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6 HDE-1C-QAM 

Instruction Manual

Section 2 — Product Summary

2.1 Revision History & Reason

This is the third issue of the Instruction Manual. IP Output capability added on Firmware release v1.1.0.1.
This is the second issue of the Instruction Manual. Delayed Analog Audio added with controls in Section 5.4 (Main > Audio).

2.2 Product Application & Description

Application:

HDE-1C-QAM (MPEG-2 HD Encoder – 1xComponent/Composite – 1xQAM + 1xIP) accepts one (1) high-definition (HD) 
program from a component input or (1) standard definition (SD) from a composite video input. MPEG-2 encoded outputs 
are available in the following formats simultaneously: 1xQAM and 1xIP (100/1000Base-T Ethernet). The QAM RF output is 
frequency agile over the entire CATV frequency range of 5-1002 MHz (channels T7 to T14, 2 to 158) with an output level 
of +40 dBmV. The encoder also has a Delayed Audio output feature to provide proper lip-syncing when external audio 
amplifiers are used in the system.
The encoder supports Dolby® Digital audio encoding and Closed Captioning (EIA-608). Comprehensive remote monitoring 
and control is accomplished using any standard Web browser via a front-panel 100/1000 Ethernet connection. 

Features:

• Accepts one (1) program from any of the following inputs: 1xComponent or 1xComposite
• Delivers the following outputs: 1xQAM + 1xIP
• Pr40 dBmV QAM RF output level
• Provides comprehensive GUI-based monitoring and control via standard Web browsers
• Compact design permits installation of up to 3 Encoder modules in 1RU
• Supports Real-time Dolby® Digital audio encoding
• Supports user-defined PSIP configuration
• Supports Closed Captioning EIA-608
• Full QAM output channel coverage from 5 to 1002 MHz (T7 to 158)
• Delayed Digital Audio Output feature for external audio applications
• Optional Analog Delayed Audio Output for public address system interface

Summary of Contents for HDE-1C-QAM

Page 1: ...rks are the property of their respective owner Stock No 6383 User Manual Status Date Document No Issue No Author ACTIVE October 14 2016 651240500C 3 KK Inactive April 26 2016 651240500B 2 MB Inactive January 05 2016 651240500A 1 KK HDE 1C QAM Single Channel MPEG 2 HD Encoder 1xComponent Composite to 1xQAM 1xIP Blonder Tongue is ISO 9001 2008 Certified ...

Page 2: ...e Laboratories Inc One Jake Brown Road Old Bridge NJ 08857 USA Document Number 651240500C Printed in the United States of America All product names trade names or corporate names mentioned in this document are acknowledged to be the proprietary property of the registered owners This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U S patents and other intellectual propert...

Page 3: ...0 3 3 POWER UP 10 SECTION 4 COMMUNICATING WITH THE UNIT 11 SECTION 5 CONFIGURING THE UNIT 12 5 1 ACCESSING THE UNIT VIA THE WEB BROWSER 12 5 2 MAIN STATUS SCREEN 13 5 3 MAIN VIDEO SCREEN 14 5 4 MAIN AUDIO SCREEN 16 5 5 MAIN TS CONFIG SCREEN 18 5 6 MAIN IP SCREEN 20 5 7 MAIN QAM SCREEN 21 5 8 MAIN OUTPUT SCREEN 22 5 9 MAIN REFRESH TAB 23 5 10 NETWORK SCREEN 23 5 11 ADMIN SCREEN 24 5 12 TIME SCREEN ...

Page 4: ...ate the unit å Retain all safety and operating instructions for future reference å Heed all warnings on the unit and in the safety and operating instructions å Follow all installation operating and use instructions WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER This reminder is provided to call the CATV System Installer s attention...

Page 5: ...tection during a lightning storm or when the unit is left unattended and unused for long periods of time unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the lines between the unit and the antenna This will prevent damage caused by lightning or power line surges å Do not locate the antenna near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits or where it can fall into such power lines o...

Page 6: ...V The encoder also has a Delayed Audio output feature to provide proper lip syncing when external audio amplifiers are used in the system The encoder supports Dolby Digital audio encoding and Closed Captioning EIA 608 Comprehensive remote monitoring and control is accomplished using any standard Web browser via a front panel 100 1000 Ethernet connection Features Accepts one 1 program from any of t...

