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This user guide provides detailed information for using the

BrightEye

90-FA

HD up/down/cross converter and aspect ratio converter (ARC) with analog

audio and optical output.

The information is organized into the following sections:

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Product Overview

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Functional Description

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Applications

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Rear Connectors

•

Operation

• Front Panel Controls and Indicators

• Using The BrightEye Control Application

•

Warranty and Factory Service

•

Specifications

•

Glossary

BrightEye-1

BrightEye 90-FA

HD Up/Down/Cross Converter

And ARC With Analog Audio

And Optical Output

User Guide

Revision 2.2 SW v1.2.0

Summary of Contents for BrightEye 90-FA

Page 1: ... is organized into the following sections Product Overview Functional Description Applications Rear Connectors Operation Front Panel Controls and Indicators Using The BrightEye Control Application Warranty and Factory Service Specifications Glossary BrightEye 1 TM BrightEye 90 F A HD Up Down Cross Converter And ARC With Analog Audio And Optical Output User Guide Revision 2 2 SW v1 2 0 ...

Page 2: ...ollows when a high definition or standard definition serial digital video input is fed to the BrightEye 90 FA the signal enters the serial digital receiver and is frame synchronized to the reference input Audio is disembedded and passed around the video processing Alternately when analog composite video is fed to BrightEye 90 FA the analog video is converted at 14 bits of resolution to digital YCr...

Page 3: ...ced Audio Outputs Ch 3 4 Ch 5 6 Ch 7 8 Ch 1 2 Ch 3 4 Ch 5 6 Ch 7 8 Composite or Tri Level Ref In Genlock Up Down Cross Conversion Audio Mux HD SDI SD SDI Composite Video In Analog Decoder Auto Selecting SDI Receiver Audio Demux Composite Out Audio Processing SDI Driver Composite Encoder SD Only HD SD SDI Optical Output Laser Fiber Driver HD SD SDI Output HDMI Out Headphone Jack HDMI Xmtr Monitor A...

Page 4: ...s for better separation of real image content from artifacts 2 The RF aspects of the electrical performance of the SDI inputs and outputs have been carefully optimized for reliable and dependable SDI I O perfor mance even under adverse conditions Real world operation of these ports is at nearly twice the industry accepted specification of 100 meters of digital cable 3 Input signals are upsampled t...

Page 5: ... and other SD gear can be used with an upconverter such as BrightEye 90 FA Leverage existing SD equipment by upconverting for HD production As shown below a standard definition camera is fed to a BrightEye 90 FA The HD output of the BrightEye is fed to a production switcher and on to a projector The HDMI out provides confidence monitoring of the camera HD Master Control Switcher Other HD Destinati...

Page 6: ...output can be sent to another SD destination HD Downconversion 2 As shown in the example below the BrightEye 90 FA can be used to downconvert material originated in HD The BrightEye 90 FA can output signals to feed a server video monitor and HDMI display simultaneously SD Master Control Switcher Other SD Destination HD Signal In SD SDI House Reference BE 90 FA Downconversion HD Camera HD SDI Serve...

Page 7: ...corrected for input to an SD switcher that requires 16 9 Letterbox HD Cross Conversion The BrightEye 90 FA can perform cross conversion between two different types of HD signals As shown here the 1080i input from an HD network feed is sent to the BrightEye 90 FA where the format is converted to 720p as required for input to an HD router SD Camera SD SDI BE 90 FA Aspect Ratio Conversion SD Producti...

Page 8: ...should up down or cross convert the signal based on the user s output format selection In this example the BrightEye 90 FA is set to output HD 720p If the incoming signal is 720p the signal simply passes to the output If the incoming signal is 1080i the unit cross converts the signal and outputs 720p If the incoming signal is SD SDI the unit upconverts the signal and outputs HD 720p Remote Truck O...

Page 9: ...ection of this user guide HDMI Out Connect an LCD monitor to this port for confidence monitoring of a video feed HD SD SDI Optical Out This output is an HD or SD SDI signal with embedded audio It is the same signal that is on the electrical HD SD SDI Out BNC Audio Monitor Connect a headset to this 3 5 mm mini jack to monitor the audio channels selected from the front panel Input Output BNCs There ...

Page 10: ... a master sync generator such as the BrightEye 55 Analog Audio Connectors The four Phoenix connectors are either analog audio inputs or outputs depending on how the unit is configured Mux 8 Mux 4 or Demux Each connector inputs or outputs 2 channels of audio 1 pair When the unit is configured as Mux 8 the four Phoenix connectors are inputs When configured as Demux the four Phoenix connectors are ou...

