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EN 61000-3-2 & -3-3, Disturbance in Supply Systems EN 61000-4-2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -8 & -11 Electromagnetic Immunity How to contact us: For technical assistance, please contact the Miranda Technical support centre nearest you: Europe, Middle East, Americas Asia...
1 UAP-1783 Eight Channel Universal Audio Processor 1.1 Introduction The UAP-1783 is an eight-channel high quality audio processor designed to work alone or with a wide range of video converters, frame synchronizer proc/amps of the Densité series. The card features two distinct processing blocks: Input and Output. The input processing includes Dolby detection, Tone generator, delay adjustments, level controls and phase correction.
Outputs Inputs 16 x No Signal 8 x Peak meters, 4 x Phase meters 4 x Overload 16 x Overload UAP 1783 BLOCK DIAGRAMM 1.5 Card front-edge layout SW 1 Status Led ABUS connector Select Button UAP-1783 2 | UAP-1783...
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 2 Installation 2.1 Unpacking Make sure you have ordered and received the UAP-1783 and its associated rear panel. If any of the following items are missing, contact your distributor or Miranda Technologies Inc. • UAP-1783 8-Channel Universal Audio Processor •...
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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Dual rear panels AES3 or AES3-id compatible 2 RIGHT 2 RIGHT 1/DARS 1/DARS 4 | UAP-1783...
3.2 Local control using the Densité frame control panel Push the SELECT button on UAP-1783 card edge (see Section 1.5) to assign the local control panel to operate the UAP-1783. Use the control panel buttons to navigate through the menu, as described below.
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.2.1 Status LED The status monitor LED is located on the front card-edge of the UAP-1783, and is visible through the front access door of the DENSITÉ frame. This multi-color LED indicates module status by color, and by flashing/steady illumination, according to the chart.
The UAP-1783 has operating parameters which may be adjusted locally at the controller card interface. After pressing the SELECT button on the UAP-1783 module, use the keys on the local control panel (described above) to step through the displayed menu and adjust the parameters. The menus are shown below.
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OUT 2R, AES OUT 1L, AES OUT 1R, AES OUT 2L, AES OUT 2R (list depends on rear) ANALOG OUT 1L, ANALOG OUT 1R, ANALOG OUT 2L, ANALOG RIGHT OUT 2R, AES OUT 1L, AES OUT 1R, AES OUT 2L, AES OUT 2R (list depends on rear) 8 | UAP-1783...
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NONE, V + >A1<, V + >A1< + A2, V + A1 + >A2<, >A1< + A2, A1 + A-BUS CONFIG CARD SYSTEM >A2< A-BUS IN SELECT EXT CH1 - CH8, EXT CH9 - CH16 OPTIONS ADV PROC parameter, UP/DOWNMIX parameter parameter = OFF | ON VERSION UAP-1783: xyz FACTORY DEFAULT RESTORE UAP-1783 | 9...
GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.3 Remote control using iControl The operation of the UAP-1783 may be controlled using Miranda’s iControl system. • This manual describes the control panels associated with the UAP-1783 and their use. • Please consult the iControl User’s Guide for information about setting up and operating iControl.
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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION Status Icons At the top, to the left of the Miranda logo, are ten status icons that report various aspects of the card’s operation. Icon # Indicates appearance interpretation Card control Green if the card is controlled remotely...
The displayed value gives the delay between a card input and a digital output. • The negative values will be applied only when the UAP-1783 is slave of a video card via ABUS. • The positive small values desired have to be larger than the minimum processing delay to be effective.
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1 to 8 or 9 to 16. Input 0 dBFS: the analog to digital conversion ratio is adjusted with a pull-down box. The possible values are from 0 to +24 dBu for 0 dBFS (digital full scale). UAP-1783 | 13...
The dynamic meter moves downward and indicates the attenuation applied to the audio channel, the Dynamic Gain effect is not displayed. The scale goes from 0dB at the top to -31 dB at the bottom. The VU meter is displayed with a bar and the PEAK meter with a dot. 14 | UAP-1783...
