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OVERVIEW.......................................................................................................................................... 1
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INSTALLATION................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. VIDEO CONNECTIONS ............................................................................................................. 3
2.2. GENLOCK REFERENCE ........................................................................................................... 4
2.3. AUXILLIARY I/O......................................................................................................................... 4
2.3.1. AES Audio Connections (7712HDC-SN-EAES4 version) ............................................... 4
2.3.2. General Purpose Inputs and Outputs.............................................................................. 5
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SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................................................... 6
3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT ............................................................................................................... 6
3.2. SERIAL VIDEO OUTPUT ........................................................................................................... 6
3.3. GENLOCK INPUT ...................................................................................................................... 6
3.4. ANALOG MONITOR VIDEO OUTPUT....................................................................................... 7
3.7. GENERAL PURPOSE INPUTS.................................................................................................. 7
3.8. GENERAL PURPOSE OUTPUT ................................................................................................ 8
3.9. INPUT TO OUTPUT PROCESSING DELAY ............................................................................. 8
3.10. ELECTRICAL ............................................................................................................................. 8
3.11. PHYSICAL .................................................................................................................................. 8
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STATUS INDICATORS ....................................................................................................................... 8
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CARD EDGE CONTROLS .................................................................................................................. 9
5.1. DISABLING THE ON SCREEN DISPLAY ON THE PROGRAM VIDEO OUTPUTS............... 10
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW............................1 INSTALLATION........................... 3 2.1. VIDEO CONNECTIONS ......................3 2.2. GENLOCK REFERENCE ......................4 2.3. AUXILLIARY I/O......................... 4 2.3.1. AES Audio Connections (7712HDC-SN-EAES4 version) ..........4 2.3.2. General Purpose Inputs and Outputs................5 SPECIFICATIONS.......................... - Page 2 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 5.2. CONTROLLING THE OUTPUT VIDEO STANDARD ON LOSS OF VIDEO ......10 ON SCREEN MENUS........................10 6.1. NAGIVATING THE ON SCREEN MENU SYSTEM..............10 6.2. ON SCREEN DISPLAY – MAIN MENU..................11 6.3.
- Page 3 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.7. CONFIGURING THE VERTICAL INTERVAL PROCESSING (MODEL 7712HDC-SN-EAES4 ONLY)..................25 6.7.1. Displaying Closed Captions on the Program Video Outputs......... 26 6.7.2. Putting VITC On The Program Video Outputs .............. 26 6.7.3. Setting The Contents Of The VITC User Bits..............26 6.7.4.
- Page 4 7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter VISTALINK™ REMOTE MONITORING/CONTROL ................. 35 8.1. W LINK™? ......................35 HAT IS ISTA 8.2. V LINK MONITORED PARAMETERS ................35 ISTA 8.3. V LINK CONTROLLED PARAMETERS ................. 36 ISTA 8.4. V LINK TRAPS ........................
- Page 5 Aug 04 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 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter OVERVIEW The 7712HDC High Definition Downconverter provides broadcast quality down conversion of your 1.5 Gb/s HDTV signals. This High Definition Downconverter has 10-bit processing with Serial Digital & optional Composite Analog outputs and is designed to fit easily into a plant that is fully digital, analog or mixed. -
Page 8: Figure 1: 7712Hdc Block Diagram
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter Card Edge GPI/O + 6Hz Input VistaLINK Control & Interface Indicators 4 AES Outputs AES Formatter (N-EAES4 option) Audio Video Module Reference Groups Present Status Present Present Broadcast D to A... -
Page 9: Installation
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter INSTALLATION The 7712HDC-S comes with a companion rear plate that occupies two slots in the frame and has 7 BNC connectors, and one female DB9 connector. The 7712HDC-SN-EAES4 comes with a companion rear plate that occupies two slots in the frame and has 9 BNC connectors, and one female DB9 connector. -
Page 10: Genlock Reference
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter MON OUTPUT These two BNC connectors are used to output the downconverted input video as monitor grade analog composite video. They can be used to conveniently view the on screen menu and status display on a low cost analog monitor. -
Page 11: General Purpose Inputs And Outputs