Page 11: ...s Gain adjustment is done in conjunction with the VU indicators For indepen dent channel adjustment and other controls use BrightEye PC or Mac The indicator illuminates green when the gain for a given audio channel pair is set to nominal or unity setting or red when set to other than unity VU VU output level and the status of the Gain adjustment for each of these channel pairs is indicated by the ...

Page 12: ... input signal Choices are Anamorphic original material is stretched as needed to 16 9 Box Letter Box or Pillar Box is applied to the original material Crop top and bottom edges or right and left edges are cropped off the original material Manual Illuminates green when the output aspect ratio has been set manually Bars Illuminates green when color bars are selected as the output signal Graticule Il...

Page 13: ...are the following menus are available for control ling and monitoring the unit Video In Input Pres indicates the status of the video input 720p 50 720p 59 94 720p 60 1080i 50 1080i 59 94 1080i 60 1080p 25 1080p 23 98 1080p 24 1080sF 25 1080sF 23 98 1080sF 24 No Input or Unknown Captions In indicates the presence of closed captioned material on the input signal None Line 21 CEA 708 The BrightEye 90...

Page 14: ...llar Box Crop Manual When Manual is selected use the Manual menu to set the aspect ratio Down use this control to set the desired output aspect ratio when downconverting the input signal Anamorphic Pillar Box Crop Manual When Manual is selected use the Manual menu to set the aspect ratio HD Cross use this control to set the desired output aspect ratio when crossconverting from one type of HD signa...

Page 15: ...ancement on the output from Low Medium or High The typical setting for this parameter is Off or Low 3 2 Detect turns the control to detect video that has been converted from film on or off Use this only for film applications The typical setting for this parameter is Off Cpst Setup turns on Setup on the composite output On or Off 525 only Set this to On if your material has Setup on it Vert Blankin...

Page 16: ... gain luminance and chrominance range is 0 to 150 default is 100 Chroma adjusts the percentage of chroma amplitude range is 0 to 150 default is 100 Pedestal adjusts the pedestal black level of the signal in IRE range is 30 to 30 default is 0 Hue adjusts the hue of the signal 180 degrees range is 180 to 180 default is 0 BrightEye 16 ...

Page 17: ...tioning by stripping captions from the source material The BrightEye 90 FA translates between CEA 608 and CEA 708 standards for closed captioning as needed Note that closed captions are not supported for 1080p and 1080sF outputs Graticule use this control to display on screen graticule lines These alignment markers facilitate film transfer post production and quality control measurements relating ...

Page 18: ...evel This pulldown lets you choose between 20 dBFS or 18 dBFS Peak Indicator selects the amount of headroom to use in determining peak levels This pulldown lets you chose between Clipping 2 dB Headroom 4 dB Headroom 6 dB Headroom 8 dB Headroom or 10 dB Headroom Anlg Ref Level selects the analog reference level This pulldown lets you choose between 10 dBu or 4 dBu Audio Delay allows you to set the ...

Page 19: ... Off No Audio Present Group1 OK Group 2 OK Group 3 OK and Group 4 OK Group A Select select the audio group to multiplex from Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 or Off for either control Group B Select select the audio group to multiplex from Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 or Off for either control When the module is set for Mux 4 the Input menu provides the controls shown below Group A Status the st...

Page 20: ...Ch 1 assigns Input Channel 1 to the desired output bus or tie to Channel 2 Set the input level using the slider control or by entering a number in the window and pressing the Enter key on your computer Input Ch 2 assigns Input Channel 2 to the desired output bus or tie to Channel 1 Set the input level using the slider control or by entering a number in the window and pressing the Enter key on your...

Page 21: ...put Ch 7 assigns Input Channel 7 to the desired output bus or tie to Channel 8 Set the input level using the slider control or by entering a number in the window and pressing the Enter key on your computer Input Ch 8 assigns Input Channel 8 to the desired output bus or tie to Channel 7 Set the input level using the slider control or by entering a number in the window and pressing the Enter key on ...

Page 22: ...n 1 2 Chan 3 4 Chan 5 6 Chan 7 8 Chan 9 10 Chan 11 12 Chan 13 14 Chan 15 16 Mon Volume sets the volume level sent to the headphone jack range is from 0 to 100 default is 100 HDMI Assign chooses the audio pair that is output on the HDMI Out port The HDMI port carries both audio and video signals Choices are Chan 1 2 Chan 3 4 Chan 5 6 Chan 7 8 Chan 9 10 Chan 11 12 Chan 13 14 Chan 15 16 BrightEye 22 ...

