Analog video/audio to sdi converter with tbc and embedder (23 pages)
Summary of Contents for Ensemble Designs BrightEye 75
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N S E M B L E Revision 2.1 SW v1.0.7 This user guide provides detailed information for using the BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Video Converter and Analog Audio Embedder with TBC. The information is organized into the following sections: •...
SDI output on the rear of the unit. BrightEye 75 is powered by a 12 volt DC universal power supply. This power supply can accept an input voltage between 90 and 230 volts, at 50 or 60 Hertz.
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The example below shows a three-camera, live studio setup. Full bandwidth analog video from an HD camera is fed to a BrightEye 75 and converted to HD SDI digital video. The signal is time base corrected and frame synchronized to the reference input.
BrightEye 75 REAR CONNECTORS All connections to the BrightEye 75 converter are made on the rear of the unit. Refer to the illustration below. BrightEye 75 Rear Connectors Power Connection Connect a modular power supply to the 12 volt DC power input connection on the far left of the unit.
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BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder Unbalanced Audio to a RCA Phono Connection – to connect the BrightEye 75 audio input to a consumer audio connector such as an RCA phono jack, connect the pins as follows: •...
BrightEye 75 OPERATION Control and operation of the BrightEye 75 unit is performed from the front panel or remotely from a networked PC with the BrightEye Control application. Some control settings are only available with BrightEye PC or Mac. These parameters NOTE cannot be monitored or controlled from the front panel.
BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder Illuminates green when gain is set to unity, red when set to other than unity, or yellow when gain exceeds 0 VU (-20dBFS). Pwr (Power) Illuminates green when power is applied to the converter.
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-20 VU, the indicator does not illuminate. Gain This indicator Illuminates green when output gain is set to its nominal or unity value. It illuminates red when gain is set to other than unity. BrightEye 75 - Page 9...
USING THE BRIGHTEYE CONTROL APPLICATION The BrightEye PC and BrightEye Mac applications included on CD-ROM are designed to allow you to configure and control the BrightEye 75 from a personal computer. Installation and instructions for using this software application are given in the PDF manual on disk.
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To set a value for any of these parameters, adjust the slider, click the right or left Arrow button, or type a value into the appropriate field. To set a parameter to its nominal setting, click the Default button. BrightEye 75 - Page 11...
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BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder Mixer Menu Use the Mixer Menu to adjust the parameters of the embedded audio input signal. • Output 1 – provides peak/VU status for output channel 1. The Peak/VU indicator illuminates red when the audio level exceeds the headroom level set with the Peak Indicator control in the Config menu.
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Use the following control to enable the Frame Sync function: • Frame Sync – set the Frame Sync function to On to genlock to the reference input to the module, or to Off for no Frame Sync. BrightEye 75 - Page 13...
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BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder Config Menu Use the Config menu to set the following output conditions for the output signal: • Signal Mute – select the condition for muting the output signal to No Muting, Mute On Noise, or Freeze on Noise.
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• When input is SMPTE, adjust CAV Y/C Trim, CAV Cr/R Trim and CAV Cb/B Trim from -100 to 100. • When input is BETA, adjust CAV Y/C Trim, CAV Cr/R Trim and CAV Cb/B Trim from -100 to 100. BrightEye 75 - Page 15...
WARRANTY AND FACTORY SERVICE Warranty Ensemble Designs, Inc. warrants this product to be free from defect in material and workmanship for a period of 5 years from the date of delivery. During this 5 year warranty period, Ensemble Designs, Inc. will repair any defective units at Ensemble’s expense if the unit should be determined to be defective after con-...
> 1% Signal to Noise > 64 dB weighted Freq Response ± 0.1 dB, 0 to 5.5 MHz in SD ± 0.1 dB, 0 to 12 MHz; ± 0.5 dB, 12 to 30 MHz in HD BrightEye 75 - Page 17...
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BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder HD Standards Supported 1080i (SMPTE 274M -4,5,6) 50, 59.94 or 60 Hz 720p (SMPTE 296M -1,2,3) 50, 59.94 or 60 Hz 1080p (SMPTE 274M -9,10,11) 23.98, 24, 25 Hz 1080sF (RP211 -14,15,16) 23.98, 24, 25 Hz...
BrightEye Blank Panel (single high, for empty slots in Rack Mount) BEBPD BrightEye Blank Panel (double high, for empty slots in Rack Mount) 5082-I 1 Port AES 110 Ohm Adapter BEAC Analog Audio Breakout Cable with Pigtail End PHX15 Breakout Adapter with Phoenix Terminals BrightEye 75 - Page 19...
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BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder GLOSSARY This is a brief glossary of commonly used terms associated with this product. AES/EBU The digital audio standard defined as a joint effort of the Audio Engineering Society and the European Broadcast Union. AES/EBU or AES3 describes a serial bitstream that carries two audio channels, thus an AES stream is a stereo pair.
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Thus, dBm refers to power relative to 1 milliwatt, and dBu refers to voltage relative to .775V RMS. The original unit of measure was the Bel (10 times bigger), named after Alexander Graham Bell. BrightEye 75 - Page 21...
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BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder dBFS In Digital Audio systems, the largest numerical value that can be represented is referred to as Full Scale. No values or audio levels greater than FS can be repro- duced because they would be clipped.
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The “black & white” content of the image. Human vision had more acuity in luminance, so television systems generally devote more bandwidth to the luminance content. In component systems, the luminance is referred to as Y. BrightEye 75 - Page 23...
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BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder Multimode Multimode fibers have a larger diameter core (either 50 or 62.5 microns), and a correspondingly larger aperture. It is much easier to couple light energy into a multimode fiber, but internal reflections will cause multiple “modes” of the signal to propagate down the fiber.
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SDI system can carry a signal for up to 20 kilometers. Singlemode fibers require particular care in their installation due to the extremely small optical aperture that they present at splice and connection points. See also Multimode. BrightEye 75 - Page 25...
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BrightEye 75 HD/SD Analog to Digital Converter and Analog Audio Embedder A Time Base Corrector is a system to reduce the Time Base Error in a signal to acceptable levels. It accomplishes this by using a FIFO (First In, First Out) memory.
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