1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Ensemble Designs Manuals
  4. Media Converter
  5. BrightEye 92-A
  6. User manual

Ensemble Designs BrightEye 92-A User Manual

Hd downconverter with analog audio
Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
BrightEye 92-A
HD Downconverter
with Analog Audio
This user guide provides detailed information for using the BrightEye 92-A
HD downconverter with analog audio. The information is organized into the
following sections:
• Product Overview
• Functional Description
• Applications
• Rear Connectors
• Operation
• Front Panel Controls and Indicators
• Using the BrightEye Control Application
• Warranty and Factory Service
• Specifications
• Glossary
User Guide
BrightEye 92-A - Page 1
TM
Revision 2.4 SW v1.2.3

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the BrightEye 92-A and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Related Manuals for Ensemble Designs BrightEye 92-A

Summary of Contents for Ensemble Designs BrightEye 92-A

  • Page 1 HD Downconverter with Analog Audio User Guide Revision 2.4 SW v1.2.3 This user guide provides detailed information for using the BrightEye 92-A HD downconverter with analog audio. The information is organized into the following sections: • Product Overview • Functional Description •...

  • Page 2: Product Overview

    SDI and composite outputs. Two channels of audio can be monitored on the headphone jack. BrightEye 92-A is powered by a 12 volt DC universal power supply. This power supply can accept an input voltage between 100 and 230 volts, at 50 or 60 Hertz.
  • Page 3 BrightEye 92-A For your reference, see the functional block diagram of the BrightEye 92-A on this page and the next page. The diagram appears twice, first in a portrait view, then larger as a landscape view Composite or Tri-Level Ref In...
  • Page 4 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio BrightEye 92-A - Page 4...
  • Page 5 5) The final output signal is built from this intermediate progressive workspace, which is the most uncompromised version of the image possible. It provides the best possible starting point from which to create the final output signal. BrightEye 92-A - Page 5...
  • Page 6 APPLICATIONS HD Downconversion 1 As shown in the example below, the HD ingest signal from a satellite is fed to a BrightEye 92-A where it is downconverted to feed an SD Master Control Switcher. The other output can be sent to another SD destination.

  • Page 7: Rear Connectors

    BrightEye 92-A REAR CONNECTORS All connections to the BrightEye 92-A are made on the rear of the unit. Refer to the photo below. BrightEye 92-A Rear Connectors Power Connection Connect a modular power supply to the 12 volt DC power input connection on the far left of the unit.

  • Page 8: Operation

    Wires can be inserted into the small round holes. Depress the orange tab to release them. OPERATION Control and operation of the BrightEye 92-A is performed from the front panel or remotely from a networked PC with the BrightEye PC or BrightEye Mac Control application.
  • Page 9 • Crop – right and left edges are cropped off the original material. • Manual – illuminates green when the output aspect ratio has been set manually. Bars Illuminates green when color bars are selected as the output signal. BrightEye 92-A - Page 9...

  • Page 10: Adjusting Parameters From The Front Panel

    BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio Graticule Illuminates green when the on-screen aspect ratio graticule is displayed. Gain Illuminates green when video gain is set to unity, or red when set to other than unity. Pwr (Power) Illuminates green when power is applied to the unit and the internal voltage regulator is functioning correctly.

  • Page 11: Using The Brighteye Control Application

    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 92-A from a personal computer. Installation and instructions for using this software application are given in the PDF manual on disk.
  • Page 12 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio Mode • Mode – use this control to set the aspect ratio for the downconverted SD video output. (Anamorphic, Letter Box 16:9, Letter Box 14:9, Crop, Manual). When Manual is selected, use the Manual menu to set the aspect ratio.
  • Page 13 Make adjustments by clicking and dragging the slider controls, by using the up and down arrow buttons, or by entering a value directly into the field. Click the Default buttons to return settings to their default values. BrightEye 92-A - Page 13...
  • Page 14 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio Config • Noise Reduce – adjusts the amount of noise reduction on the output signal from Off, Low, Medium, or High. The typical setting for this parameter is Off or Low. • Detail – adjusts the amount of picture detail enhancement on the output from Off, Low, Medium, or High.
  • Page 15 Make adjustments by clicking and dragging the slider controls, by using the up and down arrow buttons, or by entering a value directly into the field. Click the Default buttons to return settings to their default values. BrightEye 92-A - Page 15...
  • Page 16 HDMI Non-Compat, HDMI Native, HDMI Compatible). Status information comes from the display itself. Some displays may not work with the BrightEye 92-A, depending on the formats that the display supports. For best results, use a display that is HDMI Native.
  • Page 17 BrightEye 92-A BrightEye 92-A - Page 17...
  • Page 18 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio Aud Config • Audio Mode – selects the mode of the module as Mux 4 (4 inputs and 4 outputs), Mux 8 (8 inputs), or Demux (8 outputs). • Dig Ref Level – selects the digital reference level. This pulldown lets you choose between: -20 dBFS or -18 dBFS.
  • Page 19 Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4. • Group B Select – select the audio group to demultiplex from Group 1, Group 2, Group 3, Group 4, or Off NOTE See Audio Input diagram on next page BrightEye 92-A - Page 19...
  • Page 20 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio BrightEye 92_A - Page 20...
  • Page 21 Ch 2 will tie the two control together. Selecting the Tie button in Input Ch 3 or Input Ch 4 will tie the controls for these channels together. Click the Default button to return to the default value. Click the Invert button to invert the phase of the audio content. BrightEye 92-A - Page 21...
  • Page 22 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio Mixer B For Channels 5 – 8, use the Mixer B menu as follows: • Outputs 5-8 – provides Peak/VU status, with the same methodology as the front panel VU indicators, but on a per-channel basis, rather than per- channel pair.
  • Page 23 • HDMI Assign – selects the audio pair that is output on the HDMI Out port. The HDMI port carries both audio and video signals. Choices are: Chan 1/2, Chan 3/4, Chan 5/6, Chan 7/8, Chan 9/10, Chan 11/12, Chan 13/14, Chan 15/16. BrightEye 92-A - Page 23...