Page 23: ...t presets without factory authorization Factory Service If you require service under warranty or not please contact Ensemble Designs and ask for Customer Service before you return the unit This will allow the service technician to provide any other suggestions for identifying the problem and recommend possible solutions You may also refer to the technical support section of the Ensemble web site f...

Page 24: ...s 100 meters for 1 485Gb s Reference Input Number One Type 1 V p p Composite Video PAL or NTSC Impedance 75 Ω Return Loss 40 dB Analog Video Output Number One Type Composite PAL or NTSC Return Loss 40 dB Output DC 100mV Serial Digital Output Number Two Type HD Serial Digital 1 485 Gb s SMPTE 274M or 296M or SD Serial Digital 270Mb s SMPTE 259M C Processing 12 and 16 bit Impedance 75 Ω Return Loss ...

Page 25: ...put Level 24 dBu Resolution 24 bits 128x Oversampled Reference Level 10 dBu or 4 dBu Frequency Response 0 1 dBu 20Hz to 20KHz Crosstalk 106 dB Dynamic Range 106 dB Embedded Output In Serial Output Group Assign Two of four groups Channels Sixteen passed Bit Depth 24 Bit Optical Output Number One Type SD SMPTE 297M optical equivalent of 259M HD SMPTE 274M or 296M Wavelength 1310 nm Power 7 dBm Max C...

Page 26: ... General Specifications Size 5 625 W x 1 7 H x 5 5 D 143 mm x 40 mm x 140 mm including connectors Power 12 volts 7 watts Temperature Range 0 to 40 degrees C ambient Relative Humidity 0 to 95 noncondensing Due to ongoing product development all specifications subject to change BrightEye 26 ...

Page 27: ... Supply BEPS6 Spider Power Supply This powers 6 single high BrightEyes or 3 double high BrightEyes BrightEye 90 family BEPS6 RP Redundant Power Supply for Spider BERKMT BrightEye Rack Mount This holds 6 single high BrightEyes or 3 double high BrightEyes BrightEye 90 family or a combination BEBP BrightEye Blank Panel Single high for empty slots in Rack Mount BEAC Analog Audio Breakout Cable ...

Page 28: ... fields No picture information is trans mitted during these times which are required in CRT displays to allow the electron beam to be repositioned for the start of the next line or field They are also used to carry synchronizing pulses which are used in transmission and recovery of the image Although some of these needs are disappearing the intervals themselves are retained for compatibility purpo...

Page 29: ...roma crawl are only the most obvious result Composite television is the most commonly used format throughout the world either as PAL or NTSC It is also referred to as Encoded video Color Difference Color Difference systems take advantage of the details of human vision We have more acuity in our black and white vision than we do in color This means that we need only the luminance information to be ...

Page 30: ... same bitstream as an SDI or HD SDI signal by taking advantage of the gaps in the transmission which correspond to the horizontal and vertical intervals of the television waveform This technique an be very cost effective in transmission and routing but can also add complexity to signal handling issues because the audio content can no longer be treated inde pendently of the video Frame Sync A Frame...

Page 31: ...rom the original 24 frames that make up each second of film they just project each one twice IRE Video level is measured on the IRE scale where 0 IRE is black and 100 IRE is full white The actual voltages that these levels correspond to can vary between formats ITU R 601 This is the principal standard for standard definition component digital video It defines the luminance and color difference cod...

Page 32: ... significant advantages over metallic copper cables Firstly it does not require that the two endpoint devices have any electrical con nection to each other This can be very advantageous in large facilities where problems with ground loops appear And secondly and most importantly an optical interface can carry a signal for many kilometers or miles without any degradation or loss in the recovered si...

Page 33: ...etails of both PAL and NTSC this relationship is not the same at the beginning of each frame In PAL the pattern repeats ever 4 frames 8 fields which is also known as the Bruch Blanking sequence In NTSC the repeat is every 2 frames 4 fields This creates enormous headaches in editing systems and the system timing of analog composite facilities SDI Serial Digital Interface This term refers to inputs ...

Page 34: ...with playback from video tape recorders and is particularly severe with consumer type hetero dyne systems like VHS Time base error will render a signal unusable for broadcast or editing purposes Tri Level Sync An analog sync reference signal that is used in High Definition systems Tri Level Sync is constructed with three signal levels the sync pulses extend above and below a mid level average volt...

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