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GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION 

XVP-3901  |  

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ANNEX 2 – AFD FUNCTIONS 

 
The charts below show the conversions that will be performed by the XVP-3901 when the Active Format Descriptor 
(AFD) processing is activated by selecting AUTO in the 

AFD Mode

 pulldown on the input screen of the HD Video 

Output or SD Video Output panels. 
 
In the images shown in the chart:  
 
BLACK  

  Indicates that this portion of the transmitted image will be black 

 
GREY 

  indicates Protected Area, consisting of picture content which may be cropped for optimum display on 

screens with a different aspect ratio. 
 
(*) Asterisk indicates the output selection when the SD Output Aspect Ratio is set to AUTO. 
 
 

Input signal 

 

4:3 

Output signal 

16:9 

16:9 Letterbox  (top) image in a 4:3 
frame 
 

 

(4:3_2) 

16:9 Letterbox  (top) image in a 4:3 
frame 
 

 

(4:3_2) 

16:9 Full frame image in a 16:9 frame 
 
 

 

(16:9_8)* 

14:9 Letterbox  (top) image in a 4:3 
frame 
 

 

(4:3_3) 

14:9 Letterbox  (top) image in a 4:3 
frame 
 

 

(4:3_3)* 

14:9 Pillar-box image in a 16:9 frame 
 
 

 

(16:9_11) 

> 16:9 Letterbox  (center)  image in a 
4:3 frame 
 

 

(4:3_4) 

> 16:9 Letterbox  (center)  image in a 
4:3 frame 
 

 

(4:3_4) 

> 16:9 Letterbox  (center)  image in a 
16:9 frame 
 

 

(16:9_4)* 

 

 

Summary of Contents for DENSITE XVP-3901-DC

Page 1: ...s Converter with Audio Processor Guide to Installation and Operation M886 9900 320 4 Mar 2013 Miranda Technologies 3499 Douglas B Floreani St Laurent Québec Canada H4S 2C6 Tel 514 333 1772 Fax 514 333 9828 www miranda com 2013 Miranda Technologies ...

Page 2: ...quirements of the EMC directive 2004 108 CE EN 55022 Class A radiated and conducted emissions EN 55024 Immunity of Information Technology Equipment EN 61000 3 2 Harmonic current injection EN 61000 3 3 Limitation of voltage changes voltage fluctuations and flicker EN 61000 4 2 Electrostatic discharge immunity EN 61000 4 3 Radiated electromagnetic field immunity radio frequencies EN 61000 4 4 Electr...

Page 3: ... Images of rear connector panels 11 2 6 2 Summary of rear panel connections 12 2 6 3 Details of rear panel connections 12 3 User Interface 16 3 1 Control options 16 3 2 Card Edge Status LED 16 4 Local control using the Densité frame control panel 18 4 1 Overview 18 4 2 Menu for local control 18 5 Remote control using iControl 19 5 1 The iControl graphic interface window 19 5 2 Video Input Output p...

Page 4: ... Metadata panel 70 5 10 1 Path 1 Path 2 tabs 70 5 10 2 Input Output tab 78 5 11 ALC panel 79 5 11 1 Config tab 80 5 11 2 PGM1 8 tabs 80 5 12 Loudness Panel 83 5 12 1 Loudness Config panel 83 5 12 2 Loudness PGM panel 84 5 12 3 Loudness Logging Panel 86 5 13 Fingerprint panel 86 5 14 Reference panel 88 5 15 A BUS panel 88 5 16 Monitoring panel 89 5 16 1 Thumbnails tab 89 5 16 2 RALM tab 89 5 17 Tes...

Page 5: ...nel ALC and upmix licensed by Linear Acoustic 118 6 5 1 Config tab 119 6 5 2 Basic tab 120 6 5 3 Advanced Configuration ALC PGM 1 2 121 6 5 4 Upmix using Linear Acoustic UpMAX tm 126 6 6 N channel ALC licensed by Jünger Audio upmix by Linear Acoustic 127 6 6 1 ALC Models 127 6 6 2 Program Configurations 127 6 6 3 Loudness Monitoring 132 6 6 4 ALC PGMx Configuration 133 6 6 5 Notes 136 7 Automation...

Page 6: ...GUIDE TO INSTALLATION AND OPERATION XVP 3901 ...

Page 7: ...ther HANC and VANC information With the integration of the frame sync incoming feed signals can be synched to house and have the proper ARC when entering the facility The XVP 3901 also offers a video proc amp with full YUV RGB level controls and RGB gamut correction The XVP 3901 audio capabilities are equally advanced with processing of up to 32 channels of audio with automatic delay to keep lip s...

Page 8: ...8 ATSC A 85 and ARIB TR B32 and up to ITU R BS 1770 3 Dolby E compatible Audio metadata insertion extraction and processing Perfect audio video synchronization plus additional audio fixed delay of up to 2 seconds Compatible with Miranda audio processing cards like UAP and DAP Optional Dolby E Digital AC 3 encoder decoder modules Optional Linear Acoustic upMAX module Optional Linear Acoustic ALC mo...

Page 9: ...his chart shows the video formats supported by the XVP 3901 at its inputs and outputs XVP 3901 Output Input SD HD 3G 525 625 720p50 720p59 94 1080i50 1080i59 94 1080p50 1080p59 94 SD 525 X X X X 625 X X X X HD 720p50 X X X X 720p59 94 X X X X 1080i50 X X X X 1080i59 94 X X X X 1080p23 98 X X X X 1080pSF23 98 X X X X 1080p25 X X X X 1080p29 97 X X X X 3G 1080p50 X X X X 1080p59 94 X X X X ...

Page 10: ...hat it does not have up down cross conversion capabilities Figure 1 2 Functional block diagram XVP 3901 FS This chart shows the video formats supported by the XVP 3901 FS at its inputs and outputs XVP 3901 FS Output Input SD HD 3G 525 625 720p50 720p59 94 1080i50 1080i59 94 1080p50 1080p59 94 SD 525 X 625 X HD 720p50 X 720p59 94 X 1080i50 X 1080i59 94 X 1080p23 98 X 1080pSF23 98 X 1080p25 X 1080p2...

Page 11: ...XVP 3901 except that it does not have up and cross conversion capabilities Figure 1 3 Functional block diagram XVP 3901 DC This chart shows the video formats supported by the XVP 3901 DC at its inputs and outputs XVP 3901 DC Output Input SD 525 625 SD 525 X 625 X HD 720p50 X 720p59 94 X 1080i50 X 1080i59 94 X 1080p23 98 X 1080pSF23 98 X 1080p25 X 1080p29 97 X 3G 1080p50 X 1080p59 94 X ...

Page 12: ...t have cross and down conversion capabilities Figure 1 4 Functional block diagram XVP 3901 UC This chart shows the video formats supported by the XVP 3901 UC at its inputs and outputs XVP 3901 UC Output Input HD 3G 720p50 720p59 94 1080i50 1080i59 94 1080p50 1080p59 94 SD 525 X X X 625 X X X HD 720p50 X 720p59 94 X 1080i50 X 1080i59 94 X 1080p23 98 X 1080pSF23 98 X 1080p25 X 1080p29 97 X 3G 1080p5...

Page 13: ... up and down conversion capabilities Figure 1 5 Functional block diagram XVP 3901 XC This chart shows the video formats supported by the XVP 3901 XC at its inputs and outputs XVP 3901 XC Output Input HD 3G 720p50 720p59 94 1080i50 1080i59 94 1080p50 1080p59 94 HD 720p50 X X X 720p59 94 X X X 1080i50 X X X 1080i59 94 X X X 1080p23 98 X X X 1080pSF23 98 X X X 1080p25 X X X 1080p29 97 X X X 3G 1080p5...

Page 14: ...t card edge of the XVP 3901 incorporates three elements Status LED see section 3 2 Select Button see section 4 ABUS connector see section 2 5 Figure 1 6 Front card edge layout SDA 1101 SD DIGITAL VIDEO DISTRIBUTION AMPLIFIER Select Status SELECT button ABUS connector XVP 3901 Status LED ...