Page 7: ...ncoder is defective The unit must be sent to Blonder Tongue for repair for condition ii REMOTE CONTROL 100 1000 RJ45 connector for 100 1000 Ethernet interface for monitoring and configuring the unit The same interface is also used to deliver the IP output Only static IP address can be assigned to this interface Factory Default 172 16 70 1 IP RESET BUTTON When pressed for 10 seconds the IP address ...

Page 8: ...omponent Video input The RCA connector marked Y is also used for Composite Video input DELAYED AUDIO OUTPUTS Delayed Digital Audio Adjustable delay setting from 0 2000msec in 1 msec increments to ensure proper lip syncing when an external audio amplifier with a digital input is used Delayed Analog Audio optional Adjustable delay setting from 0 2000 msec in 1 msec increments to ensure proper lip sy...

Page 9: ...Inputs 1x RCA 0 2000 msec 1 msec increments 1x 3 5mm Stereo Jack 0 2000 msec 1 msec increments General Dimensions W x D x H 5 65 x 14 1 x 1 72 inches 143 5 x 358 1 x 43 7 mm Power External Power Supply Input 115 230VAC Output 12VDC 3 Amp Power Dissipation 17 W Weight one module 1 75 lbs 0 795 kg Operating Temperature 32 to 122 F 0 to 50 C Storage Temperature 13 to 158 F 25 to 70 C Operating Humidi...

Page 10: ...ort 3 HDE 1C QAM modules You can mount the chassis in a standard EIA 24 inch 610 mm deep enclosed rack Secure the rack chassis front panel to the rack by inserting four machine screws with cup washers through the four mounting holes in the front panel When installing one or more chassis in a headend rack it is recommended to leave a 1 rack unit space 1 75 high between units to maximize air flow bu...

Page 11: ... the Local Area Connection and then click on the Properties d A dialog box entitled Local Area Connection Properties will appear In this box double click on the Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 e A dialog box entitled Internet Protocol Version 4 TCP IPv4 Properties will appear Select the Use the following IP address option and enter the following addresses IP address 172 16 70 2 Subnet mask 25...

Page 12: ...e OR Username Guest case sensitive Password pass case sensitive Monitoring and configuration of the unit is achieved via a series of web pages as described in the Sections below The following read only information is displayed in a page header in blue color on top of each web page ESN unit s Serial number Headend name a user defined field to make identification easier Temperature temperature of un...

Page 13: ...input source Bitrates indicates the transport stream bitrate see of Section 5 3 for details and the TS Bitrate see of Section 5 5 for details In the section entitled Output under the blue header the following parameters about the output are displayed IP indicates the encapsulation method IP address and the port number to which an output is assigned QAM indicates the RF channel number of the QAM ou...

Page 14: ...QAM Instruction Manual Figure 5 3 Main Video Screen 5 3 Main Video Screen The Main Video screen Figure 5 3 is a user configurable screen to select the video encoder parameters for the input program 1 5 2 6 3 7 4 ...

Page 15: ... the input video is filtered Options are Off no filtering On Level 1 On Level 2 On Level 3 and On Level 4 highest filtering coefficient Level 1 filtering of the video will smoothen the sharp edges of the pixels and produce a softer image The softer an image the less number of bits required to encode the image at the quantizer level Video Coding Mode user must select the Video Coding Mode Options a...

Page 16: ...nc mismatch Sample Rate indicates the input sampling rate of the encoder The HDE 1C QAM supports 48 kHz sampling rate Audio Coding Mode also referred to as Channel mode Indicates the number of main audio channels within the encoded bitstream and also indicates the channel format The unit supports 2 0 L R audio is a dual channel Left Right Dialog Normalization behaves as an Audio Automatic Gain Con...

Page 17: ...els iii Film Light is similar to Film Standard but with a null bandwidth of 20 dB 41 to 21 dB and can add up to 6 dB of boost for low levels and attenuate high levels iv Music Standard suitable for program content that is mainly made up of music where the sound level is to be normalized reducing the loudness to be consistent with other programs It has a null bandwidth of 10 dB 31 to 21 dB and can ...

Page 18: ...38 81 Mbps 5 5 Main TS Config Screen The Main TS Config screen Figure 5 5 is a read and write screen to assign the TS parameters 3 2 1 Always select the option 38 81 Mbps if a QAM 256 output is required See Main QAM Screen see in Section 5 6 for details QAM Output Mode TS Bitrate assigned Mbps 64B 256B 16A 32A 64A 128A 256A 26 97 38 81 18 64 23 30 27 96 32 62 37 28 5 Default Modulation Mode allows...

