evertz 7700 Manual

Composite encoder with image enhancement
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OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 1
1.1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................... 2
2.
INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. VIDEO IN AND OUT........................................................................................................................... 4
3.
SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................... 5
3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT....................................................................................................................... 5
3.2. ANALOG BROADCAST VIDEO OUTPUT......................................................................................... 5
3.3. REFERENCE VIDEO INPUT.............................................................................................................. 6
3.4. ANALOG MONITORING VIDEO OUTPUT ........................................................................................ 6
3.9. ELECTRICAL ..................................................................................................................................... 7
3.10. PHYSICAL.......................................................................................................................................... 7
4.
STATUS LEDS..................................................................................................................... 8
4.1. MODULE STATUS LEDS .................................................................................................................. 8
4.2. AUDIO STATUS LEDS ...................................................................................................................... 9
5.
AUDIO LEVELS, HEADROOM, AND CLIPPING ................................................................ 9
6.
ON SCREEN MENUS .......................................................................................................... 9
6.1. NAGIVATING THE ON SCREEN MENU SYSTEM............................................................................ 9
6.2. CHANGING TEXT FIELDS .............................................................................................................. 10
6.3. ON SCREEN DISPLAY - MAIN MENU ........................................................................................... 11
6.4. CONFIGURING THE AUDIO CONTROLS (-A4) ............................................................................. 11
6.4.1. Selecting the Audio Source................................................................................................... 12
6.4.2. Audio Freeze Mode (-A4)...................................................................................................... 12
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement OVERVIEW .......................... 1 1.1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION ......................2 INSTALLATION ........................3 2.1. VIDEO IN AND OUT........................... 4 SPECIFICATIONS ....................... 5 3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT........................5 3.2. ANALOG BROADCAST VIDEO OUTPUT..................5 3.3.
  • Page 2 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.4.3. Additional Audio Delay (-A4) ....................13 6.4.4. Monitoring the audio buffer tracking (-A4)................13 6.4.5. Audio Channels Processing (-A4) ..................14 6.4.6. Setting the Analog Levels (-A4) .................... 13 6.5. CONFIGURING THE VIDEO CONTROLS ..................14 6.5.1.
  • Page 3 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement JUMPERS .......................... 29 7.1. TERMINATION JUMPERS....................... 29 7.2. SELECTING WHETHER LOCAL FAULTS WILL BE MONITORED BY THE GLOBAL FRAME STATUS ....................29 7.3. CONFIGURING THE MODULE FOR FIRMWARE UPGRADES ............. 30 Figures Figure 1: 7737CE-A4 Block Diagram ........................
  • Page 4 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement REVISION HISTORY REVISION DESCRIPTION DATE start Jul 05...
  • Page 5: Overview

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement OVERVIEW The 7737CE line of component serial digital to composite analog video converters are broadcast quality encoders with image enhancement processing to sharpen video images. An audio de-embedder with high quality audio digital to analog conversion can be purchased with the encoder to create a video/audio frame synchronizer/conversion package.
  • Page 6: Functional Description

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 1.1. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 270Mbps component SDI video is converted to 10 bit parallel data and encoded to high quality composite analog video. Various video processing functions (gain, saturation, black level, etc) are performed during the encoding process.
  • Page 7: Installation

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement High Composite Frame Quality Image Outputs SDI Input Sync Composite Enhancement Analysis (optional) Encoder Reclocked SDI Out Composite Monitoring Card Analog Quality Genlock Mon Output Reference Reference Composite Display Encoder 75 Ω...
  • Page 8: Video In And Out

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement Figure 3: 7737CE Rear Panels 2.1. VIDEO IN AND OUT Connect a source of component serial digital (525 or 625 line) video to the top BNC labeled SDI IN. A re- clocked version of the input video is available on the SDI OUT BNC.
  • Page 9: Specifications

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement SPECIFICATIONS 3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT SMPTE 259M-C – 525 or 625 line component. Standard: Number of Inputs: Number of re-clocked outputs: BNC per IEC 169-8 Connector: Return Loss: >15dB to 270MHz...
  • Page 10: Reference Video Input

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 3.3. REFERENCE VIDEO INPUT Standard: NTSC, SMPTE 170M PAL, ITU624-4 Number of Inputs: BNC per IEC 169-8 Connector: 1V nominal (0.5V to 1.5V) Signal Level: Frequency Lock Range: ±75ppm from nominal...
  • Page 11: Analog Audio Outputs (-A4 Only)

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 3.5. ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUTS (-A4 only) Number of Outputs: Type: Balanced analog audio Two 6 pin removable terminal strips Connector: Output Impedance: 66Ω balanced Sampling Frequency: 48kHz Signal Level: 0dBFS => 12 to 25dBu (user settable) <+/- 0.05dB (20Hz to 20kHz)
  • Page 12: Status Leds

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement STATUS LEDs NTSC GENLOCK toggle push switch button 7737CE-A4 FAULT AUDIO Audio LEDs Figure 4: LED Locations 4.1. MODULE STATUS LEDS This Green LED will be on when the module is operating properly.
  • Page 13: Audio Status Leds

