HDG-4000 ANALOG/DIGITAL VIDEO CALIBRATION GENERATOR USER MANUAL
5
Front Panel Controls
LED Indicators
Each time power is applied to the HDG-4000 the PLUGE, Gray Scale, and Gray
Field LEDs will illuminate in sequence for about 4 seconds as the generator is
initialized.
All unused Format LEDs blink once when an IR remote control command is
received. All unused Format LEDs blink rapidly 4-times if a currently invalid
command is received. Any slowly blinking LED indicates that a Special Feature
mode (e.g. Slow Edge) is active.
1 Output Selector
The Output button selects the type of analog and digital video signals produced
by the HDG-4000. The YPbPr and RGB analog video signals comply with the
standard-definition (SD) EIA/CEA 770.2 and EBU-N10 standards, and the
EIA/CEA 770.3 high-definition (HD) standards. HD signals also comply with
SMPTE 274M and SMPTE 296M levels and color encoding, but the tri-level sync
is on the Y/G signal only (per the 770.3 consumer standard), unlike the SMPTE
standards that have sync on all three component signals.
The YPbPrs and RGBs signals mimic the behavior of professional upconverters
and scalers that convert standard-definition video with black-level setup to 1080i
or 720p video without removing the setup. The YPbPrs (480i) mode also complies
with the professional Panasonic MII standard, and early DVD players that
included black-level setup on their 480i YPbPr output.
Y/C (S-video) and CVBS (Composite video) standards are only defined for
standard-definition interlaced signals. Therefore, the Y/C and CVBS output modes
produce 480i and 576i (HDG-4000 L2 only) format signals only. When the Y/C or
CVBS output is selected the signal format will automatically change to either 480i
or 576i (depending on whether the previous format was based on 60 Hz or 50 Hz
respectively). The previous format will be restored when the Output type is
changed again, which allows the Output button to cycle “through” the Y/C and
CVBS modes without having to reselect the original Format. Similarly, the Output
type must be changed from Y/C or CVBS before the Format can be changed to
anything other than 480i or 576i.
Digital signals are always available from the DVI-I connector. When the Y/C or
CVBS mode is selected the digital output signals are YCbCr 4:4:4.
YPbPr and RGB
EIA/CEA-770.2, EBU-
N10, EIA/CEA-770.3,
SMPTE274M/296M
YPbPrs and RGBs
Upconverters/scalers,
Panasonic MII,
480i YPbPr with setup
Y/C and CVBS video
