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HD22OP271100

 Version 1 Issue 1

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Installation & Operator’s

Manual

© November 2000

Snell & Wilcox Ltd, Durford Mill, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 5AZ, United Kingdom.
Tel: +44(0) 1730 821188.  Fax: +44(0) 1730 82119

Premier HD

HD2200

High Definition

Downconverter

Summary of Contents for Premier HD HD2200

Page 1: ...Issue 1 0 1 Installation Operator s Manual November 2000 Snell Wilcox Ltd Durford Mill Petersfield Hampshire GU31 5AZ United Kingdom Tel 44 0 1730 821188 Fax 44 0 1730 82119 Premier HD HD2200 High De...

Page 2: ...tions The batteries are located at the front left hand edge of the upper circuit board HIO just behind the left card edge ejector Power cable supplied for the USA The equipment is shipped with a power...

Page 3: ...light industrial environment including for example theatres E2 or The controlled EMC environment for example purpose built broadcasting or recording studios and the rural outdoor environment far away...

Page 4: ...ld be reported to the supplier immediately Enclosures HD2200 High Definition Downconverter HD2200 Installation Operator s Manual Power cable Spare Fuse 3 15 A T Generic Power Supply Module Installatio...

Page 5: ...as icons screen display looks etc Reproduction or disassembly of embedded computer programs or algorithms is prohibited No part of this publication may be transmitted or reproduced in any form or by a...

Page 6: ...Power Connections 3 1 Opening the Front Panel 3 2 Connections 3 3 Switching On 3 7 4 Operation General Operating Principles 4 1 General Operating Information 4 2 Input 4 4 Convert 4 6 Display 4 9 Ref...

Page 7: ...SECTION 0 HD22OP271100 Version 1 Issue 1 0 7 Manual Revision Record Date Version No Issue No Change Comments 271100 1 1 First Issue...

Page 8: ...ion film or video inputs to 525 625 standard definition film or video output Available as an option is embedded audio processing The HD2200 has built in test pattern generators aspect ratio conversion...

Page 9: ...electable conversion modes auto optimise interpolate synchronise Synchroniser function Image enhancer de enhancer Internal test pattern generator 1 x HD Serial Digital in loop through and 3 x Rec 601...

Page 10: ...p 1125 1080 24p 1125 1080 23p 1125 1080 24sf 1125 1080 23sf 750 720 60p 750 720 59p 750 720 50p Output Standard SD Rec 601 525 480 29 97i 625 576 25i Audio Embedding Option tone silence audio pass emb...

Page 11: ...installed only one power connection needs to be made If two PSU s are fitted then both IEC connectors can be connected to the same power source or different power sources The mains power rating is 2 5...

Page 12: ...for this Remote Control The unit may be controlled via the RollCall remote control system from an active front panel OPENING THE FRONT PANEL Open the front panel by turning the black knob at the right...

Page 13: ...nc or SD bi sync analog reference signals may be connected to either REF A or REF B of these two loop through BNC connectors 3 2 Flag Processing can be controlled from an external 3 2 flag and the HD2...

Page 14: ...nd FF are reserved and must not be used Hex Switches Both of these switches are used to define the Unit Address code for the equipment They are only read at power up All positions on these switches ma...

Page 15: ...1 Ground The output GPO characteristics are as follows Operating Voltage Range 0 to 60 V DC AC peak Maximum Load current 1 0 A AC DC Maximum On State Resistance Tamb 25 C 500 mOhm Minimum Off State Re...

Page 16: ...rogrammed Reference PLL Lock Genlock Analogue Reference A System PLL Lock Progressive Analogue Reference No Analogue Reference HDSDI Loss HDSDI RX Lock HDSDI TX Lock HDSDI RX CRC Errors Message RX Mes...

Page 17: ...1 3 7 SWITCHING ON Open the front panel Check that power is connected to the HD2200 Set the power switch on the front of the power unit s to ON I The opening alphanumeric display will appear on the f...

Page 18: ...By using the front panel controls 2 By using a remote control panel via the RollCall control system or RS422 3 RS422 control 4 Using GPI connections to recall memory presets All operational parameter...

Page 19: ...ng warning messages may appear to the right of the vertical line Pattern Freeze Mono The Home button always allows a return to the home status screen in the display window from any position in the men...