Page 15: ...gnal connections available on each of these panel types All cards and rear panels can be installed with the frame power on The card has connectors which plug into a mid frame mother board for distribution of power and for connection to the controller card and a second connector which plugs directly into the rear connector panel for input and output The rear connector panel must be installed with t...

Page 16: ...ptical Interface option Refer to Annex 3 on page 149 2 4 Installation of the Audio Modules option Refer to Annex 4 on page 151 2 5 ABUS Connection to Companion Audio Cards When the XVP 3901 is used in conjunction with one or two companion audio cards Miranda s AAP DAP or UAP series the ABUS flat cable must be installed between the ABUS connector of the XVP 3901 and the connectors on the audio card...

Page 17: ...ATION XVP 3901 11 2 6 Rear Panels and Connectors 2 6 1 Images of rear connector panels XVP 3901 75 3DRP F XVP 3901 110 3DRP F XVP 3901 110 3TRP F XVP 3901 75 3TRP XVP 3901 75 3TRP F XVP 3901 110 3TRP Figure 2 3 XVP 3901 Rear Panels ...

Page 18: ...nel CONNECTORS Ref IN Ref IN loop out 3G HD SD IN 2 2 2 2 2 2 3G HD SD OUT A 2 2 2 2 2 2 3G HD SD OUT B 2 2 2 2 2 2 AES IN 110Ω on WECO 4 4 AES IN 75Ω on BNC 4 4 AES OUT 110Ω on WECO 4 4 AES OUT 75Ω on BNC 4 4 AES I O 110Ω on D SUB 4 4 AES I O 75Ω on D SUB 4 4 GPI 6 in 6 out RS 422 B on D SUB RS 422 A on RJ45 Fiber I O module 2 6 3 Details of rear panel connections REF IN Studio reference input Fo...

Page 19: ...ital video signals conforming to the SMPTE 424M standard for 3G input signals SMPTE 292M standard for HD input signals or SMPTE 259M standard for SD input signals to the BNC labeled HD SD SDI IN The XVP 3901 will automatically switch to the detected line frame rate format 3G HD SD SDI OUT Serial digital video outputs The XVP 3901 provides two pairs of 3G HD SD SDI video outputs on BNC connectors l...

Page 20: ...ugging and unplugging the LC terminated fibers The current SFP modules supported are SFP Modules Description SFP RR LC Dual Rx module with LC connector SFP TT S13S13 LC Dual Tx module at 1310 nm with LC connector SFP RT S13 LC Single Rx and Tx transceiver module at 1310 nm with LC connector SFP R LC Single Rx module with LC connector SFP T S13 LC Single Tx module at 1310 nm with LC connector XVP 3...

Page 21: ...tadata GPI and GPO are both contact closure to ground except GPI 1 and GPI 5 which can also trigger events on contact release RS 422 A Machine Control Interface RJ45 socket RS 422 Label Pin RS422 TX 1 RS422 TX 2 RS422 RX 3 RS422 RX 6 N C 4 5 7 8 Function I O Pin GPI 1 USER1 In 14 GPI 2 USER2 In 5 GPI 3 USER3 In 15 GPI 4 USER4 In 6 GPI 5 INPUT 1 In 7 GPI 6 INPUT 2 or Reset Loudness In 17 GPO 1 USER...

Page 22: ... the various error conditions that can be flagged on the XVP 3901 affect the LED status If a cell is gray the error condition cannot cause the LED to assume that status If more than one LED status is possible for a particular error condition the status is configurable See Section 5 20 for details The factory default status is shown by a The LED will always show the most severe detected error statu...

Page 23: ...el 3 Silence detected Channel 4 Silence detected Channel 5 Silence detected Channel 6 Silence detected Channel 7 Silence detected Channel 8 Silence detected Channel 9 Silence detected Channel 10 Silence detected Channel 11 Silence detected Channel 12 Silence detected Channel 13 Silence detected Channel 14 Silence detected Channel 15 Silence detected Channel 16 Factory default If the LED is Flashin...

Page 24: ...card flashes yellow The local control panel displays a menu that can be navigated using the four pushbuttons located beside the display The functionality of the pushbuttons is as follows Used for menu navigation and value modification SELECT Gives access to the next menu level When a parameter value is shown pushing this button once enables modification of the value using the and buttons a second ...

Page 25: ...e iControl graphic interface window The basic window structure for the XVP 3901 is shown in figure 5 1 The window identification line gives the card type XVP 3901 and the slot number where the card is installed in its Densité frame There are four main sections in the window itself identified in figure 5 1 Section 1 The top section displays seven icons on the left These icons report different statu...

Page 26: ... see which applies Table iControl Status Icon interpretation Icon 1 Manual Card Configuration green Remote card control activated The iControl interface can be used to operate the card yellow Local card control active The card is being controlled using the Densité frame control panel as described in section 4 Any changes made using the iControl interface will have no effect on the card Icon 2 Inpu...

Page 27: ...tected on the ABUS do not match the configuration selected in the ABUS panel Icon 5 Reference green Reference OK Mouse over to see the source of the reference and its format e g External NTSC red Reference missing gray Reference absent Icon 6 Operation Mode green Operation mode process normal processing of the input signal yellow Operation mode TEST color bar and audio test tones enabled see Sect ...

Page 28: ...ns all the parameters specific to the group selected It may contain several tabs to help manage the different parameters Each of the panels associated with the groups accessed from the buttons in Section 2 and shown in Section 4 is described individually in the following sections 5 2 Video Input Output panel This panel allows input selection second input operation mode selection and control of the...

Page 29: ...sage will appear if it is selected Information about the installed SFP module can be found in the SFP Info tab which only appears when a rear module with a fiber SFP socket is installed 5 2 2 Input 2 tab Input 2 Mode Specify the operation mode for the second input using the pulldown Available choices are 2x1 Switch when this mode is selected the card can be manually switched between the 2 inputs u...

Page 30: ...r between the card s two inputs without producing a freeze on the frame sync and without producing artifacts on the output The deglitcher must be disabled when the input is asynchronous to the reference Otherwise it will create audio and video glitches at the output Mode select OFF or ON from the pulldown Note that the Deglitcher cannot be enabled for 1080p23 1080p23sF 1080p25 and 1080p29 sources ...

Page 31: ...ther the two input signals lie in the same clean switch region There are two ways to measure the position of the signals with respect to the reference Use the deglitcher tab in iControl Input Deglitcher Use the controller menu in Appendix 2 video timing in timing to ref When the deglitcher mode is on each of these sources will display the alignment offset between the reference signal and the input...

Page 32: ...that indicates an offset of 50µs with respect to the reference A and the other an offset of 40µs B We know that a clean switch region limit is present at line and another one at line plus one line These correspond to 31 76µs and 95 28µs We can now determine that this switch will be clean because the two sources are inside the same clean switch region Ref signal Signal A Signal B H line H 0 Line 0 ...

Page 33: ...ll be maintained to avoid unlocking downstream equipment Manual Select this checkbox to immediately freeze the output according to the mode selected in the Freeze Type pull down Note The manual freeze setting is saved in the non volatile memory of the card If the manual freeze is activated and the power is cycled the card will start in freeze mode at the next power up and the output will be invali...

Page 34: ...ffect To avoid it return the gain offset values to their default values zero RGB Gamut When ON all illegal YCbCr colors in the RGB space will be clipped to a legal value 5 3 1 Basic tab All Gain Sets Luma and Chroma gains or G B and R gains to a specific value When other gains are individually set ALL GAIN reflects the average value of the combined gains The choice of processing mode made at the t...

Page 35: ... AFD implementation Aspect Ratio Conversion ARC modifies the video active picture shape as the signal is converted between SD at 4 3 aspect ratio and HD SD at 16 9 aspect ratio If the input is simply stretched or squeezed to fit the output the image will be asymmetrically distorted this is called anamorphic distortion If the image is expanded or contracted symmetrically it must be cropped and or h...

