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EXT-3GSDI-2-HDMI1.3S

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Summary of Contents for EXT-3GSDI-2-HDMI1.3S

Page 1: ... 3GSDI to HDMI 1 3 Scaler EXT 3GSDI 2 HDMI1 3S User Manual www gefen com ...

Page 2: ...com support gefen com Notice Gefen LLC reserves the right to make changes in the hardware packaging and any accompanying documentation without prior written notice 3GSDI to HDMI 1 3 Scaler is a trademark of Gefen LLC HDMI the logo and High Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing in the United States and other countries 2011 Gefen LLC All rights res...

Page 3: ...ported Feature 16 Video Output Formats Graphic Output Formats 17 Custom Output Formats HDMI Output Link Configuration Frame Rate 18 Deep Color 18 Input Formats Menu 19 SDI Input Format SDI Input Link Configuration 20 Clean Aperature Film Mode 21 SDI Audio Channel Selection IR Remote Channel 22 Picture Adjustments Enhancement Functions 22 Color Brightness Contrast Adjustments 23 Gamma Correction De...

Page 4: ... A user friendly On Screen Display will allow the user to select features such as Deep Color conversion and colorspace A built in 720p 60Hz test pattern is also available without connecting an SDI source useful for checking the HDMI video output An SDI loop out and a S PDIF digital audio output are also provided for monitoring the input SDI source and or distributing the SDI audio to an external d...

Page 5: ...supported formats see the tables on pages 10 and 11 Supports SMPTE standards 259M 292M SMPTE 274M SMPTE 296M ITU R BT 656 and ITU R BT 601 Handles 3G SDI hvv 425 A and 425 B formats 1080P 50 59 94 60 Supports HDMI 1 3 with 225 MHz Video Bandwidth 10 bit Deep Color RGB YCbCr 4 4 4 only and up to 8 channels of converted SDI audio embedded into HDMI Internal software firmware may be upgraded via the ...

Page 6: ...processing functions Local 3G SDI output for each 3G SDI source permits connection to additional 3G SDI products on a SDI network and viewing of input sources on 3G SDI based monitors The built in Genlock Reference Input connector enables synchronization of the Scaler to other television picture sources on an SDI network both tri level and blackburst Automatic detection of SD HD and 3G SDI formats...

Page 7: ...PANEL LAYOUT Back 4 6 7 8 9 10 5 11 12 Front 3 2 1 4 ...

Page 8: ...is terminal and screw it in firmly then plug in the wall adapter 6 USB 2 0 Input Port This high speed input port is used to update the internal software of the Scaler see page 27 The user must supply a USB cable to utilize this port 7 S PDIF Coaxial Digital Audio Ouput Outputs up to 5 1 channels of digital audio extracted from the HDMI source to a S PDIF coaxial digital output for monitoring and o...

Page 9: ...creen Display OSD menu system that drives the Scaler The MENU button brings up the OSD and the OK button confirms a choice or selection Be sure you have read the contents of page 7 EXT RMT 8HDS IR Remote Description to familiarize yourself with the IR remote control supplied with the Scaler 5 Power up the Scaler The Power LED indicator will turn red Press the MENU button on the included IR Remote ...

Page 10: ...selected menu option in the OSD 3 LEFT direction key for menu navigation within the OSD 4 DOWN direction key for menu navigation within the OSD 5 Source Cycles between available input sources The selectable inputs are 3GSDI Input 1 and 3GSDI Input 2 Press once for Input 1 twice for Input 2 6 Output Cycles through the available output resolutions Please see the section Output Resolutions on page 11...

Page 11: ...ry so that you can see the positive side facing up The side that is not marked must be facing down 4 Test the RMT 8HDS IR remote by pressing ONLY one button at a time The indicator light on the remote will flash once each time you press a button NOTE The RMT 8HDS IR ships with two batteries Only one battery is required for operation the other battery is complimentary IR REMOTE INSTALLATION Battery...

Page 12: ...el The Scaler must match the remote channel set in the RMT 8HDS IR remote control Please see page 18 for instructions on how to configure the channel on the Scaler By default both the Scaler and the RMT 8HDS IR remote control are set to Channel 1 Remote Channel 1 Default Remote Channel 3 1 2 Remote Channel 2 1 2 1 2 Remote Channel 4 1 2 Left Picture of the opened rear battery com partment of the R...