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 2.3.2. General Purpose Inputs and Outputs 3 pins on the 9 pin D connector are used for three general purpose inputs (GPIs). One of these inputs is used for a 6 Hz input to the downconverter. The GPI1 and GPI2 inputs are used to select user presets 1 and 2 respectively. -
Page 12: Specifications
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter SPECIFICATIONS 3.1. SERIAL VIDEO INPUT Standard: 1.485 Gb/sec SMPTE 292M – menu selectable. SMPTE 260M, SMPTE 274M, SMPTE 296M, SMPTE 349M Common Name Pixels / Frame Rate Progressive SMPTE Output Format... -
Page 13: Analog Monitor Video Output
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 3.4. ANALOG MONITOR VIDEO OUTPUT Standards: Analog composite NTSC (SMPTE 170M) or Analog composite PAL (ITU-R BT.470) Number of Outputs: Connector: BNC per IEC 169-8 Signal Level: 1V nominal DC Offset: 0V ±0.1V... -
Page 14: General Purpose Output
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 3.8. GENERAL PURPOSE OUTPUT Number of Outputs: 1 Type: Opto-isolated, active low with internal pull-ups to +5V Connector: 1 pin plus ground on Female 9 pin D Signal Level: +5V nominal... -
Page 15: Audio Status Leds
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter GENLOCK This Green LED will be ON when there is a signal present at the module genlock input. This LED does not indicate that a correct signal appropriate for the current video format is present. -
Page 16: Disabling The On Screen Display On The Program Video Outputs
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 5.1. DISABLING THE ON SCREEN DISPLAY ON THE PROGRAM VIDEO OUTPUTS DIP switch 1 determines whether the On screen menu display will be shown on the Program SDI outputs and the broadcast analog outputs (on the 7712HDC-SN-EAES4 version). -
Page 17: On Screen Display - Main Menu
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter is a numerical value, the number will increase if you lift the toggle switch and decrease if you push down on the toggle switch. When you have stopped at the desired value, depress the pushbutton. This will update the parameter to the selected value and move the arrow back to the left side of the parameter list (!). -
Page 18: Configuring The Video Controls
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast 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 6.3.3.5 give detailed information about each of the menu items. -
Page 19: Selecting The 3:2 Pulldown Reference With 1080P/23.98Sf Input Video (7712Hdc-Sn-Eaes4 Version Only)
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter When using a 1080p/23.98sF input video feed the 7712HDC-SN-EAES4 operates in Frame Mode where each segment of the incoming image is combined back to a progressive frame before down conversion. After down conversion, extra fields are inserted to create a 3:2 pulldown at the output. The Pulldown Reference menu is used to determine the cadence of the 3:2 output. -
Page 20: Accommodating Non-Standard 3:2 Sequences (7712Hdc-Sn-Eaes4 Version Only)
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.3.2.2. Accommodating Non-Standard 3:2 Sequences (7712HDC-SN-EAES4 version only) 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 21: Setting Up The Video Output Timing
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 1080p/24sF A Fram e C andidate A Fram e O ffset Figure 7: RP188 Pulldown Sequence A Frame Alignment – 1080p/23.98sF Input Video 6.3.3. Setting up the Video Output Timing The output stage of the downconverter contains a frame buffer and a line buffer so that the output video can be timed with respect to the colour black reference applied to the GENLOCK input loop. -
Page 22: Table 7: Video Delay - Locked To Genlock Input
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter Default Maximum Delay Minimum Video Delay Delay Frames Frames Lines Samples Frames Lines Samples 1080I59.94 Field 1080I59.94 Frame 1080I50 Field 1080I50 Frame 1371 1372 1080p23.98sF 1505 1506 1080p29.97sF 1296 1297 1080p25sF... -
Page 23: Setting The Vertical Phase Of The Output Video - 525 Line Video
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.3.3.2. Setting the Vertical Phase of the Output Video – 525 Line Video Video With this control, you can set the vertical timing of the output video with respect to the NTSC genlock reference input when operating with a 525 line 525 V Phase Offset video output. -
Page 24: Setting The Horizontal Phase Of The Output Video - 625 Line Video
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.3.3.5. Setting the Horizontal Phase of the Output Video – 625 Line Video Video With this control, you can set the horizontal timing of the output video with respect to the PAL genlock reference input when operating with a 625 line 625 H phase Offset video output. -
Page 25: Setting The Aspect Ratio Of The Output Picture
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.4.1. Setting the Aspect Ratio of the Output Picture Output Picture SDTV monitors are usually 4:3, so there is a need for some simple aspect Aspect Ratio ratio conversion from the HDTV 16:9 format. With this control, you can set the aspect ratio of the output Picture. -
Page 26: Setting The Action To Take When Input Video Is Missing
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 4:3 Sidecut 4:3 Squeeze 16:9 Letterbox 14:9 Letterbox 13:9 Letterbox Figure 8: Aspect Ratio Conversions 6.4.2. Setting the Action to take when Input Video Is Missing. Output Picture The user can set the output to go to black, go to blue or pass the input with Loss of Video this control. -
Page 27: Set The Colour Of The Letterbox Panels
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.4.3. Set the Colour of the Letterbox Panels. Output Picture The user can set the colour of the letterbox panels with this control. Panel Colours Black Blue White 6.4.4. Setting the NTSC Setup Pedestal on the Monitor Analog Output... -
Page 28: Configuring The Deinterlacer