Page 36: ... mode configuration Note 1 Auto mode When Auto is selected all the ARC values are automatically set based on the AFD flag detected at the input and the ARC controls and presets described below are disabled Annex 2 shows the AFD functions implemented If no AFD flag is detected at the input the card uses the Default AFD flag specified in the AFD tab Note 2 Forced mode Forced mode is useful when the ...

Page 37: ...nput Crop Horizontal and Vertical The crop controls allow selection of a portion of the original image the amount of horizontal and vertical cropping is expressed as a percentage of the size of the original image The user can manually adjust the level of horizontal and vertical cropping Horizontal cropping is done on an 8 pixel basis Vertical cropping is done on 4 line basis To achieve non symmetr...

Page 38: ... is not available in Auto AFD mode or Forced AFD mode The picture will be centered by default when an ARC Preset is selected Locking controls Represented by padlock icons these buttons allow the V Crop H Crop Side Panels and Anamorphism controls to be locked When a control is locked user access to that control is disabled Changes to unlocked controls will not affect the data values of locked contr...

Page 39: ... entry are used to set the mask position on the four sides of the output image Top and bottom position are set in lines while left and right position are set in pixels Masks should be adjusted by viewing the output on a video monitor and positioning the masks to cover edge effects with a minimum loss of clean picture content Usually masks are the final adjustment to be made The masking is shown on...

Page 40: ...delay ranging from 0 to 15 interlaced frames steps of 33 ms in 59 94 Hz and 40 ms in 50 Hz to the current processing delay Without a reference the normal processing delay is 1 frame You can extend this delay up to16 frames if the additional delay is 15 With a reference up to 15 frames can be added to the frame sync delay which depends on the timings between the input and the reference Note that in...

Page 41: ...or it will be flagged as Invalid RGB beneath the color patch and also within the color patch shown in the Advanced tab if you apply it This invalid RGB color will not be clipped by the Gamut correction Make sure you select a valid RGB color if you care about Gamut errors Colors for HD and SD masks are specified independently when the corresponding output format is selected The same color is used i...

Page 42: ...y upscaled No DTV closed captions Active N A Input line 23 has video No DTV closed captions The Line 21 pulldowns in the SD Output Meta Meta subtab and the 3G HD Output Meta Meta subtab follow each other change one and the other is also changed Blanking section Insertion of the Vertical Blanking Interval content may be set to OFF or Auto using the pull down box Insertion is disabled if no VBI data...

Page 43: ... for each type of incoming ATC packet The Timecode 1 Presence icon turns green when VITC type timecode is detected and the Timecode 2 Presence icon turns green when LTC type timecode is detected If the input is SD then the presence of each icon depends on the selection of the SD Detection Line parameter SD Detection Line Select AUTO mode to automatically detect the line that contains the timecode ...

Page 44: ...7 TV G TV PG TV 14 TV MA E C C8 G PG 14 18 E G 8 ans 13 ans 16 ans 18 ans Advisories These apply only to the U S TV rating system disabled when any other system is selected F V Violence FV fantasy violence for children s programming S Sexual situations L Coarse or crude language D Suggestive dialog Copy and Redistribution Control CGMS The Presence icon is green when CGMS information is detected wi...

Page 45: ...ms conforming to the ETSI EN 300 706 standard are converted to OP 47 packets and inserted in the outgoing HD signal The Incoming Teletext Presence indicators 7 to 22 indicate the SD lines where teletext data conforming to ETSI EN 300 706 has been detected Use the checkboxes in the Teletext to OP 47 Selection area to choose the lines whose teletext information will be converted to OP 47 and inserte...

Page 46: ...oup see page 30 In AUTO mode labeled DEFAULT and shows the current default AFD code to be used if no valid AFD code is detected at the input In FORCED mode labeled FORCED and shows the code that is forced into the system input regardless of the actual input code In 4 3 SD input or 16 9 mode the data box is empty and the controls are grey In this mode ARC settings can be manually set using the ARC ...

Page 47: ...ed video sources are film based originating from 24p film images For optimum scaling performance it would be best to de interlace this type of source by simply merging the source s fields to recreate the original 24p image thereby introducing no de interlacing artifacts prior to scaling and format conversion Film mode When The Film Mode selection is set to ON the XVP 3901 monitors the input for fi...

Page 48: ...n the Input AFD Mode is set to Auto all the ARC settings are set automatically according to the AFD flag see the table in Annex 2 beginning on page 145 and cannot be changed by the user There are some exceptions with certain input AFD codes the masks can be customized Each mask can be customized for each different AFD code allowing different mask settings according to each specific code For certai...

Page 49: ...ting allows the XVP 3901 to automatically select between a 4 3 or 16 9 output aspect ratio This decision is based on factors including the input AFD flag during input AUTO or FORCED modes and the ARC settings during manual modes The aim of this output AUTO mode is to reduce the amount of side panel or letterbox regions Refer to the AFD table at the end of this document in order to understand visua...

Page 50: ... can configure the card once for each type of conversion and then the card will restore the configuration automatically when the proper input format and input output aspect ratio is encountered SD 4 3 to SD 4 3 SD 4 3 to SD 16 9 SD 16 9 to SD 4 3 SD 16 9 to SD 16 9 3G HD 16 9 to SD 4 3 3G HD 16 9 to SD 16 9 5 5 1 1 Input section Input Crop Horizontal and Vertical The crop controls allow selection ...

Page 51: ... or Forced AFD mode The picture will be centered by default when an ARC Preset is selected Output Anamorphism This control box allows the output image to be resized asymmetrically Anamorphism is expressed in percent where positive values indicate an increase in width with respect to height and negative values a decrease in width with respect to height Locking controls Represented by padlock icons ...

Page 52: ...ATION 46 XVP 3901 Output Format 4 3 when selected on the SD Video Output panel Input Format selected by AFD Mode pulldown 4 3 16 9 Presets Output after ARC processing Figure 5 27a Available Presets for AFD Mode selections 4 3 output ...

Page 53: ... mask position on the four sides of the output image Top and bottom position are set in lines while left and right position are set in pixels Masks should be adjusted by viewing the output on a video monitor and positioning the masks to cover edge effects with a minimum loss of clean picture content Usually masks are the final adjustment to be made The masking is shown on the top right Output scre...

Page 54: ...or 525 line operation and 0 to 64 00 µs for 625 line operation compared to the reference or the frame boundary may be set Additional Frame Delay This parameter affects the overall processing delay of the card It affects both the HD and SD output by adding supplemental frame delay to the current processing delay This parameter will add a delay ranging from 0 to 15 interlaced frames i e steps of 33 ...

Page 55: ...q boosts medium frequencies of the input signal Vert Detail Enhancer a slider and a data reporting entry box allow the user to select a value in the range 8 some softening to 7 maximum enhancement Set the value to 0 for no enhancement The default value is 1 for HD to SD mode and 0 for SD to SD mode 5 5 3 2 Background color section This color patch black by default indicates the color that will be ...

Page 56: ...same line timecode data will not appear on the insertion line but AFD data will be inserted AFD VLI line insertion conflict Refer to manual message in red letters Conditions Both AFD and VLI flags are inserted and AFD is set to line 14 during 59 Hz or line 11 during 50 Hz operation Consequences Since the SMPTE 2016 AFD cannot reside on the same line as VLI the VLI flag will not appear on the inser...

Page 57: ...ditions SD to SD both Dolby Metadata and VBI insertion enabled Consequences Since Dolby metadata and ancillary data like timecode cannot reside on the same line any incoming timecode is blanked and Dolby metadata is inserted This occurs on the selected Dolby metadata insertion line Dolby Metadata AFD insertion will overwrite incoming TC Teletext on insertion line Refer to manual in blue letters Co...

Page 58: ...e 21 first active line is 22 image slightly downscaled Active N A Line 21 has active video and may be resized SD 60 Hz Blanking Off Line 21 blanked Auto Input line 21 copied to output Active N A Line 21 has active video and may be resized 3G HD 50 Hz Blanking N A Line 23 blanked first active line is 24 Active N A Line 23 has video and may be resized SD 50 Hz Blanking N A Line 23 blanked first acti...