Page 13: ...t the source is on and outputting a video signal 2 Verify that the RMT 8HDS IR remote channel is in the default position See Page 9 3 Verify that the Scaler is selected to the chosen source 4 Press the Output button on the RMT 8HDS IR remote control to cycle through output resolutions until video is displayed Please see page 11 for a listing of the available output resolutions and cycle order 5 Na...

Page 14: ...ats for the Gefen 3GSDI to HDMI 1 3 Scaler The Scaler can receive any of the input formats and can convert these to any of the output formats listed Formats not listed in the following table are not supported by this device Format Mode Signal Type CONNECTING AND OPERATING THE 3GSDI TO HDMI 1 3 SCALER 11 ...

Page 15: ...600 85 SVGA Graphic Output 1024x768 60 XGA Graphic Output 1024x768 75 XGA Graphic Output 1024x768 85 XGA Graphic Output 1280x854 Graphic Output 1152x864 75 P Graphic Output 1280x768 60 P Graphic Output 1280x960 60 P Graphic Output 1280x960 85 P Graphic Output 1280x1024 60 SXGA Graphic Output 1280x1024 75 SXGA Graphic Output 1280x1024 85 SXGA Graphic Output 1360x768 60 P Graphic Output 1365x768 60 ...

Page 16: ...g sections up to page 24 cover all of the options which are available from the OSD menu Save Configuration From here you can save the Scaler s configuration to be restored at the next power up or alternately restore the default factory configuration When restoring the factory configuration please note that you will overwrite any saved configuration In a situatioin where the Scaler has locked up or...

Page 17: ...3 Scaler has 2 built in test patterns Color Bars and Cross Hatch useful for testing the device and calibrating the settings Figure 4 Patterns Color Bars Cross Hatch Test Patterns Activates the two test patterns see menu above Figure 6 Cross Hatch Pattern Figure 5 Color Bars Pattern 14 ...

Page 18: ...Available Formats Monitor Supported Feature By default all options are selected allowing selection of any output format However it is possible that a device connected on the HDMI output port does not support all video and graphic formats If the HDMI output is connected directly to an HDMI compliant monitor you can select the Monitor Supported option With the Monitor Supported option ON the Scaler ...

Page 19: ...ll be visible on the Video Output Format box please see figure below Figure 9 Video Output Format Video Output Formats Here you may select any of all graphic formats that can be output by the scaler on the HDMI output If the Monitor Supported option is selected see Available Formats table some formats will be disabled If the current output format is a graphic video format a check mark will be visi...

Page 20: ...LER Figure 11 Custom Output Format HDMI Output Link Configuration Figure 12 Link Configuration Output You can select the color space of the HDMI output here If a choice is made that is incompatible with the EDID capabilities info of the display output device one item or all items on the Link Configuration menu may be disabled Frame Rate Here you may put in a custom frame rate Not all frame rates w...

Page 21: ...mission of Deep Color packets The automatic option will transmit in deep color whenever possible according to the EDID information of the monitor To be able to output HDMI 1 3 in Deep Color at 10 bits you must be using YCbCr 4 4 4 or the RGB 4 4 4 output color space YCbCr 4 2 2 does not support Deep Color Some monitors may support Deep Color in only one of the possible link configurations RGB YCbC...

Page 22: ... of input signal Many SDI dual link signals can be interpreted as single link Examples of valid SDI link configuration menu choices in the OSD are shown below in Figure 17 The SDI source MUST be connected first or the Scaler will not allow link configuration The selected link configuration appears marked in the list of choices see Figure 17 Incompatible choices will cause the Single Link mark to r...

Page 23: ... 100 and centered at 50 50 as the horizontal and vertical position Note that if no video signal input is detected this menu is disabled Figure 18 Clean Aperture The film mode feature can be enabled or disabled It produces a progressively scanned output image from an interlaced scanned input image accounting for film mode cadence e g 3 2 2 2 pull down including bad edit detection static freeze fram...

Page 24: ...emote If the remote control and or Scaler becomes inoperable due to a conflict with another IR device in the nearby vicinity the IR channel may be changed The IR channel must be changed both within the Scaler OSD see below Figure 21 and inside the back panel of the IR remote next to the battery compartment see page 8 This menu selects the number of audio channel s to be extracted from the SDI vide...