Page 19: ...ogramming packets Program Number user must enter an output program number The PMT Program Map Table provides information for program present in the transport stream such as program_number and the list of the elementary streams audio video or data The range is 1 to 65535 Short Name user must enter the short name of the channel Up to 7 alphanumeric characters are allowed Major Channel user must ente...

Page 20: ...is 1 to 65535 Factory Default 50000 Source Port user must enter the IP Port of the equipment that the input IP source is streamed from The range is 1 to 65535 Factory Default 50000 NOTE Port number is recommended to be from 49152 to 65535 Reason Port 1 1023 and 1024 49151 are the Reserved Ports and the Registered Ports respectively Time to Live is an upper bound on the time that an IP packet can e...

Page 21: ...mode Options are 64B 256B 16A 32A 64A 128A and 256A For most applications in the USA the recommended QAM modulation mode is 256B Output QAM Map user must select the desired channel Map Options are STD IRC and HRC Output QAM Data Rate indicates the maximum data rate depending on the selected QAM mode for example 5 3605 Mbaud for QAM 256B Output QAM Interleaver indicates the interleaver value for th...

Page 22: ...nd the elementary stream PID is 101 102 A HDMI indicates that the input audio source is HDMI and the elementary stream PID is 102 Bitrates indicates the assigned transport stream bitrate see of Section 5 3 for details and the TS Bitrate see of Section 5 5 for details In the section entitled Output under blue header the following parameters about the output TS are displayed IP displays the IP addre...

Page 23: ...rsion of the unit s FPGA chipset QAM Version indicates the current software version of the unit s QAM output module Hardware Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit Serial Number indicates the unit s serial number Headend Name a user defined field to make identification easier Location another user defined field to make identification easier Login Timeout Minutes indicates the p...

Page 24: ... Manual 5 11 Admin Screen The Admin Screen Figure 5 11 is a read and write screen where the following parameters are displayed and configured Figure 5 11 Admin Screen 1 5 3 7 11 13 17 21 15 19 23 9 2 6 4 8 10 14 18 22 20 16 12 ...

Page 25: ...ration of the unit in a dat file format Not recommended for basic users Please consult the factory regarding this function Default Unit Settings Returns all Main tabs with the exception of the QAM Tab to the original settings as shipped from the factory Load Settings from File Not recommended for basic users Please consult the factory regarding this function Choose File allows the user to select t...

Page 26: ...onitoring and troubleshooting purposes Unmodifiable Factory Default 514 Time Server IP the IP address for the Time Server from where the unit can obtain its clock reference see Section 5 12 for details Factory Default 172 16 70 2 Syslog Errors enable disable encoder to forward error messages in red font to syslog Factory Default Disabled Syslog Informational enable disable encoder to forward infor...

Page 27: ...te Time the user can manually enter the date and time 5 12 Time Screen The Time screen Figure 5 12 is a read and write screen that allows you to set the current date and time for the HDE 1C QAM To remain compliant with ATSC and cable standards it is important to have the accurate date and time stamps For this reason it is recommended to use the NTP Server option which allows the unit to automatica...

Page 28: ...00 lines The range is 1 to 65 535 Save Number of Displayed Lines allows the user to save the error log on the screen Please note that the error log would be saved only on the screen and not on any database 5 13 Event Log Screen The Event Log screen Figure 5 11 is a read limited write screen which documents and displays all unit activity The data in Event Log can be forwarded to a SysLog database s...

Page 29: ... the Destination IP updated on the Main IP screen see of Section 5 6 for details and see Section 4 for instructions to change IP address of a comput er Step 2 Using the VLC Media Player i Open VLC Media Player ii Select Media Open Network Stream iii Under the Network Protocol field enter the network address using any one of the formats depend ing on the Encapsulation method selected on the Main IP...

Page 30: ...30 HDE 1C QAM Instruction Manual NOTES ...

Page 31: ...y any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 9 Any modification of the product by any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 10 Fire flood war civil disturbance industrial action acts of God or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Blonder Tongue 11 Any defect caused by lightning strike or power surges 12 Shipping costs to return products to Blonder Tongue for...

Page 32: ...R ANY CONSEQUENTIAL INDIRECT INCIDENTAL PUNITIVE DIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES BASED UPON BREACH OF WARRANTY BREACH OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE STRICT TORT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE SALE USE INSTALLATION OR FAILURE OF ANY PRODUCT ACQUIRED BY BUYER FROM BT All claims for shortages defects and non conforming goods must be made by the customer in ...

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