Page 59: ...ct a specific line if desired this allows a choice to be made when multiple time code lines are present SD Insertion Line the line on which timecode is to be inserted is selectable through a pull down menu between lines 10 and 20 for 525 line output and between lines 7 and 22 for 625 line output This control is disabled when the input is SD Duplicate forces a second copy of the time code to be ins...

Page 60: ... 2 on page 51 Insertion Use the pulldown to turn insertion ON or OFF When ON information is inserted according to the Rating System Rating and Advisories selected here Any incoming V Chip information is overwritten If no closed captions are detected at the input this feature will effectively become a V Chip generator When OFF any incoming V Chip rating information is passed through untouched If no...

Page 61: ...information is inserted according to the selection made in the CGMS A pulldown Any incoming information is overwritten When OFF any incoming copy distribution information is passed through untouched CGMS A options Copying permitted No more copies One copy permitted No copy permitted Redistribution Control Descriptor select this checkbox to force the RCD bit found within the CGMS XDS packet to 1 Fo...

Page 62: ...put Teletext Insertion Lines checkboxes are active and can be configured so as to be ready when the input is switched to an HD source They have no effect on an SD source Current Mode this databox displays the current operating mode AUTO BULK or PASS 5 5 5 SD Output AFD tab The Active Format Descriptor AFD flag is used to identify the aspect ratio and protected areas of a video signal The XVP 3901 ...

Page 63: ... and is missing at the input the XVP 3901 will use the incoming AFD flag set to the next priority level The Detected box shows the AFD code detected Outgoing on the SD output the AFD code shown in the Inserted box will be inserted in up to three different formats simultaneously Supported formats are shown select their respective checkboxes to enable insertion AFD will be inserted in the line selec...

Page 64: ...elay parameters for up to 32 channels The first 16 channels come from the embedded input channels and or the discrete AES inputs The second set of 16 channels comes from the output channels of the following modules Dolby E Digital AC 3 decoder module s Linear Acoustic s upMAX tm module s Downmix The 32 processed audio channels can be assigned later to the Dolby E Digital encoder modules the 3G HD ...

Page 65: ...he audio gain from 96 to 12 dB in 0 5 dB steps For non PCM audio the level value is overridden to 0 dB Mute speaker button Mutes the selected audio channel Phase Invert When checked inverts the selected audio channel phase Lock Locks both channel sliders together for levels and delay coarse only so that moving one slider moves the other one as well Fixed Delay sub tab although the XVP 3901 automat...

Page 66: ... 50 60 90 120 180 210 240 255 sec The default value is set to 15 seconds 5 6 2 Downmix tab This tab provides resources to control the downmix of a 5 1 channel surround sound audio signal into an LtRt or LoRo stereo pair The 5 1 terminology refers to six discrete audio channels with the low frequency effect LFE channel of limited bandwidth designated as the 1 channel The downmix can be done using a...

Page 67: ... not available when the Operating Mode is OFF downmix disabled Manual Downmix Config Default Metadata Config The heading of this area of the panel changes depending on the selection in the Operating Mode pulldown above but the available controls are the same in both cases Operating Mode Manual the controls are used to set up the Manual Downmix parameters Operating Mode Follow Metadata Path 1 or 2 ...

Page 68: ... Inputs tab The status icons at the top of the tab indicate which Groups and discrete AES are detected and which of the 32 channels have signal present Audio Proc Input Selection This section provides a selection between the embedded audio and the discrete AES inputs Channels 1 to 8 will always be the first 8 embedded channels However channels 9 to 16 can be either embedded channels 9 to 16 or the...

Page 69: ...by E The measured Dolby E offset can be a positive OR a negative value A negative value indicates the Dolby E is in advance compared to the video and additional delay should be added to the audio channel pair A positive value indicates the Dolby E is late compared to the video and the audio delay must be reduced for this channel pair Sometimes the audio delay cannot be compensated because it would...

Page 70: ...nnel assigned to Group 2 Click the Bypass Settings checkbox to bypass all the dynamics processing settings set up in this panel for this channel Dynamic Gain Sets the audio dynamic gain from 0 to 24 dB in 1 dB steps applied to the selected channel The dynamic gain is applied at the end of the dynamics processing chain Limiter Threshold A limiter is a type of compressor designed for a specific purp...

Page 71: ...how much the output level changes with respect to the input level Possible values 1 1 OFF 1 1 25 1 1 5 1 1 75 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 8 1 16 Use the Threshold slider to set the compression threshold i e break point in the transfer curve The compression threshold specifies the level above which the compressor will process the signal Range 60 dB to 0 dB Expander Audio expansion means to expand the dynamic ran...

Page 72: ...dditional audio processing for the 16 audio channels embedded in the 3G HD and SD output and for the four AES outputs audio channel shuffling level adjustment mixing audio embedding mode The XVP 3901 may be paired with up to two DAP or UAP cards for additional audio channel inputs to the mixers and for discrete AES analog outputs You can configure the audio output shufflers mixers 3G HD SD and AES...

Page 73: ...utput channel is the sum of the two channels sources ABUS Select and Channel selected in sub menus SOURCE A and SOURCE B If you select this option the SUM A B Level pull down is activated allowing you to reduce the level of the summed output 0dB 3dB or 6dB Mix The output channel is a mono mix of the ABUS Select and Channel selected in sub menus SOURCE A and SOURCE B Mix 4Ch This mode allows a 3 in...

Page 74: ... one of two Dolby decoder modules installed on companion cards A1 or A2 channels 9 16 to be used as the source for this channel Note The ABUS card system is configured in the ABUS panel Channel Channel 1 Channel 16 selects the channel to be used from the selected audio source Level dB Sets the audio gain of the channel source from 96 to 12 dB in 0 5 dB steps For non PCM audio the level value is ov...

Page 75: ... upmixed The Dolby E Digital encoder modules are located at the end of the audio processing path The output channels of the above modules are always fixed and depend only on the module socket number in which it is inserted The outputs for module 1 will always be in the range 17 to 24 The output for module 2 will always be in the range 25 to 32 Refer to the table below for a quick overview of the o...

Page 76: ...d as Path 1 Probe 1 Dynamic Range 5 10 1 Path 1 Path 2 tabs These two tabs are identical in layout and will be described together Note that the Generator and Probe are path specific i e Path 1 has Generator 1 and Probe 1 while Path 2 has Generator 2 and Probe 2 Input Presence Status icons are provided to indicate sources where Dolby Metadata is present and valid The following are shown VANC Stream...

Page 77: ... responsibility of the user to configure the generator with the proper PCM metadata parameters 2 When an upMAX tm module is installed and configured to operate in Follow Metadata mode the resulting upMAX tm mode is dictated by the coding mode parameter of the probed metadata stream When the metadata stream coding mode is 2 0 the upMAX tm mode is set to Upmix and the generator will be turned on to ...

Page 78: ...at the left of the panel shows information about the data stream in the metadata path The two parameters at the top indicate the Program Configuration and the Video Frame Rate of the Metadata bitstream Depending on the Program configuration one to eight programs are included in a Metadata bitstream The Program Select zone allows the selection of one Metadata program The text boxes below the progra...

Page 79: ...ction Path 1 Probe 1 Bitstream Info This panel reports the status of the metadata bitstream Bitstream Mode Center Downmix Level Surr Downmix Level Dolby Surr Mode Copyright Bit Original Bitstream Audio Production Info Mix Level Room Type Additional bitstream information is found in the Extended BSI tab Figure 5 58 Path 1 Probe 1 Dynamic Range Figure 5 59 Path 1 Probe 1 Bitstream Info ...

Page 80: ...wn sets the Program Configuration The text box below it shows the Video Frame Rate which is set automatically by the card Use the Program Select buttons to select the program to configure Use the Coding Mode and Dialnorm pulldowns to set these parameters in the generator output Path 1 Generator 1 Audio Processing This panel allows configuration of the audio processing parameters Extended Bitstream...