  • Page 24: Warranty And Factory Service

    WARRANTY AND FACTORY SERVICE Warranty Ensemble Designs, Inc. warrants this product to be free from defect in material and workmanship for a period of five years from the date of delivery. During this five 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...

  • Page 25: Specifications

    >60 dB, 20 Hz to 10 KHz Quantization 24 bits, 128 x oversampled Sample Rate 48 KHz Reference Level -10 dBu or +4 dBu Frequency Response ±0.1 dB, 20 Hz to 20 KHz Crosstalk <106 dB Dynamic Range >106 dB BrightEye 92-A - Page 25...
  • Page 26 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio Analog Audio Outputs Number Eight (selectable as inputs or outputs) Type Balanced, transformerless Impedance 30 Ω Max Output Level 24 dBu Resolution 24 bits, 128 x oversmapled Reference Level -10 dBu or +4 dBu Frequency Response ±0.1 dB, 20 Hz to 20 KHz...

  • Page 27: Brighteye Power Supply Information

    BERKMT BrightEye Rack Mount. This holds 6 single high BrightEyes or 3 double high BrightEyes, or a combination. BEBP BrightEye Blank Panel. Single high, for empty slots in Rack Mount. BEAC Analog Audio Breakout Cable. BrightEye 92-A - Page 27...
  • Page 28 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio GLOSSARY 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.
  • Page 29 The resultant artifacts of dot crawl (also referred to as chroma crawl) are only the most obvious result. Composite television is the most BrightEye 92-A - Page 29...
  • Page 30 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio commonly used format throughout the world, either as PAL or NTSC. It is also referred to as Encoded video. Color Difference Color Difference systems take advantage of the details of human vision. We have more acuity in our black and white vision than we do in color.
  • Page 31 HDMI is a bit serial interface that carries the video content in digital component form over multiple twisted-pairs. HDMI is closely related to the DVI interface for desktop computers and their displays. BrightEye 92-A - Page 31...
  • Page 32 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio The International Electrotechnical Commission provides a wide range of worldwide standards. They have provided standardization of the AC power connection to products by means of an IEC line cord. The connection point uses three flat contact blades in a triangular arrangement, set in a rectangular connector.
  • Page 33 And secondly, and most importantly, an optical interface can carry a signal for many kilometers or miles without any degradation or loss in the recovered signal. Copper is barely useful at distances of just 1000 feet. BrightEye 92-A - Page 33...
  • Page 34 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio Oversampling A technique to perform digital sampling at a multiple of the required sample rate. This has the advantage of raising the Nyquist Rate (the maximum frequency which can be reproduced by a given sample rate) much higher than the desired passband.
  • Page 35 This allowed it to be recovered in rewind and fast forward when the picture itself could not. Timecode continues to be useful today and is carried in the vertical interval as VITC, and as a digital packet as DVITC. Timecode is the true metadata. BrightEye 92-A - Page 35...
  • Page 36 BrightEye 92-A HD Downconverter with Analog Audio Tri-Level Sync For many, many years, television systems used composite black as a genlock reference source. This was a natural evolution from analog systems to digital implementations. With the advent of High Definition television, with even higher data rates and tighter jitter requirements, problems with this legacy genlock signal surfaced.
  • Page 37 Cr (R-Y) and Cb (B-Y). Y/Pr/Pb In analog component video, the image is carried in three components. The luminance is Y, the R-Y color difference signal is Pr, and the B-Y color difference signal is Pb. BrightEye 92-A - Page 37...

Table of Contents