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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
5.
CARD EDGE CONTROLS .................................................................................................................. 9
5.1. SETTING THE OUTPUT VIDEO FRAME RATE......................................................................... 9
6.
ON SCREEN MENUS........................................................................................................................ 11
ATING THE ON SCREEN MENU SYSTEM ................................................................... 11
6.2. ON SCREEN DISPLAY - MAIN MENU .................................................................................... 12

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7714HDC High Quality Down Converter
INTERFACE ...................................... 10
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW............................1 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 SPECIFICATIONS..........................6 3.1.
  • Page 2 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.
  • Page 3 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.
  • Page 4 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 .....................
  • Page 5 May 09 Information contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, Evertz assumes no responsibility for the use thereof nor for the rights of third parties, which may be effected in any way by the use thereof. Any representations in this document concerning performance of Evertz products are for informational use only and are not warranties of future performance, either express or implied.
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  • Page 7: Overview

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.

  • Page 8: Figure 1-1: Block Diagram

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter Video Module Reference Audio Present Status Present Present AES I/0 / GPI / 6 Hz Input Card Edge VistaLINK GPI / 6hz Control & Indicators Interface Formatter NTSC/ SDI (SMPTE 259M) /...

  • Page 9: Installation

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.

  • Page 10: Genlock Reference

    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.

  • Page 11: General Purpose Inputs

    BNC MALE Shell Black 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.

  • Page 12: Specifications

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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: Connector: BNC per IEC 61169-8 Annex A Input Equalization: Automatic to 100m @ 1.5Gb/s with Belden 1694 or equivalent cable.

  • Page 13: Aes Audio Inputs / Outputs

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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 75 Ω...

  • Page 14: Status Indicators

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.

  • Page 15: Card Edge Controls

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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).

  • Page 16: Selecting Whether The Module Will Be Controlled From The Local Controls Or Through The

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.

  • Page 17: On Screen Menus

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.

  • Page 18: On Screen Display - Main Menu

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.

  • Page 19: Configuring The Video Controls

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 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.

  • Page 20: Setting The Input Video Standard

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.3.2. Setting the Input Video Standard Video This control selects the input video standard being used. The choice of input standards available is dependent upon the Frame Rate menu setting. Input Standard For example to select 1080i/59.94 as the input format set the Frame Rate...

  • Page 21: Selecting The 3:2 Pulldown Reference With 1080P/23.98Sf Input Video

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.3.4. Selecting the 3:2 Pulldown Reference with 1080p/23.98sF Input Video This menu setting is only used when the input video is 1080p/23.98sF. In other input video formats it is not applicable Video On 1080p/23.98sF video inputs the Pulldown Reference menu is used to...

  • Page 22: Accommodating Non-Standard 3:2 Sequences

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.3.5. Accommodating Non-Standard 3:2 Sequences This menu setting is only used when the input video is 1080p/23.98sF. In other input video formats it is not applicable Video This control allows the user to select other frames as the A Frames.

  • Page 23: Setting The Vitc Reader Line For Sd Video Inputs (Not Yet Implemented)

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 1080p/24sF A Frame Candidate A Fram e Offset Figure 6-3: RP188 Pulldown Sequence A Frame Alignment – 1080p/23.98sF Input Video 6.3.6. Setting the VITC Reader Line for SD Video Inputs (Not Yet Implemented)

  • Page 24: Setting The Action To Take When Input Video Is Missing

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.3.9. Setting the Action to Take when Input Video Is Missing Video The user can set the output to go to black, go to blue or pass the input with this control.

  • Page 25: Selecting The Video Reference Source

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.3.12. Selecting the Video Reference Source Video With this control the reference source of video locking is set. Reference Select Select External to lock the output video to the reference video applied to the Video GENLOCK BNC.

  • Page 26: Setting The Horizontal Phase Of The Output Video

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.3.15. Setting the Horizontal Phase of the Output Video Video With this control, you can set the horizontal timing of the output video with respect to the reference input set by the Reference Select menu item.

  • Page 27: Setting The Scaler Filter Sharpness

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.4.1. Setting the Scaler Filter Sharpness There are two controls that adjust the horizontal and vertical filters for the scaler. Scaler With this control, you can set the cutoff frequency of the horizontal filter. Set...

  • Page 28: Set The Colour Of The Letterbox Panels

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.4.3. Set the Colour of the Letterbox Panels There are three menu items used to set the panel colour. The menu item for each colour component works in the same way so for simplicity only the menu item for the Red component will be shown in the manual.

  • Page 29: Configuring The Video Processing Functions

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.5. CONFIGURING THE VIDEO PROCESSING FUNCTIONS The Proc Functions menu is used to configure parameters associated with the video processing functions of the down converter. The chart below shows the items available in the Proc Functions menu. Sections 6.5.1 to 6.5.12 give detailed information about each of the menu items.

  • Page 30: Setting Image Enhancement Adjustment

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter Vertical Intensity Sets the gain for vertical enhancements. Detail Gain Sets the detail gain for image enhancement. 6.5.1. Setting Image Enhancement Adjustment Proc Functions With this control the user can disable or enable all image enhancement adjustments that have been made.

  • Page 31: Setting The Dc Offset

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.5.5. Setting the DC Offset There are three controls that set the DC Offset of each component of the video. For simplicity, only one control will be shown in the manual. Proc Functions With these controls the user can adjust the DC offset of the 3 components in the Y Cr Cb domain in +/- 100 quantization levels.

