Blackmagicdesign Teranex Series Installation And Operation Manual page 24

.Widescreen 16:9 SD Conversion to 4:3 SD
While most standard definition programming utilizes a 4:3 aspect ratio, some SD sources
may have been recorded in widescreen 16:9. To process SD widescreen inputs properly,
the Teranex Processor must be configured to recognize the source as a 16:9 signal.
1 Press the 'in' button on the front panel.
2 In the 'aspect' section, press the 'lbox' button to define your SD input as 16:9 widescreen.
3
Press the 'out' button on the front panel.
4 To output a letterbox version of your widescreen SD source, press the 'lbox' button.
To output a center cut from the your widescreen SD source, press the 'ccut' button.
SD to SD
Conversion
Input LBOX with
Output LBOX
Input LBOX with
Output CCUT
4:3 Letterbox SD Conversion to 16:9 SD or HD
A 4:3 standard definition source with an letterboxed 16:9 image can be converted to a full
16:9 output aspect ratio by extracting the 16:9 letterbox and expanding it to a full 16:9 image.
The output format can be SD or HD in the Teranex 2D or 3D, as well as Ultra HD in Teranex AV
and Teranex Express.
1 Press the 'in' button on the front panel.
2 In the 'aspect' section, press 'ccut'.
3 Press the 'out' button on the front panel and select the desired output video format.
4 In the 'aspect' section, press 'ccut' to output a full 16:9 image. For an SD output, the
front panel LCD will display an anamorphic 4:3 image. For HD formats, the image
will be 16:9.
4:3 LBOX to
16:9 Conversion
Input CCUT with
Output CCUT
Input is
Widescreen SD Output 4:3
Input is
Letterbox SD Output 16:9
Scales the entire 16:9
SD image into a 4:3 frame
leaving black bars on the
top and bottom.
Cuts a 4:3 SD frame from
the 16:9 SD image.
Expands the 16:9 letterbox
to a full 16:9 aspect ratio
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