Page 81: ...ndard Film light Music standard Music light Speech RF Overmod Protection Path 1 Generator 1 Bitstream Info This panel allows configuration of the metadata bitstream info parameters Use the pulldowns to select the appropriate values Bitstream Mode Center Downmix Level Surr Downmix Level Dolby Surr Mode Copyright Bit Original Bitstream Audio Production Info Mix Level Room Type Figure 5 62 Path 1 Gen...

Page 82: ...sets named Factory 2 0 and Factory 5 1 The Current Generator Preset databox at the top of the tab reports the current preset in use If all parameter values do not match the preset values the box will show Custom The Generator Presets pulldown gives access to all 12 available presets The two buttons to the right then allow two options Load load the generator with the values stored in the preset ove...

Page 83: ...r XVP 3901 cards accessible via iControl These profiles are also compatible with the DAP 1781 metadata profiles Figure 5 66 Metadata Profile Copy window The Copy profile from line shows the current XVP 3901 card The Profiles column contains a pulldown that lists the profiles that are available to copy The list includes the two generators plus the 10 metadata presets You can save the selected profi...

Page 84: ...to insert Off No metadata is inserted Path 1 Metadata from Path 1 is inserted Path 2 Metadata from Path 2 is inserted ABUS A1 Metadata from the ABUS A1 card is inserted ABUS A2 Metadata from the ABUS A2 card is inserted Insertion Line Select the VANC line in which the metadata will be inserted The range depends on the output format 3G HD lines 9 to 20 SD 525 lines 12 to 19 SD 625 lines 8 to 22 SDI...

Page 85: ...e RS 422 B output Path 2 Metadata from Path 2 is sent on the RS 422 B output ABUS A1 Metadata from the ABUS A1 card is sent on the RS 422 B output ABUS A2 Metadata from the ABUS A2 card is sent on the RS 422 B output 5 11 ALC panel Minimizing loudness differences between segments in a playout channel is an important issue in a world where multiple programs originating in different formats from dif...

Page 86: ...ness units that apply to loudness monitoring for all programs on this XVP 3901 Mode Target Short Term Time Window Loudness Unit EBU R128 23 3 sec LUFS A85 ITU BS 1770 24 10 sec LKFS ARIB TR B32 24 3 sec LKFS Enable Loudness Monitoring turns ON the ALC input and output loudness monitoring for all programs 5 11 2 PGM1 8 tabs Loudness monitoring When turned ON the loudness meters display the program ...

Page 87: ...sets are also available to save and load custom configurations of the ALC These presets are labeled ALC 1 to 5 but the user can edit the preset names via the Edit Labels button We STRONGLY recommend starting with the ALC factory preset Light Standard Heavy that is closest to the desired objective then fine tuning it to reach the desired goal This will minimize the troubles that will likely be enco...

Page 88: ...ut loudness goes over or under the Transient Mode Threshold The Transient Mode Threshold is symmetric with respect to the target loudness and ranges from 2 to 12 dB in dB steps When the input loudness is over the Transient Mode Threshold loudness is reduced following the rate set by the Speed pull down When the input loudness is under the Transient Mode Threshold loudness is increased again follow...

Page 89: ...efined manually Segment markers can be inserted from a variety of triggers Log files of the measurements can be stored externally for analysis using Miranda s Audio Loudness Analyzer 5 12 1 Loudness Config panel Global Config All loudness measurements performed by this XVP 3901 conform to the same standard which is selected here using the Meter Mode pulldown Six options are available Standard Targ...

Page 90: ... via GPI input GPI6 can be configured to trigger a Loudness reset the control is located on the Factory Presets GPI tab see section 5 18 4 on page 95 Dialnorm change a change in Dialnorm value in the incoming metadata stream Coding Mode Change a change in the coding mode either through the manual settings or detected in the incoming metadata stream Note that segment marker triggers in one PGM will...

Page 91: ...Program Channels Left Right Center LFE Ls Rs 1 0 X 2 0 X X 3 0 X X X 3 0L X X X X 2 1 X X X 2 1L X X X X 3 1 X X X X 3 1L X X X X X 2 2 X X X X 2 2L X X X X X 3 2 X X X X X 3 2L X X X X X X Metadata Path 1 and Path 2 program definition If Metadata from Path 1 or Path 2 is selected as the source the Manual Coding Mode pulldown is disabled The Program Select switcher allows the user to select from a...

Page 92: ...ia a GPI event configured on the Factory Presets GPI tab see section 5 18 4 on page 95 for more information will reset all of these measurements 5 12 3 Loudness Logging Panel This panel monitors logging activity for all loggers connected to the application server associated with this XVP 3901 and its associated Densité frame The Logging Activity icon will be GREEN when logging activity is detected...

Page 93: ... superimposed over a thumbnail of the video The thumbnail is only available when the Input Control box is selected in the Thumbnail panel Default Window a factory default is specified which is applied consistently to all Miranda fingerprinting devices It places the window in the central action area of the image generally avoiding letterboxes and static graphics that are usually found in the periph...

Page 94: ...e rear panel REF IN connector URS Universal Reference Signal selects the internal reference from the backplane Input uses the currently selected input signal URS Format use the radio buttons in the URS Format area to select whether the URS is OFF 29 97 Hz or 25 Hz When URS is OFF the URS reference format source cannot be selected and will also be ignored by the automatic detection mode 5 15 A BUS ...

Page 95: ... Control Click the checkboxes to apply the Mode Format Quality and Refresh Rate settings to the these thumbnails Mode select between Video mode and Test mode Use Video mode for normal operation Format choose the thumbnail size small medium large Quality choose the quality of the displayed image by selecting Poor Normal or HiQ High Quality from the pulldown list Refresh Rate select the desired refr...

Page 96: ...and lower zones of the meter the range of values shown in the pull down list depends on the type of meter selected Color samples the three samples show the current selected color for the upper middle and lower zones of the meter Click on the color sample of a zone to open a color selection panel to choose a different color for that zone Overload Cursor The overload cursor appears on the meter as a...

Page 97: ...ft channel in every pair to the XVP 3901 output 5 18 Factory Presets panel 5 18 1 Factory Presets tab Factory section Load Factory Clicking this button will restore the card to a factory default state Two checkboxes enable the user to choose whether to include Parameters and or Alarms in the restoration process Note that User Presets are not changed Figure 5 80 RALM meter display Figure 5 81 Test ...

Page 98: ...ecide how to deal with the Metadata Generator presets Click on the Metadata FAQ button to learn more about this issue Briefly explained a User Preset stores all the parameter values on the XVP 3901 card except the parameter values for the Metadata generators These values are stored in a separate set of registers and the User Preset saves the contents of these registers plus a pointer to the regist...

Page 99: ...Lock Input Selection section When User Presets are saved the input selection is saved as well This means that changing User Preset may change input selection depending on which one is associated with the User Preset This is the normal behavior when Update Input Select with User Preset is chosen Selecting Do Not Change Input Select with User Preset forces the input selection to remain unchanged whi...

Page 100: ...ed and conveniently located Click the save button once the name and location have been identified in the Save box If the file is saved correctly the Transfer Status box on the right of the Copy profile from line will indicate Succeeded against a green background If the file was not saved for some reason the Transfer Status box to the right of the Copy profile from line will indicate Failed against...

Page 101: ...atus box on the right of the Copy profile to line will indicate Succeeded against a green background 5 18 4 GPI tab The six GPI inputs are used to trigger some selected functions as follows GPI 1 Restore User Preset 1 configuration GPI 2 Restore User Preset 2 configuration GPI 3 Restore User Preset 3 configuration GPI 4 Restore User Preset 4 configuration GPI 5 Select card input 1 GPI 6 Select car...

