Sony MVS-8000X User Manual page 1051

For details, see "Switching the Input Reference Signal for HD System"
(page 1049).
Format combinations allowing conversion
The supported combinations of switcher signal format and format converter
(inputs 1 to 8 and inputs 9 to 16) are as follows.
Notes
The format converter cannot be used when the signal format is 1080PsF.
Switcher Format converter signal format setting
signal format
FC Input 1-8
setting
480i/59.94 720P/59.94
1080i/59.94
576i/50 720P/50
1080i/50
720P/50 576i/50
1080i/50
720P/59.94 480i/59.94
1080i/59.94
1080i/50 576i/50
720P/50
1080i/50
1080i/59.94 480i/59.94
720P/59.94
1080i/59.94
a) Output signals converted from 720P format are not synchronized to the switcher input reference
signal.
On the destination device, do not use an external reference signal, but use an operation mode
that can synch to the format converter output signal.
Setting the conversion format
1
Display the System >Format menu.
FC Input 9-16 FC Output 1-2
720P/59.94 720P/59.94
1080i/59.94 1080i/59.94
720P/50 720P/50
1080i/50 1080i/50
576i/50
576i/50
1080i/50
1080i/50
480i/59.94
480i/59.94
1080i/59.94
1080i/59.94
576i/50 576i/50
720P/50 720P/50
1080i/50
480i/59.94 480i/59.94
720P/59.94 720P/59.94
1080i/59.94
Setting the Signal Format (Format Menu)
FC Output 3-4
720P/59.94
1080i/59.94
720P/50
1080i/50
a) a)
576i/50
a) a)
1080i/50
a) a)
480i/59.94
a)
1080i/59.94
576i/50
720P/50
480i/59.94
720P/59.94
a)
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