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UDC-8625A Series User Manual (Iss. 11) Introduction • 1–9
Documentation Terms and Conventions
The following terms and conventions are used throughout this manual.
Terms
The following terms are used:
• “ Active image ” refers to the portion of the video picture area (production aperture) that is
being utilized for output content. Active image excludes letterbox bars and pillarbox bars.
• “ Board ” and “ Card ” refer to openGear terminal devices within openGear frames,
including all components and switches.
• “ DashBoard ” refers to the DashBoard Control System.
• “ DFR-8300 series frame ” refers to all versions of the DFR-8310 series frames and
DFR-8321 series frames and any available options unless otherwise noted.
• “ DTVCC captions ” refer to CEA-708 captions.
• “ Frame ” refers to the openGear frame that houses openGear cards.
• “ Input 1 ” refers to SDI IN 1.
• “ Input 2 ” refers to SDI IN 2.
• “ Input 3 ” refers to SDI IN 3.
• “ Input 4 ” refers to SDI IN 4.
• “ Network Controller Card ” refers to the MFC-8320-N or MFC-OG3-N and any
available options unless otherwise noted.
• “ NTSC captions ” refer to CEA-608-D: Line 21 Data Services captions.
• “ openGear frame ” refers to the DFR-8300 series and the OG3-FR series frames unless
otherwise noted.
• “ Operator ” and “ User ” refer to the person who uses the UDC-8625A series card.
• “ PAL ” refers to PAL-B, and PAL-G unless otherwise stated.
• “ Production aperture ” refers to the image lattice that represents the maximum possible
image extent in a given standard (e.g. the full size of all active pixels and active lines).
For example, the 1080i production aperture would be 1920x1080.
• “ System ” and “ Video system ” refer to the mix of interconnected production and terminal
equipment in your environment.
• “ UDC-8625A ” refers to the model that does not include discrete audio processing
features.
• “ UDC-8625A-A ” refers to the model with discrete audio processing features and eight
unbalanced AES I/O.
• “ UDC-8625A-B ” refers to the model with discrete audio processing features and eight
balanced AES I/O.
• “ UDC-8625A series ” refers to all models unless otherwise noted.
Conventions
The following conventions are used:
• The “ Operating Tips ” and “ Note ” boxes are used throughout this manual to provide
additional user information.