Sony XVS Series Technical Manual page 9

XKS-8460 Internal assignable convertor board (XVS-6000, 7000 & 8000 only)
The XKS-8460 Internal Format Converter board provides format conversion for 16 assignable channels in 1080/50i
or 50P mode and 4 channels in UHD. It can be assigned in four groups of four signals for either Input or Output
conversion. Internally generated signals such as M/E outputs can be converted as well as primary inputs. This
board can be used with or without the input format converter boards, i.e. XKS-S8111 etc.
Note that this board cannot be fitted in the XVS-9000 processor.
• Input conversion – In this mode the Format Convertor will cross convert an Input signal to the switcher operating format
• Output conversion – In this mode an internal bus signal (e.g. an M/E output) can be converted to a different O/P format.
These O/P signals are then presented on the dedicated FC O/P connectors
2SI and SQD Operations
The XVS-processors support UHD operation in both 2SI level-A and SQD level-A natively. Level-B formats can be
accommodated via the format converters.
We recommend operating in 2SI mode in order to fully realise the switcher's resources.
Operating in SQD Level-A natively will result in the following operational restrictions:
• Only standard and enhanced wipe patterns available
• Only 4 screen layout available in Multi Viewer in 1080P
• No grid on output signals
• No 3D DME effects although key resizers are supported
Format Conversion
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