MC500
Technical Specification
Issue 1 Rev 6
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Conversion Functions
Modes
SD/HD/3Gb/s motion compensated standards conversion
Up, down, and cross conversion
Conversion
Linear/motion compensated
Conversion processing
Still process: Detects still images and applies an aperture with full (progressive)
vertical frequency response
Enhanced still: Adds field motion detection to still process. Prevents artifacts on
moving repetitive patterns
Aspect ratio conversion
(manual or auto)
AFD (SMPTE 2016), VI (RP186), WSS (L23)
SD input format
Normal 4:3, Anamorphic 16:9, Letterbox 14:9, Letterbox 16:9
SD output format
Normal 4:3, Anamorphic 16:9, Letterbox 14:9, Letterbox 16:9
Auto zoom
On/Off
Manual zoom
Zoom +/- 20%
Safe area marker
Off, 16:9, 4:3
Metadata
Closed caption CE608 <> CE708
Timecode conversions
Teletext subtitles WST/RDD8 conversion
Audio Functions
Analog audio (option)
Four pairs of analog inputs
Two groups (two pairs) of analog outputs
Headroom: +24 dBu, balanced connection
AES audio (option)
Four AES audio inputs
Four AES audio outputs (48 kHz)
AES input is auto-detected as PCM (32 to 96 kHz) or non-PCM (48 kHz locked to
relevant video input)
Embedded audio
The processing channel includes 16-channel embedded audio processing
PCM audio processing includes channel level gain and delay compensation, as well
as pair level routing with L/R swap and phase invert feature
Non-PCM processing features pair level routing and delay compensation. Dolby E
data is passed with a delay to match the video and with co-timed audio frame drop or
repeat
Dolby E
Optional single-channel Dolby E decode/transcode