Page 25: ...re Adjustments The brightness and contrast can be adjusted for each primary color red green and blue The default is 50 with a range of 0 to 100 Increasing or decreasing the brightness of all colors will make the whole picture brighter and or increase the contrast in general The SDI black level is defined as the offset between the input and output color levels A value of zero means that no change o...

Page 26: ...efficient can be adjusted from 0 3 to 3 0 by default the gamma coefficient is 1 0 These functions are covered in detail starting on page 27 Gamma Correction CONNECTING AND OPERATING THE 3GSDI TO HDMI 1 3 SCALER Gamma correction and the gamma coefficient may be adjusted in this screen of the OSD menu system Figure 24 Gamma Correction The signal can be digitally enhanced and the amount of permissibl...

Page 27: ... Motion Threshold Control The motion threshold can be set from 0 to 15 The default value is 4 0 The level of digital noise reduction can be configured as a percentage from 0 to 100 The default value is 0 the maximum value is 100 Figure 26 Noise Reduction Figure 27 Motion Threshold ...

Page 28: ...otherwise this menu is disabled SDI values ranging from 16 235 will be scaled to 0 255 Output Color Range Leads to deeper menus covered on the next page featuring adjustment of the picture size aspect ratio and more CONNECTING AND OPERATING THE 3GSDI TO HDMI 1 3 SCALER Figure 28 Output Color Range Figure 29 Picture Layout Menu Layout Menu ...

Page 29: ...ct if the input and the target aspect ratios are identical The panoramic zoom feature can be used on non linear inputs to make then fit on the output device Size Position of the Output Picture The size and position of the HDMI output picture can be changed By default the horizontal and vertical dimensions fully match the output dimensions For example an output format of 720p will have a horizontal...

Page 30: ... example a 1280x720p HD SDI input signal sent to an HDMI output device with a greater native resolution than 1280x720 will have horizontal and vertical black bars on the outer edges of the centered image being received from the Scaler Horizontal and vertical size can be selected from the OSD menus and the output format can be reduced from 100 1280x720p down to as little as 1 The position where the...

Page 31: ...can also enable the Auto Detect function The OSD cannot be displayed the screen is black Push the MENU button on the remote The Scaler power LED should blink if it does not then it is likely that the Scaler and Remote are not communicating See troubleshooting for the Remote Try to reset the Scaler by removing power and applying it again The output format might not be supported by the monitor Push ...

Page 32: ...djusting the 2 DIP switches near the batteries see page 9 Try all channels if necessary especially if two scalers are being used in the same room A menu item is inaccessible disabled The availability of OSD menu items is evaluated in real time by the Scaler If the Scaler cannot activate the desired feature the corresponding menu item will be disabled to prevent harm to the Scaler and or connected ...

Page 33: ...ost convenient A DB9 serial cable is included with the Scaler Software upgrades are found at Gefen s website in the Support Downloads section To update the Scaler s software download the latest update open the zip archive power up the Scaler connect the PC s USB port then execute GefenUpdater exe found within the Driver folder of the extracted software package The operation should take about 15 mi...

Page 34: ...ser Table The Gamma Look Up Table LUT can be programmed using the GefenUpdater exe utility program used to perform software updates To do this first prepare a CSV data file with the extension csv see the CSV file LUT file format definition immediately below When the CSV file is ready create a batch file in Microsoft Notepad with a single line in it as follows GefenUpdater GAMMA FileName csv Save t...

Page 35: ...HDMI Audio Output Connector 1 Coaxial digital S PDIF USB Input Connector 1 Type B female Serial Input Connector 1 DB9 female SDI Compliant SMPTE 259M up to 360 Mb s HD SDI Compliant SMPTE 292M up to 1 485 Gbps 3G SDI Compliant SMPTE 424M 425M up to 3 0 Gbps 3G SDI SMPTE 425 A and 425 B Compliant formats 1080p 50 59 94 60 Hz Power Supply 5V DC locking type 10 W each Dimensions 8 2 W x 1 7 H x 7 5 H...

Page 36: ...1 Proof of sale may be required in order to claim warranty 2 Customers outside the US are responsible for shipping charges to and from Gefen 3 Copper cables are limited to a 30 day warranty and cables must be in their original condition The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be accurate However Gefen assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be c...

Page 37: ...Rev B5 20600 Nordhoff St Chatsworth CA 91311 1 800 545 6900 818 772 9100 fax 818 772 9120 www gefen com support gefen com Pb This product uses UL listed power supplies ...

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