Page 102: ...tive at a time If Automatic Preset Recall is active when you select an action in this tab a warning box will appear to remind you that enabling this function here will disable the Automatic Preset Recall and giving you the choice to proceed or to cancel the selection 5 18 5 Automatic Preset Recall tab XVP 3901 offers the user the possibility to select a user preset based on the status of the incom...

Page 103: ... connected to the XVP 3901 using the ABUS AND the Card System parameter is set to A1 or A1A2 Otherwise the tab will be grayed and inaccessible Audio Presence Detector section Implementing this feature requires the use of an audio presence detector since Audio Not Present is one of the parameters used in the detection process This is not the same as an audio silence detector which finds quiet porti...

Page 104: ...you want to do something when 5 1 audio is detected and something else when it is not detected define the audio condition for 5 1 as the first condition The string represents the input configuration that will trigger the preset A useful way to determine the appropriate entry is to set up the inputs to the configuration of interest and then copy the string that appears in the Current Presence Type ...

Page 105: ... some compromise is often required when processing delays through the card are relatively long such as in Dolby Digital encoding applications Understanding what processing changes are required and where those changes are applied in the signal path through the XVP 3901 will help in making the most effective choice of delay time Most of the time the different presets are nearly identical and only a ...

Page 106: ... dBFS Assuming the total processing delay of the XVP is set to 66 msec to give enough reaction time between the detection of the silence and the application of the preset the Automatic Preset Recall should be configured as shown in the picture below The delay to apply the preset has been optimized to take into account the No signal Duration the total processing delay of the card and the internal r...

Page 107: ...nse key in the box Click on ENABLE OPTION to enable the option s features 5 19 1 Audio option Enables the discrete AES I Os the 32 channel internal audio processing and the Dolby metadata processing Note When the Audio option is not enabled all discrete AES I Os and audio processing features are disabled If there is embedded audio and Dolby metadata in the input signal they pass through to the out...

Page 108: ...key fill functionality for the side panels and letterbox 5 19 3 Dynamic Processing option This option enables the audio dynamics processing functionality of the XVP 3901 Note The Audio option must be enabled before enabling the Dynamic Processing option Figure 5 95 Key Fill option Figure 5 96 Dynamic Processing option ...

Page 109: ...3901 Note that this option is available for 2 6 8 or 16 channels A separate license key is required for each of these and the data window below the Enter key data box will indicate which is currently enabled e g ALC XVP 3901 OPT ALC 16 for the 16 channel option If the currently enabled option is 2 6 or 8 channels the Enter key data box will be available to upgrade to a greater number of channels F...

Page 110: ...organized in columns Status Name This contains an expandable tree listing all the alarms reported by this XVP 3901 card Each alarm name includes an icon that shows its current status Green no alarm flagged Red alarm is flagged Gray error not applicable in this case Black Disabled Some alarms may be text only and the alarm status is shown in the name and not by a status icon e g The Card LED Overal...

Page 111: ...ortance yellow icon The alarm is of major importance orange icon The alarm is of critical importance red icon The alarm exists but has no effect used for text and composite alarms Shortcut if you click in one of the Set All boxes beside a section heading you will open a pulldown that lets you assign a level to all alarms in that section of the column simultaneously Once the alarms are configured y...

Page 112: ...h all the other settings Get alarm keys Click this button to open a save dialog where you can save a file containing a list of all alarms on this card and their current values along with an Alarm Key for each The alarm keys are useful for system integration and troubleshooting The file is saved in Excel csv format OK Apply Cancel OK accepts the settings and closes the window once the card confirms...

Page 113: ...ntifies the rear module currently installed Optic Fiber identifies the optic fiber module currently inserted in the fiber module socket and the module vendor Audio Modules identifies any audio modules installed in slots 1 and 2 Label type the label that is shown for this XVP 3901 when it appears in iControl applications Short Label type the short form label that iControl uses in some cases 8 chara...

Page 114: ...VP 3901 is registered Add Force the iControl service for this XVP 3901 to register itself on a user specified Jini lookup service using the following syntax in the data box jini ip_address where ip_address is the ip address of the server running the lookup service e g Remove select one of the services listed in the window by clicking on it and click Remove to open a query box allowing you to delet...

Page 115: ...s processed The Dolby decoder Linear Acoustic upMAX tm upmix Linear Acoustic AeroMAX tm ALC or Jünger Audio Level Magic tm ALC modules are located at the input of the audio processing path as shown in this block diagram of the XVP 3901 audio processing section If both modules are installed the Dolby decoder module is located before the upmix or ALC modules in the audio processing path to allow the...

Page 116: ... 1 1 Control tab The Bitstream Detection Mode dictates the action taken by the decoder for each type of input bitstream In Auto mode the decoder automatically recognizes and decodes PCM Dolby Digital or Dolby E input bitstreams If Dolby E only is selected the decoder recognizes and decodes only Dolby E bitstreams otherwise the decoder outputs are muted The same behavior applies for the Dolby Digit...

Page 117: ...d the Mono mode only on center channel Refer to ANNEX 5 at the end of this document Dolby Digital Main Channel Output Functions 6 1 2 Dolby E tab The Dolby E tab indicates status information for the selected Dolby E bitstream The Dolby E Common Status section shows two values that are common to all programs contained in the Dolby E bitstream Program Configuration and Frame Rate The Decoder to Proc...

Page 118: ...Dolby Digital Status section indicates status information for the Dolby Digital bitstream selected at the bottom of the Control tab Coding Mode Data Rate Bitstream Mode Dialnorm value Dolby Surround Mode Surround EX Mode Preferred Stereo Downmix Mode 6 1 4 PCM tab The PCM tab section indicates the output audio assignment of the Dolby Decoder module when its input is a PCM signal Figure 6 4 Dolby D...

Page 119: ...M sine wave at its outputs When the encoding mode changes the output mutes and resumes in the selected mode within one second Data Rate The card can encode at all Dolby Digital data rates between 56 kbps and 640 kbps although there are constraints in regards to data rate versus channel configuration audio coding mode see Table 1 It supports automatic switching of the data rate based on the Coding ...

Page 120: ...ing latency is automatically compensated to avoid lip sync issues when the video additional frame delay Timing tab is set to at least six 6 frames for 59 94 Hz formats and at least five 5 frames for 50 Hz formats 6 2 3 Status Text boxes report current status for Encoder Metadata bitstream and Coding Mode Encoder This box indicates the operational status of the encoder Metadata Bitstream This box i...

Page 121: ... Depth This parameter specifies the number of bits per word used in the Dolby E bitstream When using an output data width of 16 bits the available program configuration will be limited to those which require a maximum total of 6 channels 48 kHz Pull down When Pull down mode is enabled the encoder will output the Dolby E bitstream at a sample rate of 1000 1001 48 kHz Metadata Source Metadata is the...

Page 122: ...our different processing solutions Pass Mode Select the input channels to the L R C LFE Ls and Rs inputs with the pull down menus These channels are passed through unaltered and are assigned to the output channels selected using the Output Channels pulldown Upmix Mode Select the input channel pair to the L R inputs with the pull down menu The resulting 5 1 channels are assigned to the output chann...

Page 123: ...urther details page Error Bookmark not defined If the Coding Mode parameter in the Dolby Metadata panel is other than 3 2 i e 5 1 channels or 2 0 i e stereo channels or if the selected metadata path does not carry metadata the Operating mode will follow the Reversion Mode pull down Coding Mode Metadata Operating Mode 3 2 PASS 2 0 UPMIX 1 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 3 1 2 2 or metadata is not present Reversion M...

Page 124: ...coustic Up to 5 1 N A MOD LA ALC 6 DUP 6 Channel ALC and upmix licensed by Linear Acoustic Up to 5 1 N A MOD LA ALC 8 8 Channel ALC licensed by Linear Acoustic Up to 5 1 Up to 2 0 MOD LA ALC 8 DUP 8 Channel ALC and upmix licensed by Linear Acoustic Up to 5 1 Up to 2 0 Depending on the model different channel configurations are possible as listed in the table above The 6 channel ALC supports only a...

