: ±15 deg. (NTSC only)
3.4. GENLOCK INPUT
Type: HD Tri-Level sync, NTSC or PAL Colour Black 1 V p-p
Connector: BNC per IEC 61169-8 Annex A
Termination: 75 ohm (jumper selectable)

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3.5. AES AUDIO INPUTS / OUTPUTS
Number of Inputs / Outputs: 4
Standard: SMPTE 276M, single ended synchronous AES
Connectors: DB15 or BNC per IEC 61169-8 Annex A
Resolution: 24 bits
Sampling Rate: 48 kHz
Impedance: 75 Ω
Signal Level: 1 V p-p nominal
3.6. GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS
Number: 3
Type: Opto-isolated, active low with internal pull-ups to +5 or +12V (jumper settable)
Connector: DB15
Signal Level: closure to ground
Function:
GPI2: 6 Hz
GPI: User Preset select
3.7. ELECTRICAL
Voltage: +12VDC
Power: 15 Watts
EMI/RFI: Complies with FCC regulations for class A devices.
Complies with EU EMC directive.
3.8. PHYSICAL
Number of slots: 1

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4. STATUS INDICATORS
The 7714HDC has 4 LED Status indicators on the main circuit board front card edge to show operational
status of the card at a glance. Figure 7-1 shows the location of the LEDs and card edge controls.
Two large LEDS on the front of the board indicate the general health of the module:
LOCAL FAULT: This Red LED indicates poor module health and will be On during the absence of a
valid input signal or if a local input power fault exists (i.e.: a blown fuse). The LOCAL
FAULT indication can also be reported to the frame through the FRAME STATUS
jumper.
MODULE OK: This Green LED indicates good module health. It will be On when a valid input
signal is present, and the board power is good.
VIDEO PRESENT: This Green LED will be ON when there is a valid video signal present at the module
input.
GENLOCK: This Green LED will be ON when there is a signal present at the module genlock
input. This LED will blink to indicate that an incorrect signal appropriate for the
current video format is present.
4.1. AUDIO STATUS LEDS
Four LEDs located on the lower end of the module (near the card extractor) indicate which audio groups
are present in the input video. Audio group LED 1 is located closest to the center of the module.
Audio Group
LED Colour Audio Group Status
1 Off No group 1 present on input video.
Green Group 1 present on input video.
2 Off No group 2 present on input video.
Green Group 2 present on input video.
3 Off No group 3 present on input video.
Green Group 3 present on input video.
4 Off No group 4 present on input video.
Green Group 4 present on input video.
Table 4-1: Audio Group Status LEDs

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5. CARD EDGE CONTROLS
The 7714HDC module is equipped with an 8 position DIP switch to allow the user to select various
functions. All positions are assigned sequentially such that DIP switch 1 is located at the top of the DIP
switch (farthest from the card ejector). Table 5-1 gives an overview of the DIP switch functions. Sections
5.1 to 5.2 describe the DIP switch functions. The On (closed) position is down, or closest to the printed
circuit board. The Off (open) position is up, or farthest from the printed circuit board. There is also a
toggle switch and pushbutton which are used to navigate the on screen menu. (See section 6)
12 456783
On
Off
DIP Switch Function
1
2
3
4
5
Reserved for future use
6
7 Frame Rate Divisor Selection
8 VistaLINK®Control Enable
Table 5-1: Overview of DIP Switch Functions
5.1. SETTING THE OUTPUT VIDEO FRAME RATE
DIP switches 6 and 7 are used to set the frame rate frequency of operation.
DIP 6 DIP 7 FRAME RATES
Off Off Set by Menu or VistaLINK®
On Off 59.94/29.97/23.98
Off On 50/25
On On Reserved for future use
Table 5-2: Frame Rate Divisor DIP Switch Settings
When DIP switches 6 and 7 are both off, the frame rate can be set by either the menu system or
VistaLINK®only (they cannot be set by the DIP switches). The other three settings of DIP switches 6 and 7
allow setting of the frame rate manually using the DIP switches only (they cannot be set by the menu
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5.2. SELECTING WHETHER THE MODULE WILL BE CONTROLLED FROM THE
LOCAL CONTROLS OR THROUGH THE VISTALINK®INTERFACE
DIP switch 8 selects whether the module will be controlled from the local user controls or through the
VistaLINK®interface.
DIP 8 VistaLINK®CONTROL
Off The card functions are controlled through the local menus
and DIP switches only.
On The card functions are controlled through the VistaLINKT®
interface (see section 8), the local menus and DIP
switches.
Table 5-3: VistaLINK®Control Switch Settings

