Understanding the Video and Audio Connections
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Connecting Video and Audio Hardware
Your Teranex Processor includes a wide variety of input and output connections, providing a flexible solution
for just about any system configuration you may have. Once you have connected and selected your input
video and audio source, the video and audio output signals will be present on all of the output connectors
simultaneously.
SD/HD/3G SDI Video and Audio
The Serial Digital Interface (SDI) input and output connections support SD, HD and 3 Gb/s signals. To use
the SDI signal as your video input, press the IN button on the front panel and then select SDI as your video
source. If your program audio is embedded in the SDI video input signal, you must select EMBED on the
front panel.
The Teranex 3D model has two SDI inputs (IN A and IN B) and two outputs (OUT A and OUT B). When
processing single link 2D sources, you should use
IN A
as your SDI input.
OUT A
and
OUT B
will provide
you with two identical SDI outputs.
When processing 3D stereoscopic images, connect the Left Eye input to
IN A
and the Right Eye image to
IN
B
. Similarly, your Left Eye output will be provided on OUT A, with the Right Eye on OUT B. When processing
dual link inputs and/or outputs, Link A uses
IN A
and
OUT A
, while Link B uses
IN B
and
OUT B
.
Reclocked SDI Input Loop outputs are provided, which will always provide the SDI input signal regardless of
whether the analog, HDMI or SDI input button has been selected on the front panel.
Analog Video
Both analog composite and component video sources are supported in the Teranex Processor, and you
may change which signal type you are using at any time. You will note that the BNC connectors labeled
Y/NTSC/PAL serve double duty as connections for the Y (luminance) component signal OR NTSC/PAL
composite video sources. You can define the desired analog video signal type, composite or component,
via the front panel LCD menu.
If the analog video output is configured as composite, HD video output formats will be down converted
to SD as a monitoring quality output. If the analog video output is configured as component, HD will be
provided, as there is no need for downconversion.
Understanding the Video and Audio Connections