Page 125: ... PCM audio If non PCM audio like Dolby E or AC 3 is fed to the module it will be ignored and silenced to prevent interference with the other PCM audio channels Latency The MOD LA ALC module processing latency is automatically compensated to avoid lip sync issues when the additional video frame delay Timing tab is set to at least one 1 frame 6 5 1 Config tab The ALC PGM x Mode pulldowns specify the...

Page 126: ...he selected metadata path does not carry metadata the Operating mode will follow the Reversion Mode pull down The Reversion Mode pull down sets the default Operating Mode to Pass Upmix Last Valid Last valid Coding Mode AutoMAX 6 5 2 Basic tab The Basic tab is the easiest way to configure the ALC module You can use it to load an ALC Preset and specify the output level for each program Of course all...

Page 127: ...Preset creation starting from scratch is an incredibly time consuming process requiring large amounts of time and huge amounts of content spanning all genres including music of every type films of every type television dramas and sitcoms of every type and talking head programs of every type Linear Acoustic has already done much of the heavy lifting and provides presets based on their own listening...

Page 128: ...tages of gating where the gain expansion is slowed or stopped to prevent background noise increasing Adjustable parameters are Gate Threshold 0dBFS to 90dBFS default 30dBFS Gating sets the point at which the AGC release is made extremely slow to prevent increasing background noise and allow the AGC to return to unity gain Freeze Threshold 0dBFS to 90dBFS default 42dBFS Freeze stops all gain change...

Page 129: ...ltiband AGC This section is the heart of the dynamics processing engine A multiband AGC i e compressor that allows for medium ratio 3 1 is default adjustment of audio band Adjustable parameters are divided amongst three tabs Main Compression Ratio 1 0 1 Inf 1 default 3 0 1 Range 0dB 36dB default 24dB Range sets how much gain expansion above unity is able to be performed This adjustment is reflecte...

Page 130: ...nfinity 1 once a signal exceeds the threshold set below allowing for expansion below the threshold and limiting above the threshold Useful for bass frequency control Attack Release B1 B5 AGC Attack 0 150 slowest fastest defaults B1 46 B2 88 B3 88 B4 88 B5 92 How fast an input signal is acted upon once is crosses the set threshold B1 B5 AGC Release 0 150 slowest fastest defaults B1 50 B2 60 B3 86 B...

Page 131: ...fault 6 00dB The point above which band one low bass is very quickly limited acting more like a clipper without the artifacts This helps maintain a tight bass sound Multiband EQ This is the section where each of the processing bands is summed and where overall frequency response can be tailored B1 B5 Out put Mix 12dB 12dB defaults 0dB all bands Sets the mix level for each band summing all bands ba...

Page 132: ...ets will measure differently from less aggressive versions 6 5 4 Upmix using Linear Acoustic UpMAXtm Surround Field Adjustments The surround field can be adjusted with the Center channel Width control and the Surround channel Depth control AutoMAX II Transition Speed When the upmix operates in AutoMAX II tm mode the speed of the transitions from 2 0 to 5 1 and 5 1 to 2 0 can be configured to provi...

Page 133: ... UpMAXTM function by Linear Acoustic The table shows the available MOD JA ALC models Model Description MOD JA ALC 2 2 Channel ALC licensed by Jünger Audio MOD JA ALC 2 DUP 2 Channel ALC licensed by Jünger Audio and upmix by Linear Acoustic MOD JA ALC 6 6 Channel ALC licensed by Jünger Audio MOD JA ALC 6 DUP 6 Channel ALC licensed by Jünger Audio and upmix by Linear Acoustic MOD JA ALC 8 8 Channel ...

Page 134: ... If upmix is not available either the DUP option is not enabled or else the Disable Upmix Hardware checkbox beside the pulldown is selected a very extensive list of program configurations appears ranging from a single mono input up to a 5 1 input plus two mono inputs and everything in between depending of course on the number of channels available in the module 2 6 or 8 See the chart below for a c...

Page 135: ... 1 1 5 1 5 1 2 5 1 1 5 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 5 1 2 5 1 1 5 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1...

Page 136: ... 1770 Mode Linking Mono 1 0 1 mono channel 1 0 1 mono channel Stereo 2 0 1 stereo channel pair 1x2 0 1 stereo channel pair All 5 1 6 surround channels L R C Ls Rs are linked LFE is processed separately 1x5 1 6 surround channels L R C Ls Rs are linked LFE is processed separately Live L R C are linked Ls and Rs are linked separately LFE is processed separately Not supported Movie L and R are linked ...

Page 137: ...his mode is another way to switch between 2 0 stereo and 5 1 and produce a constant 5 1 output The Coding Mode parameter in the first program of the Dolby metadata will set the Operating Mode between Pass and Upmix modes Note In Follow Metadata mode the metadata generator will be automatically turned ON when the upMAX TM module is upmixing to provide a valid metadata stream for the upmixed audio c...

Page 138: ...5 1 or 2 0 is detected LFE Output Channel The bass enhancement signal for the LFE channel is derived from the Left Center and Right channels The LFE checkbox and LFE Channel Level slider control the LFE output 6 6 3 Loudness Monitoring Loudness monitoring and ALC are accessed through the various PGMX tabs that appear in the Audio Modules panel The tabs that appear are determined by the configurati...

Page 139: ... to access the available controls 6 6 4 1 Input Gain An input gain stage is available in front of the ALC to compensate for programs having an input loudness out of the ALC tracking range very low or very high input loudness The input gain ranges from 20 dB to 20 dB in steps of 1 dB 6 6 4 2 Leveler The figure on the next page illustrates the transfer function and the parameters that can be adjuste...

Page 140: ...d overshoots following signal attacks If the input signal level goes down and reaches the Freeze Level all the states of the AGC leveler and transient processor will be frozen and kept unchanged until the input signal level rises again Silent Level For signal levels below the Silent Level the gain of the transient processor goes to 0 dB to prevent an amplification of the noise floor It is similar ...

Page 141: ...ocessor Response Mid Hard Mid Soft Max gain dB 10 10 10 6 Limiter Max Peak Level dBFS 6 6 6 6 Processing Uni Live Speech Uni The upmix operating modes will differ depending on the ALC model and the program configuration See the table below for the list of upmix operating modes versus the ALC PGM1 program config PGM 1 Config Upmix Operating Mode 2 Pass Upmix refer to the figures below 6 Pass Upmix ...

Page 142: ...will be ignored and silenced to prevent interference with the other PCM audio channels The processing delay for all MOD JA ALC N YYY modules is of a video frame To compensate for this processing delay the user must increase the processing delay of the card by 1 frame This additional processing delay must be added manually in the Video Output page under the Timing tab ...

Page 143: ...ts on the HD output Layer 2 is used to load ARC Presets on the SD output Command Layer Oper_String Description R0 0 USER_1 Load user preset 1 R0 0 USER_2 Load user preset 2 R0 0 USER_3 Load user preset 3 R0 0 USER_4 Load user preset 4 R0 0 USER_5 Load user preset 5 R0 0 FACTORY Load factory default R0 1 0 1 SIDE25 IN 4 3 OUT 16 9 with 25 side panels R0 1 0 1 CROP25 IN 4 3 OUT 16 9 with 25 input ce...

Page 144: ...he final string would be STX0 R010 1 SIDE25 CRC low CRC high Where STX0 CRC low and CRC high are described in the Oxtel Series Automation Protocol manual It is the responsibility of the automation to send valid commands for each input output aspect ratio combination For example an Oper_String of 0 1 SIDE25 will have an unpredictable behavior when the input is HD and the output is HD because the in...

Page 145: ...UTS 2 SIGNAL SMPTE 297M 2006 compliant HD SD SDI SMPTE 424M 292M and 259M C compliant Supports data rates of 270 1483 5 1485 2967 2970Mb s CABLE LENGTH 10km of SMF fiber 9 125 at wavelengths between 1260nm and 1600nm VIDEO OUTPUT SIGNAL 2 SMPTE 259M C 270Mbps and SMPTE 292M 1 485 1 485 1 001 Gbps SMPTE 424M 2 970 2 970 1 001 Gbps SUPPORTED FORMATS SD 480i59 94 576i50 HD SMPTE 274M 1080i59 94 1080i...