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.5. CONFIGURING THE DEINTERLACER The Deinterlacer menus are used to configure parameters associated with the de-interlacer hardware. The chart below shows the items available in the Deinterlacer menu. Section 6.5.1 gives detailed information about each of the menu items. -
Page 29: Setting The De-Interlacer Mode
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.5.1. Setting the De-Interlacer Mode De-interlacing is only required for interlaced HDTV signals (e.g.1080i/59.94). It is used in order to restore motion dependent elements to their correct positions in the down-converted raster. In 1080i/59.94 television, the interlaced line 2 commences 16.667ms after the start of line 1 and 16.636ms after the start... -
Page 30: Setting The Detail Enhancement
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter Deinterlacer With this control, you can set Noise Reduction Level control. Larger numbers mean more noise reduction will be applied. The step sizes for the Noise Reduction Level level control are set using the Noise Reduction Resolution control. -
Page 31: Configuring The Scaler
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.6. CONFIGURING THE SCALER The 7712HDC scaler chip uses a process of filtering to in order to reduce the resolution from 1920 x 1080 (or 1280 x 720) to 720 x 480 (or 720 x 576). The Scaler menus are used to configure the cut-off frequencies of the filters associated with the scaler hardware. -
Page 32: Displaying Closed Captions On The Program Video Outputs
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.7.1. Displaying Closed Captions on the Program Video Outputs VANC Data Processing This control determines whether closed captions will be encoded on line 21 Captions according to EIA 608B on the program SDI and broadcast analog outputs. -
Page 33: Setting The Vitc Line For 625 Line Video Outputs
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.7.5. Setting the VITC Line for 625 Line Video Outputs VANC Data Processing This control determines the line number where VITC will be inserted in 625 625 VITC Line line video when the VITC Generator control is set to On. -
Page 34: Setting Up The Broadcast Analog Output Parameters (Model 7712Hdc-Sn-Eaes4 Only)
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter Audio With these controls, you can set the destination group for Embedder A and Embedder A When set to Off, the embedder will be disabled. Follow A Group 1 When set to Follow A, or Follow B, the embedder destination will follow the Group 2 setting of the respective De-embedder. -
Page 35: Setting The Analog Video Output Level
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.9.2. Setting the Analog Video Output Level Broadcast Analog This control allows the user to adjust the output level of the analog video. Output When set to 0, the nominal output video level will be 100 IRE. -
Page 36: Setting The Ntsc Setup Pedestal On The Broadcast Analog Video Output
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.9.7. Setting the NTSC Setup Pedestal on the Broadcast Analog Video Output Broadcast Analog This control determines how the NTSC Setup Pedestal will be applied on Output the Broadcast Analog video output. The NTSC setup pedestal should not be NTSC Setup present when operating in Japan. -
Page 37: Saving Configurations To The User Presets
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter Utilities This control is used to initiate a recall of the current card configuration from one of the user presets or from the factory preset. Recall preset Cancel Use the toggle switch to select the preset you wish to recall. After selecting Factory the preset, you must press the pushbutton before the recall will take place. -
Page 38: Initiating A Software Upgrade
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 6.10.3. 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 Cancel... -
Page 39: Jumpers
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter JUMPERS M O DULE STATUS SIGNAL PRESENT AUDIO EVERT Z (A) 7700PH4 Upgrade FRAME STATUS SFF PO W ER G ND +12V Figure 9: Location of Jumpers – Main Module DONE... -
Page 40: Configuring The Module For Firmware Upgrades
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter 7.2. CONFIGURING THE MODULE FOR FIRMWARE UPGRADES Firmware updates can be performed using the Upgrade menu item on the Utilities menu (see section 6.10.3) or using the UPGRADE jumper. UPGRADE The UPGRADE jumper J16 located at the front of the main module is used when firmware upgrades are being done to the module. -
Page 41: Vistalink™ Remote Monitoring/Control
8.1. WHAT IS VISTALINK™? VistaLINK™ is Evertz’s remote monitoring and control capability 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. For monitoring there needs to be a detecting device that automatically reports all errors to a central alarm and error logging station. -
Page 42: Tm Controlled Parameters
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter Indicates the presence of embedded audio in group 3. (the Audio Group 3 Present state of the Group 3 present LED) Indicates the presence of embedded audio in group 4. (the... -
Page 43: Vistalink Tm Traps
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter Parameter Description Closed Captions Controls whether closed captions will be encoded on the output VITC Generator Controls whether there will be VITC on output VITC User Bits Sets whether VITC time will be original time or user bits... -
Page 44: Menu Quick Reference
7700 MultiFrame Manual 7712HDC HD Broadcast Quality Down Converter MENU QUICK REFERENCE Video Output Picture Deinterlacer Scaler − Video Standard − Aspect Ratio − Deinterlacer Mode − H Filter Cutoff − Pulldown Reference − Loss of Video − Freeze Frame Threshold −...
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