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 4.2. AUDIO STATUS LEDS Four LEDs located on the lower end of the module (near the card extractor) indicate which audio channels are present. Audio channel 1 LED is located closest to the center of the module. Digital audio presence is determined by the AES receiver lock indicator (when AES input is selected).
  • Page 14: Changing Text Fields

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement (>) moves up and down the left hand side of the menu items to indicate which item you are currently choosing. Once the arrow is on the desired item, press the pushbutton to select the next menu level.
  • Page 15: On Screen Display - Main Menu

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement You are done editing when you reach the end of the field (maximum length), or you select the stop sign and press the pushbutton. 6.3. ON SCREEN DISPLAY – MAIN MENU...
  • Page 16: Selecting The Audio Source

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement Loss of video Selects audio processing when video goes missing. Audio Source Selects the source of audio. It will either be the source group of embedded audio or external AES signals.
  • Page 17: Additional Audio Delay (-A4)

    This indicator is mainly used at the Evertz factory and may also be useful to monitor to help in debugging system issues. 6.4.5. Setting the Analog Levels There are 4 menu items to adjust the levels of each of the analog audio outputs.
  • Page 18: Audio Channels Processing (-A4)

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement Audio The channel output level is adjusted with this control. It has a range of approximately 12 dB with 1/10 dB resolution. The displayed value is the analog Ch1 adjust output level (dBu) corresponding to a 0dB FS digital input signal.
  • Page 19 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement Video Processing Selecting this item takes you into the Video Processing Menu Detail Selecting this item takes you into the Detail Enhancement Menu Enhancement Video standard Selects the input video standard...
  • Page 20: Setting The Video Standard

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.5.1. Setting the Video Standard Video The video standard is selected with this control. Video standard Warning: If you power up the card in a standard opposite to the standard that...
  • Page 21: Setting The Free-Running Frequency

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.5.4. Setting the Free-Running Frequency Video This control allows you to calibrate the free-running frequency of the on-board Voltage Controlled crystal Oscillator (VCXO). This oscillator provides the time- Free-run freq base when either operating without a reference input (free-running) or when -256 to 256 running with a reference and the reference video is removed.
  • Page 22: Setting The Horizontal Phase Of The Output Video - Ntsc/525 Video

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.5.7. Setting the Horizontal Phase of the Output Video – NTSC/525 Video Video With this control, you can set the horizontal timing of the output video with respect to the Genlock reference input when operating in NTSC/525 video 525 H phase mode.
  • Page 23: Monitoring The Vertical Delay Between The Input And Output Video

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.5.12. Monitoring the Vertical Delay between the Input and Output Video Video This item displays the vertical delay between the input and output video. This value is useful to monitor while you are adjusting the V phase parameters and V Delay debugging system issues.
  • Page 24: Monitoring The Audio Buffer Tracking (-A4)

    This indicator is mainly used at the Evertz factory and may also be useful to monitor to help in debugging system issues. 7737CE-20...
  • Page 25: Configuring The Video Processing Controls

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.6. CONFIGURING THE VIDEO PROCESSING CONTROLS The Video Processing menu is used to configure parameters associated with the composite encoder video processing. The chart below shows the items available in the Video Processing menu.
  • Page 26: Line 21 Processing

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.6.2. Line 21 Processing Video Closed captioning has been defined to NOT have a 7.5 IRE pedestal, but it is placed on the first active line of video where there may be a Video Processing pedestal.
  • Page 27: Video Level

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.6.5. Video Level Video This control allows the user to adjust the output level of the analog video (including sync). When set to 0, the nominal output video level Video Processing will be 140 IRE.
  • Page 28: Setting The Brightness

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.6.9. Setting the Brightness Video This control allows the user to adjust the brightness (black level) of the analog video. There is a +/- 15 IRE range on this control. Video...
  • Page 29: Chroma Filter Selection

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.6.14. Chroma Filter Selection Video The Cb and Cr channels may be filtered with any of these bandwidths. Video Processing Note: If you want to observe the filtering, supply a component Chroma Filter multiburst or H sweep test signal.
  • Page 30: The On-Screen Display Status

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.7.3. Setting the Detail Noise Floor Video When the enhanced image detail has a value that is below this floor it will be deemed to consist mostly of noise. As such, the pixel Detail Enhancement associated with that detail level will be left untouched (not enhanced).
  • Page 31: Table 3: Video/Audio Status Screen Items

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement Item Value(s) Description Video 525/625/not present/ Input video standard detected. If the card is a 525 (wrong std)/625 (wrong std) different standard than what is on the input, (wrong std) will be displayed.
  • Page 32: Utilities

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.9. UTILITIES 6.9.1. Accessing Information About this Module and its Firmware Utilities This menu item list the particulars about this module and the firmware residing within it. It gives quick access to information about revisions About…...
  • Page 33: Initiating A Software Upgrade

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement 6.9.3. Initiating a Software Upgrade Utilities This menu item is used to initiate an upgrade of the module software. Upgrade In addition to the software upgrade support detailed in this manual (See...
  • Page 34: Configuring The Module For Firmware Upgrades

    7700 MultiFrame Manual 7737CE Composite Encoder with Image Enhancement To monitor faults on this module with the frame status indicators (on the PS FRAME STATUS LED's and on the Frame's Fault Tally output) install this jumper in the ON position. (Default) When this jumper is moved to the OFF position, local faults on this module will not be monitored.
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