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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 3.3.2.2 CH 9 to CH 16 tabs: The functions are same as above but for the channels 9 to 16. UAP-1783 | 15...
NOTE: If you attempt to mix two different audio types to an output, only the Source A signal will be routed to this output and the Source A audio type will be displayed. The Source B signal will be ignored. 16 | UAP-1783...
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Source A audio type will be displayed. The Source B signal will be ignored. OFF (See CH 4 in the figure to the right) The output is muted. UAP-1783 | 17...
Once the choice is made, the appropriate tab will be enabled (its text will not be greyed-out), and can be accessed to configure the mix process. This process is part of the input processor, refer to the block diagram in Section 1.4. 18 | UAP-1783...
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LoRo stereo pair, which is a conventional stereo signal. The input signals on channels 15 and 16 are discarded. Type: • Auto the down-mix levels are taken from the Dolby metadata attached to the selected discrete channels. If no Dolby metadata UAP-1783 | 19...
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Select “Level Normalization” ON to ensure a constant level of the down-mix output into the audio channels 15 and 16. L mix C mix R mix LF mix S mix LtRt Normalized L mix C mix R mix LF mix S mix S mix LoRo Normalized 20 | UAP-1783...
“destination” signal message (4 ASCII characters). 3.3.5.2 Channel Status – Src/Dest ID tab This tab allows modification of the Source and Destination IDs. Each entry is limited to four characters and must be terminated by a keyboard “Enter”. UAP-1783 | 21...
Indicate the type of the 16 post input processing channels coming via the ABUS Out from the audio card Slave 2. Card Output Channels Channels 1 to 4 are the card’s analog outputs, and Channels 5 to 8 are the card’s digital outputs. 22 | UAP-1783...
3.3.7 RALM tab: This Remote Audio Level Meters feature allows distant supervision of the audio levels present at the eight outputs of the UAP-1783. 3.3.7.1 RALM Connections tab CH1&2, CH3&4, CH5&6, CH7&8 – each radio button turns the player ON or OFF for the pair of channels.
Reference – Current: This section indicates the current reference used by the UAP-1783. Many reference sources may be present and valid. When a valid reference is not present, the UAP-1783 reverts to Free-Run mode (this is an error condition).
User Presets - The five User Presets are read- write data registers that allow you to save the contents of the Current state of the UAP-1783 for later recall. Select any one of the five presets using the pull- down list.
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Those noted as not available (N/A) in the Transfer Status column cannot be selected. Click on the Profile entry in the source UAP-1783 line to see a pull-down listing the Current profile and all 5 User Presets. Click on one to select it as the source profile Click Copy to copy the contents of the selected profile into the same-named profile on the destination UAP- 1783 cards.
UP/DOWN MIXING option (UAP-1783-OPT-MIX) • DYNAMIC PROCESSING option (UAP-1783- OPT-DYN) Activate either option on the UAP-1783 card by entering the activation key into the Enter Key data box in its tab, and clicking the Enable Option button. • The current status of the option is shown in the status box below the Enter Key data box.
• the slot occupied by the card • its ID (70 for UAP-1783). The Remote System Administration button at the bottom of the window opens a data entry box titled Joining Locators, in which the ADD option opens a dialog box in which the user can identify the Locator by its URL.
0 to +24 dBu (1 dB steps) Freq. response: ± 0.1 dB (20 Hz to 20 kHz) 117 dB (A weighted) THD+N -95 dB (20 Hz to 10 kHz) Crosstalk -100 dB (20 Hz to 20 kHz) Group delay 0.591 ms 30 | UAP-1783...
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No signal delay from 0 to 255 s (1 s steps) Fixed delay 0 to 2.4 s Steps: ms (coarse) & sample (fine) Tracking delay 0 to 8 video frames Power UAP-1783-xxxxx-SRP < 5 W UAP-1783-xxxxx-DRP < 10 W UAP-1783 | 31...
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