Page 20: ...g the spinwheel clockwise will select the next input standard the scroll bar shows that there are more standards to select when the selection is at the limit of the list the appropriate arrow on the s...

Page 21: ...ut blanking It is used where the source video is known to have pixels lines at the edge of the picture that are not required to be displayed When set the machine will blank any output data generated b...

Page 22: ...tion options are Auto Automatically selects the colorimetry most appropriate for the output video standard REC 601 Colorimetry to REC 601 requirements is applied SMPTE 240 Colorimetry to SMPTE 240 req...

Page 23: ...formed The options are as follows Auto Selects Synchronise mode when the input and output field rates are the same and optimise mode when they are different Optimise The unit operates as in the Synchr...

Page 24: ...wing field ones WINDOW The HD2200 film sequence detection circuit operates over a windowed section of the input picture By default the whole of the input image lies within the window However it may be...

Page 25: ...Sharp The HD2200 aims to extract the maximum possible vertical resolution from the incoming material Film material can be converted to provide greater resolution than is possible with video material w...

Page 26: ...o conversions only To maintain the correct shape of objects on the 16 9 input this setting retains all vertical detail but crops the left and right edges of the image Letterbox For 16 9 to 4 3 aspect...

Page 27: ...he remote control channels Multiple picture parameters can be set in advance and then activated using a single trigger command Note that if trigger mode is selected then adjusting the picture size sha...

Page 28: ...e parameters are only updated every output field one If the output is progressive the picture parameters are updated at half frame rate F2 only If the output is of interlaced or segmented frame type t...

Page 29: ...ce standard The selected standard will appear on the second line of the Home screen To activate the newly selected reference press the lower right button adjacent to Select The user can force the refe...

Page 30: ...press the lower left hand button adjacent to The options are Horizontal Timing Adjusts horizontal genlock timing Range is zero to one output line in steps of one output pixel Vertical Timing Adjusts...

Page 31: ...below the selected threshold before addition to the original signal This has the effect of preventing the enhancement process from amplifying noise HORIZONTAL DE RING Controls the de ringing filters...

Page 32: ...e Left Adjusts the left hand edge of output blanking A setting of 1 indicates that no output pixels that are normally visible should be blanked 2 causes the first output pixel to be blanked etc Right...

Page 33: ...elects the input group to which processing blocks A B and processing blocks C D are assigned Options are Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 OUTPUT GROUP This selects the output group to which processing...

Page 34: ...ersions that have the input and output frame rates locked together and the vertical genlock timing set so that the output and input vertical syncs are roughly co timed Min The audio delay is set to th...

Page 35: ...RE Stores the system settings in the memory selected RECALL Changes the system settings to those stored in the memory selected The memory options are Memory 1 Memory 2 Memory 3 Memory 4 Memory 5 Memor...

Page 36: ...d by pressing the upper left hand button toggle action The test pattern options are 100 Bars 75 Bars SMPTE Bars Tartan Ramp Sweep Pulse Bar MONOCHROME Controls the monochrome output functions The menu...

Page 37: ...g the bottom right hand button adjacent to Accept makes the changes active LOG NAME If the HD2200 is attached to a RollCall network with a logging device information about various parameters can be ma...

Page 38: ...The version numbers are examples only GPI Determines whether the General Purpose Interface is active or not There are two positions GPI disabled and GPI enabled Note that this menu item is not stored...

Page 39: ...TS Anamorphic Full Height Letterbox etc TRANSITION TYPE Immediate Slew Trigger etc TRANSITION SHAPE Linear Accelerate Decelerate etc DISPLAY MEM User Display 1 User Display 2 User Display 3 etc DURATI...

Page 40: ...e Low Medium High CHROMA None Low Medium High MASTER Y Pb Pr 0 0 0 BAND GAIN CORE 0 0 0 0 MASTER Y Pb Pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 OUTPUT STD 525 480 29i 625 576 25i LEFT RIGHT TOP BOTTOM 1 720 1 486 Active Matrix...

Page 41: ...P Grp AES Emb O P 1 O P 3 CH A B CH A B CH C D CH C D O P 2 O P 4 CH A B Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 etc CH A B Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 etc MANUAL AUDIO DELAY 0 00 O P 1 SOURCE AES I P 1 AES I P 2 AES I...

Page 42: ...CD window Various specific operations may be achieved by operating dedicated push buttons The system may be considered structured as a set of menus and sub menus which are displayed in the windows The...

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