Page 146: ...296M Tri Level Sync RETURN LOSS 35 dB up to 5 75 MHz AUDIO DIGITAL INPUTS 4 SAMPLING FREQUENCY 32 to 96 KHz QUANTIZATION Up to 24 bits DIGITAL OUTPUTS 4 SAMPLING FREQUENCY 48 KHz QUANTIZATION 24 bits INPUTS AES3 LEVEL 0 2 to 7 Vp p INPUT IMPEDANCE 110 ohms balanced INPUTS AES 3ID LEVEL 0 2 to 2 Vp p INPUT IMPEDANCE 75 ohms RETURN LOSS 15 dB 6 MHz OUTPUTS AES3 LEVEL 2 7 Vp p OUTPUT IMPEDANCE 110 oh...

Page 147: ...ENCY RESPONSE 0 02 dB 20 Hz to 20 KHz SNR 123 dB A weighted THD N 138 dB 20 Hz to 20 KHz GPI INPUTS 6 SIGNAL Contact closure to ground opto isolated common ground VOLTAGE 0V to 7V max GPI OUTPUTS 4 SIGNAL Opto isolated common ground VOLTAGE 5V to 24V max CURRENT 60mA max TEST PATTERN GENERATOR VIDEO Color bars 100 white bar with 75 color AUDIO Left channel pulsed 1 KHz tone Right channel steady 1 ...

Page 148: ...NC IN2 FIBER IN1 FIBER IN2 Requires F rear module Input 2 Mode INPUT 2 MODE 2x1 SWITCH FAILOVER KEY FILL KEY FILL OUTPUT HD OUT SD OUT Key fill mode only Failover Emergency Delay FAIL DELAY 0 3 15 seconds Failover mode only Lock Input Selection LOCK INPUT NO YES Output Configuration OUTPUT OUTPUT CONFIG BNC OUT A 1 2 HD OUT SD OUT BNC OUT B 1 2 HD OUT SD OUT FIBER OUT 1 OFF HD OUT SD OUT Requires ...

Page 149: ...ptioning Insertion CLOSED CAPTION INSERTION OFF AUTO 525 SD In Line 21 mode LINE 21 ACTIVE BLANKING SD in and or out 525 Line 23 mode LINE 23 ACTIVE BLANKING SD in and or out 625 VBI passthrough VBI OFF ON SD SD AFD Insertion AFD INSERTION OFF ON 525 SD out AFD Line Insert LINE INSERT 12 19 525 SD out 9 10 11 19 625 SD out VLI Insertion VLI INSERTION OFF ON WSS Insertion WSS INSERTION OFF ON 625 S...

Page 150: ...ct 2 Error CD2 ERROR GREEN YELLOW RED FLASHING RED Video Input 1 Error VIDEO ERROR 1 GREEN YELLOW RED FLASHING RED Video Input 2 Error VIDEO ERROR 2 GREEN YELLOW RED FLASHING RED Fiber selection Error FIBER SELECT ERR GREEN YELLOW RED FLASHING RED AES Presence Error AES 1 4 PRES ERROR GREEN YELLOW RED FLASHING RED Audio Option required Audio Silence Error SILENCE CH 1 32 GREEN YELLOW RED FLASHING ...

Page 151: ... consisting of picture content which may be cropped for optimum display on screens with a different aspect ratio Asterisk indicates the output selection when the SD Output Aspect Ratio is set to AUTO Input signal 4 3 Output signal 16 9 16 9 Letterbox top image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_2 16 9 Letterbox top image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_2 16 9 Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_8 14 9 Letterbox top image in...

Page 152: ... 9 frame 16 9_8 14 9 Letterbox image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_11 14 9 Letterbox image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_11 14 9 Pillar box image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_11 4 3 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_13 4 3 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_13 14 9 Pillar box image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_11 16 9 Letterbox image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_14 16 9 Letterbox image shoot and...

Page 153: ... 9 frame 16 9_4 16 9 Letterbox image in 4 3 frame 4 3_4 16 9 Protected Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_4 16 9 Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_8 16 9 Letterbox image in 4 3 frame 4 3_10 as shown here or 4 3_8 as in box below 16 9 Full frame image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_8 4 3 Pillar box image in 16 9 frame 16 9_9 4 3 Full frame image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_8 4 3 Pillar box image in 16 9 frame ...

Page 154: ... 9 in a 4 3 frame 4 3_13 14 9 Pillar box image in a 16 9 frame 16 9_11 16 9 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_14 14 9 Letterbox image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_11 16 9 Image shoot and protect 14 9 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_14 16 9 Image shoot and protect 4 3 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_15 4 3 Full frame image in a 4 3 frame 4 3_8 16 9 Image shoot and protect 4 3 in a 16 9 frame 16 9_15 ...

Page 155: ...is installed DO NOT LOOK INTO AN OPERATING SFP MODULE S CONNECTORS AS EYE DAMAGE MAY RESULT The SFP module is sensitive to electrostatic discharge ESD It is recommended that you use an ESD preventive wrist strap grounded to the Densité chassis while handling the SFP module SFP modules are subject to wear and their useful lifetime is reduced each time they are inserted or removed Do not remove them...

Page 156: ...LC fiber optic connector that is plugged into the SFP module and pull it straight out to disengage the optical fiber from the SFP Never pull the fiber optic cable itself as catastrophic damage may occur 2 Insert a dust plug into the SFP module Removing the SFP module 1 Move the bale clasp lever to the open position 2 Grasp the SFP module between your thumb and forefinger and pull it straight out o...

Page 157: ...NEX 4 Installing the Audio Modules To install an audio module 1 Remove the card from the frame 2 The two available sockets are located near the top and bottom of the card and are labeled MODULE 1 and MODULE 2 3 Remove the audio module from its packaging ...

Page 158: ...ll click into place 6 Installed the 2 provided screws in the holes on each side of the module securing the module to the posts on the card 7 Insert the card in the frame 8 Make sure that the module is correctly detected in the detected Audio modules tab of the card s panel or in the General Status menu of the local user interface card edge menu Controls and parameters for the module installed are ...

Page 159: ...the card from the frame 2 Remove the two screws that secure the module to the card 3 Push outward on the two metal clips that hold the module in the horizontal position one located at each corner of the socket The module will release and tilt upward 4 Pull the module out of the socket ...

Page 160: ...cmix coefficient Stereo Lo Ro downmix Mono Lo Ro 2 1 Full All 2 1 channels 3 Stereo S mixed into L and R with smix coefficient Phantom Default to Full mode Stereo Lo Ro downmix Mono Lo Ro 3 0 Full Default to 3 Stereo mode 3 Stereo All 3 0 channels Phantom C mixed into L and R with cmix coefficient Stereo Lo Ro downmix Mono Lo Ro 2 0 Full Default to Stereo mode 3 Stereo Default to Stereo mode Phant...

Page 161: ... used to install the XVP 3901 2 A list of loudness monitoring resources will appear including your XVP 3901 3 Click Settings to specify the path to the location where loudness data files will be saved 4 Browse to the desired location and click the Apply button Note that the Settings apply to all loudness sources reported in the window so be careful not to change them if other sources are active 5 ...

Page 162: ... 3 The Open Logs window appears 4 If there is no path or an incorrect path shown in the Loudness Logs Root Folder data box click Browse If the correct path is shown skip to step 6 5 In the Open window in the Folder Name box type the path to the directory on the NAS drive containing the loudness data then click Open 6 In the Open Logs window in the Audio Descriptor list select the loudness data set...

Page 163: ...udness Analysis data plot is populated with the loudness data from the log file The complete user manual for the Audio Loudness Analyser is available from the Help menu 1 Pull down Help and select Open Help to see the manual 2 Consult the manual as necessary to perform the loudness analysis ...

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