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6. ON SCREEN MENUS
6.1. NAVIGATING THE ON SCREEN MENU SYSTEM
A toggle switch and pushbutton allow card edge navigation of a set of on-screen menus used to configure
the card. To enter the on-screen menu system, press and hold the pushbutton for 3 seconds. This will
bring you to the main Setup menu where you can use the toggle switch to move up and down the list of
available sub-menus. An arrow (Î) moves up and down the left hand side of the menu items to indicate
which item you are currently choosing. Once the arrow is on the desired item, press the pushbutton to
select the next menu level.
On all menus, there are two extra selectable items: Back and Exit. Selecting Back will take you to the
previous menu (the one that was used to get into the current menu) while Exit will return the display to its
normal operating mode. On the main menu, BACK and EXIT will both take you to the normal operating
mode.
Once in a sub-menu, there may be another menu layer, or there may be a list of parameters to adjust. If
there is another set of menu choices, use the toggle switch to select the desired menu item and press the
pushbutton.
To adjust any parameter, use the toggle switch to move up or down to the desired parameter and press
the pushbutton. The arrow will move to the right hand side of the line (Í) indicating that you can now
adjust the parameter. Using the toggle switch, adjust the parameter to its desired value. If the parameter
is a numerical value, the number will increase if you lift the toggle switch and decrease if you push down
on the toggle switch.
When you have stopped at the desired value, depress the pushbutton. This will update the parameter to
the selected value and move the arrow back to the left side of the parameter list (Î). Continue selecting
and adjusting other parameters or use the BACK or EXIT commands.

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6.2. ON SCREEN DISPLAY – MAIN MENU
The OSD menu is arranged in a layered structure that groups similar configuration items together. The
following section gives a brief description of the first level of menus that appear when you enter the OSD
screens. Selecting one of these items will take you to the next menu level. Sections 6.3 to 6.10 provide
detailed descriptions of each of the sub-menus. The tables in sections 6.3 to 6.10 are arranged in an
indented structure to indicate the path taken to reach the control. Menu items or parameters that are
underlined indicate the factory default values.
Video Sets the frame rate, input and output video standards. Pull down references,
Caption blanking, action on loss of input, timing reference select and timing
offset for the video output.
Scaler Configuration of the output picture aspect ratio presets. Configuration of the scaler filter sharpness, panel colors, user cropping and output picture
window size.
Proc Functions Control the proc amp functions.
Audio Sets up the audio embedders and de-embedders and delay.
Audio Process Controls audio processing.
Closed Captioning Controls closed captioning settings.
Composite Output Controls composite output settings.
Utilities Card preset management and various debug and maintenance features.

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6.3. CONFIGURING THE VIDEO CONTROLS
The Video menus are used to configure parameters associated with the input and output video standards
and output video timing. The chart below shows the items available in the Video menu. Sections 6.3.1 to
6.3.10 give detailed information about each of the menu items.
Frame Rate Select the video input frame rate
Video Input Selects the video input standard.
Pulldown Reference Selects the reference source when 3:2 pulldown is being added on the
output.
A Frame Offset Sets the offset of the A Frame from the Pulldown Reference when 3:2
pulldown is being added on the output
VITC Reader Line Select line for VITC reader - SD input formats only (*)
VITC Generator Line Select line for VITC generator. (*)
Time Code Source Selects the source of Time Code. (*)
Loss of Video Selects the action to take when the input video is missing
Force Minimum Delay Set the H and V phase such that the path delay in minimized
Reference Select Selects internal or video and locking reference
OSD / GLCK BNC Selects whether the BNC is used as an OSD output or genlock input
reference
V Phase Offset Sets the vertical phase of the output signal relative to the genlock
reference input
H Phase Offset Sets the horizontal phase of the output signal relative to the genlock
reference input
* - These functions are not yet implemented
6.3.1. Setting the Video Input and Output Frame rate
Video
Frame Rate
59.94/29.97/23.98
50/25
This control selects the group of frame rates that are available on the Input
Standard menu item. The card does not do temporal processing so
converting from one frame rate to another is not possible.

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6.3.2. Setting the Input Video Standard
Video
Input Standard
Auto
1080i59.94/60
1080p29.97/30
1080p29.97/30sF
1080p23.98/24
1080p23.98/24sF
1035i59.94/60
720p59.94/60
720p29.97/30
480p59.94/60
525i59.94/60
1080p25
1080p25sF
1080i50
720p50
625i50
This control selects the input video standard being used. The choice of
input standards available is dependent upon the Frame Rate menu setting.
For example to select 1080i/59.94 as the input format set the Frame Rate
menu to 59.94/29.97/23.98 and set this menu item to 1080i59.94/60.
Interlaced video formats are shown with the number of fields per second.
Progressive formats are shown with the number of frames per second.
The module is not capable of temporal processing, so it will not convert
between 59.94 and 50 and related frame rates. The card will add or remove
3:2 pulldown when converting between nominal 24Hz and 30/60 Hz but will
not do a temporal frame conversion.
6.3.3. 3:2 Pulldown Processing
When using a 1080p/23.98sF input video each segment of the incoming image is combined back to a
progressive frame before conversion. After conversion, extra fields are inserted to create a 3:2 pulldown
at the output. The Pulldown Reference menu is used to determine the cadence of the 3:2 output.