  • Page 32: Setting The Vertical Intensity

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.5.12. Setting the Vertical Intensity Proc Functions Selects the intensity of the vertical enhancement process, as a ratio of the Horizontal enhancement. Vertical Inensity 0-100% The range is 0 to 100% in steps of 25%.

  • Page 33: Selecting The Audio Source For The De-Embedders

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.6.1. Selecting the Audio Source for the De-embedders There are two controls that set the sources of audio to de-embed with the card delays. For simplicity, only one control will be shown in the manual.

  • Page 34: Configuring The Sample Rate Converters

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.6.4. Configuring the Sample Rate Converters Audio This control is used to configure the sample rate converters. SRC Mode Select Auto to use the sample rate conversion if the conditions presented by Auto the input are suitable.

  • Page 35: Configuring The Audio Processing Functions

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.7. CONFIGURING THE AUDIO PROCESSING FUNCTIONS The Audio Proc menus are used to configure parameters associated with the audio processing functions of the down converter. The chart below shows the items available in the Audio Process menu. Sections 6.7.1 to 6.7.2 give detailed information about each of the menu items.

  • Page 36: Configuring The Output Audio Channel Sources

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.7.1. Configuring the Output Audio Channel Sources There are eight controls that select the source of the eight audio channels being processed. simplicity, only the selection control for output ch1 will be shown in the manual.

  • Page 37: Configuring The Closed Captioning Parameters

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.8. CONFIGURING THE CLOSED CAPTIONING PARAMETERS The Closed Captioning menu is used to configure how closed captions are processed. The chart below shows the items available in the Closed Captions menu. Sections 6.8.1 gives detailed information about each of the menu items.

  • Page 38: Adding The Ntsc Setup Pedestal

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.9.1. Adding the NTSC Setup Pedestal Composite Output Composite NTSC analog video may have a 7.5 IRE pedestal while 4:2:2 SDI video does not. This control, when set to On, will add the pedestal and re-scale...

  • Page 39: Configuring The Vbi Processing

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.9.7. Configuring the VBI Processing Composite Output The Vertical Blanking Interval may be passed to the component outputs or may be blanked (removed) to not interfere with display of the image. VBI Processing...

  • Page 40: Utilities

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.10. UTILITIES The Utilities menu items are used to list the module firmware version, upgrade the firmware, and manage the user presets. The chart below shows the items available in the Utilities menu. Sections 6.10.1 to 6.10.6 give detailed information about each of the parameters.

  • Page 41: Storing Configurations From The User Presets

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.10.1.2. Storing Configurations from the User Presets Utilities This control is used to initiate a store of the current card configuration into one of the user presets Store Preset Cancel Use the toggle switch to select the preset location where you want to store 1 to 10 the module configuration.

  • Page 42: Initiating A Software Upgrade

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter 6.10.5. Initiating a Software Upgrade Utilities This control is used to initiate an upgrade of the module software. Upgrade In addition to the software upgrade support detailed in the Upgrading Firmware Cancel chapter in the front of the binder, you can initiate an upgrade with this control.

  • Page 43: Jumpers

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter JUMPERS MODULE STATUS SIGNAL PRESENT GENLOCK Upgrade SDI OUT/ Composite SDI OUT/ Composite FRAME +5V +12V STATUS EVERTZ (C) 7714HDC REF TERM GPI LEVEL SFF POWER +12V Figure 7-1: Location of LEDs and Jumpers 7.1.

  • Page 44: Selecting The Gpi Pullup Voltage

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter The Upgrade baud rate for the 7714HDC series modules is 115,200 baud. 7.3. SELECTING THE GPI PULLUP VOLTAGE The GPI jumper J19, located near the rear of the module, selects whether the 6 HZ and general purpose inputs will be pulled up to +5 volts or +12 Volts.

  • Page 45: Vistalink ® Remote Monitoring/Control

    WHAT IS VISTALINK ® VistaLINK is Evertz’s remote monitoring and configuration platform which operates over an Ethernet ® network using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP is a standard computer network protocol that enables different devices sharing the same network to communicate with each other.

  • Page 46: Vista Link ® Controlled Parameters

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter Indicates the presence of embedded audio in group 2. Audio Group 2 Present (the state of the Group 2 present LED) Indicates the presence of embedded audio in group 3. Audio Group 3 Present (the state of the Group 3 present LED) Indicates the presence of embedded audio in group 4.
  • Page 47 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter V Rate Limit Enable a rate limit on the vertical edges. Aspect Ratio Selects the aspect ratio of the output picture. Panel Colours Red Sets the Red colour of the panels. Panel Colours Green Sets the Green colour of the panels.

  • Page 48: Vista Link ® Traps

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter Output Ch1 Sets what audio will be output on channel 1. Output Ch2 Sets what audio will be output on channel 2. Output Ch3 Sets what audio will be output on channel 3.

  • Page 49: Menu Quick Reference

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7714HDC High Quality Down Converter MENU QUICK REFERENCE Video Scaler Proc Functions Audio − Video Frame Rate − H Filter Cutoff − Image Enhancement − De-embedder A − Video Standard Input − V Filter Cutoff − RGB Clip −...

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